Statutes

Acts - AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SIX, ENTITLE "AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PROVINCE TO BE KNOWN AS THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PRISON AT BONTOC FOR NON-CHRISTIAN CRIMINALS, CHANGING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE PROVINCE OF NUEVA VIZCAYA, AMENDING ACT NUMBERED EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN, AS AMENDED, BY CHANGING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE MOUNTAIN JUDICIAL DISTRICT AND THE TIMES AND PLACES OF HOLDING COURTS OF FIRST INSTANCE IN THE SAID DISTRICT, PROVIDING FOR PARTICIPATION BY THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF INTERNAL-REVENUE COLLECTIONS, AND REPEALING ALL ACTS OR PARTS OF ACTS INCONSISTENT WITH THIS ACT," SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT DEPUTIES OF THE PROVINCIAL SECRETARY-TREASURER SHALL COLLECT FEES FOR RECORDING DOCUMENTS OR INSTRUMENTS PERTAINING TO MINING AND MINERAL CLAIMS AND ACCOUNT THEREFOR, AND SHALL PERFORM THE DUTIES OF MINING RECORDERS IN THE SUBPROVINCES OF BENGUET AND LEPANTO.