Act No. 2295

Full Title
AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS, NOT OTHERWISE APPROPRIATED, FOR THE EXTERMINATION OF LOCUSTS.
Date of Approval
November 9, 1913

Act No. 2296

Full Title
AN ACT CHANGING THE NAMES OF DIRECTOR AND ASSISTANT DIRECTORS OF CONSTABULARY TO "CHIEF AND ASSISTANT CHIEFS OF CONSTABULARY."
Date of Approval
November 12, 1913

Act No. 2297

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING THE THIRD PARAGRAPH OF SECTION SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETY OF ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY, AS AMENDED, BY EXEMPTING MUNICIPALITIES AND INDIVIDUALS DECLARED INSOLVENT FROM THE OBLIGATION TO PAY THE FEE IN PROCEEDINGS FOR NONPAYMENT OF THE CEDULA TAX.
Date of Approval
November 20, 1913

Act No. 2298

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING ARTICLES EIGHTY-ONE, FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY-THREE, AND FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX OF THE PENAL CODE.
Date of Approval
November 23, 1913

Act No. 2299

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED SEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SEVEN, AS AMENDED, BY PROVIDING FOR THE SALARY OF THE FIRST CIVILIAN PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR OF THE MORO PROVINCE.
Date of Approval
November 24, 1913

Act No. 2300

Full Title
AN ACT CONFIRMING EXISTING LEGISLATION PROHIBITING SLAVERY, INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE, AND PEONAGE IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, SUBJECT TO MODIFICATIONS AS PROVIDED IN SECTIONS TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-EIGHT, TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-NINE, TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY, AND TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-ONE OF ACT OF THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES APPROVED MARCH FOURTH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND NINE, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO CODIFY, REVISE, AMD AMEND THE PENAL LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES," AND ADOPTING MEASURES FORPREVENTING VIOLATIONS OF SAID LAWS.
Date of Approval
November 27, 1913

Act No. 2301

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SEVEN BY EXEMPTING FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SAID ACT THOSE PERSONS WHO AT THE TIME OF THE PASSAGE THEREOF HELD LEGAL LICENSES FOR THE SALE OF THE INTOXICATING LIQUORS DESCRIBED THEREIN.
Date of Approval
December 8, 1913

Act No. 2302

Full Title
AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF SEVEN THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF TWENTY GOVERNMENT STUDENTS AT THE COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SCIENCE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES.
Date of Approval
December 11, 1913
Major Topic

Act No. 2303

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION SIX OF ACT NUMBERED SEVENTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY, PERMITTING PROVINCIAL BOARDS TO INTERVENE IN THE PREVENTION OF THE SPREAD OF DANGEROUS COMMUNICABLE ANIMAL DISEASES WITHIN THE ISLANDS.
Date of Approval
December 12, 1913

Act No. 2304

Full Title
AN ACT PROVIDING THAT ON AND AFTER THE FIRST DAY OF JANUARY, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN, UNTIL OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY LAW, THE RATE OF COMPENSATION OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES WHO SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE PAY FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS FOR SERVICES RENDERED ON AND AFTER SAID DATE SHALL BE AS MAY PROVIDED IN THE GENERAL APPROPRIATION ACT NOW IN COURSE OF PREPARATION AND ENACTMENT BY THE PHILIPPINE LEGISLATURE.
Date of Approval
December 18, 1913

Act No. 2305

Full Title
AN ACT TO MAKE THE FISCAL YEAR UNIFORM FOR ALL BRANCHES OF THE GOVERNMENT AND COINCIDENT WITH THE CALENDAR YEAR AND TO FIX THE TIME FOR MAKING ANNUAL REPORTS FOR OFFICERS OF THE DIFFERENT BRANCHES OF THE GOVERNMENT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
December 18, 1913

Act No. 2306

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL TO SELL OR LEASE THE BUILDINGS AND OTHER PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE INSULAR COLD-STORAGE AND ICE PLANT, AND TO LEASE THE LAND ON WHICH THE SAME IS SITUATED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
December 18, 1913

Act No. 2307

Full Title
AN ACT CREATING A BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSIONERS AND PRESCRIBING ITS DUTIES AND POWERS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
December 18, 1913
Major Topic

Act No. 2308

Full Title
AN ACT ABOLISHING THE BUREAU OF NAVIGATION AND TRANSFERRING TO OTHER BUREAUS CERTAIN PROPERTY, EQUIPMENT, FUNCTIONS, AND DUTIES HITHERTO APPERTAINING THERETO; PROVIDING FOR THE SALE OF CERTAIN PROPERTY, AUTHORIZING THE SALE OR LEASE OF THE MARINE RAILWAY AND REPAIR SHOP, AND REPEALING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF LAW RELATING TO THE BUREAU OF NAVIGATION.
Date of Approval
December 18, 1913
Major Topic

Act No. 2309

Full Title
AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE MORO PROVINCE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MINDANAO AND SULU, PLACING THE PROVINCE OF AGUSAN UNDER JURISDICTION AND CONTROL OF THE GOVERNOR OF THE SAID DEPARTMENT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
December 19, 1913

Act No. 2311

Full Title
AN ACT TO REPEAL SECTION THREE OF ACT NUMBERED EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE, ENTITLED "AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE PURCHASE AND PREPARATION OF LAND FOR CATTLE QUARANTINE STATIONS IN THE CITIES OF MANILA, CEBU, AND ILOILO. AND MAKING PROVISION FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT OF THE INSULAR TREASURY FOR THE SAID AMOUNT WITH THE PROCEEDS OF THE SALE OF THE SINGALONG EXPERIMENTAL STATION, MALATE, MANILA," AND DIRECTING THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE TO TAKE CHARGE OF THAT PART OF THE SINGALONG EXPERIMENTAL STATION NOT ALREADY SOLD.
Date of Approval
January 6, 1914

Act No. 2312

Full Title
AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF THAT PART OF THE NAGUILIAN-BAGUIO ROAD, INCLUDING BRIDGES AND CULVERTS, LYING WITHIN THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE FOR THE NEW FISCAL YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN AND APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF THIRTY THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF THE BENGUET ROAD FROM CAMP ONE TO BAGUIO, INCLUDING BRIDGES AND CULVERTS, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
January 14, 1914

Act No. 2313

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-THREE HUNDRED AND SEVEN, ENTITLED "AN ACT CREATING A BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSIONERS AND PRESCRIBING ITS DUTIES AND POWERS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES."
Date of Approval
January 14, 1913

Act No. 2314

Full Title
AN ACT TRANSFERRING THE OFFICE OF CONSULTING ARCHITECT TO THE BUREAU OF PUBLIC WORKS, AND PROVIDING THAT THE DUTIES HERETOFORE PERFORMED BY HIM IN FUTURE AS AN OFFICER OF THE BUREAU OF PUBLIC WORKS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
January 14, 1914

Act No. 2315

Full Title
AN ACT RENEWING CERTAIN APPROPRIATIONS IN ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHT, AS AMENDED NUMBERED TWENTY-TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FIVE, UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE REGULAR APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE AND THE PROVINCES OF NUEVA VIZCAYA AND AGUSAN, FOR THE NEW FISCAL YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN, SHALL HAVE BEEN MADE.
Date of Approval
January 16, 1914

Act No. 2317

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION EIGHT OF ACT NUMBERED SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE, ENTITLED "AN ACT FOR PREVENTING THE MANUFACTURE, SALE, OR TRANSPORTATION OF ADULTERATED AND MISBRANDED OR POISONOUS OR DELETRIOUS FOODS, DRUGS, MEDICINES, AND LIQUORS, AND FOR REGULATING TRAFFIC THEREIN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
January 21, 1914

Act No. 2318

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION FIVE OF ACT NUMBERED SEVENTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-EIGHT, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PROTECTION OF ANIMAL LIFE IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS," BY PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF SAID ACT.
Date of Approval
January 26, 1914

Act No. 2319

Full Title
AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR SUNDRY EXPENSES OF THE INSULAR GOVERNMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
January 30, 1914

Act No. 2320

Full Title
AN ACT ABOLISHING THE OFFICE OF SUPERVISING RAILWAY EXPERT CREATED BY ACT NUMBERED FIFTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVEN, AND TRANSFERRING THE DUTIES OF SAID OFFICE TO THE BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSIONERS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
January 30, 1914

Act No. 2321

Full Title
AN ACT EXEMPTING THE AMOUNT OF THE INSURANCE ON THE PHILIPPINE EXPOSITION BUILDINGS FROM THE PROVISIONS OF ACT NUMBERED SEVENTEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
February 2, 1914

Act No. 2322

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION THREE, SUBSECTION (B), OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FOUR, SUBSTITUTING FOR THE WORD "MASAPLUD" THE WORD "QUINAYAN."
Date of Approval
February 2, 1914

Act No. 2323

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION SIX OF ACT NUMBERED TWO THOUSAND AND NINETY-FIVE BY AUTHORIZING REIMBURSEMENT TO HOLDERS OF FELLOWSHIPS APPOINTED UNDER SAID ACT FOR CERTAIN EXPENSES.
Date of Approval
February 2, 1914

Act No. 2324

Full Title
AN ACT APPLYING THE PROVISIONS OF ACT NUMBERED TWO THOUSAND AND SIXTY-ONE, AS AMENDED, TO THAT PART OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS UNDER THE LEGISLATIVE JURISDICTION OF THE PHILIPPINE LEGISLATURE, AND APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF EIGHTY-TWO THOUSAND PESOS TO BE ADDED TO THE REIMBURSABLE FUND CREATED BY SAID ACT FOR THE OPERATION OF THE SALES AGENCY.
Date of Approval
February 17, 1914

Act No. 2325

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION THIRTEEN OF ACT NUMBERED NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX, KNOWN AS "THE PUBLIC LAND ACT," BY SPECIFYING THE MANNER IN WHICH THE PUBLICATION OF THE NOTICES OF SALE OF LANDS SHALL BE MADE.
Date of Approval
February 18, 1914

Act No. 2326

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED THIRTEEN HUNDED AND NINETY-SIX, ENTITLED "THE SPECIAL PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT ACT," BY PROVIDING THAT THE SALARIES OF THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR AND PROVINCIAL SECRETARY-TREASURER OF THE PROVINCE OF PALAWAN SHALL BE FOUR THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND FOUR THOUSAND PESOS, RESPECTIVELY, PER ANNUM, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
February 18, 1914

Act No. 2327

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-TWO, AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED TWO THOUSAND AND NINETY-ONE, BY PROVIDING THAT THE SALARY OF THE SECRETARY-TREASURER OF THE PROVINCE OF BATANES SHALL BE TWO THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED PESOS PER ANNUM.
Date of Approval
February 18, 1914

Act No. 2328

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLES NINETEEN AND TWENTY-TWO OF SECTION TWO OF ACT NUMBERED TWO THOUSAND AND THIRTY-FOUR, ENTITLED "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE GRANTING ON CERTAIN CONDITIONS OF A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE A STREET RAILWAY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CEBU," BY EXTENDING THE TIME WITHIN WHICH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE STREET RAILWAY THEREIN PROVIDED FOR SHALL BE COMPLETED, AND BY EXTENDING THE TIME FOR REPAYMENT TO THE GRANTEE OF THE MONEY, BONDS OR OTHER SECURITIESDEPOSITED WITH THE INSULAR TREASURY AS SECURITY FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF THE OBLIGATIONS OF SAID FRANCHISE.
Date of Approval
February 19, 1914
Major Topic

Act No. 2329

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION FOURTEEN OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIVE, ENTITLED "AN ACT REGULATE THE PRACTICE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE AND SURGERY IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS," BY AUTHORIZING THE BOARD OF VETERINARY EXAMINERS TO ISSUE WITHOUT EXAMINATION, CERTIFICATES FOR THE PRACTICE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE TO PERSONS WHO WERE QUALIFIED TO PRACTICE BEFORE THE RATIFICATION OF THE TREATY OF PEACE WITH SPAIN.
Date of Approval
February 22, 1914

Act No. 2330

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING THE SECOND PARAGRAPH OF SECTION FIFTEEN OF ACT NUMBERED FIFTEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-TWO, KNOWN AS "THE ELECTION LAW," AS AMENDED BY SECTION EIGHT OF ACT NUMBERED TWO THOUSAND AND FORTY-FIVE, BY PROVIDING THAT INSPECTORS OF ELECTION MAY BE APPOINTED TO ANY OTHER OFFICE UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.
Date of Approval
February 23, 1914

Act No. 2331

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE OF ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY,ENTITLED "AN ACT PROVIDING OF PROCEDURE IN CIVIL ACTIONS AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS," BY PROVIDING FOR THE SUMMARY SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE OF DECEASED PERSONS IN CERTAIN CASES.
Date of Approval
February 24, 1914

Act No. 2332

Full Title
AN AN AMENDING ACT NUMBERED ELEVEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-SEVEN BY PROVIDING FOR THE FREE REGISTRATION AND BRANDING A LARGE CATTLE UNDER TWO YEARS OF AGE UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.
Date of Approval
February 25, 1914

Act No. 2334

Full Title
AN ACT MAKING THE PROVISIONS OF THE CADASTRAL ACT APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN PROCEEDINGS CONDUCTED UNDER SECTION SIXTY-ONE OF ACT NUMBERED NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF ASINGAN AND BINALONAN, PROVINCE OF PANGASINAN.
Date of Approval
February 26, 1914

Act No. 2335

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY-EIGHT OF ACT NUMBERED THREE AND FIFTY-FIVE , KNOWN AS THE "PHILIPPINE CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATIVE ACT," BY PROVIDING THAT COMPENSATION TO INFORMERS SHALL BE PAID WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE SECRETARY OF FINANCE AND JUSTICE, BY PUNISHING CERTAIN PERSONS WHO FAIL TO REPORT TO A COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS ANY INFORMATION IN THEIR POSSESSION CONCERNING ANY FRAUD UPON THE CUSTOMS REVENUE, APPROPRIATING TEN THOUSAND PESOS FOR CARRYING OUT THE PROVISIONS HEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
February 26, 1914

Act No. 2336

Full Title
AN ACT TO AFFORD RELEIF TO CERTAIN BANKS AND BANKERS WHICH HAVE INCURRED THE DELINQUENCY PENALITIES PRESCRIBED IN SECTION ONE HUNDRED AND TWELVE OF ACT NUMBERED ELEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-NINE, AND CONFIRMING, RATIFYING, AND APPROVING THE ACTION OF THE COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE IN EXTENDING THE TIME FOR THE PAYMENT OF CERTAIN TAXES WITHOUT PENALTY
Date of Approval
February 26, 1914

Act No. 2337

Full Title
AN ACT DECLARING SECTIONS EIGHTY-FIVE AND ONE HUNDRED NINETY-FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED TWO THOUSAND AND THIRTY-ONE, ENTITLED "THE NEGIOTABLE INSTRUMENTS LAW," IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT AND REPEALING INCONSISTENT PROVISIONS OF LAW.
Date of Approval
February 26, 1914

Act No. 2338

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY-NINE ENTITLED "AN ACT PROVIDING CERTAIN SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS FOR THE SETTLEMENT AND ADJUDICATION OF ALND TITLES," BY PROVIDING FOR THE ADDITIONAL METHOD OF PAYMENT OF COST OF SURVEY, MONUMENTING, AND REGISTRATION PROCEEDINGS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
February 26, 1914

Act No. 2340

Full Title
AN ACT PROVIDING THAT CRIMINAL CASE FROM WHICH AN APPEAL HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE FEDERAL SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES SHALL BE TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH WITHOUT EXPENSE TO THE APPELLANT.
Date of Approval
February 26, 1914

Act No. 2341

Full Title
AN ACT REMITTING THE BOND OF TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS FURNISHED BY MELCHOR BABASA AND APOLONIO BELMONTE IN THE CASE OF THE UNITED STATES VERSUS PEDRO ALVAREZ, ALIAS ARARO.
Date of Approval
February 26, 1914

Act No. 2342

Full Title
AN ACT REGULATING THE LABELING, SALE AND ADVERTISING OF PATENT AND PROPRIETARY MEDICINES, FRAUDULENT THERAPEUTIC APPLIANCES AND DEVICES, AND FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AGAINST THE EXPLOITATION OF SUCH ARTICLES.
Date of Approval
February 26, 1914

Act No. 2343

Full Title
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE TRANSFER OF CERTAIN PROPERTY OF THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO STUDY THE CAUSES OF THE EXCESSIVE INFANT MORTALITY IN THE PHILIPPINES TO THE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES.
Date of Approval
February 22, 1914

Act No. 2344

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION THREE OF ACT NUMBERED TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHTY-THREE, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO FIX THE AMOUNT OF THE GOLD-STANDARD FUND, CREATED UNDER ACT NUMBERED NINE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-EIGHT, AUTHORIZING THE DEPOSIT OF THE EXCESS OF THE AMOUNT SO FIXED TO THE CREDIT OF THE GENERAL FUND OF THE TREASURY,AND AUTHORIZING THE INVESTMENT OF A PORTION OF THE SAID GOLD-STANDARD FUND," BY PROVIDING FOR ADDITONAL PURPOSES FOR WHICH LOANS MAY BE MADE TO PROVINCE AND MUNICIPALITIES FROM SUCH FUND.
Date of Approval
February 27, 1914