[ Act No. 351, February 03, 1902 ]

AN ACT APPROPRIATING ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS, IN LOCAL CURRENCY, TO BE PAID TO THE WIDOW OF BONIFACIO ORTUA, LATE PRESIDENT OF THE PUEBLO OF LAGONOY, AMBOS CAMARINES, ISLAND OF LUZON, OR TO THE TREASURER OF THE PROVINCE FOR HER BENEFIT.

By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the United States Philippine Commission, that:SECTION 1. Whereas Bonifacio Ortua, president of the pueblo of Lagonoy, Ambos Camarines, Island of Luzon, was murdered while in the discharge of his official duties, because of the efficient administration of his office and his loyalty to the United States, and his untimely death leaves his wife in needy circumstances:The sum of one thousand dollars, in local currency, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be paid, in the discretion of the Civil Governor, either to the widow of Bonifacio Ortua or to the treasurer of the province, to be held and expended by him for her benefit.SEC. 2. 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.Enacted, February 3, 1902.

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