An Act Reducing the Twenty-Three Municipalities of the Province of Pampanga to Seventeen
Act No. 943, enacted on October 15, 1903, reorganizes the municipalities of Pampanga from twenty-three to seventeen. This restructuring combines several municipalities, designating new governmental seats while maintaining the boundaries of certain others. The Act mandates that municipal elections be conducted according to existing electoral rules, and upon the election of new officials, the current municipal organizations will be dissolved. The Act emphasizes the urgency of its passage for the public good and takes effect immediately upon enactment.
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- What is An Act Reducing the Twenty-Three Municipalities of the Province of Pampanga to Seventeen about?
- Act No. 943, enacted on October 15, 1903, reorganizes the municipalities of Pampanga from twenty-three to seventeen. This restructuring combines several municipalities, designating new governmental seats while maintaining the boundaries of certain others. The Act mandates that municipal elections be conducted according to existing electoral rules, and upon the election of new officials, the current municipal organizations will be dissolved. The Act emphasizes the urgency of its passage for the public good and takes effect immediately upon enactment.
- What type of law is Act No. 943?
- An Act Reducing the Twenty-Three Municipalities of the Province of Pampanga to Seventeen (Act No. 943) is a Philippine Statutes enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
- When was An Act Reducing the Twenty-Three Municipalities of the Province of Pampanga to Seventeen enacted?
- An Act Reducing the Twenty-Three Municipalities of the Province of Pampanga to Seventeen (Act No. 943) was enacted on Oct 15, 1903.
- What is the citation for An Act Reducing the Twenty-Three Municipalities of the Province of Pampanga to Seventeen?
- An Act Reducing the Twenty-Three Municipalities of the Province of Pampanga to Seventeen, Act No. 943, Oct 15, 1903 (Philippines)
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- Act No. 943
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- Philippines
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- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
October 15, 1903
ACT NO. 943
AN ACT REDUCING THE TWENTY-THREE MUNICIPALITIES OF THE PROVINCE OF PAMPANGA TO SEVENTEEN
SECTION 1. The twenty-three municipalities of the Province of Pampanga shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be reduced to seventeen, as follows:
1. The municipality of Arayat shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Santa Ana, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Arayat.
2. The municipality of Bacolor shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Santa Rita, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Bacolor.
3. The municipality of Guagua shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Betis, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Guagua.
4. The municipality of Macabebe shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of San Miguel, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Macabebe.
5. The municipality of Santo Tomás shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Minalin, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Santo Tomás.
6. The municipality of San Luis shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of San Simon with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of San Luis.
7. The municipality of Apalit shall preserve its present boundaries.
8. The municipality of Angeles shall preserve its present boundaries.
9. The municipality of Candaba shall preserve is present boundaries.
10. The municipality of Floridablanca shall preserve its present boundaries.
11. The municipality of Lubao shall preserve its present boundaries.
12. The municipality of México shall preserve its present boundaries.
13. The municipality of Mabalacat shall preserve its present boundaries.
14. The municipality of Magalan shall preserve its present boundaries.
15. The municipality of Porac shall preserve its present boundaries.
16. The municipality of Sexmoan shall preserve its present boundaries.
17. The municipality of San Fernando shall preserve its present boundaries.
SECTION 2. The municipal elections in each of the new municipalities shall be held in accordance with the rules contained in Act Numbered Seven hundred and thirty, as amended by Act Numbered Nine hundred and twenty-eight. When the new municipal officials shall have been elected, and shall have qualified, the present organizations of each of the new municipalities mentioned in section one of this Act, except those described in paragraphs numbered seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, and seventeen 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 as 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 organization of the existing municipalities 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, October 15, 1903. TIADCc
Cite This Law
An Act Reducing the Twenty-Three Municipalities of the Province of Pampanga to Seventeen, Act No. 943, Oct 15, 1903 (Philippines)
An Act Reducing the Twenty-Three Municipalities of the Province of Pampanga to Seventeen, Act No. 943 (Phil. 1903)
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