AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE TWO MILLION NINE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND PESOS TO COMPENSATE THE PROVINCES, SUBPROVINCES, CHARTERED CITIES, MUNICIPALITIES, AND MUNICIPAL DISTRICTS FOR THE LOSS IN REVENUE ON ACCOUNT OF THE ABOLITION OF THE CEDULA TAX

AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF TWO MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED FORTY THOUSAND PESOS TO BE REIMBURSED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR THE EXPENSES BORNE BY THEM FOR THE SECOND REGULAR ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, AND TO COVER THE UNPAID EXPENSES FOR THE PLEBISCITE ON WOMAN SUFFRAGE IN NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY SEVEN

AN ACT INCREASING THE PENALTY FOR ROBBERY OR THEFT OF MAIL MATTER, BY AMENDING ARTICLES THREE HUNDRED TWO, AND THREE HUNDRED TEN, AS AMENDED, OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE.

AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE AMOUNT OF TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS, OUT OF THE OIL EXCISE TAX FUNDS IN THE NATIONAL TREASURY NOT OTHERWISE APPROPRIATED, TO BE USED FOR HASTENING THE AGRONOMICAL SURVEY OF THE PHILIPPINES.

AN ACT TO EXEMPT ALL CASES OF SUMMARY SETTLEMENT OF ESTATES OF DECEASED PERSONS AND GUARDIANSHIP PROCEEDINGS IN WHICH THE GROSS VALUE OF THE ESTATE INVOLVE DO NOT EXCEED THREE HUNDRED PESOS, FROM THE PAYMENT OF FILING FEES AND OTHER EXPENSES.

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE CONVERSION INTO A CORPORATION OF THE INSTRUMENTALITY OR AGENCY IN CHARGE OF SUBLEASING LANDED ESTATES ACQUIRED THROUGH LEASE OR PURCHASE UNDER COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-EIGHT.

AN ACT TO AMEND COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHT, ENTITLED "AN ACT OF EVASION OF THE LAWS ON THE NATIONALIZATION OF CERTAIN RIGHTS, FRANCHISES OR PRIVILEGES."

AN ACT EXEMPTING MUNICIPALITIES AND MUNICIPAL DISTRICTS FROM THE PAYMENT OF DOCKET FEES FOR CRIMINAL CASES, INCLUDING VIOLATIONS OF MUNICIPAL ORDINANCES, IN JUSTICE OF THE PEACE COURTS.

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE EXECUTION OF PUBLIC WORKS OR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS IN CHARTERED CITIES.

AN ACT TO DESIGNATE DISTRICT ENGINEERS OF PROVINCES WHOSE CAPITALS HAVE BEEN CONVERTED INTO CITIES, CITY ENGINEERS EX-OFFICIO WITH ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION, PLACING ALL CITY ENGINEERS, INCLUDING THAT OF THE CITY OF MANILA UNDER THE SUPERVISION AND CONTROL OF THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, FIXING THE SALARY OF THE CITY ENGINEER OF MANILA, AND PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF ASSISTANT ENGINEERS, SUPERINTENDENTS, AND OTHER EMPLOYEES OF CHARTERED CITIES.

AN ACT MODIFYING THE MANNER, FORM AND AMOUNT OF THE BOND OF THE CLERK OF THE COURT OF APPEALS, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE, SECTION ONE HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE-M OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED BY COMMONWEALTH ACTS NUMBERED THREE AND TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY-NINE

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION SIXTY-TWO OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FIFTY-SEVEN AS AMENDED BY COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-EIGHT

AN ACT RELIEVING ALL PROVINCES, MUNICIPALITIES, AND MUNICIPAL DISTRICTS AND THE CITIES OF ZAMBOANGA AND DAVAO FROM THE PAYMENT OF SHERIFF FEES.

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BACOLOD TO ISSUE BONDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FUNDS TO CONSTRUCT A CITY HALL, THE NECESSARY SEWER FACILITIES AND OTHER PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE SAID CITY, AND AUTHORIZING ALSO A NATIONAL GOVERNMENT BOND ISSUE SECURED BY SAID CITY BONDS.

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES REGARDING THE ASSIGNMENT OF FILIPINOS TO UNITED STATES EMBASSIES OR CONSUALTIES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR.

AN ACT TO CREATE THE DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENSE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND PUBLIC WELFARE.

AN ACT TO GIVE THE BOARD OF DOCUMENTS DISCRETIONARY POWER TO DELEGATE TO ITS DULY AUTHORIZE REPRESENTATIVES ITS AUTHORITY TO WITNESS THE BURNING OF CONDEMNED RECORDS.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION SIXTY-TWO OF GENERAL ORDERS NUMBERED FIFTY-EIGHT, KNOWN AS THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, PROVIDING FOR THE TAKING OF DEPOSITIONS OR WRITTEN SWORN STATEMENTS OF MATERIAL WITNESSES WHO HAVE TO LEAVE THE PHILIPPINES WITH NO DEFINITE DATE OF RETURNING THERETO AND THEIR ADMISSION AS EVIDENCE IN THE TRIAL OF A CASE, UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.

AN ACT TO SUSPEND THE GRANTING OF GEOLOGICAL EXPLORATION AND PETROLEUM DRILLING LEASES UNDER ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-NINE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-TWO.

AN ACT VESTING IN THE TREASURER OF THE PHILIPPINES CERTAIN POWERS OVER TRUSTS FOR CHARITABLE USES AND APPROPRIATING THE NECESSARY FUNDS TO CARRY OUT THE PURPOSES THEREOF.

AN ACT TO ADD ANOTHER SUBSECTION SEVEN OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED TWO-HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE "BUDGET ACT," PROVIDING FOR THE TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT OF SUBSTITUTE OFFICERS OR MEMBERS OF THE CREW OF THE GOVERNMENT VESSELS.

bAN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS ONE AND THREE O COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND FOUR, ENTITLED "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 FORESTS LANDS, IN THE PHILIPPINES, AND PROVIDING THE NECESSARY FUNDS THEREFOR."

AN ACT PROHIBITING THE INVESTMENT OF ANY FUND OF A CORPORATION OR IN ANY OTHER CORPORATION OR IN ANY BUSINESS OTHER THAN THAT FOR WHICH IT WAS ORGANIZED UNLESS CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS ARE FULFILLED, AMENDING FOR THAT PURPOSE THE THE CORPORATION LAW, AS AMENDED.

bAN ACT TO AMEND SUBSECTION (M) OF SECTION TWO OF 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.

AN ACT TO AMEND COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY BY EXTENDING THE PERIOD FOR FILING APPLICATIONS THEREUNDER.

AN ACT TO DESIGNATE THE REGISTER OF DEEDS OF PROVINCES WHOSE CAPITALS HAVE BEEN CONVERTED INTO CITIES, AS CITY REGISTER OF DEEDS EX-OFFICIO THEREOF, WITH ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION.

AN ACT CREATING THE NATIONAL LAND SETTLEMENT ADMINISTRATION.

AN ACT TO DIRECT THE TRANSFER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES TO A SITE OUTSIDE THE CITY OF MANILA, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY, AS AMENDED, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE CHARTER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES,

EIGHT HOUR LABOR LAW

AN ACT TO AMEND SUBSECTION (C ) OF SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-NINE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-ONE.

AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY.

AN ACT TO FURTHER AMEND SECTION TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-ONE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN.

AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE CONSTRUCTION OF OBSTRUCTIONS HAZARDOUS TO AIR NAVIGATION, THE CONSTRUCTION OF PRIVATE LANDING FIELDS, ABUTTING OTHER LANDING FIELDS AND PRESCRIBING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF SAME.

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO CONDUCT NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE ACQUISITIONS, MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINES, OF THE MANILA ELECTRIC COMPANY, THE MANILA GAS CORPORATION, THE PHILIPPINE LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE COMPANY, AND ANY OTHER PUBLIC UTILITY CONCERN WHOSE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION BY THE GOVERNMENT ARE, IN HIS JUDGEMENT, REQUIRED BY PUBLIC INTEREST.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT, EQUIPMENT, MAINTENANCE, AND OPERATION OF BREEDING STATIONS AND STOCK FARMS FOR LIVESTOCK AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND THROUGH COMPULSORY CASTRATION OF UNDESIRABLE LIVESTOCK AND PRESCRIBING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF ITS PROVISIONS.

AN ACT TO CREATE THE LEGISLATIVE SERVICE OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR.

PASTURE LAND ACT

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES FOR A LIMITED PERIOD TO ABOLISH THE NATIONAL INFORMATION BOARD AND TO EFFECT ADJUSTMENTS OF THE PERSONNEL OF THE DEPARTMENTS OF THE INTERIOR, AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE, AND LABOR, TO CHANGE THE DESIGNATIONS OF ANY OFFICE OR POSITION, AND TO CONSOLIDATE ANY ITEM OR PART OF ITEMS OF APPROPRIATION FOR SALARIES AND WAGES WITH ANY OTHER ITEM OR ITEMS OR PARTS THEREOF IN SAID DEPARTMENTS.

AN ACT TO AMEND VARIOUS SECTIONS OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX, KNOWN AS THE PUBLIC SERVICE ACT.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN, THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-EIGHT, AND THREE HUNDRED FORTY OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS NINETEEN, TWENTY, AND ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED FORTY-ONE, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE PUBLIC LAND ACT.

AN ACT TO AMEND FURTHER SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-FIVE HUNDRED AND NINETY-SEVEN, AS AMENDED.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A RESERVE BANK IN THE PHILIPPINES.

AN ACT CREATING THE AGRIGULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL BANK.

AN ACT TO RAISE THE AMOUNT THAT MAY BE LOANED BY THE NATIONAL BANK FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES FROM SIXTY TO SEVENTY-FIVE PER CENT OF ITS CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, BY AMENDING ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-NINE HUNDRED AND THRTY-EIGHT, AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED FORTY-ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY.

AN ACT TO REGULATE THE RELATIONS BETWEEN LANDOWNER AND TENANT AND TO PROVIDE FOR COMPULSORY ARBITRATION OF ANY CONTROVERSY ARISING BETWEEN THEM.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS TWENTY-SEVEN AND TWENTY-EIGHT AND THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF SECTION TWENTY-NINE OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF DAVAO, RELATIVE TO TAXES ON REAL ESTATE IN THE SAID CITY.

AN ACT TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM PERIOD WITHIN WHICH THE PAYMENT OF LOANS OF MUNICIPAL FUNDS MAY BE MADE.

AN ACT TO REMIT, UNDER CERTIN CONDITIONS, UNPAID TAXES AND PENALTIES ON FORFEITED REAL PROPERTY.