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

SECTION 1. Section twenty-one of the Provincial Government Act, Numbered Eighty-three, as amended by Acts Numbered 0n6 hundred and thirty-three and Two hundred and eighty, is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 21. Vacancies in provincial offices created by removal, resignation, or death shall be filled by appointment by the Civil Governor, with the advice and consent of the Commission, within ninety days after the vacancy occurs. The appointment of a provincial governor in case of a vacancy shall be only for the remainder of the term of the person whose removal, resignation, or death causes the vacancy. In case of suspension or absence of any provincial officer, the Civil Governor shall have power to appoint a person to perform the duties of the office during such absence or suspension."

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, July 19, 1904.