An Act to Amend Act Numbered Nine Hundred and Twenty-Six, Known as "The Public Land Act"

November 3, 1903

ACT NO. 979

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX, KNOWN AS "THE PUBLIC LAND ACT"

SECTION 1. Act Numbered Nine hundred and twenty-six, known as "The Public Land Act," is hereby amended by striking out of the title thereof the following words: "and providing for the determination by the Philippines Court of Land Registration of all proceedings for completion of imperfect titles and for the cancellation or confirmation of Spanish concessions and grants in said Islands, as authorized by sections thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, and sixty-two of the Act of Congress," and inserting in lieu thereof the following words: "and providing for a hearing and decision by the Court of Land Registration of all applicants for the completion and confirmation of all imperfect and incomplete Spanish concessions and grants in said Islands, as authorized by sections thirteen, fourteen, and fifteen of the Act of Congress."

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 3, 1903.