AN ACT GRANTING TO LUIS MIGUEL A FRANCHISE TO ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE A MOTOR VEHICLE LAND TRANSPORTATION SERVICE FOR PASSENGERS AND FREIGHT IN THE PROVINCE OF CAMARINES NORTE.

AN ACT GRANTING THE MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH A TELEPHONE LINE BETWEEN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF PAMPLONA AND PASACAO, IN THE PROVINCE OF CAMARINES SUR.

AN ACT AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL AND THE MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS TO MAKE AN INVESTIGATION AND SURVEY AND SUBMIT THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A RAILROAD LINE IN THE PROVINCES OF LEYT E AND ORIENTAL NEGROS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THIS PURPOSE.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-TWO OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, BY PROVIDING THAT ALL COLLECTIONS BELONGING TO THE ROAD FUND SHALL ACCRUE TO THE TREASURIES OF THE SUBPROVINCES.

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL TO PURCHASE, ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, SEVENTY THOUSAND SHARES OF THE CAPITAL STOCK OF THE MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR PAYING T HE PRICE OF SAID SHARES.

AN ACT TO AMEND SUBSECTION (C) OF SECTION FOURTEEN OF ACT NUMBERED THREE THOUSAND AND FORTY-FIVE, REDUCING THE FEE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A LICENSE TO OPERATE MOTOR VEHICLES TO TWO PESOS.

AN ACT TO AMEND AND COMPILE THE LAWS REGULATING MOTOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, THE LAWS PROVIDING FOR THE REGISTRATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND THE LICENSING OF MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATORS, THE LAWS REQUIRING LIGHTS OF ALL VEHICLES USING HIGHWAYS AT NIGHT, AND THE LAWS PRESCRIBING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATIONS THEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE "MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY" TO ABANDON ITS RAILROAD LINE BETWEEN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF NOVELETA AND CAVITE, PROVINCE OF CAVITE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

AN ACT TO AMEND SUBSECTION (N) OF SECTION TWENTY-FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY-FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, KNOWN AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FOUR, EMPOWERING THE MUNICIPAL BOARD OF THE CITY OF MANILA TO ESTABLISH A TAX ON AUTOMOBILES.

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL TO PURCHASE, ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, TEN THOUSAND SHARES OF THE CAPITAL STOCK OF THE MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR PAYING FOR SAID SHARES.

AN ACT EXEMPTING THE MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY FROM TAXATION.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWENTY-THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, KNOWN AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN, PROVIDING THAT THE CART AND SLEDGE TAX SHALL BE PAYABLE ON OR BEFORE JANUARY THIRTY-FIRST OF EACH YEAR.

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL TO PURCHASE, ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, SIXTY THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIVE SHARES OF THE CAPITAL STOCK OF THE MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE PURCHASE PRICE OF SUCH SHARES.

AN ACT TO AMEND PARAGRAPH EIGHTEEN OF SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX, ENTITLED "AN ACT GRANTING TO THE MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS A CONCESSION TO CONSTRUCT A RAILROAD IN THE ISLAND OF LUZON."

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION SEVENTEEN OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FIVE, ENTITLED "AN ACT GRANTING SENOR VICENTE SOTELO Y MATTI, A NATIVE AND RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF MANILA, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND HIS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, A FRA NCHISE TO ESTABLISH, CONSTRUCT, EQUIP, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE A RAILROAD IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE ISLAND OF NEGROS, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS."

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE LINES OF THE MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY.

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY TO DISCONTINUE ITS RAILROAD LINE BETWEEN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF TAYTAY AND ANTIPOLO, PROVINCE OF RIZAL, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SECOND PARAGRAPH OF SECTION TWENTY-SEVEN OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FIVE, ENTITLED "AN ACT GRANTING SENOR VICENTE SOTELO Y MATTI, A NATIVE AND RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF MANILA, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND HIS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, A FRANCHISE TO ESTABLISH, CONSTRUCT, EQUIP, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE A RAILROAD IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE ISLAND OF NEGROS, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-NINE, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO REGULATE MOTOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, TO PROVIDE FOR THE REGISTRATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND THE LICENSING OF OPERATORS, AND TO REQUIRE ALL VEHICLES ON HIGHWAYS TO CARRY LIGHTS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES" AS AMENDED, BY REGULATING THE USE OF HEADLIGHTS ON MOTOR VEHICLES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

AN ACT GRANTING RAMON FERNANDEZ, A CITIZEN OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF MANILA, AND HIS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, A FRANCHISE TO ESTABLISH, CONSTRUCT, EQUIP, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE A RAILROAD IN THE PROVINCE OF OCCIDENTAL NEGROS, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.

AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS FIVE AND NINE OF ACT NUMBERED SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FOUR, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE LEASING OF RECLAIMED LAND FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES, FOR THE LEASING OF THE FORESHORE AND LANDS UNDER WATER, AND TO REGULATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF BRIDGES OVER NAVIGABLE WATERWAYS," BY AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE AND POLICE, WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL, TO GRANT PERMISSION TO USE ANY PORTION OF THE FORESHORE OR LAND UNDER WATER IN THE PHILIPPINEISLANDS FOR ANY LAWFUL PRIVATE PURPOSE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE GOVENOR-GENERAL TO EXECUTE A CERTAIN MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH THE MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY AND THE MANILA RAILWAY COMPANY (1906), LIMITED, MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF CARRYING OUT SAID MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-NINE, AS AMENDED, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO REGULATE MOTOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, TO PROVIDE FOR THE REGISTRATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND THE LICENSING OF OPERATORS, AND TO REQUIRE ALL VEHICLES ON HIGHWAYS TO CARRY LIGHTS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," BY FIXING AN ANNUAL REGISTRATION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

AN ACT ON SALVAGE AND RENDERING OF ASSISTANCE TO VESSELS AND CARGOES.

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE "MARINE TRADING COMPANY, INCORPORATED" TO BRING SUIT AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS TO RECOVER DAMAGES, IF ANY, ALLEGED TO HAVE ARISEN FROM THE COLLISION OF ITS LAUNCH WITH A SCOW TOWED BY A LAUNCH BELONGING TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.

AN ACT GRANTING SEÑOR VICENTE SOTELO Y MATTI, A NATIVE AND RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF MANILA, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND HIS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, A FRANCHISE TO ESTABLISH, CONTRUCT, EQUIP, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE A RAILROAD IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE ISLAND OF NEGROS, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A BOARD OF MARINE EXAMINERS, FOR THE EXAMINATION AND LICENSING OF WATCH OFFICERS AND ENGINEERS ON PHILIPPINE VESSELS IN THE COASTALWISE TRADE AND FOR THE HIGH SEAS, LICENSE FEES, COMPENSATION, AND PENALTIES, IN CERTAIN CASES, AND REPEALING CERTAIN ACTS RELATING THERETO.

AN ACT REPEAL ACT NUMBERED NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE CREATION OF A COMMISSIONED AND ENLISTED SERVICE WITHIN THE BUREAU OF NAVIGATION, THE CREATION OF A PENSION FUND IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, AND FOR THE PUNISHMENT OF OFFENSES AGAINST GOOD ORDER AND DISCIPLINE WITHIN SUCH SERVICE," AND ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY-TWO, ENTITLED "AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY, ENTITLED 'AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE CREATION OFA COMMISSIONED AND ENLISTED SERVICE WITHIN THE BUREAU OF NAVIGATION, THE CREATION OF A PENSION FUND IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, AND FOR THE PUNISHMENT OF OFFENSES AGAINST GOOD ORDER AND DISCIPLINE WITHIN SUCH SERVICE,' BY MAKING THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION TWO THEREOF RETROACTIVE FOR CERTAIN COMMISSIONED OFFICERS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE REFUND OF THE PENSION FUND CREATED BY SAID ACT NUMBERED NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY.

AN ACT TO AMEND PARAGRAPH TWO OF SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED FIFTEEN HUNDRED AND TEN, ENTITLED "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," MAKING ITS PROVISIONS EXTENSIVE, WITH CERTAIN LIMITATIONS, TO THE FORESHORE AND LAND RECLAIMED FROM THE SEA.

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-NINE ENTITLED "AN ACT TO REGULATE MOTOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, TO PROVIDE FOR THE REGISTRATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND THE LICENSING OF OPERATORS, AND TO REQUIRE ALL VEHICLES ON HIGHWAYS TO CARRY LIGHTS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," BY FIXING A MAXIMUM RATE OF SPEED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLES NINETEEN AND TWENTY-TWO OF SECTION TWO OF ACT NUMBERED TWO THOUSAND AND THIRTY-FOUR, ENTITLED "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE GRANTING ON CERTAIN CONDITIONS OF A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE A STREET RAILWAY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CEBU," BY EXTENDING THE TIME WITHIN WHICH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE STREET RAILWAY THEREIN PROVIDED FOR SHALL BE COMPLETED, AND BY EXTENDING THE TIME FOR REPAYMENT TO THE GRANTEE OF THE MONEY, BONDS OR OTHER SECURITIESDEPOSITED WITH THE INSULAR TREASURY AS SECURITY FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF THE OBLIGATIONS OF SAID FRANCHISE.

AN ACT ABOLISHING THE BUREAU OF NAVIGATION AND TRANSFERRING TO OTHER BUREAUS CERTAIN PROPERTY, EQUIPMENT, FUNCTIONS, AND DUTIES HITHERTO APPERTAINING THERETO; PROVIDING FOR THE SALE OF CERTAIN PROPERTY, AUTHORIZING THE SALE OR LEASE OF THE MARINE RAILWAY AND REPAIR SHOP, AND REPEALING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF LAW RELATING TO THE BUREAU OF NAVIGATION.

AN ACT GRANTING A FRANCHISE TO HERBERT C.HEALD TO CONSTRUCT OR ACQUIRE BY PURCHASE AND, FOR A PERIOD OF TWENTY YEARS, TO MAINTAIN AND OPERATE BY STEAM OR OTHER POWER AN AERIAL TRAMWAY FROM CAMP COLGANS NEAR KILOMETER TWENTY-FOUR ON THE BENGUET ROAD, SUBPROVINCE OF BENGUET, MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, APPROXIMATELY A DISTANCE OF FIVE KILOMETERS.

AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE CREATION OF A COMMISSIONED AND ENLISTED SERVICE WITHIN THE BUREAU OF NAVIGATION, THE CREATION OF A PENSION FUND IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, AND FOR THE PUNISHMENT OF OFFENSES AGAINST GOOD ORDER AND DISCIPLINE WITHIN SUCH SERVICE,"BY MAKING PROVISIONS OF SECTION TWO THEREOF RETROACTIVE FOR CERTAIN COMMISSIONED OFFICERS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-NINE, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO REGULATE MOTOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, TO PROVIDE FOR THE REGISTRATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND THE LICENSING OF OPERATORS AND TO REQUIRE ALL VEHICLES ON HIGHWAYS TO CARRY LIGHTS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," BY PROVIDING PENALITIES FOR THE VIOLATIONS OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS THEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE GRANTING OF REVOCABLE LICENSES TO CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE TRAMWAYS ON PUBLIC ROADS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE GRANTING, ON CERTAIN CONDITIONS, OF A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE A STREET RAILWAY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CEBU.

AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE TWO OF THE FRANCHISE CONTAINED IN ACT NUMBERED FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-SEVEN OF THE PHILIPPINE COMMISSION, ENTITLED "AN ACT GRANTING TO THE PHILIPPINE RAILWAY COMPANY A CONCESSION TO CONSTRUCT RAILWAYS IN THE ISLANDS OF PANAY, NEGROS, AND CEBU, AND GUARANTEEING INTEREST ON THE FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS THEREOF, UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS APPROVED FEBRUARY SIXTH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIVE," BY EXTENDING ITS PROVISIONS UNDER CERTAIN LIMITATIONS, TO THE FORESHORE AND RECLAIMED LAND.

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE FILING, WITH THE DIVISION OF ARCHIVES, PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS AND TRADE-MARKS OF THE EXECUTIVE BUREAU, OF THE FIRST DEED OF MORTGAGE, TRUST OR GUARANTY, DATED THE NINETEENTH DAY OF MAY, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND NINE, EXECUTED BY THE MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY IN FAVOR OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND OF THE FARMERS' LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEES, CREATING UPON THE PROPERTY MENTIONED IN SAID INSTRUMENT A LIEN FROM THE DATE OF ITS FILING, MODIFYING THE PROVISIONS OF ACT NUMBERED EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND TWELVE, IN REGARD TO THE LIEN OF THE MORTGAGES FILED HERETOFORE, AND EXEMPTING SAID INSTRUMENTS FROM THE PAYMENT OF STAMP TAXES, AND THE FILING OF THE SUBORDINATING AGREEMENT.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE CREATION OF A COMMISSIONED AND ENLISTED SERVICE WITHIN THE BUREAU OF NAVIGATION, THE CREATION OF A PENSION FUND IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, AND FOR THE PUNISHMENT OF OFFENSES AGAINST GOOD ORDER AND DISCIPLINE WITH SUCH SERVICE.

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.

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

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

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 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 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 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 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 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 REGULATING THE FREE ENTRY OF CERTAIN RAILROAD MATERIAL IMPORTED INTO 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 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 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 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 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 CREATING THE ENTRY PORT OF SITANKI, AMENDING ACT NUMBERED FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

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

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

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 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 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 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 APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, IN MONEY OF UNITED STATES, FOR CONTINUING THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE PORT OF MANILA

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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