An Act Reducing The Twenty-Two Municipalities of the Province of Batangas to Sixteen, and Repealing Act Numbered Seven Hundred and Eight, Entitled "An Act Reducing Thirteen of the Municipalities in the Province of Batangas to Five"
Act No. 958, enacted on October 23, 1903, reorganizes the municipalities of the Province of Batangas from twenty-two to sixteen. It repeals a previous act aimed at reducing municipalities and establishes new boundaries and governance structures for several municipalities, while others will retain their current boundaries. Elections for the newly formed municipalities will follow specific guidelines, and upon election of new officials, the existing municipal organizations will be dissolved. The act emphasizes the urgency of its enactment for the public good and takes effect immediately upon passage.
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- What is An Act Reducing The Twenty-Two Municipalities of the Province of Batangas to Sixteen, and Repealing Act Numbered Seven Hundred and Eight, Entitled "An Act Reducing Thirteen of the Municipalities in the Province of Batangas to Five" about?
- Act No. 958, enacted on October 23, 1903, reorganizes the municipalities of the Province of Batangas from twenty-two to sixteen. It repeals a previous act aimed at reducing municipalities and establishes new boundaries and governance structures for several municipalities, while others will retain their current boundaries. Elections for the newly formed municipalities will follow specific guidelines, and upon election of new officials, the existing municipal organizations will be dissolved. The act emphasizes the urgency of its enactment for the public good and takes effect immediately upon passage.
- What type of law is Act No. 958?
- An Act Reducing The Twenty-Two Municipalities of the Province of Batangas to Sixteen, and Repealing Act Numbered Seven Hundred and Eight, Entitled "An Act Reducing Thirteen of the Municipalities in the Province of Batangas to Five" (Act No. 958) is a Philippine Statutes enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
- When was An Act Reducing The Twenty-Two Municipalities of the Province of Batangas to Sixteen, and Repealing Act Numbered Seven Hundred and Eight, Entitled "An Act Reducing Thirteen of the Municipalities in the Province of Batangas to Five" enacted?
- An Act Reducing The Twenty-Two Municipalities of the Province of Batangas to Sixteen, and Repealing Act Numbered Seven Hundred and Eight, Entitled "An Act Reducing Thirteen of the Municipalities in the Province of Batangas to Five" (Act No. 958) was enacted on Oct 23, 1903.
- What is the citation for An Act Reducing The Twenty-Two Municipalities of the Province of Batangas to Sixteen, and Repealing Act Numbered Seven Hundred and Eight, Entitled "An Act Reducing Thirteen of the Municipalities in the Province of Batangas to Five"?
- An Act Reducing The Twenty-Two Municipalities of the Province of Batangas to Sixteen, and Repealing Act Numbered Seven Hundred and Eight, Entitled "An Act Reducing Thirteen of the Municipalities in the Province of Batangas to Five", Act No. 958, Oct 23, 1903 (Philippines)
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- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
October 23, 1903
ACT NO. 958
AN ACT REDUCING THE TWENTY-TWO MUNICIPALITIES OF THE PROVINCE OF BATANGAS TO SIXTEEN, AND REPEALING ACT NUMBERED SEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHT, ENTITLED "AN ACT REDUCING THIRTEEN OF THE MUNICIPALITIES IN THE PROVINCE OF BATANGAS TO FIVE"
SECTION 1. Act Numbered Seven hundred and eight, entitled "An Act reducing thirteen of the municipalities in the Province of Batangas to five," which, by virtue of the provisions of Act Numbered Seven hundred and thirty, has not yet become operative, is hereby repealed, and the twenty-two existing municipalities of the Province of Batangas shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be reduced to sixteen, as follows:
1. The municipality of Balayan shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipalities of Tuy and Calatagan, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Balayan.
2. The municipality of Calacá shall preserve its present boundaries.
3. The municipality of Taal shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipalities of Lemery and San Luis, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Taal.
4. The municipality of Rosario shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Taysan, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Rosario.
5. The municipality of Tanauan shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Taysán, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Tanauan.
6. The municipality of Batangas shall preserve its present boundaries.
7. The municipality of Bauan shall preserve its present boundaries.
8. The municipality of Cuenca shall preserve its present boundaries.
9. The municipality of Ibaán shall preserve its present boundaries.
10. The municipality of Lian shall preserve its present boundaries.
11. The municipality of Lipa shall preserve its present boundaries.
12. The municipality of Loboó shall preserve its present boundaries.
13. The municipality of Nasugbú shall preserve its present boundaries.
14. The municipality of San José shall preserve its present boundaries.
15. The municipality of San Juan de Bocboc shall preserve its present boundaries.
16. The municipality of Santo Tomás shall preserve its present boundaries.
SECTION 2. The municipal elections in the new municipalities created in paragraphs numbered one, three, four, and five of section one hereof 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 organization of each of the municipalities mentioned in paragraphs one, three, four, and five of section one of this Act 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 hereof, 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 23, 1903. ISHCcT
Cite This Law
An Act Reducing The Twenty-Two Municipalities of the Province of Batangas to Sixteen, and Repealing Act Numbered Seven Hundred and Eight, Entitled "An Act Reducing Thirteen of the Municipalities in the Province of Batangas to Five", Act No. 958, Oct 23, 1903 (Philippines)
An Act Reducing The Twenty-Two Municipalities of the Province of Batangas to Sixteen, and Repealing Act Numbered Seven Hundred and Eight, Entitled "An Act Reducing Thirteen of the Municipalities in the Province of Batangas to Five", Act No. 958 (Phil. 1903)
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