Philippine Statutes — 1914

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• AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE REORGANIZATION OF THE COURTS OF BY FIRST INSTANCE AND OF THE COURT OF LAND REGISTRATION.Act No. 2347February 27, 1914
• AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF FIVE THOUSAND PESOS TO ENABLE THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS TO BE REPRESENTED AT THE FAR EASTERN ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION MEET AT SHANGHAI, CHINA.Act No. 2348February 27, 1914
• AN ACT APPROPRIATING A SUM OF MONEY FOR THE PURPOSE OF REIMBURSING PROVINCIAL EXHIBITORS FOR LOSSES SUSTAINED IN THE EXPOSITION FIRE AT MANILA ON JANUARY TWENTY-SIXTH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN.Act No. 2349February 27, 1914
• AN ACT PROVIDING FUNDS FOR THE EXPENSES OF THREE COMPANIES OF PHILIPPINE SCOUTS DETAILED ON RINDERPEST QUARANTINE DUTY IN THE PROVINCE OF PAMPANGA AND FOR THE SALARY AND EXPENSES OF TWO LIVE-STOCK INSPECTORS.Act No. 2350February 27, 1914
• AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING OBLIGATIONS OF THE INSULAR GOVERNMENT INCURRED BY REASON OF CONTRACTS AUTHORIZED BY ACT NUMBERED THIRTEEN HUNDRED AND TEN, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO ENCOURAGE AND AID THE PHILIPPINE COASTWISE TRADE, TO SECURE THE CARRIAGE OF MAILS, GOVERNMENT FREIGHT AND PASSENGERS BY COMMERCIAL VESSELS UNDER CONTRACT, TO EFFECT UNIFORM REASONABLE RATES FOR THE GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC, TO INCREASE THE SAFETY STANDARDS AND SERVICE OF CONTRACTING VESSELS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 2351February 27, 1914
• AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE TAKING OF A NEW CENSUS OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.Act No. 2352February 27, 1914
• AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE EMPLOYMENT OF EXPERTS TO MAKE SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS OF THE BUSINESS OF THE BUREAUS AND OFFICES OF THE GOVERNMENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEVISING AN ECONOMIC AND MORE EFFICIENT PLAN FOR THE OPERATION THEREOF, AND OF OTHER MATTERS OF GENERAL INTEREST, AND APPROPRIATING THE SIM OF TEN THOUSAND PESOS TO CARRY ON SUCH INVESTIGATIONS.Act No. 2353February 27, 1914
• AN ACT MAKING THE OFFICE OF LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR ELECTIVE IN THE SUBPROVINCES OF MARINDUQUE, TAYABAS; CATANDUANES, ALBAY; ABRA, ILOCOS SUR; SIQUIJOR, ORIENTAL NEGROS; MASBATE, SORSOGON; AND EOMBLON, CAPIZ, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 2354February 27, 1914
• AN ACT AMENDING SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FOUR, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO FIX THE TIME FOR MAKING ANNUAL REPORTS BY THE DIRECTORS OF BUREAUS AND HEADS OF OFFICES OF THE INSULAR GOVERNMENT, PROVINCIAL GOVERNORS, AND THE MUNICIPAL BOARD OF THE CITY OF MANILA, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," SO THAT GENERAL REPORTS PRINTED SHALL BE PREPARED BY THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY AND BY THE SECRETARY OF THE RESPECTIVE DEPARTMENT IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH.Act No. 2355February 27, 1914
• AN ACT AMENDING SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED SEVENTEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE, ENTITLED "AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE CREATION OF A SINKING FUND FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE BONDS ISSUED FOR PUBLIC WORKS UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF ACTS NUMBERED THIRTEEN HUNDRED AND ONE AND FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-FOUR, AND FOR THE INVESTMENT OF SUCH FUND" BY EXTENDING THE TIME LIMIT FOR LOANS TO PROVINCES AND MUNICIPALITIES AND PROVIDING FOR ADDITIONAL PURPOSES FOR WHICH SUCH LOANS MAY BE MADE.Act No. 2356February 27, 1914
• AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED TWO THOUSAND AND FIFTY-FIVE, ENTITLED "AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A THIRD MEMBER OF THE PROVINCIAL BOARD IN THE PROVINCES OF MINDORO, PALAWAN, AND BATANES UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, PROVIDING THAT IN SAID PROVINCES THE PROVINCIAL TREASURER SHALL BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR ALL PUBLIC PROPERTY, AND TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED ELEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-NINE BY PROVIDING THAT RESIDENTS OF PROVINCES ORGANIZED UNDER 'THE SPECIAL PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT ACT' NUMBERED THIRTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-SIX, SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM THE PAYMENT OF THE CEDULA TAX," SO AS T6 PROVIDE FOR THE PAYMENT OF A PER DIEM TO THE THIRD MEMBER OF THE PROVINCIAL BOARD.Act No. 2357February 27, 1914
• 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, ART, 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," BY AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF MONEY BY PROVINCES AND MUNICIPALITIES FOR THE PREPARATION OF PROVINCIAL EXHIBITS FOR THE PHILIPPINE SECTION OF THE PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION.Act No. 2358February 27, 1914
• AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE LOANING OF FUNDS DEPOSITED BY MUNICIPALITIES WITH THE PROVINCIAL TREASURER TO OTHER MUNICIPALITIES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS, UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.Act No. 2359February 27, 1914
• AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE SALE OF THE LAND KNOWN AS THE SAN LAZARO ESTATE, IN THE CITY OF MANILA.Act No. 2360February 27, 1914
• AN ACT GRANTING A FRANCHISE TO CHARLES M. SWIFT TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE A HYDROELECTRIC PLANT AND ELECTRIC LIGHTING, HEATING, AND POWER SYSTEM AND ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION LINES IN THE ISLAND OF LUZON.Act No. 2361February 27, 1914
• AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-THREE HUNDRED AND SEVEN: "AN ACT CREATING A BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSIONERS AND PRESCRIBING ITS DUTIES AND POWERS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 2362February 27, 1914
• AN ACT AMENDING SECTION NINE OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY-EIGHT, BY PROVIDING THAT GENERAL SCHEDULES OF VALUES OF LAND FOR THE PURPOSES OF ASSESSMENT SHALL BE PREPARED BY MUNICIPAL COUNCILS WITHIN THIRTY DAYS AFTER BEING SO REQUIRED BY PROVINCIAL BOARDS, AND BY AUTHORIZING PROVINCIAL BOARDS TO REQUIRE MUNICIPAL COUNCILS, UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, TO AMEND SUCH SCHEDULES WITH A VIEW TO CORRECTING ERRORS OR INEQUALITIES.Act No. 2363February 27, 1914
• AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE PUNISHMENT OF PERSONS GUILTY OF INFIDELITY IN THE CUSTODY OF PRISONERS DETAINED FOR OR CONVICTED OF A CRIME PUNISHED BY THE LAWS ENACTED BY THE PHILIPPINE COMMISSION OR BY THE PHILIPPINE LEGISLATURE.Act No. 2364February 27, 1914
• AN ACT AUTHORIZING A READJUSTMENT OF LEAVE EARNED BY FRANK W. CARPENTER DURING HIS SERVICE AS EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 2365February 27, 1914
• AN ACT ABOLISHING CERTAIN PERMANENT REIMBURSABLE FUNDS, AMENDED, AND PROVIDING FOR THE DISPOSITION OF THE ASSETS AND LIABILITIES PERTAINING TO SAID FUNDS.Act No. 2366February 27, 1914
• AN ACT TO DISCONTINUE CERTAIN CONTINUING ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS HERETOFORE CREATED.Act No. 2367February 27, 1914
• AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE APPOINTMENT OF ASSESSORS IN CRIMINAL CASES IN THE COURTS OF FIRST INSTANCE IN THE PROVINCES ORGANIZED UNDER THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT ACT AND IN THE PROVINCES OF MINDORO, PALAWAN, AND BATANES.Act No. 2369February 27, 1914
• AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES.Act No. 2370February 27, 1914
• AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVEN BY EXTENDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUBSECTION (B) OF SECTION NINE THEREOF TO RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, AND CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS.Act No. 2371February 27, 1914
• AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PAYMENT OF PER DIEMS TO ANY CONSTABULARY OFFICER WHO MAY BE DESIGNATED AS AIDE-DE-CAMP TO THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL.Act No. 2372February 27, 1914
• AN ACT TO AMEND PARAGRAPH TWO OF SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED FIFTEEN HUNDRED AND TEN, ENTITLED "AN ACT GRANTING TO THE MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY A CONCESSION FOR RAILWAY LINES IN THE ISLAND OF LUZON, AND PROVIDING IN RESPECT OF PROCEEDINGS FOR CONDEMNATION OF LAND BY PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS," MAKING ITS PROVISIONS EXTENSIVE, WITH CERTAIN LIMITATIONS, TO THE FORESHORE AND LAND RECLAIMED FROM THE SEA.Act No. 2373February 27, 1914
• AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF THE PRESENT HERDS OF LARGE CATTLE, SHEEP, GOATS, AND SWINE MAINTAINED BY THE BUREAU OF AGRICULTURE FOR BREEDING PURPOSES, AND APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF TEN THOUSAND PESOS FOR THAT PURPOSE.Act No. 2374February 27, 1914
• AN ACT REESTABLISHING AND AGAIN PUTTING INTO FORCE AND EFFECT ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN, WITH CERTAIN AMENDMENTS.Act No. 2375February 27, 1914
• AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF SIX THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE MANUFACTURE AND DISTRIBUTION OF TIQUITIQUI EXTRACT IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 2376February 27, 1914
• AN ACT AMENDING SUBSECTION (J) OF SECTION FORTY OF ACT NUMBERED EIGHTY-TWO, AS AMENDED BY ACTS NUMBERED NINETEEN HUNDRED AND NINE AND TWO THOUSAND AND FIFTY-FOUR, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE MUNICIPALITIES ORGANIZED UNDER ACT NUMBERED EIGHTY-TWO TO FIX OR CHANGE THE DATES OF THEIR FIESTAS, UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.Act No. 2377February 27, 1914
• AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC WORKS AND PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS.Act No. 2378February 27, 1914
• AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED ELEVEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY, AS AMENDED BY ACTS NUMBERED EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-SEVEN AND NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-THREE, LIMITING THE SALE OF LANDS COMMONLY KNOWN AS "FRIAR LANDS," TO SIXTEEN HECTARES IN THE CASE OF EACH INDIVIDUAL AND ONE THOUSAND AND TWENTY-FOUR HECTARES IN THE CASE OF EACH CORPORATION.Act No. 2379February 27, 1914
• AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE INSPECTION, GRADING, AND BALING OF ABACA (MANILA HEMP), MAGUEY (CANTALA), SISAL, AND OTHER FIBERS.Act No. 2380February 27, 1914
• AN ACT RESTRICTING THE USE OF OPIUM AND REPEALING ACT NUMBERED SEVENTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-ONE.Act No. 2381February 27, 1914
• AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED AND NINETY-SEVEN, ENTITLED "AN ACT REGULATING THE PRACTICE OF PHARMACY IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS," AS AMENDED BY ACTS NUMBERED NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-ONE AND TWENTY-TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX, DETERMINING THE SUBJECTS IN WHICH PERSONS DESIRING TO PRACTICE PHARMACY IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS SHALL BE EXAMINED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 2382February 27, 1914
• AN ACT DESIGNATING CERTAIN DUTIES TO STENOGRAPHERS OF THE COURTS OF JUSTICE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 2383February 27, 1914
• AN ACT GRANTING TO THE MARCONI WIRELESS TELEGRAPH COMPANY OF AMERICA A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS A STATION FOR THE RECEPTION AND TRANSMISSION OF WIRELESS LONG DISTANCE MESSAGES.Act No. 2384February 27, 1914
• AN ACT AMENDING SUBSECTION (D) OF SECTION TWO AND SECTION THREE OF ACT NUMBERED EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-EIGHT, ADDING SEVERAL PARAGRAPHS TO THE END OF SECTION FOUR OF SAID ACT, PROVIDING FOR OTHER PURPOSES, AND REPEALING ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY-EIGHT.Act No. 2385February 27, 1914
• AN ACT TO FACILITATE THE PREPARATION OF THE APPROPRIATION BILL BY REQUIRING CHIEFS OF BUREAUS TO FILE WITH THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY REPORTS OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES FIFTEEN DAYS BEFORE THE OPENING OF EACH REGULAR SESSION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 2386February 27, 1914
• AN ACT ESTABLISHING QUALIFICATIONS FOR APPOINTMENT AS NOTARY PUBLIC, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 2387February 27, 1914
• AN ACT REORGANIZING THE NAUTICAL DEPARTMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND TRADES, MANILA, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR ITS CONTINUANCE AS THE PHILIPPINE NAUTICAL SCHOOL.Act No. 2388February 27, 1914
• AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-NINE, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO REGULATE MOTOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, TO PROVIDE FOR THE REGISTRATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND THE LICENSING OF OPERATORS, AND TO REQUIRE ALL VEHICLES ON HIGHWAYS TO CARRY LIGHTS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," BY FIXING A MAXIMUM RATE OF SPEED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 2389February 27, 1914
• AN ACT CHANGING; THE NAMES OF THE MUNICIPALITIES OF SANTO NINO AND MAWANAN, PROVINCE OF CAGAYAN; SAN ISIDRO LABRADOR AND SAN ISIDRO DE POTOT, PROVINCE OF PANGASINAN; SAN FRANCISCO DE MALABON AND SANTA CRUZ DE MALABON, PROVINCE OF CAVITE; NAGPARTIAN AND SAN MIGUEL, PROVINCE OF ILOCOS NORTE; LANGARAN, PROVINCE OF MISAMIS; SAN PEDRO TUNASAN, PROVINCE OF LAGUNA; CABAGAN NUEVO, PROVINCE OF ISABELA; NUEVA CACERES, PROVINCE OF AMBOS CAMARINES; SAN PEDRO MACATI, PROVINCE OF RIZAL; SAN JUAN DE BOCBOC, PROVINCE OF BATANGAS; SAN JUAN, PROVINCE OF NUEVA ECIJA; TOWNSHIP OF BARRIT-LULUNO, PROVINCE OF ILOCOS SUR, AND OF THE BARRIOS OF TUBLIJON AND GIBIGAAN, MUNICIPALITY OF SORSOGON, PROVINCE OF SORSOGON.Act No. 2390February 27, 1914
• AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE PRELIMINARY OPERATIONS REQUIRED BY ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY OF THE PHILIPPINE LEGISLATURE.Act No. 2391February 27, 1914
• AN ACT GRANTING TO THE SOCIEDAD ANONIMA DENOMINATED "POTOTAN ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY, LIMITED," A FRANCHISE TO INSTALL, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT, AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF POTOTAN, PROVINCE OF ILOILO, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.Act No. 2392February 27, 1914
• 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.Act No. 2393February 27, 1914
• AN ACT MAKING THE PROVISIONS OF THE CADASTRAL ACT APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN PROCEEDINGS CONDUCTED UNDER SECTION SIXTY-ONE OF ACT NUMBERED NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF ASINGAN AND BINALONAN, PROVINCE OF PANGASINAN.Act No. 2334February 26, 1914
• AN ACT AMENDING SECTION THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY-EIGHT OF ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE, KNOWN AS THE "PHILIPPINE CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATIVE ACT," BY PROVIDING THAT COMPENSATION TO INFORMERS SHALL BE PAID WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE SECRETARY OF FINANCE AND JUSTICE, BY PUNISHING CERTAIN PERSONS WHO FAIL TO REPORT TO A COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS ANY INFORMATION IN THEIR POSSESSION CONCERNING ANY FRAUD UPON THE CUSTOMS REVENUE, APPROPRIATING TEN THOUSAND PESOS FOR CARRYING- OUT THE PROVISIONS HEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 2335February 26, 1914
• AN ACT TO AFFORD RELIEF TO CERTAIN BANKS AND BANKERS WHICH HAVE INCURRED THE DELINQUENCY PENALTIES PRESCRIBED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED AND TWELVE OF ACT NUMBERED ELEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-NINE, AND CONFIRMING, RATIFYING, AND APPROVING THE ACTION OF THE COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE IN EXTENDING THE TIME FOR THE PAYMENT OF CERTAIN TAXES WITHOUT PENALTY.Act No. 2336February 26, 1914
• AN ACT DECLARING SECTIONS EIGHTY-FIVE AND ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY-FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED TWO THOUSAND AND THIRTY-ONE, ENTITLED ''THE NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS LAW," IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT AND REPEALING INCONSISTENT PROVISIONS OF LAW.Act No. 2337February 26, 1914