Act No. 3352

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF MANILA TO FILL LOWLANDS, TO CHARGE THE COST THEREOF, INCLUDING INTEREST, AS AN ANNUAL ASSESSMENT AGAINST THE PROPERTY FILLED, TO ISSUE BONDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF RAISING FUNDS FOR THE FILLING OF LOW AREAS WITHIN SAID CITY, AND AUTHORIZNG ALSO AN INSULAR GOVERNMENT BOND ISSUE SECURED BY SAID CITY BONDS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
November 16, 1927

Act No. 3353

Full Title
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE APPLICATION OF THE UNEXPENDED BALANCES OF THE FUNDS APPROPRIATED BY THE APPROPRIATION ACT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN, FOR CERTAIN NECESSARY EXPENSES OF THE GOVERNMENT DURING SAID YEAR.
Date of Approval
November 18, 1927

Act No. 3354

Full Title
AN ACT TO CREATE THE PROVINCES OF ORIENTAL MISAMIS AND OCCIDENTAL MISAMIS AND ESTABLISH THE BOUNDARIES THEREOF.
Date of Approval
November 29, 1927

Act No. 3355

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-EIGHT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
December 1, 1927

Act No. 3356

Full Title
An Act to amend Section Twenty-one hundred and Eighty-seven of the Administrative Code of Nineteen hundred and seventeen.
Date of Approval
December 2, 1927

Act No. 3357

Full Title
An Act further amending Section Twenty-six hundred and twenty-five of Act Numbered Twenty-seven hundred and eleven, known as the Administrative Code of Nineteen hundred and seventeen.
Date of Approval
December 2, 1927

Act No. 3358

Full Title
AN ACT MODIFYING THE PRESENT BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN THE PROVINCES OF SURIGAO AND DAVAO BY ANNEXING THE BARRIOS OF PALO-ALTO AND SAN ROQUE, MUNICIPALITY OF CATEEL, DAVAO, TO THE MUNICIPALITY OF LINGIG, PROVINCE OF SURIGAO.
Date of Approval
December 2, 1927

Act No. 3359

Full Title
An Act to provide a minimum salary of Forty pesos a month for municipal-school teachers in the public schools of the Philippine Islands.
Date of Approval
December 2, 1927
Major Topic

Act No. 3360

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED AND NINETY-ONE, AS AMENDED, BY DESIGNATING A NEW TIME LIMIT FOR THE FILING OF APPLICATIONS FOR RETIREMENT, AND TO AMEND SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-NINE, AS AMENDED, BY GRANTING CERTAIN ANNUAL GRATUITIES TO MEMBERS OF THE JUDICIARY.
Date of Approval
December 2, 1927

Act No. 3361

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FOUR, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS, TO BE EXPENDED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF PROVINCIAL HOSPITALS IN THE REGULAR P ROVINCES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN, AS AMENDED," BY MAKING THE SUM APPROPRIATED THEREIN AVAILABLE FOR CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPMENT ONLY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
December 2, 1927

Act No. 3362

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN OF ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND NINETY-SIX BY ADDING THERETO CERTAIN PROVISOS TENDING TO INSURE THE AUTHENTICITY OF INSTRUMENTS ACKNOWLEDGED BEFORE A NOTARY WHEN SUCH INSTRUMENTS CONSIST OF T WO OR MORE PAGES AND RELATE TO THE SALE, ASSIGNMENT, ONVEYANCE, MORTGAGE OF TWO OR MORE PARCELS OF LAND.
Date of Approval
December 2, 1927

Act No. 3363

Full Title
AN ACT APPROPRIATING ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTION OR PURCHASE OF AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, POWER AND ICE PLANT IN THE CULION LEPER COLONY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
December 2, 1927

Act No. 3365

Full Title
AN ACT TO REPEAL ACT NUMBERED THREE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN PROVIDING FOR THE REGISTRATION OF CONTRACTS OF AGENCY AND THEIR REVOCATION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
December 2, 1927

Act No. 3366

Full Title
An Act approving and granting the retirement solicited by the deceased Judge Pablo Borbon and Judge Cayo Alzona.
Date of Approval
December 2, 1927

Act No. 3367

Full Title
An Act to amend Sections Ten and Twenty-four of Act Numbered Thirty-one hundred and eight, entitled "An Act creating the Public Utility Commission and prescribing its duties and powers and for other purposes."
Date of Approval
December 2, 1927
Major Topic

Act No. 3368

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUREAU OF NON-CHRISTIAN TRIBES, WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, TO PURCHASE THE UPPER PORTION OF BUD DATTU MOUNTAIN, ISLAND OF JOLO, SULU ARCHIPELAGO, TO BE MADE INTO A PUBLIC PARK.
Date of Approval
December 2, 1927

Act No. 3369

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SUBSECTION (L) OF SECTION TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-NINE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SIX, RELATIVE TO LOANS TO THE INSULAR GOVERNMENT FROM THE POSTAL SAVINGS BANK.
Date of Approval
December 2, 1927

Act No. 3370

Full Title
AN ACT INCREASING THE MAXIMUM VALUE OF ESTATES SUBJECT TO SUMMARY SETTLEMENT TO SIX THOUSAND PESOS, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE SECTION FIVE HUNDRED AND NINETY-SEVEN OF ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY, AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-ONE.
Date of Approval
December 2, 1927

Act No. 3371

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF LANDS TO SELL CERTAIN LOTS IN THE BARRIOS OF SAN ROQUE, TINAGO, TIHERO AND PANTING, IN THE CITY OF CEBU, TO THEIR ORIGINAL POSSESSORS AND CLAIMANTS OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
December 2, 1927

Act No. 3372

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-ONE OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, KNOWN AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE.
Date of Approval
December 2, 1927

Act No. 3373

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION THREE HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE SO AS TO EXEMPT BONDED OFFICIALS OF THE GOVERNMENT FROM THE PAYMENT OF PREMIUMS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
December 2, 1927

Act No. 3374

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SIX AND TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, KNOWN AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN, AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED THREE THOUSAND AND EIGHTY-SEVEN, REGARDING ACCRUED AND VACATION LEAVE OF ABSENCE.
Date of Approval
December 2, 1927

Act No. 3375

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY-TWO, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO REGULATE THE BUSINESS OF FURNISHING BOND IN CIVIL AND CRIMINAL CASES."
Date of Approval
December 2, 1927

Act No. 3377

Full Title
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PROMOTION OF AGRICULTURAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION; TO PROVIDE FOR COOPERATION WITH PROVINCES, CITIES, AND MUNICIPALITIES IN THE PROMOTION OF SUCH EDUCATION IN AGRICULTURE, COMMERCE, TRADES, AND INDUSTRIES; TO PROVIDE FOR COOPERATION WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES AND OTHER INSULAR INSTITUTIONS IN THE PREPARATION OF TEACHERS OF VOCATIONAL SUBJECTS; TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS AND REGULATE THEIR EXPENDITURES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
December 2, 1927
Major Topic

Act No. 3379

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING MUNICIPALITIES OR MUNICIPAL DISTRICTS TO IMPOSE LICENSE TAXES ON OR LET THE PRIVILEGE OF GATHERING EDIBLE BIRDS' NESTS THEREIN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
December 2, 1927

Act No. 3380

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PROVINCIAL BOARD OF TAYABAS, WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL, TO TAKE FROM THE FUNDS RECEIVED BY THE PROVINCE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-THREE AND NOT YET DISTRIBUTED, THE SUM OF THREE THOUSAND PESOS, FOR DISTRIBUTION AS RELIEF, IN SUCH FORM AS IT MAY DEEM ADVISABLE, FOR THE INDIGENT INHABITANTS OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF BALER, PROVINCE OF TAYABAS, AFFECTED BY THE TYPHOON OF SEPTEMBER SEVENTEENTH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN.
Date of Approval
December 2, 1927

Act No. 3381

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY, ENTITLED "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 TW ENTY-SEVEN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES."
Date of Approval
December 2, 1927

Act No. 3382

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SEVEN OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, KNOWN AS THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY-EIGHT.
Date of Approval
December 2, 1927

Act No. 3383

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING AND REQUESTING THE SECRETARY OF WAR TO CANCEL AND DESTROY CERTAIN BONDS OF THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT ISSUED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF ACTS NUMBERED THIRTY HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN AND THIRTY HUNDRED AND FIFTY-EIGHT.
Date of Approval
December 2, 1927

Act No. 3384

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE REMISSION OF THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE PROVINCES OF ABRA, BATAAN, ISABELA, PALAWAN, ROMBLON, AND SURIGAO TO THE PHILIPPINE HEALTH SERVICE.
Date of Approval
December 2, 1927

Act No. 3385

Full Title
AN ACT TO REPEAL ACT NUMBERED TWO THOUSAND AND NINETY-EIGHT, ENTITLED "AN ACT RELATING TO CONTRACTS OF PERSONAL SERVICE AND ADVANCES THEREUNDER, AND PROVIDING PUNISHMENT FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES CONNECTED THEREWITH."
Date of Approval
December 2, 1927

Act No. 3386

Full Title
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF THE MUNICIPAL DISTRICTS OF SUDIPEN, SANTOL, SAN GABRIEL, AND PUGO, PROVINCE OF LA UNION, INTO REGULAR MUNICIPALITIES.
Date of Approval
December 2, 1927

Act No. 3387

Full Title
AN ACT TO REVISE AND COMPILE THE ELECTION LAW, CHAPTER EIGHTEEN OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AND TO AMEND ARTICLE III, CHAPTER SIXTY-FIVE OF SAID CODE CONCERNING OFFENSES RELATIVE TO ELECTIONS AND ELECTIVE OFFICERS.
Date of Approval
December 2, 1927

Act No. 3388

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINE AND EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-ONE OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, KNOWN AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, SETTING ASIDE COMMUNAL PASTURES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
December 2, 1927

Act No. 3390

Full Title
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF SIXTY THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A BUILDING FOR THE PRODUCTION, MANUFACTURE, AND PREPARATION OF RINDERPEST VACCINE, AUTHORIZE THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE TO DISBURSE SAID SUM, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
December 4, 1927

Act No. 3391

Full Title
An Act to amend Section Seven of Act Numbered Thirty-one hundred and seventy-three, providing for the pensioning and retirement of certain officers of the Philippine Health Service.
Date of Approval
December 4, 1927

Act No. 3392

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-TWO OF ACT NUMBERED FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-NINE, AS LAST AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED TWO THOUSAND AND NINETY-TWO.
Date of Approval
December 4, 1927

Act No. 3393

Full Title
AN ACT TO PENALIZE ABUSES ON PART OF THE ADMINISTRATORS, OR THEIR AGENTS, OF LAND SEIZED BY THE GOVERNMENT FOR DELINQUENCY IN THE PAYMENT OF THE LAND TAX.
Date of Approval
December 4, 1927

Act No. 3394

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION NINE HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, ADMITTING GRADUATES OF SCHOOLS OF HYGIENE AND PUBLIC HEALTH TO THE COMMISSIONED SERVICE.
Date of Approval
December 4, 1927

Act No. 3395

Full Title
An Act to amend Section Seven hundred and eighty-eight of Act Numbered One hundred and ninety, commonly known as the Code of Civil Procedure.
Date of Approval
December 4, 1927

Act No. 3396

Full Title
AN ACT TO MAKE THE INSTALLATION OF RADIO APPARATUS OBLIGATORY FOR SHIPS OF PHILLIPPINE REGISTER, PROVIDE FOR THE OPERATION THEREOF, AND ESTABLISH PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS.
Date of Approval
December 4, 1927
Major Topic

Act No. 3400

Full Title
An Act to establish rules for the appointment of the members of the Medical Division of the Philippine Constabulary and to provide for automatic promotion for the same.
Date of Approval
December 4, 1927