An Act to Amend Section Fifteen of Act Numbered Seven Hundred and Eighty-Seven, Entitled "An Act Providing for the Organization and Government of the Moro Province"
Act No. 889, enacted on September 17, 1903, amends Section 15 of Act No. 787 regarding the governance of the Moro Province. It grants the legislative council the authority to combine the roles of district secretary and district treasurer, allowing these positions to be filled by Army officers without requiring a civil-service examination, aimed at promoting economic efficiency in public service. Army officers assigned to these roles will receive allowances and expenses from the provincial treasury, similar to those outlined in Act No. 787. The law was expedited for immediate effect upon passage.
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- Act No. 889
- Date Enacted
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- Statutes
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- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
September 17, 1903
ACT NO. 889
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FIFTEEN OF ACT NUMBERED SEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SEVEN, ENTITLED "AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF THE MORO PROVINCE"
SECTION 1. Section fifteen of Act Numbered Seven hundred and eighty-seven, entitled "An Act providing for the organization and government of the Moro Province," is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following:
"Provided, however, That the legislative council shall have the power to unite the offices of district secretary and district treasurer, and to provide for the filling of such offices, whether united or separate, by detail of Army officers without civil-service examination, in the interest of economy in the public service. Army officers thus detailed shall receive the same allowance and expenses from the provincial treasury as are allowed to detailed Army officers under section eleven of Act Numbered Seven hundred and eighty-seven."
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, September 17, 1903.
Cite This Law
An Act to Amend Section Fifteen of Act Numbered Seven Hundred and Eighty-Seven, Entitled "An Act Providing for the Organization and Government of the Moro Province", Act No. 889, Sep 17, 1903 (Philippines)
An Act to Amend Section Fifteen of Act Numbered Seven Hundred and Eighty-Seven, Entitled "An Act Providing for the Organization and Government of the Moro Province", Act No. 889 (Phil. 1903)
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