QuestionsQuestions (Acts No. 1823)
The main purpose of Act No. 1823 is to create the port of Davao, located on the Island of Mindanao in the Moro Province, as a port of entry.
The personnel of the Davao custom-house shall be fixed from time to time by the Insular Collector of Customs, with the approval of the Secretary of Finance and Justice.
Yes, the total salaries paid in any year shall not exceed the sum of ten thousand five hundred pesos.
The Governor-General has the power to close and reopen the port of Davao in accordance with the manner and conditions prescribed by Act Numbered Seventeen hundred and seven (1707).
The closing and reopening of the port of Davao are governed by Act Numbered 1707, which pertains to the closing and reopening of certain other ports.
The Insular Collector of Customs, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Finance and Justice, defines the limits of the additional collection district.
Yes, the limits may be changed from time to time as provided by section ten of Act Numbered Three hundred and fifty-five (355), or the district may be abolished by the same authority.
The Act took effect on July 1, 1908.
The passage of the Act was expedited because the public good required its speedy enactment, in accordance with section two of 'An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws,' passed September 26, 1900.
The port of Davao serves as a port of entry on the Island of Mindanao, specifically in the Moro Province.