Philippine Statutes — 1912

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• AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE GRANTING OF A FRANCHISE TO DIVERT AND UTILIZE CERTAIN WATERS FOR THE PURPOSE OF GENERATING POWER FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT, AND POWER SYSTEM, AND TO INSTALL, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT, AND POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF LUCBAN, PROVINCE OF TAYABAS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 2167February 5, 1912
• AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE CREATION OF SEVENTY SCHOLARSHIPS, AT LEAST ONE FOR EACH OF THE PROVINCES AND SUBPROVINCES ORGANIZED UNDER ACT NUMBERED EIGHTY-THREE, KNOWN AS THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT ACT, AND FOR THE SPECIAL PROVINCES OF PALAWAN, MINDORO, AND BATANES, IN THE GOVERNMENT FOREST SCHOOL ESTABLISHED AT LOS BANOS, LA LAGUNA, AND APPROPRIATING TWENTY-FOUR THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SEVEN PESOS AND FIFTY CENTAVOS FOR SUCH PURPOSE.Act No. 2168February 5, 1912
• AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE REORGANIZATION, GOVERNMENT, AND INSPECTION OF THE MUNICIPAL POLICE OF THE MUNICIPALITIES OR PROVINCES AND SUBPROVINCES ORGANIZED UNDER ACT NUMBERED EIGHTY-THREE.Act No. 2169February 5, 1912
• AN ACT FIXING THE DATE FOR THE GENERAL ELECTIONS FOR DELEGATES TO THE PHILIPPINE ASSEMBLY AND FOR PROVINCIAL AND MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS, AND AMENDING SECTION TWENTY-SEVEN OF ACT NUMBERED FIFTEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-TWO, KNOWN AS THE ELECTION LAW, BY GRANTING APPEAL FROM THE S OF COURTS OF FIRST INSTANCE IN CONTESTS AGAINST ELECTIONS OF PROVINCIAL GOVERNORS.Act No. 2170February 5, 1912
• AN ACT REMITTING CERTAIN UNPAID LAND TAXES.Act No. 2171February 5, 1912
• AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF QUARANTINES ARID REGULATING THE MOVEMENT OF CATTLE WITHIN THE TERRITORY UNDER THE EXCLUSIVE LEGISLATIVE JURISDICTION OF THE PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.Act No. 2172February 5, 1912
• AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SANITARIUM AND BATHING ESTABLISHMENT AT BOLOC-BOLOC, MUNICIPALITY OF BARILI, PROVINCE OF CEBU, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.February 5, 1912
• AN ACT CONCERNING WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS.Act No. 2137February 4, 1912
• AN ACT APPROPRIATING INSULAR FUNDS NOT OTHERWISE APPROPRIATED, FOR THE PURPOSES MENTIONED IN ACT NUMBERED NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIVE, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CLASSES FOR THE INSTRUCTION AND TRAINING OF MALE AND FEMALE NURSES UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH."Act No. 2138February 4, 1912
• AN ACT AUTHORIZING BOTH HOUSES OF THE PHILIPPINE LEGISLATURE TO DESIGNATE THE PERSONS WHO SHALL ADMINISTER OATHS TO THEIR RESPECTIVE MEMBERS AND OFFICERS, AND AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARIES OF SAID HOUSES TO ADMINISTER OATHS TO THEIR SUBORDINATE EMPLOYEES AND IN OFFICIAL MATTERS WITHOUT CHARGE.Act No. 2139February 4, 1912
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED SEVENTEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHT BY PROVIDING THAT ANY GOVERNMENT PROPERTY IN ANY RENTED BUILDING BE INCLUDED AS WITHIN THE TERMS OF SAID ACT.Act No. 2140February 4, 1912
• AN ACT REPEALING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY, ENTITLED "CODE OF PROCEDURE IN CIVIL ACTIONS AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS."Act No. 2141February 4, 1912
• AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE ELEVEN OF THE PENAL CODE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.Act No. 2142February 4, 1912
• AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF TWELVE THOUSAND PESOS, OUT OF ANY FUNDS IN THE INSULAR TREASURY NOT OTHERWISE APPROPRIATED, FOR EXPENDITURE FOR THE PURCHASE OF SEEDS OF FOOD PLANTS BY THE BUREAU OF AGRICULTURE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND THEIR SHIPMENT AND DISTRIBUTION TO THE MUNICIPALITIES OR PERSONS MAKING APPLICATION THEREFOR, UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.Act No. 2143February 4, 1912
• AN ACT AUTHORIZING AN APPROPRIATION OF FIVE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 2144February 4, 1912
• AN ACT TO PREVENT THE INTRODUCTION INTO THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS OF PLANT DISEASES AND EPIDEMICS.Act No. 2145February 4, 1912
• AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE APPOINTMENT, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN, OF CERTAIN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ACT NUMBERED NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-THREE, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR CARRYING OUT THE PURPOSES OF SAID ACT.Act No. 2134February 2, 1912
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS EIGHT AND SEVENTEEN OF ACT NUMBERED FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-NINE, KNOWN AS "THE CORPORATION LAW," AS AMENDED, BY PROVIDING A SCALE OF FEES TO BE COLLECTED FOR THE FILING OF ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION AND FOR THE FILING OF CERTIFICATES OF INCREASE OF CAPITAL STOCK.Act No. 2135February 2, 1912
• AN ACT AMENDING SUBSECTION (B) OF SECTION EIGHTEEN OF ACT NUMBERED FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVEN, BY EXTENDING THE PROVISIONS OF SAID SUBSECTION TO CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES OF THE UNITED STATES, BY PROVIDING FOR THE WITHDRAWAL BY THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF CERTAIN FUNDS OF DECEASED AMERICANS REMAINING ON DEPOSIT IN THE POSTAL SAVINGS BANK AND BY CONFERRING ON THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL AUTHORITY TO ASSUME THE CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT OF THE PROPERTY AND PERSONAL EFFECTS OF SUCH AMERICANS AS MAY BECOME INSANE WHILE EMPLOYED IN THE SERVICE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS OR AS CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES OF THE UNITED STATES.Act No. 2136February 2, 1912
• AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF FORESTRY, DURING THE PERIOD FROM APRIL FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWELVE, TO JUNE THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWELVE, TO PROVIDE FOR THE SALARIES, TRAVELING EXPENSES, AND PER DIEMS OF THE STUDENTS WHO HAVE COMPLETED THE COURSE IN THE FOREST SCHOOL, AND APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF FOUR THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY PESOS FOR SUCH PURPOSE.Act No. 2112January 31, 1912
• AN ACT REGULATING THE AUTHORITY OF THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS TO DEPORT, EXCLUDE, EXPEL, OR REPATRIATE FOREIGNERS.Act No. 2113January 31, 1912
• AN ACT FIXING THE DATE ON WHICH THE ANNUAL SESSIONS OF THE PHILIPPINE LEGISLATURE SHALL COMMENCE.Act No. 2114January 31, 1912
• AN ACT FOR THE PROTECTION AND ASSISTANCE OF PERSONS LIVING IN THE VICINITY OF TAAL VOLCANO.Act No. 2115January 31, 1912
• AN ACT CREATING A COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE THE CAUSES OF THE EXCESSIVE INFANT MORTALITY IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND THE MEASURES WHICH SHOULD HE ADOPTED TO DECREASE IT, AND APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF TEN THOUSAND PESOS OR SUCH PART THEREOF AS MAY BE NECESSARY FOR SAID PURPOSE.Act No. 2116January 31, 1912
• AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY, ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-ONE, AND ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-TWO OF ACT NUMBERED ELEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-NINE, ENTITLED "THE INTERNAL REVENUE LAW OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FOUR" BY DEFINING THE CLASSES OF PERSONS WHO ARE EXEMPT FROM THE PAYMENT OF THE CEDULA TAX, CHANGING THE PERIOD WITHIN WHICH SUCH TAX SHALL BE PAID WITHOUT DELINQUENCY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 2117January 31, 1912
• AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE A CONTINUING ANNUAL APPROPRIATION TO AID IN DEVELOPING INTERISLAND TRANSPORTATION AND TO MEET THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE INSULAR GOVERNMENT INCURRED BY REASON OF CONTRACTS AUTHORIZED BY ACT NUMBERED THIRTEEN HUNDRED AND TEN, AND BY THIS ACT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 2118January 31, 1912
• AN ACT REQUIRING A CERTIFICATE FROM THE INSULAR AUDITOR SHOWING FUNDS DULY APPROPRIATED WHICH MAY BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE INDICATED IN A PROPOSED CONTRACT ENTAILING THE EXPENDITURE OF MONEY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 2119January 31, 1912
• AN ACT AMENDING SECTION TWENTY-FIVE (D), ACT NUMBERED SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-EIGHT, KNOWN AS THE "REVISED CIVIL SERVICE ACT,'' HY PROVIDING FOR ADDITIONAL ALLOWANCES IN CASES OF WOUNDS, INJURIES, OR SICKNESS IN THE PERFORMANCE OF DUTY.Act No. 2120January 31, 1912
• AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED EIGHT HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN BY CHANGING THE METHOD OF APPOINTMENT OF LOCUST BOARDS AND BY DEFINING THE RELATION OF THE BUREAU OF AGRICULTURE TO THE LOCUST BOARDS, AND APPROPRIATING A SUM OF MONEY FOR THE PURPOSES OF SAID ACT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 2121January 31, 1912
• AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE CONFINEMENT OF INSANE PERSONS IN GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS OR OTHER INSTITUTIONS FOR THE INSANE, AND FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A BOARD OF PHYSICIANS TO INQUIRE INTO THE MENTAL CONDITION OF PERSONS ALLEGED TO BE INSANE, WHEN THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED IS NOT SATISFACTORY TO THE COURT, OR WHEN THERE EXISTS A REASONABLE DOUBT AS TO THE CONDITION OF ANY PATIENT CONFINED IN A HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE.Act No. 2122January 31, 1912
• AN ACT AMENDING SECTION THIRTEEN OF ACT NUMBERED EIGHTY-THREE, ENTITLED "THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT ACT," AS AMENDED, BY AUTHORIZING PROVINCIAL BOARDS TO MAKE A DONATION TO THE FAMILIES OF UNCLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING LABORERS, OF THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT, WHO DIE FROM INJURIES RECEIVED IN THE CLEAR LINE OF DUTY.Act No. 2123January 31, 1912
• AN ACT AUTHORIZING MAURO PRIETO AND ASSOCIATES TO ESTABLISH A MORTGAGE BANK UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.Act No. 2124January 31, 1912
• AN ACT AMENDING SECTION FOURTEEN OF ACT NUMBERED ELEVEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY, BY PROVIDING FOR THE SUSPENSION OF PAYMENTS OF RENTALS OR INSTALLMENTS ON THE PURCHASE PRICE OF THE SO-CALLED FRIAR LANDS, AND THE INTEREST THEREON, IN THE EVENT OF CALAMITIES ARISING IN CONSEQUENCE OF THE ACTS OF GOD OR OF THE PUBLIC ENEMY.Act No. 2125January 31, 1912
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS FIFTY-FIVE, SIXTY-SIX, ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-THREE, AND ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIVE OF ACT NUMBERED ELEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-NINE, ENTITLED "THE INTERNAL REVENUE LAW OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FOUR," BY MAKING CERTAIN CHANGES IN THE PENALTIES IMPOSED THEREIN.Act No. 2126January 31, 1912
• AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE APPORTIONMENT AND DISPOSITION OF INTERNAL-REVENUE TAXES COLLECTED IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS FROM JULY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWELVE.Act No. 2127January 31, 1912
• AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE SUPREME COURT TO CONTROL AND MANAGE ALL MATTERS AFFECTING THE PERSONNEL AND THE INTERNAL OPERATIONS OF THE COURT; TO HOLD SESSIONS THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD DESIGNATED BY LAW FOR THE ANNUAL "COURT VACATION;" AND PROVIDING FOR ACCRUED LEAVE FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE COURT IN CERTAIN CASES.Act No. 2128January 31, 1912
• AN ACT AUTHORIZING MUNICIPALITIES AND TOWNSHIPS TO ESTABLISH A REGISTER OF MECHANICS OR DAY LABORERS RESIDING THEREIN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 2129January 31, 1912
• AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF ACTS NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX, FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY, AND SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN, AS AMENDED, AND ACT NUMBERED TWO THOUSAND AND FORTY-ONE, BY INTRODUCING CERTAIN REFORMS IN THE JURISDICTION OF THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE COURTS, AND CHANGING THE SALARIES OF CERTAIN JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.Act No. 2131January 31, 1912
• AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED SEVENTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY OF THE PHILIPPINE COMMISSION, ENACTED OCTOBER TWELFTH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SEVEN, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO CONFIRM CERTAIN RIGHTS AND FRANCHISES OF THE BANCO ESPAÑOL-FILIPINO AND TO AMEND ITS STATUTES," FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXTENDING THE CORPORATE POWERS OF THE SAID BANCO ESPAÑOL-FILIPINO. AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 2132January 31, 1912
• AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF THIRTY THOUSAND PESOS, OR SUCH PART THEREOF AS MAY BE NECESSARY, FROM INSULAR FUNDS, FOR THE EXPENSES OF THE RECEPTION OF ANY COMMITTEE OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS WHICH MAY VISIT THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWELVE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 2133January 31, 1912
• AN ACT AMENDING SECTION THIRTEEN OF ACT NUMBERED EIGHTY-THREE, ENTITLED "THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT ACT," AS AMENDED, BY AUTHORIZING PROVINCIAL BOARDS TO MAKE A DONATION TO THE FAMILIES OF UNCLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING LABORERS, OF THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT, WHO DIE FROM INJURIES RECEIVED IN THE CLEAR LINE OF DUTY.January 31, 1912
• AN ACT ABOLISHING THE POSITION OF ASSISTANT ATTORNEY-GENERAL AND ONE POSITION OF ASSISTANT ATTORNEY, AND CREATING TWO POSITIONS OF ASSISTANT ATTORNEY IN LIEU THEREOF IN THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL.January 31, 1912
• AN ACT AMENDING SECTION SEVENTY-EIGHT OF ACT NUMBERED AMENDING ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY, ENTITLED "AN ACT PROVIDING A CODE OF PROCEDURE IN CIVIL ACTIONS AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS," AS AMENDED, BY PROVIDING FOR THE DISPOSITION BY THE APPELLATE COURT OF CASES APPEALED FROM THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE COURT TO THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE WHEN THE PLAINTIFF FAILS TO PROSECUTE THE CASE.Act No. 2111January 30, 1912
• AN ACT AMENDING SECTION ELEVEN OF ACT NUMBERED EIGHTY-THREE, AS AMENDED, BY PROVIDING THAT ACTING PROVINCIAL FISCALS AND DEPUTY PROVINCIAL FISCALS SHALL BE MEMBERS OF THE BAR AND EXEMPT FROM CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION.Act No. 2108January 29, 1912
• AN ACT AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE INSULAR TREASURER, IN REPRESENTATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, TO BRING SUIT TO RECOVER, AND, AT THE PROPER TIME, RECEIVE AND RECEIPT FOR FUNDS BELONGING TO THE SUBSCRIPTION OPENED FOR THE RELIEF OF THOSE DAMAGED BY THE EARTHQUAKE OF JUNE THIRD, EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-THREE, AND TO DISTRIBUTE SAID FUNDS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ALLOTMENTS MADE BY THE CENTRAL RELIEF BOARD APPOINTED AT THAT TIME, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 2109January 29, 1912
• AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE IN THE CITY OF MANILA OF A SCHOOL OF HOUSEHOLD INDUSTRIES.Act No. 2110January 29, 1912
• AN ACT AMENDING SECTION EIGHT OF ACT NUMBERED NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-THREE OF THE PHILIPPINE COMMISSION BY AUTHORIZING THE CITY COUNCIL OF BAGUIO, TO CONSTRUCT, ACQUIRE, AND MAINTAIN A PUBLIC LIGHTING SYSTEM, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 2106January 28, 1912
• AN ACT GRANTING A PRIZE OF FIFTEEN THOUSAND PESOS TO THE INVENTOR OF AN INCOMBUSTIBLE ROOF TO SUBSTITUTE NIPA, MAKING AN APPROPRIATION THEREFOR, AND CREATING A TECHNICAL BOARD TO PASS UPON THE CONDITIONS OF THE INVENTION.Act No. 2107January 28, 1912
• AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF SEVEN THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE TWENTY GOVERNMENT SCHOLARSHIPS NOW EXISTING IN THE COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SCIENCE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES, BY VIRTUE OF ACT NUMBERED TWO THOUSAND AND FORTY.Act No. 2105January 26, 1912
• AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AUTHENTICATION OF INSTRUMENTS AND DOCUMENTS WITHOUT THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.Act No. 2103January 25, 1912