[ Act No. 917, October 01, 1903 ]

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FIVE OF ACT NUMBERED SEVENTY-FOUR, ESTABLISHING A DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, AS AMENDED, BY MAKING THE PROVINCE OF LEYTE AND THE PROVINCE OF SAMAR SEPARATE SCHOOL DIVISIONS.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that:SECTION 1. Section five of Act Numbered Seventy-four, establishing a Department of Public Instruction, as amended by Acts Numbered Four hundred and seventy-seven, Five hundred and twenty-five, and Six hundred and seventy-two, is hereby further amended by striking from the phrase in said section, "Sixteenth Division, Leyte and Samar, two thousand four hundred dollars," the words "and Samar," making said phrase read, "Sixteenth Division, Leyte, two thousand four hundred dollars," and by striking from the phrase in said section, "Eighteenth Division, Mindanao and Jolo (with the exception of Misamis and Surigao), two thousand five hundred dollars," the words "Mindanao and Jolo (with the exception of Misamis and Surigao)," and inserting in lieu thereof the word "Samar," making the phrase read, "Eighteenth Division, Samar, two thousand five hundred dollars."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, October 1, 1903.

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