Philippine Statutes — 1907

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• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION SIX OF ACT NUMBERED FIFTEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-TWO, KNOWN AS THE ELECTION LAW, BY PROVIDING AN ANNUAL SALARY FOR THE SPEAKER OF THE PHILIPPINE ASSEMBLY AND BY INCREASING THE PER DIEMS OF DELEGATES TO THE ASSEMBLY.Act No. 1803December 27, 1907
• AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF PRIVATE SECRETARIES TO THE RESIDENT COMMISSIONERS TO THE UNITED STATES AND FOR THE SALARIES AND TRAVELING EXPENSES OF SAID PRIVATE SECRETARIES.Act No. 1802December 25, 1907
• AN ACT PROVIDING FOR AN APPROPRIATION OF ONE MILLION PESOS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF SCHOOLS IN THE BARRIOS UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.Act No. 1801December 19, 1907
• AN ACT TO CREATE A BOARD FOR THE REGULATION OF RATES CHARGEABLE BY PUBLIC-SERVICE CORPORATIONS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 1779October 11, 1907
• AN ACT TO REGULATE THE IMPORTATION, ACQUISITION, POSSESSION USE, AND TRANSFER OF FIREARMS, AND TO PROHIBIT THE POSSESSION OF SAME EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT.Act No. 1780October 11, 1907
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWENTY-SEVEN OF 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 FOR THE REMISSION OF DUTIES ON IMPORTATIONS OF THE VALUE OF LESS THAN ONE DOLLAR.Act No. 1781October 11, 1907
• AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MANUFACTURING BONDED WAREHOUSES.Act No. 1782October 11, 1907
• AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF PERMANENT ROADS AND BRIDGES IN THE PROVINCES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.Act No. 1783October 11, 1907
• AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS, FROM THE FUNDS REALIZED FROM THE SALE OF PUBLIC-IMPROVEMENT BONDS AUTHORIZED BY ACT NUMBERED FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-FOUR, FOR CERTAIN PUBLIC WORKS AND PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS OF THE INSULAR GOVERNMENT.Act No. 1784October 11, 1907
• AN ACT MAKING ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUNDRY EXPENSES OF THE INSULAR GOVERNMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHT, AND FOR OTHER STATED PURPOSES.Act No. 1785October 11, 1907
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION THREE OF ACT NUMBERED FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVEN BY AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY TO REGULATE THE APPOINTMENT AND SALARIES OF PROVINCIAL EMPLOYEES.Act No. 1786October 11, 1907
• AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS SEVENTY-FOUR AND ONE HUNDRED AND SEVEN OF ACT NUMBERED ELEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-NINE, AS AMENDED.Act No. 1787October 11, 1907
• AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED SIXTY-THREE, ENTITLED "AN ACT PRESCRIBING THE METHOD TO BE ADOPTED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF LAWS, BY PROVIDING A METHOD TO BE ADOPTED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF LAWS WHICH MAY BE PASSED BY THE PHILIPPINE LEGISLATURE.Act No. 1788October 11, 1907
• AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL TO RAISE THE POSITION OF SUPERINTENDENT OF THE INFORMATION DIVISION, BUREAU OF CONSTABULARY, TO THE RANK, PAY, AND ALLOWANCES OF LIEUTENANT-COLONEL AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF CONSTABULARY.Act No. 1789October 11, 1907
• AN ACT TO CONFIRM CERTAIN RIGHTS AND FRANCHISES OF THE BANCO ESPAÑOL-FILIPINO AND TO AMEND ITS STATUTES.Act No. 1790October 11, 1907
• AN ACT TO AMEND IN CERTAIN RESPECTS ACT NUMBERED EIGHTY-TWO, KNOWN AS THE MUNICIPAL CODE.Act No. 1791October 11, 1907
• AN ACT PROVIDING, WITH THE CONSENT OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR FIRST HAD, FOR A SYSTEM OF MONEY AND PROPERTY ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND ITS SUBORDINATE BLANCHES, AND REPEALING ACTS NUMBERED NINETY, ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIVE, TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN, THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHT. NINE HUNDRED AND NINE, FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND TWO, AND ALL ACTS AND PARTS OF ACTS IN CONFLICT HEREWITH.Act No. 1792October 11, 1907
• AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-THREE BY PROVIDING A METHOD FOR ENFORCING THE COLLECTION OF THE LAND TAX IN THE CITY OF MANILA.Act No. 1793October 11, 1907
• AN ACT TO REGULATE THE GRANTING OF LEAVES OF ABSENCE AND OTHER ALLOWANCES TO THE PRIVATE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL AND THE PRIVATE SECRETARIES TO THE MEMBERS OF THE PHILIPPINE COMMISSION IN THE SAME MANNER AS IF SAID PRIVATE SECRETARIES, AS SUCH, WERE MEMBERS OF THE CLASSIFIED CIVIL SERVICE.Act No. 1794October 11, 1907
• AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE COMPENSATION OF STUDENTS IN INDUSTRIAL AND AGRICULTURAL SCHOOLS FOR WORK DONE THEREIN OUTSIDE OF REGULAR SCHOOL HOURS AND NOT CONNECTED WITH THEIR REGULAR SCHOOL WORK.Act No. 1795October 11, 1907
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FOURTEEN (C) OF ACT NUMBERED TOUR- TEEN HUNTED AND SEVEN BY INCREASING THE DUTIES OF THE BUREAU OF NAVIGATION IN REGARD TO HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS.Act No. 1796October 11, 1907
• AN ACT CONFERRING UPON OFFICERS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY, UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, THE POWERS OF PEACE OFFICERS, AND REPEALING ACT NUMBERED FIFTEEN HUNDRED AND FIVE.Act No. 1797October 11, 1907
• AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PROTECTION OF ANIMAL LIFE IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.Act No. 1798October 11, 1907
• AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE BALANCE OF THE CONGRESSIONAL RELIEF FUND IN THE INSULAR TREASURY NOT OTHERWISE APPROPRIATED AND ANY REFUNDS WHICH MAY ACCRUE TO SAID FUND FROM ALLOTMENTS OR APPROPRIATIONS HERETOFORE MADE FROM THE CONGRESSIONAL RELIEF FUND, WITH CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS, FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF SERUM FOR USE IN THE CURE AND PREVENTION OF ANIMAL DISEASES, AND FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT, OPERATION, AND MAINTENANCE OF QUARENTINE STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE ISLANDS.Act No. 1799October 11, 1907
• AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVEN BY PROVIDING FOR THE SETTING ASIDE OF COMMUNAL FORESTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF MUNICIPALITIES, TOWNSHIPS, AND SETTLEMENTS.Act No. 1800October 11, 1907
• AN ACT FIXING THE MAXIMUM RATES WHICH MAY BE CHARGED BY THE MANILA SUBURBAN RAILWAYS COMPANY.Act No. 1762October 10, 1907
• AN ACT TO EXTEND THE TIME IN WHICH PROVINCES AND THE CITY OF MANILA MAY OBTAIN THE BENEFITS OF ACTS NUMBERED SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-TWO AND SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-FIVE, AND CONFIRMING THE ACTION OF PROVINCIAL BOARDS AND OF THE MUNICIPAL BOARD OF THE CITY OF MANILA WHICH MAY HAVE ADOPTED OR MAY ADOPT S INCREASING THE CEDULA TAX DURING THE TIME SO EXTENDED.Act No. 1763October 10, 1907
• AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF FEES IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS, APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND PESOS TO BE DISTRIBUTED BY THE AUDITOR AMONG THE PROVINCES AND THE CITY OF MANILA IN PROPORTION TO THE RESPECTIVE AMOUNTS BY THEM PAID ON ACCOUNT OF COURT FEES, AND REPEALING SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND TWO AND ACTS NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND FOUR AND THIRTEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIVE.Act No. 1764October 10, 1907
• AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-THREE, ENTITLED ''AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE CITY OF MANILA," AS AMENDED, BY PROVIDING THAT APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF SAID CITY SHALL BE MADE BY THE MUNICIPAL BOARD, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 1765October 10, 1907
• AN ACT AMENDING SECTION FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED FIFTEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIVE BY REQUIRING FEES FORMERLY COLLECTIBLE BY PROVINCIAL SECRETARIES TO BE HEREAFTER DEPOSITED IN PROVINCIAL TREASURIES.Act No. 1766October 10, 1907
• AN ACT MAKING PERMANENT CONTINUING ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS TO ENCOURAGE THE PRODUCTION OF TOBACCO AND TO PROTECT THE INTERESTS OF THE TOBACCO-MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS BY PROVIDING BOUNTIES FOR THE GROWERS OF LEAF TOBACCO, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 1767October 10, 1907
• AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED FIFTEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-TWO, KNOWN AS "THE ELECTION LAW," AS AMENDED BY ACTS NUMBERED SEVENTEEN HUNDRED AND NINE AND SEVENTEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX, BY DISQUALIFYING HABITUAL USERS OF OPIUM FROM HOLDING PROVINCIAL OR MUNICIPAL OFFICES.Act No. 1768October 10, 1907
• AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED THIRTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY- SIX, ENTITLED "THE SPECIAL PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT ACT," BY AUTHORIZING- PROVINCIAL BOARDS TO GRANT LICENSES FOR COLLECTING EDIBLE BIRDS' NESTS AND TO MAKE REGULATIONS TO PREVENT THE EXTERMINATION OF THE BIRDS THAT BUILD SUCH NESTS.Act No. 1769October 10, 1907
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION EIGHT OF ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED AND NINETEEN, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PROMOTE GOOD ORDER AND DISCIPLINE IN THE PHILIPPINES CONSTABULARY," BY INCLUDING UNDER THE PENALTY THEREIN PROVIDED NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS OR ACTING NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS IN CHARGE OF A RELIEF ON POST WHO ARE FOUND SLEEPING ON DUTY.Act No. 1770October 10, 1907
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FIVE OF ACT NUMBERED FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-EIGHT, REQUIRING RECEIPTS FROM MUNICIPAL CEMETERIES TO BE DEPOSITED IN THE MUNICIPAL TREASURY AS A SPECIAL FUND TO BE SPENT UPON THE CEMETERY, BY PROVIDING THAT ANY SURPLUS IN SAID FUND MAY BE EXPENDED FOR GENERAL MUNICIPAL PURPOSES.Act No. 1771October 10, 1907
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FORTY-FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED EIGHTY-THREE, AS AMENDED, AND SECTION SIXTY-FIVE OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-SEVEN, AS AMENDED, BY PROVIDING THAT CONVENTIONS OR MEETINGS OF MUNICIPAL AND TOWNSHIP PRESIDENTS SHALL BE CALLED IN THE DISCRETION OF THE PROVINCIAL BOARDS, WITH CERTAIN LIMITATIONS, AND TO REPEAL ACTS NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE AND FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-ONE.Act No. 1772October 10, 1907
• AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PUBLIC PROSECUTION OF THE CRIMES OF ADULTERIO, ESTUPRO, RAPTO, VIOLACION, CALUMNIA, AND INJURIA, TO ABOLISH THE RIGHT OF PARDON BY THE AGGRIEVED PARTY IN SUCH CASES, TO PROVIDE FOR A SPECIAL CIVIL ACTION FOR DAMAGES THEREIN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 1773October 10, 1907
• AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FOUR, AS AMENDED, BY AUTHORIZING THE EXTENSION OF THE PERIOD WITHIN WHICH RETURNING GOVERNMENT STUDENTS SHALL TAKE A CIVIL-SERVICE EXAMINATION.Act No. 1774October 10, 1907
• AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE INSULAR COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS TO CLEAR FOREIGN VESSELS FOR THE PORTS OF LEGASPI AND TABACO.Act No. 1775October 10, 1907
• AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED EIGHTY-THREE AND REQUIRING COPIES OF THE MINUTES OF PROVINCIAL BOARDS TO BE FORWARDED TO THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY.Act No. 1776October 10, 1907
• AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL TO CLOSE, BY EXECUTIVE ORDER, CERTAIN PORTS OF ENTRY, AND TO REOPEN THE SAME PORTS IN LIKE MANNER WHEN THE PUBLIC INTERESTS SO REQUIRE.Act No. 1777October 10, 1907
• AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS NUMBERED EIGHTY AND EIGHTY-EIGHT OF ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY, PROVIDING A CODE OF PROCEDURE IN CIVIL ACTIONS AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AS AMENDED.Act No. 1778October 10, 1907
• AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR OF THE PROVINCE OF SAMAR, PRESCRIBING HIS POWERS AND DUTIES, REPEALING ACT NUMBERED THIRTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-EIGHT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 1759October 9, 1907
• AN ACT TO PREVENT THE INTRODUCTION INTO THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS OF DANGEROUS COMMUNICABLE ANIMAL DISEASES, TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF SUCH DISEASES WITHIN THE ISLANDS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 1760October 9, 1907
• AN ACT GRADUALLY TO RESTRICT AND REGULATE THE SALE AND USE OF OPIUM PENDING THE ULTIMATE PROHIBITION OF THE IMPORTATION OF OPIUM INTO THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS IN WHATEVER FORM EXCEPT FOR MEDICINAL PURPOSES AS PROVIDED BY THE ACT OF CONGRESS APPROVED MARCH THIRD, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIVE, AND PROHIBITING ANY PERSON FROM HAVING THE POSSESSION OF OPIUM, COCAINE, OR ALPHA OR BETA CUCAINE IN ANY OF THEIR SEVERAL FORMS, OR ANY DERIVATIVE OR PREPARATION OF ANY OF SUCH DRUGS OR SUBSTANCES, EXCEPT FOR MEDICINAL PURPOSES, AND TO REPEAL ACT NUMBERED FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-ONE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 1761October 9, 1907
• AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE FORGING, COUNTERFEITING, ALTERING, OR FRAUDULENT MAKING OF OBLIGATIONS AND SECURITIES OF THE UNITED STATES OR OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, OR OF THE CIRCULATING NOTES ISSUED BY ANY BANKING ASSOCIATION AUTHORIZED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OR OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS; TO PROHIBIT THE USING OF PLATES TO PRINT NOTES WITHOUT AUTHORITY, THE PASSING, SELLING, AND CONCEALING OF FORGED OBLIGATIONS, THE TAKING OF IMPRESSIONS OF TOOLS, IMPLEMENTS, AND SO FORTH, THE UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF SUCH IMPRESSIONS, THE BUYING, SELLING, OR DEALING IN FORGED NOTES, BONDS, AND SO FORTH, THE SECRETING OR REMOVING OF TOOLS OR MATERIAL USED FOR PRINTING BONDS, NOTES, STAMPS, AND SO FORTH; TO PROHIBIT THE COUNTERFEITING OF GOLD AND SILVER COIN, THE COUNTERFEITING OF MINOR COINS, THE MUTILATION OF COINS, THE DEBASEMENT OF COINAGE, THE MAKING OR UTTERING OF COIN IN RESEMBLANCE OF MONEY, AND MAKING OR ISSUING DEVICES OF MINOR COINS; TO PROHIBIT THE FORGING OR COUNTERFEITING OF NOTES, BONDS, SECURITIES, OR BANK NOTES OF FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS, OR THE PASSING OR POSSESSION OF SUCH FORGED OR COUNTERFEITED BONDS, NOTES, SECURITIES, OR BANK NOTES; THE UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF OR PRINTING FROM PLATES OF FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS OR BANKS; TO PROHIBIT USING THE MAILS WITH INTENT TO DEFRAUD, OR MAILING OFFERS TO SELL COUNTERFEIT MONEY, AND SO FORTH; TO PROHIBIT THE COUNTERFEITING OR MANUFACTURE OF DIES, MOLDS, AND SO FORTH, USED FOR MAKING MONEY; TO PROHIBIT USING ADVERTISEMENTS SIMILAR TO COINS; TO AUTHORIZE SEIZURE, FORFEITURE, AND DISPOSITION OF COUNTERFEITS OF OBLIGATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, OR FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 1754October 8, 1907
• AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE DISTURBANCE OF THE PHILIPPINE COMMISSION, THE PHILIPPINE ASSEMBLY, OR OF ANY PROVINCIAL BOARD OR MUNICIPAL OR TOWNSHIP COUNCIL; TO PUNISH DISORDERLY CONDUCT IN THE IMMEDIATE VIEW OR PRESENCE OF SAID BODIES; TO PUNISH THE FRAUDULENT ALTERING OF THE DRAFT OF ANY BILL, , ORDINANCE, OR ACT PENDING BEFORE OR ENACTED BY ANY SUCH BODY OR THE PHILIPPINE LEGISLATURE; TO COMPEL THE ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES AND THE PRODUCTION OF EVIDENCE BEFORE THE PHILIPPINE COMMISSION OR PHILIPPINE ASSEMBLY, OR BEFORE ANY COMMITTEE OF EITHER OR BOTH SAID BODIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 1755October 8, 1907
• AN ACT TO DECLARE OCTOBER FOURTEENTH, FIFTEENTH, AND SIXTEENTH OF 'THE YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SEVEN PUBLIC HOLIDAYS IN HONOR OF THE VISIT OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR AND THE FORMAL OPENING OF THE PHILIPPINE ASSEMBLY.Act No. 1756October 8, 1907
• AN ACT TO PROHIBIT GAMBLING, TO REPEAL ARTICLE EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND OF THE CIVIL CODE AND ARTICLES THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY-THREE AND FIVE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-NINE OF THE PENAL CODE.Act No. 1757October 8, 1907
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE (J) OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTEEN HUNDRED AND TEN BY PROVIDING THAT WHENEVER REQUIRED BY THE PUBLIC INTERESTS THE INSULAR GOVERNMENT MAY TRANSPORT MAILS, PASSENGERS, AND FREIGHT BETWEEN POINTS COVERED BY VESSELS UNDER CONTRACT, AND MAY REIMBURSE THE CONTRACTING PARTIES THEREFOR, EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF SPECIAL TRIPS FOR INSPECTION AND OTHER PURELY GOVERNMENTAL PURPOSES.Act No. 1758October 8, 1907