[ Act No. 760, May 21, 1903 ]
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINE, ENTITLED "AN ACT PROHIBITING THE TRAFFIC IN INTOXICATING LIQUORS WITHIN CERTAIN DISTANCES OF LAND USED BY THE UNITED STATES FOR MILITARY PURPOSES AND AT CERTAIN CAMPS THEREIN NAMED," BY PROHIBITING THE SAID TRAFFIC ON THE ISLAND OF TALIM OR WITHIN A DISTANCE OF THREE MILES OF MALAHI ISLAND, LAGUNA DE BAY.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that:
Section 1. Section one of Act Numbered Seven hundred and nine, entitled "An Act prohibiting the traffic in intoxicating liquors within certain distances of land used by the United States for military purposes and at certain camps therein named," is hereby amended so far as necessary to prohibit the granting of any license by a municipal council or other municipal or provincial authority for the sale of any intoxicating liquors, beer, or wine, at any place or on any premises situated on the Island of Talim, Laguna de Bay, or within a distance of three miles of the Island of Malahi, reserved for military purposes in the Laguna de Bay; and the provisions of said Act Numbered Seven hundred and nine shall be as fully applicable to the prohibition by this Act provided as if this prohibition had been originally included in said Act Numbered Seven hundred and nine.1aшphi1
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, May 21, 1903.
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