Congress of the United States, which hereby reserves the power and authority to annul the same. If at the termination of any fiscal year the appropriations necessary for the support of government for the ensuing fiscal year shall not have been made, the several sums appropriated in the last appropriation bills for the objects and purposes therein specified, so far as the same may be done, shall be deemed to be reappropriated for the several objects and purposes specified in said last appropriation bill; and until the legislature shall act in such behalf the treasurer shall, when so directed by the Governor General, make the payments necessary for the purposes aforesaid.

SEC. 20. That at the first meeting of the Philippine Legislature created by this Act and triennially thereafter there shall be chosen by the legislature two Resident Commissioners to the United States, who shall hold their office for a term of three years beginning with the fourth day of March following their election, and who shall be entitled to an official recognition as such by all departments upon presentation to the President of a certificate of election by the Governor General of said islands. Each of said Resident Commissioners shall, in addition to the salary and the sum in lieu of mileage now allowed by law, be allowed the same sum for stationery and for the pay of necessary clerk hire as is now allowed to the Members of the House of Representatives of the United States, to be paid out of the Treasury of the United States, and the franking privilege allowed by law to Members of Congress. No person shall be eligible to election as Resident Commissioner who is not a bona fide elector of said islands and who does not owe allegiance to the United States and who is not more than thirty years of age and who does not read and write the English language. The present two Resident Commissioners shall hold office until the fourth of March, nineteen hundred and seventeen. In case of vacancy in the position of Resident Commissioner caused by resignation or otherwise, the Governor General may make temporary appointments until the next meeting of the Philippine Legislature, which shall then fill such vacancy; but the Resident Commissioner thus elected shall hold office only for the unexpired portion of the term wherein the vacancy occurred.

SEC. 21. That the supreme executive power shall be vested in an executive officer, whose official title shall be "The Governor General of the Philippine Islands." He shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate of the United States, and hold his office at the pleasure of the President and until his successor is chosen and qualified. The Governor General shall reside in the Philippine Islands during his official incumbency, and maintain his office at the seat of government. He shall, unless otherwise herein provided, appoint, by and with the consent of the Philippine Senate, such officers as may now be appointed by the Governor General, or such as he is authorized by this Act to appoint, or whom he may hereafter be authorized by law to appoint; but appointments made while the senate is not in session shall be effective either until disapproval or until the next adjournment of the senate. He shall have general supervision and control of all of the departments and bureaus of the government in the Philippine Islands as far as is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, and shall be commander in chief of all locally created armed forces and militia. He is hereby vested with the exclusive power to grant pardons and reprieves and remit fines and forfeitures, and may veto any legislation enacted as herein provided. He shall submit within ten days of the opening of each regular session of the Philippine Legislature a budget of receipts and expenditures, which shall be the basis of the annual appropriation bill. He shall commission all officers that he may be authorized to appoint. He shall be responsible for the faithful execution of the laws of the Philippine Islands and of the United States operative within the Philippine Islands and whenever it be comes necessary he may call upon the commanders of the military and naval forces of the United States in the islands, or summon the posse comitatus. or call out the militia or other locally created armed forces. to prevent or suppress lawless violence, invasion, insurrection, or rebellion: and he may, in case of rebellion or invasion, or imminent danger thereof, when the public

safety requires it, suspend the privileges of the writ of habeas corpus, or place the islands, or any part thereof, under martial law: Provided, That whenever the Governor General shall exercise this authority, he shall at once notify the President of the United States thereof, together with the attending facts and circumstances, and the President shall have power to modify or vacate the action of the Governor General. He shall annually and at such other times as he may be required make such official report of the transse tions of the government of the Philippine Islands to an executive department of the United States to be designated by the President, and his said anousl report shall be transmitted to the Congress of the United States; and he shall perform such additional duties and functions as may in pursuance of law be delegated or assigned to him by the President.

SEC. 22. That, except as provided otherwise in this Act. the executive departments of the Philippine government shall continue as now authorized by law until otherwise provided by the Philippine Legislature. When the Philippine Legislature herein provided shall convene and organize, the Philippine Commission, as such shall cease and determine. and the members thereof shall vacate their offices as members of said commission: Provided, That the heads of executive departments shall continue to exercise their executive functions until the heads of departments provided by the Philippine Legis lature pursuant to the provisions of this Act are appointed and qualified. The Philippine Legislature may thereafter by appropriate legislation increase the number or abolish any of the executive departments, or make such changes in the names and duties thereof as it may see fit, and shall provide for the appointment and removal of the heads of the executive departments by the Governor General: Provided. That all executive functions of the government must be directly under the Governor General or within one of the executive departments under the supervision and control of the Governor General. There is hereby established a bureau, to be known as the Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes, which said bureau shall be embraced in one of the executive depar ments to be designated by the Governor General, and shall have general supervision over the public affairs of the inhabitants of the territory representel in the legislature by appointive senators and representatives.

SEC. 23. That there shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate of the United States, a vice governet of the Philippine Islands, who shall have all of the powers of the Govern General in the case of a vacancy or temporary removal, resignation, or die ability of the Governor General, or in case of his temporary absence; and the said vice governor shall be the head of the executive department, known as the department of public instruction, which shall include the bureau of educ tion and the bureau of health, and may be assigned such other executiv duties as the Governor General may designate.

Other bureaus now included in the department of public instruction shall until otherwise provided by the Philippine Legislature, be included in the department of the interior.

The President may designate the head of an executive department of the Philippine government to act as Governor General in the case of a vacan the temporary removal, resignation, or disability of the Governor General and the vice governor, or their temporary absence, and the head of the depart ment thus designated shall exercise all the powers and perform all the duties of the Governor General during such vacancy, disability, or absence.

SEC. 24. That there shall be appointed by the President an auditor. whi shall examine, audit, and settle all accounts pertaining to the revenues Di receipts from whatever source of the Philippine government and of the pvincial and municipal governments of the Philippines, including trust funds and funds derived from bond issues; and audit, in accordance with law a administrative regulations, all expenditures of funds or property pertainin to or held in trust by the government or the Provinces or municipalities thereof. He shall perform a like duty with respect to all government branches

He shall keep the general accounts of the government and preserve the vouchers pertaining thereto.

It shall be the duty of the auditor to bring to the attention of the proper dministrative officer expenditures of funds or property which, in his opinon, are irregular, unnecessary, excessive, or extravagant.

There shall be a deputy auditor appointed in the same manner as the uditor. The deputy auditor shall sign such official papers as the auditor nay designate and perform such other duties as the auditor may prescribe, ind in case of the death, resignation, sickness, or other absence of the auditor 'rom his office, from any cause, the deputy auditor shall have charge of such office. In case of the absence from duty, from any cause, of both the auditor and the deputy auditor, the Governor General may designate an assistant, vho shall have charge of the office.

The administrative jurisdiction of the auditor over accounts, whether of 'unds or property, and all vouchers and records pertaining thereto, shall be exclusive. With the approval of the Governor General he shall from time to ime make and promulgate general or special rules and regulations not inconistent with law covering the method of accounting for public funds and roperty, and funds and property held in trust by the government or any of ts branches: Provided, That any officer accountable for public funds or proprty may require such additional reports or returns from his subordinates or thers as he may deem necessary for his own information and protection.

The decisions of the auditor shall be final and conclusive upon the execu ive branches of the government, except that appeal therefrom may be taken y the party aggrieved or the head of the department concerned within one rear, in the manner hereinafter prescribed. The auditor shall, except as hereinafter provided, have like authority as that conferred by law upon the everal auditors of the United States and the Comptroller of the United States Treasury and is authorized to communicate directly with any person aving claims before him for settlement, or with any department, officer, or person having official relations with his office.

As soon after the close of each fiscal year as the accounts of said year may be examined and adjusted the auditor shall submit to the Governor Genral and the Secretary of War an annual report of the fiscal concerns of the government, showing the receipts and disbursements of the various departments and bureaus of the government and of the various Provinces and muicipalities, and make such other reports as may be required of him by the Governor General or the Secretary of War.

In the execution of their duties the auditor and the deputy auditor are authorized to summon witnesses, administer oaths, and to take evidence, and, n the pursuance of these provisions, may issue subpoenas and enforce the attendance of witnesses, as now provided by law.

The office of the auditor shall be under the general supervision of the Governor General and shall consist of the auditor and deputy auditor and such necessary assistants as may be prescribed by law.

SEC. 25. That any person aggrieved by the action or decision of the audior in the settlement of his account or claim may, within one year, take an ppeal in writing to the Governor General, which appeal shall specifically set Worth the particular action of the auditor to which exception is taken, with the reason and authorities relied on for reversing such decision.

If the Governor General shall confirm the action of the auditor, he shall so indorse the appeal and transmit it to the auditor, and the action shall thereipon be final and conclusive. Should the Governor General fail to sustain the action of the auditor, he shall forthwith transmit his grounds of disapproval to the Secretary of War, together with the appeal and the papers necessary to a proper understanding of the matter. The decision of the Secretary of War in such case shall be final and conclusive.

SEC. 26. That the supreme court and the courts of first instance of the Philippine Islands shall possess and exercise jurisdiction as heretofore provided and such additional jurisdiction as shall hereafter be prescribed by law. The municipal courts of said islands shall possess and exercise jurisdiction as now provided by law. subject in all matters to such alteration and amendment as may be hereafter enacted by law; and the chief justice and asso

ciate justices of the supreme court shall hereafter be appointed by the Pres ident. by and with the advice and consent of the Senate of the United States. The judges of the court of first instance shall be appointed by the Governor General. by and with the advice and consent of the Philippine Senate: Provided. That the admiralty jurisdiction of the supreme court and courts of first instance shall not be changed except by Act of Congress. That in al cases pending under the operation of existing laws, both criminal and civil the jurisdiction shall continue until final judgment and determination.

SEC. 27. That the Supreme Court of the United States shall have juris diction to review. revise, reverse, modify, or affirm the final judgments and decrees of the Supreme Court of the Philippine Islands in all actions, cases. causes, and proceedings now pending therein or hereafter determined thereby in which the Constitution or any statute, treaty, title, right, or privilege of the United States is involved, or in causes in which the value in controversy exceeds $25,000, or in which the title or possession of real estate exceeding in value the sum of $25,000, to be ascertained by the oath of either party or of other competent witnesses, is involved or brought in question; and such final judgments or decrees may and can be reviewed, revised, reversed, mod fied, or affirmed by said Supreme Court of the United States on appeal or writ of error by the party aggrieved within the same time, in the same mat ner, under the same regulations, and by the same procedure, as far appl cable, as the final judgments and decrees of the district courts of the United States.

SEC. 28. That the government of the Philippine Islands may grant fra chises and rights, including the authority to exercise the right of eminent domain, for the construction and operation of works of public utility and serv ice, and may authorize said works to be constructed and maintained over and across the public property of the United States, including streets, highways squares, and reservations, and over similar property of the government said islands, and may adopt rules and regulations under which the provinc and municipal governments of the islands may grant the right to use and occupy such public property belonging to said Provinces or municipalities. Provided. That no private property shall be damaged or taken for any per pose under this section without just compensation, and that such authority take and occupy land shall not authorize the taking, use, or occupation of a3 land except such as is required for the actual necessary purposes for which the franchise is granted, and that no franchise or right shall be granted : any individual, firm, or corporation except under the conditions that it sha be subject to amendment, alteration, or repeal by the Congress of the Unite States, and that lands or right of use and occupation of lands thus grante shall revert to the governments by which they were respectively granted upon the termination of the franchises and rights under which they wen granted or upon their revocation or repeal. That all franchises or rights granted under this Act shall forbid the issue of stock or bonds except in exchange for actual cash or for property at a fair valuation equal to the par value of the stocks or bonds so issued; shall forbid the declaring of stock « bond dividends, and, in the case of public-service corporations, shall provis for the effective regulation of the charges thereof, for the official inspecti and regulation of the books and accounts of such corporations, and for the payment of a reasonable percentage of gross earnings into the treasury # the Philippine Islands or of the Province or municipality within which s franchises are granted and exercised: Provided further, That it shall be lawful for any corporation organized under this Act, or for any person, con pany, or corporation receiving any grant, franchise, or concession from the government of said islands, to use, employ, or contract for the labor of pa sons held in involuntary servitude; and any person, company, or corporatia: so violating the provisions of this Act shall forfeit all charters, grants, franchises for doing business in said islands, in an action or proceeding brought for that purpose in any court of competent jurisdiction by any ofer of the Philippine government, or on the complaint of any citizen of the P ippines, under such regulations and rules as the Philippine Legislature st

prescribe, and in addition shall be deemed guilty of an offense, and shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000.

SEC. 29. That, except as in this Act otherwise provided, the salaries of all the officials of the Philippines not appointed by the President, including , deputies, assistants, and other employees, shall be such and be so paid out of the revenues of the Philippines as shall from time to time be determined by the Philippine Legislature; and if the legislature shall fail to make an appropriation for such salaries, the salaries so fixed shall be paid without the necessity of further appropriations therefor. The salaries of all officers and all expenses of the offices of the various officials of the Philippines appointed as herein provided by the President shall also be paid out of the revenues of the Philippines. The annual salaries of the following-named officials appointed by the President and so to be paid shall be: The Governor General, $18.000; in addition thereto he shall be entitled to the occupancy of the buildings heretofore used by the chief executive of the Philippines, with the furniture and effects therein, free of rental; vice governor, $10,000; chief justice of the supreme court, $8.000; associate justices of the supreme court, $7,500 each; auditor. $6,000; deputy auditor, $3,000.

SEC. 30. That the provisions of the foregoing section shall not apply to provincial and municipal officials; their salaries and the compensation of their deputies, assistants, and other help, as well as all other expenses incurred by the Provinces and municipalities, shall be paid out of the provincial and municipal revenues in such manner as the Philippine Legislature shall provide.

SEC. 31. That all laws or parts of laws applicable to the Philippines not in conflict with any of the provisions of this Act are hereby continued in force and effect.

Approved. August 29, 1916.