ISLANDS. MANILA, September 9, 1902. EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 101. } In addition to the immediate report required by Executive Order Numbered Ninety-seven in each case of death of an official or employee not a native of the Philippine Islands, it is directed that a written report containing an accurate and complete statement of facts in the case sufficient to enable the War Department and this office to reply to any reasonable inquiry surviving relatives and friends of the deceased may make, be forwarded by the chief of the Bureau or Office to which the deceased belonged, through the proper channel, to the Executive Bureau for transmission to the Bureau of Insular Affairs. This report must be forwarded whenever possible within thirty days after the date of the summary report made under Executive Order Numbered Ninety-seven and should give in proper detail the following information: The full name of the deceased; the official position held by him at the time of his death; the cause, hour, if possible, date, and place of death; if death occurred in hospital or other institution, the name of same; names of attending surgeons and, where possible, of at least two other competent witnesses to the fact of death who would be able to certify thereto if called upon in support of claim for life insurance; the name of the cemetery, and number or other means of identifying the grave in which the remains were interred; the name and address of nearest surviving relative, if known, otherwise names and addresses of persons at his home in the United States or elsewhere with whom he had recently been in correspondence; the amount of pay due the deceased at time of death; an inventory of the more important items of his estate in these Islands, stating as nearly as possible their value; 1017 2 the disposition made of his personal property, including jewelry and other articles, perhaps, having a sentimental value which would cause them to be called for by heirs of the deceased; whether a will was found and, if so, the name and address of the official taking charge of it; whether the deceased was married in these Islands and the number of surviving children of such marriage, if any; if death was due to other than natural causes, the circumstances should be fully stated; in case of the cause being presumed to have been the criminal action of another person, the report should include a transcript of the result of the preliminary investigation held by the proper authority, and subsequent developments in the case as they occur should be promptly reported to this office. It is directed that, in cases of officials and employees detached from the stations of their chiefs of Bureau or Office or who for any other reason might not be otherwise reported upon, except in the city of Manila, the report above prescribed shall be rendered by the senior officer of Constabulary present in the municipality or other jurisdiction within which the death occurred or the body was discovered. The official channel through which the responsible Constabulary official will forward reports of deaths shall be the office of the senior inspector of the province, by whom the papers will be referred to the provincial governor for his information and such comment as he may desire to make, and returned to the senior inspector for forwarding through Headquarters Philippines Constabulary to the Executive Secretary. It is further directed that every effort shall be made by the Constabulary to report in a similar manner upon persons, not native born, who die in the provinces and are not at the time of death in the service of the Government. This requirement will not be construed to apply in cases of persons connected with the Army of the United States, if due investigation discloses the fact that the military authorities are cognizant of the death, in which case it is expected that, having ascertained that the military authori"ties are aware of the occurrence of death of the officer, enlisted man, or civil employee of the Army, the Constabulary will take no further steps except promptly to render proper assistance and cooperation should it be requested. Provincial governors upon receipt of this order will in writing instruct municipal authorities to the end that the proper inspector or non-commissioned officer of Constabulary may be promptly notified of deaths, concerning which report is herein called for. None of the foregoing requirements shall be construed by any officer of this Government to require a departure from or interference with procedure heretofore or hereafter prescribed by law. WM. H. TAFT, Civil Governor. O ISLANDS. MANILA, September 20, 1902. EXECUTIVE ORDER } All printing, engraving, lithographing, and binding required by the various provincial and municipal governments and Courts of First Instance in the several provinces, or by the officers thereof in their official capacities, will be executed by the Bureau of Public Printing, upon proper requisition therefor by the Treasurer of the Philippine Archipelago, to whom provincial supervisors will apply as the service demands, in accordance with law. WM. H. TAFT, Civil Governor. |