[ Act No. 908, September 29, 1903 ]
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION THIRTEEN OF ACT NUMBERED EIGHTY-THREE, PROVIDING FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that:
Section 1. Section thirteen of Act Numbered Eighty-three, entitled "A general Act for the organization of provincial governments in the Philippine Islands," as amended and supplemented by Acts Numbered Three hundred and seventy-two, Five hundred and twenty-five, and Eight hundred and nineteen, is hereby further amended by adding thereto subsection (q) as follows:
"(q) To order, in its discretion, the execution by the supervisor, at provincial expense, of such minor surveys and examinations as may be necessary to determine the advisability of making public improvements, either by the provincial government or the Insular Government, within the jurisdiction of the province: Provided, That no survey or examination costing more than one thousand pesos, Philippine currency, shall be commenced without the previous approval of the Consulting Engineer to the Commission."
Section 2.1aшphi1 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 bv the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.
Section 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, September 29, 1903.
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