[ Act No. 1339, May 04, 1905 ]

AN ACT TRANSFERRING TO THE OFFICE OF THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE PORT OF MANILA, WHICH SHALL HEREAFTER BE KNOWN AS THE OFFICE OF PORT WORKS, THE DUTY OF SUPERVISING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PORT WORKS AT CEBU AND ILOILO, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that:  SECTION 1. The supervision and direction of the improvements in the harbors of Cebu and Iloilo are hereby delegated to the Officer in Charge of the Improvement of the Fort of Manila, whose office shall hereafter be known as the Office of Port Works, and who shall hereafter be designated as the Officer in Charge of Port Works, and shall be under the general supervision of the Secretary of Commerce and Police; and all property, plans, and documents now in the possession of the Bureau of Engineering, which were purchased for use in connection with such work, or which have reference to the same, shall be inventoried and transferred to the Office of Port Works.SEC. 2. The Officer in Charge of Port Works shall have charge of all surveys and investigations of navigable rivers, harbors, and other navigable waters in the Philippine Islands, except such as are by law assigned to the Bureau of Coast and Geodetic Survey, and the time and .services, of the various employees now employed in the Office of the Improvement of the Port of Manila are hereby made available for the general purposes of the Office of Port Works as provided herein.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 prescribing "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, May 4, 1905.

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