Commonwealth Act 201

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS ONE, THREE, AND FOUR AND REPEALING SECTION TWO OF ACT NUMBERED TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY ENTITLED "AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION AND RECORDING IN THE BUREAU OF POSTS THE NAMES AND POST-OF-OFFICE ADDRESSES OF EDITORS, PUBLISHERS, MANAGERS, OWNERS AND STOCKHOLDERS OF NEWSPAPER PUBLICATIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES."
Date of Approval
November 17, 1936

Commonwealth Act 202

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING ARTICLES ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINE, ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-TWO AND ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED THREE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN, KNOWN AS THE REVISED PENAL CODE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
Date of Approval
November 17, 1936

Commonwealth Act 203

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND PARAGRAPH (M) OF SECTION FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FOUR OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, BY INCREASING THE FIXED TAX ON RETAIL LEAF TOBACCO DEALERS FROM TWENTY PESOS TO THIRTY PESOS PER ANNUM.
Date of Approval
November 17, 1936

Commonwealth Act 204

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FOUR OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED SIXTY-SEVEN SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF THE SUMS OF MONEY APPROPRIATED AS TO ITEMS TWO, FOUR, FIVE, TEN, AND FIFTEEN, SUBSECTION E, (K) OF THE SAID ACT, FOR THE MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, IMPROVEMENT AND EXTENSION OF RIVER CONTROL WORKS ON THE PAMPANGA RIVER, IN PAMPANGA; AGNO, IN PANGASINAN; O'DONNELL, IN TARLAC; ANGAT, IN BULACAN; AND PAMPANGA, IN NUEVA ECIJA.
Date of Approval
November 17, 1936

Commonwealth Act 205

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO OF ACT NUMBERED THREE THOUSAND AND SEVENTY, EXTENDING ITS PROVISIONS SO AS TO PREVENT THE USE OF REGISTERED CONTAINERS WHEN THE OWNER HAS RESERVED THE OWNERSHIP, AND REQUIRES A DEPOSIT FOR THE RETURN THEREOF.
Date of Approval
November 19, 1936

Commonwealth Act 206

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION SIX OF ACT NUMBERED FOUR THOUSAND AND FIFTY-ONE, KNOWN AS THE RETIREMENT GRATUITY ACT, AS AMENDED BY ACT ACT NUMBERED FOUR THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY-EIGHT.
Date of Approval
November 19, 1936

Commonwealth Act 207

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AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN AND TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, BY IMPOSING A PENALTY ON ANY PERSON FOUND IN POSSESSION OF ARTICLES SUBJECT TO SPECIFIC TAX, THE TAX ON WHICH HAS NOT BEEN PAID; BY PROVIDING FOR AN INCREASED PENALTY FOR SUBSEQUENT UNLAWFUL POSSESSIONS; AND BY INCREASING PENALTY FOR A SUBSEQUENT UNLAWFUL REMOVAL OF SUCH ARTICLES.
Date of Approval
November 19, 1936

Commonwealth Act 210

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND FURTHER SECTION THREE, EIGHT, THIRTEEN, FOURTEEN, SIXTEEN, TWENTY-FOUR, TWENTY-FIVE AND THIRTY-NINE OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHT, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ACT, AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWELVE.
Date of Approval
November 19, 1936

Commonwealth Act 211

Full Title
AN ACT TO FIX A MINIMUM DAILY WAGE FOR LABORERS EMPLOYED IN PUBLIC WORKS, AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF.
Date of Approval
November 20, 1936

Commonwealth Act 214

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AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENTOF POST OFFICES IN MUNICIPALITIES WITHOUT POSTAL SERVICE AND THE EXTENSION OF POSTAL SAVINGS BANK AND MONEY ORDER SERVICE IN ALL POST OFFICES WITHOUT SUCH FACILITIES.
Date of Approval
November 20, 1936

Commonwealth Act 215

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SEVEN, FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-NINE, FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FOUR, FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX, AND FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-THREE OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE.
Date of Approval
November 20, 1936

Commonwealth Act 216

Full Title
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES IN THE AMOUNT OF ONE MILLION PESOS, TO CREATE A REVOLVING FUND FOR PUBLIC MARKETS OUT OF THE PROCEEDS OF THE SALE OF SUCH BONDS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
November 23, 1936

Commonwealth Act 218

Full Title
AN ACT TO GRANT AN EXTENSION OF THIRTY DAYS TO THE TAYABAS LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY, INCORPORATED, TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIRMENT OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED AND FORTY-NINE GRANTING THE SAID COMPANY A FRANCHISE FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER, IN TAYABAS, PROVINCE OF TAYABAS.
Date of Approval
November 28, 1936
Major Topic

Commonwealth Act 219

Full Title
AN ACT TO EXTEND TO ALL ASSOCIATIONS OF WHATEVER CLASS OR FORM THE RESTRICTIONS, LIMITATIONS, AND PROHIBITIONS, OF EXISTING LAWS UPON CORPORATIONS.
Date of Approval
November 28, 1936

Commonwealth Act 220

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER THIRTEEN (LEAVE LAW) OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, AS AMENDED, ABOLISHING THE ADDITIONAL LEAVE OF THE JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT, THE EXTENDED LEAVE OF THE JUDGES OF THE COURT OF APPEALS AND COURTS OF FIRST INSTANCE AND TEACHERS, AND THE ACCRUED LEAVE OF OTHER OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; INCREASING THE VACATION LEAVE AND CREATING THE SICK LEAVE.
Date of Approval
November 28, 1936

Commonwealth Act 221

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS THREE AND TWENTY-ONE OF ACT NUMBERED FOUR THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-ONE, ENTITLED "AN ACT GRANTING A FRANCHISE TO PHILIPPINE AERIAL TAXI COMPANY, INCORPORATED, TO OPERATE AN AIR TRANSPORT SERVICE IN THE PHILIPPINES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES." 1st National Assembly
Date of Approval
November 28, 1936
Major Topic

Commonwealth Act 222

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS THREE AND TWENTY-ONE OF ACT NUMBERED FOUR THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-TWO, ENTITLED "AN ACT GRANTING A FRANCHISE TO ILOILO-NEGROS AIR EXPRESS COMPANY, INCORPORATED, TO OPERATE AN AIR TRANSPORT SERVICE IN THE PHILIPPINES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES."
Date of Approval
November 28, 1936
Major Topic

Commonwealth Act 224

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-TWO AND TO INSERT FOUR NEW SECTIONS BETWEEN SECTION TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-TWO AND TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-THREE OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, KNOWN AS THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE.
Date of Approval
November 28, 1936

Commonwealth Act 225

Full Title
AN ACT REMITTING THE BOND OF FOUR THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN PESOS AND NINETY-NINE CENTAVOS FURNISHED BY THE LUZON SURETY COMPANY, INCORPORATED, IN BEHALF OF EUGENIO UY TUISING IN THE CASES OF PEOPLE VERSUS EUGENIO UY TUISING.
Date of Approval
November 29, 1936

Commonwealth Act 226

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY-NINE OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN.
Date of Approval
November 29, 1936

Commonwealth Act 227

Full Title
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE HOLDING OF CHARITY LOTTERIES, CREATE A PUBLIC CORPORATION TO ATTEND TO IT AND DEFINE ITS POWERS.
Date of Approval
November 29, 1936

Commonwealth Act 228

Full Title
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL LIBRARY TO NEGOTIATE AND CONSUMMATE THE PURCHASE OF PROFESSOR CRAIG'S COPYRIGHT IN THE BOOK "RIZAL'S OWN STORY OF HIS LIFE" TOGETHER WITH HIS PRESENT COLLECTION OF PHILIPPINE MATERIALS AND HIS UNPUBLISHED WRITINGS AND STUDIES ABOUT THE PHILIPPINES, AND TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE.
Date of Approval
November 29, 1936

Commonwealth Act 229

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF ANY AMOUNT FROM ONE PROVINCIAL FUND TO ANOTHER, WHENEVER THE PUBLIC INTERESTS SO REQUIRE.
Date of Approval
November 29, 1936

Commonwealth Act 230

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AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF ANY AMOUNT FROM ONE MUNICIPAL FUND TO ANOTHER, WHENEVER THE PUBLIC INTERESTS SO REQUIRE.
Date of Approval
November 29, 1936

Commonwealth Act 231

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND PARAGRAPH TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-NINE OF SECTION EIGHT 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
March 8, 1937

Commonwealth Act 232

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING FURTHER SECTION FOURTEEN OF THE PHILIPPINE TARIFF ACT OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND NINE, AS AMENDED, SO AS TO EXEMPT NATURAL ROCK ASPHALT FROM THE PAYMENT OF WHARFAGE CHARGES.
Date of Approval
March 8, 1937

Commonwealth Act 233

Full Title
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE HOLDING OF ELECTIONS OF PROVINCIAL, CITY, AND MUNICIPAL OFFICERS AND AMEND FOR SAID PURPOSE CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE ON ELECTIONS AND KINDRED MATTERS.
Date of Approval
September 14, 1937

Commonwealth Act 234

Full Title
AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS AS AID FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF NEW ELEMENTARY CLASSES.
Date of Approval
September 14, 1937
Major Topic

Commonwealth Act 236

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO DESIGNATE ANY DEPARTMENT, BUREAU OFFICE OR INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT, OR TO CREATE A NEW OFFICE OR A AGENCY FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING ALLOTMENTS OR ANY QUOTA ESTABLISHED FOR THE PHILIPPINES PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE UNITED STATES SUGAR ACT OF NINETEEN HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN, ON THE BASIS SPECIFIED IN SECTION SIX (D) OF PUBLIC LAW NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-SEVEN, APPROVED MARCH TWENTY-FOUR, NINETEEN HUNDRED THIRTY-FOUR, AND OF ENFORCING ACT NUMBERED FORTY-ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX, AS AMENDED BY COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED SEVENTY-SEVEN, AND PROVIDING THE NECESSARY FUNDS THEREFOR.
Date of Approval
September 15, 1937

Commonwealth Act 237

Full Title
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE RESTORATION AND PAYMENT OF ALL ANNUITIES DUE TO PERSONS RETIRED UNDER AND PURSUANT TO THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF ACTS NUMBERED THIRTY HUNDRED AND FIFTY, THIRTY ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-THREE, AND ARTICLE III OF CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, EACH AS AMENDED AND IN EFFECT PRIOR TO NOVEMBER FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX.
Date of Approval
September 22, 1937

Commonwealth Act 239

Full Title
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE RELIEF OF COMMUNITIES AND INDIGENT SUFFERERS FROM TYPHOONS, FLOODS, OR OTHER PUBLIC CALAMITIES.
Date of Approval
November 28, 1937

Commonwealth Act 241

Full Title
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FIVE MILLION PESOS TO BE DISTRIBUTED BY THE SECRETARY OF FINANCE AMONG THE PROVINCES, SUBPROVINCES, CHARTERED CITIES, MUNICIPALITIES AND MUNICIPAL DISTRICTS ON THE BASIS OF THE YEARLY AVERAGE OF THEIR SHARES IN PROCEEDS OF THE CEDULA TAX COLLECTED DURING THE YEARS NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-THREE, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FOUR, AND NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIVE, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SEVEN, TO COMPENSATE THE SAID BRANCHES OF THE GOVERNMENT FOR THE LOSS FROM THEIR REVENUES ON ACCOUNT OF THE ABOLITION OF THE CEDULA TAX.
Date of Approval
December 8, 1937

Commonwealth Act 243

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SEVEN AND FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-NINE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED BY COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN.
Date of Approval
December 9, 1937

Commonwealth Act 244

Full Title
AN ACT SETTING THE FOURTH MONDAY OF JANUARY OF EACH YEAR AS THE DAY FOR THE OPENING OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.
Date of Approval
December 9, 1937

Commonwealth Act 245

Full Title
AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-EIGHT.
Date of Approval
December 16, 1937

Commonwealth Act 247

Full Title
AN ACT TO MAKE PROVISIONS OF SECTION TWO THOUSAND AND NINETY-SEVEN OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE APPLICABLE TO THE PROVINCIAL BOARDS OF ABRA, CAMARINES NORTE, MARINDUQUE, MASBATE AND ROMBLON, AND REPEALING THE SECTION PARAGRAPH OF THE SAID SECTION.
Date of Approval
December 16, 1937

Commonwealth Act 248

Full Title
AN ACT EXTENDING TO OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES RETIRED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-NINE THE PRIVILEGES GRANTED BY COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED AND SIX TO OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES RETIRED UNDER ACT NUMBERED FOUR THOUSAND AND FIFTY-ONE.
Date of Approval
December 16, 1937

Commonwealth Act 249

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE SO AS TO TRANSFER TO THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR THE AUTHORITY TO APPROVE CHANGES IN THE NAMES PROVIDED BY MUNICIPAL COUNCILS FOR STREETS, AVENUES, AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES.
Date of Approval
December 16, 1937

Commonwealth Act 250

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS TWENTY-SEVEN AND TWENTY-EIGHT, AND THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF SECTION TWENTY-NINE OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF ZAMBOANGA, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE PAYMENT IN TWO INSTALLMENTS OF THE TAXES ON REAL ESTATE IN THE SAID CITY, PLACING THE ADDITIONAL TAX AS PENALTY AT TWO PER CENTUM FOR EACH FULL MONTH OF DELINQUENCY DUE ON THE AMOUNT OF THE ORIGINAL TAX DUE, AND TO PERMIT REMISSION OF SUCH TAXES.
Date of Approval
December 16, 1937