Act No. 2815

Full Title
AN ACT TO REORGANIZE THE GOVERNMENT ORPHANAGE ESTABLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SIX HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-ONE WHICH SHALL HEREAFTER BE KNOWN AS THE BUREAU OF DEPENDENT CHILDREN, TO DEFINE ITS FUNCTIONS AND AUTHORITY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
March 3, 1919

Act No. 2816

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-NINE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF POSTS TO COLLECT STORAGE ON POSTAL PACKAGES.
Date of Approval
March 3, 1919

Act No. 2817

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FIVE OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-ONE, REGULATING THE SALE OF CERTAIN SHARES, STOCK AND BONDS AND OTHER SECURITIES OF CORPORATIONS.
Date of Approval
March 3, 1919

Act No. 2818

Full Title
AN ACT TO ENCOURAGE THE INCREASE OF THE RICE AND CORN PRODUCTION IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, TO APPROPRIATE THE NECESSARY FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
March 3, 1919

Act No. 2819

Full Title
AN ACT TO REPEAL AND AMEND CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AUTHORIZING MUNICIPALITIES, CITIES, AND TOWNSHIPS TO REGULATE SIGNS AND BILLBOARDS AND FIX LICENSE FEES THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
March 3, 1919

Act No. 2820

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SUBSECTION (B) OF SECTION FOUR AND SUBSECTIONS (C) AND (D) OF SECTION SIX OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-ONE, ENTITLED "AN ACT GRANTING TO THE FIRM LIZARRAGA HERMANOS, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, A FRANCHISE TO ESTABLISH, CONSTRUCT, EQUIP, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE A RAILROAD BETWEEN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF KABANKALAN AND ILOG, IN THE PROVINCE OF OCCIDENTAL NEGROS.
Date of Approval
March 3, 1919

Act No. 2821

Full Title
AN ACT GRANTING THE ROMBLON LIGHT AND ICE PLANT COMPANY, LIMITED, A FRANCHISE TO INSTALL, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT, AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF ROMBLON, IN THE PROVINCE OF THE SAME NAME, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
Date of Approval
March 3, 1919
Major Topic

Act No. 2823

Full Title
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE ACQUISITION AND INSTALLATION OF AN ELECTRO-CARDIOGRAPHIC APPARATUS FOR USE IN THE PHILIPPINE GENERAL HOSPITAL.
Date of Approval
March 4, 1919

Act No. 2824

Full Title
AN ACT EXTENDING TO THE PROVINCES OF MINDORO, PALAWAN, AND BATANES WITH CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS, THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTERS SIXTY-THREE AND SIXTY-FOUR OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN, MAKING THE OFFICE OF THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR ELECTIVE IN PALAWAN AND BATANES, ABOLISHING TOWNSHIPS AND RANCHERIAS IN PROVINCES ORGANIZED UNDER THE GENERAL PROVINCIAL LAW, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
March 4, 1919

Act No. 2825

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-TWO ENTITLED "THE CENSUS ACT," AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX.
Date of Approval
March 4, 1919

Act No. 2826

Full Title
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH PROVISIONS ADDITIONAL TO THOSE CONTAINED IN ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY WITH REGARD TO THE EXERCISE OF THE RIGHT OF EMINENT DOMAIN IN CASES IN WHICH THE EXERCISE OF SAID RIGHT IS RESORTED TO IN FAVOR OF THE INSULAR GO VERNMENT OR OF ANY PROVINCE OR MUNICIPALITY.
Date of Approval
March 4, 1919

Act No. 2827

Full Title
AN ACT MAKING IT OBLIGATORY UPON INTERISLAND VESSELS TO PROVIDE TONNAGE FOR THE SHIPMENT OF RICE OR ANY OTHER ARTICLE OF PRIME NECESSITY WHENEVER REQUIRED TO DO SO BY THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE AND COMMUNICATIONS UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.
Date of Approval
March 4, 1919

Act No. 2828

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWENTY-ONE OF ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY KNOWN AS THE CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, DECLARING THAT THE PRACTICE OF SOLICITING CASES AT LAW FOR THE PURPOSE OF GAIN, EITHER PERSONALLY OR THROUGH AGENTS, CONSTITUTE MALPRACTICE.
Date of Approval
March 4, 1919

Act No. 2830

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWELVE OF ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY, AS AMENDED, BY PROVIDING THAT UNTIL JANUARY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY, BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH SHALL BE OFFICIAL LANGUAGES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
March 5, 1919
Major Topic

Act No. 2831

Full Title
AN ACT TO CREATE A CORPORATION TO BE KNOWN AS THE BOHOL ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY, AND TO GRANT TO THE SAME A FRANCHISE TO INSTALL, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT, AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE PROVINCE OF BOHOL, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
March 5, 1919
Major Topic

Act No. 2832

Full Title
AN ACT CREATING A PUBLIC CORPORATION DENOMINATED THE METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT, PRESCRIBING ITS FUNCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
March 5, 1919

Act No. 2833

Full Title
AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE INCOME TAX, MAKING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO SAID TAX, AND AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN.
Date of Approval
March 6, 1919

Act No. 2834

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE-HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-EIGHT OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, KNOWN AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN, CONCERNING THE APPOINTMENT OF SUBORDINATE EMPLOYEES OF THE GENERAL LAND REGISTRATION OFFICE.
Date of Approval
March 7, 1919

Act No. 2835

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND THE INTERNAL REVENUE LAW, CHAPTER FORTY OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, IN THE PART REFERRING TO THE TAXES ON PLAYING CARDS, CIGARS, CIGARETTES AND INHERITANCES; TO AMEND LIKEWISE, ARTICLE TWELVE OF CHAPTER SIXTY-SIX OF THE SAME COD E, RELATIVE TO VIOLATIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES IN RELATION TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF SAID LAW.
Date of Approval
March 7, 1919

Act No. 2836

Full Title
AN ACT GRANTING TO THE MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS A CONCESSION TO CONSTRUCT A RAILROAD IN THE ISLAND OF LUZON.
Date of Approval
March 7, 1919

Act No. 2837

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY-FOUR OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, CONCERNING THE RECORDING OF INSTRUMENTS RELATING TO LAND NOT REGISTERED UNDER ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND NINETY-SIX, ENTITLED "THE LAND REGISTRATION ACT" AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
March 7, 1919

Act No. 2838

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE MUNICIPALITY OF BANGUED, PROVINCE OF ABRA, TO ISSUE BONDS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED FORTY THOUSAND PESOS, PHILIPPINE CURRENCY, OR ITS EQUIVALENT IN MONEY OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FUNDS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR PUBLIC USE IN SAID MUNICIPALITY.
Date of Approval
March 7, 1919

Act No. 2839

Full Title
AN ACT GRATING TO EDUARDO GUTIERREZ REPIDE A FRANCHISE TO INSTALL, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT, AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CAMILING, IN THE PROVINCE OF TARLAC, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
Date of Approval
March 7, 1919
Major Topic

Act No. 2840

Full Title
AN ACT GRANTING TO EDUARDO A. BARRETTO A FRANCHISE TO INSTALL, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT, AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CALAMBA, IN THE PROVINCE OF LAGUNA, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
Date of Approval
March 7, 1919
Major Topic

Act No. 2841

Full Title
AN ACT GRANTING TO THE FIRM OF OLEAGA HERMANOS Y CORRAL, A FRANCHISE TO INSTALL, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT, AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF APARRI, PROVINCE OF CAGAYAN, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
Date of Approval
March 7, 1919
Major Topic

Act No. 2842

Full Title
AN ACT GRANTING TO JOSE HERNANDEZ A FRANCHISE TO INSTALL, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT, AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CAPIZ, PROVINCE OF CAPIZ, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
Date of Approval
March 7, 1919
Major Topic

Act No. 2843

Full Title
AN ACT GRANTING TO ENGRACIO ORENSE A FRANCHISE TO INSTALL, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT, AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF GUINOBATAN, PROVINCE OF ALBAY, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
Date of Approval
March 7, 1919
Major Topic

Act No. 2844

Full Title
AN ACT GRANTING TO THE SANTA CRUZ ELECTRIC LIGHT CO. INC., A FRANCHISE TO INSTALL, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT, AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SANTA CRUZ, PROVINCE OF LAGUNA, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
Date of Approval
March 7, 1919
Major Topic

Act No. 2845

Full Title
AN ACT GRANTING TO FELIX M. ROXAS A FRANCHISE TO INSTALL, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT, AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF SAN FERNANDO, BACOLOR, GUAGUA, AND ANGELES, IN THE PROVINCE OF PAMPANGA, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
Date of Approval
March 7, 1919
Major Topic

Act No. 2846

Full Title
AN ACT GRANTING TO THE COMPANY OF "MAGSASAKA" A FRANCHISE TO INSTALL, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT, AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CABANATUAN, PROVINCE OF NUEVA ECIJA, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
Date of Approval
March 7, 1919

Act No. 2847

Full Title
AN ACT GRANTING TO B.A. GREEN A FRANCHISE TO INSTALL, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT, AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF ORION, PROVINCE OF BATAAN, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
Date of Approval
March 7, 1919
Major Topic

Act No. 2848

Full Title
AN ACT GRANTING TO THE ISABELA SUGAR COMPANY, INCORPORATED, OF THE CITY OF MANILA, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, A FRANCHISE TO ESTABLISH, CONSTRUCT, EQUIP, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE A RAILROAD IN THE PROVINCE OF OCCIDENTAL NEGROS, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
Date of Approval
March 7, 1919

Act No. 2850

Full Title
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS, OUT OF ANY INSULAR FUNDS NOT OTHERWISE APPROPRIATED, FOR CONTINUING THE FOOD CAMPAIGN.
Date of Approval
March 10, 1919

Act No. 2851

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF JUSTICE TO ACQUIRE BY PURCHASE THE PAPERS, DOCUMENTS, AND OTHER HISTORICAL OBJECTS LEFT BY THE LATE MARIANO PONCE, AND MAKING THE NECESSARY APPROPRIATION THEREFOR.
Date of Approval
March 10, 1919

Act No. 2852

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS ELEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FOUR AND TWELVE HUNDRED AND ONE OF ACT NUMBRED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, ENTITLED THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN, RELATING TO THE BOAR D OF MARINE EXAMINERS AND THE COMPENSATION OF THE MEMBERS OF SAID BOARD.
Date of Approval
March 10, 1919

Act No. 2853

Full Title
AN ACT TO EXTEND THE PROVISIONS OF THE PUBLIC-BONDING LAW TO CERTAIN EMPLOYEES OF COMPANIES THE MAJORITY OF THE STOCK OF WHICH IS HELD BY THE GOVERNMENT.
Date of Approval
March 10, 1919

Act No. 2854

Full Title
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS, OR SO MUCH THEREOF AS MAY BE NECESSARY, FOR THE RELIEF OF POOR SUFFERERS FROM EARTHQUAKES, FIRES, FLOODS, TYPHOONS OR OTHER PUBLIC CALAMITIES.
Date of Approval
March 10, 1919

Act No. 2856

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SUBSECTION (1) OF SECTION TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY-NINE OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, KNOWN AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AUTHORIZING THE POSTAL SAVINGS BANK TO GRANT LOANS TO THE INSULAR GOVERNMENT FOR THE PURCHA SE OR CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS, AND AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE AND COMMUNICATIONS TO INVEST THE FUNDS SO OBTAINED.
Date of Approval
March 11, 1919

Act No. 2857

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY-NINE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, ELIMINATING THE PROHIBITION THAT PER DIEMS OR SUBSISTENCE EXPENSES BE PAID TO JUDGES OR AUXILLIARY JUDGES OF COURTS OF FIRST INSTANCE.
Date of Approval
March 11, 1919

Act No. 2858

Full Title
AN ACT EXTENDING TO THE PART OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS INHABITED BY MOROS OR OTHER NON-CHRISTIANS CERTAIN ACTS OF THE PHILIPPINE LEGISLATURE RELATING TO THE USE OF WATER FOR IRRIGATION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
March 11, 1919

Act No. 2859

Full Title
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF FIFTEEN THOUSAND PESOS FOR FOREST RECONNAISSANCES IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
Date of Approval
March 11, 1919

Act No. 2860

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS FOUR, TEN, AND TWENTY-ONE OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-THREE, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE MANNER OF SECURING PATENTS FOR INVENTIONS OR DISCOVERIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES."
Date of Approval
March 11, 1919

Act No. 2861

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FIVE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, GRANTING VACATION LEAVE TO THE CRAFTSMEN AND CLASSIFIED APPRENTICES OF THE BUREAU OF PRINTING.
Date of Approval
March 11, 1919

Act No. 2863

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SIX HUNDRED AND NINETY-NINE, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PROVIDE CERTAIN FACILITIES FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY," EXTENDING THE PERIOD OF TAX EXEMPTION OF SAID COMPANY.
Date of Approval
March 12, 1919

Act No. 2864

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN PROVISONS OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE FOR THE PURPOSE OF REGULATING IN CERTAIN DETAILS THE SERVICE OF THE BUREAU OF SUPPLY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
March 13, 1919