[ Act No. 3143, March 06, 1924 ]

AN ACT GRANTING TO THE SUBPROVINCE OF SIQUIJOR THE RIGHT TO ELECT A MEMBER TO REPRESENT THE INTERESTS OF THE SUBPROVINCE IN THE PROVINCIAL BOARD OF ORIENTAL NEGROS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Be it  enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives. of the Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority  of the same:

SECTION 1. Beginning with the general election of nineteen hundred and twenty-five and thereafter, the  Subprovince of Siquijor shall elect a  Member  to  represent the interests of the Subprovince in the  provincial  board  of Oriental Negros.

SEC. 2. The qualifications for the office of Member for the Subprovince of Siquijor shall be the same as prescribed for provincial offices in general; but the candidate for said office shall have been a resident of the Subprovince for at least one year prior to the date of the election.

SEC. 3. It shall be  his duty to attend the sessions of the provincial board when the  latter  has to pass on matters concerning the Subprovince; but he shall have no intervention nor  vote except as regards such matters.

SEC 4. He  shall  take the place and perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Lieutenant-governor in case of the  absence, suspension,  or other temporary incapacity of the same.

SEC. 5. He  shall receive  a compensation  equal  to  that paid to any member of the provincial board of  Oriental Negros as per diem  for each  session  attended; and shall also be entitled to reimbursement  of his actual and necessary traveling expenses upon  going  to and returning from the sessions of the  provincial  board.  His compensation as well as his traveling expenses  shall be paid out of the funds of the Subprovince.

SEC. 6. This Act shall take  effect on its approval.

Approved,  March 6, 1924.