[ Act No. 1144, May 03, 1904 ]

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PAYMENT OF EXTRA COMPENSATION TO MEMBERS OF THE PHILIPPINE SCOUTS AND THE CONSTABULARY DETAILED FOR SPECIAL DUTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE ERECTION OF BAMBOO AND NIPA BUILDINGS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, AT THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE EXPOSITION AT SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that:

Section 1. The payment of a per diem allowance of fifty cents, United States currency, in addition to regular compensation, to members of the Philippine Scouts and the Constabulary detailed at the request of the Chairman of the Exposition Board for special duty in connection with the erection of bamboo and nipa buildings and for other purposes, at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at Saint Louis, Missouri, is hereby authorized, the same to be paid out of appropriations made for the Saint Louis Imposition Board, the provisions of Act Numbered One hundred and forty-eight to the contrary notwithstanding.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, May 3, 1904.


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