Philippine Statutes β 1917
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AN ACT ESTABLISHING CASES OF EXCEPTION IN THE APPLICATION OF THE DEATH PENALTY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE NECESSARY EXPENSES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR TO ESTABLISH A SCHOOL OF NURSING IN THE SOUTHERN ISLANDS HOSPITAL DIVISION, AS A DEPENDENCY OF THE SCHOOL OF NURSING OF THE PHILIPPINE GENERAL HOSPITAL, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE SEPARATION OF THE SUBPROVINCE OF ROMBLON FROM THE PROVINCE OF CAPIZ AND THE REESTABLISHMENT OF THE FORMER PROVINCE OF ROMBLON, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF NECESSARY 'AND EFFICACIOUS MEASURES FOR INCREASING THE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION OF FOODSTUFFS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THIS PURPOSE.
AN ACT AMENDING THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE.
AN ACT AUTHORIZING GEORGE H. FAIRCHILD TO ORGANIZE A CORPORATION UNDER THE LAWS OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, OR OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OR OF ANY STATE THEREOF, WITH POWERS TO ACQUIRE AND HOLD FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED THIRTY YEARS CERTAIN LANDS SITUATED WITH THE PROVINCE OF MINDORO AND TO CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE AN IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE SYSTEM THEREON.
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE DIRECTOR OF FORESTRY TO LEASE OR GRANT PERMITS FOR THE USE OF FOREST LANDS FOR SAWMILLS AND TIMBER DEPOTS, AND FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF HOTELS, SANATORIA, RESIDENCES, CAMPS, FISHPONDS, PASTURES, OR OTHER LAWFUL USES.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE RESERVATION OF CERTAIN LANDS OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN ON THE ISLAND OF SULU, THE USUFRUCT THEREOF TO BE GRANTED TO THE SULTAN OF SULU AND HIS HEIRS.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE LEASING AND DEVELOPMENT OF COAL LANDS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLES THREE HUNDRED AND THREE HUNDRED AND ONE OF THE PENAL CODE, RELATIVE TO THE FALSIFICATION OF PUBLIC, OFFICIAL, AND COMMERCIAL DOCUMENTS.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO IMPROVE THE METHODS OF PRODUCTION AND THE QUALITY OF TOBACCO IN THE PHILIPPINES AND TO DEVELOP THE EXPORT TRADE THEREIN."
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF TWELVE THOUSAND PESOS FOR CONTINUING THE MANUFACTURE AND DISTRIBUTION OF "TIQUI-TIQUI" EXTRACT AMONG THE INDIGENT CLASSES IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE PHILIPPINE MILITIA, PROVIDE FOR THE ENROLLMENT OF THE UNORGANIZED MILITIA, AND THE FORMATION, ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF THE ORGANIZED MILITIA OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
AN ACT AMENDING ARTICLE FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SEVEN OF THE PENAL CODE.
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION THIRTEEN OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SEVEN, KNOWN AS THE "ADMINISTRATIVE CODE."
AN ACT TO AMEND THE FINAL SECTION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE BY STRIKING FROM THE LIST OF ACTS REPEALED THEREBY, ACT NUMBERED SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-SEVEN.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, PROVIDING HOW ELECTIVE MUNICIPAL OFFICES SHALL BE FILLED WHEN VACANT OR WHEN THERE IS NO SUCCESSOR.
AN ACT TO REGULATE THE PRACTICE OF THE OPTICAL PROFESSION, TO CREATE THE BOARD OF OPTICAL EXAMINERS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PROSECUTION OF ALL PERSONS WHO APPEAR TO BE LIABLE FOR A CRIME AND TO ESTABLISH CONDITIONS FOR THE DISCHARGE OF CERTAIN ACCUSED PERSONS TO BE USED AS GOVERNMENT WITNESSES.
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH DIVORCE.
AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC WORKS AND PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS.
AN ACT TO CREATE THE NATIONAL COAL COMPANY.
AN ACT MAKING THE INSPECTION AND RECOGNITION OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES OBLIGATORY FOR THE SECRETARY OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
AN ACT MAKING CERTAIN PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO THE OPERATION OF THE BUREAU OF NON-CHRISTIAN TRIBES.
AN ACT TO AMEND 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."
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FOUR HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-TWO OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AUTHORIZING THE REMISSION OF THE LAND TAX IN CERTAIN CASES.
AN ACT CONFERRING UPON THE SUPREME COURT JURISDICTION TO HEAR IN THE LAST INSTANCE CRIMINAL CASES FILED ORIGINALLY IN THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AND MUNICIPAL COURTS.
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL TO CALL BY EXECUTIVE ORDER AN ELECTION FOR MUNICIPAL PRESIDENT IN ANY ORGANIZED MUNICIPALITY WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF MINDANAO AND SULU.
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE PURPOSES OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED AND FORTY-EIGHT, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE IMMUNIZATION OF CATTLE AND CARABAOS TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF RINDERPEST WITHIN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES."
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY-TWO, ENTITLED "AN ACT REGULATING THE LABELING, SALE, AND ADVERTISING OF PATENT AND PROPRIETARY MEDICINES, FRAUDULENT THERAPEUTIC APPLIANCES AND DEVICES, AND FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AGAINST THE EXPLOITATION OF SUCH ARTICLES."
AN ACT CREATING; A PORT OF ENTRY IN THE PROVINCE OF PANGASINAN.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS TWO, FIVE, SEVEN, EIGHT, AND FIFTEEN OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-THREE, ENTITLED "AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE MUTUAL INSURANCE OF WORK ANIMAL."
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE SEGREGATION OF THE SUBPROVINCE OF ABRA FROM THE PROVINCE OF ILOCOS SUR AND THE REESTABLISHMENT OF THE FORMER PROVINCE OF ABRA, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
AN ACT TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF TAFT, PROVINCE OF CAPIZ, TO MAKATO.
AN ACT TO REORGANIZE THE PROVINCIAL BOARD OF THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE BY CREATING THE OFFICE OF THIRD MEMBER OF SAID BOARD, AND TO ABOLISH THE OFFICE OF INDUSTRIAL SUPERVISOR OF SAID PROVINCE AND TRANSFER THE DUTIES THEREOF TO THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR.
AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR CURRENT EXPENSES, PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS, AND THE FURTHERANCE OF CIVILIZATION AMONG THE NON-CHRISTIAN INHABITANTS OF THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE AND NUEVA VIZCAYA FOR THE FISCAL YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
AN ACT TO AMEND THE SECOND PARAGRAPH OF SECTION TWENTY-SEVEN OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FIVE, ENTITLED "AN ACT GRANTING SENOR VICENTE SOTELO Y MATTI, A NATIVE AND RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF MANILA, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND HIS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, A FRANCHISE TO ESTABLISH, CONSTRUCT, EQUIP, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE A RAILROAD IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE ISLAND OF NEGROS, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS."
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE MUNICIPALITY OF ILOILO TO ISSUE BONDS TO THE AMOUNT OF TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, IN MONEY 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 TO CONSTRUCT BUILDINGS FOR PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN SAID MUNICIPALITY, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION ELEVEN OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS APPROVED AUGUST TWENTY-NINTH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO DECLARE THE PURPOSE OF THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES AS TO THE FUTURE POLITICAL STATUS OF THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND TO PROVIDE A MORE AUTONOMOUS GOVERNMENT FOR THOSE ISLANDS."
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR PUBLIC WORKS AND PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF MINDANAO AND SULU.
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SIX HUNDRED AND FORTY-FOUR, ENTITLED "AN ACT GRANTING TO EUSEBIO DIAZ CACITAS A FRANCHISE TO INSTALL, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT, AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF TABACO, IN THE PROVINCE OF ALBAY, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS," BY EXTENDING THE TIME LIMITS SPECIFIED THEREIN.
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR PUBLIC WORKS AND PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE AND THE PROVINCE OF NUEVA VIZCAYA.
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE TOBACCO PROPAGANDA AND INSPECTION.
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND PESOS TO AID IN THE MAINTENANCE OF PRIMARY SCHOOLS ESTABLISHED IN MUNICIPALITIES WHERE THERE ARE LANDS COMMONLY KNOWN AS FRIAR ESTATES AND OF THOSE WHICH MAY HEREAFTER BE ESTABLISHED IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-THREE HUNDRED AND SEVEN, AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-TWO, ABOLISHING THE BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSIONERS AS AT PRESENT CONSTITUTED AND CREATING IN LIEU THEREOF A PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
AN ACT TO MAKE APPROPRIATE PROVISION FOR THE CONFINEMENT ELSEWHERE THAN IN BILIBID OF PRISONERS SUFFERING FROM TUBERCULOSIS AND OTHER DANGEROUS COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, AND FOR THE UTILIZATION OF PRISON LABOR IN THE PRODUCTION OF FOODSTUFFS, AND MAKING APPROPRIATION THEREFOR.
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND PESOS, OR SO MUCH THEREOF AS MAY BE NECESSARY, FOR THE PURCHASE, INSTALLATION, AND OPERATION OF TWO MACHINES FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE MAGUEY INDUSTRY.
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF AND AID TO THE GOVERNMENT AGRICULTURAL COLONIES.
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHTY-THREE, AS AMENDED BY ACTS NUMBERED TWENTY-THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FOUR, TWENTY-FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE, AND TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED AND NINETY-ONE, FIXING A LOWER RATE OF INTEREST AND EXTENDING THE TIME FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE LOANS TO THE MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE CERTAIN FACILITIES FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY.
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