Whereas the Secretary of War will arrive on the fourteenth day nf October at Manila for the purpose of formally opening the Philippine Assembly; and

Whereas the Philippine Assembly will be formally opened by the Secretary of War on the sixteenth of October, nineteen hundred and seven : and

Whereas it is meet and proper that said days, and the fifteenth of October, nineteen hundred and seven, should be set apart as days of general rejoicing in honor of the visit of the Secretary of War and the formal opening of the Philippine Assembly: Now, therefore.

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

SECTION 1. Monday. Tuesday, and Wednesday, the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth days of October, anno Domini nineteen hundred and seven, arc hereby made public holidays.

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 9, 1907.