[ Act No. 910, September 29, 1903 ]

AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED POUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-ONE BY CREATING THE OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF THE TELEGRAPHIC DIVISION OF THE PHILIPPINES CONSTABULARY.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that:SECTION 1. The office of Superintendent of the Telegraphic Division of the Philippines Constabulary is hereby created, the incumbent of which shall be paid an annual salary of two thousand five hundred dollars, payable monthly. He shall, under the supervision and direction of the Chief of Constabulary, have charge of the Telegraphic Division of the Philippines Constabulary, as provided in Act Numbered Four hundred and sixty-one, entitled "An Act amending Act Numbered One hundred and seventy-five, entitled 'An Act providing for the organization and government of an Insular Constabulary, and for the inspection of the municipal police,' so as to provide for the maintenance of the present telegraphic system in the Archipelago, so far as may be desirable and practicable," and shall perform all the duties pertaining to that office which by said Act are imposed upon the Chief of Constabulary. He shall be appointed by the Civil Governor with the advice and consent of the Philippine Commission.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.SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.Enacted, September 29, 1903.

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