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

SECTION 1. The twenty-three municipalities of the Province of Nueva Ecija shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be reduced to fifteen, as follows:

1. The municipality of Nampicuan shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Cuyapo, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Nampicuan.
   
   
2. The municipality of Aliaga shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Zaragoza, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Aliaga.
   
   
3. The municipality of San Antonio shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Jaen, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of San Antonio.
   
   
4. The municipality of San Isidro shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Cabiao, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of San Isidro.
   
   
5. The municipality of Peñaranda shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of San Leonardo, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Peñaranda.
   
   
6. The municipality of Cabanatuan shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Santa Rosa, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Cabanatuan.
   
   
7. The municipality of Talavera shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Santo Domingo, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Talavera.
   
   
8. The municipality of San Jose shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Lupao, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of San Jose.
   
   
9. The municipality of San Juan de Guimba shall preserve its present boundaries.
   
   
10. The municipality of Licab shall preserve its present boundaries.
    
    
11. The municipality of Gapan shall preserve its present boundaries.
    
    
12. The municipality of Bongabon shall preserve its present boundaries.
    
    
13. The municipality of Puncan shall preserve its present boundaries.
    
    
14. The municipality of Carranglan shall preserve its present boundaries.
    
    
15. The municipality of Pantabangan shall preserve its present boundaries.
    

SEC. 2. The municipal elections in each of the new municipalities shall be held in accordance with the rules contained in Act Numbered Seven hundred and thirty, as amended by Act Numbered Nine hundred and twenty-eight. When the new municipal officials shall have been elected, and shall have qualified, the present organization of each of the municipalities mentioned in section one of this Act, except those described in paragraphs numbered nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, and fifteen of said section, shall be thereby abolished, and all offices held by virtue of their present organization shall he vacant and abolished, so that all the present municipal officials shall cease to hold office as soon as the new officials shall have taken the oath of office. Until the officials elected for the new municipalities as described in section one hereof shall have qualified, the present organization of the existing municipalities shall continue.

SEC. 3. 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. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, October 8, 1903.