Question & AnswerQ&A (Act No. 341)
The main purpose of Act No. 341 is to amend Act No. 183 (An Act to Incorporate the City of Manila) by fixing new boundaries for the City of Manila.
Act No. 341 amends Act No. 183, entitled "An Act to Incorporate the City of Manila."
The new boundaries are described by specific geographical points and directions starting from monument point '7' north of Estero Matantubig, following courses along San Juan River, Pasig River, Estero Gallina, Manila Bay shorelines, and returning to the point of beginning, with precise bearings and distances given for each segment.
The suburb of Gagalangin shall form part of the district of Tondo in the City of Manila.
The municipality of Santa Ana is constituted as a new district of the City of Manila.
It changes the word "eleven" to "twelve" and adds that the municipal secretary shall be furnished with temporary assistants in cases of emergency.
Their term of office shall end with the passage of Act No. 341.
All money, property, debts, rights of action, assets, and related documents shall be delivered to the Municipal Board of the City of Manila and shall become the property of the City of Manila, which will dispose of them as it deems proper under the City charter.
Act No. 341 took effect upon its passage on January 29, 1902.
The passage is expedited pursuant to Section 2 of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed on September 26, 1900.