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

SECTION 1. Section twenty-two of Act Numbered Four hundred and sixty-seven, entitled "An Act to provide for taking a census of the Philippine Islands," is hereby amended by substituting in lieu thereof the following:

"SEC. 22. Disbursements in behalf of the Census Bureau through out the Archipelago hereafter shall be made by the disbursing officer of the Census Bureau appointed in accordance with the provisions of Act Numbered One hundred and forty-five, as amended.

"Provincial treasurers, and officers of the United States Army designated by the Civil Governor with the consent of the commanding general of the division to act as disbursing officers out of the city of Manila, shall deposit all unexpended balances in their hands with the Treasurer of the Philippine Archipelago as provided in Executive Order Numbered Twenty-two, issued by the Civil Governor on the sixteenth day of May, nineteen hundred and three, shall close up their accounts at once as such disbursing officers, and shall forward all unpaid vouchers and claims to the disbursing officer of the Census Bureau at Manila for settlement."

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, July 30, 1903.