An Act to Authorize the Governor-General to Raise the Position of Superintendent of the Information Division, Bureau of Constabulary, to the Rank, Pay, and Allowances of Lieutenant Colonel and Assistant Director of Constabulary
Act No. 1789, enacted on October 12, 1907, authorizes the Governor-General of the Philippines to elevate the position of Superintendent of the Information Division in the Bureau of Constabulary to that of Lieutenant Colonel and Assistant Director of Constabulary, along with corresponding pay and allowances. A budget of five hundred pesos is allocated from the Insular Treasury for this purpose, effective upon the Governor-General's action. The law emphasizes the necessity for prompt enactment for the public good, following expedited legislative procedures. The act will take effect once the Governor-General implements the specified changes.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 1789
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
October 12, 1907
ACT NO. 1789
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL TO RAISE THE POSITION OF SUPERINTENDENT OF THE INFORMATION DIVISION, BUREAU OF CONSTABULARY, TO THE RANK, PAY, AND ALLOWANCES OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF CONSTABULARY
SECTION 1. The Governor-General is hereby authorized, whenever in his opinion it seems advisable, to make the position of superintendent of the information division, Bureau of Constabulary, carry with it the rank, pay, and allowances of lieutenant-colonel and Assistant Director of Constabulary, and the sum of five hundred pesos is hereby appropriated, from any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to provide for such increased pay and allowances, to become available whenever the Governor-General shall take the action herein authorized. IAETDc
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 whenever the Governor-General shall take the action authorized in section one hereof.
ENACTED, October 12, 1907.
Cite This Law
An Act to Authorize the Governor-General to Raise the Position of Superintendent of the Information Division, Bureau of Constabulary, to the Rank, Pay, and Allowances of Lieutenant Colonel and Assistant Director of Constabulary, Act No. 1789, Oct 12, 1907 (Philippines)
An Act to Authorize the Governor-General to Raise the Position of Superintendent of the Information Division, Bureau of Constabulary, to the Rank, Pay, and Allowances of Lieutenant Colonel and Assistant Director of Constabulary, Act No. 1789 (Phil. 1907)
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