Act No. 2246

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS ONE, THREE, AND FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN, BY EXTENDING THE TIME GRANTED TO THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO INVESTIGATE THE CAUSES OF THE EXCESSIVE INFANTILE MORTALITY IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
February 10, 1913

Act No. 2248

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT OF ACT NUMBERED FIFTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETEEN, KNOWN AS "THE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ACT," BY CHANGING THE PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.
Date of Approval
February 10, 1913

Act No. 2249

Full Title
AN ACT GIVING TO THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND TO MUNICIPALITIES AND PROVINCES THE RIGHT TO ACQUIRE FOR PUBLIC USES REAL PROPERTY OF PRIVATE OWNERSHIP BY CONDEMNATION UNDER JUDICIAL PROCESS AND CONFERRING ON COURTS OF FIRST INSTANCE EXCLUSIVE ORGINAL JURISDICTION THEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
February 10, 1913

Act No. 2251

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING SUBSECTION (I) OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-TWO OF ACT NUMBERED ELEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-NINE, KNOWN AS THE "INTERNAL-REVENUE LAW OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FOUR," BY INCLUDING MANUFACTURERS WITHIN ITS PROVISIONS AND CHANGING BASIS OF THE EXEMPTION THEREIN PROVIDED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
February 10, 1913

Act No. 2252

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-THREE OF ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY, KNOWN AS "CODE OF PROCEDURE IN CIVIL ACTIONS AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS," BY PROVIDING FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF CERTAIN WITNESSES.
Date of Approval
February 10, 1913

Act No. 2253

Full Title
AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND PESOS; PROVIDING FOR THE CREATION OF TWENTY SCHOLARSHIPS, FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THIRTY-THREE SCHOLARSHIPS ALREADY CREATED BY ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-ONE HUNDED AND SIXTY-EIGHT, AND FOR THE SALARIES, TRAVELING EXPENSES, AND EQUIPMENT OF THE GRADUATES OF THE GOVERNMENT FOREST SCHOOL AT LOS BANOS, LAGUNA.
Date of Approval
February 10, 1913
Major Topic

Act No. 2254

Full Title
AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF COLONIES AND PLANTATIONS FOR THE CULTIVATION OF RICE AND OTHER FOOD CEREALS, FOR THE BETTER DISTRIBUTION OF THE POPULATION OF THESE ISLANDS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
February 10, 1913

Act No. 2255

Full Title
AN ACT PROHIBITING MANUFACTURE, POSSESSION, AND SALE OF DYNAMITE AND OTHER EXPLOSIVES WITHOUT A SPECIAL PERMIT, PROVIDING A PENALTY THEREFORE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
February 10, 1913

Act No. 2256

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-NINE, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO REGULATE MOTOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, TO PROVIDE FOR THE REGISTRATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND THE LICENSING OF OPERATORS AND TO REQUIRE ALL VEHICLES ON HIGHWAYS TO CARRY LIGHTS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," BY PROVIDING PENALITIES FOR THE VIOLATIONS OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS THEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
February 10, 1913
Major Topic

Act No. 2257

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS FORTY-SIX, FIFTY-SEVEN, FIFTY,FIFTY-SEVEN, SEVENTY-FIVE AND SEVENTY-SIX OF ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-THREE, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE CITY OF MANILA," AND ADDING AT THE END THEREOF A NEW SECTION NUMBERED EIGHTY-NINE; BY PROVIDING THAT THE RATE OF THE ANNUAL TAX ON THE ASSESSED VALUE OF REAL ESTATE FOR THE CITY OF MANILA SHALL BE ONE AND ONE-HALF PER CENTUM; ENLARGING THE POWERS OF THE CITY ASSESSOR AND COLLECTOR IN THE MATTER OF THEASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF SAID TAX; PROVIDING FOR THE ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF SPECIAL TAXES FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
February 10, 1913

Act No. 2258

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS TWO AND THREE OF ACT NUMBERED EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-EIGHT, ENTITLED "AN ACT CREATING THE BUREAU OF LABOR, UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND POLICE," BY PROVIDING FOR THE PUNISHMENT OF PERSONS OBSTRUCTING OR RESISTING THE DIRECTOR OF LABOR OR HIS DEPUTIES IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
February 10, 1913

Act No. 2260

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING AN APPROPRIATION OF SIX HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
February 10, 1913
Major Topic

Act No. 2261

Full Title
AN ACT APPROPRIATING A CERTAIN SUM, OUT OF THE FUNDS IN THE INSULAR TREASURY NOT OTHERWISE APPROPRIATED, FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE NEW SOUTHERN ISLANDS HOSPITAL.
Date of Approval
February 10, 1913

Act No. 2262

Full Title
AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS, OUT OF ANY FUNDS IN THE INSULAR TREASURY NOT OTHERWISE APPROPRIATED, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SCHOOLHOUSE TO BE DENOMINATED "JOSE RIZAL SCHOOL BUILDING," IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CALAMBA, LAGUNA.
Date of Approval
February 10, 1913

Act No. 2263

Full Title
AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR CERTAIN EXPENSES OF A COMMISSION COMMITTEE AND AN ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE TO GO TO THE UNITED STATES.
Date of Approval
February 10, 1913

Act No. 2265

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY, ENTITLED "AN ACT PROVIDING A CODE OF PROCEDURE IN CIVIL ACTIONS AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS," BY PROVIDING FOR EXEMPTION FROM ADVERTISEMENT IN NEWSPAPERS OF THE NOTICE OF SALE ON EXECUTION OF REAL PROPERTY NOT EXCEEDING FOUR HUNDRED PESOS IN VALUE.
Date of Approval
February 10, 1913

Act No. 2266

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN, ENTITLED "AN ACT AMENDING THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT ACT SO AS TO PROVIDE A MORE SIMPLE METHOD OF PROCEDURE IN CASES OF SUSPENDED MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS AND JUSTICES OF THE PEACE," AS AMENDED, BY PROVIDING IN GREATER DETAIL FOR THE PROCEEDINGS UNDER SAID ACT.
Date of Approval
February 10, 1913

Act No. 2267

Full Title
AN ACT PROVIDING AN ADDITIONAL ASSOCIATE JUDGE OF THE COURT OF LAND REGISTRATION, FOR THE MORO PROVINCE, THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, THE PROVINCE OF AGUSAN, AND THE PROVINCE OF NUEVA VIZCAYA, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
February 16, 1913

Act No. 2268

Full Title
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR AN ADDITIONAL LIEUTENANT-COLONEL AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF CONSTABULARY IN THE TERRITORY INHABITED BY MOROS OR OTHER NON-CHRISTIAN TRIBES, AND INCREASING THE APPROPRIATION MADE BY ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHT FOR THE BUREAU OF CONSTABULARY.
Date of Approval
February 16, 1913

Act No. 2269

Full Title
AN ACT MAKING APPLICABLE TO THAT PART OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS INHABITED BY MOROS OR OTHER NON-CHRISTIAN TRIBES ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINE OF THE PHILIPPINE LEGISLATURE, ENTITLED "AN ACT AMENDING SECTION TWELVE OF ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY, AS AMENDED BY PROVIDING THAT UNTIL JANUARY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDERED AND TWENTY, BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH SHALL BE OFFICIAL LANGUAGES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
February 25, 1913

Act No. 2270

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SUBSECTION (D) OF SECTION FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-THREE, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE CITY OF BAGUIO AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," BY LIMITING CONTRACT WORK IN WHICH OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF BAGUIO ARE PROHIBITED FROM BEING INTERESTED, TO CITY CONTRACT WORK, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
March 2, 1913

Act No. 2271

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE MUNICIPALITY OF ZAMBOANGA TO INCUR AN INDEBTEDNESS OF ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS IN MONEY OF THE UNITED STATES, AND TO ISSUE BONDS COVERING THE AMOUNT OF SAID DEBTEDNESS, PAYABLE IN GOLD COIN OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FUNDS TO CONSTRUCT NECESSARY SEWER AND DRAINAGE FACILITIES, TO SECURE A SUFFICIENT SUPPLY OF WATER, AND NECESSARY BUILDINGS FOR PRIMARY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN SAID MUNICIPALITY, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OFSECTIONS SIXTY-SIX, SIXTY-SEVEN, SIXTY-EIGHT, AND SIXTY-NINE OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS APPROVED JULY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWO, ENTITLED "AN ACT TEMPORARILY TO PROVIDE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE AFFAIRS OF CIVIL GOVERNMENT IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," AS AMENDED.
Date of Approval
March 2, 1913
Major Topic

Act No. 2272

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND IN CERTAIN RESPECTS SECTION NINE, AS AMENDED, OF ACT NUMBERED SEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SEVEN, ENTITLED "AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF THE MORO PROVINCE," TO PROVIDE FOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF A PROSECUTING ATTORNEY AND A REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR THE MORO PROVINCE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
March 2, 1913

Act No. 2273

Full Title
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL TO GRANT TO THE AUTHORITIES OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS THE PRIVILEGE OF USING THE CURRENT OF THE BUED RIVER FOR THE PURPOSE OF OPERATING A HYDROELECTRIC PLANT AND A PUMPING STATION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
March 3, 1913

Act No. 2275

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHT, ENTITLED "AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUNDRY EXPENSES OF THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS OF AGUSAN, NUEVA VIZCAYA, AND THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, FOR INSULAR EXPENSES IN THE SAID PROVINCES AND THE MORO PROVINCE FOR THE PERIOD ENDING DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN," AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-EIGHT, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR ONE ADDITIONAL CAPTAIN AND SURGEON AND ONE ADDITIONAL FIRSTLIEUTENANT AND MEDICAL INSPECTOR IN THE BUREAU OF CONSTABULARY.
Date of Approval
April 17, 1913

Act No. 2276

Full Title
AN ACT MAKING APPLICABLE TO THAT PART OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS INHABITED BY MOROS OR OTHER NON-CHRISTIAN TRIBES CERTAIN ACTS OF THE THIRD PHILIPPINE LEGISLATURE.
Date of Approval
April 17, 1913

Act No. 2277

Full Title
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR ADDITONAL COMPENSATION FOR LIEUTENATS-COLONEL JOHN R. WHITE, PHILIPPINE CONSTABULARY, WHILE ACTING AS GOVERNOR OF THE PROVINCE OF AGUSAN, AND MAKING APPROPRIATION THEREFOR.
Date of Approval
April 17, 1913

Act No. 2278

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED TWO THOUSAND AND SIXTY-ONE, ENTITLED "AN ACT ESTABLISHING A SALES AGENCY FOR ARTICLES MANUFACTURED IN THE SCHOOLS IN THE PROVINCES INHABITED BY MOROS AND OTHER NON-CHRISTIAN TRIBES AND BY THE PEOPLE OF SAID PROVINCES, AND APPROPRIATING MONEY FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A SUITABLE BUILDING FOR THE SAME, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," AS AMENDED, BY PROVIDING A METHOD OF COMPUTING THE COMPENSATION OF THE SALES AGENT AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
May 1, 1913
Major Topic

Act No. 2279

Full Title
AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF THE BENGUET ROAD.
Date of Approval
June 13, 1913

Act No. 2280

Full Title
AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT, IN THAT PART OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS INHABITED BY MOROS OR OTHER NON-CHRISTIAN TRIBES, OF COLONIES AND PLANTATIONS FOR THE CULTIVATION OF RICE AND OTHER FOOD CEREALS, FOR THE BETTER DISTRIBUTION OF THE POPULATION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
August 22, 1913

Act No. 2281

Full Title
AN ACT RESTORING TO THE PUBLIC DOMAIN CERTAIN LANDS IN THE MORO PROVINCE RESERVED THEREFROM FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES BY EXECUTIVE ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL NUMBERED NINETY-THREE, SERIES OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHT.
Date of Approval
August 22, 1913

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. 2283

Full Title
AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC WORKS AND PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PROVINCE OF AGUSAN AND NUEVA VIZCAYA, THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, AND THE MORO PROVINCE.
Date of Approval
September 7, 1913

Act No. 2284

Full Title
AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS TO ENABLE THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE AND THE PROVINCES OF NUEVA VIZCAYA AND AGUSAN TO MAKE EXHIBITS OF THEIR PRODUCTS, INDUSTRIES, AND RESOURCES, AT THE PHILIPPINE EXPOSITION TO BE HELD IN THE YEAR NINTEEN HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN.
Date of Approval
September 7, 1913

Act No. 2285

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHT, ENTITLED "AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUNDRY EXPENSES OF THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS OF AGUSAN, NUEVA VIZCAYA, AND THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, FOR INSULAR EXPENSES IN THE SAID PROVINCES AND THE MORO PROVINCE FOR THE PERIOD ENDING DECEMBER THIRY-FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN." BY PROVIDING EXTRA COMPENSATION FOR THE ACTING GOVERNOR OF THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE.
Date of Approval
September 14, 1913

Act No. 2286

Full Title
AN ACT RESTORING TO THE PUBLIC DOMAIN CERTAIN LANDS IN THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE RESERVED THEREFROM FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES BY EXECUTIVE ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL NUMBERED SIXTY-THREE, SERIES OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SEVEN.
Date of Approval
September 26, 1913

Act No. 2287

Full Title
AN ACT PROHIBITNG THE SALE OF INTOXICATING LIQUORS, WITH CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS, IN THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, NUEVA VIZCAYA AND AGUSAN AGUSAN, EXCEPT IN CERTAIN DISTRICTS.
Date of Approval
October 3, 1913

Act No. 2290

Full Title
AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF SOGOD NORTE, PROVINCE OF LEYTE, TO SOGOD, AND THAT OF SOGOD SUR, IN THE SAME PROVINCE, TO LIBAGON.
Date of Approval
November 3, 1913

Act No. 2291

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING SUBSECTION (A) OF SECTION THREE OF THE ACT NUMBERED FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVEN BY REORGANIZING THE STAFF OF THE EXECUTIVE BUREAU, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
November 3, 1913

Act No. 2292

Full Title
AN ACT REAFFIRMING CERTAIN RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF THE LEGISLATIVE HOUSES IN THE EXERCISE OF THEIR FUNCTIONS.
Date of Approval
November 4, 1913

Act No. 2293

Full Title
AN ACT PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR WILLFUL DESTRUCTION, INJURY. OR TAKING OR CARRYING AWAY OF ANY PROPERTY OF THE PHILIPPINE LIBRARY.
Date of Approval
November 7, 1913