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Sec. 29. No land shall be leased under the provisions of. this 

 chapter until the land has been surveyed under the direction of 

 the Chief of the Bureau of Public Lands and an accurate plat 

 made thereof, the cost of survey to be borne by the lessee. 



Sec. 30. The lease of any lands under this chapter shall not 

 confer the right to remove or dispose of any valuable timber 

 except as provided in regulations of the Bureau of Forestry for 

 cutting timber upon such lands. Nor shall such lease confer the 

 right to remove or dispose of stone, oil, coal, salts, or other 

 minerals, but the lease as to the part thereof which shall be 

 mineral may be canceled by the Chief of the Bureau of Public 

 Lands, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, when- 

 ever the mineral character of such part shall be made satis- 

 factorily to appear, after due notice to the lessee. 



Sec. 31. The commission of waste or the violation of the 

 forestry regulations by the lessee shall work a forfeiture of his 

 last payment of rent and render him liable to immediate dispos- 

 session and suit for damage. 



Act No. 1033. 



Section 1. All provincial treasurers, municipal councils, and 

 other authorities of every kind in the Philippine Islands who 

 have authority to fix the salaries of municipal officers and 

 employees are hereby authorized and directed to fix such sal- 

 aries in Philippine currency, instead of in Mexican currency, 

 anything in existing law to the contrary notwithstanding. All 

 such salaries heretofore fixed in Mexican currency shall, after 

 January first, nineteen hundred and four, be payable in Philip- 

 pine currency at the same amounts as now provided by law 

 in Mexican currency, and shall remain fixed at such amounts 

 in Philippine currency until changed by competent authority. 



Sec. 2. On and after the first day of January, nineteen hun- 

 dred and four, all public dues, internal revenues, industrial, 

 stamp, forestry, cedula, license, and municipal taxes of every 

 kind, and all fines and penalties imposed by courts or other 

 authorities, shall be imposed, assessed, and collected in Philippine 

 currency, instead of in Mexican currency as now provided by 

 law, and at the same amounts in Philippine currency as are 

 now fixed by law for such taxes, fines, and penalties in Mexi- 

 can currency: Provided, however, That Spanish-Filipino coins 

 may be received in payment of such taxes, fines, and penalties 

 at the ofiicial ratio that shall from time to time prevail until 

 such time as Spanish-Filipino coins shall by law cease to be 

 receivable for public dues. 



Sec. 3. On and after January first, nineteen hundred and four, 

 all compensation that is provided by law for Insular or provin- 

 cial oflicers and employees, wherever such compensation is fixed 

 in Mexican currency, and all official fees and charges, Insular, ' 

 provincial, or municipal, wherever such fees are fixed in Mexi- 

 can currency, shall be payable in Philippine currency, on the 

 basis of one Philippine peso for one Mexican dollar. 



