Preamble
Whereas the Government of the Philippine; Islands is authorized by section eleven of an Act of the Congress of the United States, approved February sixth, nineteen hundred and live, to modify, suspend, or repeal the provisions respecting tonnage dues set forth in sections fourteen and fifteen of an Act entitled "An Act to revise and amend the tariff laws of the "Philippine Archipelago," enacted by the Philippine Commission on September seventeenth, nineteen hundred and one, and confirmed by an Act of Congress approved March eighth, nineteen hundred and two. which said section eleven has been continued in force by section twenty of an Act of the Congress of the United States, approved March third, nineteen hundred and five: Therefore. By authority of the United Stales, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: