[ Act No. 1644, May 14, 1907 ]

AN ACT REPEALING ACT NUMBERED THIRTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIVE, ENTITLED "AN ACT PROVIDING THAT ONE FISCAL SHALL PERFORM THE DUTIES OF FISCAL FOR THE PROVINCES OF LA UNION AND ZAMBALES, REPEALING THE PROVISIONS OF LAW AUTHORIZING A SEPARATE FISCAL FOR EACH OF SAID PROVINCES, FIXING THE SALARY FOR THE FISCAL OF THE TWO PROVINCES, AND MAKING PROVISIONS FOR TRAVELING EXPENSES OF SUCH FISCAL," PROVIDING FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF THE DUTIES OF THE FISCAL FOR THE PROVINCE OF LA UNION, AND PROVIDING THAT THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL MAY DESIGNATE ANY ASSISTANT ATTORNEY OR FISCAL TO PERFORM THE DUTIES OF FISCAL FOR THE PROVINCE OF ZAMBALES.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that:SECTION 1. Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and seventy-five, entitled "An Act providing that one fiscal shall perform the duties of fiscal for the Provinces of La Union and Zambales, repealing the provisions of law authorizing a separate fiscal for each of said provinces, fixing the salary for the fiscal of the two provinces, and making provisions for traveling expenses of such fiscal," is hereby repealed.SEC. 2. The office of fiscal of the Province of La Union is hereby re-created, and from and after the date on which this Act shall take effect the salary of the fiscal of said province shall be two thousand six hundred pesos per annum, and said fiscal shall perform all the duties imposed by law upon provincial fiscals.SEC. 3. The office of fiscal of the Province of Zambales is hereby abolished and the Attorney-General is hereby authorized and directed, whenever the necessity therefor arises, to designate any assistant attorney or provincial fiscal to perform in the Province of Zambales the duties of fiscal for said province, and said assistant attorney or fiscal shall perform in the Province of Zambales all the duties imposed by law upon provincial fiscals, and the necessary traveling expenses of such assistant attorney or fiscal shall be borne by the Province of Zambales, which shall reimburse the Bureau of Justice, or the province from which the fiscal is detailed, in such amount as shall be fixed by the Attorney-General with the approval of the Secretary of Finance and Justice.SEC. 4. 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. 5. This Act shall take effect on June first, nineteen hundred and seven.Enacted. May 14, 1907.

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