Section 1
SECTION 1. Section five of Act Numbered Twenty-one hundred and fifty-two is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 5. The Director of Public Works shall as soon as practicable prepare for such streams in the Philippine Islands as may be designated by the Secretary of Commerce and Police a list of the appropriations of water according to priority, and in order to make such list he shall cause a notice to all claimants of water rights to be published in English and when advisable in Spanish and the local dialect, three times a week for three consecutive weeks in some newspaper having a general circulation in the province or provinces in which said appropriation is to be made. Such notice shall also be posted in English, Spanish, and the local dialect, for the space of three weeks as provided above, at the usual place of posting public notices in the municipalities affected by the appropriation, and shall besides be published three times a week for three consecutive weeks by means of bandillos or public criers. Such notice shall contain a statement of the information that it is desired to obtain from the claimants, the conditions under which such claims must be presented, and any further facts that may be deemed necessary. The said Director of Public Works shall send to each person known to have a claim to the waters of such streams a blank form, on which said claimant shall set forth in writing all the particulars, showing the amounts and dates of appropriations to the use of water of said stream to which he lays claim, the said statement to include the following data, if possible: "(a) The name and address of the claimant. "(b) The nature of the use or title on which the claim for an appropriation is based. "(c) The date of the commencement of such use. "Also if used for irrigation, the following: "(d) The date of beginning of survey. "(e) The date of beginning of construction. "(f) The date when completed. "(g) The date of beginning and completion of enlargement. "(h) The dimensions of the ditch as originally constructed and as enlarged. "(i) The amount of land irrigated in the first year. "(j) The amount in subsequent years, with the date of irrigation and the amount of land such ditch is capable of irrigating. "(k) The character of the soil and the kind of crops cultivated. "(l) Such other facts as will show compliance with the law in acquiring the appropriation, and the rank of the priority claimed. "Each of said claimants shall be required to certify to his statements under oath, and any officer authorized to administer oath is hereby authorized to administer such oaths: Provided, however, That there shall be no charge for such oaths when administered by any officer of the Insular, provincial, or municipal government authorized to administer oaths."