Philippine Statutes — 1936

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• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS ONE, TWO, THREE, FIVE, SIX, AND TWELVE OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND SIX, AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED THIRTY HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIVE; TO REPEAL SECTION SEVENTEEN OF ACT NUMBERED FOUR THOUSAND AND SEVEN, KNOWN AS "THE REORGANIZATION LAW OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-TWO"; AND TO ESTABLISH THE OFFICE OF PRIVATE EDUCATION TO BE HEADED BY THE DIRECTOR OF PRIVATE EDUCATION.Commonwealth Act No. 180November 12, 1936
• AN ACT CREATING A DIVISION OF INVESTIGATION UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, DEFINING ITS POWERS AND DUTIES, AND APPROPRIATING THE ,NECESSARY FUNDS THEREFOR.Commonwealth Act No. 181November 12, 1936
• AN ACT TO CREATE A PUBLIC CORPORATION TO BE KNOWN AS THE "NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY," TO DEFINE ITS POWERS AND DUTIES, TO APPROPRIATE THE NECESSARY FUNDS THEREFOR, REPEALING THEREBY ACTS NUMBERED TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED AND FORTY-NINE AND TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-THREE.Commonwealth Act No. 182November 12, 1936
• AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND PESOS AS AID TO THE PHILIPPINE AMATEUR ATHLETIC FEDERATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF ATHLETICS AND/OR ATHLETIC COMPETITION IN THE SCHOOLS AND OTHER CIVIC INSTITUTIONS OF THE PHILIPPINES.Commonwealth Act No. 183November 12, 1936
• AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A NATIONAL LANGUAGE INSTITUTE AND DEFINE ITS POWERS AND DUTIES.Commonwealth Act No. 184November 12, 1936
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS ONE, TWO AND THREE OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED NINETY-FOUR, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO COORDINATE THE INFORMATION AND PUBLICITY AGENCIES OF THE GOVERNMENT AND TO PROVIDE FUNDS THEREFOR", AND TO INSERT A NEW SECTION AFTER SECTION THREE OF SAID ACT, TO BE KNOWN AS SECTION THREE (A).Commonwealth Act No. 185November 12, 1936
• AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE SURVEY AND SUBDIVISION OF ALL PUBLIC AGRICULTURAL LANDS LYING PARALLEL TO, AND EXTENDING WITHIN THREE KILOMETERS FROM, BOTH SIDES OF ANY PUBLIC HIGHWAY.Commonwealth Act No. 166November 11, 1936
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-TWO, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO CREATE A BOARD OF CENSORSHIP FOR MOVING PICTURES AND DEFINE ITS FUNCTIONS," IN ORDER TO AUTHORIZE SAID BOARD TO APPOINT SUCH REPRESENTATIVES OR AGENTS AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THE PROVISIONS OF SAID ACT.Commonwealth Act No. 167November 11, 1936
• AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE PROMOTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION IN THE PHILIPPINES, CREATING THE BUREAU OF AERONAUTICS, AND DEFINING ITS POWERS, DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS.Commonwealth Act No. 168November 11, 1936
• AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS TO BE EXPENDED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES FOR THE PURPOSE OF IDENTIFYING AND APPROPRIATELY MARKING THE HISTORIC ANTIQUITIES IN THE PHILIPPINES, OR PRESERVING, OR ACQUIRING THE SAME.Commonwealth Act No. 169November 11, 1936
• CENSUS ACT OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIXCommonwealth Act No. 170November 11, 1936
• AN ACT ADOPTING THE SPANISH COLONIAL TYPE OF ARCHITECTURE ON ALL BUILDINGS TO BE CONSTRUCTED, ALTERED, OR REPAIRED IN THE DISTRICT OF INTRAMUROS, CITY OF MANILA.Commonwealth Act No. 171November 11, 1936
• AN ACT AUTHORIZING DEFENDERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND ANY AGENT OF THE BUREAU OF LABOR THEREUNTO ESPECIALLY DEPUTED BY THE SECRETARY OF LABOR, THE UNDERSECRETARY OF DIRECTOR OF LABOR, TO ADMINISTER OATHS, ISSUE SUBPOENAS AND TAKE TESTIMONY.Commonwealth Act No. 172November 11, 1936
• AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT FOR THE BUREAU OF PRINTING TO PRINT TEXTBOOKS PREPARED AND FURNISHED BY THE BUREAU OF EDUCATION OR MANUSCRIPTS ACQUIRED BY THE GOVERNMENT.Commonwealth Act No. 173November 11, 1936
• AN ACT TO AMEND PARAGRAPH SIX OF SUBSECTION TWO OF SECTION ONE OF ACTS NUMBERED FIFTEEN HUNDRED AND TEN, TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX, AND THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED AND NINETY-NINE, TO AUTHORIZE THE MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY OT THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS TO CONSTRUCT TOLL VIADUCTS, TOLL BRIDGES, AND TOLL TUNNELS.Commonwealth Act No. 174November 11, 1936
• AN ACT TO DECLARE THE SECOND SUNDAY OF JANUARY OF EVERY YEAR "UNKNOWN CITIZENS' DAY" IN HONOR OF ALL UNKNOWN PATRIOTIC FILIPINO CITIZENS.Commonwealth Act No. 152November 8, 1936
• AN ACT TO IMPOSE PUNISHMENT UPON ANY PUBLIC OFFICIAL WHO SHALL, WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, ACCEPT ANY PRESENT, EMOLUMENT, OFFICE OR TITLE FROM A FOREIGN STATE, EXCEPTING HONORS OR TITLES OF A RELIGIOUS, ACADEMIC OR SCIENTIFIC NATURE.Commonwealth Act No. 153November 8, 1936
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO OF ACT AMENDING NUMBERED FORTY-TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY, ENTITLED, "AN ACT TO REVISE, AMEND, AND CONSOLIDATE ALL LAWS GOVERNING HORSE RACES, LIMIT THE SAME TO CERTAIN SPECIAL DATES, PROHIBIT ANY PERSON OR BODY OF PERSONS OTHER THAN THAT CONDUCTING A HORSE RACE FROM MAINTAINING OR USING A TOTALIZER OR SYSTEM OF BETTING OR GAMBLING ON SUCH RACE, PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION HEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES."Commonwealth Act No. 154November 8, 1936
• AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED FORTY-ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-TWO, SO AS TO GRANT CHARTERED CITIES, AND MUNICIPAL DISTRICTS, UNRESTRAINED POWER TO FIX REASONABLE SLANGHTER FEES TO BE CHARGED ON ANIMALS SLAUGHTERED IN PUBLIC SLAUGHTERHOUSES.Commonwealth Act No. 155November 8, 1936
• AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PHILIPPINE ANTITUBERCULOSIS SOCIETY TO HOLD HORSE RACES, WITH BETTING, FOR CHARITABLE AND CIVIC PURPOSES AND TO PROMOTE HORSE BREEDING IN THESE ISLANDS.Commonwealth Act No. 156November 8, 1936
• AN ACT AMENDING ARTICLE THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN, PARAGRAPH TWO, OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE.Commonwealth Act No. 157November 8, 1936
• AN ACT TO AMEND COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FIFTY-SEVEN, ENTITLED "AN ACT ESTABLISHING A FORM OF GOVERNMENT FOR THE CITY OF ILOILO."Commonwealth Act No. 158November 8, 1936
• AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE PARTICIPATION OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES IN THE INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION TO BE HELD AT PARIS, DURING THE YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SEVEN.Commonwealth Act No. 159November 8, 1936
• AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE PARTICIPATION OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES IN THE INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION TO BE HELD AT NAGOYA, JAPAN, DURING THE YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SEVEN.Commonwealth Act No. 160November 8, 1936
• AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THREE LEPER COLONIES IN LUZON AND TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE PURPOSE.Commonwealth Act No. 161November 8, 1936
• AN ACT AMENDING SECTION FOUR HUNDRED AND NINETY-NINE OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, REGARDING THE RIGHT OF MILITARY AUTHORITIES TO EJECT INTRUDERS FROM MILITARY RESERVATIONS.Commonwealth Act No. 162November 8, 1936
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION NINE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SEVEN OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE RELATIVE TO THE AUTHORITY OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO INVEST THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH WITH SPECIAL POWERS IN CERTAIN CASES.Commonwealth Act No. 163November 8, 1936
• AN ACT REVERTING TO THE UNAPPROPRIATED GENERAL FUND IN THE PHILIPPINE TREASURY ALL AMOUNTS COLLECTED BY THE BOHOL AND CAGAYAN FILIPINO COLONIES ESTABLISHED UNDER ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FOUR.Commonwealth Act No. 164November 8, 1936
• AN ACT LIMITING THE RATE OF SALARY OR WAGE WHICH AN EMPLOYEE OR LABORER OF THE GOVERNMENT MARINE RAILWAY AND REPAIR SHOPS EMPLOYED UNDER ACT NUMBERED FORTY- ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN MAY RECEIVE.Commonwealth Act No. 165November 8, 1936
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED TWELVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FIVE SO AS TO WITHDRAW FROM AGENTS OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS OF THE PHILIPPINES THE POWER AND AUTHORITY TO MAKE ARRESTS FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE LAW AGAINST CRUELTY TO ANIMALS AND FOR THE PROTECTION OF ANIMALS AND TO ABOLISH THE PRIVELEGE GRANTED THE SAID SOCIETY TO SHARE IN THE AMOUNT OF THE FINES COLLECTED FOR SUCH VIOLATIONS.Commonwealth Act No. 148November 7, 1936
• AND ACT TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF ONE MILLION ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS, OF WHICH SUM THE AMOUNT OF SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS IS APPROPRIATED FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE AYUNTAMIENTO BUILDING, AND FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS AS CONTRIBUTION FROM THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT TO THE CITY OF MANILA FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ADEQUATE CITY HALL, AND TO ABOLISH THE CONTRIBUTION TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SAID CITY AS PROVIDED IN SECTION TWO THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY-TWO OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE.Commonwealth Act No. 149November 7, 1936
• AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PAYMENT OF LONGEVITY PAY TO COMMISSIONED OFFICERS OF THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES JOINING THE ARMY OF THE PHILIPPINES AND TO INCLUDE SERVICE IN THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES AND/OR IN THE UNITED STATES MILITARY OR NAVAL ACADEMY IN DETERMINING THE PAY AND RIGHTS OF RETIREMENT OF COMMISSIONED OFFICERS IN THE ARMY OF THE PHILIPPINES.Commonwealth Act No. 150November 7, 1936
• AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF FORTY SEVEN THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR OF CERTAIN DAMS INSIDE THE FRIAR LAND ESTATES.Commonwealth Act No. 151November 7, 1936
• AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE AND OTHER CONTAGIOUS ANIMAL DISEASES AT PRESENT THREATENING THE LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY OF THE COUNTRY.Commonwealth Act No. 134November 6, 1936
• AN ACT AMENDING SECTION ONE THOUSAND AMENDING FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SEVEN OF ACT NUMBERED TWO THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, KNOWN AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED, FOR THE PURPOSE OF REVISING THE SPECIFIC TAX ON FERMENTED LIQUORS PROVIDED THEREIN.Commonwealth Act No. 135November 6, 1936
• AN ACT CREATING THE BUREAU OF MINES.Commonwealth Act No. 136November 6, 1936
• AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE CONSERVATION, DISPOSITION, AND DEVELOPMENT OF MINERAL LANDS AND MINERALSCommonwealth Act No. 137November 6, 1936
• COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 138 - AN ACT TO GIVE NATIVE PRODUCTS AND DOMESTIC ENTITIES THE PREFERENCE IN THE PURCHASE OF ARTICLES FOR THE GOVERNMENTCommonwealth Act No. 138November 6, 1936
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED FORTY-ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-ONE, SO AS TO PLACE ADMINISTRATION OF EXISTING PHILIPPINE IMMIGRATION LAWS UNDER THE JURISDICTION AND SUPERVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.Commonwealth Act No. 139November 6, 1936
• AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED FORTY-TWO HUN­DRED AND FORTY ENTITLED "AN ACT TO REVISE, AMEND, AND CONSOLIDATE ALL LAWS GOVERNING HORSE RACES, LIMIT THE SAME TO CERTAIN SPECIAL DATES, PROHIBIT ANY PERSON OR BODY OF PERSONS OTHER THAN THAT CONDUCTING A HORSE RACE FROM MAINTAINING OR USING A TOTALIZER OR SYSTEM OF BETTING OR GAMBLING ON SUCH RACE, PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION HEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES."Commonwealth Act No. 140November 6, 1936
• AN ACT TO AMEND AND COMPILE THE LAWS RELATIVE TO LANDS OF THE PUBLIC DOMAINCommonwealth Act No. 141November 6, 1936
• AN ACT TO REGULATE THE USE OF ALIASES.Commonwealth Act No. 142November 6, 1936
• AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN, BY INSERTING SECTION TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-ONE (A) BETWEEN SECTIONS TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-ONE AND TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-TWO THEREOF.Commonwealth Act No. 143November 6, 1936
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FOUR, SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-NINE, SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY, SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SIX, AND TWENTY-FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE, OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED.Commonwealth Act No. 144November 6, 1936
• AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTIONS OF ARTICLES THREE, FOUR, FIRE, AND SIX OF CHAPTER NINE OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED, SO AS TO REORGANIZE THE COURTS OF FIRST INSTANCE.Commonwealth Act No. 145November 6, 1936
• AN ACT TO REORGANIZE THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, PRESCRIBE ITS POWERS AND DUTIES, DEFINE AND REGULATE PUBLIC SERVICES, PROVIDE AND FIX THE RATES AND QUOTA OF EXPENSES TO BE PAID BY THE SAME, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Commonwealth Act No. 146November 6, 1936
• AN ACT TO STABILIZE THE PRICES OF BUNTAL FIBERS, BY DIRECTING AND AUTHORIZING THE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY TO FIX THE MINIMUM UNIT PRICE THEREOF, AND TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE PURCHASE BY THE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OF THE FIBER IN EXCESS OF DOMESTIC DEMANDS.Commonwealth Act No. 147November 6, 1936
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-FIVE HUNDRED AND NINETY-TWO KNOWN AS THE "PORT WORKS FUND ACT" AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE DISBURSEMENT OF SAID FUND SO AS TO INCLUDE THE COST OF THE INVESTIGATION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF BUOYS, LIGHT-HOUSES, AND OTHER AIDS TO MARINE NAVIGATION, AND FOR AIRPORTS AND LANDING FIELDS OF THE COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING THE PURCHASE AND MAINTENANCE OF THE NECESSARY EQUIPMENT FOR THOSE PURPOSES.Commonwealth Act No. 130November 5, 1936
• AN ACT TO CONSIDER STUDENTS WHILE ON TRAINEE INSTRUCTION OR REGULAR ACTIVE DUTY TRAINING, IN REGULAR ATTENDANCE IN THEIR SCHOOLS OR COLLEGES, ENTITLING THEM TO SPECIAL EXAMINATIONS IN THE YEAR OR COURSE IN WHICH THEY WERE ENROLLED AT THE TIME THEY WERE CALLED FOR TRAINEE INSTRUCTION AND ACTIVE DUTY TRAINING, AND TO PROMOTION TO THE NEXT HIGHER YEAR OR COURSE UPON PASSING1 SUCH EXAMINATION.Commonwealth Act No. 131November 5, 1936
• AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX PRESCRIBING THE FORM FOR BILLS ON ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER FRANCHISES, SO AS TO CONFORM TO THE CONSTITUTION, AND TO REQUIRE, PREVIOUS TO THE GRANTING OF A FRANCHISE, THE FILING OF A PETITION TO THAT EFFECT TOGETHER WITH ONE FOR MORE CERTIFICATES OF PUBLIC NECESSITY AND CONVENIENCE.Commonwealth Act No. 132November 5, 1936