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

Whereas there were collected in the Province of Cebu two thousand three hundred and eighty-three dollars and ninety-six cents from the people of the Island of Cebu before the establishment of an American government in that island; and the money thus collected was turned over to the Collector of Customs and by him deposited in the Insular Treasury as customs receipts:

SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of two thousand three hundred and eighty-three dollars and ninety-six cents, in money of the United States, to be paid to the provincial treasurer of the Province of Cebu to be by him deposited in the provincial treasury, there to be used as provincial funds, in accordance with law.

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, September 6, 1901.