Act No. 1403




[ Act No. 1403, October 12, 1905 ] AN ACT REMOVING MEMBERS OF NON-CHRISTIAN TRIBES IN THE PROVINCE OF LA UNION FROM THE JURISDICTION OF OFFICIALS OF SAID PROVINCE, AND PLACING THEM UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF OFFICIALS OF THE PROVINCES OF BENGUET AND LEPANTO-BONTOC. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: Section 1. The non-Christian inhabitants of the Province of La Union are hereby removed from the jurisdiction of the provincial and municipal authorities of said province. Section 2. The non-Christian inhabitants of the Province of La Union who reside south of the branch or fork of the Baroro River known as the Cabassitan River, including the inhabitants of the settlement of San Ramon, shall he under the jurisdiction of the governor and provincial hoard of the Province of Benguet, and with respect to these non-Christian inhabitants said governor and provincial board shall exercise the powers conferred and perform the duties imposed upon them with respect to the inhabitants of the Province of Benguet by the "Special Provincial Government Act" and the "Township Government Act." Section 31aшphi1. The non-Christian inhabitants of the Province of La Union who reside north of the branch or fork of the Baroro River known as the Cabassitan River, including the inhabitants of the settlement of Amontoc, shall he under the jurisdiction of the lieutenant governor of the subprovince of Amburayan and the governor and provincial board of the Province of Lepanto-Bontoc; and with respect to these non-Christian inhabitants said lieutenant governor and said governor and provincial board shall exercise the powers conferred and perform the duties imposed upon them with respect to the inhabitants of the subprovince of Ainburayan, Province of Lepanto-Bontoc, by the "'Special Provincial Government Act" and the "Township Government Act." Section 4. 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 5. This Act shall take effect on its passage. Enacted, October 12, 1905. The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation