Increasing the Number of Municipalities in the Province of Bulacan from Fourteen to Fifteen
Act No. 1619, enacted on March 21, 1907, increases the number of municipalities in Bulacan from fourteen to fifteen by reconstituting the former municipality of San Rafael from Baliuag. This act restores San Rafael's territory as it was before the passage of a previous law, Act No. 932. It also mandates the distribution of funds in Baliuag's municipal treasury that arise from this separation. The law is set to take effect on August 10, 1907, ensuring that the financial distribution takes place retroactively to the date of the act's passage.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 1619
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
March 21, 1907
ACT NO. 1619
AN ACT INCREASING THE NUMBER OF MUNICIPALITIES IN THE PROVINCE OF BULACAN FROM FOURTEEN TO FIFTEEN, BY SEPARATING FROM BALIUAG THE FORMER MUNICIPALITY OF SAN RAFAEL, GIVING THE LATTER THE TERRITORY WHICH IT COMPRISED PRIOR TO THE PASSAGE OF ACT NUMBERED NINE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-TWO, AND PROVIDING FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS IN THE MUNICIPAL TREASURY OF BALIUAG RESULTING FROM THE SEPARATION FROM BALIUAG OF THE FORMER MUNICIPALITY OF SAN RAFAEL
SECTION 1. The fourteen municipalities of the Province of Bulacan, as established by Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and eighty-eight, shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be increased to fifteen, by separating from Baliuag the former municipality of San Rafael, which is hereby reconstituted and shall consist of the territory of which it was constituted prior to the passage of Act Numbered Nine hundred and thirty-two. HTcADC
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 August tenth, nineteen hundred and seven: PROVIDED, That the distribution of funds in the municipal treasury of Baliuag resulting from the separation from Baliuag of the former municipality of San Rafael shall be made as of the date of the passage of this Act.
ENACTED, March 21, 1907.
Cite This Law
Increasing the Number of Municipalities in the Province of Bulacan from Fourteen to Fifteen, Act No. 1619, Mar 21, 1907 (Philippines)
Increasing the Number of Municipalities in the Province of Bulacan from Fourteen to Fifteen, Act No. 1619 (Phil. 1907)
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