Act No. 2678




[ Act No. 2678, March 09, 1917 ] AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL TO CALL BY EXECUTIVE ORDER AN ELECTION FOR MUNICIPAL PRESIDENT IN ANY ORGANIZED MUNICIPALITY WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF MINDANAO AND SULU. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of the same: Section 1. The Governor-General is hereby authorized and empowered to call, by proclamation, a special election for municipal president in any organized municipality within the Department of Mindanao and Sulu. A new registration of electors shall be required in each case and delinquent taxes may be paid at any time before registration.ℒαwρhi৷ The officers elected at such special election shall hold office until those elected at the next general election shall have qualified. Hereafter the elections for municipal president in said municipalities shall be made to coincide with the general provincial and municipal elections, in accordance with law. Section 2. This Act shall take effect on its approval. Approved, March 9, 1917. The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation