Section 1
Open ↗SECTION 1. It is hereby ordered that justice of the peace courts shall be established in the municipalities of Itbayat, Uyugan, Sabtang, Ivana, and Mahatao, Province of Batanes.
Act No. 3140 — An Act to Establish Justice of the Peace Courts in Certain Municipalities of the Batanes Islands, and to Appropriate Funds Therefor
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SECTION 1. It is hereby ordered that justice of the peace courts shall be established in the municipalities of Itbayat, Uyugan, Sabtang, Ivana, and Mahatao, Province of Batanes.
SEC. 2. The um of three thousand pesos is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry out the purposes of this Act.
SEC. 3. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed.
SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect on its approval. Approved, March 6, 1924.
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