[ Act No. 176, July 20, 1901 ]

AN ACT AMENDING SECTION TWENTY-SEVEN OF ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX, PROVIDING FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF FEES CHARGED BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE PROVINCE FOR THE SERVICE OF PROCESS, WHEN THE GOVERNOR IS AN OFFICER IN THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES DETAILED FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF CIVIL DUTIES.

By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the United States Philippine Commission, that:SECTION 1. Section twenty-seven of Act Numbered One hundred and thirty-six, providing for the organization of courts, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following words: "But if the officer of the court in any province is an officer of the Army of A the United States detailed for the performance of civil duties, all fees charged by him for the service of process, except such as belong-to his deputies for such service, shall be paid by him into the treasury of the province for the general purposes of provincial funds."SEC. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this Act, 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 20, 1901.

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