Philippine Statutes — 1907

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• AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS 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.Act No. 1707August 30, 1907
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS FIVE, SEVEN, AND TWENTY-SEVEN OF ACT NUMBERED EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN, AS AMENDED, BY SEPARATING THE PROVINCE OF SORSOGON FROM THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT AND ANNEXING IT TO THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, BY SEPARATING THE PROVINCE OF LA UNION FROM THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT AND ANNEXING IT TO THE MOUNTAIN JUDICIAL DISTRICT, AND CHANGING THE TIMES AT WHICH COURTS OF FIRST INSTANCE SHALL BE HELD IN THE PROVINCES OF SAID DISTRICTS, REPEALING PART OF ACT NUMBERED FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SEVEN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 1708August 30, 1907
• AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED FIFTEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-TWO, KNOWN AS "THE ELECTION LAW."Act No. 1709August 30, 1907
• AN ACT PROVIDING THAT PROVINCIAL FISCALS AND THE ATTORNEY FOR THE MORO PROVINCE SHALL PERFORM THE DUTIES OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE PROVINCES, ABOLISHING THE POSITION OF EXAMINER OF TITLES, AND AMENDING ACTS NUMBERED EIGHTY-THREE,FOUR HUNDRED AND NINETY-SIX, SEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SEVEN, AND NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX, AS AMENDED.Act No. 1699August 29, 1907
• AN ACT TO GRANT TO THE LEPANTO MINING COMPANY, INCORPORATED, A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT A HIGHWAY FROM A POINT NEAR COMILLAS, PROVINCE OF LEPANTO-BONTOC, IN A GENERAL WESTERLY DIRECTION TO THE CHINA SEA AT A POINT NEAR THE TOWN OF BANGAR, PROVINCE OF LA UNION; AND THEREON TO TAKE TOLL, TO OPERATE AS A COMMON CARRIER, AND, AT ITS OPTION, TO CONSTRUCT A RAILROAD.Act No. 1700August 29, 1907
• AN ACT FOR THE REGULATION OF THE PHILIPPINE CIVIL SERVICE.Act No. 1698August 25, 1907
• AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE DISPLAY OF FLAGS, BANNERS, EMBLEMS, OR DEVICES USED IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF REBELLION OR INSURRECTION AGAINST THE AUTHORITY OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE DISPLAY OF KATIPUNAN FLAGS, BANNERS, EMBLEMS, OR DEVICES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 1696August 22, 1907
• AN ACT AUTHORIZING- THE APPOINTMENT OF COMMISSIONERS TO MAKE OFFICIAL INVESTIGATIONS AND FIXING THEIR POWERS, FOR THE PAYMENT OF WITNESS FEES, AND FOR THE PUNISHMENT OF PERJURY IN OFFICIAL INVESTIGATIONS.Act No. 1697August 22, 1907
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED EIGHTY-TWO, AMENDING ENTITLED "THE MUNICIPAL CODE," AS AMENDED, BY PRESCRIBING THE MAXIMUM PERCENTAGE OF GENERAL FUNDS OF MUNICIPALITIES WHICH MAY BE EXPENDED FOR SALARIES AND WAGES OF MUNICIPAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES NOT EMPLOYED UPON PUBLIC WORKS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 1691August 19, 1907
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION EIGHT OF ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED AMENDING AND NINETY-TWO SO AS TO PREVENT THE UTTERANCE OF SPEECHES OR THE USE OF LANGUAGE VIOLATIVE OF GOOD ORDER OR TENDING TO DISTURB THE PUBLIC PEACE.Act No. 1692August 19, 1907
• AN ACT CREATING THE PROVINCE OF AGUSAN AND THE SUB-PROVINCES OF BUTUAN, BUKIDNON AND BATANES, EMPOWERING THE PROVINCIAL BOARD OF CAGAYAN TO APPLY THE PROVISIONS OF "THE TOWNSHIP GOVERNMENT ACT" TO THE MUNICIPALITIES AND SETTLEMENTS OF THE BABUYANES ISLANDS, AND PROVIDING THAT THE SALARIES OF THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR OF THE SUB-PROVINCE OF APAYAO AND OF ANY DULY AUTHORIZED EMPLOYEES OF SAID SUB-PROVINCE SHALL BE PAYABLE FROM INSULAR FUNDS.Act No. 1693August 19, 1907
• AN ACT TO REPEAL SECTION FOURTEEN OF ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND NINE, ENTITLED " AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE COMPULSORY VACCINATION OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS."Act No. 1694August 19, 1907
• AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED ELEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY- AMENDING NINE, ENTITLED "THE INTERNAL REVENUE LAW OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FOUR," BY ADDING TO THE ROAD AND BRIDGE FUNDS OF THE PROVINCES TEN PER CENTUM OF THE REVENUES ACCRUING UNDER SAID ACT, AND BY DEVOTING AN ADDITIONAL FIVE PER CENTUM OF SAID REVENUES TO THE MAINTENANCE OF FREE PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN THE SEVERAL MUNICIPALITIES.Act No. 1695August 19, 1907
• AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED THIRTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-SEVEN, ENTITLED "THE TOWNSHIP GOVERNMENT ACT," SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE COLLECTION OF CERTAIN LICENSE FEES, TO PROVIDE A METHOD OF ENFORCING- THE PAYMENT OF THE PROPERTY TAX BY DELINQUENTS WHO ARE ABSENT FROM THE PROVINCE OR ARE NONRESIDENTS THEREOF, AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE POPULAR REPRESENTATIVE SHALL CONTINUE TO BE A RESIDENT OF THE PROVINCE DURING HIS TERM OF OFFICE.Act No. 1689August 18, 1907
• AN ACT TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF MUNICIPALITIES IN THE PROVINCE OF LA LAGUNA FROM TWENTY-ONE TO TWENTY-TWO BY SEPARATING FROM THE MUNICIPALITY OF SAN PABLO THE FORMER MUNICIPALITY OF ALAMINOS, RECONSTITUTING THE LATTER AS A MUNICIPALITY AND GIVING TO IT THE TERRITORY WHICH IT COMPRISED PRIOR TO THE PASSAGE OF ACT NUMBERED NINE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINE.August 18, 1907
• AN ACT TO PROVIDE 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 FOR THE LAST HALF OF THE CALENDAR YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SEVEN, TO APPROPRIATE FOR SUCH REIMBURSEMENT SUCH SUMS AS MAY BE NECESSARY FROM ANY FUNDS IN THE INSULAR TREASURY NOT OTHERWISE APPROPRIATED, AND TO REPEAL SECTION TWO OF ACT NUMBERED FIFTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-NINE.Act No. 1686August 16, 1907
• AN ACT TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF MUNICIPALITIES IN THE PROVINCE OF NUEVA ECIJA FROM FOURTEEN TO FIFTEEN, BY SEPARATING FROM CABANATUAN THE FORMER MUNICIPALITY OF SANTA ROSA, 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-THREE.Act No. 1687August 16, 1907
• AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR CERTAIN PUBLIC WORKS, AMENDING 1G62. PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS, AND OTHER PURPOSES OF THE INSULAR GOVERNMENT.Act No. 1688August 16, 1907
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION EIGHTEEN OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE, AS AMENDED, BY AUTHORIZING THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL TO REMOVE MUNICIPAL TREASURERS FROM OFFICE FOR CAUSE.Act No. 1681August 13, 1907
• ALL ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO OF ACT NUMBERED ELEVEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX, ENTITLED "AN ACT FOR THE PURPOSE OF EMPOWERING PROVINCIAL BOARDS TO SUBPOENA WITNESSES AND TO REQUIRE TESTIMONY UNDER OATH IN CONDUCTING CERTAIN INVESTIGATIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," BY EXTENDING THE AUTHORITY OF THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL TO DISQUALIFY FROM HOLDING OFFICE ALL OFFICIALS REMOVED FOR CAUSE.Act No. 1682August 13, 1907
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FIVE OF ACT NUMBERED SEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-ONE BY MAKING IT THE DUTY OF MUNICIPAL OFFICERS TO FURNISH NOTICE OF LADRONES IMMEDIATELY, BOTH TO THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR AND THE NEAREST CONSTABULARY OFFICER.Act No. 1683August 13, 1907
• AN ACT PROHIBITING THE IMPORTATION BY PRIVATE PERSONS OF SILKWORMS, THEIR EGGS OR COCOONS.Act No. 1684August 13, 1907
• AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT BY PROVINCIAL GOVERNORS OF BAILIFFS IN COURTS OF FIRST INSTANCE AND IN THE COURT OF LAND REGISTRATION, AND AMENDING ACTS NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX, AND ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY AND FOUR HUNDRED AND NINETY-SIX, AS AMENDED.Act No. 1680August 11, 1907
• AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUNDRY EXPENSES OF THE INSULAR GOVERNMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE THIRTIETH, NINE-TEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHT, AND OTHER DESIGNATEDAct No. 1679August 9, 1907
• AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL GAZETTE OF CERTAIN NOTICES OF THE COURT OF LAND REGISTRATION AND AMENDING ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND NINETY-SIX, AS AMENDED.Act No. 1678August 7, 1907
• AN ACT TO PROVIDE ANATOMICAL MATERIAL FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MEDICAL SCIENCE.Act No. 1677August 5, 1907
• AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-NINE, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PREVENT THE USE OF EXPLOSIVES AND POISONS FOR TAKING FISH IN THE WATERS OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS," BY PROVIDING THAT THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR MAY AUTHORIZE THE USE OF EXPLOSIVES AND POISONS FOR TAKING FISH IN LIMITED NUMBERS FOR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES.Act No. 1685August 3, 1907
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION THREE OF ACT NUMBERED SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-NINE, ENTITLED "AN ACT DECLARING ALL OF THE TERRITORY COMPRISED IN THE ISLAND OF MARINDUQUE A SUBPROVINCE OF TAYABAS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," BY PROVIDING FOR THE RETURN OF A PORTION OF THE INTERNAL-REVENUE COLLECTIONS TO THE TREASURY OF THE SUBPROVINCE OF MARINDUQUE FOR THE SOLE USE AND BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS THEREOF.Act No. 1676July 23, 1907
• AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX, AS AMENDED, BY CREATING- THE OFFICE OF REPORTER OF THE SUPREME COURT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 1675July 22, 1907
• AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL TO CONSOLIDATE .ANY TWO OR MORE APPOINTIVE POSITIONS AND LATER TO RESTORE THEM TO THEIR PREVIOUS STATUS WHENEVER IN HIS JUDGMENT SUCH ACTION WILL PROMOTE THE PUBLIC INTEREST.Act No. 1674July 21, 1907
• AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS FOUR AND TWELVE OF ACT NUMBERED SEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SEVEN, AS AMENDED BY SECTIONS ONE AND FIVE OF ACT NUMBERED TWELVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-THREE, BY PROVIDING FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF THE MORO PROVINCE AND FOR THE SUBORDINATE POSITIONS OF ENGINEER AND SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS OF THE MORO PROVINCE.Act No. 1673July 19, 1907
• AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIVE, ENTITLED "AN ACT DESIGNATING THE DAYS WHICH SHALL BE OBSERVED AS PUBLIC HOLIDAYS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS," AS AMENDED, SO AS TO MAKE ELECTION DAYS PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.Act No. 1671July 8, 1907
• AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED EIGHTY-THREE BY PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS OF PROVINCIAL TOLL FERRIES.Act No. 1672July 8, 1907
• AN ACT TO ANNEX THE MUNICIPALITIES OF THE LATE PROVINCE OF ROMBLON TO THE THIRD ASSEMBLY DISTRICT OF CAPIZ FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE ELECTION TO BE HELD JULY THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SEVEN, AND AMENDING THE ELECTION LAW BY REDUCING THE NUMBER OF DELEGATES TO THE PHILIPPINE ASSEMBLY TO EIGHTY AND REDISTRICTING THE PROVINCE OF CAPIZ FOR THE ASSEMBLY ELECTION TO BE HELD IN NINETEEN HUNDRED AND NINE AND THEREAFTER.Act No. 1669July 7, 1907
• AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TRUSTEES OR DIRECTORS OF ASYLUMS AND INSTITUTIONS WHERE POOR CHILDREN ARE MAINTAINED AT PUBLIC EXPENSE TO PLACE SUCH CHILDREN IN CHARGE OF SUITABLE PERSONS AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF SUCH CHILDREN.Act No. 1670July 7, 1907
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION SIXTY-ONE OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-SEVEN,ENTITLED "THE TOWNSHIP GOVERNMENT ACT."Act No. 1667July 4, 1907
• AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FOUR 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. 1668July 4, 1907
• AN ACT TO ANNEX THE PROVINCE OF ROMBLON TO THE PROVINCE OF CAPIZ.Act No. 1665July 1, 1907
• AN ACT APPROPRIATING ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS FROM THE CONGRESSIONAL RELIEF FUND TO BE LOANED UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS TO THE PROVINCES AND MUNICIPALITIES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS FOR PUBLIC WORKS.Act No. 1666July 1, 1907
• AN ACT TO PROVIDE A METHOD OF EQUALIZATION AND REVALUATION OF LAND ASSESSMENTS AND ANNUAL RENTAL VALUES IN THE PROVINCE OF SAMAR.Act No. 1664June 28, 1907
• AN ACT MAKING ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUNDRY EXPENSES OF THE INSULAR GOVERNMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SEVEN, AND OTHER PERIODS.Act No. 1660June 26, 1907
• AN ACT MAKING ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUNDRY EXPENSES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY OF MANILA FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SEVEN, AND FOR OTHER RELATED PURPOSES.Act No. 1661June 26, 1907
• AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR CERTAIN PUBLIC WORKS, PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS, AND OTHER PURPOSES OF THE INSULAR GOVERNMENT.Act No. 1662June 26, 1907
• AN ACT RENEWING: CERTAIN APPROPRIATIONS IN ACTS NUMBERED FIFTEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN. FIFTEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX, SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY, AND SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-ONE UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE REGULAR APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHT SHALL HAVE BEEN MADE.Act No. 1663June 26, 1907
• AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE GRADUATES OF CERTAIN SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS TO PRACTICE MEDICINE AND SURGERY AND PHARMACY WITHOUT TAKING THE EXAMINATIONS PRESCRIBED BY ACTS NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND TEN AND FIVE HUNDRED AND NINETY-SEVEN, RESPECTIVELY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 1651May 17, 1907
• AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED EIGHTY-THREE BY ENABLING PROVINCIAL BOARDS TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF THE CEDULA TAX AND APPLY THE INCREASED REVENUE TO THE CONSTRUCTION, REPAIR, AND MAINTENANCE OF ROADS AND BRIDGES, AND AMENDING SECTIONS ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-ONE AND ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-NINE OF ACT NUMBERED ELEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-NINE TO CORRESPOND.Act No. 1652May 17, 1907
• AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED FIFTEEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, ENTITLED "THE PHILIPPINE ROAD LAW," BY ENABLING MUNICIPALITIES TO AVAIL THEMSELVES OF ITS PROVISIONS IN THE ABSENCE OF A PROVINCIAL VOTE OF ACCEPTANCE AND BY ENABLING- PROVINCES AND MUNICIPALITIES TO AVAIL THEMSELVES OF ITS PROVISIONS FOR A LIMITED PERIOD OF TIME.Act No. 1653May 17, 1907
• AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE LEASING OF RECLAIMED LAND FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES, FOR THE LEASING OF THE FORESHORE AND LANDS UNDER WATER, AND TO REGULATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF BRIDGES OVER NAVIGABLE WATERWAYS.Act No. 1654May 17, 1907
• AN ACT FOR PREVENTING THE MANUFACTURE, SALE, OR TRANSPORTATION OF ADULTERATED OR MISBRANDED OR POISONOUS OR DELETERIOUS FOODS, DRUGS, MEDICINES, AND LIQUORS, AND FOR REGULATING TRAFFIC THEREIN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 1655May 17, 1907
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FIVE OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY OF MANILA TO LEASE OR SELL FOR HOTEL PURPOSES THE TRACT OF LAND ON THE LUNETA EXTENSION DESCRIBED IN SAID SECTION, AND PROVIDING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS UPON WHICH BIDDING FOR THE LEASE OR PURCHASE OF SAID LAND MAY BE MADE, THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS UPON WHICH IT MAY BE LEASED OR SOLD, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 1657May 17, 1907