An Act to Amend Act No. 497, as Amended by Acts No. 486 and 507

November 28, 1902

ACT NO. 539

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR TAKING A CENSUS OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS," AS AMENDED BY ACTS NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SIX AND FIVE HUNDRED AND SEVEN

SECTION 1. Act Numbered Four hundred and sixty-seven entitled "An Act to provide for taking a census of the Philippine Islands," as amended by Acts Numbered Four hundred and eighty-six and Five hundred and seven, is hereby further amended by changing sections twenty-four and twenty-five to read twenty-five and twenty-six, respectively, and by inserting a new section, numbered section twenty-four, which shall read as follows:

"SEC. 24. The city of Manila shall be one supervisor's district. If the supervisor of Manila when appointed shall fill another civil office, then his compensation shall be the same as that of the other supervisors appointed under this Act. If, however, he shall not hold any civil office, then his compensation shall be three hundred dollars per month, such sum to be in full compensation for all services rendered and expenses incurred by him: Provided, however, That in the discretion of the Director of the Census he may be allowed a reasonable sum for the rent of his necessary offices and for the actual cost of transportation needed in the discharge of his duties in the city of Manila. He shall also be entitled to one clerk at a salary of one hundred dollars per month, and one messenger at a salary of thirty dollars per month; and the proviso that one-half of the salary due each supervisor shall be withheld and not paid him until after the schedules or other returns and reports required of him shall have been duly rendered to the Director of the Census, shall be applicable to the supervisor of Manila. Members of the civil service, whether of the Insular Government or of the city government of Manila, shall be eligible for appointment as supervisor of the city of Manila, and shall be entitled to receive, in addition to their regular salary as such civil officers, the amount provided as compensation for supervisors of the census."

SECTION 2. 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 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

ENACTED, November 28, 1902.