Preamble
Whereas by Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and forty-six of the Philippine Commission, enacted January thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six, a franchise was granted to Charles M. Swift to construct, maintain, and operate an electric railway and to construct, maintain, and operate an electric light, heat, and power system from a point in the city of Manila in an easterly direction to the town of Pasig in the Province of Rizal: and Whereas in accordance with section fourteen of the said Act the said Charles M. Swift did, on July twentieth, nineteen hundred and six, execute an assignment of the said franchise to the Manila Suburban Railways Company: and Whereas the said Manila Suburban Railways Company has made application for certain amendments and additions to the said franchise: Therefore. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: