Question & AnswerQ&A (Act No. 1720)
The main purpose of Act No. 1720 is to increase the number of municipalities in the Province of Rizal from nineteen to twenty by separating the former municipality of Jalajala from the present municipality of Pililla and reconstituting Jalajala with its original territory prior to Act No. 942.
After the enactment of Act No. 1720, the number of municipalities in the Province of Rizal increased to twenty.
The municipality of Jalajala was separated from the present municipality of Pililla.
The municipality of Pililla consists of the territories of the former municipalities of Pililla and Quisao as they were constituted prior to the passage of Act No. 942.
The municipal election for Jalajala was scheduled on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November 1907.
The municipal election for Jalajala should be held in accordance with The Election Law relative to elections in new municipalities.
Until the officials for Jalajala are elected and qualified, the present organization of the municipality of Pililla shall continue to operate.
The distribution of funds in the municipal treasury of Pililla shall be made as of the date of the passage of Act No. 1720 and following the provisions of Act Numbered Seven Hundred and Twenty-Six.
The passage of Act No. 1720 was expedited pursuant to section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed on September 26, 1900.
Act No. 1720 took effect immediately upon its passage on September 20, 1907.