Commonwealth Act 401

Full Title
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF POST GRADUATE COURSES AND FELLOWSHIPS IN MEDICINE IN THE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES.
Date of Approval
September 11, 1938
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Commonwealth Act 403

Full Title
AN ACT TO CREATE A REVOLVING LOAN FUND OF TEN MILLION PESOS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PERMANENT PUBLIC MARKETS AND SLAUGHTERHOUSES AND WATERWORKS IN THE PHILIPPINES.
Date of Approval
September 12, 1938

Commonwealth Act 404

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTIONS OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX, ENTITLED "AN ACT CREATING THE CITY OF BACOLOD."
Date of Approval
September 12, 1938

Commonwealth Act 405

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED FORTY, AS AMENDED BY COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED TWENTY-NINE.
Date of Approval
September 12, 1938

Commonwealth Act 406

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED AND NINETY OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE SO AS TO GIVE COLLECTORS OF CUSTOMS DISCRETIONARY POWER TO IMPOSE SURCHARGES.
Date of Approval
September 12, 1938

Commonwealth Act 407

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX, ENTITLED " AN ACT GRANTING TO THE PHILIPPINE LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE COMPANY A FRANCHISE TO INSTALL, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN A TELEPHONE SYSTEM THROUGHOUT THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS."
Date of Approval
September 13, 1938

Commonwealth Act 408

Full Title
AN ACT FOR MAKING FURTHER AND MORE EFFECTUAL PROVISIONS FOR THE NATIONAL DEFENSE BY ESTABLISHING A SYSTEM OF MILITARY JUSTICE FOR PERSONS SUBJECT TO MILITARY LAW.
Date of Approval
September 13, 1938

Commonwealth Act 409

Full Title
AN ACT TO DESIGNATE THE PROVINCIAL FISCALS OF PROVINCES WHOSE CAPITALS HAVE BEEN CONVERTED INTO CITIES, CITY ATTORNEYS EX OFFICIO THEREOF, WITH ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEYS THEREAT.
Date of Approval
September 13, 1938

Commonwealth Act 410

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, BY INSERTING BETWEEN SECTIONS TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE AND TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX, A NEW SECTION, TO BE KNOWN AS SECTION TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE-A, REGARDING SALARIES OF OFFICIALS OF THE CITY OF BAGUIO.
Date of Approval
September 14, 1938

Commonwealth Act 411

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 BY COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIVE, RESTORING THE SPECIFIC TAX ON FERMENTED LIQUORS TO ITS FORMER RATE.
Date of Approval
September 14, 1938

Commonwealth Act 412

Full Title
AN ACT TO REDUCE THE CADASTRAL COST DUE FROM LANDOWNERS IN CADASTRAL SURVEYS UNDERTAKEN BY PRIVATE CORPORATIONS AND TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE.
Date of Approval
September 14, 1938

Commonwealth Act 413

Full Title
AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING ADDITIONAL GOVERNMENT SERVICES, PERSONNEL, AND FACILITIES FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT.
Date of Approval
March 6, 1939

Commonwealth Act 414

Full Title
AN ACT PROVIDING FUNDS SO THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES MAY CONTINUE THE NEGOTIATIONS ALREADY STARTED BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE PHILIPPINES WITH A VIEW TO ADJUSTING THE ECONOMIC AND TRADE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES."
Date of Approval
March 12, 1939

Commonwealth Act 415

Full Title
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE TWO MILLION NINE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND PESOS TO COMPENSATE THE PROVINCES, SUBPROVINCES, CHARTERED CITIES, MUNICIPALITIES, AND MUNICIPAL DISTRICTS FOR THE LOSS IN REVENUE ON ACCOUNT OF THE ABOLITION OF THE CEDULA TAX
Date of Approval
May 21, 1939

Commonwealth Act 416

Full Title
AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF TWO MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED FORTY THOUSAND PESOS TO BE REIMBURSED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR THE EXPENSES BORNE BY THEM FOR THE SECOND REGULAR ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, AND TO COVER THE UNPAID EXPENSES FOR THE PLEBISCITE ON WOMAN SUFFRAGE IN NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY SEVEN
Date of Approval
May 21, 1939

Commonwealth Act 417

Full Title
AN ACT INCREASING THE PENALTY FOR ROBBERY OR THEFT OF MAIL MATTER, BY AMENDING ARTICLES THREE HUNDRED TWO, AND THREE HUNDRED TEN, AS AMENDED, OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE.
Date of Approval
May 21, 1939

Commonwealth Act 418

Full Title
AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE AMOUNT OF TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS, OUT OF THE OIL EXCISE TAX FUNDS IN THE NATIONAL TREASURY NOT OTHERWISE APPROPRIATED, TO BE USED FOR HASTENING THE AGRONOMICAL SURVEY OF THE PHILIPPINES.
Date of Approval
May 21, 1939

Commonwealth Act 419

Full Title
AN ACT TO EXEMPT ALL CASES OF SUMMARY SETTLEMENT OF ESTATES OF DECEASED PERSONS AND GUARDIANSHIP PROCEEDINGS IN WHICH THE GROSS VALUE OF THE ESTATE INVOLVE DO NOT EXCEED THREE HUNDRED PESOS, FROM THE PAYMENT OF FILING FEES AND OTHER EXPENSES.
Date of Approval
May 21, 1939

Commonwealth Act 420

Full Title
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE CONVERSION INTO A CORPORATION OF THE INSTRUMENTALITY OR AGENCY IN CHARGE OF SUBLEASING LANDED ESTATES ACQUIRED THROUGH LEASE OR PURCHASE UNDER COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-EIGHT.
Date of Approval
May 30, 1939

Commonwealth Act 421

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHT, ENTITLED "AN ACT OF EVASION OF THE LAWS ON THE NATIONALIZATION OF CERTAIN RIGHTS, FRANCHISES OR PRIVILEGES."
Date of Approval
May 30, 1939

Commonwealth Act 422

Full Title
AN ACT EXEMPTING MUNICIPALITIES AND MUNICIPAL DISTRICTS FROM THE PAYMENT OF DOCKET FEES FOR CRIMINAL CASES, INCLUDING VIOLATIONS OF MUNICIPAL ORDINANCES, IN JUSTICE OF THE PEACE COURTS.
Date of Approval
May 30, 1939

Commonwealth Act 424

Full Title
AN ACT TO DESIGNATE DISTRICT ENGINEERS OF PROVINCES WHOSE CAPITALS HAVE BEEN CONVERTED INTO CITIES, CITY ENGINEERS EX-OFFICIO WITH ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION, PLACING ALL CITY ENGINEERS, INCLUDING THAT OF THE CITY OF MANILA UNDER THE SUPERVISION AND CONTROL OF THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, FIXING THE SALARY OF THE CITY ENGINEER OF MANILA, AND PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF ASSISTANT ENGINEERS, SUPERINTENDENTS, AND OTHER EMPLOYEES OF CHARTERED CITIES.
Date of Approval
May 30, 1939

Commonwealth Act 425

Full Title
AN ACT MODIFYING THE MANNER, FORM AND AMOUNT OF THE BOND OF THE CLERK OF THE COURT OF APPEALS, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE, SECTION ONE HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE-M OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED BY COMMONWEALTH ACTS NUMBERED THREE AND TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY-NINE
Date of Approval
May 30, 1939

Commonwealth Act 426

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION SIXTY-TWO OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FIFTY-SEVEN AS AMENDED BY COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-EIGHT
Date of Approval
May 30, 1939

Commonwealth Act 427

Full Title
AN ACT RELIEVING ALL PROVINCES, MUNICIPALITIES, AND MUNICIPAL DISTRICTS AND THE CITIES OF ZAMBOANGA AND DAVAO FROM THE PAYMENT OF SHERIFF FEES.
Date of Approval
May 30, 1939

Commonwealth Act 428

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BACOLOD TO ISSUE BONDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FUNDS TO CONSTRUCT A CITY HALL, THE NECESSARY SEWER FACILITIES AND OTHER PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE SAID CITY, AND AUTHORIZING ALSO A NATIONAL GOVERNMENT BOND ISSUE SECURED BY SAID CITY BONDS.
Date of Approval
May 30, 1939

Commonwealth Act 429

Full Title
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES REGARDING THE ASSIGNMENT OF FILIPINOS TO UNITED STATES EMBASSIES OR CONSUALTIES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR.
Date of Approval
May 30, 1939

Commonwealth Act 431

Full Title
AN ACT TO GIVE THE BOARD OF DOCUMENTS DISCRETIONARY POWER TO DELEGATE TO ITS DULY AUTHORIZE REPRESENTATIVES ITS AUTHORITY TO WITNESS THE BURNING OF CONDEMNED RECORDS.
Date of Approval
May 30, 1939

Commonwealth Act 432

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION SIXTY-TWO OF GENERAL ORDERS NUMBERED FIFTY-EIGHT, KNOWN AS THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, PROVIDING FOR THE TAKING OF DEPOSITIONS OR WRITTEN SWORN STATEMENTS OF MATERIAL WITNESSES WHO HAVE TO LEAVE THE PHILIPPINES WITH NO DEFINITE DATE OF RETURNING THERETO AND THEIR ADMISSION AS EVIDENCE IN THE TRIAL OF A CASE, UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.
Date of Approval
May 30, 1939

Commonwealth Act 433

Full Title
AN ACT TO SUSPEND THE GRANTING OF GEOLOGICAL EXPLORATION AND PETROLEUM DRILLING LEASES UNDER ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-NINE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-TWO.
Date of Approval
May 30, 1939

Commonwealth Act 434

Full Title
AN ACT VESTING IN THE TREASURER OF THE PHILIPPINES CERTAIN POWERS OVER TRUSTS FOR CHARITABLE USES AND APPROPRIATING THE NECESSARY FUNDS TO CARRY OUT THE PURPOSES THEREOF.
Date of Approval
May 30, 1939

Commonwealth Act 435

Full Title
AN ACT TO ADD ANOTHER SUBSECTION SEVEN OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED TWO-HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE "BUDGET ACT," PROVIDING FOR THE TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT OF SUBSTITUTE OFFICERS OR MEMBERS OF THE CREW OF THE GOVERNMENT VESSELS.
Date of Approval
May 30, 1939

Commonwealth Act 436

Full Title
bAN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS ONE AND THREE O COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND FOUR, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PROVIDE 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 FORESTS LANDS, IN THE PHILIPPINES, AND PROVIDING THE NECESSARY FUNDS THEREFOR."
Date of Approval
May 30, 1939

Commonwealth Act 437

Full Title
AN ACT PROHIBITING THE INVESTMENT OF ANY FUND OF A CORPORATION OR IN ANY OTHER CORPORATION OR IN ANY BUSINESS OTHER THAN THAT FOR WHICH IT WAS ORGANIZED UNLESS CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS ARE FULFILLED, AMENDING FOR THAT PURPOSE THE THE CORPORATION LAW, AS AMENDED.
Date of Approval
May 30, 1939

Commonwealth Act 438

Full Title
bAN ACT TO AMEND SUBSECTION (M) OF SECTION TWO OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTY-TWO, ENTITLED "AN ACT CREATING A PUBLIC CORPORATION DENOMINATED THE METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT, PRESCRIBING ITS FUNCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," AS AMENDED.
Date of Approval
May 30, 1939

Commonwealth Act 439

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY BY EXTENDING THE PERIOD FOR FILING APPLICATIONS THEREUNDER.
Date of Approval
May 30, 1939

Commonwealth Act 440

Full Title
AN ACT TO DESIGNATE THE REGISTER OF DEEDS OF PROVINCES WHOSE CAPITALS HAVE BEEN CONVERTED INTO CITIES, AS CITY REGISTER OF DEEDS EX-OFFICIO THEREOF, WITH ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION.
Date of Approval
May 30, 1939

Commonwealth Act 443

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY, AS AMENDED, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE CHARTER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES,
Date of Approval
June 2, 1939
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Commonwealth Act 446

Full Title
AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY.
Date of Approval
June 7, 1939

Commonwealth Act 447

Full Title
AN ACT TO FURTHER AMEND SECTION TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-ONE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN.
Date of Approval
June 7, 1939

Commonwealth Act 448

Full Title
AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE CONSTRUCTION OF OBSTRUCTIONS HAZARDOUS TO AIR NAVIGATION, THE CONSTRUCTION OF PRIVATE LANDING FIELDS, ABUTTING OTHER LANDING FIELDS AND PRESCRIBING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF SAME.
Date of Approval
June 7, 1939
Major Topic

Commonwealth Act 449

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO CONDUCT NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE ACQUISITIONS, MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINES, OF THE MANILA ELECTRIC COMPANY, THE MANILA GAS CORPORATION, THE PHILIPPINE LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE COMPANY, AND ANY OTHER PUBLIC UTILITY CONCERN WHOSE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION BY THE GOVERNMENT ARE, IN HIS JUDGEMENT, REQUIRED BY PUBLIC INTEREST.
Date of Approval
June 7, 1939
Major Topic

Commonwealth Act 450

Full Title
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT, EQUIPMENT, MAINTENANCE, AND OPERATION OF BREEDING STATIONS AND STOCK FARMS FOR LIVESTOCK AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND THROUGH COMPULSORY CASTRATION OF UNDESIRABLE LIVESTOCK AND PRESCRIBING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF ITS PROVISIONS.
Date of Approval
June 7, 1939