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

SECTION 1. The fifty-one municipalities of the Province of Iloilo shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be reduced to seventeen, as follows:

1. The municipality of Iloilo shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipalities of La Paz, Mandurriao, Molo, and Jaro, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Iloilo.
   
   
2. The municipality of Santa Barbara shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipalities of Pavia, Leganes, Zarraga, and Lucena, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Santa Barbara.
   
   
3. The municipality of Pototan shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipalities of Mina and Dingle, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Pototan.
   
   
4. The municipality of Cabatuan shall consist of its present territory and that of Maasin, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Cabatuan.
   
   
5. The municipality of Miagao shall consist of its present territory and that of San Joaquin, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Miagao.
   
   
6. The municipality of Janiuay shall consist of its present territory and that of Lambunao, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Janiuay.
   
   
7. The municipality of Passi shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipalities of Dueñas, San Enrique, and Calinog, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Passi.
   
   
8. The municipality of Sara shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipalities of Ajuy, Lemery, Concepcion, and San Dionisio, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Sara.
   
   
9. The municipality of Leon shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipalities of San Miguel and Alimodian, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Leon.
   
   
10. The municipality of Tigbauan shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Cordoba, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Tigbauan.
    
    
11. The municipality of Guimbal shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipalities of Igbaras and Tubuñgan, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Guimbal.
    
    
12. The municipality of Arevalo shall preserve its present boundaries.
    
    
13. The municipality of Oton shall preserve its present boundaries.
    
    
14. The municipality of Banate shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipalities of Barotac Viejo and Anilao with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Banate.
    
    
15. The municipality of Dumangas shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Barotac Nuevo, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Dumangas.
    
    
16. The municipality of Buenavista shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipalities of Nabalas, Nagaba, and Nueva Valencia, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Buenavista.
    
    
17. The municipality of Balasan shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipalities of Batad, Estancia, and Carlos, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Balasan.
    

SEC. 2. The provincial governor of lloilo shall direct the holding of a municipal election in each of the new municipalities under the provisions of sections ninety-one, ninety-two, ninety-three, and ninety-four of the Municipal Code on or before the first day of June, nineteen hundred and three, and not earlier than the fifth day of May nineteen hundred and three. When the new municipal officials shall have been elected, and shall have qualified, the present organization of each of the municipalities mentioned in section one of this Act, except those described in paragraphs numbered twelve and thirteen of said section, shall be thereby abolished, and all offices held by virtue of their present organization shall be vacant and abolished, so that all the present municipal officials shall cease to hold office as soon as the new officials shall have taken the oath of office. Until the officials elected for the new municipalities as described in section one shall have qualified the present organizations of the existing municipalities shall continue.

SEC. 3. 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 proscribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.

SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, April 4, 1903.