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[ Act No. 528, November 19, 1902 ]

AN ACT AMENDING THE MUNICIPAL CODE BY AUTHORIZING THE RESIGNATION OF ELECTIVE MUNICIPAL OFFICERS IN THE INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE.

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

Section 1. Section twenty-five of Act Numbered Eighty-two entitled "The Municipal Code," is hereby amended by adding at the close thereof the following words: "Any elective municipal officer who has qualified may be allowed to resign in the interest of the public service with the approval of the provincial board. "

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, November 19, 1902.

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