Act No. 713

: The main purpose of Act No. 713 is to provide for additional employees in the office of the Collector of Customs for the Philippine Archipelago, particularly in Manila.
: The positions authorized are one superintendent of semaphore station (Class D), one assistant superintendent of semaphore station (Class G), and two messengers (Class K).
: The superintendent of the semaphore station, Class D, is authorized salary at fifty-two dollars and fifty cents per month.
: Each messenger, Class K, is assigned a salary of sixteen dollars per month.
: One hundred and nineteen dollars and fifty cents in United States currency was appropriated for paying the salaries of the said employees for the month of March 1903.
: The act reduced the position of harbormaster from class three to class five.
: The Act took effect from March 1, 1903.
: Section 4 expedited the passage of this bill in the interest of public good, following the prescribed procedure for urgent laws under the Commission's rules.
: It was enacted by the Philippine Commission by the authority of the United States government.
: They are assigned mainly in the office of the Collector of Customs for the Philippine Archipelago, located in Manila.