Act No. 3530

Full Title
An Act to create an additional position of Undersecretary of Commerce and Communications, and to appropriate the necessary funds for the payment of his salary for the months from August to December, Nineteen hundred and twenty-nine.
Date of Approval
September 26, 1929
Major Topic

Act No. 3531

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY-TWO AND FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY-ONE OF ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE.
Date of Approval
September 27, 1929

Act No. 3532

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIVE, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO CREATE A SPECIAL FUND FOR LOANS TO PROVINCES, MUNICIPALITIES, AND CHARTERED CITIES, AND TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF THREE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS FOR THIS PURPOSE," AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
October 23, 1929

Act No. 3533

Full Title
An Act to amend Section Nineteen hundred and twenty of Act Numbered Twenty-seven hundred and eleven, known as the Administrative Code, regarding contracts for public works.
Date of Approval
October 23, 1929

Act No. 3534

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE AMOUNT OF NINE THOUSAND PESOS TO BE LOANED TO THE MUNICIPALITY OF TAYASAN, PROVINCE OF ORIENTAL NEGROS, TO BE USED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF WATERWORKS AND OF A MARKET BUILDING INSTEAD OF FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SCHOOL BUILDING.
Date of Approval
October 28, 1929

Act No. 3535

Full Title
An Act to amend Section Seventy-nine (C) of Act Numbered Twenty-seven hundred and eleven, known as the Administrative Code, as amended
Date of Approval
October 30, 1929

Act No. 3536

Full Title
An Act amending sections Seven hundred and thirty-three and Twenty-six hundred and seventy-six of Act Numbered Twenty-seven hundred and eleven, known as the Administrative Code.
Date of Approval
October 31, 1929

Act No. 3537

Full Title
AN ACT TO CREATE THE PROVINCES OF ORIENTAL MISAMIS AND OCCIDENTAL MISAMIS; ESTABLISH THE BOUNDARIES THEREOF; ASSIGN ONE REPRESENTATIVE TO EACH PROVINCE; AND REPEAL ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FOUR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
November 1, 1929

Act No. 3538

Full Title
An Act to amend section Seven hundred and ninety-eight of Act numbered Twenty-seven hundred and eleven, known as the Administrative Code.
Date of Approval
November 12, 1929

Act No. 3539

Full Title
AN ACT PROVIDING THAT IN CASE OF THE SUBSTITUTION OF A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE ON ACCOUNT OF ABSENCE OR INCAPACITY, THE SUBSTITUTTE JUSTICE SHALL RECEIVE A SALARY EQUAL TO HIS OWN AND SEVENTY-FIVE PER CENTUM OF THE SALARY OF THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE WHOM HE SUBSTITUTES, AND AMENDING THE ADMNISTRATIVE CODE ACCORDINGLY.
Date of Approval
November 21, 1929

Act No. 3540

Full Title
An Act creating a committee to study the ways and means of promoting the development of Mindanao and Sulu and other especially organized provinces, and defining its duties and powers, and for other purposes.
Date of Approval
November 21, 1929

Act No. 3541

Full Title
An Act to amend Section Nineteen hundred and thirty of Act Numbered Twenty-seven hundred and eleven, known as the Administrative Code
Date of Approval
November 21, 1929

Act No. 3542

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-NINE, AS AMENDED BY SECTION TWO OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-FOUR HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN.
Date of Approval
November 21, 1929

Act No. 3544

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION SIXTY-EIGHT OF ACT NUMBERED NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SIX, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE INSOLVENCY LAW.
Date of Approval
November 21, 1929

Act No. 3545

Full Title
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIANS FOR MINORS WHO ARE BENEFICIARIES OF THE UNITED STATES VETERANS' BUREAU.
Date of Approval
November 21, 1929

Act No. 3546

Full Title
AN ACT EXCLUDING NATIONAL BANKS ORGANIZED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES FROM THE PROHIBITION OF USING THE WORD "NATIONAL" AS A PORTION OF THEIR NAME OR TITLE.
Date of Approval
November 21, 1929
Major Topic

Act No. 3548

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED TWELVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FIVE, ENTITLED "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE INCORPORATION OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, DEFINING ITS POWERS, AND PROVIDING FOR ITS GOVERNMENT."
Date of Approval
November 21, 1929

Act No. 3551

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION EIGHT OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-FOUR HUNDRED AND NINETY-NINE, ENTITLED '"AN ACT GRANTING TO THE VISAYAN ELECTRIC COMPANY, S.A., A FRANCHISE TO INSTALL, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT, AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF CEBU, TALISAY, MINGLANILLA, NAGA, SAN FERNANDO, MANDAWE, CONSOLACION, LILOAN, AND COMPOSTELA, ALL IN THE PROVINCE OF CEBU.
Date of Approval
November 22, 1929
Major Topic

Act No. 3552

Full Title
AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF BALINCAGUIN, PROVINCE OF PANGASINAN, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, TO MABINI.
Date of Approval
November 22, 1929

Act No. 3554

Full Title
AN ACT CEDING TO THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF ROMBLON THE CONCRETE STOREHOUSE CONSTRUCTED IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF ROMBLON FOR COAL BARN BY THE INSULAR GOVERNMENT.
Date of Approval
November 22, 1929

Act No. 3556

Full Title
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE ESTATE OF LEPERS WHO HAVE DIED IN THE CULION LEPER COLONY OR IN OTHER LEPER TREATMENT CAMPS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
November 24, 1929

Act No. 3559

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION SEVEN OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-TWO HUNDRED AND THREE ENTITLED "AN ACT RELATING TO THE CARE AND CUSTODY OF NEGLECTED AND DELINQUENT CHILDREN; PROVIDING PROBATION OFFICERS THEREFOR; IMPOSING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF ITS PROVISIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
November 25, 1929
Major Topic

Act No. 3560

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE COLLECTORS OF CUSTOMS TO ACCEPT CERTAIN BONDS TO FACILITATE THE TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS WITH THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
November 25, 1929

Act No. 3561

Full Title
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS AS A GOVERNMENT AGENCY IN TIME OF PUBLIC CALAMITIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
November 25, 1929

Act No. 3562

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF MANILA, FOR THE PURPOSES OF PROFIT, AND SUBJECT TO SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS AS MAY BE PRESCRIBED BY THE INSULAR COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, TO IMPOSE A LICENSE TAX UPON THE PRIVILEGE OF TAKING FISH IN CITY WATERS WITH NETS, TRAPS, OR OTHER FISHING TACKLE, OR UPON THE RIGHT TO CONDUCT A FISH-BREEDING GROUND WITHIN ANY DEFINITE PORTION OR AREA OF THE CITY WATERS.
Date of Approval
November 25, 1929

Act No. 3564

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE AND ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-EIGHT OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, KNOWN AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED BY ACTS NUMBERED TWENTY-NINE HUNDRED AND FORTY-ONE AND THIRTY-ONE HUNDRED AND SEVEN, IN THE SENSE THAT A JUDGE OF FIRST INSTANCE DETAILED TO A DISTRICT OR PROVINCE OTHER THAN HIS OWN MAY TRY ALL KINDS OF CASES.
Date of Approval
November 25, 1929

Act No. 3566

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL TO DEFINE THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE AND THE PROVINCE OF CAGAYAN IN PURSUANCE OF ACT TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, KNOWN AS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE.
Date of Approval
November 25, 1929

Act No. 3567

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION THREE HUNDRED AND NINETY-SEVEN OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SEVEN, BY AUTOMATICALLY APPROPRIATING THE SUMS NECESSARY TO COVER THE SHARE OF THE INSULAR GOVERNMENT IN THE EXPENSES OF ELECTIONS.
Date of Approval
November 25, 1929

Act No. 3568

Full Title
AN ACT EMPOWERING THE SECRETARY OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION TO PRESCRIBE RULES FOR THE HOLDING OF SINGLE SESSION IN THE PRIMARY, INTERMEDIATE, AND HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES.
Date of Approval
November 25, 1929
Major Topic

Act No. 3571

Full Title
AN ACT TO STIMULATE AND ENCOURAGE THE INTELLIGENT AND PROFITABLE MERCHANDISING OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
November 25, 1929

Act No. 3572

Full Title
AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE CUTTING OF TINDALO, AKLE, OR MOLAVE TREES, UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, AND TO PENALIZE VIOLATIONS THEREOF.
Date of Approval
November 25, 1929

Act No. 3573

Full Title
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE PREVENTION AND SUPPRESSION OF DANGEROUS COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
November 25, 1929

Act No. 3575

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN, KNOWN AS THE "INSURANCE LAW," REQUIRING FOREIGN INSURANCE COMPANIES TO REGISTER IN THE BUREAU OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, PROHIBITING MISREPRESENTATION OF THE TERMS OF ANY INSURANCE POLICY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
November 25, 1929

Act No. 3577

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, KNOWN AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED BY ACTS NUMBERED TWENTY-NINE HUNDRED AND TWO AND THIRTY-TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE, BY EXTENDING THE TIME DURING WHICH LOWER-GROUP TIMBER MAY BE TAKEN WITHOUT LICENSE FOR ANOTHER TERM OF FIVE YEARS.
Date of Approval
November 26, 1929

Act No. 3578

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PROVINCIAL BOARD OF LA UNION TO USE THE SUM APPROPRIATED BY ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SIX FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL IN SAID PROVINCE, FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
November 26, 1929

Act No. 3579

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER TO WELFAREVILLE OF ALL FEMALE PRISONERS CONFINED IN BILIBID PRISON, APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF SIXTY-THOUSAND PESOS FOR THIS PURPOSE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
November 26, 1929
Major Topic

Act No. 3585

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO ESTABLISH PERIODS OF PRESCRIPTION FOR VIOLATIONS PENALIZED BY SPECIAL ACTS AND MUNICIPAL ORDINANCES AND TO PROVIDE WHEN PRESCRIPTION SHALL BEGIN TO RUN."
Date of Approval
November 26, 1929

Act No. 3586

Full Title
AN ACT LIMITING TO THIRTY YEARS THE TOTAL OF THE PRINCIPAL AND ADDITIOANL PENALTIES THAT CAN BE IMPOSED UPON HABITUAL DELINQUENTS, AND AMENDING SUBSECTION (D) OF SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED AND NINETY-SEVEN, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO ESTABLISH ADDITIONAL PENALTIES FOR HABITUAL CRIMINALS," ACCORDINGLY.
Date of Approval
November 26, 1929

Act No. 3590

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION TEN OF ACT NUMBERED THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN GRANTING TO THE MACKAY RADIO AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS STATIONS FOR THE RECEPTION AND TRANSMISSION OF WIRELESS, LONG DISTANCE MESSAGES AND PRESCRIBING THE CONDITIONS OF THE SAME.
Date of Approval
November 28, 1929
Major Topic

Act No. 3592

Full Title
AN ACT TO CREATE A SPECIAL FUND IN THE INSULAR TREASURY AS "PORT WORKS FUND" AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE DISBURSEMENT OF SAID FUND.
Date of Approval
November 28, 1929

Act No. 3595

Full Title
AN ACT TO REGULATE THE MANUFACTURE, IMPORTATION AND SALE OF GALVANIZED IRON, BARBED WIRE, AND NAILS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
November 28, 1929

Act No. 3596

Full Title
AN ACT TO PREVENT THE ADULTERATION OF, AND DECEPTION IN THE SALE OF PAINTS AND PAINT MATERIALS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
Date of Approval
November 28, 1929

Act No. 3597

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CONSTRUCTION OF INSULAR GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS, AND THE ALTERATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE OFFICIAL RESIDENCES OF THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN THE CITIES OF MANILA AND BAGUIO, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREOF AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
November 28, 1929