[ Act No. 1609, March 14, 1907 ]

AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVEN, KNOWN AS "THE REORGANIZATION ACT," BY ABOLISHING; THE BUREAU OF COLD STORAGE AS A SEPARATE BUREAU, AND CONSTITUTING THE SAME A DIVISION OF THE BUREAU OF SUPPLY.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that:SECTION 1. The Bureau of Cold Storage is hereby abolished as a separate Bureau and is constituted a division of the Bureau of Supply, to be known as the Division of Cold Storage. The Division of Cold Storage, under the general supervision and control of the Bureau of Supply, shall perform the duties and render the services heretofore required of the Bureau of Cold Storage by laws in force at the time of the passage of this Act.SEC. 2. The position of Director of Cold Storage is hereby abolished and the position of Chief of Division of Cold Storage is hereby created in the Bureau of Supply at a salary of four thousand eight hundred pesos per annum.SEC. 3. The funds appropriated for the Bureau of Cold Storage for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seven are hereby made available for the Division of Cold Storage in the Bureau of Supply.SEC. 4. So much of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and seven,. known as "The Reorganization Act." as is in conflict or inconsistent with this Act. and all other Acts or parts of Acts in conflict or inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed.SEC. 5. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws,'" passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.SEC. 6. This Act shall take effect on April 1. 1907.Enacted, March 14, 1907.

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