Question & AnswerQ&A (Act No. 730)
The main purpose of Act No. 730 is to postpone the holding of the regular municipal elections for the year 1903 and to provide for the continuation of the present municipal officers until after the election to be held on the first Tuesday of December 1903.
The Philippine Commission adopts the policy of consolidating many municipalities in various provinces to secure municipal organizations that are self-supporting and to achieve more efficient administration of local municipal laws.
The consolidation was necessary to create municipalities that would be self-supporting and to ensure more efficient administration of local municipal laws.
The elections were postponed because holding an election in May and another election within six months would entail unnecessary expense and labor. Also, consolidation efforts were not yet completed in all provinces by then.
The present municipal officers shall continue in office and discharge their duties until after the election to be held on the first Tuesday of December 1903.
In such municipalities, the election held on the first Tuesday of December 1903 shall be for all elective municipal officers, and the elected councilors shall divide themselves by lot into two classes, with different terms of office to ensure staggered elections.
The councilors are divided by lot into two classes: the first class vacates their seats on the first Monday of January 1905, and the second class vacates one year thereafter. Both serve until their successors are chosen and qualified.
The elections shall be held in accordance with the rules provided in sections 91 to 94 of Act Numbered 82, entitled 'The Municipal Code.'
All acts or parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of Act No. 730 are hereby repealed.
Act No. 730 took effect immediately upon its passage on April 8, 1903.