[ Act No. 476, October 07, 1902 ]

AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-THREE, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE CITY OF MANILA," AND AMENDING ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FIVE, ENTITLED "AN ACT REGULATING THE SALARIES OF OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES IN THE MUNICIPAL SERVICE OF MANILA," BY INCREASING THE NUMBER OF ASSISTANTS IN THE OFFICE OF THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY OF MANILA FROM THREE TO FOUR, AND BY INCREASING THE SALARY OF THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY FROM THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS TO FOUR THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS AND FIXING THE SALARIES OF THE FOUR ASSISTANTS.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that:

Section 1. Section thirty-nine of Act Numbered One hundred and eighty-three, entitled "An Act to incorporate the city of Manila," enacted July thirty-first, nineteen hundred and one, is hereby amended so as to provide that there shall be four Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys, who shall assist the Prosecuting Attorney as he shall direct, instead of three such assistants, as in said section thirty-nine provided.

Section 2. Section twelve of Act Numbered One hundred and eighty-five, entitled "An Act regulating the salaries of officers and employees in the municipal service of Manila," enacted August third, nineteen hundred and one, is hereby amended so as to provide that the Prosecuting Attorney shall receive an annual compensation of four thousand five hundred dollars; the First Assistant shall receive an annual salary of three thousand five hundred dollars; the Second Assistant shall receive an annual salary of two thousand five hundred dollars; the Third Assistant shall receive an annual salary of two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; and the Fourth Assistant shall receive an annual salary of two thousand dollars; instead of the salaries of the Prosecuting Attorney and his assistants as in said section twelve provided.1aшphi1

Section 3. The parts of section thirty-nine of the Act to incorporate the city of Manila, and section twelve of the Act regulating the salaries of officers and employees in the municipal service of Manila, inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, are hereby repealed.

Section 4. 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 5. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, October 7, 1902.


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