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[ Act No. 1886, April 22, 1909 ]

AN ACT AMENDING SECTION THIRTY-FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED EIGHTY-TWO BY ADDING THERETO A SECOND PARAGRAPH AUTHORIZING THE TRANSLATION OF MUNICIPAL ORDINANCES INTO THE LOCAL DIALECT AND THE POSTING THEREOF, AS TRANSLATED INTO SUCH DIALECT.

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

Section 1. Section thirty-four of Act Numbered Eighty-two, entitled 'The Municipal Code," is hereby amended by adding a second paragraph, to read as follows:

"The municipal council may, if it deems the same to be advisable, order the municipal secretary to have the ordinances, after their dialects. passage, translated into the dialect used by the majority of the people, and posted as translated into such dialect, at the main entrance of the municipal building and in other frequented public places in the center of the town and its barrios."

Section 2.This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, April 22, 1909.

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