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

SECTION 1. Section numbered eighty-six of Act Numbered One hundred and thirty-six, entitled "An Act providing for the organization of courts in the Philippine Islands," is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 86. Seal.—Each notary public shall have a. seal of office, which he shall procure at his own expense. Such seal shall be affixed to papers officially signed by him. It shall, be of metal and shall have the name of the province and the words 'Philippine Islands,' and his own name, engraved on the margin thereof, and the words 'Notary Public' across the center. An impression of such seal directly in the paper or parchment on which the writing is had shall be as valid as if made on wax or wafer."

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.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect January first, nineteen hundred and four.

Enacted, September 25, 1903.