Commonwealth Act 101

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO HUNDRED AND SEVEN OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN KNOWN AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED FOUR THOUSAND AND FIFTY SEVEN AND ACT NUMBERED FOUR THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY- NINE.
Date of Approval
October 27, 1936

Commonwealth Act 102

Full Title
AN ACT TO REMIT ARREARS IN THE CEDULA TAX AND PENALTIES, PROVIDED THE TAX FOR THE YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SEVEN IS PAID BEFORE THE FIRST DAY OF MAY THAT YEAR.
Date of Approval
October 28, 1936

Commonwealth Act 103

Full Title
AN ACT TO AFFORD PROTECTION OF LABOR BY CREATING A COURT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS EMPOWERED TO FIX MINIMUM WAGES FOR LABORERS AND MAXIMUM RENTALS TO BE PAID BY TENANTS, AND TO ENFORCE COMPULSORY ARBITRATION BETWEEN EMPLOYERS AND LANDLORDS AND EMPLOYEES OR TENANTS, RESPECTIVELY; AND BY PRESCRIBING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF ITS ORDERS.
Date of Approval
October 28, 1936

Commonwealth Act 104

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF LABOR TO PROMULGATE AND ENFORCE RULES, REGULATIONS, AND ORDERS FOR THE SAFETY OF PERSONS EMPLOYED IN MINES, QUARRIES, METALLURGICAL OPERATIONS AND OTHER ENTERPRISES.
Date of Approval
October 28, 1936

Commonwealth Act 105

Full Title
AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE SUBDIVISION OF ALL THE PORTIONS OF THE FRIAR LANDS ESTATES REMAINING UNDISPOSED OF.
Date of Approval
October 28, 1936

Commonwealth Act 106

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FIFTEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE INHERITANCE TAX.
Date of Approval
October 28, 1936

Commonwealth Act 107

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-NINE HUNDRED AND NINETY-SEVEN BY TRANSFERRING THE DUTY TO COLLECT THE RADIO REGISTRATION FEES PROVIDED FOR IN SAID ACT, AND EXTENDING THE APPLICATION OF ALL SPECIAL AND GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS OF LAW RELATING TO ASSESSMENT, REMISSION, COLLECTION AND REFUND OF INTERNAL REVENUE TAXES TO THE COLLECTION OF SAID FEES.
Date of Approval
October 28, 1936

Commonwealth Act 109

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS TWO, FOUR AND FIVE OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED SEVEN, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO CREATE A NATIONAL LOAN AND INVESTMENT BOARD, DEFINING ITS POWERS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES."
Date of Approval
October 29, 1936

Commonwealth Act 110

Full Title
AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE PURPOSE OF CARRYING OUT THE CAMPAIGN FOR THE EXTERMINATION OR CONTROL OF LOCUSTS, TO BE EXPENDED IN THE MANNER AND PURPOSES SPECIFIED IN ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FOUR, AND FOR THE CONTROL OF BUDROT AND OTHER COCONUT PESTS.
Date of Approval
October 29, 1936

Commonwealth Act 111

Full Title
AN ACT TO CREATE A PUBLIC CORPORATION TO BE KNOWN AS THE BOY SCOUTS OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND TO DEFINE ITS POWERS AND PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
October 30, 1936

Commonwealth Act 112

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE INVESTMENT OF THE POSTAL SAVINGS BANK FUND, THE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY FUND, AND THE SAN LAZARO ESTATE FUND UNDER THE JURISDICTION AND CONTROL OF THE NATIONAL LOAN AND INVESTMENT BOARD IN ADVANCES TO THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF TOLL BRIDGES, PROVIDING FOR THEIR PAYMENT, AND APPROPRIATING THE NECESSARY FUNDS TO COVER ANY DEFICIENCY IN THE PAYMENT OF SUCH ADVANCES.
Date of Approval
October 30, 1936

Commonwealth Act 113

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY-TWO, AS AMENDED BY SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED FORTY-ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SIX, BY REQUIRING THAT THE ENTRIES IN JOURNALS AND LEDGERS KEPT IN A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN A NATIVE LANGUAGE, ENGLISH OR SPANISH SHALL BE TRANSLATED INTO A NATIVE LANGUAGE, ENGLISH OR SPANISH, BY THE BOOKKEEPER OR MANAGER WHO SHALL CERTIFY UNDER OATH AS TO THE CORRECTNESS OF SAID TRANSLATION.
Date of Approval
October 31, 1936

Commonwealth Act 115

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS SIXTY-SEVEN, SIXTY-NINE AND SEVENTY OF ACT NUMBERED FOUR THOUSAND THREE, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE FISHERIES ACT.
Date of Approval
November 2, 1936

Commonwealth Act 116

Full Title
AN ACT TO MAKE THE RICE AND CORN FUND CREATED BY ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN, AS AMENDED, AVAILABLE FOR LOANS NOT ONLY TO AGRICULTURAL CREDIT COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONS ORGANIZED UNDER ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHT, AS AMENDED, BUT ALSO TO COOPERATIVE MARKETING ASSOCIATIONS ORGANIZED UNDER ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE, AS AMENDED, TO MAKE THE SAID FUND A REVOLVING FUND, TO AUTHORIZE THE NATIONAL LOAN AND INVESTMENT BOARD TO ISSUE RULESAND REGULATIONS, AND TO PROVIDE EXEMPTION FROM COURT FEES AND LEGAL CHARGES AND THE MANNER OF PUBLISHING NOTICES OF SALE.
Date of Approval
November 2, 1936

Commonwealth Act 117

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS ONE, THREE, SEVEN, EIGHT, TEN, SEVENTEEN, AND TWENTY-ONE OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTY-THREE, AS AMENDED BY ACTS NUMBERED TWENTY-NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX, THIRTY HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX, THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED AND FIVE, AND THIRTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-ONE, REGARDING INCOME TAX.
Date of Approval
November 2, 1936

Commonwealth Act 118

Full Title
AN ACT CREATING A SPECIAL FUND KNOWN AS "PHILIPPINE LIVESTOCK PROMOTION FUND" FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY THROUGH THE INTRODUCTION, PROPAGATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF PUREBRED AND IMPROVED BREEDING ANIMALS, AND FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PUBLIC BREEDING STATIONS.
Date of Approval
November 2, 1936

Commonwealth Act 119

Full Title
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE REFORESTATION AND AFFORESTATION OF WATERSHEDS, DENUDED AREAS AND COGON OR OPEN LANDS WITHIN FOREST RESERVES, COMMUNAL FORESTS, NATIONAL PARKS AND TIMBERLANDS, SAND DUNES, AND OTHER PUBLIC FOREST LANDS IN THE PHILIPPINES.
Date of Approval
November 2, 1936

Commonwealth Act 120

Full Title
AN ACT CREATING THE "NATIONAL POWER CORPORATION," PRESCRIBING ITS POWERS AND ACTIVITIES, APPROPRIATING THE NECESSARY FUNDS THEREFOR, AND RESERVING THE UNAPPROPRIATED PUBLIC WATERS FOR ITS USE.
Date of Approval
November 2, 1936
Major Topic

Commonwealth Act 122

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-FIVE OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, KNOWN AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED BY ACTS NUMBERED THIRTY-TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY EIGHT, THIRTY-TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FOUR, THIRTY-FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX AND FORTY HUNDRED AND FIFTY-EIGHT, LEVYING A SPECIFIC TAX ON MOTOR SPIRITS AND ALLOTING THE PROCEEDS FOR THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF HIGHWAYS.
Date of Approval
November 2, 1936

Commonwealth Act 123

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION EIGHT, ARTICLE TWO, CHAPTER TWO, AND SECTION SEVENTY-THREE, ARTICLE TWO, CHAPTER FOUR, OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-NINE HUNDRED AND NINETY-TWO, KNOWN AS THE REVISED MOTOR VEHICLE LAW.
Date of Approval
November 2, 1936
Major Topic

Commonwealth Act 124

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SEVEN OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELVEN, KNOWN AS THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED.
Date of Approval
November 2, 1936

Commonwealth Act 126

Full Title
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF THREE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY PESOS OUT OF ANY FUNDS IN THE PHILIPPINE TREASURY NOT OTHERWISE APPROPRIATED, FOR THE PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT, SUPPLIES, AND THE CONVERSION INTO A SECOND CLASS WEATHER STATION OF THE PRESENT WEATHER STATION IN BORONGAN, SAMAR.
Date of Approval
November 4, 1936

Commonwealth Act 128

Full Title
AN ACT TO IMPOSE A PERCENTAGE TAX ON THE GROSS RECEIPTS OF THEATERS, CINEMATOGRAPHS, CONCERT HALLS, CIRCUSES, CABARETS, RACE TRACKS, AND OTHER PLACES OF AMUSEMENT.
Date of Approval
November 4, 1936

Commonwealth Act 129

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTIONS OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FIFTY-EIGHT, ENTITLED "AN ACT CREATING THE CITY OF CEBU."
Date of Approval
November 4, 1936

Commonwealth Act 130

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-FIVE HUNDRED AND NINETY-TWO KNOWN AS THE "PORT WORKS FUND ACT" AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE DISBURSEMENT OF SAID FUND SO AS TO INCLUDE THE COST OF INVESTIGATION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF BUOYS, LIGHTHOUSES AND OTHER AIDS TO MARINE NAVIGATION, AND FOR AIRPORTS AND LANDING FIELDS OF THE COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING THE PURCHASE AND MAINTENANCE OF THE NECESSARY EQUIPMENT FOR THOSE PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
November 5, 1936
Major Topic

Commonwealth Act 131

Full Title
AN ACT TO CONSIDER STUDENTS WHILE ON TRAINEE INSTRUCTION OR REGULAR ACTIVE DUTY TRAINING, IN REGULAR ATTENDANCE IN THEIR SCHOOLS OR COLLEGES, ENTITLING THEM TO SPECIAL EXAMINATIONS IN THE YEAR OR COURSE IN WHICH THEY WERE ENROLLED AT THE TIME THEY WERE CALLED FOR TRAINEE INSTRUCTION AND ACTIVE DUTY TRAINING, AND TO PROMOTION TO THE NEXT HIGHER YEAR OR COURSE UPON PASSING SUCH EXAMINATION.
Date of Approval
November 5, 1936
Major Topic

Commonwealth Act 132

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX PRESCRIBING THE FORM FOR BILLS ON ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER FRANCHISES, SO AS TO CONFORM TO THE CONSTITUTION, AND TO REQUIRE PREVIOUS TO THE GRANTING OF A FRANCHISE, THE FILING OF A PETITION TO THAT EFFECT TOGETHER WITH ONE OR MORE CERTIFICATES OF PUBLIC NECESSITY AND CONVENIENCE.
Date of Approval
November 5, 1936
Major Topic

Commonwealth Act 134

Full Title
AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE AND OTHER CONTAGIOUS ANIMAL DISEASES AT PRESENT THREATENING THE LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY OF THE COUNTRY.
Date of Approval
November 6, 1936

Commonwealth Act 135

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION ONE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SEVEN OF ACT NUMBERED TWO THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, KNOWN AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED, FOR THE PURPOSE OF REVISING THE SPECIFIC TAX ON FERMENTED LIQUORS PROVIDED THEREIN.
Date of Approval
November 6, 1936

Commonwealth Act 139

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED FORTY-ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-ONE, SO AS TO PLACE THE ADMINISTRATION OF EXISTING PHILIIPPINE IMMIGRATION LAWS UNDER THE JURISDICTION AND EXECUTIVE SUPERVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.
Date of Approval
November 6, 1936

Commonwealth Act 140

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED FORTY-TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY ENTITLED "AN ACT TO REVISE, AMEND, AND CONSOLIDATE ALL LAWS GOVERNING HORSE RACES, LIMIT THE SAME TO CERTAIN SPECIAL DATES, PROHIBIT ANY PERSON OR BODY OF PERSONS OTHER THAN THAT CONDUCTING A HORSE RACE FROM MAINTAINING OR USING A TOTALIZER OR SYSTEM OF BETTING OR GAMBLING ON SUCH RACE, PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION HEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES."
Date of Approval
November 6, 1936

Commonwealth Act 143

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN, BY INSERTING SECTION TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-ONE AND BETWEEN SECTIONS TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-ONE AND TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-TWO THEREOF.
Date of Approval
November 6, 1936

Commonwealth Act 144

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FOUR, SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-NINE, SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY, SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SIX, AND TWENTY-FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE, OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED.
Date of Approval
November 6, 1936

Commonwealth Act 145

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTIONS OF ARTICLES THREE, FOUR, FIVE, AND SIX OF CHAPTER NINE OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED, SO AS TO REORGANIZE THE COURTS OF FIRST INSTANCE.
Date of Approval
November 6, 1936

Commonwealth Act 147

Full Title
AN ACT TO STABILIZE THE PRICES OF BUNTAL FIBERS, BY DIRECTING AND AUTHORIZING THE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY TO FIX THE MINIMUM UNIT PRICE THEREOF, AND TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE PURCHASE BY THE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OF THE FIBER IN EXCESS OF DOMESTIC DEMANDS.
Date of Approval
November 6, 1936

Commonwealth Act 148

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED TWELVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FIVE SO AS TO WITHDRAW FROM AGENTS OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS OF THE PHILIPPINES THE POWER AND AUTHORITY TO MAKE ARRESTS FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE LAW AGAINST CRUELTY TO ANIMALS AND FOR THE PROTECTION OF ANIMALS AND TO ABOLISH THE PRIVILEGE GRANTED THE SAID SOCIETY TO SHARE IN THE AMOUNT OF THE FINES COLLECTED FOR SUCH VIOLATIONS.
Date of Approval
November 7, 1936

Commonwealth Act 149

Full Title
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF ONE MILLION ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS, OF WHICH SUM THE AMOUNT OF SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS IS APPROPRIATED FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE AYUNTAMIENTO BUILDING, AND FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS AS CONTRIBUTION FROM THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT TO THE CITY OF MANILA FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ADEQUATE CITY HALL, AND TO ABOLISH THE CONTRIBUTION TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SAID CITY AS PROVIDED IN SECTION TWO THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY-TWO OF THE REVISEDADMINISTRATIVE CODE.
Date of Approval
November 7, 1936

Commonwealth Act 150

Full Title
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PAYMENT OF LONGEVITY PAY TO COMMISSIONED OFFICERS OF THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES JOINING THE ARMY OF THE PHILIPPINES AND TO INCLUDE SERVICE THE IN ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES AND/OR IN THE UNITED STATES MILITARY OR NAVAL ACADEMY IN DETERMINING THE PAY AND RIGHTS OF RETIREMENT OF COMMISSIONED OFFICERS IN THE ARMY OF THE PHILIPPINES.
Date of Approval
November 7, 1936