Act No. 2667

Full Title
AN ACT ADOPTING AN UNIFORM ENACTING CLAUSE FOR THE ACTS AND AN UNIFORM RESOLVING CLAUSE FOR THE JOINT RESOLUTIONS PASSED BY THE PHILIPPINE LEGISLATURE.
Date of Approval
November 17, 1916

Act No. 2668

Full Title
AN ACT FIXING THE SALARIES OF CERTAIN OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
Date of Approval
December 13, 1916

Act No. 2669

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SIX HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE AND MAKING AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION FOR THE EXPENSES OF THE PHILIPPINE SENATE.
Date of Approval
December 13, 1916

Act No. 2670

Full Title
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE TRANSFER OF THE UNEXPENDED BALANCES OF THE FUNDS APPROPRIATED FOR THE EXPENSES OF THE PHILIPPINE ASSEMBLY BY ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED AND FORTY, TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, FOR ITS EXPENSES UNTIL DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
December 13, 1916

Act No. 2671

Full Title
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS OR SO MUCH THEREOF AS MAY BE NECESSARY, FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
January 9, 1917

Act No. 2672

Full Title
AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR SUNDRY EXPENSES OF THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
December 28, 1916

Act No. 2673

Full Title
AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR CURRENT EXPENSES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MINDANAO AND SULU FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
December 28, 1916

Act No. 2676

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FOUR HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-TWO OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AUTHORIZING THE REMISSION OF THE LAND TAX IN CERTAIN CASES.
Date of Approval
March 8, 1917

Act No. 2677

Full Title
AN ACT CONFERRING UPON THE SUPREME COURT JURISDICTION TO HEAR IN THE LAST INSTANCE CRIMINAL CASES FILED ORIGINALLY IN THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AND MUNICIPAL COURTS.
Date of Approval
March 8, 1917

Act No. 2678

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL TO CALL BY EXECUTIVE ORDER AN ELECTION FOR MUNICIPAL PRESIDENT IN ANY ORGANIZED MUNICIPALITY WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF MINDANAO AND SULU.
Date of Approval
March 8, 1917

Act No. 2679

Full Title
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE PURPOSES OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED AND FORTY-EIGHT, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE IMMUNIZATION OF CATTLE AND CARABAOS TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF RINDERPEST WITHIN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES."
Date of Approval
March 8, 1917

Act No. 2680

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY-TWO, ENTITLED "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
March 8, 1917

Act No. 2682

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS TWO, FIVE, SEVEN, EIGHT AND FIFTEEN OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-THREE, ENTITLED " AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE MUTUAL INSURANCE OF WORK ANIMAL."
Date of Approval
March 8, 1917

Act No. 2683

Full Title
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE SEGREGATION OF THE SUBPROVINCE OF ABRA FROM THE PROVINCE OF ILOCOS SUR AND THE REESTABLISHMENT OF THE FORMER PROVINCE OF ABRA, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
March 8, 1917

Act No. 2685

Full Title
AN ACT TO REORGANIZE THE PROVINCIAL BOARD OF THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE BY CREATING THE OFFICE OF THIRD MEMBER OF SAID BOARD, AND TO ABOLISH THE OFFICE OF INDUSTRIAL SUPERVISOR OF SAID PROVINCE AND TRANSFER THE DUTIES THEREOF TO THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR
Date of Approval
March 8, 1917

Act No. 2686

Full Title
AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR CURRENT EXPENSES, PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS, AND THE FURTHERANCE OF CIVILIZATION AMONG THE NON-CHRISTIAN INHABITANTS OF THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE AND NUEVA VIZCAYA FOR THE FISCAL YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
March 8, 1917

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. 2688

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE MUNICIPALITY OF ILOILO TO ISSUE BONDS TO THE AMOUNT OF TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, IN MONEY 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 TO CONSTRUCT BUILDINGS FOR PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN THE ACT OF CONGRESS APPROVED AUGUST TWENTY-NINTH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO DECLARE THE PURPOSE OF THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES AS TO THE FUTURE POLITICAL STATUS OF THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND TO PROVIDE A MORE AUTONOMOUS GOVERNMENT FOR THOSE ISLANDS."
Date of Approval
March 8, 1917

Act No. 2689

Full Title
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR PUBLIC WORKS AND PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF MINDANAO AND SULU.
Date of Approval
March 8, 1917

Act No. 2690

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SIX HUNDRED AND FORTY-FOUR, ENTITLED "AN ACT GRANTING TO EUSEBIO DIAZ CACITAS A FRANCISE TO INSTALL, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT, AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF TABACO, IN THE PROVIN CE OF ALBAY, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS," BY EXTENDING THE TIME LIMITS SPECIFIED THEREIN.
Date of Approval
March 8, 1917
Major Topic

Act No. 2691

Full Title
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR PUBLIC WORKS AND PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE AND THE PROVINCE OF NUEVA VIZCAYA.
Date of Approval
March 8, 1917

Act No. 2693

Full Title
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND PESOS TO AID IN THE MAINTENANCE OF PRIMARY SCHOOLS ESTABLISHED IN MUNICIPALITIES WHERE THERE ARE LANDS COMMONLY KNOWN AS FRIAR ESTATES AND OF THOSE WHICH MAY HEREAFTER BE ESTABLISHED IN THE P HILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
March 8, 1917
Major Topic

Act No. 2694

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-THREE HUNDRED AND SEVEN, AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-TWO, ABOLISHING THE BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSIONERS AS AT PRESENT CONSTITUTED AND CREATING IN LIEU THEREOF A PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
March 8, 1917

Act No. 2695

Full Title
AN ACT TO MAKE APPROPRIATE PROVISION FOR THE CONFINEMENT ELSEWHERE THAN IN BILIBID OF PRISONERS SUFFERING FROM TUBERCULOSIS AND OTHER DANGEROUS COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, AND FOR THE UTILIZATION OF PRISON LABOR IN THE PRODUCTION OF FOODSTUFFS, AND MAKING APPROPRIATION THEREFOR.
Date of Approval
March 8, 1917

Act No. 2696

Full Title
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND PESOS, OR SO MUCH THEREOF AS MAY BE NECESSARY, FOR THE PURCHASE, INSTALLATION, AND OPERATION OF TWO MACHINES FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE MAGUEY INDUSTRY.
Date of Approval
March 8, 1917

Act No. 2697

Full Title
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF AND AID TO THE GOVERNMENT AGRICULTURAL COLONIES.
Date of Approval
March 8, 1917

Act No. 2698

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHTY-THREE, AS AMENDED BY ACTS NUMBERED TWENTY-THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FOUR, TWENTY-FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE, AND TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED AND NINETY-ONE, FIXING A LOWER RATE OF INTEREST AND EXTENDIN G THE TIME FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE LOANS TO THE MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
March 8, 1917

Act No. 2700

Full Title
AN ACT GRANTING TO J.V. HOUSE A FRANCHISE TO INSTALL, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT, AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF TACLOBAN, PROVINCE OF LEYTE, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
Date of Approval
March 8, 1917
Major Topic

Act No. 2701

Full Title
AN ACT GRANTING TO THE SOCIEDAD ANONIMA DENOMINATED "LA ELECTRICA" A FRANCHISE TO INSTALL, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF DUMAGUETE PROVINCE OF ORIENTAL NEGROS, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
Date of Approval
March 8, 1917
Major Topic

Act No. 2702

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY-TWO OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY SEVEN, KNOWN AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE.
Date of Approval
March 8, 1917

Act No. 2703

Full Title
AN ACT CONFIRMING AND VALIDATING THE ACTION OF THE STOCKHOLDERS AND OFFICERS OF THE MANILA HOTEL COMPANY IN ISSUING THE LAST FIVE HUNDRED SHARES OF CAPITAL STOCK OF SAID CORPORATION.
Date of Approval
March 8, 1917

Act No. 2706

Full Title
AN ACT MAKING THE INSPECTION AND RECOGNITION OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES OBLIGATORY FOR THE SECRETARY OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
March 9, 1917
Major Topic

Act No. 2707

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, PROVIDING HOW ELECTIVE MUNICIPAL OFFICES SHALL BE FILLED WHEN VACANT OR WHEN THERE IS NO SUCCESSOR.
Date of Approval
March 10, 1917

Act No. 2708

Full Title
AN ACT TO REGULATE THE PRACTICE OF THE OPTICAL PROFESSION, TO CREATE THE BOARD OF OPTICAL EXAMINERS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
March 10, 1917

Act No. 2709

Full Title
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PROSECUTION OF ALL PERSONS WHO APPEAR TO BE LIABLE FOR A CRIME AND TO ESTABLISH CONDITIONS FOR THE DISCHARGE OF CERTAIN ACCUSED PERSONS TO BE USED AS GOVERNMENT WITNESSES.
Date of Approval
March 10, 1917

Act No. 2711

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE. (THIS ACT HAVING BEEN PUBLISHED IN A SEPARATE VOLUME, AS SUPPLEMENT TO OFFICIAL GAZETTE, VOL. XV, NO. 35, AUGUST 29, 1917, IS OMITTED BY AUTHORITY.)
Date of Approval
March 16, 1915

Act No. 2712

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLES THREE HUNDRED AND THREE HUNDRED AND ONE OF THE PENAL CODE, RELATIVE TO THE FALSIFICATION OF PUBLIC, OFFICIAL, AND COMMERCIAL DOCUMENTS.
Date of Approval
March 16, 1917

Act No. 2713

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN, ENTITLED, "AN ACT TO IMPROVE THE METHODS OF PRODUCTION AND THE QUALITY OF TOBACCO IN THE PHILIPPINES AND TO DEVELOP THE EXPORT TRADE HEREIN."
Date of Approval
March 16, 1917

Act No. 2714

Full Title
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF TWELVE THOUSAND PESOS FOR CONTINUING THE MANUFACTURE AND DISTRIBUTION OF "TIQUITIQUI" EXTRACT AMONG THE INDIGENT CLASSES IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
Date of Approval
March 16, 1917