[ Act No. 1024, December 10, 1903 ]

AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX, ENTITLED "AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF COURTS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS."

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

SECTION 1. Section three of Act Numbered One hundred and thirty-six, entitled "An Act providing for the organization of courts in the Philippine Islands," is hereby amended by striking out the word "thirty" in paragraph numbered one of said section and inserting in lieu thereof the word "twenty-five," and by inserting after the word "law" in the first line of paragraph numbered three, the words "or have been a graduate of a law school of recognized standing," and by striking out the word "five" in the fourth line of said paragraph numbered three of said section and inserting in lieu thereof the word "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, December 10, 1903.