Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Legislature assembled and by  the authority of  the same:

SECTION 1.  Section five hundred and thirty-four of Act Numbered Twenty-seven  hundred and eleven, known as the Administrative Code of nineteen hundred and seventeen, is hereby  amended to read as follows:

  "SEC. 534.  Record of  slaughtered  or dead  cattle.—-The municipal treasurer shall keep a record of all permits  for slaughter issued  by him  and  of all cattle of the  death  of which he may be informed, and such record shall show the name and residence of the owner,  and the class,  sex, age, brands, knots of  radiated hair commonly known as remolinos or  cowlicks,  and other marks  of  identification  of the dead animal or animal for the slaughter of which permit is issued,  and the date of the death, if known,  or the date on which such permit is issued.  Names of owners shall be alphabetically arranged in the record,  together with data mentioned.

"If any large cattle dies from any cause other than that specified in section five hundred and thirty-two hereof, it shall be the duty of the  owner or manager to report such death not later than thirty days after he has been informed hereof,  to the municipal treasurer of the municipality in which he resides  or of the municipality in which the  death occurred, surrendering at the same time the certificate of ownership or  transfer of the dead  animal.   The treasurer shall register the death of said animal in the record mentioned  in the preceding  paragraph and  shall  cancel  the certificates for said animal.   Any  document of this kind found in the possession of any person shall  be seized and disposed of as prescribed  in this Act.

"A copy of the record,  accompanied by the canceled certificates, shall be  forwarded monthly to the provincial treasurer, who shall file and properly index the same under the name of the owner, together with the dates of the deaths and the dates of the permits."

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on its approval.

Approved, December 2, 1926.