CEDULA, (obsolete Engl. Cedule, Fr. c.'f/a/., It. cedola, ccfluln, whence (,er. Zettei, slip of paper: variant of schedule, OF. schedule, scolule, cedule, from Lat. schcdula, small sheet of paper, from seheda, sheet of paper, from seindcre, to split). In Spanish, a written or printed paper of any sort, including blank forms. In Spanish law, any kind of a legal document, public or private. the exact nature of the docu ment being indicated by supplementary words; e.g. oa/f/ real, a royal order promulgating a law or decree; ce'dnifi hipoheariu, a mortgage loan certificate; c.'ffu/a ante dif in, a summons to a meeting of a society.
Ceidubt personal is a certificate oridentitication. Under the Spanish every inhabitant or resident of the Philippine Islands was re quired to take out, annually. such a certificate. and (unless legally exempt) to pay for it at a rate varying, according to his resources. from two pesos to 37.50 pesos. The graduated poll
tax thus established yielded an annual revenue of 7,000,000 pesos. The Anicrican military gov ernment found it necessary, for administrative purposes, to retain the cedulu prrsonal, but de cided to issue it at the nominal and uniform rate of one peseta.
CEFALt, ch5'f9dm' (ane. Lat. phar dium). Au episcopal city and seaport in north Sicily, 42 miles east by south of Palermo (Slap: Italy, 2). It is grouped around the cathedral begun by Roger 11, in the Twelfth Century. Its mosaics arc the most ancient and perfect in Sicily, and resemble those at Nona Athos. The town lies at the base of the steep limestone promontory which towers to the height of over 1200 feet, and which bears the ruins of the an cient town. Fisheries and commerce are engaged in be the inhabit:1)0A. Population, in 1881 (com mune), 14,000; in 1001, 13,27:3.