[ Act No. 1624, March 27, 1907 ]
AN ACT INCREASING THE NUMBER OF MUNICIPALITIES IN THE SUB-PROVINCE OF ABRA, PROVINCE OF ILOCOS SUR, FROM FIVE TO SIX, BY SEPARATING FROM BANGUED THE FORMER MUNICIPALITY OF TAYUM, GIVING THE LATTER THE TERRITORY WHICH IT COMPRISED PRIOR TO THE PASSAGE OF ACT NUMBERED ONE THOUSAND AND ONE AND PROVIDING FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS IN THE MUNICIPAL TREASURY OF BANGUED, RESULTING FROM THE SEPARATION FROM BANGUED OF THE FORMER MUNICIPALITY OF TAYUM.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that:
Section 1. The five municipalities of the sub-province of Abra, Province of Ilocos Sur, as established by Act, Numbered One thousand and one, shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be increased to six, by separating from Bangued the former municipality of Tayum, which is hereby reconstituted and shall consist of the territory of which it, was constituted prior to the passage of said Act Numbered One thousand and one.
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 proscribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws.ℒαwρhi৷" passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.
Section 3. This Act shall take effect on August tenth, nineteen hundred and seven: Provided, That the: distribution of funds in the municipal treasury of Bangued, resulting from the separation from Bangued of the former municipality of Tayum, shall be made as of the date of this Act.
Enacted, March 27, 1907.
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