Philippine Statutes — 1938

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• AN ACT TO AMEND THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, BY INSERTING BETWEEN SECTIONS TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE AND TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED FORTY-SIX, A NEW SECTION, TO BE KNOWN AS SECTION TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE-A, REGARDING SALARIES OF OFFICIALS OF THE CITY OF BAGUIO.Commonwealth Act No. 410September 14, 1938
• AN ACT AMENDING SECTION ONE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SEVEN OF ACT NUMBERED TWO THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, KNOWN AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED BY COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIVE, RESTORING THE SPECIFIC TAX ON FERMENTED LIQUORS TO ITS FORMER RATE.Commonwealth Act No. 411September 14, 1938
• AN ACT TO REDUCE THE CADASTRAL COST DUE FROM LANDOWNERS IN CADASTRAL SURVEYS UNDERTAKEN BY PRIVATE CORPORATIONS AND TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSECommonwealth Act No. 412September 14, 1938
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX, ENTITLED "AN ACT GRANTING TO THE PHILIPPINE LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE COMPANY A FRANCHISE TO INSTALL, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN A TELEPHONE SYSTEM THROUGHOUT THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS."Commonwealth Act No. 407September 13, 1938
• AN ACT FOR MAKING FURTHER AND MORE EFFECTUAL PROVISION FOR THE NATIONAL DEFENSE BY ESTABLISHING A SYSTEM OF MILITARY JUSTICE FOR PERSONS SUBJECT TO MILITARY LAW.Commonwealth Act No. 408September 13, 1938
• AN ACT TO DESIGNATE THE PROVINCIAL FISCALS OF PROVINCES WHOSE CAPITALS HAVE BEEN CONVERTED INTO CITIES, CITY ATTORNEYS EX OFFICIO THEREOF, WITH ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEYS THEREAT.Commonwealth Act No. 409September 13, 1938
• AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF CIVILIAN POSITIONS AND STANDARDIZATION OF SALARIES IN THE GOVERNMENT.Commonwealth Act No. 402September 12, 1938
• AN ACT TO CREATE A REVOLVING LOAN FUND OF TEN MILLION PESOS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PERMANENT PUBLIC MARKETS AND SLAUGHTERHOUSES AND WATERWORKS IN THE PHILIPPINES.Commonwealth Act No. 403September 12, 1938
• AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTIONS OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX, ENTITLED "AN ACT CREATING THE CITY OF BACOLOD."Commonwealth Act No. 404September 12, 1938
• AN ACT TO AMEND COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED FORTY, AS AMENDED BY COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED TWENTY-NINE.Commonwealth Act No. 405September 12, 1938
• AN ACT AMENDING SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED AND NINETY OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE SO AS TO GIVE COLLECTORS OF CUSTOMS DISCRETIONARY POWER TO IMPOSE SURCHARGES.Commonwealth Act No. 406September 12, 1938
• AN ACT TO PROHIBIT BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS TO TAKE OR RECEIVE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IN MONEY OR OTHER PROPERTY, REAL OR PERSONAL, OR CHOSES IN ACTION, A HIGHER RATE OT INTEREST OR GREATER SUM OR VALUE, INCLUDING COMMISSIONS, PREMIUMS, FINES OR PENALTIES FOR THE LOAN OR RENEWAL THEREOF OR FORBEARANCE OF MONEY, GOODS, OR CREDITS, OR DUES ON SHARES OF SUCH ASSOCIATIONS, THAN TWELVE PER CENTUM PER ANNUM, BY AMENDING SECTIONS TWO AND THREE OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE, AS AMENDED, AND AMENDING AND REPEALING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE CORPORATION LAW.Commonwealth Act No. 399September 11, 1938
• AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF INDEMNITIES AND PENSIONS IN CASES OF ACCIDENT DURING THE TRAINING OF TRAINEES OR RESERVISTS OF THE PHILIPPINE ARMY.Commonwealth Act No. 400September 11, 1938
• AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF POSTGRADUATE COURSES AND FELLOWSHIPS IN MEDICINE IN THE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES.Commonwealth Act No. 401September 11, 1938
• AN ACT CREATING THE CANCER INSTITUTE; DEFINING ITS POWERS, FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES; AND APPROPRIATING THE NECESSARY FUNDS FOR ITS ORGANIZATION AND OPERATION.Commonwealth Act No. 398September 6, 1938
• AN ACT AMENDING SECTION SIX AND PARA GRAPH (g) OF SECTION ELEVEN OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-EIGHT KNOWN AS THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF TAGAYTAY.Commonwealth Act No. 397September 5, 1938
• AN ACT TO ADOPT THE ORIGINAL AUTHENTIC FORM OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL ANTHEM AND TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR ITS PRINTING AND FREE DISTRIBUTION.Commonwealth Act No. 382September 4, 1938
• AN ACT TO PUNISH THE DUMPING INTO ANY RIVER OF REFUSE, WASTE MATTER OR SUBSTANCES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER THAT MAY BRING ABOUT THE RISE OR FILLING IN OF RIVER BEDS OR CAUSE ARTIFICIAL ALLUVIAL FORMATIONS.Commonwealth Act No. 383September 4, 1938
• AN ACT TO AMEND SEVERAL SECTIONS OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTY-TWO ENTITLED "AN ACT CREATING A PUBLIC CORPORATION DENOMINATED THE METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT, PRESCRIBING ITS FUNCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES", AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED FORTY-HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-NINE AND BY COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED SIXTY.Commonwealth Act No. 384September 4, 1938
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS SEVENTEEN, NINETEEN, TWENTY-TWO, TWENTY-FIVE, THIRTY-ONE, FORTY, FIFTY-TWO, SEVENTY-SIX-A, SEVENTY-EIGHT, EIGHTY-NINE, NINETY-FIVE AND NINETY-SEVEN OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE, KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL DEFENSE ACT, AS AMENDED, AND INSERTING FOUR NEW SECTIONS IN SAID ACT TO BE KNOWN AS SECTIONS TWENTY-FIVE-A, TWENTY-FIVE-B-NINETY—A AND NINETY-ONE-A.Commonwealth Act No. 385September 4, 1938
• AN ACT GRANTING TO THE PHILIPPINE PRESS WIRELESS, INC., A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE IN THE PHILIPPINES STATIONS FOR THE RECEPTION AND TRANSMISSION OF WIRELESS LONG DISTANCE MESSAGES, PICTURES OR OTHER MATTER PERTAINING TO THE PRESS.Commonwealth Act No. 386September 4, 1938
• AN ACT GRANTING TO THE UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONS A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE IN THE PHILIPPINES STATIONS FOR THE RECEPTION AND TRANSMISSION OF WIRELESS LONG DISTANCE MESSAGES, PICTURES OR OTHER MATTER PERTAINING TO THE PRESS.Commonwealth Act No. 387September 4, 1938
• AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF TWENTY, TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED PESOS TO CARRY OUT THE PURPOSES OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE DURING THE FISCAL YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINE.Commonwealth Act No. 388September 4, 1938
• AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF DAVAO TO ISSUE BONDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FUNDS TO CONSTRUCT THE NECESSARY SEWER FACILITIES AND OTHER PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS IN SAID CITY, AND AUTHORIZING ALSO A NATIONAL GOVERNMENT BOND ISSUE SECURED BY SAID CITY BONDS.Commonwealth Act No. 389September 4, 1938
• AN ACT TO AMEND COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED THIRTY ENTITLED "AN ACT APPROPRIATING NINETY-SIX MILLION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE THOUSAND AND THREE HUNDRED PESOS FOR PUBLIC WORKS."Commonwealth Act No. 390September 4, 1938
• AN ACT TO FURTHER AMEND SECTION TWO OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED SEVEN ENTITLED "AN ACT TO CREATE A NATIONAL LOAN AND INVESTMENT HOARD, DEFINING ITS POWERS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," AS AMENDED BY COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED NINE.Commonwealth Act No. 391September 4, 1938
• AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE USE OF A PORTION OF THE INCOME FROM THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE ARRASTRE SERVICE AT THE PORT OF MANILA FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE NECESSARY OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE SAID SERVICE AND FOR THE PURCHASE OF FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT NEEDED BY THE SAME, REQUIRING THAT THE UNUSED PORTION OF THE SAID INCOME SHALL ACCRUE TO THE GENERAL FUND IN THE PHILIPPINE TREASURY.Commonwealth Act No. 392September 4, 1938
• AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE ERECTION OF A COMMONWEALTH TRIUMPHAL ARCH IN THE CITY OF MANILA TO COMMEMORATE THE INAUGURATION OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES, PROVIDING THE MEANS OF RAISING FUNDS AND APPROPRIATING THE NECESSARY AMOUNT FOR THE PURPOSE.Commonwealth Act No. 393September 4, 1938
• AN ACT AMENDING ARTICLE VIII, CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, REGARDING THE PHILIPPINE ; POSTAL SAVINGS BANK.Commonwealth Act No. 394September 4, 1938
• AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAST ITEM OF THE SUBHEADING "V—SUMMARY" OF THE APPROPRIATION FOR THE NATIONAL LIBRARY MADE IN COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIVE SO AS TO MAKE THE PHRASE "LESS—FORCE SAVINGS, FROM SALARIES AND WAGES" TO READ "LESS—FORCED SAVINGS."Commonwealth Act No. 395September 4, 1938
• AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE LEVYING OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS TO COVER THE COST OF THE CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT OR REPAIR OF NATIONAL ROADS WITHIN THE CITY OF MANILA.Commonwealth Act No. 396September 4, 1938
• AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE WHITE CROSS, INC. TO HOLD HORSE RACES, WITH BETTING, FOR CHARITABLE AND CIVIC PURPOSES AND TO PROMOTE HORSE BREEDING IN THE PHILIPPINES.Commonwealth Act No. 363August 22, 1938
• AN ACT TO REPEAL SECTION THREE OF ACT NUMBERED THREE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO, AS AMENDED' BY SECTION TWO OF ACT NUMBERED FOUR THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-ONE OF THE PHILIPPINE LEGISLATURE, KNOWN AS THE CITY LOW­LAND IMPROVEMENT ACT.Commonwealth Act No. 364August 22, 1938
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS ONE AND TWELVE OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-EIGHT HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX REQUIRING A LICENSE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND/OR OPERATION OF RADIO RECEIVING STATIONS USED FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSE.Commonwealth Act No. 365August 22, 1938
• AN ACT TO AMEND PARAGRAPH (<i>E</i>) OF SECTION TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE.Commonwealth Act No. 366August 22, 1938
• AN ACT TRANSFERRING THE NATIONAL LIBRARY FROM THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Commonwealth Act No. 367August 22, 1938
• AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR A REVOLVING FUN FOR LABORERS' TENEMENT HOUSES.Commonwealth Act No. 368August 22, 1938
• AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FOUR MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS FROM THE EXCISE TAX RECEIVED FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO REIMBURSE THE AMOUNT APPROPRIATED UNDER ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-NINE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-TWO FROM FUNDS UNDER ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-NINE HUNDRED AND FORTY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF IRRIGATION SYSTEMS.Commonwealth Act No. 369August 22, 1938
• AN ACT TO CONSIDER THE LATE PEDRO MA. SISON OF PANGASINAN, JUDGE OF FIRST INSTANCE, RETIRED, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE PAYMENT OF A GRATUITY TO HIS WIDOW.Commonwealth Act No. 370August 22, 1938
• AN ACT GRANTING COMPENSATION TO THE WIDOW OR LEGITIMATE CHILDREN UNDER TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE OF THE LATE LIEUTENANT-COLONEL JAMES B. ORD OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY.Commonwealth Act No. 371August 22, 1938
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION THREE OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY SIX ENTITLED "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. 372August 22, 1938
• AN ACT CHANGING THE OFFICIAL FISCAL YEAR FROM THE PERIOD JANUARY FIRST TO DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST OF THE CALENDAR YEAR TO THE PERIOD FROM JULY FIRST OF EACH CALENDAR YEAR TO JUNE THIRTIETH OF THE CALENDAR YEAR IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING.Commonwealth Act No. 373August 22, 1938
• AN ACT TO AMEND PARAGRAPH (4), GENERAL PROVISIONS, SECTION SEVEN OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX, ENTITLED "AN ACT PRESCRIBING THE FORM OF THE BUDGET AND REGULATING THE EXPENDITURE OF AUTHORIZED APPROPRIATIONS."Commonwealth Act No. 374August 22, 1938
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY-ONE, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FIVE MILLION PESOS TO BE DISTRIBUTED BY THE SECRETARY OF FINANCE AMONG THE PROVINCES, SUBPROVINCES, CHARTERED CITIES, MUNICIPALITIES, AND MUNICIPAL DISTRICTS ON THE BASIS OF THE YEARLY AVERAGE OF THEIR SHARES IN THE PROCEEDS OF THE CEDULA TAX COLLECTED DURING THE YEARS NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-THREE, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FOUR, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIVE, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX, AND NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SEVEN, TO COMPENSATE THE SAID BRANCHES OF THE GOVERNMENT FOR THE LOSS FROM THEIR REVENUES ON ACCOUNT OF THE ABOLITION OF THE CEDULA TAX."Commonwealth Act No. 375August 22, 1938
• AN ACT TO AMEND ITEM 11, UNDER THE SUBHEADING "IV-SPECIAL AND GENERAL PURPOSES", HEADING "B-OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT", OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED, KNOWN AS THE GENERAL APPROPRIATION ACT FOR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINE, SO AS TO MAKE THE APPROPRIATION AUTHORIZED IN SAID ITEM AVAILABLE FOR EXPENDITURE BEGINNING ON THE DATE OF THE APPROVAL OF SAID GENERAL APPROPRIATION ACT.Commonwealth Act No. 376August 22, 1938
• AN ACT TO AMEND CONMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED SIXTY-SEVEN ENTITLED "AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC WORKS", AS AMENDED BY COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED TWENTY-EIGHT.Commonwealth Act No. 377August 22, 1938
• AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS WITH OWNERS OF LANDED ESTATES IN THE PHILIPPINES FOR THE PURPOSE OF LEASING SUCH ESTATES AND TO SUBLET THE SAME TO BONA FIDE OCCUPANTS OR QUALIFIED PERSONS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR.Commonwealth Act No. 378August 22, 1938
• AN ACT REQUIRING THE BRANDING AND REGISTRATION OF LARGE ANIMALS IMPORTED INTO THE PHILIPPINES AND PRESCRIBING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF THE SAME.Commonwealth Act No. 379August 22, 1938
• AN ACT REQUIRING THE MANAGE FOR PERSON IN CHARGE OF ANY SWEEPSTAKE, LOTTERY OR OTHER SIMILAR SCHEME FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES, AUTHORIZED TO BE CONDUCTED BY THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT OR BY ANY SUBDIVISION, AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY THEREOF, TO DEDUCT THE INCOME TAX DUE FROM WINNERS OF THE PRIZES AND TO PAY THE AMOUNT SO DEDUCTED TO THE COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE.Commonwealth Act No. 380August 22, 1938
• AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE SUPPORT OF PRIMARY AND INTERMEDIATE EDUCATION AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Commonwealth Act No. 381August 22, 1938