[ Act No. 1623, March 27, 1907 ]
AN ACT INCREASING THE NUMBER OF MUNICIPALITIES IN THE PROVINCE OF TARLAC FROM TEN, AS ESTABLISHED BY ACT NUMBERED FIFTEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE, TO ELEVEN, AND SEPARATING FROM THE MUNICIPALITY OF PANIQUI THE BARRIOS OF SAN ROMAN, LEGASPI, SAN AGUSTIN, AND SALCEDO, AND ANNEXING THEM TO THE MUNICIPALITY OF MONCADA.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that:
Section 1. The ten municipalities of the Province of Tarlac, as established by Act Numbered Fifteen hundred, and fifty-five, shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be increased to eleven, by separating from the municipality of Pura the former municipality of Gerona, which is hereby reconstituted and shall consist of the territory of which it was constituted prior to the passage of Act Numbered Nine hundred and thirty, as amended by Act Numbered Nine hundred and seventy-six.ℒαwρhi৷ The location of the seat, of the municipal government of Pura shall be as prior to the passage of Act Numbered Nine hundred and seventy-six.
Section 2. The barrios of San Roman, Legaspi, San Agustin, and Salcedo, now a part of the municipality of Paniqui, are hereby separated from said municipality and annexed to the present municipality of Moncada.
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 August tenth, nineteen hundred and seven: Provided, That the distribution of funds in the municipal treasury of Pura, resulting from the separation from Pura of the former municipality of Gerona, shall be made as of the date of the passage of this Act: And provided further, That in case of the failure of the residents of Pura to have their municipal and school buildings built and completed on or before the date set for the next regular elections, the reestablishment of said municipality as prior to the passage of Act Numbered Nine hundred and thirty, shall not take effect until the tenth day of August immediately preceding the next regular election to be held after said municipal find school buildings shall have been completed.
Enacted, March 27, 1907.
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