The Municipal code and the Provincial government act, being Act no. 82, entitled "A general act for the organization of municipal governments in the Philippine islands", and Act no. 83, entitled "A general act for the organization of provincial governments in the Philippine islands" as amended by the acts of the Philippine commission down to and including May 31, 1905, revised and codified by the Committee on revision and codification appointed by the governor-general. Published by authority of the Philippine commission.

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THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT ACT.

Assistants a n d The provincial board may, by resolution approved by the Insular
clerks.
Treasurer, authorize the governor to appoint such assistants,
clerks, and other employees as the public interests require, at
salaries to be fixed in the resolution. After March first, nineteen hundred and two, such appointments shall be made subject
to the Civil Service Act.
[See particularly notes 15 and 16.]

Distribution of
arms and ammunition to police.
Bonds.
Disarming.
Permits to have
arms.
Manila.
Record.
Bonds.

Note 1.-SECTION 1. * * * Arms and ammunition may
be distributed to the municipal police by the governors of the
provinces on the specific approval of the Governor-General
and upon the making of such provision for their payment, or
the payment of part of the cost thereof, out of the provincial
or municipal treasuries as may seem proper to the GovernorGeneral. The Chief of Philippines Constabulary shall deliver
the necessary arms and ammunition to each municipality upon
order of the provincial governor approved by the GovernorGeneral and the municipal president shall receipt for the arms
to the Chief of Philippines Constabulary. The provincial
governor shall have the authority, and it shall be his duty,
to exact and accept a sufficient bond, the amount of which
shall be fixed by the Governor-General, in each case, fromthe president and councilors of each town to which such arms
and ammunition may be distributed, conditioned that the same
shall be delivered upon order of the provincial governor or
the Governor-General to the Insular Government and shall
not be lost or taken from the municipal police authorized to
use them and into whose custody they shall be delivered. The
Governor-General and the governor of the province shall each
have the power to disarm the municipal police of any pueblo
of the province, and it shall be the duty of the provincial
governor to do so whenever he thinks that there is danger
that the arms will be lost or captured by ladrones. The
disarming shall be effected through the Constabulary, the
inspectors of which on duty in the province shall comply
with the orders of either the Governor-General or the provincial governor, as the case may be.-Act 610, Februarry 2,
1903.
Note 2.-SECTION 1. The Governor-General, the Chief of
Philippines Constabulary, the governors of provinces, with
the consent and approval of the Governor-General, and the
inspectors of Constabulary, with the consent and approval of
the Chief of Philippines Constabulary, may authorize in
writing any resident of the province to purchase or receive a
gun or revolver, or both, when satisfied that the person so
purchasing, receiving, and having custody of the gun or
revolver needs it for his reasonable protection or will use it
for hunting or other lawful purposes only: Provided, however,
That in the city of Manila such authority shall be granted by
the chief of police of said city with the consent and approval
of the Governor-General. A list of the licenses issued hereunder shall be kept by the officer issuing them, and notice of
the issue of each license shall be given by the issuing officer to
the Chief of Philippines Constabulary. The Chief of Philippines Constabulary shall keep a record of all persons to whom
written authority to keep an arm or arms has been issued.
The Governor-General may, by executive order, issue regulations as to the form of written authority to be issued and
provide for the exaction of a bond upon terms to be fixed by
him, which shall be conditioned for the safe keeping of the
weapon authorized to be purchased or held. Any person, not

Exceptions.