Act No. 1058 — An Act for the Relief of George C. Taulbee, Second Lieutenant, Philippines Constabulary.
Whereas George C. Taulbee, second lieutenant, Philippines Constabulary, supply officer for the Province of Lepanto-Bontoc, on or about August eighteenth, nineteen hundred and two, left in the custody of a guard composed of three members of the Philippines Constabulary at San Esteban, Province of Ilocos Sur, the sum of two thousand dollars, local currency; and
Whereas the said sum of money was stolen from said guard through no fault of the said Taulbee: and
Whereas it appearing from the facts and circumstances connected with the loss of said money, that said Taulbee exercised due care and diligence in the preservation of the same: Therefore,
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that:
SECTION 1. Said George C. Taulbee is hereby relieved from accountability for said funds, and the Auditor is hereby authorized to place to his credit the said sum of two thousand dollars, local currency, on account of the appropriation for the Bureau of Philippine Constabulary.
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, February 24, 1904.
Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).
