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.

THE MUNICIPAL CODE.

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first class shall be those which contain not less than twenty-five
-number o f
thousand inhabitants, and shall have eighteen councilors; of the councilors f
second class, those containing eighteen thousand and less than
twenty-five thousand inhabitants, and shall have fourteen councilors; of the third class, those containing ten thousand and less
than eighteen thousand inhabitants, and shall have ten councilors;
of the fourth class, those containing less than ten thousand inhabitants, and shall have eight.
(b) Municipalities of less than two thousand inhabitants may Small municibe incorporated under the provisions of this Act, or may, upon alitiesincorporapetition signed by a majority of the qualified electors thereof,
be attached as a barrio to an adjacent and incorporated municipality, if the council of the latter shall grant said petition and
the Commission shall approve it.
Note 1.-SECTION 1. In all cases in which two or more mu- Consolidated
nicipalities organized under the Municipal Code shall be united municpates.
by Act of the Commission, it shall be the duty of the provincial te-provincial
treasurer of the province in which such municipalities are
located to examine the office of the municipal treasurer of each
of the municipalities united, to audit his accounts, and to
receive from each municipal treasurer the amounts of money
remaining in the treasury of the municipality. The amounts
thus received, when covered into the provincial treasury, shall
be paid out by the provincial treasurer to the municipal treasurer of the new consolidated municipality.
SEC. 2. Whenever one or more barrios, or any other part of Separation or. I consolidation of
an existing municipality, shall be separated from such exist- barrios.
ing municipality, either to form a new municipality or to be
added to another existing municipality, or in cases of the
consolidation of parts of two or more municipalities into a
new municipality, or in cases in which an old municipality is
divided and a portion thereof assigned to one new municipality and a portion to another, it shall be the duty of the pro- -duty of provincial board equitably to divide the funds on deposit in the vmcial boardtreasury of the existing municipality to be. divided, and the
taxes payable to such municipality and uncollected, and to
apportion both the funds and the taxes to the parts of the
divided municipality as equity may require, having such
regard as may seem proper to the amount of taxes produced
by the respective parts of the municipality whose territory is
divided. In case any municipality affected shall be aggrieved
by the disposition made of such funds or taxes, an appeal
may be taken within twenty days after the action of the provincial board from the decision of the provincial board to the
Governor-General, whose decision shall be final.
SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage, but shall
apply to all cases of division of municipalities as provided in
section two, whether the same be now provided for by law or
shall hereafter be provided for by law.-Act 726, April 7, 1903.
Note 2.-SEC. 8. The Civil Governor of the Philippine Islands Governor- G e nshall hereafter be known as the Governor-General of the Philip- eral.
pine Islands.-Act of Congress, approved February 6, 1905.
(c) A barrio or barrios with an aggregate population of more ration of sepathan two thousand may be incorporated under the provisions of ties.