September 21, 1911. Judges Smith and Ostrand, of the Court of Land Registration, and Mr. Wilson, Acting Director of Lands, given a hearing, and further consideration postponed.

September 26, 1911. Read the third time, further amended, and consideration postponed.

October 2, 1911. Further amended and consideration postponed. October 3, 1911. Further amended, passed, and title amended. (See Act No. 2075.)

No. 104. An Act prohibiting slavery, involuntary servitude, peonage, and the sale or purchase of human beings in the Mountain Province and the Provinces of Nueva Vizcaya and Agusan, and providing punishment therefor.

August 3, 1911. Introduced by Commissioner Worcester, read the first and second times, and considered in Committee of Whole. August 7, 1911. Amended in Committee of Whole, read the third time, passed, and title amended. (See Act No. 2071.)

No. 105. An Act conferring jurisdiction upon justices of the peace in the Moro Province to try persons charged with infraction of municipal ordinances.

August 3, 1911. Introduced by Commissioner Araneta, read the first and second times, considered in Committee of Whole, and ordered on file for third reading.

August 7, 1911. Read the third time, amended, and passed. (See Act No. 2072.)

No. 106. An Act establishing and defining the legal rate of interest, and declaring the effect of usury upon contracts, and for other purposes, in the Moro Province, the Mountain Province, and the Provinces of Agusan and Nueva Vizcaya.

August 18, 1911. Introduced by Commissioner Elliott, read the first and second times, amended in Committee of Whole, and ordered on file for third reading.

August 19, 1911. Read the third time and passed. (See Act No. 2073.)

No. 107. An Act amending Act Numbered Two thousand and seventy-two, entitled "An Act conferring jurisdiction upon justices of the peace in the Moro Province to try persons charged with infraction of municipal ordinances," by postponing the date of the taking effect thereof.

September 26, 1911. Introduced by the President, read three times, and passed. (See Act No. 2074.)

RESOLUTIONS.

No. 60. Resolved, That it be, and hereby is, recommended to the Governor-General that he appoint Washington L. Goldsborough of the Code Committee as a commissioner to represent the Philippine Islands at the Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws,

to hold office until the work of the Code Committee shall have been

completed; and

Resolved, further, That such appointment shall be made with the understanding that no expense whatever to the Philippine Government shall be occasioned thereby.

February 21, 1911. Introduced by Commissioner Araneta and adopted.

No. 61.

Whereas the Governor-General has requested an expression of views from the Commission regarding the use by him of launches, steamers, and other means of transportation; and

Whereas the Governor-General has stated to the Commission that he prefers that no steam vessel be assigned exclusively to his use:

Be it resolved, That it is the sense of the Commission that whenever the Governor-General desires the use of Government launches, cutters, or other means of transportation directly or indirectly under his personal orders such service is and shall be considered to have been necessary and proper for the public service.

February 21, 1911. Introduced by Commissioner Elliott, and adopted.

No. 62. Resolved, That George C. Schweickert be, and he hereby is, appointed Secretary of the Commission.

February 28, 1911. Introduced by the President and adopted.

No. 63. Whereas the Commission has received a petition from the Manila Railroad Company dated March 29, 1911, requesting that the Commission recommend to Congress the amendment of section of the Act of Congress approved February 6, 1905, dealing with the Government guaranty of bonds issued against the construction of railroads in the Philippine Islands so that it will read that contracts of guaranty may be executed upon the completion of the railroad in sections of not less than ten continuous kilometers each instead of twenty continuous miles each, as now provided; and

Whereas the Commission is convinced that the change requested will result in very much more rapid completion of the contracts for railroad construction with corresponding benefit to the people and it can see no way in which the public interests can be made to suffer by reason thereof, the Commission being of the opinion that experience has proven that the other safeguards placed about the construction amply protect the Government and the people against loss: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That the Commission recommends that Congress be asked to amend section four of the Act of Congress approved February sixth, nineteen hundred and five, dealing with the Government guaranty of bonds issued against the construction of railroads in the Philippine Islands so that contracts of guaranty thereby authorized may be executed upon satisfactory proof of the construction of

the railroad in sections of not less than ten continuous kilometers each instead of twenty continuous miles each, as now provided. April 11, 1911. Introduced by the President and adopted.

No. 64. Whereas the plan of survey of the exterior boundaries of land to be reserved as a town site at Bosoboso, municipality of Antipolo, Province of Rizal, was approved, and said land so reserved by Resolution No. 47 of the Commission, dated October twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and ten; and

Whereas the survey of a partial subdivision of the town site has been completed by the Bureau of Lands, and plans were approved by the Acting Director of Lands of lots one to one hundred and twelve, inclusive, on January fifth, nineteen hundred and eleven; and Whereas several of the lots which have been surveyed are to be used for public civil purposes; and

Whereas the said plan of partial subdivision is herewith submitted by the Acting Director of Lands for approval:

Now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That the plan submitted by the Acting Director of Lands be, and the same hereby is, approved as regards lots one to one hundred and twelve, inclusive; and

Resolved further, That lots forty-eight, fifty-two, and one hundred and nine shall be, and hereby are, reserved for public civil purposes; and

Resolved further, That lots fifty-nine to seventy, inclusive, and lots ninety-five, ninety-six, ninety-seven, ninety-eight, one hundred, and one hundred and one shall be, and hereby are, designated as business lots, and the remainder of the lots, according to the partial subdivision above set forth, are hereby designated as residence lots; and

Resolved further, That the proceeds derived from the sale of lots shall be reserved as a special fund to be devoted to public improvements in or near the town site to be expended by the district engineer of Rizal.

July 25, 1911. Introduced by Commissioner Worcester, amended, and adopted.

No. 65. Whereas Second Lieutenant Vicente Fernandez, Philippine Constabulary, has been appointed supply officer at Tacloban, Leyte, in which position he is required to give bond to the Government of the Philippine Islands, and to pay one-third of the premium thereon from his personal funds; and

Whereas it appears that Lieutenant Fernandez is under obligation to render service to the Government for a period equal to that during which he received the benefit of education at the expense of the Government in the United States, and under the rule established in such cases, can not receive any increase in compensation until such obligation has been discharged, and has been denied the increase

usually allowed supply officers of the Constabulary, as well as the full salary belonging to the rank of second lieutenant: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That in accordance with section four of Act Numbered Seventeen hundred and thirty-nine, Lieutenant Fernandez is hereby exempted from the payment of the one-third of the premium on his bond until the expiration of the period of service required by Act Numbered Eight hundred and fifty-four.

July 27, 1911. Introduced by Commissioner Elliott and adopted.

No. 66. Resolved, That in accordance with section six of Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and seven, Mr. L. F. Goodale, Supervising Railway Expert, shall be entitled to leave for his services from July first, nineteen hundred and nine, in accordance with the Civil Service Law, computed, however, for the period July first, nineteen hundred and nine, to June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eleven, inclusive, on the basis of a salary of twelve thousand pesos per annum.

August 18, 1911. Introduced by the President and adopted.

No. 67. Whereas the commanding officer, Fort Mills, Corregidor Island, Cavite, with the approval of the Commanding General, Philippines Division, recommends the appointment of an auxiliary justice of the peace at the barrio of San José, Corregidor Island, municipality of Cavite, Province of Cavite; and

Whereas section sixty-seven of Act Numbered One hundred and thirty-six, as amended by Acts Numbered Fourteen hundred and fifty, Sixteen hundred and twenty-seven, and Two thousand and forty-one, provides that places other than organized municipalities for which appointments of justices of the peace and auxiliary justices of the peace are made shall be determined by resolution of the Commission: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That the appointment of an auxiliary justice of the peace for the barrio of San José, Corregidor Island, municipality of Cavite, Province of Cavite, with jurisdiction over the entire territory included within the Fort Mills Military Reservation, is hereby authorized in accordance with section sixty-seven of Act Numbered One hundred and thirty-six, as amended by Acts Numbered Fourteen hundred and fifty, Sixteen hundred and twenty-seven, and Two thousand and forty-one.

August 18, 1911. Introduced by the President and adopted.

No. 68. Whereas the Commission has heard with deep regret of the death of Señora Teodora Alonso y Quintos, mother of Dr. José Rizal, the Philippine patriot and martyr: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That the Commission extends on its own behalf, and in the belief that in this matter it voices the sentiment of all the people

of the Philippine Islands, to the bereaved family its most sincere sympathy and condolence; and

Resolved further, That the Secretary of the Commission is directed to send a copy of this resolution to the family of the deceased. August 18, 1911. Introduced by the President and adopted.

No. 69. Whereas Mr. H. W. Newman, a clerk of the Treasury Bureau, has been designated to make cash payments in Manila on monthly pay rolls of certain Bureaus and Offices of the Insular Government, namely, Executive Bureau, Bureau of Printing, Bureau of Civil Service, Bureau of Justice, Office of the Code Committee, Office of the Supreme Court, Office of the Reporter of the Supreme Court, and the Court of Land Registration, and the Insular Auditor has ruled that he should give bond and pay the one-third of the premium thereon usually required of disbursing officers; and

Whereas Mr. Newman performs such duties in addition to his regular duties as a clerk of the Treasury Bureau and without additional compensation: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That in accordance with section four of Act Numbered Seventeen hundred and thirty-nine, Mr. H. W. Newman be, and is hereby, exempted from the payment of the one-third of the premium on his bond while performing extra duty without additional compensation therefor.

September 15, 1911. Introduced by Commissioner Araneta and adopted.

No. 70. Whereas the commanding officer, Fort Wint, Grande Island, Zambales, recommends the appointment of a justice of the peace for the Artillery District of Subic Bay, comprising Grande and Chiquita Islands; and

Whereas section sixty-seven of Act Numbered One hundred and thirty-six, as amended by Acts Numbered Fourteen hundred and fifty, Sixteen hundred and twenty-seven, and Two thousand and forty-one, provides that places other than organized municipalities for which appointments of justices of the peace and auxiliary justices of the peace are made shall be determined by resolution of the Commission: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That the appointment of a justice of the peace for the Artillery District of Subic Bay, comprising Grande and Chiquita Islands, municipality of Olongapo, Province of Zambales, with jurisdiction over the entire territory included within said islands, is hereby authorized in accordance with section sixty-seven of Act Numbered One hundred and thirty-six, as amended by Acts Numbered Fourteen hundred and fifty, Sixteen hundred and twenty-seven, and Two thousand and forty-one.

September 15, 1911. Introduced by the President and adopted.