An Act to Amend Sections Three and Four of Act Numbered Twenty-Eight Hundred and Thirty-Two, Creating a Public Corporation Denominated "Metropolitan Water District," and for Other Purposes
Act No. 3109, approved on March 19, 1923, amends specific sections of Act No. 2832, which established the Metropolitan Water District in the Philippines. The amendments detail the composition and responsibilities of the District Board, which includes key officials from the City of Manila and the Province of Rizal, as well as a taxpayer representative. The Act specifies the procedures for meetings, quorum requirements, and voting protocols, including the right of minority members to appeal decisions to the Secretary of the Interior. Additionally, it outlines the compensation for Board members and the appointment of a Secretary by the Board.
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- What is An Act to Amend Sections Three and Four of Act Numbered Twenty-Eight Hundred and Thirty-Two, Creating a Public Corporation Denominated "Metropolitan Water District," and for Other Purposes about?
- Act No. 3109, approved on March 19, 1923, amends specific sections of Act No. 2832, which established the Metropolitan Water District in the Philippines. The amendments detail the composition and responsibilities of the District Board, which includes key officials from the City of Manila and the Province of Rizal, as well as a taxpayer representative. The Act specifies the procedures for meetings, quorum requirements, and voting protocols, including the right of minority members to appeal decisions to the Secretary of the Interior. Additionally, it outlines the compensation for Board members and the appointment of a Secretary by the Board.
- What type of law is Act No. 3109?
- An Act to Amend Sections Three and Four of Act Numbered Twenty-Eight Hundred and Thirty-Two, Creating a Public Corporation Denominated "Metropolitan Water District," and for Other Purposes (Act No. 3109) is a Philippine Statutes enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
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- An Act to Amend Sections Three and Four of Act Numbered Twenty-Eight Hundred and Thirty-Two, Creating a Public Corporation Denominated "Metropolitan Water District," and for Other Purposes (Act No. 3109) was enacted on Mar 19, 1923.
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- An Act to Amend Sections Three and Four of Act Numbered Twenty-Eight Hundred and Thirty-Two, Creating a Public Corporation Denominated "Metropolitan Water District," and for Other Purposes, Act No. 3109, Mar 19, 1923 (Philippines)
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March 19, 1923
ACT NO. 3109
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS THREE AND FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTY-TWO, CREATING A PUBLIC CORPORATION DENOMINATED "METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT," AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
SECTION 1. Section three of Act Numbered Twenty-eight hundred and thirty-two is hereby amended to follows:
"SEC. 3. District Board; its members, reports to the Department of the Interior. — Unless otherwise provider by law, all corporative powers of the Metropolitan Water District shall be exercised, its business managed, and its property kept and preserved, by a Board to be composed of the Mayor of the City of Manila, the President of the Municipal Board of the City of Manila, the Governor of the Province of Rizal, the Director of Public Works or his representative, the Engineer of the City of Manila, the City Treasurer, and a taxpayer of the district, being a resident of the City of Manila, appointed by the Governor-General, with the consent of the Senate.
"The District Board shall render reports to the Secretary of the Interior as provided in sections five hundred and seventy-four to five hundred and seventy-seven, inclusive, of Act Numbered Twenty-seven hundred and eleven."
SECTION 2. Section four of said Act Numbered Twenty-eight hundred and thirty-two is likewise amended to read as follows:
"SEC. 4. First meeting of the District Board; 'quorum'; votes necessary, in general, for adopting resolutions; appeal; per diems of member; secretary of the Board and his salary. — The President of the District Board shall, immediately after the appointment thereof, fix a time and place for the first meeting, at which the Board shall adopt rules of procedure and fix a time and place for holding regular meetings.
"Not less than five members of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and four affirmative votes shall be necessary for the adoption of any resolution or motion, except as herein otherwise provided.
"The minority of the Board may appeal to the Secretary of the Interior from the decision or resolution of the majority within two days after a vote, and said Secretary of the Interior shall forward such appeal, with his recommendation, to the Governor-General, whose decision shall be final in each case.
"The members of the Board shall receive their necessary expenses while attending the meetings of the Board, which shall not exceed the sum of five pesos per day, and shall receive no other compensation as members of the District Board. HEDCAS
"The Board shall appoint its Secretary and fix his salary."
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on its approval.
Approved, March 19, 1923.
Cite This Law
An Act to Amend Sections Three and Four of Act Numbered Twenty-Eight Hundred and Thirty-Two, Creating a Public Corporation Denominated "Metropolitan Water District," and for Other Purposes, Act No. 3109, Mar 19, 1923 (Philippines)
An Act to Amend Sections Three and Four of Act Numbered Twenty-Eight Hundred and Thirty-Two, Creating a Public Corporation Denominated "Metropolitan Water District," and for Other Purposes, Act No. 3109 (Phil. 1923)
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