Chapter 227. To amend an Act approved July first, nineteen hundred and two, entitled “An Act temporarily to provide for the administration of the affairs of civil government in the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes.” February 27, 1909.[[H
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CHAP. 227.— An Act To amend an Act approved July first, nineteen hundred and two, entitled “An Act temporarily to provide for the administration of the affairs of civil government in the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes.” February 27, 1909.[[H. R. 25155](/us/bill/70/hr/25155).][[Public, No. 287.](/us/pl/70/287)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the third paragraph ofPhilippine Islands.Annual sessions of legislature.Vol. 32, p. 694, amended. the seventh section of the Act entitled “An Act temporarily to provide for the administration of the affairs of civil government in the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes,” approved July first, nineteen hundred and two, is hereby amended to read as follows:
“Sec. 7. The legislature shall hold annual sessions, commencing onDate, etc., of. the first Monday of February in each year and continuing not exceeding ninety days thereafter (Sundays and holidays not included) and the first meeting of the legislature shall be held upon the call of the governor within ninety days after the first election: *Provided*, That the*Provisos.*Legislature may determine date. Philippine Legislature after its first meeting as herein provided may by law fix a date other than the first Monday of February in each year for the commencement of its annual sessions: *And provided further*, That if at the termination of any session the appropriations necessaryProvisions for governmental expenses. for the support of government shall not have been made, an amount equal to the sums appropriated in the last appropriation bills for such purposes shall be deemed to be appropriated; and until the legislature shall act in such behalf the treasurer may, with the advice of the governor. make the payments necessary for the purposes aforesaid.
” Approved, February 27, 1909.