Commonwealth Act 467

Full Title
AN ACT APPROPRIATING ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES DURING THE FISCAL YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY.
Date of Approval
June 14, 1939

Commonwealth Act 468

Full Title
AN ACT TO CREATE AN ADVANCE FUND OF TWO MILLION PESOS TO FINANCE A GENERAL-REVISION OF REAL PROPERTY ASSESMENTS IN THE PROVINCES.
Date of Approval
June 14, 1939

Commonwealth Act 471

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED FOUR THOUSAND AND THREE, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO AMEND AND COMPILE THE LAW RELATING TO FISH AND OTHER AQUATIC RESOURCES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES."
Date of Approval
June 15, 1939

Commonwealth Act 472

Full Title
AN ACT REVISING THE GENERAL AUTHORITY OF MUNICIPAL COUNCILS AND MUNICIPAL DISTRICT COUNCILS TO LEVY TAXES, SUBJECT TO CERTAIN LIMITATIONS.
Date of Approval
June 15, 1939

Commonwealth Act 474

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN ITEMS AND TO INSERT OTHERS UNDER SECTION ONE, PARAGRAPH A, AND TO AMEND SECTION THREE, OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED FORTY.
Date of Approval
June 16, 1939

Commonwealth Act 475

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY, ENTITLED "AN ACT APPROPRIATING NINETY-SIX MILLION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE THOUSAND AND THREE HUNDRED PESOS FOR PUBLIC WORKS."
Date of Approval
June 16, 1939

Commonwealth Act 477

Full Title
AN ACT TO INCLUDE ALL DEPUTY GOVERNORS AND SPECIAL AGENTS OF THE SPECIALLY ORGANIZED PROVINCES AMONG OFFICERS EMBRACED IN UNCLASSIFIED SERVICE.
Date of Approval
June 17, 1939

Commonwealth Act 479

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PAYMENT OF PER DIEMS TO VICE-MAYORS AND COUNCILORS OF THE MUNICIPILATIES OF SPECIALLY ORGANIZED PROVINCES AND OF THE MUNICIPAL DISTRICTS OF ALL PROVINCES.
Date of Approval
June 17, 1939

Commonwealth Act 480

Full Title
AN ACT TRANSFERRING THE ADMINISTRATION AND GENERAL SUPERVISION OF THE PILAR IRRIGATION SYSTEM FROM THE MUNICIPALITY OF PILAR, PROVINCE OF BATAAN, TO THE DISTRICT ENGINEER OF THE SAID PROVINCE.
Date of Approval
June 17, 1939

Commonwealth Act 482

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING HIS EXCELLENCY, MANUEL L. QUEZON, PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES, TO ACCEPT THE DECORATION KNOWN AS THE "GRAND CROSS OF THE ORDER OF THE CROWN OF ITALY," CONFERRED UPON HIM BY HIS MAJESTY, THE KING OF ITALY.
Date of Approval
June 17, 1939

Commonwealth Act 483

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING HIS EXCELLENCY, MANUEL L. QUEZON, PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES, TO ACCEPT THE GIFT CONSISTING OF ARMS OF MEXICAN MANUFACTURE TENDERED HIM BY THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO.
Date of Approval
June 17, 1939

Commonwealth Act 484

Full Title
bAN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS ONE, THREE AND FOUR OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SIX, ENTITLED "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PHILIPPINE ANTITUBERCULOSIS SOCIETY TO HOLD HORSE RACES WITH BETTING, FOR CHARITABLE AND CIVIC PURPOSES AND TO PROMOTE HORSE BREEDING IN THESE ISLANDS."
Date of Approval
June 17, 1939

Commonwealth Act 487

Full Title
AN ACT TO GRANT THE COTABATO LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY, INCORPORATED, A FRANCHISE FOR AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER SYSTEM IN COTABATO, COTABATO.
Date of Approval
June 17, 1939
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Commonwealth Act 488

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING ROMAN BALUYUT TO SELL, CONVEY, ASSIGN, OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER HIS FRANCHISE AND ALL PROPERTY AND RIGHTS ACQUIRED UNDER ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-EIGHT HUNDRED AND EIGHTY, IN FAVOR OF THE RIVERSIDE ELECTRIC COMPANY, INCORPORATED.
Date of Approval
June 17, 1939
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Commonwealth Act 489

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION SEVEN OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FIFTY-SEVEN AS AMENDED BY COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-EIGHT.
Date of Approval
June 17, 1939

Commonwealth Act 490

Full Title
AN ACT TO GRANT REGULARLY APPOINTED MUNICIPAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES VACATION AND SICK LEAVE, BY AMENDING SECTIONS TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FOUR AND TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHT-FIVE-A OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED BY COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY.
Date of Approval
June 17, 1939

Commonwealth Act 491

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTIONS OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED AND NINETY, ENTITLED "AN ACT FOR THE PROTECTION OF GAME AND FISH."
Date of Approval
June 17, 1939

Commonwealth Act 492

Full Title
AN ACT TO SUBMIT TO THE FILIPINO PEOPLE, FOR APPROVAL THE AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE PHILIPPINES AND TO THE ORDINANCE APPENDED THERETO PROPOSED BY THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY IN RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON SEPTEMBER 15, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINE, AND TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS THEREFOR.
Date of Approval
September 18, 1939

Commonwealth Act 494

Full Title
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO SUSPEND, UNTIL THE DATE OF ADJOURNMENT OF THE NEXT REGULAR SESSION OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, EITHER WHOLLY OR PARTIALLY, THE OPERATION OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY -FOUR, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE EIGHT-HOUR LABOR LAW.
Date of Approval
September 29, 1939

Commonwealth Act 496

Full Title
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES FOR A LIMITED PERIOD, IN VIEW OF THE EXISTENCE OF A STATE OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY, TO TAKE OVER, FOR USE OR OPERATION BY THE GOVERNMENT, ANY PUBLIC SERVICE OR ENTERPRISE, TO PRESCRIBE PENALTIES FOR INTERFERING WITH THE EXERCISE BY THE GOVERNMENT OF ITS AUTHORITY THEREUNDER, AND AND TO APPROPRIATE THE NECESSARY FUNDS THEREFOR.
Date of Approval
September 29, 1939

Commonwealth Act 498

Full Title
AN ACT TO DECLARE IN VIEW OF THE EXISTENCE OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY, A NATIONAL POLICY IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES FOR A LIMITED PERIOD TO PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS AND TO TAKE OTHER NECESSARY STEPS TO EFFECTUATE SUCH POLICY, PRESCRIBING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE RULES AND REGULATIONS ISSUED BY THE PRESIDENT, AND PROVIDING APPROPRIATIONS THEREFOR.
Date of Approval
September 29, 1939

Commonwealth Act 499

Full Title
AN ACT TO REGULATE FOR A LIMITED PERIOD, IN VIEW OF THE EXISTENCE OF A STATE OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY, THE TRANSFER OF VESSELS AND OF SHIPPING FACILITIES AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF.
Date of Approval
September 29, 1939
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Commonwealth Act 500

Full Title
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT, IN VIEW OF THE EXISTENCE OF A STATE OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY, TO DECREASE EXPENDITURES OF THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE SUSPENSION OR ABANDONMENT OF SERVICES, ACTIVITIES, OR OPERATIONS OF NO IMMEDIATE NECESSITY.
Date of Approval
September 29, 1939

Commonwealth Act 501

Full Title
AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE ADJUSTMENTS OF THE PERSONNEL AND OTHER CHANGES IN THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AS CONTEMPLATED IN COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY THREE.
Date of Approval
September 29, 1939

Commonwealth Act 505

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED FORTY ENTITLED "AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF FIVE MILLION FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUILDINGS."
Date of Approval
October 26, 1939

Commonwealth Act 506

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY ENTITLED "AN ACT APPROPRIATING NINETY-SIX MILLION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE THOUSAND AND THREE HUNDRED PESOS FOR PUBLIC WORKS."
Date of Approval
October 26, 1939

Commonwealth Act 507

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED SIXTY-SEVEN ENTITLED "AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC WORKS," AS AMENDED.
Date of Approval
October 26, 1939

Commonwealth Act 508

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-NINE ENTITLED "AN ACT APPROPRIATING EIGHT MILLION ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY THOUSAND PESOS FOR PUBLIC WORKS."
Date of Approval
October 26, 1939

Commonwealth Act 509

Full Title
AN ACT APPROPRIATING ONE MILLION THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-ONE THOUSAND AND ONE HUNDRED FIFTY PESOS AS ADDITIONAL FUND FOR THE IMMEDIATE OPENING AND MAINTENANCE OF NEW PRIMARY CLASSES THROUGHOUT THE PHILIPPINES.
Date of Approval
November 9, 1939
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Commonwealth Act 510

Full Title
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES EITHER DIRECTLY OR THROUGH ANY DEPARTMENT, BUREAU, OFFICE, OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT WHICH HE MAY DESIGNATE FOR THE PURPOSE, TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE ALLOCATION, REALLOCATION, AND ADMINISTRATION OF QUOTAS ESTABLISHED FOR THE PHILIPPINES BY PUBLIC ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN OF THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, APPROVED MARCH TWENTY-FOUR, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FOUR, AS AMENDED BY PUBLIC ACTNUMBERED THREE HUNDRED OF THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, APPROVED AUGUST SEVEN, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINE.
Date of Approval
November 13, 1939

Commonwealth Act 511

Full Title
AN ACT TO CARRY OUT THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION SIX OF PUBLIC ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN OF THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, APPROVED MARCH TWENTY-FOUR, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FOUR, AS AMENDED BY PUBLIC ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED OF THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, APPROVED AUGUST SEVEN, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINE, REGARDING EXPORT TAXES, BY PROVIDING FOR THE IMPOSITION AND COLLECTION OF AN EXPORT TAX ON PHILIPPINE ARTICLES EXPORTED TO THE UNITED STATESAND THE DISPOSITION OF THE FUNDS DERIVED FROM SAID TAX.c2nd National Assembly
Date of Approval
December 11, 1939

Commonwealth Act 512

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE PHILIPPINE TARIFF ACT OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND NINE, AS AMENDED, FOR THE PURPOSE OF RAISING REVENUE.
Date of Approval
December 21, 1939

Commonwealth Act 513

Full Title
AN ACT APPROPRIATING FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS TO BE ADVANCED TO MUNICIPALITES AND MUNICIPAL DISTRICTS FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLS.
Date of Approval
February 7, 1940
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