An Act to Amend Section Fourteen of Act Numbered Fourteen Hundred and Seven, Entitled "The Reorganization Act," Repealing Section Sixteen of Said Act and Merging the Bureau of Port Works with the Bureau of Navigation
Act No. 1568, enacted on December 10, 1906, amends the Reorganization Act by abolishing the Bureau of Port Works and merging it into the Bureau of Navigation as the Division of Port Works. This division will be overseen by a Chief appointed from the United States Army, who will receive a per diem payment. Additionally, the Act repeals a previous section related to the Bureau of Port Works and emphasizes the need for prompt enactment for the public good. The law takes effect immediately upon passage.
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- Act No. 1568
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- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
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December 10, 1906
ACT NO. 1568
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FOURTEEN OF ACT NUMBERED FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVEN, ENTITLED "THE REORGANIZATION ACT," REPEALING SECTION SIXTEEN OF SAID ACT AND MERGING THE BUREAU OF PORT WORKS WITH THE BUREAU OF NAVIGATION
SECTION 1. Section fourteen of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and seven, entitled "The Reorganization Act," is hereby amended by adding thereto a new subsection lettered (d), as follows:
"(d) The Bureau of Port Works is hereby abolished as a bureau and is constituted a division of the Bureau of Navigation, to be known as the Division of Port Works, which shall be in charge of an officer to be known as the Chief of the Division of Port Works, by which the duties and services required for the Bureau of Port Works by law in force at the time of the passage of this Act shall be performed under the general supervision of the Director of Navigation."
SECTION 2. Section sixteen of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and seven, entitled "The Reorganization Act," is hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. Whenever an officer of the United States Army is detailed for service as Chief of the Division of Port Works he shall be entitled to a per diem of ten pesos, out of funds appropriated for the Bureau of Navigation.
SECTION 4. 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 5. This Act shall take effect on its passage. EDCTIa
ENACTED, December 10, 1906.
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An Act to Amend Section Fourteen of Act Numbered Fourteen Hundred and Seven, Entitled "The Reorganization Act," Repealing Section Sixteen of Said Act and Merging the Bureau of Port Works with the Bureau of Navigation, Act No. 1568, Dec 10, 1906 (Philippines)
An Act to Amend Section Fourteen of Act Numbered Fourteen Hundred and Seven, Entitled "The Reorganization Act," Repealing Section Sixteen of Said Act and Merging the Bureau of Port Works with the Bureau of Navigation, Act No. 1568 (Phil. 1906)
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