1st Philippine Legislature (Phil. Assembly)

Act No. 1854

Full Title
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE APPROPRIATION OF SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS ANNUALY FOR THE PROMOTION, ESTABLISHMENT,AND MAINTENANCE OF IRRIGATION SYSTEMS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
Date of Approval
June 12, 1908

Act No. 1855

Full Title
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.
Date of Approval
June 12, 1908

Act No. 1859

Full Title
AN ACT TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE EXECUTIVE OFFICES OF THE GOVERNMENT BY EMPOWERING THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL TO TRANSFER BUREAUS FROM THE JURISDICTION OF ONE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT TO ANOTHER.
Date of Approval
June 12, 1908

Act No. 1860

Full Title
AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND PESOS FROM THE INSULAR TREASURY FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT OF THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE AMERICAN FLEET ON THE OCCASION OF ITS PROPOSED VISIT TO THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF MANILA TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE SAME PURPOSE.
Date of Approval
June 14, 1908

Act No. 1863

Full Title
AN ACT PROVIDING THAT THE PROVINCES OF PALAWAN AND MINDORO SHALL HAVE THEIR PRO RATA SHARE OF THE SPECIAL FUND OF TEN PER CENTUM OF INTERNAL-REVENUE COLLECTIONS, CREATED BY ACT NUMBERED SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-FIVE, AND PAYABLE TO THE ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND OF CERTAIN PROVINCES.
Date of Approval
June 15, 1908

Act No. 1864

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING CHAPTER ONE OF ACT NUMBERED NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX BY PROVIDING THAT PAYMENT .OF HOMESTEAD ENTRY FEES MAY BE MADE IN INSTALLMENTS, AND BY LIMITING THE RESIDENCE REQUIRED BY SAID CHAPTER TO THE LAST TWO YEARS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE DATE OF FINAL PROOF.
Date of Approval
June 17, 1908

Act No. 1870

Full Title
AN ACT FOR THE PURPOSE OF FOUNDING A UNIVERSITY FOR THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, GIVING IT CORPORATE EXISTENCE, PROVIDING FOR A BOARD OF REGENTS, DEFINING THE BOARD'S RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES, PROVIDING HIGHER AND PROFESSIONAL INSTRUCTION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
June 17, 1908
Major Topic

Act No. 1871

Full Title
AN ACT MAKING AVAILABLE FOR EXPENDITURE DURING THE FISCAL YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND NINE AND THEREAFTER, THE BALANCE REMAINING FROM FUNDS APPROPRIATED BY ACT NUMBERED SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-TWO, FOR EXAMINATIONS FOR SCHOLARSHIPS IN THE PHILIPPINE MEDICAL SCHOOL.
Date of Approval
June 18, 1908
Major Topic

Act No. 1872

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING NUMBERED FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVEN, ENTITLED "THE REORGANIZATION ACT," BY PROVING FOR THE FREE CUTTING AND USE OF CERTAIN FIRST-GROUP TIMBERS IN BUILDINGS OF STRONG MATERIALS.
Date of Approval
June 18, 1908

Act No. 1875

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND NINETY-SIX, ENTITLED "THE LAND REGISTRATION ACT," AND OTHER ACTS RELATING THERETO, TO GIVE GREATER FACILITIES FOR OBTAINING TITLES AND THE REGISTRATION OF PROPERTY IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED AND FIVE THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE JUDICIARY AND ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE BUREAU OF LANDS TO MEET THE ADDITIONAL EXPENSES INVOLVED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
June 18, 1908

Act No. 1876

Full Title
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PROVINCE TO BE KNOWN AS THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PRISON AT BONTOC FOR NON-CHRISTIAN CRIMINALS, CHANGING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE PROVINCE OF NUEVA VIZCAYA, AMENDING ACT NUMBERED EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN, AS AMENDED, BY CHANGING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE MOUNTAIN JUDICIAL DISTRICT AND THE TIMES AND PLACES OF HOLDING COURTS OF FIRST INSTANCE IN THE SAID DISTRICT, PROVIDING FOR PARTICIPATION BY THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF INTERNAL-REVENUE COLLECTIONS, AND REPEALING ALL ACTS OR PARTS OF ACTS INCONSISTENT WITH THIS ACT.
Date of Approval
August 17, 1908

Act No. 1877

Full Title
AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUNDRY EXPENSES OF THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS OF AGUSAN, BENGUET, LEPANTO-BONTOC, NUEVA VIZCAYA, AND THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND NINE.
Date of Approval
August 11, 1908

Act No. 1878

Full Title
AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS AGGREGATING THIRTY THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED PESOS FOR CERTAIN PUBLIC WORKS AND PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE AND THE TOWN SITE OF BAGUIO, PROVINCE OF BENGUET.
Date of Approval
August 21, 1908

Act No. 1879

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED SEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SEVEN, ENTITLED "AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF THE MORO PROVINCE," AS AMENDED, AND PROVIDING THAT THE PROPERTY ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE POWER TO PURCHASE MERCHANDISE AND SUPPLIES FOR USE OF THE PROVINCIAL AND DISTRICT GOVERNMENTS, COURTS OF FIRST INSTANCE, AND SO FORTH, HERETOFORE BY LAW DEVOLVING UPON THE ENGINEER OF THE MORO PROVINCE SHALL BE ASSUMED AND EXERCISED BY THE TREASURER OF THE MORO PROVINCE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
October 9, 1908

Act No. 1880

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SIX, ENTITLED "AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PROVINCE TO BE KNOWN AS THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PRISON AT BONTOC FOR NON-CHRISTIAN CRIMINALS, CHANGING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE PROVINCE OF NUEVA VIZCAYA, AMENDING ACT NUMBERED EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN,AS AMENDED,BY CHANGING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE MOUNTAIN JUDICIAL DISTRICT AND THE TIMES AND PLACES OF HOLDING COURTS OF FIRST INSTANCE IN THE SAIDDISTRICT PROVIDING FOR PARTICIPATION BY THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF INTERNAL-REVENUE COLLECTIONS, AND REPEALING ALL ACTS OR PARTS OF ACTS INCONSISTENT WITH WITH THIS ACT," SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT DEPUTIES OF THE PROVINCIAL SECRETARY-TREASURER SHALL COLLECT FEES FOR RECORDING DOCUMENTS OR INSTRUMENTS PERTAINING TO MINING AND MINERAL CLAIMS AND ACCOUNT THEREFOR, AND SHALL PERFORM THE DUTIES OF MINING RECORDERS IN THE SUBPROVINCES OF BENGUET AND LEPANTO
Date of Approval
February 23, 1909

Act No. 1881

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION TWENTY-TWO OF ACT NUMBERED SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-EIGHT, KNOWN AS " THE REVISED CIVIL SERVICE ACT," BY REDUCING THE OFFICE HOURS TO FIVE HOURS, FROM SEVEN O'CLOCK AND THIRTY MINUTES IN THE MORNING TO TWELVE O'CLOCK AND THIRTY MINUTES IN THE AFTERNOON, FROM THE FIRST OF APRIL TO THE FIFTEEN OF JUNE, BOTH DATES INCLUSIVE, OF EACH YEAR.
Date of Approval
April 4, 1909

Act No. 1882

Full Title
AN ACT PROVIDING THAT THE PROCEEDS OF THE TAX AUTHORIZED TO BE COLLECTED UNDER SECTION NINETEEN (a) OF THE SPECIAL PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT ACT MAY BE EXPENDED, IN THE PROVINCES OF NUEVA VIZCAYA AND AGUSAN AND THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, FOR THE REPAIR OF PUBLIC WORKS.
Date of Approval
April 6, 1909

Act No. 1883

Full Title
AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUNDRY EXPENSES OF THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS OF AGUSAN, NUEVA VIZCAYA, AND THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, FOR THE PERIOD ENDING JUNE THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TEN, AND THEREAFTER.
Date of Approval
April 12, 1909

Act No. 1884

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SIX, ENTITLED "AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PROVINCE TO BE KNOWN AS THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PRISON AT BONTOC FOR NON-CHRISTIAN CRIMINALS, CHANGING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE PROVINCE OF NUEVA VIZCAYA, AMENDING ACT NUMBERED EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN, AS AMENDED, BY CHANGING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE MOUNTAIN JUDICIAL DISTRICT AND THE TIMES AND PLACES OF HOLDING COURTS OF FIRST INSTANCE IN THE SAID DISTRICT, PROVIDING FOR PARTICIPATION BY THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF INTERNAL-REVENUE COLLECTIONS, AND REPEALING ALL ACTS OR PARTS OF ACTS INCONSISTENT WITH THIS ACT," SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE PROVINCIAL SECRETARY-TREASURER SHALL BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR ALL PUBLIC PROPERTY PERTAINING TO THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE.
Date of Approval
April 12, 1909

Act No. 1885

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE INSULAR COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS TO CLEAR FOREIGN VESSELS FOR ANY PORT OF THE MORO PROVINCE DESIGNATED BY HIM FOR THAT PURPOSE, UNDER SUCH CONDITIONS AND REGULATIONS AS HE MAY, WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE SECRETARY OF FINANCE AND JUSTICE, IMPOSE.
Date of Approval
April 28, 1909
Major Topic

Act No. 1886

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION THIRTY-FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED EIGHTY-TWO, BY ADDING THERETO A SECOND PARAGRAPH AUTHORIZING THE TRANSLATION OF MUNICIPAL ORDINANCES INTO THE LOCAL DIALECT AND THE POSTING THEREOF, AS TRANSLATED INTO SUCH DIALECT.
Date of Approval
April 21, 1909

Act No. 1887

Full Title
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE FREDERICK GARFIELD WAITE AND OTHERS TO MAINTAIN AND ACTION AT LAW AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND AUTHORIZING THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS TO APPEAR THEREIN.
Date of Approval
May 7, 1909

Act No. 1888

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION SEVENTY-THREE OF ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY, AS AMENDED BY SECTION EIGHT OF ACT NUMBERED SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN, SO AS TO MAKE IT APPLICABLE BOTH TO CIVIL AND CRIMINAL CASES, AND REPEALING SECTION THREE OF ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY-FOUR.
Date of Approval
May 7, 1909

Act No. 1892

Full Title
AN ACT EXTENDING TO JUNE FIFTEENTH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND NINE, THE PERIOD FOR THE PAYMENT, WITHOUT PENALTY, OF THE CEDULA TAX FOR THE YEAR NINTEEN HUNDRED AND NINE IN THE CITY OF MANILA AND IN THE PROVINCES ORGANIZED UNDER THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT ACT.
Date of Approval
May 13, 1909

Act No. 1894

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND NINE, ENTITLED "AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE COMPULSORY VACCINATION OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS," SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE INOCULATION OF ANY HUMAN BEING WITH SMALLPOX VIRUS SHALL BE UNLAWFUL.
Date of Approval
May 14, 1909

Act No. 1895

Full Title
AN ACT OT AMEND SECTION SEVENTEEN OF ACT NUMBERED FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-NINE, ENTITLED "THE CORPORATION LAW," AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED SEVENTEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-FOUR, SO THAT INCREASE IN CAPITAL STOCK OF CORPORATIONS MAY BE PAID IN CASH OR PROPERTY.
Date of Approval
May 16, 1909

Act No. 1896

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SUGAR-TESTING LABORATORY IN THE CITY OF ILOILO, PROVINCE OF ILOILO, AND FIXING THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE SUGAR CHEMIST IN CHARGE THEREOF.
Date of Approval
May 16, 1909

Act No. 1897

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING SUBSECTION FOUR OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED ELEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-NINE, KNOWN AS "THE INTERNAL REVENUE LAW OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FOUR," INCREASING THE LICENSE TAX ON PAWNBROKERS.
Date of Approval
May 16, 1909

Act No. 1898

Full Title
AN ACT PROVIDING THAT MUNICIPAL PRESIDENTS SHALL MAKE SPECIAL QUARTERLY REPORTS ON THE CONDITION OF AGRICULTURE, LIVE STOCK, AND ON OTHER MATTERS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE MUNICIPALITIES.
Date of Approval
May 16, 1909

Act No. 1899

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX OF ACT NUMBERED ELEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-NINE, ENTITLED “THE INTERNAL REVENUE LAW OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FOUR,” BY PROVIDING THAT UPON REINSURANCE BY A COMPANY WHICH HAS ALREADY EFFECTED THE INSURANCE AND PAID THE TAX, NO FURTHER TAX SHALL BECOME DUE.
Date of Approval
May 17, 1909

Act No. 1900

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED TWELVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-EIGHT, ENTITLED "AN ACT AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING: REGISTERS OF DEEDS TO PERFORM CERTAIN DUTIES OF COMMERCIAL REGISTERS AS DEFINED IN TITLE TWO OF THE CODE OF COMMERCE, AND PROVIDING THAT THE DOCUMENTING, REGISTRY, ENROLLMENT, AND LICENSING OF VESSELS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATIVE ACT AND THE CUSTOMS RULES AND REGULATIONS SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A REGISTRY OF VESSELS WITHIN THE MEANING OF SAID TITLE," BY PROVIDING THAT THE INSULAR COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS SHALL PERFORM THE DUTIES OF COMMERCIAL REGISTER CONCERNING THE REGISTERING OF VESSELS, AS DEFINED IN TITLE TWO OF THE CODE OF COMMERCE.
Date of Approval
May 17, 1909
Major Topic

Act No. 1901

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION TWENTY-THREE OF ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX, AS AMENDED, BY PROVIDING THAT THE AMOUNT OF THE BONDS OF THE SHERIFFS OF PROVINCES SHALL BE FIXED BY THE INSULAR AUDITOR.
Date of Approval
May 17, 1909

Act No. 1902

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL TO DIRECT THAT ANY UNEXPENDED BALANCES OF APPROPRIATIONS BE RETURNED TO THE GENERAL FUND OF THE INSULAR TREASURY AND TO TRANSFER FROM THE GENERAL FUND MONEYS WHICH HAVE BEEN RETURNED THERETO.
Date of Approval
May 17, 1909

Act No. 1903

Full Title
AN ACT FURTHER AMENDING SUBSECTION (A) OF SECTION FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED EIGHTY-TWO ENTITLED "THE MUNICIPAL CODE," AS AMENDED BY ACTS NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND THREE, FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-THREE, AND SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-ONE, BY ADDING TO THE SECOND PARAGRAPH OF THE SAID SECTION AN EXCEPTION COVERING THE EQUIPMENT OF THE MUNICIPAL POLICE FORCE.
Date of Approval
May 17, 1909