Question & AnswerQ&A (Act No. 1619)
The primary purpose of Act No. 1619 is to increase the number of municipalities in the Province of Bulacan from fourteen to fifteen by separating the former municipality of San Rafael from Baliuag and reconstituting it with its original territory prior to Act No. 932.
Act No. 1619 was enacted on March 21, 1907.
The new municipality of San Rafael was separated from the municipality of Baliuag.
San Rafael was reconstituted to consist of the territory it comprised prior to the passage of Act Numbered Nine hundred and thirty-two (Act No. 932).
The Act took effect on August 10, 1907.
The distribution of funds in the municipal treasury of Baliuag resulting from the separation was to be made as of the date of the passage of the Act, March 21, 1907.
There were fourteen municipalities in Bulacan before the enactment of Act No. 1619.
There were fifteen municipalities after the enactment of the Act.
The Act was enacted by the authority of the United States through the Philippine Commission.
The Philippine Commission enacted Act No. 1619.
The passage was 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.