[No. 9.] AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF FOURTEEN THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR THE PURPOSE OF FINISHING A BUILDING AT THE SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE AND MECHANICAL ARTS. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Porto Rico: Section 1.-That the sum of fourteen thousand one hundred dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary is hereby appropriated for the purpose of finishing a building under construction and repairing a dairy barn at the College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts, of Mayagüez. Section 2.-That all laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Section 3. That this Act shall take effect immediately after its approval. Approved, March 11, 1915. [No. 10.] AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 30 OF AN ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ORGANIZATION, REGULATION AND GOVERNMENT OF THE INSULAR POLICE OF PORTO RICO," APPROVED MARCH 12, 1908. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Porto Rico: Section 1.-That Section 30 of an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the organization, regulation and government of the Insular Police of Porto Rico," approved March 12, 1908, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: "Section 30.-The Insular Police Commission is hereby authorized to provide for the organization and administration of a relief fund to be formed by the fines imposed on members of the force and obtained from other sources for the purposes of providing funds with which to assist members of the force who shall become disabled by disease or accident suffered by reason or on occasion of the service, and the families of those who die as a consequence of such disease or accident. It shall have power to wind up or liquidate the affairs of any benefit fund maintained for the benefit of the Insular Police at the time of the passage of this Act. All moneys received by the Insular Police Commission on account of such fund shall be turned into the Insular Treasury, and the Treasurer shall cause them to be set aside in a special trust fund to be known as the Insular Police Relief Fund, and the money of this fund may be paid out only after warrants are duly signed and countersigned in accordance with law." Section 2.-That all laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Section 3.-That this Act shall take effect immediately after its approval. Approved, March 11, 1915. [No. 11.] AN ACT TO DETERMINE THE QUALIFICATIONS OF CERTAIN JUDICIAL OFFICERS OF PORTO RICO, AND FOF OTHER PURPOSES. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Porto Rico: Section 1. That the following are hereby established as indispensable qualifications for eligibility to the office of Municipal Judge in Municipalities of Class I and Class II: (a) Admission to the bar by the Supreme Court of Porto Rico. (b) Residence in the Island of Porto Rico for a period of not less than two years. Section 2.-That all laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Section 3.-That this Act shall take effect immediately after its approval, but in no case shall it be given retroactive effect. Approved, March 11, 1915. [No. 12.] AN ACT THE AND TO AMEND SECTION 12 OF AN ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT CONCERNING REGULATION OF RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION IN PORTO RICO: CONFERRING CERTAIN POWERS UPON THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL IN CONNECTION THEREWITH." Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Porto Rico: Section 1.-That Section 12 of an Act entitled "An Act concerning the regulation of railroad transportation in Porto Rico; and conferring certain powers upon the Executive Council in connection therewith," approved March 9, 1911, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: "Section 12.-Be it further enacted, that all railroad companies of public service be and are hereby obliged to construct and main tain chains, gates, or other suitable protective devices, at all grade crossings of insular public roads, and at all such other public crossings as the Executive Council may designate. Any railroad company failing to establish and maintain the gates or chains at the crossings required by this Act, and at such other crossings as the Executive Council may direct to be made and maintained, shall be guilty of misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof in any court of competent jurisdiction shall be fined a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars for each and every offense. "Subject to rules, regulations and orders of the Executive Council, all public service railroads shall fence in or otherwise properly guard or protect their tracks, so as to keep animals from entering upon such tracks; shall maintain their rolling stock, tracks and equipment in a proper state of repair and adequate for the safety of their passengers, their employees, and the general public; shall provide their locomotives with bells and whistles which shall be used upon approaching curves, tunnels, and road or street crossings whenever necessary as a warning of the approach of such locomotives; and shall equip such locomotives and trains with proper headlights and other adequate signal lights. Any railroad of public service violating an order of the Executive Council, made in accordance with the provisions of this Section, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof in any court of competent jurisdiction shall be fined a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars for each and every offense. Section 2. That all laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Section 3. That this Act shall take effect immediately after its approval. Approved, March 11, 1915. [No. 13.] AN ACT MAKING PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO THE MATERIALS THAT SHALL BE USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE OR REPAIR OF PUBLIC WORKS AND BUILDINGS, THE COST OF WHICH IS TO BE PAID FROM PUBLIC FUNDS. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Porto Rico: Section 1. That in all work of construction, maintenance or repair undertaken by the Insular Government of Porto Rico, municipality, school board or other dependency of the Insular Government, the cost of which is to be paid out of any public funds, there shall be used, in so far as they are advantageous and desirable, suitable materials produced or manufactured within Porto Rico; Provided, That the cost of such construction, maintenance or repair, when using such materials or manufactured products, shall not be greater than the cost if such work had been done using materials produced or manufactured outside of Porto Rico. Section 2. That the provisions of this Act shall not apply to works already contracted for or which have been already designed. Section 3.-That all laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Section 4. That this Act shall take effect May 1, 1915. Approved, March 11, 1915. [No. 14.] AN ACT PROVIDING COMPENSATION FOR THE LIVES OF MEMBERS OF THE INSULAR POLICE WHO DIE IN THE DISCHARGE OF THEIR DUTY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Porto Rico: Section 1. That should any member of the Insular Police of Porto Rico, whether an officer or a guardsman, lose his life in the performance of his duty as an officer or guardsman or as consequence of such performance of duty, The People of Porto Rico shall, from any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, pay an indemnity in the sum of one thousand dollars to the widow, descendents or ascendents in the first degree of such officer. Section 2. That all laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Section 3. That this Act shall take effect immediately after its approval. Approved, March 11, 1915. [No. 15.] AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 19 OF THE POLITICAL CODE OF PORTO RICO. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Porto Rico: Section 1.-That Section 19 of the Political Code in force, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: "Section 19.-The Legislative Assembly shall meet at the seat of government at ten o'clock a. m. on the second Monday of February, annually after the year nineteen hundred and fifteen and at other times when convened by the Governor in extraordinary session." Section 2. That all laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Section 3. That this Act shall take effect on the second Monday of February, 1916. Approved, March 11, 1915. [No. 16.] AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE CONTINUANCE OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ROAD FROM MARTIN PEÑA TO BAYAMON. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Porto Rico: Section 1.-That the sum of fifty-five thousand dollars, or such part thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated from any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to continue the construction of the road from Martín Peña to Bayamón, the construction of which was authorized by Act No. 15, Laws of 1912, and additional funds appropriated for the continuance of its construction by Act No. 117, Laws of 1913. Section 2. That all laws or parts of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Section 3.-That this Act shall take effect from and after its approval. Approved, March 11, 1915. [No. 17.] AN ACT REGULATING THE COLLECTION OF FEES AND COSTS IN CIVIL CASES IN THE DISTRICT AND MUNICIPAL COURTS IN PORTO RICO, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Porto Rico: Section 1.-That all amounts received in the offices of district and municipal courts in Porto Rico as fees in civil cases shall be paid in internal reveneu stamps which shall be affixed by the secretaries and marshals, under their own responsibility, on the margin or at |