An Act to Amend Section Sixty-One of Act Numbered Thirteen Hundred and Ninety-Seven, Entitled "The Township Government Act"
Act No. 1667, enacted on July 5, 1907, amends Section 61 of the Township Government Act concerning the governance of non-Christian inhabitants and small Christian settlements in the Philippines. It allows provincial governors, with the Secretary of the Interior's approval, to appoint officers for these communities and define their roles and responsibilities, ensuring these do not exceed those of township officers. This legislation acknowledges the unique circumstances of these groups, making municipal organization impractical. The act was expedited for immediate effect upon passage.
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- Act No. 1667
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- Philippines
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- Congress of the Philippines
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July 5, 1907
ACT NO. 1667
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION SIXTY-ONE OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-SEVEN, ENTITLED "THE TOWNSHIP GOVERNMENT ACT"
SECTION 1. Section sixty-one of Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled "The Township Government Act," is hereby amended to read as follows:
"SEC. 61. Whereas many of the non-Christian inhabitants of the Philippine Islands have not progressed sufficiently in civilization to make it practicable to bring them under any form of municipal government, and whereas many of the Christian settlements in the provinces organized under the Special Provincial Government Act are so small that their organization as municipalities or townships is undesirable and so remote that their organization as barrios of municipalities or township is impracticable, the provincial governors of such provinces are authorized, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, in dealing with such non-Christian tribes and small Christian settlements or members thereof, to appoint officers for their settlements, to fix the designations and badges of office of such officers, and to prescribe their powers and duties: PROVIDED, That the powers and duties thus prescribed shall not be in excess of the powers conferred upon township officers by this Act." cDHAES
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, July 5, 1907.
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An Act to Amend Section Sixty-One of Act Numbered Thirteen Hundred and Ninety-Seven, Entitled "The Township Government Act", Act No. 1667, Jul 5, 1907 (Philippines)
An Act to Amend Section Sixty-One of Act Numbered Thirteen Hundred and Ninety-Seven, Entitled "The Township Government Act", Act No. 1667 (Phil. 1907)
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