An Act to Amend Act Numbered One Hundred and Forty-Five, Entitled "An Act Authorizing the Appointment of Disbursing Clerks in the Various Civil Departments, Bureaus, and Offices, Prescribing the Duties of Disbursing Clerks, and Fixing Their Compensation As Such"
Act No. 172, enacted on July 16, 1901, amends a previous law regarding the appointment and duties of disbursing clerks in various civil departments and offices. It stipulates that the Insular Treasurer is responsible for determining the bond amount for disbursing officers and approving the sufficiency of their sureties, with the bond to be filed and kept securely. The Act emphasizes the urgency of its passage for public good and takes effect immediately upon its enactment.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 172
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
July 16, 1901
ACT NO. 172
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIVE, ENTITLED "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE APPOINTMENT OF DISBURSING CLERKS IN THE VARIOUS CIVIL DEPARTMENTS, BUREAUS, AND OFFICES, PRESCRIBING THE DUTIES OF DISBURSING CLERKS, AND FIXING THEIR COMPENSATION AS SUCH"
SECTION 1. The amount of the bond of disbursing officers shall be fixed by the Insular Treasurer, and the sufficiency of the surety or sureties thereon shall be approved by him, and the bond shall be filed with him and safely kept.
SECTION 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this Act, 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, July 16, 1901.
Cite This Law
An Act to Amend Act Numbered One Hundred and Forty-Five, Entitled "An Act Authorizing the Appointment of Disbursing Clerks in the Various Civil Departments, Bureaus, and Offices, Prescribing the Duties of Disbursing Clerks, and Fixing Their Compensation As Such", Act No. 172, Jul 16, 1901 (Philippines)
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