Republic Act No. 1585

Full Title
AN ACT GRANTING THE PHILIPPINE STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE PRIVATE FIXED POINT-TO-POINT AND LAND BASED RADIO STATIONS AND LAND MOBILE SERVICE FOR THE RECEPTION AND TRANSMISSION OF RADIO COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN THE PHILIPPINES.
Date of Approval
June 16, 1956

Republic Act No. 1586

Full Title
AN ACT CONVERTING THE LEODEGARIO VICTORINO HIGH SCHOOL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF MARIKINA, PROVINCE OF RIZAL, INTO AN INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL OF ARTS AND TRADES TO BE KNOWN AS THE MARIKINA SCHOOL OF ARTS AND TRADES, AND AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS THEREFOR.
Date of Approval
June 16, 1956

Republic Act No. 1588

Full Title
AN ACT CONDONING THE LIQUIDATED DAMAGES IN THE AMOUNT OF FOUR THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY PESOS IMPOSED ON ENGINEER-CONTRACTOR ANDRES BOLINAS, JR., OF DARAGA, ALBAY, DUE TO HIS FAILURE TO FINISH WITHIN THE CONTRACT PERIOD THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE LEGASPI SLAUGHTERHOUSE.
Date of Approval
June 16, 1956

Republic Act No. 1589

Full Title
AN ACT GRANTING THE BINALBAGAN-ISABELA SUGAR COMPANY, INC., A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE PRIVATE FIXED POINT-TO-POINT RADIO STATIONS FOR THE RECEPTION AND TRANSMISSION OF RADIO COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN THE PHILIPPINES.
Date of Approval
June 16, 1956

Republic Act No. 1590

Full Title
AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS AS AID TO THE PHILIPPINE AMATEUR ATHLETIC FEDERATION FOR THE EXPENSES IT WILL INCUR IN THE OLYMPICS OF 1956 WHICH WILL BE HELD IN MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA.
Date of Approval
June 16, 1956

Republic Act No. 1594

Full Title
AN ACT APPROPRIATING AS ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE POTOTAN PUBLIC LIBRARY AND BOY SCOUT BUILDING IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF POTOTAN, PROVINCE OF ILOILO, THE UNEXPENDED BALANCE OF APPROPRIATION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE POTOTAN MUNICIPAL BUILDING UNDER REPUBLIC ACT TWELVE HUNDRED.
Date of Approval
June 16, 1956

Republic Act No. 1595

Full Title
AN ACT CONVERTING THE LAMBUNAO HIGH SCHOOL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF LAMBUNAO, PROVINCE OF ILOILO, INTO A REGIONAL VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS THE ILOILO VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL, AND AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATIONS THEREFOR.
Date of Approval
June 16, 1956

Republic Act No. 1596

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND ONE, SO AS TO EXTEND THE PERIOD WITHIN WHICH VOLUNTARY PAYMENT WITHOUT INTERESTS OF PRE-WAR OBLIGATIONS MAY BE MADE AS WELL AS THE PERIOD WITHIN WHICH INTERESTS PAID SHALL BE APPLIED IN PAYMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL OBLIGATION.
Date of Approval
June 16, 1956

Republic Act No. 16

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO OBTAIN SUCH LOANS OR INCUR SUCH INDEBTEDNESS WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES, ITS AGENCIES AND INSTRUMENTALITIES, AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO COVER BUDGETARY DEFICITS AND OTHER EXPENDITURES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES FOR REHABILITATION AND OTHER PURPOSES, AND APPROPRIATING THE NECESSARY FUNDS THEREFOR
Date of Approval
September 18, 1946

Republic Act No. 1600

Full Title
AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES DURING THE PERIOD FROM JULY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SIX TO JUNE THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SEVEN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
July 11, 1956

Republic Act No. 1601

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED THIRTEEN HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE, ENTITLED "AN ACT CREATING THE NATIONAL MARKETING CORPORATION, AND DISSOLVING THE PRICE STABILIZATION CORPORATION., APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES."
Date of Approval
August 14, 1956

Republic Act No. 1603

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FOUR, ARTICLE THREE, CHAPTER ONE, SECTION FIVE, ARTICLE ONE, CHAPTER TWO, AND SECTIONS TWELVE AND FOURTEEN, ARTICLE THREE, CHAPTER TWO, OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-NINE HUNDRED AND NINETY-TWO, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE MOTOR VEHICLE LAW, AS AMENDED.
Date of Approval
August 23, 1956
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Republic Act No. 1605

Full Title
AN ACT TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF JUSTICES OF THE COURT OF APPEALS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY-SIX, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "THE JUDICIARY ACT OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-EIGHT."
Date of Approval
August 23, 1956

Republic Act No. 1607

Full Title
AN ACT DECLARING INTRAMUROS A COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL AND EDUCATIONAL DISTRICT, REPEALING FOR THAT PURPOSE COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-ONE AND REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED NINETY-SEVEN.
Date of Approval
August 23, 1956

Republic Act No. 1615

Full Title
AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF FIFTEEN MILLION PESOS TO DEFRAY THE EXPENSES OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT IN CONNECTION WITH, AND INCIDENTAL TO, THE HOLDING OF THE NATIONAL ELECTIONS TO BE HELD ON THE SECOND TUESDAY OF NOVEMBER, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SEVEN.
Date of Approval
May 20, 1957

Republic Act No. 1616

Full Title
AN ACT FURTHER AMENDING SECTION TWELVE OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SIX, AS AMENDED, BY PRESCRIBING TWO OTHER MODES OF RETIREMENT AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
May 31, 1957

Republic Act No. 1618

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND TWO, ENTITLED "AN ACT GRANTING THE CLAVECILLA RADIO SYSTEM A FRANCHISE TO ESTABLISH RADIO STATIONS FOR BROADCASTING, TELECOMMUNCIATIONS AND TELEVISION."
Date of Approval
June 4, 1957

Republic Act No. 1623

Full Title
AN ACT APPROPRIATING FIFTEEN MILLION PESOS OUT OF THE PROCEEDS OF THE SALES OF BONDS AUTHORIZED UNDER REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED ONE THOUSAND FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE SOUTHERN LINE OF THE MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY FROM THE MUNICIPALITY OF DARAGA, PROVINCE OF ALBAY, TO THE MUNICIPALITY OF MATNOG, PROVINCE OF SORSOGON.
Date of Approval
June 13, 1957

Republic Act No. 163

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION SEVEN, TEN, ELEVEN, THIRTEEN, TWENTY-ONE, TWENTY-TWO, TWENTY-FOUR, TWENTY-FIVE, TWENTY-NINE, SEVENTY-FIVE, EIGHTY-THREE, AND EIGHTY-SEVEN OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY, ENTITLED "AN ACT CREATING THE CITY OF SAN PABLO"
Date of Approval
June 20, 1947