Act No. 2

Full Title
AN ACT APPROPRIATING FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, MEXICAN, FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING A SURVEY TO ASCERTAIN THE MOST ADVANTAGEOUS ROUTE FOR A RAILROAD INTO THE MOUNTAINS OF BENGUET, ISLAND OF LUZON, AND THE PROBABLE COST THEREOF.
Date of Approval
September 11, 1900
Major Topic

Act No. 66

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING THE SECOND PARAGRAPH OF ORDER NUMBER THIRTY-EIGHT OF GENERAL ORDERS OF THE MILITARY GOVERNOR, ISSUED MARCH TWENTY-FOUR, NINETEEN HUNDRED, PROVIDING FOR LICENSING SMALL BOATS WHICH HAVE A LESS CAPACITY THAN FIFTEEN GROSS BURDEN.
Date of Approval
January 1, 1901
Major Topic

Act No. 73

Full Title
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE EXAMINATION AND LICENSING OF APPLICANTS FOR THE POSITIONS OF MASTER, MATE, AND PATRON OF SEA-GOING VESSELS.
Date of Approval
January 15, 1901
Major Topic

Act No. 101

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-TWO, ENTITLED "AN ACT APPROPRIATING ONE MILLION DOLLARS, IN MONEY OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR IMPROVING THE PORT OF MANILA," ENACTED OCTOBER FIFTEENTH, NINETEEN HUNDRED.
Date of Approval
March 8, 1901
Major Topic

Act No. 182

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-TWO, AND ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND ONE, RELATING TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE HARBOR OF MANILA AND THE PASIG RIVER.
Date of Approval
July 28, 1901
Major Topic

Act No. 198

Full Title
OVIDING THE METHOD FOR FURNISHING OFFICIAL TRANSPORTATION TO OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE INSULAR, PROVINCIAL, AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS IN THE CITY OF MANILA, AND TO AND FROM THE CITY OF MANILA FROM AND TO THE PROVINCES.
Date of Approval
August 11, 1901
Major Topic

Act No. 217

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY-EIGHT, REGULATING THE METHOD OF OFFICIAL TRANSPORTATION IN THE CITY OF MANILA AND ELSEWHERE.
Date of Approval
September 1, 1901
Major Topic

Act No. 237

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FIVE AND SECTION EIGHT OF ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY-EIGHT, RELATING TO OFFICIAL TRANSPORTATION.
Date of Approval
September 23, 1901
Major Topic

Act No. 238

Full Title
AN ACT FIXING THE LIMITS OF CAVITE HARBOR, VESTING THE ADMIRAL OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY IN COMMAND OF THE ASIATIC STATION WITH POLICE JURISDICTION THEREOF AND PROVIDING RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR GOVERNING VESSELS ANCHORING THEREIN.
Date of Approval
September 23, 1901
Major Topic

Act No. 275

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED FIFTY-FIVE, RELATING TO CRUELTY TO ANIMALS IN TRANSPORTATION, SO AS TO REQUIRE PROPER MEANS OF SECURING ANIMALS IN TRANSIT AND OF LOADING AND UNLOADING THEM.
Date of Approval
October 22, 1901
Major Topic

Act No. 316

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED SEVENTY-THREE, RELATING TO THE EXAMINATION AND LICENSING OF APPLICANTS FOR THE POSITIONS OF MASTER, MATE, AND PATRON OF SEAGOING VESSELS.
Date of Approval
December 12, 1901
Major Topic

Act No. 321

Full Title
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FIVE OF ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY-EIGHT, RELATING TO OFFICIAL TRANSPORTATION, AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SEVEN.
Date of Approval
December 17, 1901
Major Topic

Act No. 352

Full Title
AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF SIXTEEN THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY DOLLARS AND FORTY-EIGHT CENTS, OR SO MUCH THEREOF AS MAY BE NECESSARY, FOR THE PURCHASE OF A LAUNCH FOR THE BUREAU OF COAST GUARD AND TRANSPORTATION.
Date of Approval
February 3, 1902
Major Topic

Act No. 376

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS FOR THE PHILIPPINE ARCHIPELAGO TO CLEAR VESSELS FOR PORTS NOT OPEN TO VESSELS ENGAGED IN THE COASTWISE TRADE
Date of Approval
March 10, 1902
Major Topic

Act No. 382

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY-EIGHT, FIXING THE LIMITS OF CAVITE HARBOR AND PROVIDING FOR THE POLICE JURISDICTION THEREOF AND FOR THE ANCHORAGE OF VESSELS THEREIN, BY CHANGING THE TITLE OF THE OFFICER IN CHARGE TO "REAR-ADMIRAL OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY IN COMMAND OF THE ASIATIC STATION."
Date of Approval
April 1, 1902
Major Topic

Act No. 394

Full Title
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE CLOSING OF THE PORT OF SIASSI, DISTRICT OF JOLO, AS A PORT OF ENTRY, AND FOR THE OPENING OF THE PORT OF APARRI, DISTRICT OF MANILA, AND AMENDING ACTS NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE AND THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN IN CERTAIN PARTICULARS.
Date of Approval
April 29, 1902
Major Topic

Act NO. 454

Full Title
AN ACT ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY-EIGHT, FIXING THE LIMITS OF CAVITE HARBOR AND PROVIDING FOR THE POLICE JURISDICTION THEREOF AND FOR THE ANCHORAGE OF VESSELS THEREIN.
Date of Approval
September 2, 1902
Major Topic

Act NO. 484

Full Title
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE GRANTING OF A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT AN ELECTRIC STREET RAILWAY ON THE STREETS OF MANILA AND ITS SUBURBS AND A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT, AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE CITY OF MANILA AND ITS SUBURBS, AFTER COMPETITIVE BIDDING.
Date of Approval
October 19, 1902
Major Topic

Act NO. 494

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS FOR THE PHILIPPINE ARCHIPELAGO TO GRANT A TEMPORARY LICENSE TO THE VESSEL SAN NICOLAS, NOW IN THE HARBOR OF MANILA LOADED WITH RICE, TO PROCEED TO THE PROVINCE OF AMBOS CAMARINES AND THERE TO DISCHARGE SAID RICE, TAKE ON A CARGO, AND RETURN TO MANILA.
Date of Approval
November 3, 1902
Major Topic

Act No. 520

Full Title
AN ACT PERMITTING THE ISSUING OF SPECIAL LICENSES TO ENGAGE IN THE COASTWISE TRADE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS UNTIL JULY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FOUR, TO VESSELS NOT ENTITLED TO GENERAL COASTWISE-TRADE LICENSES UNDER THE CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATIVE ACT, AND AUTHORIZING THE FIXING OF MAXIMUM RATES FOR TRANSPORTATION OF MERCHANDISE AND PASSENGERS IN THE COASTWISE TRADE
Date of Approval
November 16, 1902
Major Topic

Act No. 554

Full Title
AN ACT CONFERRING A FRANCHISE UPON THE MANILA RAILWAY COMPANY, LIMITED, TO CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE A RAILROAD FROM GUIGUINTO, ON THE PRESENT LINE OF THE MANILA AND DAGUPAN RAILROAD, TO CABANATUAN, IN THE PROVINCE OF NUEVA ECIJA, AND ESTIMATED DISTANCE OF SEVENTY-ONE KILOMETERS
Date of Approval
December 7, 1902
Major Topic

Act No. 578

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-TWO AND ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND ONE, PROVIDING FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE PORT OF MANILA.
Date of Approval
January 2, 1903
Major Topic

Act No. 583

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED SEVENTY-THREE, RELATING TO THE EXAMINATION AND LICENSING OF APPLICANTS FOR THE POSITIONS OF MASTER, MATE, AND PATRON OF SEAGOING VESSELS, AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN.
Date of Approval
January 7, 1903
Major Topic

Act No. 586

Full Title
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPOIMNTMENT OF A RAILROAD ENGINEER AND AN ASSISTANT TO MAKE A REPORT (FOR USE IN THE UNITED STATES) UPON FEASIBLE RAILROAD LINES IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND TO ENCOURAGE THE INVESTMENT OF CAPITAL.
Date of Approval
January 7, 1903
Major Topic

Act No. 592

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORITIZING THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE AND POLICE TO ESTABLISH HARBOR LINES WHERE HE DEEMS IT NECESSARY ON THE SHORES OF HARBORS, BAYS AND NAVIGABLE LAKES OR RIVERS OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND TO APPOINT A COMMISSION FOR THE PURPOSE.
Date of Approval
January 8, 1903
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.
Date of Approval
March 5, 1903

Act No. 703

Full Title
AN ACT CONFERRING A FRANCHISE UPON THE MANILA RAILWAY COMPANY LIMITED, TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE A RAILROAD FROM A POINT ON THE PRESENT MANILA AND DAGUPAN RAILROAD ONE AND FIVE HUNDRED-THOUSANDTHS KILOMETERS FROM WHAT IS KNOWN AT THE PRESENT TIME AS AS TERMINUS OF SAID RAILROAD IN THE CITY OF MANILA, TO ANTIPOLO, IN THE PROVINCE OF RIZAL, AN ESTIMATED DISTANCE OF THIRTY-TWO KILOMETERS, AND TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE A SPUR OR BRANCH OF SAID RAILROAD FROM ITS CROSSINGOF THE RIVER SAN JUAN TO APOINT ON THE RIVER PASIG OPPOSITE THE MUNICIPALITY OF SAN PEDRO MACATI, IN THE PROVINCE OF RIZAL, AN ESTIMATED DISTANCE OF THREE KILOMETERS.
Date of Approval
March 26, 1903
Major Topic

Act No. 704

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED FIFTY HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FOUR, CONFERRING A FRANCHISE UPON THE MANILA RAILWAY COMPANY, LIMITED, TO CONSTRUCT A BRANCH RAILROAD FROM GUIGUINTO TO CABANATUAN, BY REQUIRING THE COMPANY TO PAY ONE AND ONE-HALF PER CENTUM
Date of Approval
March 26, 1903
Major Topic

Act No. 705

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE, CONFERING A FRANCHISE UPON THE MANILA RAILWAY COMPANY, LIMITED, TO CONSTRUCT TWO BRANCH ROADS, ONE CONNECTING MABALACAT WITH THE MAIN LINE, AND ONE CONNECTING BAYAMBANG WITH THE MAIN LINE
Date of Approval
March 26, 1903
Major Topic

Act No. 746

Full Title
AN ACT PROVIDING THAT THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE AND POLICE MAY, IN HIS DISCRETION, DIRECT AN EXTENSION OF TIME WITHIN WHICH THE CONSULTING ENGINEER TO THE COMMISSION SHALL ADVERTISE FOR BIDS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE PORT OF ILOILO.
Date of Approval
May 13, 1903
Major Topic

Act No. 774

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED EIGHTY-TWO, ENTITLED "A GENERAL ACT FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS," BY IMPOSING A TAX UPON SLEDGES AND MAKING IT THE DUTY OF PROVINCIAL BOARDS TO DESIGNATE IMPROVED ROADS IN THE SEVERAL PROVINCES UPON WHICH IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL TO USE CERTAIN CARTS AND SLEDGES.
Date of Approval
May 26, 1903
Major Topic

Act No. 778

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS FOR THE PHILIPPINE ARCHIPELAGO TO COMMISSION MASTERS AND WATCH OFFICERS OF COAST GUARD VESSELS TO MAKE SEARCHES AND SEIZURES
Date of Approval
May 28, 1903
Major Topic

Act No. 780

Full Title
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE EXAMINATION AND LICENSING OF APPLICANTS FOR THE POSITIONS OF MASTER, MATE, PATRON, AND ENGINEER OF SEAGOING VESSELS IN THE PHILIPPINE COASTWISE TRADE AND PRESCRIBING THE NUMBER OF ENGINEERS TO BE EMPLOYED BY SUCH VESSELS.
Date of Approval
May 28, 1903
Major Topic

Act No. 788

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A FOURTEEN-HUNDRED-TON MARINE RAILWAY AND REPAIR SHOPS ON ENGINEER ISLAND, AND AUTHORIZING THE EXPENDITURE OF THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, UNITED STATES CURRENCY, THEREFOR.
Date of Approval
May 31, 1903
Major Topic

Act No. 829

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PROVINCIAL BOARDS OF PROVINCES WHICH ARE OPERATING LAUNCHES FOR THE USE OF THEIR PROVINCIAL OFFICERS TO CHARGE REASONABLE RATES OF FARE FOR TRANSPORTATION OF NONOFFICIAL PASSENGERS.
Date of Approval
August 6, 1903
Major Topic

Act No. 863

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY, KNOWN AS THE "COASTWISE TRADE ACT," BY MAKING THE MINIMUM TONNAGE FOR VESSELS LICENSED THEREUNDER FIFTY GROSS TONS.
Date of Approval
September 1, 1903
Major Topic

Act No. 898

Full Title
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE CLOSING OF THE PORT OF APARRI AS A PORT OF ENTRY, CREATING THE PORTS OF BONGAO, CAPE MELVILLE, BALABAC ISLAND, AND PUERTO PRINCESA PORTS OF ENTRY, AND AMENDING SECTION THREE HUNDRED AND ONE OF ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE.
Date of Approval
September 23, 1903
Major Topic

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.
Date of Approval
December 6, 1903

Act No. 1023

Full Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING PROVINCIAL BOARDS, IN THEIR DISCRETION, TO EXTEND THE TIME WITHIN WHICH MAY BE USED THE CARTS PROHIBITED BY ACT NUMBERED SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FOUR TO A DATE NOT LATER THAN THE THIRTY-FIRST OF MAY, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FOUR.
Date of Approval
December 9, 1903
Major Topic

Act No. 1025

Full Title
AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED SEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD THEREIN CREATED TO RECOGNIZE LICENSES ISSUED BY THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT AND TO GRANT LICENSES THEREON WITHOUT WRITTEN EXAMINATION, AND PROVIDING FOR THE RENEWAL OF THE LICENSES ALREADY GRANTED.
Date of Approval
December 15, 1903
Major Topic

Act No. 1026

Full Title
AN ACT FIXING THE ANNUAL TONNAGE TAX UPON CASCOES AND OTHER VESSELS NOT DECKED OVER AND NOT PROPELLED BY THEIR OWN STEAM, SAIL, OR OTHER SIMILAR MOTIVE POWER AND CONSTRUCTED IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND AMENDING SECTION ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIVE OF THE PHILIPPINE CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATIVE ACT.
Date of Approval
December 15, 1903
Major Topic

Act No. 1047

Full Title
AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, IN MONEY OF UNITED STATES, FOR CONTINUING THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE PORT OF MANILA
Date of Approval
February 3, 1904
Major Topic