[ Act No. 939, October 12, 1903 ]
AN ACT REDUCING THE THIRTY MUNICIPALITIES OF THE PROVINCE OF LA LAGUNA TO NINETEEN.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that:
Section 1. The thirty municipalities of the Province of La Laguna shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be reduced to nineteen, as follows:
1. The municipality of Mabitac shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Santa Maria, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Mabitac.
2. The municipality of Siniloan shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipalities of Famy and Pangil, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Siniloan.
3. The municipality of Paete shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipalities of Paquil, Longos, and San Antonio, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Paete.
4. The municipality of Luisiana shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Cavinti, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Luisiana.
5. The municipality of Nagcarlan shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Rizal, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Nagcarlan.
6. The municipality of San Pablo shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Alaminos, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of San Pablo.
7. The municipality of Bay shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Los Baņos, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Bay.
8. The municipality of Biņan shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of San Pedro Tunasan, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Biņan.
9. The municipality of Pagsanjan shall preserve its present boundaries.
10. The municipality of Lumban shall preserve its present boundaries.
11. The municipality of Majayjay shall preserve its present boundaries.
12. 12. The municipality of Magdalena shall preserve, its present boundaries.
13. The municipality of Lilio shall preserve its present boundaries.
14. The municipality of Santa Cruz shall preserve its present boundaries.
15. The municipality of Pila shall preserve its present boundaries.
16. The municipality of Calauan shall preserve its present boundaries.
17. The municipality of Cabuyao shall preserve its present boundaries.
18. The municipality of Calamba shall preserve its present boundaries.
19. The municipality of Santa Rosa shall preserve its present boundaries.
Section 2. The municipal elections in each of the new municipalities shall be held in accordance with the rules contained in Act Numbered Seven hundred and thirty, as amended by Act Numbered Nine hundred and twenty-eight. When the new municipal officials shall have been elected, and shall have qualified, the present organization of each of the municipalities mentioned in section one of this Act, except those described in paragraphs numbered nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, and nineteen of said section, shall be thereby abolished, and all offices held by virtue of their present organization shall be vacant and abolished so that all the present municipal officials shall cease to hold office as soon as the new officials shall have taken the oath of office.1aшphi1 Until the officials elected for the new municipalities as described in section one hereof shall have qualified, the present organization of the existing municipalities shall continue.
Section 3. 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 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, October 12, 1903.
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