Act No. 2870

Full Title
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE COMMUTATION AND PAYMENT IN CASH OF THE ACCRUED LEAVE OF GOVERNMENT OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES DETAILED FOR SERVICE IN THE UNITED STATES OR IN SOME FOREIGN COUNTRY, OR SENT TO SUCH COUNTRIES AS GOVERNMENT STUDENTS.
Date of Approval
August 1, 1919

Act No. 2871

Full Title
AN ACT TO REPEAL ACT NUMBERED SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-SIX, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE DISPLAY OF FLAGS, BANNERS, EMBLEMS, OR DEVICES USED IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF REBELLION OR INSURRECTION AGAINST THE AUTHORITY OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE DISPLAY OF KATIPUNAN FLAGS, BANNERS, EMBLEMS, OR DEVICES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES."
Date of Approval
October 21, 1919

Act No. 2872

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND PARAGRAPH TWO HUNDRED OF SECTION EIGHT OF THE ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT TO RAISE REVENUE FOR THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," APPROVED BY THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES ON AUGUST FIFTH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND NINE, EXEMPTING FROM ALL CUSTOMS DUTIES, IN CERTAIN CASES, REPAIRS ON BOATS AND OTHER WATER CRAFT MATRICULATED IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
November 23, 1919

Act No. 2873

Full Title
AN ACT GRANTINGTO THE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY CERTAIN POWERS WITH REGARD TO PUBLIC LAND, MINE OR MINING CLAIMS, ANY LEGAL PROVISION TO THE CONTRARY NOTWITHSTANDING.
Date of Approval
November 23, 1919

Act No. 2875

Full Title
AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE NECESSARY EXPENSES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
December 27, 1919

Act No. 2876

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND PARAGRAPH EIGHTEEN OF SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX, ENTITLED "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
January 7, 1920
Major Topic

Act No. 2877

Full Title
AN ACT TO MODIFY AND ESTABLISH THE BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE AND PROVINCES OF ILOCOS SUR AND LA UNION.
Date of Approval
February 3, 1920

Act No. 2878

Full Title
AN ACT ABOLISHING THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MINDANAO AND SULU AS A SPECIAL POLITICAL DIVISION; MAKING THE NECESSARY PROVISIONS FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUSTMENTS RESULTING THEREFROM, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
February 4, 1920

Act No. 2879

Full Title
AN ACT MAKING APPLICABLE TO THE MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS ALL PROVISIONS OF EXISTING LAW CONCERNING THE MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY.
Date of Approval
November 16, 1920

Act No. 2880

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE SEPARATION OF THE SUBPROVINCE OF MARINDUQUE FROM THE PROVINCE OF TAYABAS AND THE REESTABLISHMENT OF THE FORMER PROVINCE OF MARINDUQUE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
February 20, 1920

Act No. 2881

Full Title
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF FIFTEEN THOUSAND PESOS, TO BE ADDED TO THE FUNDS SET ASIDE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF MORONG, PROVINCE OF RIZAL, DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF TOMAS CLAUDIO, TO REGULATE THE DISBURSEMENT OF SAID FUNDS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
February 23, 1920

Act No. 2882

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SIX HUNDRED AND FORTY-SEVEN, ENTITLED "AN ACT GRANTING TO MARIANO ABELLA E ISAAC, A FRANCHISE TO INSTALL, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT, AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF NAGA, PROVINCE OF AMBOS CAMARINES, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS," EXTENDING THE TIME LIMITS THEREIN SPECIFIED.
Date of Approval
February 23, 1920
Major Topic

Act No. 2883

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTIONS OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTY-ONE, ENTITLED "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 MAINTAI N AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE PROVINCE OF BOHOL, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
February 23, 1920
Major Topic

Act No. 2884

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION SEVEN HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN OF ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY, ENTITLED THE "CODE OF PROCEDURE IN CIVIL ACTIONS AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS," AUTHORIZING EXECUTORS AND ADMINISTRATORS, UNDER CERTA IN CONDITIONS, TO MORTGAGE OR OTHERWISE ENCUMBER THE REALTY OF THE ESTATE.
Date of Approval
February 23, 1920

Act No. 2885

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION THIRTY-NINE OF ACT NUMBERED SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN, PROVIDING THAT COMPLAINTS FOR INFRACTIONS FOR HEALTH LAWS OR ORDINANCES MUST BE INDORSED "APPROVED" BY THE MUNICIPAL PRESIDENT OR THE LOCAL HEALTH OFFICER.
Date of Approval
February 23, 1920

Act No. 2886

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SEVERAL SECTIONS OF GENERAL ORDERS, NUMBERED FIFTY-EIGHT, PROVIDING THAT THE PROSECUTIONS FOR CRIMINAL OFFENSES SHALL BE IN THE NAME OF THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
Date of Approval
February 23, 1920

Act No. 2887

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FOUR, ENTITLED "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 PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR ELECTIVE IN PALAWAN AND BATANES, ABOLISHING TOWNSHIPS AND RANCHERIAS IN PROVINCES ORGANIZED UNDER THE GENERAL PROVINCIAL LAW, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES " PROVIDING WHO SHALL PERFORM THE DUTIES OF THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR IN CASE OF THE TEMPORARY ABSENCE OR INCAPACITY OF SAID OFFICER IN ANY OF SAID PROVINCES, AND SEPARATING THE OFFICES OF PROVINCIAL TREASURER AND SECRETARY OF THE PROVINCIAL BOARD IN MINDORO.
Date of Approval
February 23, 1920

Act No. 2888

Full Title
AN ACT GRANTING TO THE COMMERCIAL PACIFIC CABLE COMPANY A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE IN AND BETWEEN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF BACON AND SORSOGON OF THE PROVINCE OF SORSOGON, AN UNDERGROUND CABLE SECTION FOR THE TRANSMISSION OF INTELLIGENCE BY MEANS OF ELECTRICITY.
Date of Approval
February 23, 1920

Act No. 2889

Full Title
AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF MALABON, PROVINCE OF CAVITE, TO GENERAL TRIAS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
February 23, 1920

Act No. 2890

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE INSULAR TREASURER AND THE POSTAL SAVINGS BANK TO LEND MONEY TO THE METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.
Date of Approval
February 23, 1920

Act No. 2891

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-SIX, DESIGNATING A NEW TIME LIMIT FOR THE FILING OF APPLICATIONS FOR RETIREMENT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
February 23, 1920

Act No. 2892

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIVE AND FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-EIGHT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, CONFERRING UPON THE COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE CERTAIN POWERS NECESSARY FOR THE COLLECTION OF THE TAXES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
February 23, 1920

Act No. 2893

Full Title
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY OF MANILA TO EXERCISE THE RIGHT OF EMINENT DOMAIN FOR THE ACQUISITION OF CERTAIN PARCELS OF LAND NEEDED FOR THE NORTHERN EXTENSION OF RIZAL AVENUE.
Date of Approval
February 23, 1920

Act No. 2894

Full Title
AN ACT GRANTING AUTHORITY TO PROVINCES, MUNICIPALITIES AND CHARTERED CITIES TO INCUR INDEBTEDNESS AND ISSUE BONDS COVERING THE SAME, UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.
Date of Approval
February 23, 1920

Act No. 2895

Full Title
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL TO PURCHASE, ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, SIXTY THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIVE SHARES OF THE CAPITAL STOCK OF THE MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE PURCHASE PRICE OF SUCH SHARES.
Date of Approval
February 24, 1920
Major Topic

Act No. 2896

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION NINE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIVE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AUTHORIZING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION TO DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF THE EXPENSES OF THE TEACHERS SELECTED AS PENSIONADOS, SUBJECT TO CERTAIN LIMITATIONS.
Date of Approval
February 24, 1920
Major Topic

Act No. 2897

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVEN OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, REDUCING THE TIME WITHIN WHICH CERTAIN BODIES OF DECEASED PERSONS MAY BE USED FOR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
February 24, 1920

Act No. 2899

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE HEIRS OR REPRESENTATIVES OF THE LATE LUCRECIO HOFILENA TO BRING SUIT AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND DIRECTING THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL TO APPEAR IN SAID SUIT FOR SAID GOVERNMENT.
Date of Approval
February 24, 1920

Act No. 2900

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION SIXTY-EIGHT OF ACT NUMBERED FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-NINE, ENTITLED THE CORPORATION LAW, ESTABLISHING AN UNIFORM SCHEDULE OF FEES FOR THE ISSUANCE OF LICENSES TO, AND THE REGISTRATION OF, CORPORATIONS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
Date of Approval
February 24, 1920

Act No. 2901

Full Title
AN ACT MAKING ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE BUREAUS OF HEALTH AND PRISONS, INCREASING THE NUMBER OF CHAPLAINS IN THE CULION LEPER COLONY, IN THE IWAHIG PENAL COLONY, AND IN BILIBID PRISONS.
Date of Approval
March 20, 1920

Act No. 2902

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, EXTENDING THE TIME DURING WHICH LOWER-GROUP TIMBER MAY BE TAKEN.
Date of Approval
March 21, 1920

Act No. 2903

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS TWO, FIVE, AND EIGHT OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-THREE, KNOWN AS THE WORK ANIMALS MUTUAL INSURANCE ACT, AS AMENDED BY ACTS NUMBERED TWENTY-SIX HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-TWO AND TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FOUR.
Date of Approval
March 21, 1920

Act No. 2904

Full Title
AN ACT TO SUSPEND THE OPERATION OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-THREE, KNOWN AS THE PATENT LAW, UNTIL JANUARY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-TWO.
Date of Approval
March 21, 1920

Act No. 2905

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTY-THREE, ENTITLED "AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF ONE MILLION PESOS FOR CERTAIN WORK IN RELATION TO THE PROTECTION OF EARLY INFANCY IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, INCLUDING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF GOTA DE LECHE," AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
March 21, 1920

Act No. 2907

Full Title
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT THE PROVINCIAL OFFICERS OF BATANES, MINDORO AND PALAWAN MAY RECEIVE THE ANNUAL COMPENSATION FIXED PREVIOUSLY, AND TO PROVIDE, FURTHER, THAT ANY PROVINCIAL OFFICER OF THE PROVINCES ORGANIZED UNDER CHAPTERS SIXTY-THREE AND SIXTY-FOUR OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE MAY BE GRANTED QUARTERS, SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS.
Date of Approval
March 22, 1920

Act No. 2908

Full Title
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR AN ISSUE OF BONDS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS IN THE AMOUNT OF SIX MILLION DOLLARS, GOLD MONEY OF THE UNITED STATES, OR TWELVE MILLION PESOS, PHILIPPINE CURRENCY, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FUNDS FOR THE CO NSTRUCTION OF WORKS AND IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PORT OF MANILA.
Date of Approval
March 22, 1920

Act No. 2909

Full Title
AN ACT ESTABLISHING AND GRANTING A LIFE PENSION FOR THE HONORABLE CAYETANO S. ARELLANO, UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.
Date of Approval
March 22, 1920

Act No. 2910

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SIX HUNDRED AND SIXTY, ENTITLED "AN ACT ESTABLISHING AND REGULATING TRADING SYSTEMS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF MINDANAO AND SULU," EXTENDING ITS PROVISIONS TO THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE AND NUEVA VIZCAYA, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
March 22, 1920

Act No. 2911

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SIX OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, KNOWN AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, PROVIDING HOW ACCRUED LEAVE MAY BE GRANTED.
Date of Approval
March 22, 1920

Act No. 2912

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS ELEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-TWO AND TWELVE HUNDRED AND TWO OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-ONE.
Date of Approval
March 22, 1920

Act No. 2913

Full Title
AN ACT BETTER TO PROMOTE THE ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE AND THE PROVINCE OF NUEVA VIZCAYA, AND AMENDING ACCORDINGLY ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-EIGHT, ENTITLED "AN ACT EXTENDING TO THE MOUNTAIN P ROVINCE AND THE PROVINCE OF NUEVA VIZCAYA THE LAWS AND OTHER LEGAL PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO THE PROVINCES AND MINOR POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MINDANAO AND SULU."
Date of Approval
March 22, 1920

Act No. 2914

Full Title
AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE STEAMSHIP TABLAS BY THE BUREAU OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.
Date of Approval
March 22, 1920

Act No. 2915

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAST SENTENCE OF SECTION THREE OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED AND EIGHTY, INCREASING THE SALARY OF THE PROVINCIAL FISCAL OF THE PROVINCE OF MARINDUQUE.
Date of Approval
March 22, 1920

Act No. 2917

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY-EIGHT, AUTHORIZING THE PERSONS CHARGED WITH THE DUTIES IMPOSED BY SAID ACT AND THE REGULATIONS THEREUNDER TO ADMINISTER OATHS.
Date of Approval
March 22, 1920

Act No. 2918

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZNG THE PAYMENT OF A SPECIAL REMUNERATION TO FRANK W. CARPENTER, GOVERNOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MINDANAO AND SULU.
Date of Approval
March 23, 1920