Philippine Statutes β 1914
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AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED SEVENTEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHT, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR INSURANCE OF THE INSULAR, PROVINCIAL, AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS AGAINST LOSS FROM DAMAGE OR DESTRUCTION OF GOVERNMENT VESSELS AND CRAFT, GOVERNMENT MACHINERY, AND PERMANENT PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GOVERNMENT PROPERTY THEREIN, BY EARTHQUAKE, FIRE, LIGHTNING, FLOOD, TYPHOON, TORNADO, HURRICANE, OR CYCLONE," BY REDUCING THE APPROPRIATION FOR CARRYING OUT THE PURPOSE OF SAID ACT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED TWO THOUSAND AND SIXTY-ONE AS AMENDED, BY PROVIDING FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THE SALES AGENCY 2324-UNTIL THE TWENTY-EIGHTH DAY OF FEBRUARY, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN.
AN ACT ABOLISHING THE POSITION OF DEPARTMENT ASSESSOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MINDANAO AND SULU, PROVIDED FOR IN ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, AND APPLYING TO THE DEPARTMENT THE PROVISIONS OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-TWO HUNDRED THIRTY-EIGHT, AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE, WITH CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS, AND AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF AFORESAID ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
AN ACT CREATING THE FIDELITY FUND, AND REPEALING ACT NUMBERED SEVENTEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINE, AS AMENDED.
AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR SUNDRY EXPENSES OF THE INSULAR GOVERNMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINE, THE INTERNAL REVENUE LAW OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN, BY IMPOSING INCREASED AND ADDITIONAL TAXES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SEVEN RELATING TO THE QUALIFICATIONS NECESSARY FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF NOTARIES PUBLIC BY EXTENDING SAID PRIVILEGE TO PERSONS WHO HAVE PASSED THE EXAMINATION FOR CLERK OF THE COURT OR DEPUTY CLERK OF THE COURT, OR WHO HAVE HELD SAID OFFICES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
AN ACT TO RETURN FROM THE FRIAR LANDS SINKING FUND TO THE GENERAL UNAPPROPRIATED SURPLUS OF THE INSULAR GOVERNMENT THE SUM OF ONE MILLION THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS AS A PARTIAL REIMBURSEMENT OF THE AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED FROM SAID SURPLUS FOR SAID SINKING FUND.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWENTY-NINE OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-SIX, KNOWN AS THE SPECIAL PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT ACT, BY AUTHORIZING THE DELEGATE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR FOR THE NON-CHRISTIAN PEOPLE TO MAKE THE OFFICIAL VISIT AND INSPECTION OF THE SPECIAL GOVERNMENT PROVINCES.
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY-TWO OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN ENTITLED "AN ACT REVISING THE INSURANCE LAWS AND REGULATING INSURANCE BUSINESS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS," BY PROVIDING THAT THE PROHIBITIONS CONTAINED IN SAID SECTION SHALL NOT AFFECT THE RIGHT OF AN OWNER OF PROPERTY IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS TO APPLY FOR AND OBTAIN FOR HIMSELF POLICIES IN FOREIGN COMPANIES, IN CASES WHERE SAID OWNER DOES NOT MAKE USE OF THE SERVICES OF ANY AGENT, COMPANY, OR CORPORATION RESIDING OR DOING BUSINESS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION NINE OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-THREE HUNDRED AND NINETY-THREE, ENTITLED "AN ACT GRANTING TO THE SOCIEDAD ANONIMA KNOWN AS 'SILAY ELECTRIC AND ICE PLANT COMPANY, INCORPORATED,' A FRANCHISE TO INSTALL, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT, AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SILAY, OCCIDENTAL NEGROS, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS," BY EXTENDING THE TIME WITHIN WHICH THE GRANTEE SHALL DEPOSIT IN THE INSULAR TREASURY THE ADDITIONAL SUM PROVIDED AS A GUARANTY OF THE FAITHFUL PERFORMANCE OF THE CONDITIONS OF THE CONCESSIONARY GRANT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
AN ACT PROVIDING A PROCEDURE FOR THE FIRST ELECTION OF THIRD MEMBERS OF PROVINCIAL BOARDS IN THE VARIOUS PROVINCES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MINDANAO AND SULU, AND AUTHORIZING THE GOVERNOR OF THE DEPARTMENT TO FIX THE DATE FOR THE HOLDING OF THE FIRST MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS THEREIN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
AN ACT REVISING THE INSURANCE LAWS AND REGULATING INSURANCE BUSINESS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
AN ACT GOVERNING THE EXPORTATION FROM THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS DURING THE YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN OF PHILIPPINE FIBERS WHICH COME UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY OF THE THIRD PHILIPPINE LEGISLATURE, AND WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN GRADED AND BALED PRIOR TO JANUARY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN.
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ADJUSTMENT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS BONDS SINKING FUND.
AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE ENTITLED "AN ACT PROVIDING FOR POPULAR CIVICO-EDUCATIONAL LECTURES IN THE MUNICIPALITIES AND PRINCIPALLY IN THE BARRIOS OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS."
AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR CURRENT EXPENSES AND PUBLIC WORKS AND PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF MINDANAO AND SULU FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED FIFTEEN.
AN ACT PROVIDING THAT THE JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, IF DULY QUALIFIED LAWYERS, AT THE CAPITALS OF THE PROVINCES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MINDANAO AND SULU, EXCEPT THE PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA, MAY ACT BY DIRECTION OF THE SECRETARY OF FINANCE AND JUSTICE AS EX OFFICIO REGISTERS OF DEEDS FOR THEIR PROVINCES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-THREE, ENTITLED "AN ACT CREATING A COMMISSION TO SECURE, ORGANIZE, AND MAKE AN EXHIBIT OF PHILIPPINE PRODUCTS, MANUFACTURES, ARTS, ETHNOLOGY, AND EDUCATION AT THE PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION TO BE HELD AT SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, IN THE UNITED STATES, IN NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN, MAKING AN APPROPRIATION THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," AS AMENDED, BY PROVIDING THAT THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL SHALL BE THE SECRETARY EX OFFICIO OF THE SAID COMMISSION, AND AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE AND POLICE TO SEND THE CONSTABULARY BAND TO THE UNITED STATES FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE PHILIPPINE BOARD OF THE PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION FOR SUCH TIME AS, IN HIS DISCRETION, HE DEEMS BEST, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
AN ACT AUTHORIZING FRANCISCA ROSE AND OTHERS TO MAINTAIN AN ACTION AT LAW AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND AUTHORIZING THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS TO APPEAR THEREIN.
AN ACT EXTENDING THE PROVISIONS OF ACT NUMBERED SEVENTEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHT AS AMENDED, TO PROPERTY ACQUIRED BY OR UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE BOARD CREATED BY ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-THREE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
AN ACT EXTENDING TO THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE THE PROVISIONS OF GENERAL LAWS PROVIDING FOR THE ORGANIZATION, JURISDICTION, PROCEDURE AND FEES OF JUSTICE OF THE PEACE COURTS, WITH CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
AN ACT MAKING APPLICABLE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MINDANAO AND SULU ALL LAWS RELATING TO THE BUREAU OF AGRICULTURE NOW IN FORCE IN PROVINCES AND MUNICIPALITIES ORGANIZED UNDER ACTS NUMBERED EIGHTY-THREE AND EIGHTY-TWO, AND THEIR AMENDMENTS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED THIRTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-SEVEN, ENTITLED "THE TOWNSHIP GOVERNMENT ACT," SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE PAYMENT OF PROPERTY TAXES MAY BE ENFORCED BY A CIVIL ACTION.
AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF FIFTEEN THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE "HOTEL PINES," IN THE CITY OF BAGUIO, SUBPROVINCE OF BENGUET, MOUNTAIN PROVINCE.
AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF FIFTEEN THOUSAND PESOS FOR TEMPORARY REPAIR OF BRIDGES ON THE BENGUET ROAD, AMENDING SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-NINE MAKING THAT PORTION OF THE BENGUET ROAD WITHIN THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE A TOLL ROAD, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF FIVE THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE SALARIES OF THE JUSTICES OF THE PEACE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF MINDANAO AND SULU CREATED BY ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-FOUR HUNDRED AND NINE OF THE PHILIPPINE COMMISSION.
AN ACT MAKING APPLICABLE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MINDANAO AND SULU ACTS NUMBERED TWO THOUSAND AND THIRTY AND TWENTY-THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SEVEN OF THE PHILIPPINE LEGISLATURE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF SIXTY THOUSAND PESOS FOR MAINTENANCE AND FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THAT PART OF THE NAGUILIAN-BAGUIO ROAD, INCLUDING BRIDGES AND CULVERTS, LYING WITHIN THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION SIXTY-ONE OF ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX REGARDING SHERIFFS, AS AMENDED, IN ITS APPLICATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MINDANAO AND SULU, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
AN ACT EXTENDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OT MINDANAO AND SULU THE PROVISIONS OF GENERAL LAWS PROVIDING FOR THE ORGANIZATION, JURISDICTION, PROCEDURE, AND FEES OF JUSTICE OF THE PEACE COURTS, WITH CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
AN ACT PROVIDING A TEMPORARY FORM OF GOVERNMENT FOR THE TERRITORY KNOWN AS THE DEPARTMENT OF MINDANAO AND SULU, MAKING APPLICABLE THERETO, WITH CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS, THE PROVISIONS OF GENERAL LAWS NOW IN FORCE IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
AN ACT APPROPRIATING THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND PESOS TO AID THE NON-CHRISTIAN PEOPLE OF THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE AND TO PROMOTE THEIR UNION WITH THE CHRISTIAN PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES.
AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, AND DISPENSARIES, AND EXTENSION OF TELEGRAPH LINES AND WIRELESS STATIONS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF MINDANAO AND SULU FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN.
AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF TEN THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF THE BENGUET ROAD.
AN ACT TO AID IN THE HARMONIZING OF THE NON-CHRISTIAN AND THE CHRISTIAN INHABITANTS OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, CREATING THE POSITION OF DELEGATE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR FOR THE NON-CHRISTIAN PEOPLE AND MAKING APPROPRIATION THEREFOR.
AN ACT MAKING APPLICABLE TO THAT PART OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS INHABITED BY MOROS OR OTHER NON-CHRISTIAN TRIBES CERTAIN ACTS OF THE PHILIPPINE LEGISLATURE.
AN ACT MAKING APPLICABLE TO THAT PART OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS INHABITED BY MOROS OR OTHER NON-CHRISTIAN TRIBES ACTS NUMBERED TWENTY-THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINE AND TWENTY-THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SEVEN OF THE PHILIPPINE LEGISLATURE.
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE GOVERNOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MINDANAO AND SULU TO USE THE TWO THOUSAND PESOS APPROPRIATED BY ACT NUMBERED TWO THOUSAND AND SEVENTY FOR A GOVERNMENT EXCHANGE AND THE REIMBURSABLE FUND THEREFOR AT MALAYBALAY, PROVINCE OF AGUSAN, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF ANOTHER EXCHANGE OF THE SAME KIND AT TALACAG, SAME PROVINCE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
AN ACT APPROPRIATING AN ADDITIONAL SUM OF TEN THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF THE BENGUET ROAD, INCLUDING BRIDGES AND CULVERTS, FROM CAMP ONE TO BAGUIO, FOR THE NEW FISCAL YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN.
AN ACT EXTENDING THE PROVISIONS OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-THREE HUNDRED TO THE TERRITORY INHABITED BY MOROS OR OTHER NON-CHRISTIAN TRIBES AND PENALIZING THE TAKING AWAY OF ANY UNCIVILIZED PERSON OR MEMBER OF ANY NON-CHRISTIAN TRIBE FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXPLOITING OR EXHIBITING SUCH PERSON AS A SPECTACLE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATION FOR EXPENSES OF CERTAIN PENSIONADOS FROM THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE AND THE PROVINCES OF AGUSAN AND NUEVA VIZCAYA, FOR THE NEW FISCAL YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN.
AN ACT MAKING EXTENSIVE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MINDANAO AND SULU THE PROVISIONS OF THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT ACT AND OTHER ACTS RELATIVE TO THE CEDULA TAX AND INCREASED CEDILLA TAX, UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, AND REPEALING ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND SIX OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF SAID DEPARTMENT AND ALL OTHER ACTS INCONSISTENT HEREWITH.
AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND PESOS, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF THAT PART OF THE NAGUILIAN-BAGUIO ROAD, INCLUDING BRIDGES AND CULVERTS, LYING WITHIN THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, AND FOR THE NECESSARY BRIDGES, FERRIES, OR CABLE CROSSINGS OVER THE RIPSUAN RIVER.
AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR CURRENT EXPENSES AND PUBLIC WORKS AND PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS OF THE PROVINCE OF NUEVA VIZCAYA AND THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE AND FOR PUBLIC "WORKS-AND PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS OF THE BUREAU OF HEALTH IN THE TERRITORY INHABITED BY MOROS OR OTHER NON-CHRISTIAN TRIBES FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED FOURTEEN.
AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR CURRENT EXPENSES AND PUBLIC WORKS AND PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF MINDANAO AND SULU AND THE PROVINCE OF AGUSAN FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED FOURTEEN.
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE TRANSFER OF CERTAIN PROPERTY OF THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO STUDY THE CAUSES OF THE EXCESSIVE INFANT MORTALITY IN THE PHILIPPINES TO THE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES.
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION THREE OF ACT NUMBERED TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHTY-THREE, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO FIX THE AMOUNT OF THE GOLD-STANDARD FUND, CREATED UNDER ACT NUMBERED NINE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-EIGHT, AUTHORIZING' THE DEPOSIT OF THE EXCESS OF THE AMOUNT SO FIXED TO THE CREDIT OF THE GENERAL FUND OF THE TREASURY, AND AUTHORIZING THE INVESTMENT OF A PORTION OF THE SAID GOLD-STANDARD FUND." BY PROVIDING FOR ADDITIONAL PURPOSES FOR WHICH LOANS MAY BE MADE TO PROVINCES AND MUNICIPALITIES FROM SUCH FUND.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS TWO, FIVE, AND ELEVEN OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-THREE HUNDRED AND SIX, ENTITLED "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." BY AUTHORIZING THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL TO WAIVE ADVERTISEMENT OR SHORTEN THE PERIOD THEREOF OR MODIFY THE CONDITIONS OF THE SAME AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
AN ACT TO REPEAL 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." AND ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY-TWO, ENTITLED "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,'' AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE REFUND OF THE PENSION FUND CREATED BY SAID ACT NUMBERED NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY.
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