QuestionsQuestions (PROCLAMATION NO. 224)
Act No. 398 amends Section 5 of Act No. 139, titled “An Act extending the provisions of the Provincial Government Act to the Province of Nueva Ecija.”
The capital shall be at the town of San Isidro, as formerly.
At the semiannual meeting of the presidents scheduled on the third Monday of May, 1902, a majority of all the presidents of the province must vote to change the capital from San Isidro to another town in the province.
It is held on the third Monday of May, nineteen hundred and two.
The Act refers to the “presidents of the province” who participate in the semiannual meeting; the votes of all those presidents are contemplated, and the requirement is a majority of all the presidents.
A majority of all the presidents of the province.
The provincial board decides the date, but it cannot be later than January 1, 1903.
The town selected for the new capital “shall then become the capital” as of the certain date decided by the provincial board (subject to the January 1, 1903 limit).
No. The capital remains San Isidro unless, at the specified May 1902 meeting, a majority of the presidents votes to change it.
It is the specific venue and deadline for the vote to change the capital, determining whether the capital will be changed at all.
The effective date “shall not be later than the first of January, nineteen hundred and three.”
It states that the passage is expedited for the public good, in accordance with Section 2 of “An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws,” passed September 26, 1900.
It takes effect on its passage.
It reflects the colonial legislative setting in 1902 where the U.S. President authorized the U.S. Philippine Commission to enact laws.
It determines where the provincial government’s seat of authority is located—either remaining at San Isidro or transferring to another town, effective on a date set by the provincial board within the statutory limit.