AN ACT EXTENDING TO THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE AND THE PROVINCE OF NUEVA VIZCAYA THE LAWS AND OTHER LEGAL PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO THE PROVINCES AND MINOR POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MINDANAO AND SULU.

• Number: Act No. 2798
• Sections: 4

Section 1

SECTION 1. The provisions of chapter sixty-three and sixty-four of the Administrative Code of Nineteen hundred and seventeen, and all other provisions of law, or having the force and effect of law, applicable to provinces and minor political subdivisions organized thereunder, are hereby extended and applied to the Mountain Province and the Province of Nueva Vizcaya: Provided, That the powers and duties prescribed by Title Eleven of the Administrative Code of Nineteen hundred and seventeen for the Governor or the Administrative Council of the Department of Mindanao and Sulu shall be performed and exercised by the Director of the Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes in the Mountain Province and the Province of Nueva Vizcaya.

Section 2

SEC. 2. The modifications in provincial and municipal governments herein prescribed shall go into effect immediately. However, this Act shall not be construed to require new elections or appointments of officers and employees now holding positions in the provinces herein named or political subdivisions thereof, but elective officers shall continue in office until their successors shall have been elected and qualified.

Section 3

SEC. 3. All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

Section 4

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

Approved, February 24, 1919.