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on Matters Pertaining to the Department of Commerce and Police.

RESOLUTION.

Commissioner Elliott introduced the following resolution:

Commission Resolution No. 74. Resolved, That the Executive Secretary be and hereby is directed to have printed in pamphlet form five thousand copies in English and three thousand copies in Spanish of the message of the Governor-General to the Philippine Legislature, delivered at the opening of the second session of the Second Philippine Legislature on Monday, October sixteenth, nineteen hundred and eleven, one thousand or more copies in English to be furnished the Honorable the Secretary of War as may be directed by the Governor-General, one hundred copies in Spanish to be furnished the Philippine Assembly, and the remainder to be distributed in the same manner as distribution was made of the message of the Governor-General delivered at the opening of the inaugural session of the First Philippine Legislature in accordance with Commission Resolution Numbered Two, adopted on October seventeenth, nineteen hundred and seven, or as may be directed by the GovernorGeneral.

The resolution was unanimously adopted.

EXECUTIVE SESSION.

On motion by the Chair,

The Commission proceeded to the consideration of executive business.

After the consideration of executive business, the Commission returned to regular session.

(For appointments confirmed in executive session see p. 968.)

ADJOURNMENT.

Thereupon, at 6 o'clock and 50 minutes postmeridian,
On motion,

The Commission adjourned to meet at 10 o'clock antemeridian, Tuesday, October 17, 1911.

Attest:

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GEO. C. SCHWEICKERT, Secretary.

Second Philippine Legislature.

Second Session.

JOURNAL OF THE COMMISSION.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1911.

The Commission met pursuant to adjournment. Present: Commissioners Gilbert, Luzuriaga, Araneta, Palma, Sumulong, Branagan, and Elliott.

Absent: The President, and Commissioner Worcester (on official business).

Commissioner Gilbert in the chair.

READING OF JOURNAL.

The Journal of Monday, October 16, 1911, was read, corrected, and approved.

MESSAGES FROM THE ASSEMBLY.

The following resolutions of the Assembly, passed during the first session of the Second Legislature and received by the Commission after its adjournment on February 3, 1911, were read for the information of the Commission:

Assembly Resolution No. 79. Resolved, That Commission Bill Numbered Eighty-five, entitled, "An Act making appropriations for public works," is, in the opinion of this House, an infringement of its sole and exclusive privilege of originating bills for taxation and appropriation, and that said bill be taken from the table and respectfully returned to the Philippine Commission with a message transmitting this resolution.

Assembly Resolution No. 81. Resolved, That Commission Bill Numbered Eighty-six, entitled "An Act making appropriations for sundry expenses of the Insular Government for the fiscal year ending

June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twelve, and other designated periods," is, in the opinion of this House, an infringement of its sole and exclusive privilege of originating bills for taxation and appropriation, and that said bill be taken from the table and respectfully returned to the Philippine Commission with a message transmitting this resolution.

Assembly Resolution No. 82. Resolved, That Commission Bill Numbered Eighty-seven, entitled "An Act appropriating funds for sundry expenses of the University of the Philippines during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twelve, and for other purposes," is, in the opinion of this House, an infringement of its sole and exclusive privilege of originating bills for taxation and appropriation, and that said bill be taken from the table and respectfully returned to the Philippine Commission with a message transmitting this resolution.

On motion by Commissioner Elliott, seconded by Commissioner Araneta,

The resolutions were ordered filed.

REFERENCES TO COMMITTEES OF BILLS POSTPONED
FROM THE FIRST SESSION.

Bills and resolutions of the first session of the present Legislature postponed for consideration at this session were then taken up and referred as follows:

Commission Bill No. 25. An Act regulating the registration, branding, conveyance, and slaughter of large cattle; providing for the disposition, care, custody, and sale of estrays and large cattle captured or seized; providing for the surrender of certificates of ownership, and so forth, of dead cattle and those transferred, slaughtered, lost, and so forth, providing penalties for non-compliance with its provisions and for theft, robbery, and so forth, of large cattle; repealing all prior laws, ordinances, and regulations inconsistent with its provisions, and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on Matters Pertaining to the Department of Finance and Justice.

Commission Bill No. 35. An Act to fix the time for making annual reports for officers of the different branches of the Government and to make the fiscal year uniform for all branches of the Government and coincident with the calendar year.

Referred to the Committee on Matters Pertaining to Bureaus under the Executive Control of the GovernorGeneral.

Assembly Bill No. 79. An Act to provide Government scholarships for young Filipinos who shall have completed any professional course of study or who are otherwise licensed or authorized to practice scientific, artistic or industrial professions, in order that they may continue their studies in the higher educational institutions in America or in Europe, and for other purposes.

Referred to the Committee on Matters Pertaining to the Department of Public Instruction.

Assembly Bill No. 140. An Act to amend section thirtyfour of Act Numbered Eleven hundred and forty-seven, entitled "An Act regulating the registration, branding, conveyance, and slaughter of large cattle, and providing for the disposition, care, custody, and sale of estrays or large cattle captured or seized by the Philippines Constabulary or other peace officers, and repealing Act Numbered Six hundred and thirty-seven and so much of Act Numbered Eight hundred and seventy-seven as provides for the disposition, care, custody, or sale of cattle, carabaos, horses, and animals of the bovine family, and all other Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act," by exempting the owners of large cattle over two years of age who voluntarily present the same for branding and registration from the penalty established in said Act, and repealing in such case section forty of Act Numbered Sixteen hundred and twenty-seven.

Referred to the Committee on Matters Pertaining to the Department of Finance and Justice.

Assembly Bill No. 145. An Act to amend section ten of Act Numbered Eleven hundred and forty-seven, entitled "An Act regulating the registration, branding, conveyance, and slaughter of large cattle, and providing for the disposition, care, custody, and sale of estrays or large cattle captured or seized by the Philippines Constabulary or other peace officers, and repealing Act Numbered Six hundred and thirty-seven and so much of Act Numbered Eight

hundred and seventy-seven as provides for the disposition, care, custody, or sale of cattle, carabaos, horses, and animals of the bovine family, and all other Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act," as amended by Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and sixty-five, by reducing the charge for certificates of registration of large cattle.

Referred to the Committee on Matters Pertaining to the Department of Finance and Justice.

Assembly Bill No. 521. An Act to provide for the establishment of a nautical school in the Philippine Islands. Referred to a select committee composed of the members of the Committees on Matters Pertaining to the Department of Public Instruction, on Matters Pertaining to the Department of Commerce and Police, and on Matters Pertaining to the Department of Finance and Justice.

Assembly Joint Resolution No. 14. Joint Resolution requesting the Congress of the United States, through the Resident Commissioners, for the enactment of a law to amend section thirteen of an Act of Congress passed August fifth, nineteen hundred and nine, so as to lower the export duty on abacá to five cents for each one hundred kilos gross weight.

Referred to a select committee composed of the members of the Committees on Matters Pertaining to the Department of Public Instruction, and on Matters Pertaining to the Department of Commerce and Police.

The following bill and joint resolutions, postponed during the first session until the completion of the investigation then being conducted by the Congress of the United States with reference to the friar lands in the Philippine Islands, were referred to the Committee on Matters Pertaining to the Department of the Interior:

Assembly Bill No. 383. An Act amending various sections of Act Numbered Eleven hundred and twenty which refers to the administration, temporary leasing and sale of certain haciendas and parcels of land, commonly known as Friar Lands, as amended, making applicable to said lands the limitations set forth in the Public Land Act with certain

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