An Act to Amend Section Thirteen of Act Numbered Seven Hundred and Two, Regulating the Registration of Chinese Persons in the Philippine Archipelago, by Authorizing an Increase in the Number of Temporary Employees Provided for by Said Act
Act No. 816, enacted on July 31, 1903, amends Section 13 of Act No. 702, which regulates the registration of Chinese individuals in the Philippines. The amendment increases the number of temporary employees authorized in the office of the Collector of Customs from six registration clerks and two translators to ten registration clerks and four translators. The act emphasizes the urgency of its passage for public good, allowing for expedited enactment. This amendment took effect immediately upon its passage.
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- Act No. 816
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- Philippines
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- Congress of the Philippines
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July 31, 1903
ACT NO. 816
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION THIRTEEN OF ACT NUMBERED SEVEN HUNDRED AND TWO, REGULATING THE REGISTRATION OF CHINESE PERSONS IN THE PHILIPPINE ARCHIPELAGO, BY AUTHORIZING AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES PROVIDED FOR BY SAID ACT
SECTION 1. Section thirteen of Act Numbered Seven hundred and two, entitled "An Act to regulate the registration of Chinese persons in the Philippine Archipelago, and to carry into effect and enforce the provisions of section four of Act of Congress approved April twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and two, entitled "An Act to prohibit the coming into and regulate the residence within the United States, its Territories, and all territory under its jurisdiction, and the District of Columbia, of Chinese persons and persons of Chinese descent," is hereby amended by authorizing in the office of the Collector of Customs for the Philippine Archipelago ten registration clerks of class nine and four Chinese translators of Class D, in lieu of six registration clerks and two Chinese translators of class nine, so that said section, as amended, shall read as follows:
"SEC. 13. For the purposes of this Act the following temporary employees, or so many thereof as may be necessary, are hereby authorized in the office of the Collector of Customs for the Philippine Archipelago: Ten registration clerks of class nine, four Chinese translators of Class D, and two stenographers and typewriters of class eight."
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 31, 1903.
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An Act to Amend Section Thirteen of Act Numbered Seven Hundred and Two, Regulating the Registration of Chinese Persons in the Philippine Archipelago, by Authorizing an Increase in the Number of Temporary Employees Provided for by Said Act, Act No. 816, Jul 31, 1903 (Philippines)
An Act to Amend Section Thirteen of Act Numbered Seven Hundred and Two, Regulating the Registration of Chinese Persons in the Philippine Archipelago, by Authorizing an Increase in the Number of Temporary Employees Provided for by Said Act, Act No. 816 (Phil. 1903)
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