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[ Act No. 1372, July 10, 1905 ]

AN ACT CONFERRING CONCURRENT JURISDICTION UPON THE JUSTICES OF THE PEACE FOR THE MUNICIPALITIES OF ILOILO AND BUENAVISTA, OVER THE BARRIO OF SANAO, ON THE ISLAND OF GUIMARAS, PROVINCE OF ILOILO.

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

Section 1. Concurrent jurisdiction is hereby conferred upon the justices of the peace for the municipalities of Iloilo and Buenavista over causes arising in the barrio now known as Sanao, on the Island of Guimaras, in the Province of Iloilo, anything in existing law to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided, however, That the justice of the peace first acquiring jurisdiction over any cause shall have exclusive jurisdiction thereof1aшphi1.

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, July 10, 1905.

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