1629 _ TITLE 48.———·TERRITORIl§S A Prm·id¢ll further, That election shall be held only on such l days and under such regulations as- t0_ ballots, . Yéting, and llualmcations ot electors as ma y be prescribed by the Philip· , pine I legislature, to which is giveh authority 4:0 rellistrict the Plnilipplne Islands and `inodify, amend, or e repeal any pro-» vision et this section, except such as refer to uppointive senamm ged representatives. (Aug, 29;* 1916, e. 416, ·_§ 16, 39 5ml. ‘5;§9.}~ _ ‘ _-_ Q _ ' . 1047. Qaaliécetitms of voters.-·Unl;l1 otherwise provided by l me Philippine Legislature the qualiiications of 'voters for ` sezmters and representatives in the Philippines and all officenss
- ·14_»t·ml by the pecple eshalfbe as follows; _ . _
r;».·e;·y male person; who is not ejcitizen or subject df a l itweigu power, twentyioue years fof ageorl over (except insane · and feeble·minded` persons and those? convicted lu *a court of mmpetent jurisdiction ot an hitumcus offense since. the 13th day of August, 1898), who shall have been a resideutgot the mltippiues for one yea: and of the municipality in which he shall omar to vote for six months next preceding the day .0f voting, and who is comprised within one ot me following classes: _ Q · f _ _ __ l en) Those who under law existing. on August 29, 1916, were legal voters and have exercised the right dt- sutrage. · ` sm Thom who. own feel property to the value of 500 bes6sQ- or who annually pay 30 pes0s.01j more of the established taxes. (cl `Thcse who are able to read and write either Spanish, Iiugligh, or a native language. (Aug. 29, 1916, c. 416, § 15,` 39 Stat. 549.) " " _ _ . · _ 1048. Terms of tmce. qi senators; and- _1‘epreeent3tives.——- · The terms of 03ice of elective senators and_ representatives shall be six and three years,. respectively, and shall begln O11~ the date ot their election. In cese, ot vacancy among the -ele<—tive members- ot the senate or in the house of repreeehtatives, special elections may be ohéld in the distrlqts , wherein I such vammzy occurred undeni such regulations as may be presgribed by law, but senators or rl·preseutati¥es elected in- such`· cases slxall l1<>ld_ cmce only fm- the unexpired pcxjtion of the V term wherein the vacancy occm·x·ed." Senators and representat tives appointed by the Governor _Ge1;£eml shall hold cme until removw by the Governor General. Mégg. 29,1916, c. 416, ll‘i',%Smt.550;) 2 “ -_` _· l 1849. Legklgture; eeuvcnieg and sessions; clmxtilny date _ of -»i. ·—·—-·-'1‘he smate `and lmum of repreeeutatlsica, tiyely, shall be the sole judges ct the elections, ¤etu1j¤s,__n¤d qlmlidcatzlcxls of their; elective members, and each house may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its memlmre tor disorderly behavior, end, with the co;1éu1*re¤ce·0t twe-thirds, QXPGI RQ elective member. ·B0th_ home; shall ecmveue at the mvital ep the 16th day of October next following the ·elec·- . tion end, orznnlxe by the eleeticm of an speaker ox n presiding -_ officezga clerk, and a sewwnt at arms toe each muse; and such other 0§eex·s and as may be- required. A· majority ef €·u<:lrh0t1se shall mnetitute h quorum to do business, but e_ smaller number may meet, adjourn item dn? 129 dey, him wmlrel the .ettende.m.·e ht absent members. _The legislature shall hvlrl annual @1em, commehclng. ein the 16th clay of October, or, it the 16th day ot Octemr be a legal hollday, then on the first day {allowing which is incl; a legal halide:. in elwh YEM- Thc legislalmre may he called in special eeeelem at any time by the Governor Qeneml for- general lmlslatielil er toe ectlcm on such smcme subjects as he my dwlgrmte. No special se@le¤ elmll ccmtlmie lense: than thirty days, and rm mule: sesslen
Shall eemtinuee longer may one hundred dwg; exclusive bt
_ jt§uuclee§‘s. The leg·islature is given the pcwer and authority to —»‘clw.uge·» date of thee. (commencement of its slnéual www Y (A11;. 29, 19*16,.t:. -416; I 18, 39 Stat. $@0-) ’ 5 ·, U · Q 1059. am privilegu of members; eligibility fer o§ce.-—-The senators end repzteseatatlxm shall receive an ·
ND INSULAR POSSESSIONS § H`}53 hnnuézl compensation for their services, to be ascertained by law, endlpaid out of the treasury of the Philippine Islands. The senators and representatives shall. in all cases except treaieoxl, ·fel011y, and breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during their attendance .at the session et their respective hcusesmid in going to and returning from the same; end _for any speech mi debate in either house they sliall not be questioned in any othev place, (Aug. 29, 1916, c. 416, § 18, 39 Stat. 550.)*‘ _ _ ‘ __ — _ . _ __ 1051. Senators and · representatives ineligible to certain 0Mce§.——N0 senator or representative shall during the time for which he may have been; elected, be eligible tto any oflice the election to which is vested in the legislature, ner shall be appointed tolany omce of trust or profit which shall have been created or the emolulnents of which have been increased during such term. (Aug. 29,.1916, c. 416, §-18, 39 Stet.l550.) ~ 1052. Ennctment of laws: approval by President; vetoes.-—— Each house of the legislature shall keep a journal of its prooeealngs anu, from to time, publish the same;. and the yeas and nays- of the members of either house, on eny ques- A tion, shall, demand _0f’_ one-fifth of those present, be entered . on the journal, and every bill and joint resolution which shelf have passed both houses ehell, before it becomee
- 1 law, he presented to the Governor General. If he approve
the Weauie, -'he,shalI sign N; but if net, he shall return it with his objections to that `honse in which lt shall have originated, which shall enter the objections at large on its journal and proceed to recqnsider it. It, after such reconsideration, twothirds of the members elected. to that heuee shell agree te pass the same, it-shall bef sent, together · with the gohjc-actions,. to the other house, by which it shall likewise be `reconsidered. and if approved by two·thirds of — all the members elected to that house it shell be sent to the Governor General, who, in _ ease he shall then notnpprove, shall transmit me same to the £ President ot the United States. The vote of each house shall . be by the yeaa fend nays, and the names ot the members vodng for- and hzainat shall he ° entered on the journal. It the President ot the United States approve the same, he shall it and it shall become e law. · It he shall net eperove same, he sh¤1l`~return it to the Governor me mating, und it shall not hecome a law: Pro , That it any bill os, joint resolution shall not he returned by the Governor ns herein provided within twenty daysi (Sundsye excepted) after it shall have ment presented to him the same. ohh}! meome e lewln like manner ns it hehad signed lt, ¤R}$%—lu1éI€§i8]&• thre bk ndJournm®t prevent lm return, in which cnee it s hnll___ become h law unlew- vetoed by the Governor General within ·"· — thirty dgyn after gdjoermentz. Pr d further, {Phat the . Prenldmt of- the United States shall approve or disapprove ee i ` aet euhmltted to him under the provldonn of this section within six montha from and after its enactment and submission for his aphmtal;’_ end if `net h`ppreved_ within- such time) it shell I
9. law the same es ig lt had beenlspecltleelly eppreved.
The Governor General shell have the pewer. to; veto Any {mv ticulnr item .or.l-tems of an npproprla)tion·blll, but the veto shell not eRect the item or items: to` which he docs not ehjeot. The item or items ebjected to shall not take ·effe<:t except in the mnnne1··hereto1'ore provided in this section as to bills and joint remlhtlens returned etc the legislature without his epp°rovel. (Aug.»_%, 1916, `E:. 418, { 19,..39 see;. 551.) ·_ 1053. Failure to nuke npproprlationg; snmp deemed resppreprlnted.-·——-·If at the termluntienl of any fiscal Qyenr the:1ppre— prtetlohn nweery for the support of government- for the ensulnz. hscnl year shall not have hmh made; the several sums e2ppropx*ioted` in- the Inst npprpprlntion bills for the objects and pnrpeaeu therein- specieed, so ter es `the same may be done shall be deemed te neegmreprietell for the severe! objects zmd purposes specified in mid lust appropriation bill gland until
