[ Act No. 1618, March 20, 1907 ]

AN ACT INCREASING THE NUMBER OF MUNICIPALITIES IN THE PROVINCE OF MISAMIS FROM TEN TO ELEVEN, BY SEPARATING FROM TALISAYAN THE FORMER MUNICIPALITY OF GINGOOG, GIVING THE LATTER THE TERRITORY WHICH IT COMPRISED PRIOR TO THE PASSAGE OF ACT NUMBERED NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-ONE, AND PROVIDING FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS IN THE MUNICIPAL TREASURY OF TALISAYAN RESULTING FROM THE SEPARATION FROM TALISAYAN OF THE FORMER MUNICIPALITY OF GINGOOG.

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

SECTION 1. The ten. municipalities of the Province of Misamis, as established by Act Numbered Nine hundred and fifty-one, shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, he increased to eleven, by separating from Talisayan the former municipality of Gingoog, which is hereby reconstituted and shall consist of the territory of which it was constituted prior to the passage of said Act Numbered Nine hundred and fifty-one.

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.

EC. 3. This Act shall  take effect on August tenth, nineteen  hundred and seven: Provided, That the distribution of funds in  the municipal treasury of Talisayan resulting from the separation from Talisayan of the former municipality of Gingoog shall be made as of the date of the passage of this Act.

Enacted, March 20, 1907.