AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ELECTION AND HOLDING OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION AUTHORIZED BY THE ACT OF THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES OF MARCH TWENTY-FOURTH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FOUR, APPROPRIATE FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

AN ACT AMENDING PARAGRAPHS TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE, TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY-NINE, AND TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FOUR OF THE PHILIPPINE TARIFF ACT OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND NINE, AS AMENDED.

AN ACT TO REGULATE THE NUMBER OF HOURS OF LABOR FOR CERTAIN CLASSES OF LABORERS, ESTABLISH PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE PROVISIONS HEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CIVIL CODE BY INSERTING BETWEEN SECTIONS FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FOUR AND FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE THREOF A NEW SECTION, TO BE KNOWN AS SECTION FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FOUR-A.

AN ACT TO CREATE THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, AMENDING FURTHER SECTION SEVENTY-FIVE, SEVENTY-SIX, AND EIGHTY-SIX OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, DESIGNATE THE BUREAUS TO BE UNDER ITS EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY, CONTROL, AND SUPERVISION, AMEND SECTION THIRTY- FOUR (A) OF ACT NUMBERED FOUR THOUSAND AND SEVEN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

AN ACT CREATING A NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS FOR THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH WORK ALONG SCIENTIFIC LINES.

AN ACT TO SEPARATE THE SITIOS OF ZIUANAN AND ZIMIGUI, FROM THE MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF LUNA, SUBPROVINCE OF APAYAO, AND THE SITIOS OF LATTUT, CAPACUAN, AND MACATAL, FROM THE MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF RIPANG, SUBPROVINCE OF APAYAO, AND MERGE THE SITIOS OF ZIUANAN AND ZIMIGUI WITH THE MUNICIPALITY OF PAMPLONA, AND THE SITIOS OF LATTUT, CAPACUAN, AND MACATAL, WITH THE MUNICIPALITY OF RIZAL, BOTH OF THE PROVINCE OF CAGAYAN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIVE, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO REGULATE THE SALE OF PROPERTY UNDER SPECIAL POWERS INSERTED IN OR ANNEXED TO REAL-ESTATE MORTGAGES."

AN ACT TO AMEND THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE EIGHTY OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE.

AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN HEADINGS OF TITLE FOUR, BOOK ONE, OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE.

AN ACT TO MAKE MORE LIBERAL THE PRESENT LEGAL PROVISIONS GOVERNING DISPOSSESSION, AMENDING SECTIONS EIGHTY AND EIGHTY-EIGHT OF THE CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE AS AMENDED, RESPECTIVELY, BY ACTS NUMBERED SEVENTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-EIGHT AND TWENTY- FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-EIGHT.

AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FOUR OF THE CIVIL CODE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE LABORERS.

AN ACT TO PRESCRIBE CERTAIN PROVISIONS CONCERNING TENANCY CONTRACTS ON LAND PLANTED TO SUGAR CANE.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY-ONE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED, BY GRANTING THE RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE TO THE WOMEN AND MAKING THEM ELIGIBLE TO ALL PUBLIC OFFICES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE BUREAU OF PUBLIC WORKS SHOPS WITH THE MARINE RAILWAY AND REPAIR SHOPS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE RELIEF IN THE EXISTING NATIONAL ECONOMIC EMERGENCY BY AMENDING SECTIONS TWO AND THREE OF ACT NUMBERED FOUR THOUSAND AND FIFTY-NINE, ENTITLED "AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC WORKS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

AN ACT TO CREATE AN ANTI-USURY BOARD, TO PRESCRIBE THE DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE SAID BOARD, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY-ONE OF THE CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, AS AMENDED, REGULATING INDEMNITY BONDS IN CLAIMS OF THIRD PARTIES TO ATTACHED PROPERTY, ESTABLISHING A SHORTER PERIOD OF PRESCRIPTION FOR ACTIONS UPON SUCH BONDS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE TO SELL A CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND OF THE PRIVATE DOMAIN OF THE INSULAR GOVERNMENT TO THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.

AN ACT GRANTING TO MARIANO R. LAMSON THE RIGHT TO SELL, CONVEY, ASSIGN OR TRANSFER HIS FRANCHISE AND ALL PROPERTY AND RIGHTS ACQUIRED THEREUNDER TO INSTALL, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN AN ELECTRIC CURRENT, HEAT AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SAN ANTONIO, PROVINCE OF NUEVA ECIJA, IN FAVOR OF THE SAN ANTONIO ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC.

AN ACT REGULATING THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE DIRECTOR OR CHIEF OF A HOSPITAL, IN THE EXTENSION OF CREDITS WITH RESPECT TO SUBSISTENCE AND TREATMENT OF PATIENTS UNDER HIS ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION.

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE TREASURER OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, UPON RECOMMENDATION OF THE SECRETARY OF FINANCE AND APPROVAL OF THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL, TO LOAN CERTAIN FUNDS OF THE INSULAR TREASURY TO FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS AND MEMBER BANKS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM IN THE UNITED STATES UPON CERTAIN CONDITIONS; AND AUTHORIZING SUCH BANKS UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS TO QUALIFY AS DEPOSITORIES OF SAID FUNDS BY FURNISHING SURETY BONDS IN LIEU OF DEPOSITING COLLATERAL, OR IN ADDITION THERETO.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR AN INDETERMINATE SENTENCE AND PAROLE FOR ALL PERSONS CONVICTED OF CERTAIN CRIMES BY THE COURTS OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS; TO CREATE A BOARD OF INDETERMINATE SENTENCE AND TO PROVIDE FUNDS THEREFOR; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

AN ACT CREATING A COMMITTEE TO FIX THE BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN THE MUNICIPALITY OF TALISAY, PROVINCE OF BATANGAS, AND THE ADJACENT MUNICIPALITIES OF SILANG, AMADEO, MENDEZ, AND ALFONSO, PROVINCE OF CAVITE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

AN ACT AMENDING CHAPTER ONE OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN, KNOWN AS "THE INSURANCE ACT," SO AS TO PROVIDE A TIME LIMIT OF NOT LESS THAN ONE YEAR FOR BRINGING SUIT UNDER ANY POLICY OF INSURANCE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS OUT OF THE "PORT WORKS FUND" CREATED BY ACT NUMBERED THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND NINETY-TWO TO BE TRANSFERRED TO THE GENERAL FUND TO REIMBURSE IN PART THE PAYMENTS MADE IN PRIOR YEARS FROM THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE INTERESTS AND SINKING FUNDS OF THE BONDS ISSUED BY VIRTUE OF ACT NUMBERED TWO THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND EIGHT AND THE INTERESTS AND SINKING FUNDS FOR THE YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FOUR OF THE BONDSISSUED BY VIRTUE OF ACTS NUMBERED THREE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN AND THREE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN.

AN ACT MAKING THE SITIO CALLED GUINTABU-AN, IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SARAVIA, PROVINCE OF OCCIDENTAL NEGROS, A NATIONAL PARK.

AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF CALAPAN CENTRAL SCHOOL, PROVINCE OF MINDORO, TO THAT OF ADRIATICO MEMORIAL SCHOOL.

AN ACT TO CHANGE THE NAMES OF CERTAIN STREETS OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF SAN FERNANDO, PROVINCE OF PAMPANGA.

AN ACT AMENDING SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SEVEN, ENTITLED "AN ACT PROHIBITING THE SALE OF INTOXICATING LIQUORS WITH CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS IN THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, NUEVA VIZCAYA, AND AGUSAN, EXCEPT IN CERTAIN DISTRICTS" AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-EIGHT HUNDRED AND FORTY-THREE.

AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF THIRTY THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE AID OF THE UNEMPLOYED AND OTHER PERSONS SEEKING RELIEF.

AN ACT TO PERMIT THE HOLDING OF SPARRING OR BOXING EXHIBITION MEETINGS TWICE A WEEK, UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.

AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SEVEN, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-NINE, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-TWO, TWO THOUSAND AND TWO, TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY-NINE, AND TWO THOUSAND AND THIRTY-ONE, ARTICLE VIII OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, REGARDING THE POSTAL SAVINGS BANK, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF A BARRIO IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF RIZAL, PROVINCE OF NUEVA ECIJA, FROM "DELINQUENTE" TO CORONEL PACO ROMAN."

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-THREE OF ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION SIXTY-EIGHT, AS AMENDED, OF ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX, AUTHORIZING JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, WHO ARE LAWYERS, TO HEAR, UPON ASSIGNMENT BY THE RESPECTIVE JUDGE OF FIRST INSTANCE, LAND REGISTRATION CASES WITHOUT OPPOSITION OR IN WHICH THE VALUE OF THE LOT CLAIMED DOES NOT EXCEED TWO THOUSAND PESOS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

AN ACT GIVING DISCRETION TO THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL, THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, A SENATOR OR REPRESENTATIVE AND THE CHIEF OF CONSTABULARY, TO NOMINATE ANY NUMBER OF CANDIDATES FOR APPOINTMENT AS CONSTABULARY CADETS, BY AMENDING SECTION SEVEN OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SIX HUNDRED AND FIVE, AS AMENDED.

AN ACT TO REPEAL SECTION SEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-TWO OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, KNOWN AS THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, PROVIDING FOR THE REGISTRATION OF DOCTOR'S CERTIFICATE IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS.

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-NINE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-NINE, ENTITLED "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PUBLIC WELFARE COMMISSIONER TO ARRANGE WITH ANY EXISTING ENTITY ENGAGED IN THE HORSE-RACING ENTERPRISE FOR THE HOLDING OF HORSE RACES FOR ONLY ONE TIME AND FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES, AND TO SELL TICKETS AT A PRICE TO BE FIXED BY HIM, TO BE DRAWN BY LOTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE RACES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED FOUR THOUSAND AND FORTY-EIGHT.

AN ACT FURTHER TO AMEND SECTION TEN OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY, ENTITLED "AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE SALE OF THE LAND KNOWN AS THE SAN LAZARO ESTATE, IN THE CITY OF MANILA," AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-FOUR HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-EIGHT, AUTHORIZING THE INVESTMENT OF THE SAN LAZARO INVESTMENT FUND IN THE PURCHASE OF INSULAR, PROVINCIAL OR MUNICIPAL BONDS.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PAYMENT OF RETIREMENT GRATUITIES TO OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY OF MANILA RETIRED FROM THE SERVICE AS A RESULT OF THE REORGANIZATION THEREOF BY THE CONSOLIDATION OF DEPARTMENTS, DIVISIONS OR OFFICES, OR WHO CEASE TO HOLD OFFICE BY OPERATION OF THE LAW, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION EIGHT OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-FIVE HUNDRED AND NINETY-FIVE, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO REGULATE THE MANUFACTURE, IMPORTATION, AND SALE OF GALVANIZED IRON, BARBED WIRE, AND NAILS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

AN ACT TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL OF APALIT, PAMPANGA, TO JOSE ESCALER MEMORIAL SCHOOL, IN HONOR OF THE LATE JOSE ESCALER, WHO WAS UNDERSECRETARY OF JUSTICE.

AN ACT CHANGING THE PRESENT NAME OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF BOLBOK, PROVINCE OF BATANGAS, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, TO SAN JUAN.

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS IN THE PRACTICE OF MIDWIFERY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

AN ACT TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE WEST CENTRAL SCHOOL OF VIGAN, ILOCOS SUR, TO BURGOS MEMORIAL SCHOOL.

AN ACT TO AMEND 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 THIRTY-ONE HUNDRED AND NINE.

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED FORTY HUNDRED AND FIFTY-NINE, ENTITLED "AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC WORKS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES."

AN ACT TO AMEND PARAGRAPH (C), SUBSECTION A OF SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED FORTY HUNDRED AND FIFTY-NINE, ENTITLED "AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC WORKS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES."

AN ACT TO AMEND PARAGRAPH (C) , SUBSECTION A OF SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED FOUR THOUSAND AND FIFTY-NINE.