Convention election procedure
- Section 2 requires the provincial board in each province organized under Act Numbered Eighty-three to act when a subprovince of those mentioned in this Act exists.
- Section 2 directs the provincial board, within sixty days after the passage of this Act, to call a convention of all municipal presidents, vice-presidents, and councilors of the subprovince.
- Section 2 mandates that the convention be held at the capital of the subprovince.
- Section 2 requires the convention, upon finding a quorum, to proceed to the election by secret ballot of the lieutenant-governor made elective by this Act.
- Section 2 establishes that the lieutenant-governor is elected by a plurality of the votes of the municipal presidents, vice-presidents, and councilors.
- Section 2 designates the provincial board as the board of canvassers for the election.
- Section 2 requires the provincial board to communicate the result immediately to the Governor-General for confirmation.
- Section 2 provides that if confirmation is not secured, a new election shall be held in the same manner until confirmation is secured.
- After confirmation, Section 2 requires the elected lieutenant-governor to take the proper oath and then assume office, performing duties until the next general election at which a successor is duly elected and qualified.
- Section 2 directs that at the next general election, the office of lieutenant-governor shall be filled in the same form and manner as provided in the existing Election Law for provincial offices.
Eligibility and resignation requirement
- Section 3 provides that to be eligible as lieutenant-governor of a subprovince, a candidate must have all qualifications required by the Election Law for provincial offices.
- Section 3 further provides that if present lieutenant-governors of the subprovinces named or any other provincial or municipal employees desire to be candidates for the special election to be held sixty days after the passage of this Act, they must resign from office at least forty-five days before the date of that special election.
Suspension, removal, and related rules
- Section 4 provides that the lieutenant-governors named in the preceding sections may be suspended or removed under the same circumstances, with the same effect, in the same manner, and for the same reasons as specified in Section 19 of Act Numbered Eighty-three, as amended.
- Section 4 declares that the legal provisions on suspension or removal of elective provincial officers and the confirmation of their election apply to the suspension or removal of these lieutenant-governors and the confirmation of their election.
- Section 4 provides that Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and eighty-two, as amended applies to the lieutenant-governors of the subprovinces mentioned in Section 1, so far as possible.
Special fiscal and spending rules for Abra
- Section 5 amends Section 6 of Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and six (entitled “An Act annexing the Province of Abra to the Province of Ilocos Sur,” and so forth) by adding a new paragraph at its end.
- Section 5 requires that seventy per centum of all taxes or fines collected by the subprovince of Abra (or those thereafter established) be set aside for public improvements, public works repair and erection of public buildings in the subprovince.
- Section 5 requires that the remaining thirty per centum of those taxes or fines be applied to the general funds of the province.
- Section 5 mandates that seventy per centum of the proportional share of the subprovince of Abra of internal-revenue taxes belonging to the Province of Ilocos Sur be set aside for the use and exclusive benefit of the inhabitants of the subprovince of Abra.
- Section 5 specifies that this seventy per centum share is based on the number of inhabitants of the subprovince participating, according to the last official census.
- Section 5 provides that the funds set aside for the subprovince of Abra shall be expended upon resolutions of the provincial board of Ilocos Sur.
- Section 5 requires the provincial treasurer or deputy to disburse these funds only upon order of the lieutenant-governor of the subprovince, accompanied by a certified copy of the provincial board resolution authorizing the expenditure.
Authorization for permanent suboffice (Abra)
- Section 6 authorizes the provincial government of Ilocos Sur to establish a permanent suboffice of the provincial treasurer of Ilocos Sur at Bangued, subprovince of Abra.
- Section 6 authorizes the provincial government of Ilocos Sur to provide suitable quarters for that suboffice.
Effectivity and transitory timing
- Section 7 provides that the public good requiring the speedy enactment of the bill makes it take effect on its passage.
- Section 7 sets the effectivity rule in accordance with Section 1 of Act Numbered Nineteen hundred and forty-five.
- The Act was enacted on February 28, 1914.