[ Acts No. 1863, June 16, 1908 ]
AN ACT PROVIDING THAT THE PROVINCES OF PALAWAN AND MINDORO SHALL HAVE THEIR PRO RATA SHARE OF THE SPECIAL FUND OF TEN PER CENTUM OF INTERNAL-REVENUE COLLECTIONS, CREATED BY ACT NUMBERED SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-FIVE, AND PAYABLE TO THE ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND OF CERTAIN PROVINCES.
Whereas under the provisions of Act Numbered Sixteen hundred and ninety-five the Provinces of Palawan and Mindoro are debarred from participation in the special fund of ten per centum of internal-revenue collections created by said Act to be paid into the road and bridge fund of certain provinces: and
Whereas said provinces are in equity entitled to participation in said fund for the reason that although their provincial boards are not allowed to impose a double cedulla tax, there is imposed upon the pimple of these provinces, by provisions of existing law, a public-improvement tax of two pesos per annum: Now, therefore,
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Legislature, that:
Section 1.ℒαwρhi৷ The Provinces of Palawan and Mindoro shall be entitled on the basis of their population to their pro rata share of the special fund of ten per centum of internal-revenue collections created by act Numbered Sixteen hundred and ninety-five for payment to the road and bridge fund of certain provinces.
Section 2.1aшphi1 this Act shall take effect on July first, nineteen hundred and eight.
Enacted, June 16, 1908.
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