[ Act No. 329, January 08, 1902 ]
AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND ONE IN AMENDMENT OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-FIVE, BY PROVIDING FOR THE DIRECTION AND SUPERVISION OF AN OFFICE OR BUREAU ESTABLISHED BY LAW IN CASES WHERE THERE IS NO HEAD OR ACTING HEAD OF SUCH OFFICE OR BUREAU.
By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the United States Philippine Commission, that:
Section 1. Section one of Act Numbered Three hundred and one, entitled "An Act in amendment of Act Numbered Twenty-five, relating to the appointment and removal of subordinate officers and employees in certain Bureaus."' is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the words "who shall have direct charge and supervision of such Office or Bureau, and who, or a person assigned by him for the purpose, shall have authority to make estimates for appropriation, requisitions on the Treasurer for money appropriated, and to approve all vouchers for payment," making the section to read as follows:
"Section 1. Section one of Act Numbered Twenty-five, entitled 'An Act providing for the appointment and removal of subordinate officers and employees in certain Departments and Bureaus of the Government of the Philippine Islands1aшphi1.' is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following words:
" 'Provided, nevertheless, That in case there is no head or acting head of any such Office or Bureau, or other Office or Bureau established by law, at the time when subordinate appointments to or removals from positions therein become necessary, such appointments and removals may be made by the Secretary of the Department under which the Office or Bureau is established, who shall have direct charge and supervision of such Office or Bureau, and who, or a person assigned by him for the purpose, shall have authority to make estimates for appropriation, requisitions on the Treasurer for money appropriated, and to approve all vouchers for payment.' "
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.1aшphi1
Section 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, January 8, 1902.
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