Separating from the Municipality of Vigan, Province of Ilocos Sur, the Former Municipality of Santa Catalina and Reestablishing It as a New Municipality
Act No. 1633, enacted on April 26, 1907, reestablishes the former municipality of Santa Catalina as a separate entity from Vigan in the Province of Ilocos Sur. This separation restores Santa Catalina's territory to its status prior to its inclusion in Vigan under a previous act. The law emphasizes the urgency of this separation for the public good and ensures that the act takes effect on August 10, 1907. Additionally, it provides for the distribution of municipal funds from Vigan's treasury as of the act's passage date.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 1633
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
April 26, 1907
ACT NO. 1633
AN ACT SEPARATING FROM THE MUNICIPALITY OF VIGAN, PROVINCE OF ILOCOS SUR, THE FORMER MUNICIPALITY OF SANTA CATALINA, REESTABLISHING IT AS A NEW MUNICIPALITY AND GIVING IT THE TERRITORY OF WHICH IT WAS CONSTITUTED PRIOR TO THE PASSAGE OF ACT NUMBERED NINE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FOUR
SECTION 1. The former municipality of Santa Catalina, now a part of the municipality of Vigan, in the Province of Ilocos Sur, as established by Act Numbered Nine hundred and thirty-four, entitled "An Act reducing the twenty-four municipalities of the Province of Ilocos Sur to fourteen," shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be separated from the present municipality, which shall consist of the territory of which it was constituted prior to the passage of said Act Numbered Nine hundred and thirty-four. EATCcI
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 Vigan, resulting from the separation from Vigan of the former municipality of Santa Catalina, shall be made as of the date of the passage of this Act.
ENACTED, April 26, 1907.
Cite This Law
Separating from the Municipality of Vigan, Province of Ilocos Sur, the Former Municipality of Santa Catalina and Reestablishing It as a New Municipality, Act No. 1633, Apr 26, 1907 (Philippines)
Separating from the Municipality of Vigan, Province of Ilocos Sur, the Former Municipality of Santa Catalina and Reestablishing It as a New Municipality, Act No. 1633 (Phil. 1907)
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