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[ Act No. 843, August 24, 1903 ]

AN ACT PROVIDING THAT THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY AND THE ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE SECRETARY FOR THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS MAY ADMINISTER OATHS REQUIRED BY LAW.

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

Section 1.1aшphi1 The Executive Secretary and the Assistant Executive Secretary for the Philippine Islands are hereby empowered to administer all oaths required and authorized by law, without compensation, but they shall not be required to administer oaths except in matters of official business in which no fees are chargeable by law.

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, August 24, 1903.

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