Question & AnswerQ&A (Act No. 177)
The main purpose of Act No. 177 is to amend Section 58 of Act No. 136 by providing salaries for deputy clerks of the Court of First Instance in the provinces of Leyte, Cebu, and Tayabas.
The provinces covered are Leyte, Cebu, and Tayabas.
The deputy clerk for Cebu must perform duties at Barili; for Leyte, at Maasin; and for Tayabas, at Mauban (also covering the provinces of Infanta and Principe and the Island of Polillo).
The salary rate for the deputy clerk in Cebu is six hundred dollars per year.
The salary rate is five hundred dollars per year for deputy clerks in both Leyte and Tayabas.
The salaries shall be payable monthly in United States currency and disbursed from the Insular Treasury.
All fees charged by the deputy clerks belong to the Insular Government.
The clerk of each province may require the deputy clerk to provide a sufficient bond of indemnity to secure against loss due to malfeasance or nonfeasance by the deputy.
The Act took effect immediately upon its passage on July 20, 1901.
The passage was expedited under Section 2 of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws" passed on September 26, 1900.