AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-THREE, REDUCING THE NUMBER OF MUNICIPALITIES IN THE PROVINCE OF SURIGAO TO TWENTY-NINE, BY FURTHER REDUCING THE NUMBER OF MUNICIPALITIES IN SAID PROVINCE TO TWELVE.

• Number: Act No. 1241
• Sections: 4

Section 1

SECTION 1. Act Numbered Nine hundred and fifty-three, entitled "An Act reducing the thirty-four municipalities of the Province of Surigao to twenty-nine," is hereby amended, and the twenty-nine existing municipalities of the Province of Surigao shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be reduced to twelve, as follows:

The municipality of Surigao shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Nonoc, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Surigao.

The municipality of Placer shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipalities of Taganaan and Mainit, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Placer.

The municipality of Gigaquit shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipalities of Bacuag and Claver, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Gigaquit.

The municipality of Cantilan shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipalities of Oarrascal and Lanuza, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Cantilan.

The municipality of Taming shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipalities of Cortes and Tago, and that of La Paz excepting the barrio of Marijatac with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Tandag.

The municipality of Lianga shall consist of its present territory and that of the barrio of Marijatac, now a part of the municipality of La Paz, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Lianga.

The municipality of Hinatuan shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Bistig, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Hinatuan.

The municipality of Dapa shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipalities of Numaneia, Oabuntog, and Sapao, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Dapa.

The municipality of Dinagat shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Loreto, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Dinagat.

The municipality of Butuan shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Nasipit, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Butuan.

The municipality of Talacogon shall consist of its present territory and that of the municipality of Yeruela, with the seat of the municipal government at the present municipality of Talacogon.

The municipality of Cabarbaran shall preserve its present boundaries.

Section 2

SEC. 2. The municipal elections in each of the municipalities it designated in section one of this Act, except the municipality of Cabarbaran, in December, nineteen hundred and four, shall be held in accordance with the rules contained in Act Numbered Seven hundred and thirty, as amended by Act Numbered Nine hundred and twenty-eight. When the new municipal officials shall have been elected and shall have qualified, the present organization of each of the municipalities mentioned in section one of this Act, except the municipality of Cabarbaran, shall be thereby abolished, and all offices held by virtue of their present organization shall be vacant and abolished, so that all the present municipal officials of such municipalities shall cease to hold office as soon as the new officials shall have taken the oath of office. Until the officials elected for the municipalities designated in section one of this Act shall have qualified, the present organization of the existing municipalities shall continue.

Section 3

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.

Section 4

SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, October 5, 1904,