The question then being upon its passage, the roll was called and the bill was unanimously passed and the title read and approved.

SPECIAL ORDER FIXED.

Commissioner Worcester moved that the matter of appropriations for sundry expenses of the special government provinces and of the Insular Government therein and the Moro Province be made a special order for Friday morning, January 31, 1913, immediately after the reading of the Journal, and that the various bureau chiefs concerned be notified in order that they may be on hand in readiness to give the Commission any information it may desire concerning the appropriations for their bureaus.

The motion prevailed.

EXECUTIVE SESSION.

The Commission then 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. 831.)

ADJOURNMENT.

Thereupon, at 11 o'clock and 15 minutes antemeridian, On motion by Commissioner Worcester,

The Commission adjourned to meet at 10 o'clock and 30 minutes antemeridian on Friday, January 31, 1913.

Attest:

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GEO. C. SCHWEICKERT, Secretary.

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

READING OF JOURNAL.

The Journal for Thursday, January 30, 1913, was read and approved.

SPECIAL ORDER.

The matter of appropriations for the Provinces of Agusan, Nueva Vizcaya, and the Mountain Province and Insular expenses in said provinces and the Moro Province being a special order for this date, Commissioner Worcester introduced the following bill:

Commission Bill No. 72. An Act making appropriations for sundry expenses of the provincial governments of Agusan, Nueva Vizcaya, and the Mountain Province, for Insular expenses in the said provinces and the Moro Province for the period ending December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and thirteen.

Commission Bill No 72 was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee of the Whole.

It was considered in committee and reported back to the Commission with the recommendation that it pass. The report and recommendation of the Committee of the Whole were accepted.

The Director of Constabulary, the Director of Health, the Director of Lands, the Acting Director of Education, and

the Director of Agriculture were present during the consideration of that part of the bill pertaining to their respective bureaus.

On motion by Commissioner Worcester, unanimously carried,

The bill was considered urgent under the provisions of Rule XIV, Rules of the Commission, and read the third time by title only.

The question then being upon its passage, the roll was called and the bill was unanimously passed and the title read and approved.

Ordered, That Commission Bill No. 72 be enrolled and printed as an Act, the enactment of same being within the exclusive general legislative jurisdiction of the Commission over all that part of the Philippine Islands inhabited by Moros or other non-Christian tribes.

INTRODUCTION OF BILL.

The President asked and by unanimous consent was granted permission to introduce the following bill out of order:

Commission Bill No. 73. An Act to amend the Municipal Code by requiring municipal councils to regulate or to prohibit the maintenance of dance halls, and to amend the charter of the city of Manila by giving the Municipal Board power to regulate, license, fix the location of, or prohibit the same.

Commission Bill No. 73 was read the first and second times and referred to the Committee of the Whole.

It was considered in committee and reported back to the Commission with the recommendation that it pass.

The report and recommendation of the Committee of the Whole were accepted.

On motion by Commissioner Worcester, unanimously carried,

The bill was considered urgent under the provisions of Rule XIV, Rules of the Commission, and read the third time by title only.

The question then being upon its passage, the roll was called and the bill was unanimously passed and the title read and approved.

MESSAGES FROM THE ASSEMBLY.

JANUARY 29, 1913. MR. PRESIDENT: I have been directed to inform your honorable body that the Assembly on January 29, 1913, passed the following Assembly Bill No. 216, in which it requests the concurrence of the Commission: An Act further to amend the Provincial Government Act by authorizing provincial boards to fix or change the salaries of lieutenant-governors of subprovinces governed under Act Numbered Eighty-three.

Very respectfully,

To the Honorable,

TEODORO M. KALAW, Secretary, Philippine Assembly.

the PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.

By unanimous consent, Assembly Bill No. 216 was read the first time by title only and referred to the Committee on Municipal and Provincial Governments for report and recommendation.

JANUARY 25, 1913.

MR. PRESIDENT: I have been directed to inform your honorable body that the Assembly on January 25, 1913, passed the following Assembly Bill No. 40, in which it requests the concurrence of the Commission: An Act authorizing the appointment of a board for the development and promotion of agriculture.

Very respectfully,

To the Honorable,

TEODORO M. KALAW, Secretary, Philippine Assembly.

the PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.

By unanimous consent, Assembly Bill No. 40 was read the first time by title only and referred to the Committee on Matters Pertaining to the Department of Public Instruction for report and recommendation.

JANUARY 29, 1913.

MR. PRESIDENT: I have been directed to inform your honorable body that the Assembly on January 29, 1913, passed without amendment Commission Bill No. 35, entitled: An Act validating the acts performed by the present commercial register of the city of Manila since the passage of Act Numbered Twelve hundred and eightyeight.

Very respectfully,

To the Honorable,

TEODORO M. KALAW, Secretary, Philippine Assembly.

the PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.

Ordered, That Commission Bill No. 35 be enrolled and printed as an Act.

JANUARY 29, 1913.

MR. PRESIDENT: I have been directed to inform your honorable body that the Assembly on January 29, 1913, laid on the table the following Commission Bill No. 12, entitled: An Act amending section six of Act Numbered Four hundred and ninety-six, known as the Land Registration Act, as amended, by providing that in the absence of the judge of the Court of Land Registration his duties shall be performed by the senior associate judge.

MR. PRESIDENT: I have been directed to inform your honorable body that the Assembly on January 29, 1913, laid on the table the following Commission Bill No. 45, entitled: An Act amending section two hundred and seventy of Act Numbered One hundred and ninety, entitled "An Act providing a code of procedure in civil actions and special proceedings in the Philippine Islands," by making further provision for the indemnification of court officers in certain cases.

Very respectfully,

To the Honorable,

TEODORO M. KALAW, Secretary, Philippine Assembly.

the PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINE COMMISSION. Ordered filed.

SECOND READING OF BILL.

Commission Bill No. 24, entitled "An Act to amend Act Numbered One hundred and ninety providing a code of procedure for civil actions and special proceedings in the Philippine Islands," appearing on the calendar for second reading on this date, was passed on file.

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.

[Committee Report No. 125.]

MR. PRESIDENT: Your select committee of one, to which was referred on November 27, 1912, Commission Bill No. 43, entitled "An Act to amend Act Numbered Twenty-one hundred and fifty-nine, entitled 'An Act to regulate motor vehicle traffic in the Philippine