[ Act No. 1035, January 06, 1904 ]

AN ACT AMENDING SECTION FIFTEEN OF ACT NUMBERED SEVEN HUNDRED AND TWO, AND SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED NINE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-NINE, BY EXTENDING THE TIME FOR COMPLETING THE REGISTRATION OF CHINESE IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. WHEREAS IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO COMPLETE THE REGISTRATION OF ALL CHINESE PERSONS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS WITHIN THE EIGHT MONTHS ENDING DECEMBER TWENTY-NINTH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THREE, AS PROVIDED IN ACTS NUMBERED SEVEN HUNDRED AND TWO AND NINE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-NINE, THEREFORE.

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

SECTION 1. The time for such registration is, pursuant to authority granted by section four of the Act of Congress approved April twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and two, hereby extended for a period of two months, to date from December twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and three.

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 on its passage.

Enacted, January 6, 1904.