EXHIBIT F. EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND PROCLAMATIONS, OCTOBER 1, 1903, TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1904. EXECUTIVE ORDER THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, EXECUTIVE BUREAU, No. 85. Manila, October 1, 1903. Pursuant to the provisions of Act Numbered Seven hundred and thirty-three, Philippine Commission, entitled "An act providing that the civil governor may, in his discretion, direct an extension of the period within which the board of tax revision in the city of Manila and provincial boards of revision shall complete their work," the time specified in Act Numbered Five hundred and eighty-two for the completion of the revision of the real-estate tax-assessment list, that is, May twentieth, nineteen hundred and three, in so far as it relates to the province of Capiz, is hereby extended to November first, nineteen hundred and three, and the date upon which the payment of taxes under such revised assessment shall become delinquent is also extended to February first, nineteen hundred and four. EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 86. WM. H. TAFT, Civil Governor. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, The time specified by Executive Order Numbered Twenty-five, current series, for the completion of the revision of the real-estate tax-assessment list for the province of Sorsogon, that is, September twentieth, nineteen hundred and three, is hereby extended to October fifth, nineteen hundred and three; and the date specified by the said executive order as that upon which payment of taxes under such revised assessment shall become delinquent, that is, January first, nineteen hundred and four, is also extended to January fifteenth, nineteen hundred and four. WM. H. TAFT, Civil Governor. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 87. The time specified by Executive Order Numbered Seventy-six, current series, for the completion of the revision of the real-estate tax-assessment list for the province of Ilocos Sur, that is, September thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, is hereby extended to October thirty-first, nineteen hundred and three; and the date specified by the said executive order as that upon which the payment of taxes under such revised assessment shall become delinquent, that is, December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and three, is also extended to January thirty-first, nineteen hundred and four. WM. H. TAFT, Civil Governor. EXECUTIVE ORDER THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, No. 88. The time specified by Executive Order Numbered Eighty-six, current series, for the completion of the revision of the real-estate tax-assessment list for the province of Sorsogon, 685 that is, October fifth, nineteen hundred and three, is hereby extended to October thirtyfirst, nineteen hundred and three; and the date specified by the said executive order as that upon which the payment of taxes under such revised assessment shall become delinquent, that is, January fifteenth, nineteen hundred and four, is also extended to January thirty-first, nineteen hundred and four. WM. H. TAFT, Civil Governor. EXECUTIVE ORDER THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, The executive secretary, the chief of the bureau of architecture, the chief of Philippines Constabulary, and the consulting engineer of the Commission are hereby appointed a committee to examine the Oriente Hotel property with a view to making recommendations to the Commission as to the proper alterations needed in the building for the purpose of accommodating the bureaus and offices of the insular government which need a change of quarters. For this purpose the committee is directed to hear the statements and applications of the heads of bureaus and offices. They will make a report with all convenient speed. They will also consider the need for rooms for judicial purposes in the Oriente Hotel property, and they will also make report and recommendation as to the proper custody of the building while it is being repaired. WM. H. TAFT, Civil Governor. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 90. The time specified by Executive Order Numbered Sixty-five, current series, for the completion of the revision of the real-estate tax-assessment list for the province of Samar, that is, October fifteenth, nineteen hundred and three, is hereby extended to November first, nineteen hundred and three, and the date specified by the said executive order as that upon which the payment of taxes under such revised assessment shall become delinquent, that is, January first, nineteen hundred and four, is also extended to February first, nineteen hundred and four. WM. H. TAFT, Civil Governor. EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 91. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, The following instructions will hereafter govern the branding and marking of all animals and vehicles the property of the insular government: All animals will be branded with the letters "C. G.," two and one-half inches high and proportionately wide, on the left fore shoulder, except those used exclusively by the Philippines Constabulary, which will be branded with the letters "P. C.,” in a similar manner; the branding to be done with a hot iron so applied as to leave an indelible imprint of its outline, at the same time avoiding the infliction of unnecessary pain. The use of hoof or other brands is strictly prohibited. All vehicles, without exception, the property of the insular government, will be branded with a hot iron; carriages and carromatas on the inside of the rear portion of the box or body of the vehicle; carts, carretelas, wagons, and other vehicles, on the left forward portion of the box or cargo-carrying rigging, and on the rear of the lower half of the front and rear bolsters of four-wheeled vehicles. In addition to the branding above prescribed, all insular-government vehicles will bear on the rear of the carriage or carromata body and on both the right and left front portions of other vehicles the letters "C. G.," three inches high and proportionately wide, painted in red or other easily distinguished color, with the vehicle's proper serial number placed underneath the letters, in figures two inches high, except that in the case of vehicles employed exclusively by the Philippines Constabulary the letters "P. C." will be used. WM. H. TAFT, Civil Governor. EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 92. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, The time specified by Executive Order Numbered Seventy-seven, current series, for the completion of the revision of the real estate tax-assessment list for the province of Occidental Negros that is, October thirty-first, nineteen hundred and three-is hereby extended to November fifteenth, nineteen hundred and three; and the date specified by the said executive order as that upon which the payment of taxes under such revised assessment shall become delinquent-that is, December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and three-is also extended to January fifteenth, nineteen hundred and four. WILLIAM H. TAFT, Civil Governor. EXECUTIVE ORDER THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, EXECUTIVE BUREAU, Executive Order Numbered Sixty-six, series nineteen hundred and two, is hereby amended by adding the surveyor of customs for the Philippine Islands to the list of officials mentioned therein. WM. H. TAFT, Civil Governor. EXECUTIVE ORDER THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, The time specified by Executive Order Numbered Eighty-seven, current series, for the completion of the revision of the real estate tax-assessment list for the province of Ilocos Sur-that is, October thirty-first, nineteen hundred and three-is hereby extended to November fifteenth, nineteen hundred and three. WM. H. TAFT, Civil Governor. EXECUTIVE ORDER THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, WM. H. TAFT, Civil Governor. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, EXECUTIVE ORDER EXECUTIVE ORDER THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, No. 97. Executive Order Numbered Four, current series, is hereby amended by adding the following: "Hereafter no sick leave shall be allowed to a civil official or employee by reason of sickness occurring during the time when he is enjoying earned leave of absence: Provided, however, That when an official or employee shall be entitled to sick leave by reason of illness and shall ask for the same, and shall at the same time ask for his accrued leave of absence, his application for sick leave shall be noted, and the period of his accrued leave of absence shall not be deemed to have begun until his recovery from the illness from which he is suffering, but the proof as to the period of continuous illness preceding the beginning of his accrued leave, to be determined by proper authority after his return to duty, must be exact, full, and certain, and any doubt created therein shall be resolved against the applicant." WM. H. TAFT, Civil Governor. EXECUTIVE ORDER THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, The time specified by Executive Order Numbered Ninety-four, current series, for the completion of the revision of the real estate tax-assessment list for the province of Ilocos Sur-that is, November fifteenth, nineteen hundred and three-is hereby extended to December fifteenth, nineteen hundred and three; and the date specified by Executive Order Numbered Eighty-seven, current series, as that upon which the payment of taxes under such revised assessment shall become delinquent-that is, January thirty-first, nineteen hundred and four-is also extended to February twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and four. WM. H. TAFT, Civil Governor. EXECUTIVE ORDER THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, The time specified by Executive Order Numbered Seventy-eight, current series, for the completion of the revision of the real estate tax-assessment list for the province of La Laguna-that is, November first, nineteen hundred and three-is hereby extended to December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and three; and the date specified by the said executive order as that upon which the payment of taxes under such revised assessment shall become delinquent—that is, February first, nineteen hundred and four-is also extended to March thirtyfirst, nineteen hundred and four. EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 100. WM. H. TAFT, Civil Governor. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, H. B. McCoy, acting collector of customs for the Philippine Islands; W. E. Pulliam, special deputy collector of customs; J. S. Stanley, acting insular deputy collector of customs; M. F. Loewenstein; Francisco Reyes, president of the Filipino Chamber of Commerce, and Frank L. Strong are hereby appointed members and Henry D. Woolfe secretary of a committee which shall meet and take the evidence of persons interested, to form the basis of conclusions which are to be submitted by the said committee within thirty days after their appointment, in the form of a report to the Philippine Commission, as to needed changes in the existing tariff law, to enable the Commission to recommend to Congress amendments to the law in such particulars as experience has shown the said law to be defective, inconsisttent with itself, or oppressive in the matter of prohibiting useful importations. The nonofficial members of this committee and the secretary thereof will be allowed a per diem of ten dollars, United States currency, when in actual attendance upon the meetings of the committee, to be paid from the appropriation disbursed at the discretion of the undersigned. The above appointments are made under authority of a resolution of the Philippine Commission of November twenty-third, nineteen hundred and three. WM. H. TAFT, Civil Governor. EXECUTIVE ORDER THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, No. 101. EXECUTIVE BUREAU, Paul S. Black, bureau of public lands, is hereby designated to act temporarily as administrator of the San Lazaro estate, during the absence from this city of Will M. Tipton, the present administrator of said estate. WM. H. TAFT, Civil Governor. EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 102. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, EXECUTIVE BUREAU, The provisions of Executive Order Numbered Sixty-two, current series, are hereby extended so as to authorize municipal treasurers, pursuant to a resolution of the municipal council, to exchange with the insular treasurer through the provincial treasurer all local currency in their respective municipal treasuries for Philippine currency at the current official rate. The cost of transportation of such funds to and from the insular treasury shall be a proper charge against the insular government payable by the insular treasurer. WM. H. TAFT, Civil Governor. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, EXECUTIVE ORDER EXECUTIVE BUREAU, Owing to the heavy demands made upon the insular telegraph lines, the attention of all civil officials and employees of the government and officers of the Philippines Constabulary is called to the necessity for making as brief as possible, consistent with clearness, all official telegrams sent over the telegraph lines in the Philippine Islands. Only matters of the utmost importance and urgency should be sent by telegraph, and in the messages all words which can be readily supplied by the addressee through the context should be entirely omitted. The telegraph should not be used when the mail affords a sufficiently rapid means of communication. WM. H. TAFT, Civil Governor. EXECUTIVE ORDER THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, Executive Order Numbered Sixty-six, series nineteen hundred and two, is hereby amended by adding the insular purchasing agent and the local purchasing agent to the list of officials mentioned therein. WM. H. TAFT, Civil Governor. EXECUTIVE ORDER THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, No. 105. EXECUTIVE BUREAU, The committee appointed under Executive Order Numbered One hundred, current series, is hereby authorized and directed, in addition to the powers and duties already prescribed, to inquire into and make recommendations in respect of the alleged burdens now imposed by the customs regulations upon the owners of vessels engaged in the coastwise trade. WM. H. TAFT, Civil Governor. EXECUTIVE ORDER THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, EXECUTIVE BUREAU, Executive Order Numbered Fifty, dated July seventh, nineteen hundred and three, is amended to read as follows: "No chief of bureau or office of the government of the Philippine Islands shall, directly or or indirectly, invite, solicit, or even discuss with an employee, subordinate, or official of another bureau or office, or of the Army or Navy of the United States in these islands, his transfer to the bureau or office of such chief until the consent in writing of the head of the bureau or office in which the desired employee or official is a subordinate, or of the civil governor, or the officer of the Army or Navy under whom he may be employed or serving, is first had." WM. H. TAFT, Civil Governor. WAR 1904-VOL 11 -44 |