Preamble
Whereas the Congress of the United States has passed an Act to increase the membership of the Philippine Commission and authorizing the President to create a new Executive Department in the Philippine Government and to embrace therein such existing Bureaus as he may designate: and Whereas the creation of such new Executive Department will necessitate a redistribution of the various Bureaus and Offices among the Executive Departments of the Government: Now, therefore, By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Legislature, that: