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

SECTION 1. With the concurrence and approval of the Secretary of War first had, rule twenty of Act Numbered Ninety is hereby amended by prefixing thereto the words "Except as hereinafter provided," so that said rule shall read as follows:

"RULE 20. Except as hereinafter provided, accounts of disbursement shall be rendered monthly and transmitted to the Auditor within ten days after the expiration of the month to which they pertain, by the officers and agents authorized to make disbursements, in which such officers or agents shall charge themselves with all moneys advanced to them, respectively, by the Treasurer, and take credit for the disbursements made by them, supported by proper vouchers. An abstract of the disbursements, accompanied by the vouchers therefor, consecutively numbered, shall he transmitted with each account."

SEC. 2. Rule thirty-seven of Act Numbered Ninety is hereby amended by prefixing thereto the words "Postal accounts of postmasters shall be rendered quarterly and transmitted to the Auditor within ten days after the expiration of the quarter to which they pertain," so that said rule shall read as follows:

"RULE 37. Postal accounts of postmasters shall be rendered quarterly and transmitted to the Auditor within ten days after the expiration of the quarter to which they pertain. The receipts and disbursements of revenue by postmasters shall he covered into the Treasury of the Islands by warrant and counter warrant, signed by the Director of Posts, countersigned by the Auditor, and approved by the Civil Governor."

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 as of July first, nineteen hundred and four.

Enacted, July 11, 1904.