[ Act No. 529, November 19, 1902 ]

AN ACT AMENDING THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT ACT AND ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-THREE AMENDATORY THEREOF, BY AUTHORIZING ADDITIONAL CLERICAL ASSISTANCE IN THE OFFICE OF THE PROVINCIAL SECRETARY.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that:

SECTION 1. The Provincial Government Act, Numbered Eighty-three, and Act Numbered One hundred and thirty-three amendatory thereof, are hereby amended by striking out paragraph three of section one of Act Numbered One hundred and thirty-three, and inserting in lieu thereof the following words: "He shall have the power to appoint as many deputies or clerks in his office as he may deem necessary alter be has obtained the approval of the provincial board and the Insular Treasurer. Such deputies and clerks shall be appointed under the provisions of the Civil Service Act."

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, November 19, 1902.