[ Act No. 1129, April 28, 1904 ]
AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED EIGHTY-THREE, KNOWN AS "THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT ACT," BY PROVIDING THAT JUDGES HOLDING COURT IN THE PROVINCES MAY BE PAID A PER DIEM FOR EXPENSES.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that:
Section 1. Section seven of Act Numbered Eighty-three, known as "The Provincial Government Act," is hereby amended by inserting after the word "day," in the ninth line of said section, the following: "Provided, That where the governor fails for any cause to make proper provision for the protection and entertainment of the judge, a per diem of six pesos, Philippine currency, shall be allowed front the provincial treasury to the judge in lieu of expenses during the period he is. required to be in the province for the purpose of holding court.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, April 28, 1904.
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