EXECUTIVE ORDER THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, No. 26. Pursuant to the provisions of section twenty-six of the customs administrative act Numbered Three hundred and fifty-five, as amended by section one of Act Numbered eleven hundred and forty-nine, the following tract of land in the city of Cebu is hereby placed under the supervision and control of the collector of customs for Cebu, to wit: On the southwest side, from the corner of the military reservation (United Service Club) in a westerly direction to Alfonso XIII street, taking in all of the southern part of Carlos I street toward the beach, and on the north side from the northern point of the naval reservation to the lands of the Catholic College, including five meters shoreward from high-water mark. The collector of customs for Cebu is authorized and directed to make the necessary rules and regulations for the loading and unloading of cascoes, lorchas, lighters, steamers, and all other water craft within the above-defined limits, and to permit the use of certain portions of the wharf by other persons in so far as this use may not interfere with the good conduct of the public business of the custom-house. The police jurisdiction and the enforcement of the general orders issued by the custom-house in connection with the tract of land described above shall pertain to the municipal authorities: Provided, however, That if the said authorities fail in the performance of their duties in this respect such powers may be exercised by the collector of customs for Cebu or his lawful deputies. LUKE E. WRIGHT, Civil Governor. EXECUTIVE ORDER THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, No. 27. EXECUTIVE BUREAU, All inspectors of the treasury bureau are hereby authorized and directed when visiting a province for the purpose of examining the accounts of the provincial treasurer to also examine the accounts of the clerk of the court of first instance. This order is not intended in any way to affect the obligation imposed by act Numbered Four hundred and fifty-two upon the treasurer and fiscal of the province to make an independent examination of the accounts of the clerk of the court of first instance. EXECUTIVE ORDER LUKE E. WRIGHT. Civil Governor. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, EXECUTIVE BUREAU, No. 28. It having been reported by the chief of the Philippines Constabulary that in the province of Batangas the efficiency of the constabulary is being interfered with by the frivolous arrests and unfounded prosecutions leading to their imprisonment and unnecessary detention from duty, and that there is reason to believe such report well founded, it is therefore ordered that the provisions of section four of act Numbered Seven hundred and eighty-one be applied to the constabulary of the province of Batangas, and its provisions shall be followed by all justices of the peace and the court of first instance. EXECUTIVE ORDER LUKE E. WRIGHT, Civil Governor. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, EXECUTIVE BUREAU, No. 29. The official rate for the acceptance of Spanish-Filipino currency in payment of public dues from and after June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four, and until further notice, is hereby fixed at the ratio of one peso and thirteen centavos, Spanish-Filipino currency, for one peso, Philippine currency, or its equivalent in United States currency. No Mexican pesos will be received in payment of public dues, and neither Mexican pesos nor Spanish-Filipino coins will be purchased by the Government between June thirtieth and September thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four, and after the last-named date they will be purchased only at their bullion value. LUKE E. WRIGHT, Civil Governor. EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 30. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, EXECUTIVE BUREAU, Señor Jugo Vidal having received a majority of the votes cast in the election for provincial governor held in the province of Capiz on February first, nineteen hundred and four, and any irregularities which may have occurred in such election not being deemed of sufficient importance to set aside the proceedings of the convention called under the provisions of section four, act Numbered Eighty-three, Philippine Commission, as amended by act Numbered Three hundred and thirty-six, his election is hereby confirmed. LUKE E. WRIGHT, Civil Governor. EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 31. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, EXECUTIVE BUREAU, It appearing that it is necessary, for the economical and speedy administration of justice, that a special term of the court of first instance in the Moro Province ought to be held at Malabang for the purpose of trying prisoners held there for trial, the judge of the court of first instance for the fourteenth judicial district is hereby directed to hold a special term of the court of first instance at Malabang, in the Moro Province, at as early a date as convenient, for the trial of prisoners there held for trial and for the disposition of any other business in the Moro Province that may be brought before him at Malabang. This order is made by virtue of section ten of act Numbered Eight hundred and sixtyLUKE E. WRIGHT, Civil Governor. seven. EXECUTIVE ORDER, THE GOVERNMENT OF THE Philippine ISLANDS, EXECUTIVE BUREAU, The Congress of the United States, by an act approved June fourteenth, nineteen hundred and two, amending section four thousand and seventy-five of the Revised Statutes of the United States, having provided that "the Secretary of State may grant and issue passports and cause passports to be granted, issued, and verified in foreign countries by such diplematic or consular officers of the United States, and by such chief or other executive officer of the insular possessions of the United States, and under such rules as the President shall designate and prescribe for and on behalf of the United States," and the following rules having been prescribed for the granting and issuing of passports in the insular possessions of the United States, namely: "1. By whom issued.-Application for a passport by a person in one of the insular possessions of the United States should be made to the chief executive of such possession. "A person who is entitled to receive passport, if temporarily abroad, should apply to the diplomatic representative of the United States in the country where he happens to be; or, in the absence of a diplomatic representative, to the consul-general of the United States; or, in the absence of both, to the consul of the United States. The necessary statements may be made before the nearest consular officer of the United States. 2. To whom issued. The law forbids the granting of a passport to any person who does not owe allegiance to the United States. "A person who has only made the declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United States can not receive a passport. "3. Applications.-A person who is entitled to receive a passport must make a written application in the form of an affidavit. The affidavit must be attested by an officer authorized to administer oaths, and if he has an official scal it must be affixed. If he has no seal, his official character must be authenticated by certificate of the proper legal officer. "If the applicant signs by mark, two attesting witnesses to his signature are required. 'The applicant is required to state the date and place of his birth, his occupation, and the place of his permanent residence, and to declare that he goes abroad for temporary sojourn and intends to return to the United States or one of the insular possessions of the United States with the purpose of residing and performing the duties of citizenship therein. "The applicant must take the oath of allegiance to the Government of the United States. "The application must be accompanied by a description of the person applying, and should state the following particulars, namely: Age, ; stature, feet inches (English measure); forehead, -; complexion, -; eyes, face, ; nose, ; mouth, ; chin, -; hair, "4. Native citizens of the United States.-An application containing the information "5. A person born abroad whose father was a native citizen of the United States.-In addition to the statements required by rule three, his application must show that his father was born in the United States, resided therein, and was a citizen at the time of the applicant's birth. The Department may require that this affidavit be supported by that of one other citizen acquainted with the facts. "6. Naturalized citizens.—In addition to the statements required by rule three, a naturalized citizen must transmit his certificate of naturalization or a duly certified copy of the court record thereof with his application. It will be returned to him after inspection. He must state in his affidavit when and from what port he emigrated to this country, what ship he sailed in, where he has lived since his arrival in the United States, when and before what court he was naturalized, and that he is the identical person described in the certificate of naturalization. The signature to the application should conform in orthography to the applicant's name as written in his certificate of naturalization. 7. Woman's application. If she is unmarried, in addition to the statements required by rule three, she should state that she has never been married. If she is the wife of a native citizen of the United States, the fact should be made to appear in her application. If she is the wife or widow of a naturalized citizen, in addition to the statements required by rule three she must transmit for inspection her husband's certificate of naturalization, must state that she is the wife (or widow) of the person described therein, and must set forth the facts of his emigration, naturalization, and residence, as required in the rule governing the application of a naturalized citizen. "S. The child of a naturalized citizen claiming citizenship through the naturalization of the parent. In addition to the statements required by rule three, the applicant must state that he or she is the son or daughter, as the case may be, of the person described in the certificate of naturalization, which must be submitted for inspection, and must set forth the facts of emigration, naturalization, and residence, as required in the rule governing the application of a naturalized citizen. "9. A resident of an insular possession of the United States who owes allegiance to the United States. In addition to the statements required by rule three, he must state that he owes allegiance to the United States and that he does not acknowledge allegiance to any other government; and must submit an affidavit from at least two credible witnesses having good means of knowledge in substantiation of his statements of birth, residence, and loyalty. 10. Expiration of passport.-A passport expires two years from the date of its issuance. A new one will be issued upon a new application, and, if the applicant be a naturalized citizen, the old passport will be accepted in lieu of a certificate of naturalization if the application upon which it was issued is found to contain sufficient information as to the naturalization of the applicant. "11. Wife, minor children, and servants.-When the applicant is accompanied by his wife, minor children, or servant who would be entitled to receive a passport, it will be sufficient to state the fact, giving the respective ages of the children and the allegiance of the servant, when one passport will suffice for all. For any other person in the party a separate passport will be required. A woman's passport may include her minor children and servant under the above-named conditions. "12. Professional titles.-They will not be inserted in passports. "13. Rejection of application. The chief executive officers of the insular possessions of the United States are authorized to refuse to issue a passport to anyone who, there is reason to believe, desires it for an unlawful or improper purpose, or who is unable or unwilling to comply with the rules." Now, therefore, the provisions of Executive Order Numbered Thirteen, series of nineteen hundred and three, are hereby revoked, the foregoing rules promulgated, and the following instructions issued for the information and guidance of all concerned: I. The chief executive of the Philippine Islands will issue passports strictly in accordance with said act of Congress of the United States and the President's rules established thereunder. II. Passports may be issued to citizens of the United States and to citizens of the Philippine Islands. The act of Congress of the United States approved July first, nineteen hundred and two, entitled "An act temporarily to provide for the administration of the affairs of civil government of the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes," provides in section four thereof "that all inhabitants of the Philippine Islands continuing to reside therein, who were Spanish subjects on the eleventh day of April, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, and then resided in said islands, and their children born subsequent thereto, shall be deemed and held to be citizens of the Philippine Islands, and as such entitled to the protection of the United States, except such as shall have elected to preserve their allegiance to the Crown of Spain, in accordance with the provisions of the treaty of peace between the United States and Spain, signed at Paris December tenth, eighteen hundred and ninetyeight." III. Blank forms of application will be furnished by the executive secretary to persons who desire to apply for passports. All applications must be made out in duplicate. IV. An official fee of two pesos, Philippine currency, shall be paid to the disbursing officer of the executive bureau for each passport issued. That amount in currency or postal money order should accompany each application made by a citizen of the United States or a citizen of the Philippine Islands. V. Communications in respect of passports should be addressed to the executive secretary, Manila, Philippine Islands, and each communication should give the post-office address of the person to whom the answer is to be directed. LUKE E. WRIGHT, Civil Governor. EXECUTIVE ORDER, No. 33. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, EXECUTIVE BUREAU, Pursuant to the provisions of act numbered six hundred and forty-eight, Philippine Commission, an act authorizing the civil governor to reserve portions of the public domain for public uses, I hereby withdraw from settlement, entry, sale, or other disposition under the public land laws, the following-described tracts of land, and reserve the same for the uses hereinafter indicated: 1. In the province of Bataan: Beginning at the south bank of the Lamao River where the same enters Manila Bay; thence in a southerly direction following the shore line to a conglomerate cliff on the same, a distance of about seventeen hundred feet; thence in a general westerly direction to the base of the ridge dividing the watershed of the Lamao River from the small stream south, a distance of about one and one-half miles; thence following the top of this ridge as it runs in a westerly direction to the south of the Peta River, a branch of the Lamao, to its junction with the main ridge dividing the Lamao River from the Amo River on the south; thence following the summit of this ridge to the summit of the mountain; thence in a northerly direction following the height of land to the main ridge on the north of the Alagan River; thence following the summit of this ridge in an easterly direction to a point about thirteen hundred and twenty feet north of said Alagan River where it enters the Bay of Manila, and thence in a southerly direction along the shore line to the starting point, a distance along the shore of approximately two and one-quarter miles, the said tract containing approximately twelve thousand acres. Said tract to be known as the Lamao Forest Reserve, and is to be used for forestry purposes. 2. In the province of Rizal: Beginning on the summit of Mount Cayabasan, on the northern boundary line of Rizal Province, and running in a southerly direction along the summit of the range of mountains to a point on the summit of the mountains about five miles northeast of the town of Varas; thence westerly along the summit or ridge to a point halfway between Antipolo and Boso-Boso, where the trail crosses said ridge; thence northerly along said ridge or summit to Mount Bantay, where the northern boundary line of Rizal Province crosses Mount Bantay; thence easterly along said northern boundary line of Rizal Province to the place of beginning, containing one hundred square miles, more or less. Said tract to be known as the Mariquina Reserve, and is to protect the watershed of the Mariquina River, the source of water supply of the city of Manila. 3. In the province of Bulacan: Beginning at a point on the right bank of the Angat River at the mouth of the stream known as Arroyo Bulagao, said point being about two kilometers casterly of the town of Norzagaray and about one-half kilometer southwesterly of the summit of Mount Balugan; thence along said right bank of the Angat River in a general casterly direction to the mouth of the stream known as Arroyo Stoao, said point being about one kilometer below the mouth of the rocky gorge south of Mount Salacot; thence due north one thousand meters to a point; thence due east to a point on the left bank of the Angat River; thence due south fifteen hundred meters to a point; thence due west to a point on the left bank of the Angat River; thence along the left bank of the Angat River to a point on said left bank, in the sitio of Dailin, due west of the mouth of the stream known as Arroyo Bitbit; thence in a westerly direction about three kilometers to a point eight hundred meters due south of a point on the left bank of the Angat River, said point on the left bank of the Angat River being due south of the summit of Mount Sulip; thence in a westerly direction about four and one-half kilometers to a point fifteen hundred meters due south of the point of beginning; thence to the point of beginning. Said tract to be known as the Angat River Reserve, and to be used for the purpose of the development of water power from the Angat River. 4. In the province of Laguna: Starting at the house or hunting lodge of Juan Cailles, located about three miles easterly of the pueblo of Lumbang, province of Laguna; thence due south two miles to a point on the southern boundary of the reservation and the place of beginning; thence due west two and one-half miles to the southwest corner; thence due north three and one-half miles to the northwest corner; thence due. east six and one-half miles to the northeast corner; thence due south three and one-half miles to the southeast corner; thence due west four miles to the place of beginning, containing twenty-two and three-quarter square miles, more or less. Said tract to be known as the Caliraya Falls Reserve, and is to be used for the purpose of the development of the water power from the falls of the Caliraya River. 5. In the province of Occidental Negros: Beginning at a concrete monument marked "LG;" said monument being two hundred and twelve feet south, thirty-nine degrees twelve NW minutes east, from the northwest corner of the farm, which corner is the intersection of the western boundary with the center line of the Najalim River; thence along the western boundary south thirty-nine degrees twelve minutes east, a distance of two thousand three hundred and five feet to a point in the center of Arroyo Nagasi; thence along the center line of the stream in a southwesterly direction about twelve hundred feet, air line, to its intersection with the center line of a boundary canal; thence south forty-five degrees nine minutes east, a distance of about four thousand eight hundred and forty feet along the center line of said boundary canal to a point at its intersection with the center line of another arroyo; thence along the center line of this arroyo in a southeasterly direction, a distance of about six hundred and seventy feet to its intersection with the center line of another boundary canal; thence along the center line of said boundary canal south fourteen degrees thirty-seven minutes east, a distance of nine hundred and seventy-five feet to a stake; thence south sixty degrees forty-five minutes east, a distance of eight hundred and seventeen and four-tenths feet to a stake; thence north eighty-nine degrees east nine hundred and "LG;" eighty-six feet to a concrete monument, marked thence south thirty-nine degrees SW twelve minutes east, eighty-five feet to the southwest corner of the farm, which is at the intersection of this line with the center line of the Marayo River; thence along the center line of the Marayo River as a southern boundary in a northeasterly direction, a distance of about seven thousand six hundred and eighty feet, air line, to the southeast corner of the farm, said corner being on the center line of the river; thence one hundred and twenty feet "LG;' north, eight degrees fifteen minutes west, to a concrete monument marked thence SE from said concrete monument north eight degrees fifteen minutes west, a distance of about two thousand three hundred and ten feet along the eastern boundary, marked by a row of "LG;" tuba-tuba trees, to a concrete monument marked thence five hundred and fifty feet NE north eight degrees fifteen minutes west along the eastern boundary to the point of intersection with the center line of the Najalim River, said intersection being the northeast corner of the farm; thence in a westerly direction along the center line of the extreme northern branch of the Najalim River, which forms the northern boundary, a distance of about thirteen thousand five hundred feet, to the northwest corner of the farm which is two hundred and twelve feet north, thirty-nine degrees twelve minutes west from the concrete monument, the point of beginning; thence south thirty-nine degrees twelve minutes east, two hundred and twelve feet to the point of beginning. All bearings are magnetic. Said farm contains |