An Act Reducing Thirteen of the Municipalities in the Province of Batangas to Five
Act No. 708, enacted on March 28, 1903, consolidates thirteen municipalities in the Province of Batangas into five new municipalities. The consolidations are as follows: Balayan (combining Calatagan, Tuy, and Calaca), Nasugbu (merging Lian with Nasugbu), Tanauan (uniting Talisay with Tanauan), Taysan (joining Lobo and Taysan), and Taal (integrating Lemery and San Luis with Taal). Following the consolidation, municipal elections will be held on May 5, 1903, to elect new officials for the newly formed municipalities, abolishing the previous municipal organizations. The Act emphasizes the urgency of its implementation for public benefit and takes effect immediately upon passage.
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- What is An Act Reducing Thirteen of the Municipalities in the Province of Batangas to Five about?
- Act No. 708, enacted on March 28, 1903, consolidates thirteen municipalities in the Province of Batangas into five new municipalities. The consolidations are as follows: Balayan (combining Calatagan, Tuy, and Calaca), Nasugbu (merging Lian with Nasugbu), Tanauan (uniting Talisay with Tanauan), Taysan (joining Lobo and Taysan), and Taal (integrating Lemery and San Luis with Taal). Following the consolidation, municipal elections will be held on May 5, 1903, to elect new officials for the newly formed municipalities, abolishing the previous municipal organizations. The Act emphasizes the urgency of its implementation for public benefit and takes effect immediately upon passage.
- What type of law is Act No. 708?
- An Act Reducing Thirteen of the Municipalities in the Province of Batangas to Five (Act No. 708) is a Philippine Statutes enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
- When was An Act Reducing Thirteen of the Municipalities in the Province of Batangas to Five enacted?
- An Act Reducing Thirteen of the Municipalities in the Province of Batangas to Five (Act No. 708) was enacted on Mar 28, 1903.
- What is the citation for An Act Reducing Thirteen of the Municipalities in the Province of Batangas to Five?
- An Act Reducing Thirteen of the Municipalities in the Province of Batangas to Five, Act No. 708, Mar 28, 1903 (Philippines)
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March 28, 1903
ACT NO. 708
AN ACT REDUCING THIRTEEN OF THE MUNICIPALITIES IN THE PROVINCE OF BATANGAS TO FIVE
SECTION 1. Thirteen of the municipalities in the Province of Batangas shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be reduced to five, as follows:
1. The municipalities of Calatagan, Tuy, and Calaca, shall be consolidated with that of Balayan, under the name of Balayan, and with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Balayan.
2. The municipality of Lian shall be consolidated with that of Nasugbu, under the name of Nasugbu, and with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Nasugbu.
3. The municipality of Talisay shall be consolidated with that of Tanauan, under the name of Tanauan, and with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Tanauan.
4. The municipality of Lobo shall be consolidated with that of Taysan, under the name of Taysan, and with seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Taysan.
5. The municipalities of Lemery and San Luis shall be consolidated with that of Taal, under the name of Taal, and with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Taal.
SECTION 2. The provincial governor of Batangas shall direct the holding of a municipal election in each of the new municipalities under the provisions of section ninety-one, ninety-two, ninety-three and ninety-four of the Municipal Code on the fifth day of May, nineteen hundred and three. When the new municipal officials shall have been elected and shall have qualified, the present organization of each of the municipalities mentioned in 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 shall have qualified, the present organizations of the thirteen 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, March 28, 1903.
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An Act Reducing Thirteen of the Municipalities in the Province of Batangas to Five, Act No. 708, Mar 28, 1903 (Philippines)
An Act Reducing Thirteen of the Municipalities in the Province of Batangas to Five, Act No. 708 (Phil. 1903)
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