202 mcroar or THE PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.

received less than the presidente. He thought the rule should be thesame in the rovinces. It was explained to him that the municipaltreasurer di not collect the taxes; that the provincial treasurer wasalso the tax collector for the municipalities and held the most responsible position in the rovince.

At this point Dr. avera, of the Federal party, who accompanied theCommission, asked that he might make a suggestion with reference tothe proposed union of Manila and Morong rovinces. It was his opinion that in case of union neither the name o Morong nor Manila oughtto be retained. He then stated the custom which revails in the UnitedStates and other countries of naming im rtant ocalities or districtsin memory of some illustrious citizen of t e country. In line with thishe sug ested that the united provinces be named " Rizal, in memoryand in onor of the most illustrious Fili ino and the most illustriousTagalog the Islands had ever known. e president stated that theCommission, not less than the Filipinos, felt proud to do honor to thename of Rizal, and if, after consideration, it decided to unite the provinces, it would have pleasure, if such action met the desires of the ople, in giving the new province the name of Rizal. The resi entstated, however, that in view of the o position developed to t e union

it would take the matter under consideration. It desired to examinemore fully into the resources of the province of Moron from the statististics which are available. It hoped to reach a conc usion within a

few days, when it would pass the special bill and announce its appointments.

Dr. Tavera was then called upon to address the audience, after whichthe meeting adjourned. "

Attest: A. W. Frmensson, Secretary.

UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE Commssron.

MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS.

CAVITE, P. I., Jame 6, 1901.Present: Commissioners Wright, Ide, and the president.The session was called to order by the president at 10.10 a. m.Sr. Lacarias Fortich, presidente of Cavite, expressed the gratitude

of the citizens of Cavite for the visit of the Commission, and the president in turn expressed the pleasure of the Commission in meeting therepresentatives of the province. He noted also that the Commissionand the people of the rovince were honored by the presence of theacting commander in c ief of the naval station, Admiral Rodgers, andmentioned the unexpected pleasure of the reception by the colonel ofmarines and his ne body of men. He also expressed the pleasure ofthe Commission in meeting General Trias, a citizen of the provincewho, within the last three or four months, has done so much to brinabout peace and tranquility. The secretary was then directed to calthe roll of the pueblos. The following towns were represented:Cavite:

Presidente ................................. . .Sr. Zacarias F01-tich.Vice-presidente . _ . . . _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sr. Leon Borromeo.Councilors ................................. . .Sr. Jose de Castro.

Sr. Domingo Mogueis.Sr. Anacleto Bunales.Sr. Luciano Francisco.Sr. Marcos de Guzman.

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