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[ Act No. 1594, February 15, 1907 ]

AN ACT RESERVING FOR THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE GOVERNMENT THE FISHING RIGHTS IN THE WATERS OF THE BAY ALONG THE SHORE LINE OF THE EASTERN BOUNDARY OF THE IWAHIG PENAL COLONY FOR A DISTANCE SEAWARD OF ONE AND ONE-QUARTER STATUTE MILES.

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

Section 1. The fishing rights in the waters of the bay along the shore line of the eastern boundary of the Iwahig Penal Colony, Island of Palawan, for a distance seaward of one and one-quarter statute miles are hereby reserved for the exclusive use of the Government, for the subsistence and maintenance of the prisoners, the prison officials and their families in said colony, and such pardoned or released prisoners as may continue in reside therein.

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.ℒαwρhi৷

Section 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, February 15, 1907.

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