[ Act No. 857, August 27, 1903 ]
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PAYMENT OF SALARIES, WAGES, AND SUBSISTENCE OF SO-CALLED VOLUNTEERS IN THE SUPPRESSION OF BRIGANDAGE IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that:
SECTION 1. Payment is hereby authorized, out of the funds appropriated under the heading "Pay of Philippines Constabulary, nineteen hundred and three," of salaries and wages of the so-called volunteers in the suppression of brigandage in the Philippine Islands, and payment of subsistence of such volunteers is authorized out of the funds appropriated under the heading "Transportation, Philippines Constabulary, nineteen hundred and 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 and shall be considered as covering employment of such volunteers during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three.
Enacted, August 27, 1903.
SECTION 1. Payment is hereby authorized, out of the funds appropriated under the heading "Pay of Philippines Constabulary, nineteen hundred and three," of salaries and wages of the so-called volunteers in the suppression of brigandage in the Philippine Islands, and payment of subsistence of such volunteers is authorized out of the funds appropriated under the heading "Transportation, Philippines Constabulary, nineteen hundred and 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 and shall be considered as covering employment of such volunteers during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three.
Enacted, August 27, 1903.