An Act Transferring the Administration of Mining Grants and Claims Instituted Prior to April Eleventh, Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Nine, from the Mining Bureau to the Bureau of Public Lands
Act No. 915, enacted on October 1, 1903, transfers the administration of mining grants and claims established prior to April 11, 1899, from the Mining Bureau to the Bureau of Public Lands. The act mandates the inventory and handover of all related records and archives from the Mining Bureau to the Bureau of Public Lands. This change is driven by the public good and aims for efficient governance in managing these mining claims. The act takes effect immediately upon its passage.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 915
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
October 1, 1903
ACT NO. 915
AN ACT TRANSFERRING THE ADMINISTRATION OF MINING GRANTS AND CLAIMS INSTITUTED PRIOR TO APRIL ELEVENTH, EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-NINE, FROM THE MINING BUREAU TO THE BUREAU OF PUBLIC LANDS
SECTION 1. The records and archives of all existing mining claims of whatever class or description now in the custody and under the charge and official control of the Mining Bureau and pertaining to the so-called Spanish mining grants and mining claims of every kind instituted prior to April eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, shall be, as quickly as practicable, inventoried and turned over to the Bureau of Public Lands and receipted for by the Chief of that Bureau.
SECTION 2. The administration of such Spanish mining grants and mining claims of every kind instituted prior to April eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, and heretofore vested in, and exercised by, the Mining Bureau, is hereby transferred to and shall hereafter be vested in, and exercised by, the Bureau of Public Lands.
SECTION 3. The public good requiring thee 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 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
ENACTED, October 1, 1903.
Cite This Law
An Act Transferring the Administration of Mining Grants and Claims Instituted Prior to April Eleventh, Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Nine, from the Mining Bureau to the Bureau of Public Lands, Act No. 915, Oct 1, 1903 (Philippines)
An Act Transferring the Administration of Mining Grants and Claims Instituted Prior to April Eleventh, Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Nine, from the Mining Bureau to the Bureau of Public Lands, Act No. 915 (Phil. 1903)
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