[ Act No. 1175, June 02, 1904 ]

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CIRCULATING LIBRARY IN THE PROVINCE OF ALBAY, CREATING A LIBRARY BOARD FOR THE SUPERVISION, MANAGEMENT, AND CONTROL THEREOF, AUTHORIZING THE BOARD TO ADOPT AND PUT IN FORCE RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF SAID LIBRARY, RECEIVE AND ACQUIRE MONEY AND PROPERTY FOR THE BENEFIT THEREOF, AND TO EXPEND THE FUNDS OF SAID LIBRARY FOR ITS MAINTENANCE AND FOR THE PURCHASE OF BOOKS AND PROPERTY FOR ITS BENEFIT.

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

SECTION 1. The establishment of a circulating library for the Province of Albay is hereby authorized.                                                      

SEC. 2. Said circulating library shall be supervised, managed, and controlled by a library board composed of the provincial governor, the provincial treasurer, the provincial supervisor, the division superintendent of the school division of Albay and Sorsogon and the principal of the provincial high school of Albay.

The provincial governor shall be chairman, the provincial treasurer shall be treasurer, and the division superintendent of the school division of Albay and Sorsogon shall be secretary of the library board.

SEC. 3. Vacancies caused by the temporary absence or disability of the provincial governor, the provincial treasurer, the provincial supervisor, the division superintendent of the school division of Albay and Sorsogon, or the principal of the provincial high school of Albay shall be filled by the acting provincial governor, the acting provincial treasurer, the acting provincial supervisor, the acting division superintendent of the school division of Albay and Sorsogon, or the acting principal of the provincial high school of Albay, as the case may be.

SEC. 4. The library board is authorized to adopt and put in force rules and regulations for the management of the library and to receive gifts, donations, devises, and bequests of money, books, and property for the benefit of said library. The board is also authorized to expend the funds of said library for the maintenance thereof and for the purchase of books and property for the benefit of said library.

SEC. 5. 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. 6. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, June 2, 1904.