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

SECTION 1. Section thirty-three of Act Numbered One hundred and eighty-three, entitled "An Act to incorporate the city of Manila," is hereby amended by striking out of said section the clause "shall inspect and seal weights and measures, enforce the keeping and use of proper weights and measures by vendors and vendees, and regulate the inspection, weighing, and measuring of brick, coal, lumber, and other articles of merchandise, in accordance with law and ordinances," and by striking therefrom the words "and shall collect water rents as fixed by law or ordinance."

SEC. 2. Section sixty-one of said Act is hereby amended by adding thereto, after the first sentence thereof, the following: "He shall collect all water rents as fixed by law or ordinance, all miscellaneous charges made by the Department of Engineering and Public Works, and all charges made by the city engineer for inspection, permits, licenses, and the installation, maintenance, and services rendered in the operation of the so-called 'pail system.' He shall inspect and seal weights and measures, enforce the keeping and use of proper weights and measures by vendors and vendees, and regulate the inspection, weighing, and measuring of brick, coal, lumber, and other articles of merchandise, and shall collect all charges for such inspection and regulation, in accordance with law and ordinances."

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, May 3, 1904.