[ Act No. 706, March 28, 1903 ]
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR COMMUTATION OF QUARTERS FOR OFFICERS OF THE PHILIPPINES CONSTABULARY AND TELEGRAPHIC INSPECTORS ASSIGNED TO DUTY IN THE CITY OF MANILA, WHEN QUARTERS IN KIND ARE NOT FURNISHED TO THEM.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that:
SECTION 1. Officers of the Philippines Constabulary and inspectors of Philippines Constabulary in the telegraphic division assigned to duty in the city of Manila, when not furnished quarters in kind, shall hereafter be entitled to commutation of quarters at the rate of fifteen dollars, United States currency, per month, during the period in which they may be so assigned: Provided, however, That, the benefits of this section shall not accrue to officers of the Philippines Constabulary detailed from the Army of the United States.
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 be effective as of January first, nineteen hundred and three, and shall make valid all commutations of quarters made within its provisions since that date.
Enacted, March 28, 1903.
SECTION 1. Officers of the Philippines Constabulary and inspectors of Philippines Constabulary in the telegraphic division assigned to duty in the city of Manila, when not furnished quarters in kind, shall hereafter be entitled to commutation of quarters at the rate of fifteen dollars, United States currency, per month, during the period in which they may be so assigned: Provided, however, That, the benefits of this section shall not accrue to officers of the Philippines Constabulary detailed from the Army of the United States.
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 be effective as of January first, nineteen hundred and three, and shall make valid all commutations of quarters made within its provisions since that date.
Enacted, March 28, 1903.