AN ACT PERMITTING THE ISSUING OF SPECIAL LICENSES TO ENGAGE IN THE COASTWISE TRADE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS UNTIL JULY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FOUR, TO VESSELS NOT ENTITLED TO GENERAL COASTWISE-TRADE LICENSES UNDER THE CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATIVE ACT, AND AUTHORIZING THE FIXING OF MAXIMUM RATES FOR TRANSPORTATION OF MERCHANDISE AND PASSENGERS IN THE COASTWISE TRADE

AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED TWELVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-EIGHT, ENTITLED "AN ACT AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING: REGISTERS OF DEEDS TO PERFORM CERTAIN DUTIES OF COMMERCIAL REGISTERS AS DEFINED IN TITLE TWO OF THE CODE OF COMMERCE, AND PROVIDING THAT THE DOCUMENTING, REGISTRY, ENROLLMENT, AND LICENSING OF VESSELS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATIVE ACT AND THE CUSTOMS RULES AND REGULATIONS SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A REGISTRY OF VESSELS WITHIN THE MEANING OF SAID TITLE," BY PROVIDING THAT THE INSULAR COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS SHALL PERFORM THE DUTIES OF COMMERCIAL REGISTER CONCERNING THE REGISTERING OF VESSELS, AS DEFINED IN TITLE TWO OF THE CODE OF COMMERCE.