AN ACT EXEMPTING SMALL VESSELS FROM THE REQUIREMENT OF ACT NUMBERED SEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY, ENTITLED "AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE EXAMINATIONS 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."

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PROVINCIAL BOARDS OF PROVINCES OPERATING LAUNCHES FOR THE USE OF THEIR PROVINCIAL OFFICERS TO MAKE REASONABLE CHARGES FOR TRANSPORTATION OF NONOFFICIAL PASSENGERS AND FREIGHT AND AUTHORIZING THE CARRYING OF NONOFFICIAL PASSENGERS AND CARGOES UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES ON BOATS CONTROLLED BY THE BUREAU OF COAST GUARD AND TRANSPORTATION, AND REPEALING ACT NUMBERED EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE.

AN ACT GRANTING A FRANCHISE TO CHARLES W. CARSON TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE BY ANIMAL POWER A TRAMWAY WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF DAET, IN THE PROVINCE OF AMBOS CAMARINES FROM THE WHARVES OF THE BARRIO OF MERCEDES, IN SAID MUNICIPALITY TO THE TOWN PROPER OR POBLACION OF DAET, AND THROUGH THE SAID TOWN OF DAET TO A POINT ON THE PUBLIC HIGHWAY ONE MILE DISTANT FROM THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING OF SAID MUNICIPALITY OF DAET IN THE DIRECTION OF THE TOWN OF TALISAY.

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE ASSIGNMENT, SALE AND TRANSFER TO THE MANILA ELECTRIC ROAD AND LIGHT COMPANY OF ALL THE ASSETS OF THE COMPANIA DE LOS TRANVIAS DE FILIPINAS, PROVIDING FOR THE SURRENDER BY THE MANILA ELECTRIC ROAD AND LIGHT COMPANY OF THE FRANCHISES, AND AMENDMENTS THERETO, OF SAID COMPANIA DE LOS TRANVIAS DE FILIPINAS, AND FOR CERTAIN AMENDMENTS TO ORDINANCE NUMBERED FORTY-FOUR OF THE MUNICIPAL BOARD OF MANILA, ENACTED IN PURSUANCE OF ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FOUR OF THE PHILIPPINE COMMISSION, AND FOR THE OPENING OF CERTAIN NEW STREETS BY THE MUNICIPAL BOARD OF MANILA, AND FOR A FRANCHISE TO THE MANILA ELECTRIC RAILROAD AND LIGHT COMPANY TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE AN ELECTRIC STREET RAILWAY AND AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER SYSTEM FROM THE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF MANILA TO MALABON.

AN ACT TO SUSPEND ALL TAXES IMPOSED BY LAW ON DRAFT CARTS AND SLEDGES IN THE PROVINCE OF ISABELA

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS FOR THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS TO CLEAR FOREIGN VESSELS FOR THE PORT OF ISABELA DE BASILAN.

AN ACT GRANTING TO CHO HANG LIN, OF MANILA, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, A REVOCABLE LICENSE TO CONSTRUCT, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN A SLIPWAY OR MARINE RAILWAY ON THE WEST BANK OF THE ILOILO RIVER, IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF ILOILO, PROVINCE OF ILOILO, ISLAND OF PANAY.

AN ACT GRANTING TO JUAN BAUTISTA FERNANDEZ, OF CEBU, A LICENSE TO CONSTRUCT, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN A SLIPWAY OR MARINE RAILWAY ON A TRACT OF LAND SITUATED IN THE BARRIO OF CANGHANA, IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF OPON, PROVINCE OF CEBU.

AN ACT MAKING ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS TO THOSE CONTAINED IN ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY, RELATING TO THE EXERCISE OF THE RIGHT OF EMINENT DOMAIN IN CASES WHERE THE EXERCISE OF SUCH POWER IS INVOKED BY A RAILROAD CORPORATION FOR THE PURPOSES OF CONSTRUCTING, EXTENDING, OR OPERATING ITS LINE.

AN ACT AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING REGISTERS OF DEEDS TO PERFORM CERTAIN DUTIES OF COMMERCIAL REGISTERS AS DEFINED IN TITLE TWO OF THE CODE OF COMMERCE, AND PROVIDING THAT THE DOCUMENTING, REGISTRY, ENROLLMENT, AND LICENSING OF VESSELS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATIVE ACT AND THE CUSTOMS RULES AND REGULATIONS SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A REGISTRY OF VESSELS WITHIN THE MEANING OF SAID TITLE.

AN ACT TO ENCOURAGE AND AID THE PHILIPPINE COASTWISE TRADE, TO SECURE THE CARRIAGE OF MAILS, GOVERNMENT FREIGHT, AND PASSENGERS BY COMMERCIAL VESSELS UNDER CONTRACT, TO EFFECT UNIFORM REASONABLE RATES FOR THE GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC, TO INCREASE THE SAFETY STANDARDS AND SERVICE OF CONTRACTING VESSELS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

AN ACT TRANSFERRING TO THE OFFICE OF THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE PORT OF MANILA, WHICH SHALL HEREAFTER TO BE KNOWN AS THE OFFICE OF PORT WORKS, THE DUTY OF SUPERVISING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PORT WORKS AT CEBU AND ILOILO, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE BOARD OF HEALTH FOR THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS TO PROMULGATE QUARANTINE REGULATIONS FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF VESSELS ENGAGED IN THE COASTWISE TRADE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE, KNOWN AS THE PHILIPPINE CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATIVE ACT, BY DECLARING ALL PORTS AND PLACES IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS OPEN TO VESSELS LICENSED TO ENGAGE IN THE COASTWISE TRADE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

AN ACT CONFERRING UPON THE MANILA ELECTRIC RAILROAD AND LIGHT COMPANY A FRANCHISE FOR AN EXTENSION OF ITS LINES AND GRANTING IT THE RIGHT TO EXPROPRIATE LAND NECESSARY FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE COMPANY.

AN ACT EXEMPTING ALL BOATS OF LESS THAN FIFTEEN GROSS TONS FROM TAKING OUT A LICENSE TO ENGAGE IN THE COASTWISE TRADE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.

AN ACT CREATING THE PORT OF JURATA, ON THE ISLAND OF CAGAYAN DE JOLO, A PORT OF ENTRY, AND AMENDING SECTION THREE HUNDRED AND ONE OF ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND ONE OF ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE, AS AMENDED.

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE LICENSING OF VESSELS ENGAGING IN THE COASTWISE TRADE AND VESSELS ENGAGING EXCLUSIVELY IN THE LIGHTERAGE AND HARBOR BUSINESS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND FIXING THE LICENSE FEES THEREFOR.

AN ACT TRANSFERRING THE NET INCOME ARISING FROM THE OPERATION OF THE CUSTOMS TRAMWAY ON THE WHARF AT JOLO TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE MORO PROVINCE.

AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED ELEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, ENTITLED "AN ACT GRANTING A FRANCHISE TO CHARLES W. CARSON TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE BY ANIMAL POWER A TRAMWAY WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF DAET, IN THE PROVINCE OF AMBOS CAMARINES, FROM THE WHARVES OF THE BARRIO OF MERCEDES, IN SAID MUNICIPALITY, TO THE TOWN PROPER OR POBLACION OF DAET, AND THROUGH THE SAID TOWN OF DAET TO A POINT ON THE PUBLIC HIGHWAY ONE MILE DISTANT FROM THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING OF SAID MUNICIPALITY OF DAET IN THE DIRECTION OF THE TOWN OF TALISAY.

AN ACT PROVIDING A METHOD OF ENABLING MASTERS OF SHIPS IN CERTAIN CASES TO SECURE THE RETURN TO THEIR SHIPS OF SEAMEN WHO HAVE DESERTED THEREFROM IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.

AN ACT GRANTING A FRANCHISE TO CHARLES M. SWIFT TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE AN ELECTRIC RAILWAY, AND TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT, AND POWER SYSTEM FROM A POINT IN THE CITY OF MANILA IN AN EASTERLY DIRECTION TO THE TOWN OF PASIG, IN THE PROVINCE OF RIZAL.

AN ACT GRANTING PERMISSION TO THE MANILA ELECTRIC RAILROAD AND LIGHT COMPANY TO CONSTRUCT CERTAIN TRACKS AND OVERHEAD WORK IN THE CITY OF MANILA AND USE THE SAME, AND TO CARRY FREIGHT AND PARCELS OVER ITS LINES.

AN ACT GRANTING A FRANCHISE TO WALTER E. OLSEN TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE BY STEAM POWER A TRAMWAY FROM THE TOWN OF PANIQUE, SITUATED ON THE LINE OF THE MANILA AND DAGUPAN RAILROAD, PROVINCE OF TARLAC, TO THE TOWN OF CAMILING. IN THE SAME PROVINCE, APPROXIMATELY A DISTANCE OF TEN MILES.

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED SEVEN HUNDRED AND THREE BY GRANTING TO THE MANILA RAILWAY COMPANY, LIMITED, A REVOCABLE LICENSE TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE A FERRY FROM THE FORT WILLIAM MCKINLEY STATION ON THE NORTH BANK TO A POINT IMMEDIATELY OPPOSITE ON THE SOUTH BANK OF THE PASIG RIVER.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO OF ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FOUR, SO AS TO GRANT TO THE MANILA RAILWAY COMPANY, LIMITED, THE RIGHT TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE A FREIGHT SPUR SIX HUNDRED AND TWENTY METERS IN LENGTH FROM A POINT EIGHTY-THREE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED LINEAL METERS FROM THE INITIAL POINT AT BIGAA OF THE BIGAA AND CABANATUAN RAILROAD TO A POINT ON THE EAST BANK OF THE PAMPANGA RIVER IN THE VILLAGE OF SANTA ROSA, NUEVA ECIJA AND THE RIGHT TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE A CABLEWAY FOUR HUNDRED METERS IN LENGTH FROM SAID POINT ON THE EAST BANK OF THE PAMPANGA RIVER TO A POINT IMMEDIATELY OPPOSITE ON THE WEST BANK OF SAID RIVER.

AN ACT CREATING THE ENTRY PORT OF SITANKI, AMENDING ACT NUMBERED FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

AN ACT GRANTING TO THE MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY A CONCESSION FOR RAILWAY LINES IN THE ISLAND OF LUZON, AND PROVIDING IN RESPECT OF PROCEEDINGS FOR CONDEMNATION OF LAND BY PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS.

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, REPAIR, AND MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES, WHARVES, AND TRAILS IN THOSE PROVINCES ORGANIZED UNDER THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT ACT WHICH SHALL VOTE TO ADOPT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT IN THE MANNER HEREAFTER PROVIDED, AND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR MALICIOUS INJURIES TO HIGHWAYS, BRIDGES, WHARVES, AND TRAILS.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION THREE OF ACT NUMBERED SEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY, ENTITLED "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".

AN ACT TO ENCOURAGE THE SHIPPING TRADE IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS BY ABOLISHING THE COLLECTION TO ALL TONNAGE DUES ON VESSELS COMING FROM FOREIGN PORTS TO PORTS OF ENTRY IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FOUR, ENTITLED "AN ACT CREATING THE ENTRY PORT OF SITANKI, AMENDING ACT NUMBERED FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," BY INCREASING THE COMPENSATION OF THE DEPUTY COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS AND AUTHORIZING THE EMPLOYMENT OF TWO BOATMEN AT SITANKI.

AN ACT REGULATING THE FREE ENTRY OF CERTAIN RAILROAD MATERIAL IMPORTED INTO THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FOURTEEN OF ACT NUMBERED FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVEN, ENTITLED "THE REORGANIZATION ACT," REPEALING SECTION SIXTEEN OF SAID ACT AND MERGING THE BUREAU OF PORT WORKS WITH THE BUREAU OF NAVIGATION.

AN ACT GRANTING THE MANILA SUBURBAN RAILWAYS COMPANY AN EXTENSION OF TIME WITHIN WHICH TO COMPLETE THAT PORTION OF ITS LINE EASTWARD OF FORT WILLIAM MCKINLEY; GRANTING THE RIGHT TO BUILD A BRANCH LINE FROM ANY POINT ALONG ITS PRESENT LINE EASTWARD OF THE BARRIO OF SAN PEDRO MACATI, IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION TO THE TOWN OF TAGUIG AND TO THE LAGUNA DE BAY; AND GRANTING THE RIGHT TO TRANSPORT FREIGHT, EXPRESS PACKAGES, BAGGAGE, AND THE MAILS OVER ITS LINES, UNDER REASONABLE REGULATIONS, AND TO MAKE REASONABLE CHARGES FOR THE SAME

AN ACT TO AMEND ACTS NUMBERED FIFTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVEN AND FIFTEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN, BY REMOVING THE EMPLOYEES OF THE OFFICE OF THE SUPERVISING RAILWAY EXPERT FROM THE BUREAU OF PUBLIC WORKS AND ESTABLISHING IT AS A SEPARATE AND INDEPENDENT OFFICE, AND MAKING ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION FOR THE OFFICE OF THE SUPERVISING RAILWAY EXPERT.

AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED TWELVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-EIGHT, ENTITLED "AN ACT MAKING ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS TO THOSE CONTAINED IN ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY, RELATING TO THE EXERCISE OF THE RIGHT OF EMINENT DOMAIN IN CASES WHERE THE EXERCISE OF SUCH POWER IS INVOKED BY A RAILROAD CORPORATION FOR THE PURPOSES OF CONSTRUCTING, EXTENDING, OR OPERATING ITS LINE."

AN ACT AMENDING1 ACT NUMBERED SEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY, ENTITLED "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."

An Act to amend Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and eleven, entitled "The Philippine Road Law," by enabling municipalities to avail themselves of its provisions in the absence of a provincial vote of acceptance and by enabling provinces and municipalities to avail themselves of its provisions for a limited period of time.

An Act to amend Act Numbered Eighty-three by providing for the establishment and maintenance under certain conditions of provincial toll ferries

AN ACT TO AMEND SUBDIVISION (D) OF SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED FIFTEEN HUNDRED AND TEN SO AS TO AUTHORIZE A CHANGE OF THE RAILROAD ROUTE THEREIN PRESCRIBED, AND AUTHORIZING AND PROVIDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF MILEAGE EQUIVALENT TO THAT OF THE ROUTE ABANDONED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL TO EXECUTE A CONCESSIONARY GRANT OR CONTRACT FOR A RAILWAY LINE TO BAGUIO, PROVINCE OF BENGUET, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWENTY-FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY BY PROVIDING FOR ENSIGNS FOR VESSELS OPERATING UNDER THE CONTRACTS AUTHORIZED BY ACT NUMBERED THIRTEEN HUNDRED AND TEN AND ACT NUMBERED SEVENTEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ARREST AND RETURN TO SHIP OF SEAMEN DESERTING FROM CERTAIN MERCHANT VESSELS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, FOR THE ADJUDICATION BY CONSULS OF CERTAIN DISPUTES AND FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF CONSULAR DECISIONS IN SUCH CASES, AND REPEALING ACT NUMBERED FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINE

An Act fixing the maximum rates which may be charged by the Manila Suburban Railways Company.

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE FILING WITH THE DIVISION OF ARCHIVES, PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS, AND TRADE-MARKS OF THE EXECUTIVE BUREAU OF THE CONTRACTS OF MORTGAGE EXECUTED BY THE MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY AS SECURITY FOR THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS, CREATING AND FIXING UPON THE PROPERTY COVERED BY SAID INSTRUMENTS A LIEN AT AND FROM THE TIME OF FILING THE SAME, AND EXEMPTING SAID INSTRUMENTS FROM THE PAYMENT OF STAMP TAXES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF SEVENTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS UNITED STATES CURRENCY, FOR SALARY AND TRAVELING EXPENSES OF A DELEGATE FROM THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND SUBORDINATE PERSONNEL TO ATTEND THE INTERNATIONAL NAVIGATION CONFERENCE TO BE HELD FROM THE TWENTY-EIGHTH OF MAY, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHT, IN SAINT PETERSBURG, RUSSIA, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE INSULAR COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS TO CLEAR FOREIGN VESSELS FOR ANY PORT OF THE MORO PROVINCE DESIGNATED BY HIM FOR THAT PURPOSE, UNDER SUCH CONDITIONS AND REGULATIONS AS HE MAY, WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE SECRETARY OF FINANCE AND JUSTICE, IMPOSE.

AN ACT AMENDING SUBSECTION ONE OF PARAGRAPH THREE OF SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-SEVEN, CHANGING THE TERMINI OF THE LINE OF THE PHILIPPINE RAILWAY COMPANY IN THE ISLAND OF NEGROS.

AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED TWELVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-EIGHT, ENTITLED "AN ACT AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING: REGISTERS OF DEEDS TO PERFORM CERTAIN DUTIES OF COMMERCIAL REGISTERS AS DEFINED IN TITLE TWO OF THE CODE OF COMMERCE, AND PROVIDING THAT THE DOCUMENTING, REGISTRY, ENROLLMENT, AND LICENSING OF VESSELS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATIVE ACT AND THE CUSTOMS RULES AND REGULATIONS SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A REGISTRY OF VESSELS WITHIN THE MEANING OF SAID TITLE," BY PROVIDING THAT THE INSULAR COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS SHALL PERFORM THE DUTIES OF COMMERCIAL REGISTER CONCERNING THE REGISTERING OF VESSELS, AS DEFINED IN TITLE TWO OF THE CODE OF COMMERCE.