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[ Act No. 2449, January 22, 1915 ]

AN ACT TO AMEND SUBSECTION (E) OF SECTION TWO OF ACT NUMBERED EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-EIGHT, ENTITLED "AN ACT CREATING THE BUREAU OF TABOR, UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND POLICE," BY PROVIDING THAT A FEE MAY BE CHARGED EMPLOYERS FOR SERVICES RENDERED BY EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES OF THE BUREAU OF LABOR.(awÞhi(

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

Section 1. Subsection (e) of section two of Act Numbered Eighteen hundred and sixty-eight is hereby amended to read as follows:

" (e) To organize in such towns in the Philippine Islands as it may deem necessary or advisable one or more employment agencies. A fee in an amount to be fixed by the Director of Labor, with the approval of the Secretary of Commerce and Police, may be collected from employers for services performed by an employment agency in securing servants and employees. All such fees collected shall be covered into the Insular Treasury to the credit of the general fund."

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

Enacted, January 22, 1915.

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