Act NO. 461

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIVE ENTITLED "AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF THE INSULAR CONSTABULARY, AND FOR THE INSPECTION OF THE MUNICIPAL POLICE," SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE MAINTENACE OF THE PRESENT TELEGRAPHIC SYSTEM IN ARCHIPELAGO, SO FAR AS MAY BE DESIRABLE AND PRACTICABLE.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
September 14, 1902
Major Topic

Act No. 667

Full Title
AN ACT PRESCRIBING THE METHOD OF APPLYING TO GOVERNMENTS OF MUNICIPALITIES, EXCEPT THE CITY OF MANILA AND OF PROVINCES FOR FRANCHISES T CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE STREET RAILWAY, ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER AND TELEPHONE LINES, THE CONDITIONS UPON WHICH THE SAME MAY BE GRANTED, CERTAIN POWERS OF THE GRANTEES OF SAID FRANCHISES ANDOF GRANTEES OF SIMILAR FRANCHISES UNDER SPECIAL ACT OF THE COMMISSION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
March 5, 1903

Act No. 1022

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION TEN OF ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN, BY PROVIDING THAT THE MORTGAGE ISSUED BY AN OWNER OF AN ELECTRIC STREET RAILWAY, ELECTRIC TELEPHONE LINE, OR AN ELECTRIC LIGHT OR POWER LINE CONSTRUCTED BY AUTHORITY OF A GENERAL OR A SPECIAL ACT OF THE COMMISSION, UPON THE FRANCHISE, PLANT, EQUIPMENT, AND PROPERTY OWNED AND OPERATED IN CONNECTION WITH THE FRANCHISE THEREFOR, MAY BE RECORDED IN THE ENGLISH OR SPANISH LANGUAGE.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
December 6, 1903

Act No. 1407

Full Title
AN ACT ABOLISHING CERTAIN BUREAUS OF THE INSULAR GOVERNMENT, REDUCING THE NUMBER OF BUREAUS BY CONSOLIDATING CERTAIN BUREAUS WITH OTHERS, PRESCRIBING THE DUTIES OF THE VARIOUS BUREAUS AND CERTAIN OFFICIALS THEREOF, FIXING THE SALARIES OF CHIEFS AND ASSISTANT CHIEFS OF BUREAUS AND CERTAIN OTHER OFFICIALS THEREOF, REORGANIZING THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR, COMMERCE AND POLICE, FINANCE AND JUSTICE, AND PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, ASSIGNING CERTAIN BUREAUS TO THE IMMEDIATE AND DIRECT EXECUTIVECONTROL OF THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
October 25, 1905

Act No. 2185

Full Title
AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF WIRELESS TELEGRAPH STATIONS IN THE PART OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS INHABITED BY MOROS OR NON-CHRISTIAN TRIBES, PROVIDED A LIKE AMOUNT SHALL BE APPROPRIATED BY THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES AND MADE AVAILABLE FOR THE USE IN CONNECTION WITH THE MONEY HEREIN APPROPRIATED.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
June 16, 1912
Major Topic

Act No. 2191

Full Title
AN ACT MAKING IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE THE SUM OF FIFTY-SEVEN THOUSAND PESOS OF THE AMOUNT APPROPRIATED BY ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FIVE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF WIRELESS TELEGRAPH STATIONS IN THAT PART OF THE PHLIPPINE ISLANDS INHABITED BY MOROS OR OTHER NON-CHRISTIAN TRIBES.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
October 7, 1912
Major Topic

Act No. 2407

Full Title
AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, HOSPITAL AND DISPENSARIES, AND EXTENSION OF TELEGRAPH LINES AND WIRELESS STATIONS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF MINDANAO AND SULU FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
July 13, 1914
Major Topic

Act No. 3530

Full Title
An Act to create an additional position of Undersecretary of Commerce and Communications, and to appropriate the necessary funds for the payment of his salary for the months from August to December, Nineteen hundred and twenty-nine.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
September 26, 1929
Major Topic

Act No. 3679

Full Title
AN ACT APPROPRIATING SEVENTY THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE TEMPORARY ADMINISTRATION AND OPERATION BY THE BUREAU OF POSTS OF RADIO STATIONS AND RADIO OR TELEGRAPH SERVICE AT MANILA, CEBU, ILOILO, ZAMBOANGA, DAVAO, CAGAYAN DE MISAMIS, TACLOBAN, APARRI, AND LAOAG, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
September 7, 1930
Major Topic

Act No. 3689

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE AND COMMUNICATIONS TO MAKE A SURVEY OF THE EXISTING ELECTRIC SERVICES WITH A VIEW TO PLACING THE SAME ON A BASIS OF ADEQUATE COORDINATION AND INSURING GREATER EFFICIENCY IN THE GOVERNMENT TELEGRAPH SERVICE, PLACING THE BUREAU OF POSTS TEMPORARILY IN CHARGE OF THE ADMINISTRATION, MAINTENANCE, AND OPERATION OF CERTAIN RADIO AND TELEGRAPH STATIONS AND APPROPRIATING THE NECESSARY FUNDS FOR THIS PURPOSE.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
November 10, 1930
Major Topic

Act No. 3871

Full Title
AN ACT EMPOWERING THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE AND COMMUNICATIONS TO WORK OUT A PLAN OF CONSOLIDATION OR ANY ALTERNATIVE ARRANGEMENT OF COORDINATION OF THE DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS OR SERVICES, AND APPROPRIATING FORTY THOUSAND PESOS FOR EXPENSES IN CONNECTION THEREWITH AND TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND FORTY PESOS FOR THE TEMPORARY OPERATION BY THE BUREAU OF POSTS OF ITS ELECTRICAL COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
November 12, 1931
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.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
June 7, 1939
Major Topic

Commonwealth Act 571

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-EIGHT HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX ENTITLED " AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE REGULATION OF RADIO STATIONS AND RADIO COMMUNICATIONS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," REQUIRING THE GRANT OF A FRANCHISE FROM THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND/OR OPERATION OF RADIO BROADCASTING STATIONS.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
June 6, 1940
Major Topic

Republic Act No. 2612

Full Title
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO NEGOTIATE AND CONTRACT WITH THE EXPORT AND IMPORT BANK OF TOKYO, JAPAN, OR WITH ANY OTHER FOREIGN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS OR FOREIGN MANUFACTURING CORPORATIONS OR THEIR DULY AUTHORIZED AGENTS, IN THE NAME AND ON BEHALF OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, ONE OR SEVERAL LOANS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF FINANCING A NATIONWIDE TELECOMMUNICATIONS EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENT PROJECT TO BE HANDLED BY THE BUREAU OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND TO GUARANTEE THE SAME FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
July 20, 1959
Major Topic

Republic Act No. 84

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY-ONE, TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY-TWO, TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY-SEVEN, TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY-NINE, AND THREE HUNDRED AND TWO OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX, RELATIVE TO THE FIREARMS TAX, RADIO FEES AND TOBACCO INSPECTION FEES
Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Date of Approval
October 29, 1946
Major Topic