An Act to Annex The Municipalities of the Late Province of Romblon to the Third Assembly District of Capiz for the Purposes of the Election to be Held July Thirtieth, Nineteen Hundred and Seven, and Amending the Election Law by Reducing the Number of Delegates to the Philippine Assembly to Eighty and Redistricting the Province of Capiz for the Assembly Election to be Held in Nineteen Hundred and Nine and Thereafter

July 8, 1907

ACT NO. 1669

AN ACT TO ANNEX THE MUNICIPALITIES OF THE LATE PROVINCE OF ROMBLON TO THE THIRD ASSEMBLY DISTRICT OF CAPIZ FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE ELECTION TO BE HELD JULY THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SEVEN, AND AMENDING THE ELECTION LAW BY REDUCING THE NUMBER OF DELEGATES TO THE PHILIPPINE ASSEMBLY TO EIGHTY AND REDISTRICTING THE PROVINCE OF CAPIZ FOR THE ASSEMBLY ELECTION TO BE HELD IN NINETEEN HUNDRED AND NINE AND THEREAFTER

WHEREAS the late Province of Romblon has been made a subprovince of Capiz and has thus lost its identity as a province and its right to separate representation in the Philippine Assembly; and

WHEREAS it is necessary that the qualified electors in the subprovince of Romblon be not disefranchised in the forthcoming Assembly election; and

WHEREAS it is not practicable at the present time to make an entire new division of the Province of Capiz into Assembly districts inasmuch as such entire division would take effect so late as to be an injustice to a great number of electors and their candidates: Now, therefore,

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that:

SECTION 1. The first paragraph of section five of Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and eighty-two is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 5. The Philippine Assembly. — The Philippine Assembly shall consist of eighty members, apportioned among the provinces as follows:

Albay	three	Manila	two
Ambos Camarines	three	Mindoro	one
Antique	one	Misamis	two
Bataan	one	Nueva Ecija	one
Batangas	three	Occidental Negros	three
Bohol	three	Oriental Negros	two
Bulacan	two	Palawan	one
Cagayan	two	Pampanga	two
Cavite	one	Pangasinan	five
Cebu	seven	Rizal	two
Ilocos Norte	two	Samar	three
Ilocos Sur	three	Sorsogon	two
Iloilo	five	Surigao	one
Isabela	one	Tarlac	two
La Laguna	two	Tayabas	two
La Union	two	Zambales	one."
Leyte	four

SECTION 2. The municipalities of Badajoz, Cajidiocan, Looc, Odiongan, Romblon, excepting the Island of Maestro de Campo, and San Fernando are hereby added to the Third District of Capiz. cSaATC

The posting of notices and maps required for Assembly districts by Acts Numbered Fifteen hundred and eighty-two is hereby declared to be unnecessary for the election to be held July thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seven, within the district hereby created, and the registration heretofore effected and the registry lists made in the various municipalities and precincts in said district, as such lists shall be corrected in accordance with the provisions of said Act, shall be used as the registry lists within the various municipalities in the said new districts, and, generally, all official acts done with respect to said election in the municipalities and precincts affected by this Act as they were constituted prior to the passage hereof and which were legal at the time that they were done are hereby ratified and confirmed and made applicable to the election to be held on the thirtieth day of July, nineteen hundred and seven, in the new district hereby created.

SECTION 3. For the purposes of the election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, nineteen hundred and nine, and elections subsequent thereto, the ninth paragraph of section seven of said Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and eighty-two is hereby repealed and a new paragraph substituted therefor to read as follows:

"Capiz: First District — Composed of the municipalities of Capiz, Dao, Dumarao, Iuisan, Panay, Panitan, Pilar, Pontevedra, and Sigma. Second District — Composed of the municipalities of Calibo, Dumalag, Jamindan, Mambusao, New Washington, Sapian, and Tapas. Third District — Composed of the municipalities of Badajoz, Buruanga, Cajidiocan, Ibajay, Looc, Malinao, Nabas, Odiongan, Romblon, excepting the Island of Maestro de Campo, San Fernando, and Taft."

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. Sections one, two, and four of this Act shall take effect on July fifteenth, nineteen hundred and seven, and section three shall take effect on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, nineteen hundred and nine.

ENACTED, July 8, 1907.