An Act to Amend Act Numbered Three Hundred and Forty-Five, Entitled "An Act Designating the Days which shall be Observed as Public Holidays in the Philippine Islands," as Amended, so as to Make Election Days Public Holidays

July 9, 1907

ACT NO. 1671

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIVE, ENTITLED "AN ACT DESIGNATING THE DAYS WHICH SHALL BE OBSERVED AS PUBLIC HOLIDAYS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS," AS AMENDED, SO AS TO MAKE ELECTION DAYS PUBLIC HOLIDAYS

SECTION 1. Section one of Act Numbered Three hundred and forty-five, as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows:

"SECTION 1. The first day of each week, commonly called Sunday, the first day of January, the twenty-second of February, Thursday and Friday of what is commonly called Holy Week, the thirtieth of May, to be known as Memorial Day in honor of the soldiers and sailors of the United States who gave up their lives for their country, the fourth of July, the thirteenth of August, Thanksgiving Day, the twenty-fifth of December, and the thirtieth of December shall be public holidays. The thirtieth of July, nineteen hundred and seven, and the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November of each odd numbered year and the days which may be proclaimed by virtue of section two hereof shall also be public holidays in all those provinces and Assembly districts in which elections are held under Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and eighty-two. Public holidays shall not be legally recognized as days for presenting for payment or acceptance, for the maturity and protest, and for giving notice of the dishonor of bills of exchange, bank checks, and promissory notes, or other commercial or negotiable paper; and all notes, drafts, checks, or other commercial or negotiable paper falling due or maturing on any of said public holidays shall be deemed as having matured on the day previous: PROVIDED, That in the case of notes, drafts, checks, or other commercial or negotiable paper falling due or maturing on any public holiday when the preceding day is also a public holiday, the same shall be deemed as having matured on the last preceding day which is not a public holiday."

SECTION 2. Whenever a day shall have been specially designated by proclamation of the Governor-General for the election of a Delegate to the Philippine Assembly or for the election of provincial officials as provided for in section four of Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and eighty-two, the Governor-General may in his discretion also proclaim said day to be a public holiday within the district or province in which said special election is to be held.

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. DETACa

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

ENACTED, July 9, 1907.