Commonwealth Act 251

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AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THREE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED BY COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN.
Date of Approval
December 16, 1937

Commonwealth Act 252

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AN ACT AUTHORIZING HIS EXCELLENCY, MANUEL L. QUEZON, PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES, TO ACCEPT THE DECORATION KNOWN AS THE "ORDER OF THE BRILLIANT JADE," CONFERRED UPON HIM BY THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA.
Date of Approval
December 20, 1937

Commonwealth Act 253

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AN ACT AMENDING FURTHER PARAGRAPH SIXTY-FOUR OF GROUP 2, CLASS IV, OF SECTION EIGHT OF THE PHILIPPINE TARIFF ACT OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND NINE, AS AMENDED, SO AS TO EXTEND THE FREE ENTRY OF WOODS, BARKS, ROOTS, AND SIMILAR NATURAL PRODUCTS, FOR DYEING OR TANNING.
Date of Approval
February 25, 1938

Commonwealth Act 256

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AN ACT CONFIRMING THE COMMITMENTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES UNDER THE INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT REGARDING THE REGULATION OF PRODUCTION AND MARKETING OF SUGAR AND THE PROTOCOL ANNEXED THERETO, BOTH SIGNED IN LONDON ON MAY SIXTH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SEVEN.
Date of Approval
March 16, 1938

Commonwealth Act 257

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AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO RELEASE AND ORDER THE EXPENDITURE OF A SUM NOT EXCEEDING FORTY PER CENTUM OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT RECOMMENDED FOR APPROPRIATION IN THE PUBLIC WORKS BILL ATTACHED TO THE MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT TO THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DATED FEBRUARY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-EIGHT, TO ENABLE THE GOVERNMENT TO COMMENCE AT ONCE THE EXECUTION OF THE PROJECTS LISTED IN THE SAID BILL.
Date of Approval
March 24, 1938

Commonwealth Act 258

Full Title
AN ACT TO GRANT THE ILAGAN ELECTRIC AND ICE PLANT, INCORPORATED, AN EXTENSION OF THIRTY DAYS TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN CONDITIONS OF THE FRANCHISE AWARDED UNDER ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-FOUR HUNDRED AND NINETY-FOUR OF THE PHILIPPINE LEGISLATURE.
Date of Approval
March 30, 1938
Major Topic

Commonwealth Act 259

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED BY COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED THREE, RELATING TO THE SUPREME COURT AND THE COURT OF APPEALS AND TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO CARRY OUT THE PURPOSES THEREOF.
Date of Approval
April 6, 1938

Commonwealth Act 260

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AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED TWENTY AND TO APPROPRIATE AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF TWO MILLION PESOS, OR SO MUCH THEREOF AS MAY BE NECESSARY FOR THE PURPOSE OF FULLY CARRYING OUT THE PROVISIONS OF SAID ACT.
Date of Approval
April 17, 1938

Commonwealth Act 262

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING MAJOR-GENERAL BASILIO J. VALDES, AND CAPTAIN CIRIACO CARILLO, TO ACCEPT SUCH MEDALS, ORDERS, OR DECORATIONS AS HAVE BEEN TENDERED THEM BY FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS IN APPRECIATION OF SERVICES RENDERED.
Date of Approval
April 20, 1938

Commonwealth Act 263

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AN ACT AUTHORIZING FELIPE CUADERNO, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF POSTS, TO ACCEPT THE DECORATION CONFERRED UPON HIM BY HIS MAJESTY, THE KING OF EGYPT.
Date of Approval
April 20, 1938

Commonwealth Act 264

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AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLES ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-THREE, ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FOUR, AND ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIVE OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE.
Date of Approval
April 21, 1938

Commonwealth Act 266

Full Title
AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF ONE MILLION THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE RELIEF OF COMMUNITIES AND INDIGENT PERSONS WHO ARE SUFFERERS FROM TYPHOONS, FLOODS, OR OTHER PUBLIC CALAMITIES, AND OF THE UNEMPLOYED AND OTHER PERSONS DESERVING OF MATERIAL AID.
Date of Approval
May 19, 1938

Commonwealth Act 271

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED FOUR THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PRESCRIBE CERTAIN PROVISIONS CONCERNING TENANCY CONTRACTS ON LAND PLANTED TO SUGAR CANE," SO AS TO INCLUDE FARM LABORERS, COMMONLY CALLED "PAKIADORES."
Date of Approval
June 1, 1938

Commonwealth Act 274

Full Title
AN ACT PENALIZING THE SALE OR DISPOSITION OF IMPORTED EGGS THE SHELLS OF WHICH ARE NOT PLAINLY MARKED "IMPORTED" AS HEREIN PROVIDED.
Date of Approval
June 2, 1938

Commonwealth Act 276

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AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE FILING IN THE PROPER COURT, UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, OF CERTAIN CLAIMS OF TITLE TO PARCELS OF LAND THAT HAVE BEEN DECLARED PUBLIC LAND, BY VIRTUE OF JUDICIAL DECISIONS RENDERED WITHIN THE FIFTEEN YEARS NEXT PRECEEDING THE APPROVAL OF THIS ACT.
Date of Approval
June 2, 1938

Commonwealth Act 277

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AN ACT TO CONSIDER THE LATE MARIANO BUYSON LAMPA OF PAMPANGA, JUDGE OF FIRST INSTANCE, RETIRED UNDER ACT NUMBERED TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-NINE, AS AMENDED.
Date of Approval
June 2, 1938

Commonwealth Act 281

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AN ACT TO FURTHER AMEND SECTION SIX HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-TWO OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY- SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, AS AMENDED BY SECTION SIXTEEN OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SEVEN, SO AS TO EXTEND THE TEMPORARY APPOINTMENT OF TEACHERS UNTIL THE END OF THE SCHOOL SEMESTER.
Date of Approval
June 2, 1938
Major Topic

Commonwealth Act 282

Full Title
AN ACT TO SECURE THE UNITED STATES AGAINST LOSS OR DAMAGE TO ANY MILITARY OR NAVAL STORES, SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT LOANED TO THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES.
Date of Approval
June 2, 1938

Commonwealth Act 283

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED EIGHTY-THREE KNOWN AS SECURITIES ACT, BY INSERTING SECTION TWENTY-ONE-A, AND AMENDING SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT THEREOF.
Date of Approval
June 2, 1938

Commonwealth Act 285

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AN ACT ABOLISHING THE MANILA HARBOR BOARD, MAKING THE NECESSARY PROVISIONS FOR THE ADMNISTRATIVE ADJUSTMENTS RESULTING THEREFROM, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR.
Date of Approval
June 2, 1938
Major Topic

Commonwealth Act 287

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AN ACT TO TRANSFER TO THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION THE POWERS, DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE BUREAU OF COMMERCE IN CONNECTION WITH THE REGISTRATION OF CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS AND TO AUTHORIZE THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION TO ENFORCE THE PROVISIONS OF ALL LAWS AFFECTING SUCH ENTITIES.
Date of Approval
June 2, 1938

Commonwealth Act 289

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AN ACT PROVIDING A FIXED UNIT OF WEIGHT IN THE TRADING AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL OF UNFERMENTED UNSTEMMED LEAF TOBACCO AND PRESCRIBING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF.
Date of Approval
June 8, 1938

Commonwealth Act 290

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FIVE OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SO AS TO INCLUDE CERTIFICATES OR TITLES ISSUED TO ITS MEMBERS BY CHARITABLE OR MUTUAL AID AND BENEFIT SOCIETIES OR ASSOCIATIONS IN THE CLASS OF EXEMPT SECURITIES UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE SAID ACT.
Date of Approval
June 8, 1938

Commonwealth Act 291

Full Title
AN ACT TO GRANT AN EXTENSION OF THIRTY DAYS TO THE OCMIS ELECTRIC SERVICE COMPANY TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF ACTS NUMBERED THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIVE AND THIRTY-NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-ONE IN CONNECTION WITH A FRANCHISE FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER SERVICE, IN OROQUIETA, PROVINCE OF OCCIDENTAL MISAMIS.
Date of Approval
June 8, 1938
Major Topic

Commonwealth Act 292

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS FORTY-FIVE AND FORTY-SEVEN OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED FORTY-ONE, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO AMEND AND COMPILE THE LAWS RELATIVE TO LANDS OF PUBLIC DOMAIN."
Date of Approval
June 8, 1938

Commonwealth Act 294

Full Title
AN ACT TO REGULATE THE PRACTICE OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING IN THE PHILIPPINES, AND TO PROVIDE FOR LICENSING THE OPERATING PERSONNEL IN MECHANICAL PLANTS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Date of Approval
June 8, 1938

Commonwealth Act 296

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AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE TRANSFER OF THE BRANCH OF THE COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF VIGAN, ILOCOS SUR, CREATED BY ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-NINE HUNDRED FIFTY-SIX, TO THE CITY OF BAGUIO, MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, AND TO PROVIDE FUNDS TO COVER THE EXPENSES INCIDENT TO SUCH TRANSFER.
Date of Approval
June 8, 1938

Commonwealth Act 297

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION SEVENTY OF ACT NUMBERED FOUR THOUSAND THREE, KNOWN AS THE "FISHERIES ACT," AS AMENDED BY COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED FIFTEEN.
Date of Approval
June 8, 1938

Commonwealth Act 299

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, INCREASING THE SALARIES OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR.
Date of Approval
June 8, 1938

Commonwealth Act 300

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-NINE.
Date of Approval
June 8, 1938