Act No. 2

Full Title
AN ACT APPROPRIATING FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, MEXICAN, FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING A SURVEY TO ASCERTAIN THE MOST ADVANTAGEOUS ROUTE FOR A RAILROAD INTO THE MOUNTAINS OF BENGUET, ISLAND OF LUZON, AND THE PROBABLE COST THEREOF.
Date of Approval
September 11, 1900
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Act No. 554

Full Title
AN ACT CONFERRING A FRANCHISE UPON THE MANILA RAILWAY COMPANY, LIMITED, TO CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE A RAILROAD FROM GUIGUINTO, ON THE PRESENT LINE OF THE MANILA AND DAGUPAN RAILROAD, TO CABANATUAN, IN THE PROVINCE OF NUEVA ECIJA, AND ESTIMATED DISTANCE OF SEVENTY-ONE KILOMETERS
Date of Approval
December 7, 1902
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Act No. 586

Full Title
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPOIMNTMENT OF A RAILROAD ENGINEER AND AN ASSISTANT TO MAKE A REPORT (FOR USE IN THE UNITED STATES) UPON FEASIBLE RAILROAD LINES IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND TO ENCOURAGE THE INVESTMENT OF CAPITAL.
Date of Approval
January 7, 1903
Major Topic

Act No. 704

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED FIFTY HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FOUR, CONFERRING A FRANCHISE UPON THE MANILA RAILWAY COMPANY, LIMITED, TO CONSTRUCT A BRANCH RAILROAD FROM GUIGUINTO TO CABANATUAN, BY REQUIRING THE COMPANY TO PAY ONE AND ONE-HALF PER CENTUM
Date of Approval
March 26, 1903
Major Topic

Act No. 705

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE, CONFERING A FRANCHISE UPON THE MANILA RAILWAY COMPANY, LIMITED, TO CONSTRUCT TWO BRANCH ROADS, ONE CONNECTING MABALACAT WITH THE MAIN LINE, AND ONE CONNECTING BAYAMBANG WITH THE MAIN LINE
Date of Approval
March 26, 1903
Major Topic

Act No. 1348

Full Title
AN ACT CONFERRING UPON THE MANILA ELECTRIC RAILROAD AND LIGHT COMPANY A FRANCHISE FOR AN EXTENSION OF ITS LINES AND GRANTING IT THE RIGHT TO EXPROPRIATE LAND NECESSARY FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE COMPANY.
Date of Approval
May 22, 1905
Major Topic

Act No. 1446

Full Title
AN ACT GRANTING A FRANCHISE TO CHARLES M. SWIFT TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE AN ELECTRIC RAILWAY, AND TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT, AND POWER SYSTEM FROM A POINT IN THE CITY OF MANILA IN AN EASTERLY DIRECTION TO THE TOWN OF PASIG, IN THE PROVINCE OF RIZAL.
Date of Approval
January 29, 1906
Major Topic

Act No. 1447

Full Title
AN ACT GRANTING PERMISSION TO THE MANILA ELECTRIC RAILROAD AND LIGHT COMPANY TO CONSTRUCT CERTAIN TRACKS AND OVERHEAD WORK IN THE CITY OF MANILA AND USE THE SAME, AND TO CARRY FREIGHT AND PARCELS OVER ITS LINES.
Date of Approval
January 29, 1906
Major Topic

Act No. 1452

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED SEVEN HUNDRED AND THREE BY GRANTING TO THE MANILA RAILWAY COMPANY, LIMITED, A REVOCABLE LICENSE TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE A FERRY FROM THE FORT WILLIAM MCKINLEY STATION ON THE NORTH BANK TO A POINT IMMEDIATELY OPPOSITE ON THE SOUTH BANK OF THE PASIG RIVER.
Date of Approval
February 4, 1906
Major Topic

Act No. 1510

Full Title
AN ACT GRANTING TO THE MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY A CONCESSION FOR RAILWAY LINES IN THE ISLAND OF LUZON, AND PROVIDING IN RESPECT OF PROCEEDINGS FOR CONDEMNATION OF LAND BY PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS.
Date of Approval
July 6, 1906
Major Topic

Act No. 1592

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED TWELVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-EIGHT, ENTITLED "AN ACT MAKING ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS TO THOSE CONTAINED IN ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY, RELATING TO THE EXERCISE OF THE RIGHT OF EMINENT DOMAIN IN CASES WHERE THE EXERCISE OF SUCH POWER IS INVOKED BY A RAILROAD CORPORATION FOR THE PURPOSES OF CONSTRUCTING, EXTENDING, OR OPERATING ITS LINE."
Date of Approval
February 13, 1907
Major Topic

Act No. 1714

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SUBDIVISION (D) OF SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED FIFTEEN HUNDRED AND TEN SO AS TO AUTHORIZE A CHANGE OF THE RAILROAD ROUTE THEREIN PRESCRIBED, AND AUTHORIZING AND PROVIDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF MILEAGE EQUIVALENT TO THAT OF THE ROUTE ABANDONED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
September 17, 1907
Major Topic

Act No. 1977

Full Title
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE FILING, WITH THE DIVISION OF ARCHIVES, PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS AND TRADE-MARKS OF THE EXECUTIVE BUREAU, OF THE FIRST DEED OF MORTGAGE, TRUST OR GUARANTY, DATED THE NINETEENTH DAY OF MAY, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND NINE, EXECUTED BY THE MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY IN FAVOR OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND OF THE FARMERS' LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEES, CREATING UPON THE PROPERTY MENTIONED IN SAID INSTRUMENT A LIEN FROM THE DATE OF ITS FILING, MODIFYING THE PROVISIONS OF ACT NUMBERED EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND TWELVE, IN REGARD TO THE LIEN OF THE MORTGAGES FILED HERETOFORE, AND EXEMPTING SAID INSTRUMENTS FROM THE PAYMENT OF STAMP TAXES, AND THE FILING OF THE SUBORDINATING AGREEMENT.
Date of Approval
April 18, 1910
Major Topic

Act No. 2053

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE TWO OF THE FRANCHISE CONTAINED IN ACT NUMBERED FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-SEVEN OF THE PHILIPPINE COMMISSION, ENTITLED "AN ACT GRANTING TO THE PHILIPPINE RAILWAY COMPANY A CONCESSION TO CONSTRUCT RAILWAYS IN THE ISLANDS OF PANAY, NEGROS, AND CEBU, AND GUARANTEEING INTEREST ON THE FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS THEREOF, UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS APPROVED FEBRUARY SIXTH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIVE," BY EXTENDING ITS PROVISIONS UNDER CERTAIN LIMITATIONS, TO THE FORESHORE AND RECLAIMED LAND.
Date of Approval
February 2, 1911
Major Topic

Act No. 2282

Full Title
AN ACT GRANTING A FRANCHISE TO HERBERT C.HEALD TO CONSTRUCT OR ACQUIRE BY PURCHASE AND, FOR A PERIOD OF TWENTY YEARS, TO MAINTAIN AND OPERATE BY STEAM OR OTHER POWER AN AERIAL TRAMWAY FROM CAMP COLGANS NEAR KILOMETER TWENTY-FOUR ON THE BENGUET ROAD, SUBPROVINCE OF BENGUET, MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, APPROXIMATELY A DISTANCE OF FIVE KILOMETERS.
Date of Approval
August 31, 1913
Major Topic

Act No. 2373

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND PARAGRAPH TWO OF SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED FIFTEEN HUNDRED AND TEN, ENTITLED "AN ACT GRANTING TO THE MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY A CONCESSION FOR RAILWAY LINES IN THE ISLAND OF LUZON, AND PROVIDING IN RESPECT OF PROCEEDINGS FOR CONDEMNATION OF LAND BY PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS," MAKING ITS PROVISIONS EXTENSIVE, WITH CERTAIN LIMITATIONS, TO THE FORESHORE AND LAND RECLAIMED FROM THE SEA.
Date of Approval
February 27, 1914
Major Topic

Act No. 2485

Full Title
AN ACT GRANTING SEÑOR VICENTE SOTELO Y MATTI, A NATIVE AND RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF MANILA, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND HIS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, A FRANCHISE TO ESTABLISH, CONTRUCT, EQUIP, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE A RAILROAD IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE ISLAND OF NEGROS, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
Date of Approval
February 4, 1915
Major Topic

Act No. 2643

Full Title
AN ACT GRANTING RAMON FERNANDEZ, A CITIZEN OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF MANILA, AND HIS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, A FRANCHISE TO ESTABLISH, CONSTRUCT, EQUIP, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE A RAILROAD IN THE PROVINCE OF OCCIDENTAL NEGROS, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
Date of Approval
February 23, 1916
Major Topic

Act No. 2687

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND THE SECOND PARAGRAPH OF SECTION TWENTY-SEVEN OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FIVE, ENTITLED "AN ACT GRANTING SENOR VICENTE SOTELO Y MATTI, A NATIVE AND RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF MANILA, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND HIS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, A FRANCHISE TO ESTABLISH, CONSTRUCT, EQUIP, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE A RAILROAD IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE ISLAND OF NEGROS, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
Date of Approval
March 8, 1917
Major Topic

Act No. 2876

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND PARAGRAPH EIGHTEEN OF SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX, ENTITLED "AN ACT GRANTING TO THE MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS A CONCESSION TO CONSTRUCT A RAILROAD IN THE ISLAND OF LUZON."
Date of Approval
January 7, 1920
Major Topic

Act No. 3017

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE "MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY" TO ABANDON ITS RAILROAD LINE BETWEEN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF NOVELETA AND CAVITE, PROVINCE OF CAVITE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
March 7, 1922
Major Topic

Act No. 3188

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL AND THE MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS TO MAKE AN INVESTIGATION AND SURVEY AND SUBMIT THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A RAILROAD LINE IN THE PROVINCES OF LEYT E AND ORIENTAL NEGROS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THIS PURPOSE.
Date of Approval
November 27, 1924
Major Topic

Commonwealth Act 59

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE "MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS" TO DISCONTINUE AND ABANDON ITS RAILROAD LINES BETWEEN: (A) THE MUNICIPALITIES OT PASIG (ROSARIO) AND MONTALBAN, PROVINCE OF RIZAL; (B) THE RAILROAD STATION AT PACO, MANILA AND THE MUNICIPALITY OF NAIC, PROVINCE OF CAVITE; (C) THE MUNICIPALITIES OF BATANGAS AND BAUAN, PROVINCE OF BATANGAS; AND (D) THE MUNICIPALITIES OF LEGASPI AND TABACO, PROVINCE OF ALBAY.
Date of Approval
October 19, 1936
Major Topic

Commonwealth Act 174

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND PARAGRAPH SIX OF SUBSECTION TWO OF SECTION ONE OF ACTS NUMBERED FIFTEEN HUNDRED AND TEN, TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX, AND THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED AND NINETY-NINE, TO AUTHORIZE THE MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS TO CONSTRUCT TOLL VIADUCTS, TOLL BRIDGES, AND TOLL TUNNELS.
Date of Approval
November 11, 1936
Major Topic