SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 416. 1916. 547 nation or preference, shall forever be allowed; and no religious test shall be required for the exercise of civil or political rights. No public money or property shall ever be appropriated, applied, donated, or used, directly or mdirectly, for the use, benefit, or support of any sect, church, denomination, sectarian institution, or system of religion, or for the use, benent, or support of any priest, reacher, minister, or other religious teacher or dignitary as such. (iintracting of polyga— P°*Y8*¤¤Y· mous or p ural marriages hereafter is prohibited. That no law shall be construed to permit pplygamous or plural marriages. That; no money shall pg piiid out of the treasury except in pursu- APv*¤P¥*¤**m¤· ance o an ap ro mation y aw. _ _ That the nge dl taxation in said islands shall be uniform. U““°"“ ““““"“· That no bill which may be enacted into law shall embrace more E“”°""°“‘ °"‘"'s‘ tgariucipe subject, and that subject shall be expressed in the title of t e . That no warrant shall issue but upon robable cause, supported B°’“°“ "°"`“”°" by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched and the person or things to be seized. That all money collected on any tax levied or assessed for a plpecial °p°°°° °“°“‘ purpose shall be treated as a special fimd in the treasury an paid out or suc purpose on . · Sec. 4. That all expleiirses that may be incurred on account of the ,,,,P§§“$§,‘§,p‘{{m§“8g‘$§ Government of the P ilippines for salaries of officials and the con- ¤*¤¤¤°¤*· · duct of their offices and departments, and all expenses and obligations , contracted for the internal improvement or development of the islands, not, however, including defenses, barracks, and other works E‘°°*’“°"· undertaken b the United States, shall, excepf as otherwise Specifipgllluy; provided, by the Congress, be paid by the Government of the _ ppmes. Sec. 5. That the statutory laws of the United States hereafter U,%$§,‘§'§,1,,,l{‘§,f'$,,‘},{ :*,2 enacted shall not ap ly to the Philippine Islands, except when they v1i¤¤b¤¤- specifically so provide, or it is so provided in this Act. mso t Pm hm SEO. 6. That the laws now in orce in the Philippines shall con- iam miinmma. pp . tinue in force and effect, except as altered, amended, or modified herein, until altered, amended, or repealed by the legislative authority herein provided or bv Act of Congress of the United States. Sec. 7. That the legislative authority herein provided shall have ,,;‘,'§g';},§{",j§f*· °“’·· power, when not inconsistent with this Act, by due enactment to ` amend, alter, modify, or repeal any law, civil or criminal, continued in force by this Act as it may from time to time see fit. This ower shall specifically extend with the limitation herein ,,,§§;"°"“" ‘“"’ “‘ propjdedlas tip t%)1§ijsar·1ff to all laws relating to revenue and taxation me act mt e i ines. Sec. 8. That gpneiigl legislative power, except as otherwise herein m§,'lml""“° "'*"“" prov£ded( is here y granted to the hihppme Legislature, authorized G¤¤¤¤¤¤x>¤w•¤· t is i ct. . yS1:c. 9. That all the pro rty and rights which may have been ¤ly°d;°°iiisS¢°¤*i¤i5°;s¤¥r"`i•l¤ii acquired in the Philippine lsilands by the United States under the y treaty of peace with Spain, signed December tenth, eighteen hundred ‘°'· ‘*°·_*’· "“· and ninety-eight, except such land or other property as has been or E‘°°P‘“""· shall be designated by the President of the United States for military and other reservations of the Government of the United States, and _ _ _ _ all lands which ma have been subsequently acquired by the g0V— 0,§’§,S°?§,2?m”°m°” ernment of the Phihippine Islands by purchase under the provisions v,,,_32',,_m_ of sections sixty-three and sixty-four 0 the Act of (bngress approved Julv first, nineteen hundred and two, except such asmay have eretofore been sold and of in accordance with the provisions of said Act of Co ess, are hereby placed under the control of the government of sailglislands to be administered or disposed of for the beneiit of the inhabitants thereof, and the Philippine Legislature shall have power to legislate with respect to all such matters as
