Philippine Statutes — 1916

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• AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR SUNDRY EXPENSES OF THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 2672December 28, 1916
• AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR CURRENT EXPENSES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MINDANAO AND SULU FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 2673December 28, 1916
• AN ACT FIXING THE SALARIES OF CERTAIN OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.Act No. 2668December 13, 1916
• AN ACT AMENDING SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SIX HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE AND MAKING AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION FOR THE EXPENSES OF THE PHILIPPINE SENATE.Act No. 2669December 13, 1916
• AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE TRANSFER OF THE UNEXPENDED BALANCES OF THE FUNDS APPROPRIATED FOR THE EXPENSES OF THE PHILIPPINE ASSEMBLY BY ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED AND FORTY, TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, FOR ITS EXPENSES UNTIL DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 2670December 13, 1916
• AN ACT TO REORGANIZE THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.Act No. 2666November 17, 1916
• AN ACT ADOPTING AN UNIFORM ENACTING CLAUSE FOR THE ACTS AND AN UNIFORM RESOLVING CLAUSE FOR THE JOINT S PASSED BY THE PHILIPPINE LEGISLATURE.Act No. 2667November 17, 1916
• AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR SUNDRY EXPENSES OF THE PHILIPPINE SENATE.Act No. 2665October 18, 1916
• AN ACT MAKING APPLICABLE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MINDANAO AND SULU THE PROVISIONS OF THE ADMNISTRATIVE CODE, WITH CERTAIN EXCEPTION.Act No. 2664October 13, 1916
• AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF THIRTY-NINE THOUSAND PESOS FOR PUBLIC HOSPITALS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF MINDANAO AND SULU, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 2663June 18, 1916
• AN ACT MAKING APPLICABLE TO THAT PART OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS INHABITED BY MOROS OR OTHER NON-CHRISTIAN PEOPLE CERTAIN ACTS OF THE PHILIPPINE LEGISLATURE.Act No. 2662March 26, 1916
• AN ACT MAKING APPLICABLE TO THE CITY OF BAGUIO, MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, THAT PART OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SEVEN, KNOWN AS THE "ADMINISTRATIVE CODE," CONTAINED IN CHAPTER FIFTY [ONE], SECTIONS TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY TO TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FOUR, INCLUSIVE, KNOWN AS "THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF BAGUIO."Act No. 2661March 24, 1916
• AN ACT ESTABLISHING AND REGULATING TRADING SYSTEMS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF MINDANAO AND SULU.Act No. 2660March 23, 1916
• AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATION FOR COMPLETION OF BARRACKS AND QUARTERS FOR THE PHILIPPINE CONSTABULARY AT CABUGAO, APAYAO, MOUNTAIN PROVINCE.Act No. 2659March 15, 1916
• AN ACT CONSTITUTING AN ADMINISTRATIVE CODE.Act No. 2657March 2, 1916
• AN ACT MAKING APPLICABLE TO THAT PART OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS INHABITED BY MOROS OR OTHER NON-CHRISTIAN PEOPLE CERTAIN ACTS OF THE PHILIPPINE LEGISLATURE.Act No. 2658March 2, 1916
• AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL TO RESERVE FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES LAND BELONGING TO THE PRIVATE DOMAIN OF THE GOVERNMENT.Act No. 2635February 23, 1916
• AN ACT AMENDING SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED AND FORTY-EIGHT, ENTITLED "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CIVIL GOVERNOR TO RESERVE FOR CIVIL PUBLIC PURPOSES, AND FROM SALE OR SETTLEMENT, ANY PART OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN NOT APPROPRIATED BY LAW FOR SPECIAL PUBLIC PURPOSES, UNTIL OTHERWISE DIRECTED BY LAW. AND EXTENDING THE PROVISIONS OF ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN SO THAT PUBLIC LANDS DESIRED TO BE RESERVED BY THE INSULAR GOVERNMENT FOR PUBLIC USES, OR PRIVATE LANDS DESIRED TO BE PURCHASED BY THE INSULAR GOVERNMENT FOR SUCH USES, MAY BE BROUGHT UNDER THE OPERATION OF THE LAND REGISTRATION ACT." BY AUTHORIZING THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL TO REVOKE A PREVIOUS EXECUTIVE ORDER RESERVING PUBLIC LAND OR AMEND THE SAME BY CHANGING THE PURPOSE OF THE RESERVATION BY MEANS OF ANOTHER EXECUTIVE ORDER.Act No. 2636February 23, 1916
• AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF TEN THOUSAND PESOS FOR A PHILIPPINE EXHIBIT AT THE TAIPEH, FORMOSA, EXHIBITION.Act No. 2637February 23, 1916
• AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF SIXTY-ONE THOUSAND PESOS FOR DISTRIBUTION AMONG THE MUNICIPALITIES IN WHICH THE LAND, TAX FOR THE FISCAL YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN MAY BE REMITTED ON ACCOUNT OF DAMAGE CAUSED BY TYPHOONS.Act No. 2638February 23, 1916
• 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" AS AMENDED, BY REGULATING THE USE OF HEADLIGHTS ON MOTOR VEHICLES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 2639February 23, 1916
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SIX AND FIVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-NINE OF ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY, KNOWN AS THE "CODE OF PROCEDURE IN CIVIL ACTIONS AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS."Act No. 2640February 23, 1916
• AN ACT AUTHORIZING PROVINCIAL AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS TO MAKE APPROPRIATIONS FROM THEIR GENERAL FUNDS TO DEFRAY THE EXPENSES OF LOCAL FAIRS, OR TO SEND EXHIBITS TO ANY OTHER PROVINCIAL FAIR IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.Act No. 2641February 23, 1916
• AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED ELEVEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY, AS AMENDED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 2642February 23, 1916
• AN ACT GRANTING RAMON FERNANDEZ, A CITIZEN OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF MANILA, AND HIS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, A FRANCHISE TO ESTABLISH, CONSTRUCT, EQUIP, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE A RAILROAD IN THE PROVINCE OF OCCIDENTAL NEGROS, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.Act No. 2643February 23, 1916
• AN ACT GRANTING TO EUSEBIO DIAZ CACITAS A FRANCHISE TO INSTALL, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN AN ELECTRIC LIGT, HEAT AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF TABACO, IN THE PROVINCE OF ALBAY, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.Act No. 2644February 23, 1916
• AN ACT AMENDING SECTION SIX HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN OF ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY, ENTITLED "AN ACT PROVIDING A CODE OF PROCEDURE IN CIVIL ACTIONS AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS," PRESCRIBING; ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS IN THE EXECUTION OF WILLS.Act No. 2645February 23, 1916
• AN ACT EMPOWERING THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL TO EXTEND THE TIME FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE LAND TAX WITHOUT PENALTY IN ANY PROVINCE OR MUNICIPALITY WHICH HAVE BEEN DEVASTATED BY THE RECENT TYPHOONS.Act No. 2646February 23, 1916
• AN ACT GRANTING TO MARIANO ABELLA E ISAAC A FRANCHISE TO INSTALL, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT, AND POWER SYSTEM IN IHE MUNICIPALITY OF NAGA, PROVINCE OF AMBOS CAMARINES, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.Act No. 2647February 23, 1916
• AN ACT AMENDING SUBSECTIONS (G) AND (H) OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FOUR AND 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."Act No. 2648February 23, 1916
• AN ACT APPROPRIATING TEN THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE REFORESTATION OF UNCULTIVATED PUBLIC LANDS.Act No. 2649February 23, 1916
• AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE INVESTMENT OF THE IMMUNIZED CATTLE INSURANCE FUND ESTABLISHED BY ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED AND FORTY-EIGHT.Act No. 2650February 23, 1916
• AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE IMMUNIZATION OF CATTLE AND CARABAOS BY VIRTUE OF THE PROVISIONS OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED AND FORTY-EIGHT.Act No. 2651February 23, 1916
• AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-TWO, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PROVIDE A SYSTEM FOR THE APPROPRIATION OF PUBLIC WATERS, AND FOR THE DETERMINING OF EXISTING RIGHTS THERETO; FOR THE. PUBLIC REGISTRATION OF ALL WATER RIGHTS; FOR THE CREATION AND USE OF WATER POWER; FOR INVESTIGATIONS FOR AND THE CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE, AND OPERATION OF IRRIGATION SYSTEMS BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS; FOR THE REPAYMENT OF MONEY EXPENDED THEREFOR; FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE, AND OPERATION OF IRRIGATION SYSTEMS BY PRIVATE PERSONS; FOR THE INSPECTION AND REGULATION OF ALL WORKS PERTAINING TO THE USE OF WATER; AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR ITS VIOLATION; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSE," AND PRESCRIBING THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH A LOAN MAY BE OBTAINED FROM REIMBURSABLE FUNDS OF THE GOVERNMENT, AND OR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 2652February 23, 1916
• AN ACT TO AMEND SUBSECTION (D) OF SECTION SEVEN AND SECTION TWELVE OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY-EIGHT, ENTITLED "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," AS AMENDED.Act No. 2653February 23, 1916
• AN ACT GRANTING TO ALFREDO PARDO DE TAVERA A FRANCHISE TO INSTALL, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT, AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF SAN FERNANDO AND BACOLOR, PROVINCE OF PAMPANGPA, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.Act No. 2654February 23, 1916
• AN ACT FIXING RATES OF INTEREST UPON LOANS AND DECLARING THE EFFECT OF RECEIVING OR TAKING USURIOUS RATES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 2655February 23, 1916
• AN ACT MAKING THE PENALTIES FOR DELINQUENCY IN THE PAYMENT OF THE PERSONAL CEDILLA TAX LESS ONEROUS TO THE TAXPAYER, AND PROVIDING FOR THE MANNER IN WHICH A CURRENT CEDULA MAY BE PAID AT THE SAME TIME AS CEDILLAS FOR FORMER YEARS.Act No. 2656February 23, 1916
• AN ACT APPROPRIATING OUT OF ANY FUNDS IN THE INSULAR TREASURY NOT OTHERWISE APPROPRIATED THE SUM OF SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED PESOS FOR ASSISTANCE OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS ESTAVLISHED IN THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE.Act No. 2632February 22, 1916
• AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF ONE MILLION PESOS FOR CERTAIN WORK IN RELATION TO THE PROTECTION OF EARLY INFANCY IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, INCLUDING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF "GOTAS DE LECHE."Act No. 2633February 22, 1916
• AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE REIMBURSEMENT TO MUNICIPALITIES OF CUSTOMS DUTIES PAID ON MATERIAL USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF MUNICIPAL WATERWORKS AND SEWER SYSTEMS.Act No. 2634February 22, 1916
• AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS FIVE AND NINE OF ACT NUMBERED SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FOUR, ENTITLED "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." BY AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE AND POLICE, WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL, TO GRANT PERMISSION TO USE ANY PORTION OF THE FORESHORE OR LAND UNDER WATER IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS FOR ANY LAWFUL PRIVATE PURPOSE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 2570February 3, 1916
• AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE RIGHT OF ANY PERSON DETAINED, IMPRISONED, OR DEPRIVED OF HIS LIBERTY TO CONFER WITH HIS DULY ACCREDITED ATTORNEY AT ANY HOUR OF THE DAY OR NIGHT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 2571February 3, 1916
• AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE, IN THE INTEREST OF THE EFFICIENCY AND UNIFORMITY OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE, THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE PHILIPPINE LIBRARY, THE DIVISION OF ARCHIVES, PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS, AND TRADEMARKS OF THE EXECUTIVE BUREAU, AND THE LAW AND LIBRARY DIVISION OF THE PHILIPPINE ASSEMBLY, TO FORM AN ORGANIZATION TO BE KNOWN AS "PHILIPPINE LIBRARY AND MUSEUM," UNDER THE ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL OF THE SECRETARY OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.Act No. 2572February 3, 1916
• AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE MUTUAL INSURANCE OF WORK ANIMALS.Act No. 2573February 3, 1916
• AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL TO EXECUTE A CERTAIN MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH THE MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY AND THE MANILA RAILWAY COMPANY (1906), LIMITED, MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF CARRYING OUT SAID MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 2574February 3, 1916
• AN ACT AMENDING SECTION TWENTY-SIX (C) OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-SIX BY CREATING THE OFFICE OF PROVINCIAL FISCAL FOR THE PROVINCE OF PALAWAN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Act No. 2575February 3, 1916
• AN ACT TO AMEND THE FIRST, TENTH, AND ELEVENTH PARAGRAPHS OF SECTION FIVE OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SEVEN, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE REORGANIZATION OF THE COURTS OF FIRST INSTANCE AND OF THE COURT OF LAND REGISTRATION," AS AMENDED.Act No. 2576February 3, 1916
• AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTIONS OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-FOUR HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-NINE, ENTITLED "THE SUGAR CENTRAL ACT."Act No. 2577February 3, 1916
• AN ACT CREATING A SCHOOL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES TO BE KNOWN AS "THE FOREST SCHOOL."Act No. 2578February 3, 1916