[ Act No. 986, November 07, 1903 ]
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FOUR, ENTITLED "AN ACT REDUCING THE FORTY-NINE MUNICIPALITIES OF THE PROVINCE OF LEYTE TO THIRTY-THREE."
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that:
Section 1. Act Numbered Nine hundred and fifty-four, entitled "An Act reducing the forty-nine municipalities of the Province of Leyte to thirty-three," is hereby amended as follows:
(a) By striking out of the title and of the first, and third lines of section one the words "forty-nine" and "thirty-three," and inserting in lieu thereof the words "fifty-one" and "thirty-four," respectively.
(b) By inserting after paragraph numbered fourteen and before paragraph numbered fifteen of section one of said Act a new paragraph, numbered fifteen, as follows:
"15. The municipality of Hinunanga shall consist of its present territory and that of the present municipality of Hinundayan, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Hinunanga."
(c) By striking out the number "fifteen" in the last paragraph of said section one, and inserting in lieu thereof the number "sixteen."
(d) By striking out the word "fourteen" in the second and seventh lines of section two of said Act, and inserting in lieu thereof, in both instances, the word "fifteen.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, November 7, 1903.
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