[ Act No. 259, October 08, 1901 ]

AN ACT PROVIDING THAT HEREAFTER THE OFFICIAL TITLE OF "THE COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND OF THE CHIEF PORT" SHALL BE "COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS FOR THE PHILIPPINE ARCHIPELAGO."

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

SECTION 1. After this date the official title of "The Collector of Customs of the Philippine Islands and of the Chief Port" shall be "Collector of Customs for the Philippine Archipelago," and he is authorized to sign and use as his official title hereafter in all papers and documents the designation herein provided.

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, October 8, 1901.