Philippine Statutes β 1906
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AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR CERTAIN PUBLIC WORKS, PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS, AND OTHER PURPOSES OF THE INSULAR GOVERNMENT.
AN ACT TO EQUALIZE AND SECURE UNIFORMITY IN SALARIES OF PROVINCIAL GOVERNORS AND TREASURERS.
AN ACT SUSPENDING THE COLLECTION OF THE LAND TAX FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SEVEN IN ALL THE PROVINCES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS ORGANIZED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF ACT NUMBERED EIGHTY-THREE, AND IN ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES THEREIN ORGANIZED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF ACT NUMBERED EIGHTY-TWO, PROVIDING FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT TO THE PROVINCES AND MUNICIPALITIES OF FIFTY PER CENTUM OF THE SUMS WHICH THEY WILL LOSE BY REASON OF THE SUSPENSION OF THE LAND TAX, AND APPROPRIATING TOWARD SUCH REIMBURSEMENT THE SUM OF SIX HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN PESOS AND SIXTY-THREE CENTAVOS FROM ANY FUNDS IN THE INSULAR TREASURY NOT OTHERWISE APPROPRIATED.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXECUTION IN BILIBID PRISON OF CRIMINALS SENTENCED TO DEATH.
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE REFUND OF MONEYS RECEIVED AT LAND TAX SALES AND INTEREST THEREON UPON CONVEYANCE OF SUCH LAND TO PROVINCIAL TREASURER AS TRUSTEE BY PURCHASER, EXTENDING THE TIME FOR THE REDEMPTION OF REALTY BY THE DELINQUENT TAXPAYER AND THE RE-CONVEYANCE TO HIM OF SUCH REAL ESTATE BY PURCHASER, PROVIDING FOR THE CONFISCATION OF SUCH REAL ESTATE IN CASE IT IS NOT REDEEMED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
AN ACT CONTINUING IN FORCE THE EXISTING RATE OF DUTY ON RICE IMPORTED INTO THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
AN ACT SO AMENDING ACT NUMBERED ELEVEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-EIGHT, ENTITLED "THE FOREST ACT," AS TO PROVIDE BUT ONE SCALE OF TAXES ON TIMBER FOR ALL PROVINCES.
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO CONSTITUTE THE CUSTOMS SERVICE OF THE PHILIPPINE ARCHIPELAGO AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION THEREOF," AS AMENDED, BY PROVIDING A MORE EXPEDITIOUS METHOD OF DEALING WITH SMALL SEIZURES AND BY DEFINING THE TERM "OFFICER OF THE CUSTOMS."
AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS SEVENTY-FOUR AND ONE HUNDRED SEVEN OF ACT NUMBERED ELEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-NINE, AS AMENDED.
AN ACT PROVIDING THAT ONE FISCAL SHALL PERFORM THE DUTIES OF BY FISCAL FOR THE PROVJNCES OF CAPIZ AND ROMBLON, ABOLISHING THE OFFICES OF FISCAL OF CAPIZ AND OF ROMBLON AND PALAWAN AS HERETOFORE AUTHORIZED BY LAW, FIXING THE SALARY OF THE FISCAL OF THE TWO PROVINCES, AND MAKING PROVISION FOR THE TRAVELING EXPENSES OF SUCH FISCAL.
AN ACT EXTENDING FROM JANUARY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SEVEN, TO JANUARY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND NINE, THE TIME WITHIN WHICH FREE PATENTS MAY BE GRANTED TO NATIVE SETTLERS UPON UNRESERVED AND UNAPPROPRIATED AGRICULTURAL PUBLIC LANDS.
AN ACT AMENDING1 SECTION TWENTY-SEVEN OF ACT NUMBERED FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-ONE BY PROVIDING A PERMANENT APPROPRIATION FOR THE PAYMENT OF REWARDS TO PERSONS FURNISHING ORIGINAL EVIDENCE LEADING TO THE DETECTION OF VIOLATIONS OF THE PROVISIONS OF SAID ACT.
AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED ELEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-NINE, BY RELIEVING THE INSULAR TREASURER OF THE CUSTODY OF INTERNAL-REVENUE STAMPS AND CEDULAS, AND PLACING THE SAME IN THE CUSTODY OF THE COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE.
AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-SIX BY EXTENDING THE TIME ALLOWED FOR THE OPERATIONS OF THE SEVERAL BOARDS ENGAGED IN THE ASSESSMENT OF LAND VALUES AND ALSO AUTHORIZING MUNICIPAL BOARDS OF ASSESSORS TO REMAIN IN SESSION DURING THE ENTIRE MONTH OF DECEMBER, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SIX, AND PROVIDING FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF ADDITIONAL DUTIES BY THE SUPERVISOR OF LAND ASSESSMENTS, SHOULD THE SAME BE REQUIRED.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FOURTEEN OF ACT NUMBERED FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVEN, ENTITLED "THE REORGANIZATION ACT," REPEALING SECTION SIXTEEN OF SAID ACT AND MERGING THE BUREAU OF PORT WORKS WITH THE BUREAU OF NAVIGATION.
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION SEVENTY OF ACT NUMBERED FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-NINE, "THE CORPORATION LAW," AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED FIFTEEN HUNDRED AND SIX, BY EXTENDING THE TIME WITHIN WHICH FOREIGN CORPORATIONS SHALL COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SAID ACT.
AN ACT REGULATING THE FREE ENTRY OF CERTAIN RAILROAD MATERIAL IMPORTED INTO THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
AN ACT REFIXING THE WEIGHT AND FINENESS OF THE SILVER COINS OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PREVENTING THE MELTING AND EXPORTATION THEREOF AS A RESULT OF AN APPRECIATION IN THE PRICE OF SILVER, PROVIDING FOR THE RECOINAGE OF EXISTING SILVER COINS OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AT THE REFIXED WEIGHT AND FINENESS, TO HAVE THE SAME VALUE IN GOLD AS THOSE OF THE CORRESPONDING DENOMINATIONS AUTHORIZED BY THE ACT OF CONGRESS APPROVED MARCH SECOND, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THREE, AND PRESCRIBING A METHOD FOR EXPEDITING THE READY CIRCULATION OF THE NEW COINS.
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL TO PAROLE PRISONERS AND PROVIDING FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF SUCH PAROLES.
AN ACT TO PREVENT THE FAILURE OF MILITARY JUSTICE, TO AUTHORIZE THE SWEARING OF WITNESSES BEFORE A MILITARY INVESTIGATION, AND TO PUNISH PERJURIES THEREIN COMMITTED.
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FOUR, ENTITLED "AN ACT CREATING- THE ENTRY PORT OF SITANKI, AMENDING ACT NUMBERED FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," BY INCREASING THE COMPENSATION OF THE DEPUTY COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS AND AUTHORIZING THE EMPLOYMENT OF TWO BOATMEN AT SITANKI.
AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED FIFTEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-THREE, ENTITLED "AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE DIMINUTION OF SENTENCES IMPOSED UPON PRISONERS CONVICTED OF ANY OFFENSE AND SENTENCED FOR A DEFINITE TERM OF MORE THAN THIRTY DAYS AND LESS THAN LIFE IN CONSIDERATION OF GOOD CONDUCT AND DILIGENCE," BY PRESCRIBING THAT THE APPLICATIONS OF DIMINUTION OF SENTENCES ALLOWED THEREUNDER SHALL BE MADE ON THE BASIS OF LEGAL MONTHS OF THIRTY DAYS.
AN ACT CANCELING ONE-HALF THE AMOUNTS LOANED TO THE PROVINCE OF CEBU BY ACTS NUMBERED THIRTEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-THREE AND THIRTEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY.
AN ACT INCREASING THE NUMBER OF MUNICIPALITIES IN THE PROVINCE OF PANGASINAN FROM THIRTY-TWO TO FORTY-ONE, BY RECONSTITUTING CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES IN SAID PROVINCE, AND GIVING TO EACH THE TERRITORY WHICH IT COMPRISED PRIOR TO THE PASSAGE OF ACT NUMBERED NINE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-ONE.
AN ACT REDUCING THE NUMBER OF MUNICIPALITIES IN THE PROVINCE OF ALBAY FROM TWENTY-SEVEN TO TWENTY-THREE, BY CONSOLIDATING CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES OF THE SAID PROVINCE LOCATED IN THE SUBPROVINEE OF CATANDUANES.
AN ACT TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF MUNICIPALITIES IN THE PROVINCE OF SAMAR FROM TWENTY-FIVE, AS ESTABLISHED BY ACT NUMBERED NINE HUNDRED AND SIXTY, TO THIRTY-TWO.
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A LOAN OF TWENTY THOUSAND PESOS TO THE PROVINCE OF SORSOGON FOR THE COMPLETION OF THE PROVINCIAL HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING OF SAID PROVINCE.
AN ACT INCREASING THE NUMBER OF MUNICIPALITIES IN THE PROVINCE OF TARLAC FROM NINE, AS ESTABLISHED BY ACT NUMBERED NINE HUNDRED AND THIRTY, TO TEN, BY MAKING THE FORMER MUNICIPALITY OF LA PAZ AND THE BARRIO OF LAUANGCUPANG, NOW A PART OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF TARLAC, AND THE BARRIO OF BANTUG, IN THE PRESENT MUNICIPALITY OF CONCEPCION, A NEW MUNICIPALITY.
AN ACT INCREASING THE NUMBER OF MUNICIPALITIES IN THE PROVINCE OF LA LAGUNA FROM TWENTY TO TWENTY-ONE, BY SEPARATING FROM BIΓAN THE FORMER MUNICIPALITY OF SAN PEDRO TUNASAN, RECONSTITUTING THE LATTER AS A MUNICIPALITY, AND GIVING TO EACH THE TERRITORY WHICH IT COMPRISED PRIOR TO THE PASSAGE OF ACT NUMBERED NINE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINE.
AN ACT REQUIRING JUSTICES OF THE PEACE AND JUDGES OF COURTS OF FIRST INSTANCE, OF THE COURT OF LAND REGISTRATION, AND OF MUNICIPAL COURTS TO CERTIFY ON THEIR APPLICATIONS FOR LEAVE AND UPON SALARY VOUCHERS AND PAY ROLLS THAT ALL SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS, APPLICATIONS, PETITIONS, DEMURRERS, MOTIONS, AND ALL CIVIL AND CRIMINAL CASES UNDER SUBMISSION FOR OR DETERMINATION FOR A PERIOD OF NINETY DAYS OR MORE HAVE BEEN DETERMINED AND DECIDED ON OR BEFORE THE DATE OF MAKING SUCH CERTIFICATE, AND PROVIDING THAT NO LEAVE SHALL BE GRANTED OR SALARY PAID UNTIL SUCH CERTIFICATE SHALL HAVE BEEN MADE.
AN ACT INCREASING THE NUMBER OF MUNICIPALITIES IN THE PROVINCE OF BATANGAS FROM SIXTEEN TO SEVENTEEN, BY SEPARATING FROM TAAL THE FORMER MUNICIPALITY OF LEMERY, RECONSTITUTING THE LATTER AS A MUNICIPALITY, AND GIVING THE SAME THE TERRITORY WHICH IT COMPRISED PRIOR TO THE PASSAGE OF ACT NUMBERED SEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHT.
AN ACT CONSOLIDATING THE PRESENT MUNICIPALITY OF CASIGURAN WITH THE MUNICIPALITY OF BALER, BOTH IN THE PROVINCE OF TAYABAS, AND ANNEXING THE BARRIOS OF CABULIHAN, SAN ROQUE, AND CALANTAS WITH THE SITIOS OF AΓOS AND TUBAS, OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF GUMACA, TO THE MUNICIPALITY OF PITOGO, IN THE SAME PROVINCE.
AN ACT INCREASING THE NUMBER OF MUNICIPALITIES IN THE PROVINCE OF CAVITE FROM ELEVEN TO TWELVE, BY SEPARATING FROM IMUS THE FORMER MUNICIPALITY OF BACOOR AND GIVING THE LATTER THE TERRITORY WHICH IT COMPRISED PRIOR TO THE PASSAGE OF ACT NUMBERED NINE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SEVEN.
AN ACT TO AMEND THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT ACT, BY INCREASING] THE POWER OF PROVINCES IN THE MATTER OF APPROPRIATION OF PROVINCIAL FUNDS.
AN ACT TO AMEND THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT ACT, NUMBERED EIGHTY-THREE, BY REORGANIZING THE PROVINCIAL BOARDS, AND BY ABOLISHING THE POSITION OF PROVINCIAL SECRETARY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUNDRY EXPENSES OF THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY OF MANILA FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SEVEN.
AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF ONE MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FOUR THOUSAND PESOS FROM THE FUNDS REALIZED FROM THE SALE OF BONDS AUTHORIZED BY ACT NUMBERED THIRTEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-THREE, FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING SEWERS IN THE CITY OF MANILA AND TO FURNISH IT WITH AN ADEQUATE SEWER AND DRAINAGE SYSTEM AND SUPPLY OF WATER.
AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF NAMACPACAN, IN THE PROVINCE OF LA UNION, TO THAT OF LUNA.
ACT EXEMPTING FROM INTERNAL-REVENUE TAXES ALL TIMBER AND OTHER FOREST PRODUCTS FOR USE IN THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPMENT OF CERTAIN RAILWAY LINES IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF IBA, PROVINCE OF ZAMBALES, TO VACATE THAT PORTION OF CALLE BUGALLON LYING BETWEEN CALLES RIZAL AND PADRE BURGOS, AND TO CEDE THE SAME TO THE PROVINCE OF ZAMBALES AS A SITE FOR A PROVINCIAL HIGH SCHOOL.
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE ATLANTIC, GULF AND PACIFIC COMPANY TO BRING SUIT AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS IN THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF THE CITY OF MANILA TO DETERMINE THE LIABILITY OF THE RESPECTIVE PARTIES FOR DAMAGES CAUSED TO THE LUNETA EXTENSION BY THE TYPHOON OF MAY EIGHTEENTH AND NINETEENTH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SIX.
AN ACT TRANSFERRING THE DIVISION OF ETHNOLOGY FROM THE BUREAU OF EDUCATION TO THE BUREAU OF SCIENCE AND REPEALING PARAGRAPH (B) OF SECTION TWENTY-THREE OF THE REORGANIZATION ACT.
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION FIVE OF ACT NUMBERED SEVENTY-FOUR, ESTABLISHING A DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, AS AMENDED, BY AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE SECRETARY OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, TO CHANGE, INCREASE, OR DECREASE THE EXISTING SCHOOL DIVISIONS OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
AN ACT TO LIMIT GAMBLING ON HORSE RACES IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS TO CERTAIN SPECIFIC DATES AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF ITS PROVISIONS.
AN ACT FOR THE RELIEF OF W. E. CRAIGHILL, MAJOR, CORPS OF ENGINEERS, UNITED STATES ARMY, AND CLINTON B. SEARS, LIEUTENANT COLONEL, CORPS OF ENGINEERS, UNITED STATES ARMY.
AN ACT TO ENCOURAGE THE SHIPPING TRADE IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS BY ABOLISHING THE COLLECTION OF ALL TONNAGE DUES ON VESSELS COMING FROM FOREIGN PORTS TO PORTS OF ENTRY IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
AN ACT PROVIDING THAT ONE FISCAL SHALL PERFORM THE DUTIES OF FISCAL FOR THE PROVINCES OF MISAMIS AND SURIGAO, ABOLISHING THE OFFICES OF FISCAL OF THE SAID PROVINCES AS HERETOFORE AUTHORIZED BY LAW, FIXING THE SALARY OF THE FISCAL OF THE TWO PROVINCES, AND MAKING PROVISION FOR THE TRAVELING EXPENSES OF SUCH FISCAL.
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE DIMINUTION OF SENTENCES IMPOSED UPON PRISONERS CONVICTED OF ANY OFFENSE AND SENTENCED FOR A DEFINITE TERM OF MORE THAN THIRTY DAYS AND LESS THAN LIFE IN CONSIDERATION OF GOOD CONDUCT AND DILIGENCE.
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF ELECTIVE MUNICIPAL OFFICERS IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF TIVI, ALBAY, FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PRESENT TERM.
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED THIRTEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FOUR SO AS TO AUTHORIZE, BY PROVINCIAL BOARDS, A GREATER ALLOWANCE FOR SUBSISTENCE OF PROVINCIAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES WHEN TRAVELING ON OFFICIAL BUSINESS, SHOULD THE SAME RECEIVE THE APPROVAL OF THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL.
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