Philippine Statutes — 1913

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• AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE MORO PROVINCE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MINDANAO AND SULU, PLACING THE PROVINCE OF AGUSAN UNDER THE JURISDICTION AND CONTROL OF THE GOVERNOR OF THE SAID DEPARTMENT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 2309December 19, 1913
• AN ACT FOR THE RELIEF OF M. L. STEWART, DIRECTOR OF PRISONS, FROM CERTAIN ACCOUNTABILITY.Act No. 2310December 19, 1913
• AN ACT PROVIDING THAT ON AND AFTER THE FIRST DAY OF JANUARY, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN, UNTIL OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY LAW, THE RATE OF COMPENSATION OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES WHO SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE PAY FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS FOR SERVICES RENDERED ON AND AFTER SAID DATE SHALL BE AS MAY BE PROVIDED IN THE GENERAL APPROPRIATION ACT NOW IN COURSE OF PREPARATION AND ENACTMENT BY THE PHILIPPINE LEGISLATURE.Act No. 2304December 18, 1913
• AN ACT TO MAKE THE FISCAL YEAR UNIFORM FOR ALL BRANCHES OF THE GOVERNMENT AND COINCIDENT WITH THE CALENDAR YEAR AND TO FIX THE TIME FOR MAKING ANNUAL REPORTS FOR OFFICERS OF THE DIFFERENT TRANCHES OF THE GOVERNMENT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 2305December 18, 1913
• AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL TO SELL OR LEASE THE BUILDINGS AND OTHER PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE INSULAR COLD-STORAGE AND ICE PLANT, AND TO LEASE THE LAND ON WHICH THE SAME IS SITUATED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 2306December 18, 1913
• AN ACT CREATING A BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSIONERS AND PRESCRIBING ITS DUTIES AND POWERS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 2307December 18, 1913
• AN ACT ABOLISHING THE BUREAU OF NAVIGATION AND TRANSFERRING TO OTHER BUREAUS CERTAIN PROPERTY, EQUIPMENT, FUNCTIONS, AND DUTIES HITHERTO APPERTAINING THERETO; PROVIDING FOR THE SALE OF CERTAIN PROPERTY, AUTHORIZING THE SALE OR LEASE OF THE MARINE RAILWAY AND REPAIR SHOP, AND REPEALING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF LAW RELATING TO THE BUREAU OF NAVIGATION.Act No. 2308December 18, 1913
• AN ACT AMENDING SECTION SIX OF ACT NUMBERED SEVENTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY, PERMITTING PROVINCIAL BOARDS TO INTERVENE IN THE PREVENTION OF THE SPREAD OF DANGEROUS COMMUNICABLE ANIMAL DISEASES WITHIN THE ISLANDS.Act No. 2303December 12, 1913
• AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF SEVEN THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF TWENTY GOVERNMENT STUDENTS AT THE COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SCIENCE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES.Act No. 2302December 11, 1913
• AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SEVEN BY EXEMPTING FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SAID ACT THOSE PERSONS WHO AT THE TIME OF THE PASSAGE THEREOF HELD LEGAL LICENSES FOR THE SALE OF THE INTOXICATING LIQUORS DESCRIBED THEREIN.Act No. 2301December 8, 1913
• AN ACT CONFIRMING EXISTING LEGISLATION PROHIBITING SLAVERY, INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE, AND PEONAGE IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, SUBJECT TO MODIFICATIONS AS PROVIDED IN SECTIONS TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-EIGHT, TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-NINE, TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY, AND TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-ONE OF THE ACT OF THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES APPROVED MARCH FOURTH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND NINE, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO CODIFY, REVISE, AND AMEND THE PENAL LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES," AND ADOPTING MEASURES FOR PREVENTING VIOLATIONS OF SAID LAWS.Act No. 2300November 27, 1913
• AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED SEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SEVEN, AS AMENDED, BY PROVIDING FOR THE SALARY OF THE FIRST CIVILIAN PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR OF THE MORO PROVINCE.Act No. 2299November 24, 1913
• AN ACT AMENDING ARTICLES EIGHTY-ONE, FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY-THREE, AND FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX OF THE PENAL CODE.Act No. 2298November 23, 1913
• AN ACT AMENDING THE THIRD PARAGRAPH OF SECTION SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETY OF ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY, AS AMENDED, BY EXEMPTING MUNICIPALITIES AND INDIVIDUALS DECLARED INSOLVENT FROM THE OBLIGATION TO PAY THE FEE IN PROCEEDINGS FOR NONPAYMENT OF THE CEDULA TAX.Act No. 2297November 20, 1913
• AN ACT CHANGING THE NAMES OF DIRECTOR AND ASSISTANT DIRECTORS OF CONSTABULARY TO "CHIEF AND ASSISTANT CHIEFS OF CONSTABULARY."Act No. 2296November 12, 1913
• AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE MUNICIPALITY OF BACOLOR, PAMPANGA, TO CHANGE THE DATE OF ITS LOCAL FIESTA.Act No. 2294November 9, 1913
• AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS, NOT OTHERWISE APPROPRIATED, FOR THE EXTERMINATION OF LOCUSTS.Act No. 2295November 9, 1913
• AN ACT PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR WILLFUL DESTRUCTION, INJURY, OR TAKING OR CARRYING AWAY OF ANY PROPERTY OF THE PHILIPPINE LIBRARY.Act No. 2293November 7, 1913
• AN ACT REAFFIRMING CERTAIN RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF THE LEGISLATIVE HOUSES IN THE EXERCISE OF THEIR FUNCTIONS.Act No. 2292November 4, 1913
• AN ACT CREATING FIVE ADDITIONAL COMPANIES IN THE CONSTABULARY AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR SAID PURPOSE.Act No. 2289November 3, 1913
• AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF SOGOD NORTE, PROVINCE OF LEYTE, TO SOGOD, AND THAT OF SOGOD SUR, IN THE SAME PROVINCE, TO LIBAGON.Act No. 2290November 3, 1913
• AN ACT AMENDING SUBSECTION (A) OF SECTION THREE OF ACT NUMBERED FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVEN BY REORGANIZING THE STAFF OF THE EXECUTIVE BUREAU, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 2291November 3, 1913
• AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND PESOS PHILIPPINE CURRENCY FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.Act No. 2288October 30, 1913
• AN ACT PROHIBITING THE SALE OF INTOXICATING LIQUORS, WITH CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS, IN THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, NUEVA VIZCAYA, AND AGUSAN, EXCEPT IN CERTAIN DISTRICTS.Act No. 2287October 3, 1913
• AN ACT RESTORING TO THE PUBLIC DOMAIN CERTAIN LANDS IN THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE RESERVED THEREFROM FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES BY EXECUTIVE ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL NUMBERED SIXTY-THREE, SERIES OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SEVEN.Act No. 2286September 26, 1913
• AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHT, ENTITLED "AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUNDRY EXPENSES OF THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS OF AGUSAN, NUEVA VIZCAYA. AND THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, FOR INSULAR EXPENSES IN THE SAID PROVINCES AND THE MORO PROVINCE FOR THE PERIOD ENDING DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN," BY PROVIDING EXTRA COMPENSATION FOR THE ACTING GOVERNOR OF THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE.Act No. 2285September 14, 1913
• AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC WORKS AND PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PROVINCES OF AGUSAN AND NUEVA VIZCAYA, THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, AND THE MORO PROVINCE.Act No. 2283September 7, 1913
• AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO ENABLE THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE AND THE PROVINCES OF NUEVA VIZEAYA AND AGUSAN TO MAKE EXHIBITS OF THEIR PRODUCTS, INDUSTRIES, AND RESOURCES, AT THE PHILIPPINE EXPOSITION TO BE HELD IN THE YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN.Act No. 2284September 7, 1913
• AN ACT GRANTING A FRANCHISE TO HERBERT C. HEALD TO CONSTRUCT OR ACQUIRE BY PURCHASE AND, FOR A PERIOD OF TWENTY YEARS, TO MAINTAIN AND OPERATE BY STEAM OR OTHER POWER AN AERIAL TRAMWAY FROM CAMP COLGANS NEAR KILOMETER TWENTY-FOUR ON THE BENGUET ROAD TO THE CITY OF BAGUIO, SUBPROVINCE OF BENGUET, MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, APPROXIMATELY A DISTANCE OF FIVE KILOMETERS.Act No. 2282August 31, 1913
• AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT, IN THAT PART OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS INHABITED BY MOROS OR OTHER NON-CHRISTIAN TRIBES, OF COLONIES AND PLANTATIONS FOR THE CULTIVATION OF RICE AND OTHER FOOD CEREALS, FOR THE BETTER DISTRIBUTION OF THE POPULATION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 2280August 22, 1913
• AN ACT RESTORING TO THE PUBLIC DOMAIN CERTAIN LANDS IN THE MORO PROVINCE RESERVED THEREFROM FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES BY EXECUTIVE ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL NUMBERED NINETY-THREE, SERIES OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHT.Act No. 2281August 22, 1913
• AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF THE BENGUET ROAD.Act No. 2279June 13, 1913
• AN ACT AMENDING SECTION FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED TWO THOUSAND AND SIXTY-ONE, ENTITLED "AN ACT ESTABLISHING A SALES AGENCY FOR ARTICLES MANUFACTURED IN THE SCHOOLS IN THE PROVINCES INHABITED BY MOROS AND OTHER NON-CHRISTIAN TRIBES AND BY THE PEOPLE OF SAID PROVINCES, AND APPROPRIATING MONEY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SUITABLE BUILDING FOR THE SAME, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," AS AMENDED, BY PROVIDING A METHOD FOR COMPUTING THE COMPENSATION OF THE SALES AGENT AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 2278May 1, 1913
• AN ACT .AMENDING ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHT, ENTITLED "AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUNDRY EXPENSES OF THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS OF AGUSAN, NUEVA VIZCAYA, AND THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, FOR INSULAR EXPENSES IN THE SAID PROVINCES AND THE MORO PROVINCE FOR THE PERIOD ENDING DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN," AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-EIGHT, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR ONE ADDITIONAL CAPTAIN AND SURGEON AND ONE ADDITIONAL FIRST LIEUTENANT AND MEDICAL INSPECTOR IN THE BUREAU OF CONSTABULARY.Act No. 2275April 17, 1913
• AN ACT MAKING APPLICABLE TO THAT PART OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS INHABITED BY MOROS OR OTHER NON-CHRISTIAN TRIBES CERTAIN ACTS OF THE THIRD PHILIPPINE LEGISLATURE.Act No. 2276April 17, 1913
• AN ACT PROVIDING FOR ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION FOR LIEUTENANT-COLONEL JOHN R. WHITE, PHILIPPINE CONSTABULARY, WHILE ACTING AS GOVERNOR OF THE PROVINCE OF AGUSAN, AND MAKING APPROPRIATION THEREFOR.Act No. 2277April 17, 1913
• AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF ONE THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TELEPHONE LINE FROM BONTOC TO CERVANTES IN THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE.Act No. 2274March 6, 1913
• AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL TO GRANT TO THE AUTHORITIES OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS THE PRIVILEGE OF USING THE CURRENT OF THE BUED RIVER FOR THE PURPOSE OF OPERATING A HYDROELECTRIC PLANT AND A PUMPING STATION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 2273March 3, 1913
• AN ACT TO AMEND SUBSECTION (D) OF SECTION FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-THREE, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE CITY OF BAGUIO AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," BY LIMITING CONTRACT WORK IN WHICH OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF BAGUIO ARE PROHIBITED FROM BEING INTERESTED, TO CITY CONTRACT WORK, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 2270March 2, 1913
• AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE MUNICIPALITY OF ZAMBOANGA TO INCUR AN INDEBTEDNESS OF ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS IN MONEY OF THE UNITED STATES, AND TO ISSUE BONDS COVERING THE AMOUNT OF SAID INDEBTEDNESS, PAYABLE IN GOLD COIN OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FUNDS TO CONSTRUCT NECESSARY SEWER AND DRAINAGE FACILITIES, TO SECURE A SUFFICIENT SUPPLY OF WATER, AND NECESSARY BUILDINGS FOR PRIMARY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN SAID MUNICIPALITY, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS SIXTY-SIX, SIXTY-SEVEN, SIXTY-EIGHT, AND SIXTY-NINE OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS APPROVED JULY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWO, ENTITLED "AN ACT TEMPORARILY TO PROVIDE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE AFFAIRS OF CIVIL GOVERNMENT IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," AS AMENDED.Act No. 2271March 2, 1913
• AN ACT TO AMEND IN CERTAIN RESPECTS SECTION NINE, AS AMENDED, OF ACT NUMBERED SEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SEVEN, ENTITLED "AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF THE MORO PROVINCE," TO PROVIDE FOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF A PROSECUTING ATTORNEY AND A REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR THE MORO PROVINCE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 2272March 2, 1913
• AN ACT MAKING APPLICABLE TO THAT PART OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS INHABITED BY MOROS OR OTHER NON-CHRISTIAN TRIBES ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINE OF THE PHILIPPINE LEGISLATURE, ENTITLED "AN ACT AMENDING SECTION TWELVE OF ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY, AS AMENDED, BY PROVIDING THAT UNTIL JANUARY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY, BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH SHALL BE OFFICIAL LANGUAGES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES."Act No. 2269February 25, 1913
• AN ACT PROVIDING AN ADDITIONAL ASSOCIATE JUDGE OF THE COURT OF LAND REGISTRATION, FOR THE MORO PROVINCE, THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, THE PROVINCE OF AGUSAN, AND THE PROVINCE OF NUEVA VIZCAYA, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 2267February 16, 1913
• AN ACT PROVIDING FOR AN ADDITIONAL LIEUTENANT-COLONEL AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF CONSTABULARY IN THE TERRITORY INHABITED BY MOROS OR OTHER NON-CHRISTIAN TRIBES, AND INCREASING THE APPROPRIATION MADE BY ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHT FOR THE BUREAU OF CONSTABULARY.Act No. 2268February 16, 1913
• AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE INCREASE OF THE PAY OF THE PRIVATES AND MEMBERS OF THE HAND OF THE PHILIPPINE CONSTABULARY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 2237February 10, 1913
• AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE REVISION AND CORRECTION OF LAND-TAX ASSESSMENTS, THE VALUATION OF NEWLY DECLARED REAL PROPERTY FOR THE PURPOSES OF TAXATION, AND OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 2238February 10, 1913
• AN ACT AMENDING SECTION TWELVE OF ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY, AS AMENDED, BY PROVIDING THAT UNTIL JANUARY FIRST NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY, BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH SHALL BE OFFICIAL LANGUAGES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 2239February 10, 1913
• AN ACT TRANSFERRING THE BALANCES OF APPROPRIATIONS MADE BY ACTS NUMBERED SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX. EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND NINE, AND NINETEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-ONE TO THE APPROPRIATION MADE BY ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY-NINE, AND REDUCING THE APPROPRIATION OF THE LAST MENTIONED ACT IN AN EQUAL AMOUNT.Act No. 2240February 10, 1913
• AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE INSULAR COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS TO ISSUE REGULATIONS PROHIBITING USELESS AND UNNECESSARY NOISES ON THE PART OF WATER CRAFT IN THE PORTS OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.Act No. 2241February 10, 1913
• AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE CREATION OF A COMMISSIONED AND ENLISTED SERVICE WITHIN THE BUREAU OF NAVIGATION, THE CREATION OF A PENSION FUND IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, AND FOR THE PUNISHMENT OF OFFENSES AGAINST GOOD ORDER AND DISCIPLINE WITHIN SUCH SERVICE," BY MAKING THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION TWO THEREOF RETROACTIVE FOR CERTAIN COMMISSIONED OFFICERS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 2242February 10, 1913