An Act Reducing the Twenty-Four Municipalities of the Province of Oriental Negros to Fourteen
Act No. 715, enacted on April 2, 1903, reorganizes the municipalities of the Province of Oriental Negros from twenty-four to fourteen. Each new municipality is defined, with specific boundaries and designated seats of government. Municipal elections for the newly formed municipalities must be held by June 1, 1903, after which the existing municipal organizations will be abolished, except for certain municipalities that retain their boundaries. The Act emphasizes the urgency of its passage for the public good and becomes effective immediately upon enactment.
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- What is An Act Reducing the Twenty-Four Municipalities of the Province of Oriental Negros to Fourteen about?
- Act No. 715, enacted on April 2, 1903, reorganizes the municipalities of the Province of Oriental Negros from twenty-four to fourteen. Each new municipality is defined, with specific boundaries and designated seats of government. Municipal elections for the newly formed municipalities must be held by June 1, 1903, after which the existing municipal organizations will be abolished, except for certain municipalities that retain their boundaries. The Act emphasizes the urgency of its passage for the public good and becomes effective immediately upon enactment.
- What type of law is Act No. 715?
- An Act Reducing the Twenty-Four Municipalities of the Province of Oriental Negros to Fourteen (Act No. 715) is a Philippine Statutes enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
- When was An Act Reducing the Twenty-Four Municipalities of the Province of Oriental Negros to Fourteen enacted?
- An Act Reducing the Twenty-Four Municipalities of the Province of Oriental Negros to Fourteen (Act No. 715) was enacted on Apr 2, 1903.
- What is the citation for An Act Reducing the Twenty-Four Municipalities of the Province of Oriental Negros to Fourteen?
- An Act Reducing the Twenty-Four Municipalities of the Province of Oriental Negros to Fourteen, Act No. 715, Apr 2, 1903 (Philippines)
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- Act No. 715
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- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
April 2, 1903
ACT NO. 715
AN ACT REDUCING THE TWENTY-FOUR MUNICIPALITIES OF THE PROVINCE OF ORIENTAL NEGROS TO FOURTEEN
SECTION 1. The twenty-four municipalities of the Province of Oriental Negros shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be reduced to fourteen, as follows:
1. The municipality of Dumaguete shall consist of its present territory and that of Sibulan, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Dumaguete.
2. The municipality of Nueva Valencia shall preserve its present boundaries.
3. The municipality of Bacon shall preserve its present boundaries.
4. The municipality of Dauin shall consist of its present territory and the municipality of Zamboanguita, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Zamboanguita.
5. The municipality of Siaton shall preserve its present boundaries.
6. The municipality of Tolong shall consist of its present territory and that of Bayauan, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Bayauan.
7. The municipality of Ayuquitan shall consist of its present territory and that of Amblan, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Amblan.
8. The municipality of Tanjay shall preserve its present boundaries.
9. The municipality of Bais shall consist of its present territory and that of Manjuyod, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Bais.
10. The municipality of Tayasan shall consist of its present territory and the territories of the municipalities of Jimalalud and Libertad, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Tayasan.
11. The municipality of Guiljugan shall preserve its present boundaries.
12. The municipality of Larena shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Canoan, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Canoan.
13. The municipality of Lazi shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Maria, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Lazi.
14. The municipality of Siquijor shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of San Juan, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Siquijor.
SECTION 2. The provincial governor of Oriental Negros shall direct the holding of municipal election in each of the new municipalities under the provisions of sections ninety-one, ninety-two, ninety-three, and ninety-four of the Municipal Code, on or before the first day of June, nineteen hundred and three, and not earlier than the fifth day of May, nineteen hundred and three. When the new municipal officials have been elected and shall have qualified, the present organization of each of the municipalities mentioned in section one of this Act, except those described in paragraphs numbered two, three, five, eight, and eleven of said section, shall be thereby abolished, and all offices held by virtue of their present organization shall be vacant and abolished, so that all the present municipal officials shall cease to hold office so soon as the new officials shall have taken the oath of office. Until the officials elected for the new municipalities as described in section one shall have qualified the present organizations of the existing municipalities therein named shall continue.
SECTION 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
ENACTED, April 2, 1903. SCaITA
Cite This Law
An Act Reducing the Twenty-Four Municipalities of the Province of Oriental Negros to Fourteen, Act No. 715, Apr 2, 1903 (Philippines)
An Act Reducing the Twenty-Four Municipalities of the Province of Oriental Negros to Fourteen, Act No. 715 (Phil. 1903)
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