[ Act No. 675, March 12, 1903 ]
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY-EIGHT, REGULATING THE POLICE CONTROL OF CAVITE HARBOR AND VESTING THE SAME IN THE ADMIRAL OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY COMMANDING THE ASIATIC STATION, AS AMENDED, BY PROVIDING THAT NOTHING IN THE ACT CONTAINED SHALL AFFECT THE CUSTOMS JURISDICTION OF THE INSULAR COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that:
SECTION 1. Section one of Act Numbered Two hundred and thirty-eight, entitled "An Act fixing the limits of Cavite Harbor, vesting the Admiral of the United States Navy in command of the Asiatic station with police jurisdiction thereof, and providing rules and regulations for governing vessels anchoring therein," as amended, is hereby amended by adding at the end of the section the following proviso: "Provided, however, That nothing in this section or Act contained shall affect or diminish the power and duty of the Collector of Customs of the Islands and of Manila to take all steps provided and authorized by law with respect to vessels in Cavite Harbor prescribed for the purpose of protecting the customs revenues of the Islands."
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, March 12, 1903.
SECTION 1. Section one of Act Numbered Two hundred and thirty-eight, entitled "An Act fixing the limits of Cavite Harbor, vesting the Admiral of the United States Navy in command of the Asiatic station with police jurisdiction thereof, and providing rules and regulations for governing vessels anchoring therein," as amended, is hereby amended by adding at the end of the section the following proviso: "Provided, however, That nothing in this section or Act contained shall affect or diminish the power and duty of the Collector of Customs of the Islands and of Manila to take all steps provided and authorized by law with respect to vessels in Cavite Harbor prescribed for the purpose of protecting the customs revenues of the Islands."
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, March 12, 1903.