[ Act No. 1138, April 30, 1904 ]
AN ACT TO BRING IMMEDIATELY UNDER THE OPERATION OF THE LAND REGISTRATION ACT ALL LANDS LYING WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES LAWFULLY SET APART FOR NAVAL RESERVATIONS, AND ALL LANDS DESIRED TO BE PURCHASED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR NAVAL PURPOSES.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that:
Section 1. The provisions of Act Numbered Six hundred and, twenty-seven, entitled "An Act to bring immediately under the operation of the Land Registration Act all lands lying within the boundaries lawfully set apart for military reservations, and all lands desired to be purchased by the Government of the United States for military purposes," are hereby made applicable to all lands or buildings or any interest therein within the Philippine Islands lying within the boundaries of the areas now or hereafter set apart and declared to be naval reservations: Provided, however, That wherever the word "military" appears in said Act Numbered Six hundred and twenty-seven there shall be substituted the word "naval" for the purposes of this Act: And provided further, That wherever the words "Commanding General of the United States Army, Division of the Philippines," appear in said Act Numbered Six hundred and twenty-seven there shall be substituted the words "Commander in Chief of the United States Asiatic Meet," for the purposes of this Act
Section 2.1aшphi1 The method of procedure provided in Act Numbered Six hundred and twenty-seven for settling the titles to lands within military reservations, or which are sought to be purchased for military purposes, is hereby made applicable to naval reservations and to lands which the naval authorities of the United States wish to acquire by purchase for naval purposes, owned by private individuals and not within the boundaries set apart for naval reservations, and in case of proceedings in accordance with the provisions of this Act, claims for private lands, buildings, and interests within the limits of naval reservations not presented to the Court of Land Registration, as provided in said Act Numbered Six hundred and twenty-seven, shall be forever barred, and the lands, buildings, and interests therein shall be deemed to be public and not private property, in accordance with the provisions of said Act Numbered Six hundred and twenty-seven.
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, April 30, 1904.
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