Time Extension for Payment of Land Tax in Oriental Negros for 1903
Act No. 950, enacted on October 21, 1903, extends the deadline for paying the land tax in the Province of Oriental Negros for the year 1903 until December 31, 1903. This extension is granted due to adverse agricultural conditions, including locust infestations and drought. The Act overrides any conflicting provisions from previous laws to facilitate timely assistance to landowners. It emphasizes the urgency of the matter and takes effect immediately upon passage.
October 21, 1903
ACT NO. 950
AN ACT EXTENDING THE TIME FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE LAND TAX IN THE PROVINCE OF ORIENTAL NEGROS FOR THE YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THREE UNTIL DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THREE
SECTION 1. Owing to the depressed condition of agriculture, the locust pest, and the dryness of the season, the period for the payment, without penalty, of the land tax for the year nineteen hundred and three in the Province of Oriental Negros is hereby extended to December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and three, anything in previous Acts to the contrary notwithstanding.
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 its passage.
Enacted: October 21, 1903