Question & AnswerQ&A (Act No. 1553)
The main purpose of Act No. 1553 is to increase the number of municipalities in the Province of La Laguna from twenty to twenty-one by separating the former municipality of San Pedro Tunasan from the municipality of Biñan, thereby reconstituting San Pedro Tunasan as a separate municipality.
The municipalities affected are Biñan and San Pedro Tunasan; San Pedro Tunasan is separated from Biñan to become a reconstituted municipality.
Both Biñan and San Pedro Tunasan shall consist of the territories they had prior to the passage of Act Numbered Nine hundred and thirty-nine.
The municipal elections for San Pedro Tunasan shall be held at the time of the next regular municipal elections in the Province of La Laguna following the passage of this Act.
The reconstituted municipality shall come into existence on the first Monday of January following the municipal elections.
No, the changes do not interfere with the number of officers to be elected or the regular manner of holding municipal elections in the municipality.
The Act refers to Act Numbered Seven hundred and thirty, as amended by Act Numbered Nine hundred and twenty-eight, and Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and thirty regarding municipal elections rules and class prescribing councilors.
Section 3 of the Act provides that due to the public good requiring speedy enactment, the passage of the Bill is expedited 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 Act took effect upon its passage on October 29, 1906.
The Act was enacted under the authority of the United States, specifically by the Philippines Commission.