Philippine Statutes — 1938

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• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, INCREASING THE SALARIES OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR.Commonwealth Act No. 299June 8, 1938
• AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINE.Commonwealth Act No. 300June 8, 1938
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS TWO, THREE, FOUR, SIX, EIGHT AND NINE OF ACT NUMBERED FORTY-ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY BY PLACING THE PHILIPPINE CHARITY SWEEPSTAKE OFFICE ON AN EQUAL FOOTING WITH PRIVATE CORPORATIONS.Commonwealth Act No. 301June 8, 1938
• AN ACT GRANTING THE "METROPOLITAN RADIO CORPORATION" A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN, AND OP­ERATE STATIONS FOR THE TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION OF WIRELESS MESSAGES.Commonwealth Act No. 302June 8, 1938
• AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE TIME OF PAY­MENT OF SALARIES AND WAGES OF LABORERS AND EMPLOYEES; PROHIBIT­ING THE FORCING, COMPELLING, OR OBLIGING OF ANY EMPLOYEE OR LABORER TO PURCHASE MERCHANDISE, COMMODITIES, OR ANY OTHER PERSONAL PROPERTY UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, AND THE PAYMENT OF THE SALARY OR WAGES OF AN EMPLOYEE OR LABORER BY MEANS OF TOKENS OR OBJECTS OTHER THAN THE LEGAL TENDER CURRENCY OF THE PHILIPPINES; PRESCRIBING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS HEREOF.Commonwealth Act No. 303June 8, 1938
• AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE REFORESTATION AND AFFORESTATION OF WATERSHEDS, DENUDED AREAS AND COGON OR OPEN LANDS WITHIN FOREST RESERVES, COMMUNAL FORESTS, NATIONAL PARKS AND TIMBERLANDS, SAND DUNES, AND OTHER PUBLIC FOREST LANDS, IN THE PHILIPPINES, AND PROVIDING THE NECESSARY FUNDS THEREFOR.Commonwealth Act No. 304June 8, 1938
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS TWO AND THREE OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-TWO, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO CREATE A BOARD OF CENSORSHIP FOR MOVING PICTURES AND DEFINING ITS FUNCTIONS," AS AMENDED BY COMMONWEALTH ACT NUM­BERED ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN.Commonwealth Act No. 305June 8, 1938
• AN ACT TO ALLOW THE ACCEPTANCE OF DEPOSITS OF MORTGAGE AND SAVINGS BANKS AS SECURITY TOR LOANS, AMENDING TO THAT EFFECT SECTION ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE OF THE CORPORATION LAW.Commonwealth Act No. 306June 8, 1938
• AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES ON BEHALF OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIP­PINES TO SUPPLEMENT AND AMEND THE AGREEMENT HERETOFORE EXE­CUTED BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND THE ATLANTIC, GULF AND PACIFIC COMPANY OF MANILA, PURSUANT TO ACT NUMBERED THREE THOUSAND AND FIFTY-SIX.Commonwealth Act No. 307June 8, 1938
• AN ACT TO AMEND PARAGRAPH NUMBERED 4, UNDER D-IV-SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS, SECTION TWO, PASTES FIFTY-NINE AND SIXTY, ENGLISH VERSION, OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE PERTAINING TO THE APPROPRIATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR SO AS TO REITEMIZE ITEM D-IV-4-0) THEREOF AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.Commonwealth Act No. 308June 8, 1938
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS SIXTY-TWO AND SIXTY-EIGHT OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SEVEN, KNOWN AS THE "MINING ACT.Commonwealth Act No. 309June 8, 1938
• AN ACT PUNISHING THE TRANSFER OF PRIVATE AGRICULTURAL LAND TO DISQUALIFIED PERSONS IN VIOLATION OF THE CON­STITUTION OF THE PHILIPPINES.Commonwealth Act No. 310June 8, 1938
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS TWO, THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-TWO WHICH CREATES THE "NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMPANYCommonwealth Act No. 311June 8, 1938
• AN ACT TO AMEND PARAGRAPH (D) OF SECTION TWENTY-TWO OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE, IN OR­DER TO FIX THE RANK OF THE CHIEF OF STAFF AND HIS TERM OF OFFICE.Commonwealth Act No. 312June 8, 1938
• AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF REGIONAL NATIONAL VOCATIONAL TRADE SCHOOLS OF THE PHILIPPINE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND TRADES TYPE AND REGIONAL NATIONAL VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOLS OF THE CENTRAL LUZON AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOL TYPE AND THE PROPER SUPPORT AND EXPANSION OF SUCH SCHOOLS AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED.Commonwealth Act No. 313June 8, 1938
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN, AS AMENDED, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL TO PURCHASE ON BE­HALF OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, SEVENTY THOU­SAND SHARES OF THE CAPITAL STOCK OF THE .MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR PAYING THE PRICE OF SAID SHARES.Commonwealth Act No. 314June 8, 1938
• AN ACT PROVIDING FOR AN ADDITIONAL AP­PROPRIATION OF SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE REVOLVING FUND OF THE BUREAU OF PRINTING TO BE USED EXCLUSIVELY IN THE PRINTING AND BINDING OF CENSUS FORMS AND CENSUS VOLUMES, AND PROVIDING FOR THEIR DISTRIBUTION AND SALE.Commonwealth Act No. 315June 8, 1938
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO OF COM­MONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-TWO, ENTITLED "AN ACT PRO­VIDING FOR THE SUBDIVISION AND SALE OF ALL THE PORTIONS OF THE FRIAR LANDS ESTATES REMAINING UNDISPOSED OF."Commonwealth Act No. 316June 8, 1938
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE OF COM­MONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED AND ELEVENCommonwealth Act No. 317June 8, 1938
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FORTY-FIVE OF ACT NUMBERED TWO THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND TWELVE, ENTITLED "AN ACT CREATING THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL HANK," AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED TWO THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-EIGHT.Commonwealth Act No. 318June 8, 1938
• AN ACT PROVIDING THAT ALL RETIREMENT GRATUITIES OF OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES GRANTED RETIREMENT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-NINE, AS AMENDED, SHALL BE PAID FROM THE RESPECTIVE FUNDS FROM WHICH THE SALARIES OF THE SAID RETIRED OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES WERE BEING PAID AT THE TIME OF RETIREMENT.Commonwealth Act No. 319June 8, 1938
• AN ACT PRESCRIBING CERTAIN ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS OF THE GENERAL AUDITING OFFICE.Commonwealth Act No. 320June 8, 1938
• AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO DECLARE ANY AREA OR ZONE IN THE PHILIPPINES AS A NATIONAL DEFENSE ZONE, TO PROHIBIT ENTRY THEREIN EXCEPT TO CERTAIN CLASSES OF PERSONS, AND TO PRESCRIBE PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF.Commonwealth Act No. 321June 8, 1938
• AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY-NINE AND TWO THOUSAND AND THIRTY-ONE OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE.Commonwealth Act No. 322June 8, 1938
• AN ACT TO IMPOSE A MORE SEVERE PENALTY FOR THE CRIME OF THEFT OF LARGE CATTLE.Commonwealth Act No. 273June 2, 1938
• AN ACT PENALIZING THE SALE OR DISPOSITION OF IMPORTED EGGS THE SHELLS OF WHICH ARE NOT PLAINLY MARKED IMPORTED AS HEREIN PROVIDED.Commonwealth Act No. 274June 2, 1938
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWENTY-TWO OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-TWO.Commonwealth Act No. 275June 2, 1938
• AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE FILING IN THE PROPER COURT, UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, OF CERTAIN CLAIMS OF TITLE TO PARCELS OF LAND THAT HAVE BEEN DECLARED PUBLIC LAND, BY VIRTUE OF JUDICIAL S RENDERED WITHIN THE FIFTEEN YEARS NEXT PRECEDING THE APPROVAL OF THIS ACT.Commonwealth Act No. 276June 2, 1938
• AN ACT TO CONSIDER THE LATE MARIANO BUYSON LAMPA OF PAMPANGA, JUDGE OF FIRST INSTANCE, RETIRED UNDER ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-NINE, AS AMENDED.Commonwealth Act No. 277June 2, 1938
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE.Commonwealth Act No. 278June 2, 1938
• AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT PREFERENCE IN DISPATCHING SHALL BE GIVEN TO CASES INVOLVING CONFLICTS BETWEEN CAPITAL AND LABOR.Commonwealth Act No. 279June 2, 1938
• AN ACT PENALIZING THE CONSTRUCTION OR MAINTENANCE OF "COTTAS."Commonwealth Act No. 280June 2, 1938
• AN ACT TO FURTHER AMEND SECTION SIX HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-TWO OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, AS AMENDED BY SECTION SIXTEEN OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SEVEN, SO AS TO EXTEND THE TEMPORARY APPOINTMENT OF TEACHERS UNTIL THE END OF THE SCHOOL SEMESTER.Commonwealth Act No. 281June 2, 1938
• AN ACT TO SECURE THE UNITED STATES AGAINST LOSS OR DAMAGE TO ANY MILITARY OR NAVAL STORES, SUPPLIES, AND EQUIPMENT LOANED TO THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES.Commonwealth Act No. 282June 2, 1938
• AN ACT TO AMEND COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED EIGHTY-THREE KNOWN AS SECURITIES ACT, BY INSERTING SECTION TWENTY-ONE-A, AND AMENDING SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT THEREOF.Commonwealth Act No. 283June 2, 1938
• AN ACT FIXING THE MINIMUM INDEMNITY IN ALL CASES OF CIVIL LIABILITY FOR THE DEATH OF A PERSON AT TWO THOUSAND PESOS.Commonwealth Act No. 284June 2, 1938
• AN ACT ABOLISHING- THE MANILA HARBOR BOARD, MAKING THE NECESSARY PROVISIONS FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUSTMENTS RESULTING THEREFROM, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR.Commonwealth Act No. 285June 2, 1938
• AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO EXTEND THE PRESENT TERRITORIAL LIMITS OF THE CITY OR BAGUIO.Commonwealth Act No. 286June 2, 1938
• AN ACT TO TRANSFER TO THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION THE POWERS, DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE BUREAU OF COMMERCE IN CONNECTION WITH THE REGISTRATION OF CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS AND TO AUTHORIZE THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION TO ENFORCE THE PROVISIONS OF ALL LAWS AFFECTING SUCH ENTITIES.Commonwealth Act No. 287June 2, 1938
• AN ACT TO PROVIDE PENSION FOR VETERANS OF THE PHILIPPINE REVOLUTIONS OR WARS.Commonwealth Act No. 288June 2, 1938
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION SIXTY-ONE OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE, KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL DEFENSE ACT.Commonwealth Act No. 267June 1, 1938
• AN ACT TO AMEND FURTHER SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-FIVE HUNDRED AND NINETY-SEVEN AS AMENDED.Commonwealth Act No. 268June 1, 1938
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE.Commonwealth Act No. 269June 1, 1938
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWENTY-ONE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE.Commonwealth Act No. 270June 1, 1938
• AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED FOUR THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PRESCRIBE CERTAIN PROVISIONS CONCERNING TENANCY CONTRACTS ON LAND PLANTED TO SUGAR CANE," SO AS TO INCLUDE FARM LABORERS, COMMONLY CALLED "PAKIADORES."Commonwealth Act No. 271June 1, 1938
• AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS NINETY ONE AND NINETY-TWO OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL DEFENSE ACT.Commonwealth Act No. 272June 1, 1938
• AN ACT TO GRANT COMPLETE POSTAL AND TELEGRAPH FRANKING PRIVILEGES TO THE COMMISSION OF THE CENSUS.Commonwealth Act No. 265May 19, 1938
• AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF ONE MILLION THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE RELIEF OF COMMUNITIES AND INDIGENT PERSONS WHO ARE SUFFERERS FROM TYPHOONS, FLOODS, OR OTHER PUBLIC CALAMITIES, AND OF THE UNEMPLOYED AND OTHER PERSONS DESERVING OF MATERIAL AID.Commonwealth Act No. 266May 19, 1938
• AN ACT CONFIRMING THE COMMITMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES UNDER THE INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT REGARDING THE REGULATION OF PRODUCTION AND MARKETING OF SUGAR AND THE PROTOCOL ANNEXED THERETO, BOTH SIGNED IN LONDON ON MAY SIXTH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SEVEN.Commonwealth Act No. 256April 28, 1938
• AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLES ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-THREE, ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FOUR, AND ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIVE OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE.Commonwealth Act No. 264April 21, 1938