Act No. 3903

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF LANDS TO SELL TO THE ORIGINAL PURCHASER, WITHOUT NECESSITY FOR A PUBLIC AUCTION, LOTS OF FRIAR LANDS SOLD BY THE GOVERNMENT AND REACQUIRED BY THE SAME ON ACCOUNT OF FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE CONDITIONS OF PURCHASE ON PART OF THE PURCHASER.
Date of Approval
November 16, 1931

Act No. 3904

Full Title
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PAYMENT WITHOUT PENALTY OF THE CEDULA TAX IN THE PROVINCES OF CAGAYAN AND ISABELA UNTIL THE THIRTY-FIRST OF AUGUST OF EACH YEAR AND TO AMEND SECTION FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-THREE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE ACCORDINGLY.
Date of Approval
November 17, 1931

Act No. 3905

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED AND SIX OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, BY GRANTING PROVINCIAL BOARDS THE AUTHORITY TO EXTEND LOANS TO RURAL BANKS OR TO RURAL CREDIT ASSOCIATIONS ORGANIZED UNDER ACTS NUMBERED THIRTY-EIGHT HUNDRED AND NINETY-SIX AND THIRTY-EIGHT HUNDRED AND NINETY-FIVE, RESPECTIVELY, FROM THE FIXED DEPOSITS OF THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS IN THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK.
Date of Approval
November 17, 1931

Act No. 3906

Full Title
AN ACT GRANTING TO LUCILA SAN JOSE A FRANCHISE TO INSTALL, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF RAMOS, PROVINCE OF TARLAC, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
Date of Approval
November 19, 1931
Major Topic

Act No. 3907

Full Title
AN ACT GRANTING TO LUCILA SAN JOSE A FRANCHISE TO INSTALL, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER PLANT IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF GERONA AND PURA, PROVINCE OF TARLAC, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
Date of Approval
November 19, 1931
Major Topic

Act No. 3908

Full Title
AN ACT GRANTING TO MIGUEL PEREZ A FRANCHISE TO INSTALL, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER PLANT IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF PONTEVEDRA, PROVINCE OF OCCIDENTAL NEGROS, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
Date of Approval
November 19, 1931
Major Topic

Act No. 3909

Full Title
AN ACT CONCERNING THE LICENSING OF AIRMEN AND AIRCRAFT, AND INSPECTION OF THE SAME, CONCERNING AIR TRAFFIC RULES, CONCERNING SCHEDULES AND RATES OF AVIATION COMPANIES AND CONCERNING THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAW.
Date of Approval
November 19, 1931
Major Topic

Act No. 3910

Full Title
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT, EQUIPMENT, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF AN ECONOMIC GARDEN IN CAMP ELDRIDGE, LOS BAÑOS, LAGUNA, AUTHORIZING THE USE OF ANY UNEXPENDED BALANCE FROM THE APPROPRIATION PROVIDED FOR THE BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY BY ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-EIGHT HUNDRED AND THREE TO DEFRAY THE EXPENSES THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
November 19, 1931

Act No. 3911

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-THREE, ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SIX AND ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-ONE OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED; REORGANIZING SOME OF THE JUDICIAL DISTRICTS; CREATING THE THIRTIETH AND THIRTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICTS; AND CHANGING THE PLACES AND DATES OF THE TERMS OF COURT IN CERTAIN DISTRICTS.
Date of Approval
November 19, 1931

Act No. 3913

Full Title
AN ACT GRANTING TO DAVAO TELEPHONE COMPANY A FRANCHISE TO INSTALL, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN A TELEPHONE SYSTEM IN THE PROVINCE OF DAVAO AND ANY MUNICIPALITY OR MUNICIPALITIES THEREOF.
Date of Approval
November 27, 1931

Act No. 3914

Full Title
AN ACT TO CLARIFY THE MEANING 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, AS AMENDED.
Date of Approval
January 19, 1932

Act No. 3915

Full Title
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL PARKS, DECLARING SUCH PARKS AS GAME REFUGES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
January 31, 1932

Act No. 3916

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND RULE TWELVE (B) OF SECTION TWO 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.
Date of Approval
March 10, 1932

Act No. 3917

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING FURTHER SECTION FOURTEEN OF THE PHILIPPINE TARIFF ACT OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND NINE, AS AMENDED, SO AS TO EXEMPT FOREST PRODUCTS FROM THE PAYMENT OF WHARFAGE CHARGES.
Date of Approval
March 15, 1932

Act No. 3918

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING PARAGRAPHS TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN AND TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF AUGUST FIFTH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND NINE.
Date of Approval
April 7, 1932

Act No. 3919

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-EIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN, ENTITLED "AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC WORKS."
Date of Approval
July 29, 1932

Act No. 3920

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-NINE, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PREVENT THE USE OF EXPLOSIVES AND POISONS FOR TAKING FISH IN THE WATERS OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS," AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED THIRTY HUNDRED AND TWELVE.
Date of Approval
August 7, 1932

Act No. 3921

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND PARAGRAPH (E), SUBSECTION A OF SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-EIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN.
Date of Approval
September 5, 1932

Act No. 3922

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE THIRTEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SEVEN OF THE CIVIL CODE, EMPOWERING MARRIED WOMEN, OF AGE, TO DISPOSE FREELY OF THEIR PARAPHERNAL PROPERTY, WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE HUSBAND.
Date of Approval
September 11, 1932
Major Topic

Act No. 3923

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED FIFTEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SEVEN OF THE PHILIPPINE COMMISSION, AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED FIFTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-NINE OF SAID COMMISSION AND ACT NUMBERED EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND FOUR OF THE PHILIPPINE LEGISLATURE, PERMITTING THE HOLDING OF HORSE RACES ON CERTAIN DAYS OF THE YEARS NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-TWO AND NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-THREE.
Date of Approval
October 3, 1932

Act No. 3924

Full Title
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE PURPOSE OF FIGHTING, EXTERMINATING OR CONTROLLING THE LOCUSTS WHICH AT PRESENT EXIST IN ALARMING NUMBERS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
October 4, 1932

Act No. 3925

Full Title
AN ACT TO REMIT THE PENALTIES FOR DELINQUENCY IN THE PAYMENT OF THE CEDULA TAX UNTIL THE YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-TWO.
Date of Approval
October 14, 1932

Act No. 3926

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SUBSECTION (E) OF SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-EIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN, ENTITLED "AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC WORKS."
Date of Approval
November 6, 1932

Act No. 3927

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWENTY-SIX HUNDRED AND NINETY-TWO OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, KNOWN AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE.
Date of Approval
November 27, 1932

Act No. 3928

Full Title
bAN ACT TO AMEND SUBSECTION (E) OF SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-NINE HUNDRED AND TWELVE, ENTITLED 'AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC WORKS."
Date of Approval
November 27, 1932

Act No. 3929

Full Title
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE MUNICIPAL COUNCILS TO ESTABLISH MUNICIPAL WAREHOUSES FOR THE STORAGE OF PRODUCTS BELONGING TO PLANTERS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
November 27, 1932

Act No. 3930

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-THREE OF ACT NUMBERED TWO THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A TAXPAYER WHO HAS PAID EXCESSIVE LAND TAXES UNDER ERRONEOUS AND UNJUST ASSESSMENT IS ENTITLED TO THE REPAYMENT OF THE EXCESSIVE COLLECTIONS WHATEVER PER CENTUM THE REDUCTION MAY BE, IN THE EXCESSIVE ASSESSMENT.
Date of Approval
November 27, 1932

Act No. 3931

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PAYMENT OF SALARY TO MUNICIPAL PRESIDENTS DURING ABSENCE FROM OFFICE DUE TO ILLNESS, SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS, AND AMENDING THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE ACCORDINGLY.
Date of Approval
November 27, 1932

Act No. 3932

Full Title
AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE UNEXPENDED BALANCE OF THE PROCEEDS OF THE BONDS ISSUED UNDER ACTS NUMBERED TWENTY-NINE HUNDRED AND FORTY AND THREE THOUSAND AND THIRTEEN FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PERMANENT BRIDGES, MARKET BUILDINGS, MUNICIPAL WAREHOUSES AND WATERWORKS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
November 28, 1932

Act No. 3933

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-EIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN, KNOWN AS THE PUBLIC WORKS ACT.
Date of Approval
November 28, 1932

Act No. 3934

Full Title
AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF A BARRIO IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BAUAN, PROVINCE OF BATANGAS, FROM CALACA TO RIZAL.
Date of Approval
November 28, 1932

Act No. 3935

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-EIGHT OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, KNOWN AS THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE.
Date of Approval
November 28, 1932

Act No. 3936

Full Title
AN ACT REQUIRING BANKS, TRUST COMPANIES, SAVINGS AND MORTGAGE BANKS, MUTUAL BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS, AND BANKING INSTITUTIONS OF EVERY KIND TO TRANSFER UNCLAIMED BALANCES HELD BY THEM TO THE INSULAR TREASURY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
November 28, 1932

Act No. 3937

Full Title
AN ACT TO DECLARE THE LAST SUNDAY OF MAY OF EACH YEAR AN OFFICIAL HOLIDAY UNDER THE NAME OF "PHILIPPINE FLAG DAY."
Date of Approval
November 28, 1932

Act No. 3938

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FIFTEEN HUNDRED AND TEN OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE.
Date of Approval
November 28, 1932

Act No. 3939

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING TEACHERS AND OTHER PERSONS CONTRIBUTING TO THE "TEACHERS' PENSION AND DISABILITY FUND" TO SECURE LOANS THEREFROM UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, THUS AMENDING SECTION EIGHT OF ACT NUMBERED THREE THOUSAND AND FIFTY, AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED THREE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTIONS OF ACT NUMBERED THREE THOUSAND AND FIFTY ENTITLED 'AN ACT TO PROVIDE ANNUAL PENSIONS FOR TEACHERS EMPLOYED IN THE PHILIPPINE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, TO APPROPRIATE MONEYAND REGULATE THE DISBURSEMENT THEREOF."
Date of Approval
November 28, 1932
Major Topic

Act No. 3940

Full Title
AN ACT TO EXTEND THE PERIOD OF LEGAL DETENTION OF A PERSON BEFORE HIS DELIVERY TO THE JUDICIAL AUTHORITIES, AMENDING THE REVISED PENAL CODE ACCORDINGLY.
Date of Approval
November 28, 1932

Act No. 3941

Full Title
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT THE MEASURING OF TIMBER IN THE LOCAL MARKET SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AND TO DECLARE UNLAWFUL THE USE IN THIS CONNECTION OF A TABLE KNOWN IN THE MARKET AS COMMERCIAL TABLE.
Date of Approval
November 28, 1932

Act No. 3942

Full Title
AN ACT MAKING THE PROVISIONS OF ACT NUMBERED FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-TWO, KNOWN AS THE LOCUST LAW, APPLICABLE TO THE RAT PEST.
Date of Approval
November 28, 1932

Act No. 3943

Full Title
AN ACT DECLARING THE FIRST WEEK OF JANUARY NATIONAL THRIFT WEEK AND DIRECTING THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION AND THE DIRECTOR OF POSTS EACH TO CONDUCT A THRIFT CAMPAIGN DURING SAID WEEK, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
November 28, 1932
Major Topic

Act No. 3944

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS ONE AND TWO OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY-THREE, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT, EQUIPMENT, MAINTENANCE, AND OPERATION OF SEED FARMS FOR RICE, CORN, SUGAR CANE, AND OTHER STAPLE CROPS UNDER THE BUREAU OF AGRICULTURE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FOUR.
Date of Approval
November 28, 1932

Act No. 3946

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SUBSECTION (E) OF SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-NINE HUNDRED AND TWELVE, ENTITLED "AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC WORKS."
Date of Approval
November 30, 1932

Act No. 3947

Full Title
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE MANILA HARBOR BOARD TO TRANSFER TO THE GENERAL FUNDS OF THE INSULAR GOVERNMENT THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS FROM THE BOARD'S SURPLUS FUNDS.
Date of Approval
November 30, 1932

Act No. 3948

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO THOUSAND AND THIRTY-ONE OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, KNOWN AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED BY SECTION SEVEN OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
November 30, 1932

Act No. 3949

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK TO PAY IN ASSETS OTHER THAN IN CASH THE FUNDS DUE THE GOVERNMENT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FOUR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
November 30, 1932

Act No. 3950

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF LANDS, WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES, TO COLLECT FEES FOR THE VERIFICATION OF SURVEYS BY PRIVATE LAND SURVEYORS, SETTING ASIDE AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF PERSONNEL, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
November 30, 1932

Act No. 3951

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE SALE, CONVEYANCE, AND TRANSFER OF THE FRANCHISE GRANTED TO NATALIO DIGAL BY ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIVE TO INSTALL, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF OROQUIETA, OCCIDENTAL MISAMIS.
Date of Approval
November 30, 1932
Major Topic