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not be obtained and maintained with the expenditure of any 

 reasonable sum of money. 



In view of the fact that such a large percentage of the rev- 

 enue of the municipality is received by taxation of the Mindoro 

 properties, it is recommended that satisfactory police protection 

 and justice of the peace accommodations be furnished San Jose 

 as a partial return for this revenue. At the present time, the 

 municipality governs through ordinances, and in general the 

 local officials have very little authority to transact Government 

 business in proportion to the requirements of the situation. 

 The enormous expenditure of private funds and the rapid growth 

 in the population of Pandorocan make it necessary that the 

 form of government now in existence in this municipality be 

 modified and that it be strengthened to meet the demands of 

 the situation. It is assumed that the Government maintains 

 the right of proper sanitary and legal supervision of the prop- 

 erties of the corporations interested in Mindoro in exactly the 

 same way that it retains similar supervision over the private 

 properties and estates of other citizens and corporations of the 

 country, and the situation at the present time in San Jose is 

 such as to demand serious consideration and more active, aggres- 

 sive, and competent discharge of the usual governmental duties 

 and privileges granted to citizens of thickly populated districts. 



The health problem in San Jose and the surrounding barrios is 

 such an important one that it should be under the supervision 

 of a thoroughly competent and well-trained public-health offi- 

 cial with all the authority usually delegated to such an officer. 

 The corporations interested in the territory under discussion 

 already have very large sums of money invested, and con- 

 stantly are increasing this investment. It is to their interest 

 that the present unsatisfactory health conditions be improved, 

 and the management of the companies is showing a very com- 

 mendable spirit in its attempt to improve these conditions. 

 However, it is handicapped in many particulars, not the 

 least of which is the lack of authority for the enforcement of 

 just sanitary laws and regulations among the employees and 

 other inhabitants of the property. The Government is inter- 

 ested in the improvement of sanitary conditions for the same 

 reasons that it is interested in this problem in other parts of the 

 country, and the solution of the difficulties at San Jose is not 

 possible except under the combined efforts of the corporations 

 and the Government officials under a united directorate. 



From a careful investigation of all phases of this question 

 on the ground, I am fully convinced that the corporation in- 



