Act No. 378




[ Act No. 378, March 11, 1902 ] AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX, PROVIDING FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF COURTS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE, BY EXTENDING THE PROVISIONS OF THE CIVIL SERVICE ACT TO THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL. By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the United States Philippine Commission, that: Section 1. Section forty-seven of Act Numbered One hundred and thirty-six, providing for the organization of courts in the Philippine Islands, as amended by section one of Act Numbered Three hundred and twenty-five, is hereby amended by striking out, after the word "lawyers" in the first line of paragraph (b) of said section, the words: "who shall be appointed by the Attorney-General, with the approval of the Civil Governor, to serve at their pleasure;" and by striking out, after the word "functions," in the fourth line of paragraph (c) of said section, the words: "Such assistants shall be appointed by the Attorney-General with the approval of the Civil Governor;" and by adding to said section an additional paragraph as follows: " (e) All appointments to positions in the office of the Attorney-General, except to positions to which appointment is made by the Civil Governor, with the advice and consent of the Commission, shall be made by the Attorney-General in accordance with the provisions of the Civil Service Act. Employees now in the office of the Attorney-General whose positions may be classified by the operation of this Act shall continue in the service and discharge the duties assigned them, subject, however, to the conditions contained in section twenty-two of Act Numbered Five, entitled "The Civil Service Act. " Section 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the passage of the same is hereby 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, March 11, 1902. The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation