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[ Act No. 1939, May 20, 1909 ]

AN ACT ADDING A PROVISO TO SUBSECTION (B) OF SECTION TWELVE OF ACT NUMBERED SEVENTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-ONE, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO AMEND IN CERTAIN RESPECTS ACT NUMBERED EIGHTY-TWO, KNOWN AS THE 'MUNICIPAL CODE' " BY PROVIDING TLIAT THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL MAY, IN ITS DISCRETION, EXTEND THE TIME FOR THE PAYMENT, WITHOUT PENALTY, OF CERTAIN LICENSE TAXES.

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

Section 1. The following words are hereby added at the end of subsection (b) of section twelve of Act Numbered Seventeen hundred and ninety-one:

"Provided, further, That the ten days extension of time for such payment, without penalty, may be extended ten days further, in the discretion of each municipal council, for the following reasons: Bad condition of roads, breaking of bridges, great "freshets, and other analogous circumstances."

Section 2.1aшphi1 This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, May 20, 1909.

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