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75 documents · 1908

Act No. 1879

AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED SEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SEVEN, ENTITLED "AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF THE MORO PROVINCE," AS AMENDED, AND PROVIDING THAT THE PROPERTY ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE POWER TO PURCHASE MERCHANDISE AND SUPPLIES FOR USE OF THE PROVINCIAL AND DISTRICT GOVERNMENTS, COURTS OF FIRST INSTANCE, AND SO FORTH, HERETOFORE BY LAW DEVOLVING UPON THE ENGINEER OF THE MORO PROVINCE SHALL BE ASSUMED AND EXERCISED BY THE TREASURER OF THE MORO PROVINCE, AND FOR OTHER

1908
14 sections

Act No. 1878

AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS AGGREGATING THIRTY THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED PESOS FOR CERTAIN PUBLIC WORKS AND PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE AND THE TOWN SITE OF BAGUIO, PROVINCE OF BENGUET.

1908
3 sections

Act No. 1877

AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUNDRY EXPENSES OF THE, PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS OF AGUSAN, BENGUET, LEPANTO-BONTOE, NUEVA VIZCAYA, AND THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND NINE.

1908
3 sections

Act No. 1876

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PROVINCE TO BE KNOWN AS THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PRISON AT BONTOC FOR NON-CHRISTIAN CRIMINALS, CHANGING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE PROVINCE OF NUEVA VIZCAYA, AMENDING ACT NUMBERED EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN, AS AMENDED, BY CHANGING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE MOUNTAIN JUDICIAL DISTRICT AND THE TIMES AND PLACES OF HOLDING COURTS OF FIRST INSTANCE IN THE SAID DISTRICT, PROVIDING FOR PARTICIPATION BY THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE IN THE DISTRIBUT

1908
15 sections

Act No. 1875

AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND NINETY-SIX, ENTITLED "THE LAND REGISTRATION ACT," AND OTHER ACTS RELATING THERETO, TO GIVE GREATER FACILITIES FOR OBTAINING TITLES AND THE REGISTRATION OF PROPERTY IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED AND FIVE THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE JUDICIARY AND ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE BUREAU OF LANDS TO MEET THE ADDITIONAL EXPENSES INVOLVED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

1908
12 sections

Act No. 1874

AN ACT TO EXTEND AND REGULATE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EMPLOYERS FOR PERSONAL INJURIES AND DEATHS SUFFERED BY THEIR EMPLOYEES WHILE AT WORK.

1908
11 sections

Act No. 1873

AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUNDRY EXPENSES OF THE AMENDING INSULAR GOVERNMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE THIRTIETH, NINE- TEEN HUNDRED AND NINE, AND OTHER DESIGNATED PERIODS.

1908
11 sections

Act No. 1872

AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVEN, ENTITLED "THE REORGANIZATION ACT," BY PROVIDING FOR THE FREE CUTTING AND USE OF CERTAIN FIRST-GROUP TIMBERS IN BUILDINGS OF STRONG MATERIALS.

1908
2 sections

Act No. 1871

AN ACT MAKING AVAILABLE FOR EXPENDITURE DURING THE FISCAL YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND NINE AND THEREAFTER, THE BALANCE REMAINING FROM FUNDS APPROPRIATED BY ACT NUMBERED SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-TWO, FOR EXAMINATIONS FOR SCHOLARSHIPS IN THE PHILIPPINE MEDICAL SCHOOL.

1908
2 sections

Act No. 1870

AN ACT FOR THE PURPOSE OF FOUNDING A UNIVERSITY FOR THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, GIVING IT CORPORATE EXISTENCE, PROVIDING FOR A BOARD OF REGENTS, DEFINING THE BOARD'S RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES, PROVIDING HIGHER AND PROFESSIONAL INSTRUCTION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

1908
17 sections

Act No. 1869

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF MANILA, ABOLISHING THE ADVISORY BOARD AND INCREASING THE MUNICIPAL BOARD BY ADDING THERETO TWO ELECTIVE MEMBERS.

1908
10 sections

Act No. 1868

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Legislature, that:

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5 sections

Act No. 1867

By the authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Legislature, that :

1908
6 sections

Act No. 1866

AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND PESOS FOR SALARIES OF TEACHERS IN BARRIO SCHOOLS WHEN ESTABLISHED UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.

1908
11 sections

Act No. 1865

AN ACT CREATING A GOVERNMENT AGRICULTURAL BANK OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND APPROPRIATING FOR FUNDS THEREOF THE SUM OF ONE MILLION PESOS.

1908
20 sections

Act No. 1864

AN ACT AMENDING CHAPTER ONE OF ACT NUMBERED NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX BY PROVIDING THAT PAYMENT .OF HOMESTEAD ENTRY FEES MAY BE MADE IN INSTALLMENTS, AND BY LIMITING THE RESIDENCE REQUIRED BY SAID CHAPTER TO THE LAST TWO YEARS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE DATE OF FINAL PROOF.

1908
5 sections

Act No. 1863

said provinces are in equity entitled to participation in said fund for the reason that although their provincial boards are not allowed to impose a double cedulla tax, there is imposed upon the pimple of these provinces, by provisions of existing law, a public-improvement tax of two pesos per annum: Now, therefore,

1908
2 sections

Act No. 1862

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Legislature, that:

1908
3 sections

Act No. 1861

AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS SEVENTY-FOUR AND ONE HUNDRED AND SEVEN OF ACT NUMBERED ELEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-NINE, AS AMENDED.

1908
2 sections

Act No. 1860

AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND PESOS FROM THE INSULAR TREASURY FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT OF THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE AMERICAN FLEET ON THE OCCASION OF ITS PROPOSED VISIT TO THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF MANILA TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE SAME PURPOSE.

1908
3 sections

Act No. 1859

the Congress of the— United— States has passed an Act to increase the membership of the Philippine Commission and authorizing the President to create a new Executive Department in the Philippine Government and to embrace therein such existing Bureaus as he may designate: and

1908
3 sections

Act No. 1858

AN ACT AMENDING SECTION FORTY OF ACT NUMBERED EIGHTY-TWO, KNOWN AS THE MUNICIPAL CODE.

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2 sections

Act No. 1857

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CREATION OF SPECIAL CLASSES OF SUPERIOR INSTRUCTION FOR MUNICIPAL TEACHERS AND APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS FOR SUCH PURPOSE.

1908
6 sections

Act No. 1856

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PANTHEON OF ILLUSTRIOUS FILIPINOS, AND PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A COMMITTEE TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE MATTER.

1908
7 sections

Act No. 1855

AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE PURCHASE AND PREPARATION OF LAND FOR CATTLE QUARANTINE STATIONS IN THE CITIES OF MANILA, CEBU, AND ILOILO, AND MAKING PROVISION FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT OF THE INSULAR TREASURY FOR THE SAID AMOUNT WITH THE PROCEEDS OF THE SALE OF THE SINGALONG EXPERIMENTAL STATION, MALATE. MANILA.

1908
4 sections

Act No. 1854

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE APPROPRIATION, OF SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS ANNUALLY FOR THE PROMOTION, ESTABLISHMENT, AND MAINTENANCE OF IRRIGATION SYSTEMS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.

1908
8 sections

Act No. 1853

under the provisions of Act .Numbered Sixteen hundred and ninety-five, the Provinces of Benguet, Lepanlo-Bontoc, Nueva Vizcaya, and Agusan are debarred from participation in the special fund of ten per centum of internal-revenue collections created by said Act, to be paid into the road and bridge fund of certain provinces; and,

1908
3 sections

Act No. 1852

AN ACT REVALIDATING CERTAIN DECLARATIONS OF REAL PROPERTY FOR ASSESSMENT PURPOSES HERETOFORE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF ACT NUMBERED FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE, AS AMENDED.

1908
2 sections

Act No. 1851

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PROTECTION OF RIGHTS OF PROPERTY IN TELEGRAPHIC MESSAGES, AND TO PREVENT THE FORGING OR IMPROPER DISCLOSURE OF TELEGRAMS.

1908
9 sections

Act No. 1850

pursuant to the provisions of the Act of Congress approved July first, nineteen hundred and two, the Chief Executive has called a special session of the Philippine Legislature to continue from the twenty-second day of May, nineteen hundred and eight, to the nineteenth day of June, nineteen hundred and eight:

1908
2 sections