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182 documents · 1916, 1917

Act No. 2727

AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE NECESSARY EXPENSES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

1917
10 sections

Act No. 2726

AN ACT ESTABLISHING CASES OF EXCEPTION IN THE APPLICATION OF THE DEATH PENALTY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

1917
4 sections

Act No. 2725

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR TO ESTABLISH A SCHOOL OF NURSING IN THE SOUTHERN ISLANDS HOSPITAL DIVISION, AS A DEPENDENCY OF THE SCHOOL OF NURSING OF THE PHILIPPINE GENERAL HOSPITAL, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

1917
4 sections

Act No. 2724

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE SEPARATION OF THE SUBPROVINCE OF ROMBLON FROM THE PROVINCE OF CAPIZ AND THE REESTABLISHMENT OF THE FORMER PROVINCE OF ROMBLON, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

1917
9 sections

Act No. 2723

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF NECESSARY 'AND EFFICACIOUS MEASURES FOR INCREASING THE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION OF FOODSTUFFS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THIS PURPOSE.

1917
6 sections

Act No. 2722

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE RESERVATION OF CERTAIN LANDS OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN ON THE ISLAND OF SULU, THE USUFRUCT THEREOF TO BE GRANTED TO THE SULTAN OF SULU AND HIS HEIRS.

1917
4 sections

Act No. 2721

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE DIRECTOR OF FORESTRY TO LEASE OR GRANT PERMITS FOR THE USE OF FOREST LANDS FOR SAWMILLS AND TIMBER DEPOTS, AND FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF HOTELS, SANATORIA, RESIDENCES, CAMPS, FISHPONDS, PASTURES, OR OTHER LAWFUL USES.

1917
2 sections

Act No. 2720

AN ACT AUTHORIZING GEORGE H. FAIRCHILD TO ORGANIZE A CORPORATION UNDER THE LAWS OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, OR OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OR OF ANY STATE THEREOF, WITH POWERS TO ACQUIRE AND HOLD FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED THIRTY YEARS CERTAIN LANDS SITUATED WITH THE PROVINCE OF MINDORO AND TO CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE AN IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE SYSTEM THEREON.

1917
11 sections

Act No. 2719

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE LEASING AND DEVELOPMENT OF COAL LANDS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.

1917
20 sections

Act No. 2718

AN ACT TO AMEND THE FINAL SECTION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE BY STRIKING FROM THE LIST OF ACTS REPEALED THEREBY, ACT NUMBERED SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-SEVEN.

1917
4 sections

Act No. 2717

AN ACT AMENDING SECTION THIRTEEN OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SEVEN, KNOWN AS THE "ADMINISTRATIVE CODE."

1917
3 sections

Act No. 2716

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in

1917
2 sections

Act No. 2715

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE PHILIPPINE MILITIA, PROVIDE FOR THE ENROLLMENT OF THE UNORGANIZED MILITIA, AND THE FORMATION, ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF THE ORGANIZED MILITIA OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

1917
103 sections

Act No. 2714

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF TWELVE THOUSAND PESOS FOR CONTINUING THE MANUFACTURE AND DISTRIBUTION OF "TIQUI-TIQUI" EXTRACT AMONG THE INDIGENT CLASSES IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.

1917
4 sections

Act No. 2713

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO IMPROVE THE METHODS OF PRODUCTION AND THE QUALITY OF TOBACCO IN THE PHILIPPINES AND TO DEVELOP THE EXPORT TRADE THEREIN."

1917
2 sections

Act No. 2712

AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLES THREE HUNDRED AND THREE HUNDRED AND ONE OF THE PENAL CODE, RELATIVE TO THE FALSIFICATION OF PUBLIC, OFFICIAL, AND COMMERCIAL DOCUMENTS.

1917
5 sections

Act No. 2711

REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE

1917
25 sections

Act No. 2710

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in

1917
12 sections

Act No. 2709

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PROSECUTION OF ALL PERSONS WHO APPEAR TO BE LIABLE FOR A CRIME AND TO ESTABLISH CONDITIONS FOR THE DISCHARGE OF CERTAIN ACCUSED PERSONS TO BE USED AS GOVERNMENT WITNESSES.

1917
4 sections

Act No. 2708

AN ACT TO REGULATE THE PRACTICE OF THE OPTICAL PROFESSION, TO CREATE THE BOARD OF OPTICAL EXAMINERS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

1917
13 sections

Act No. 2707

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, PROVIDING HOW ELECTIVE MUNICIPAL OFFICES SHALL BE FILLED WHEN VACANT OR WHEN THERE IS NO SUCCESSOR.

1917
4 sections

Act No. 2706

AN ACT MAKING THE INSPECTION AND RECOGNITION OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES OBLIGATORY FOR THE SECRETARY OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

1917
11 sections

Act No. 2705

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in

1917
8 sections

Act No. 2704

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in

1917
5 sections

Act No. 2703

the Attorney-General has held that the last five hundred shares of stock issued by the Manila Hotel Company were unauthorized in that at the time of said stock issue the articles of incorporation had not been amended so as to authorize such increase of capital stock; and

1917
2 sections

Act No. 2702

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY-TWO OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SEVEN, KNOWN AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE.

1917
3 sections

Act No. 2701

AN ACT GRANTING TO THE SOCIEDAD ANONIMA DENOMINATED "LA ELECTRICA" A FRANCHISE TO INSTALL, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT, AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF DUMAGUETE, PROVINCE OF ORIENTAL NEGROS, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.

1917
19 sections

Act No. 2700

AN ACT GRANTING TO J. V. HOUSE A FRANCHISE TO INSTALL, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT, AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF TACLOBAN, PROVINCE OF LEYTE, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.

1917
18 sections

Act No. 2699

AN ACT TO PROVIDE CERTAIN FACILITIES FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY.

1917
5 sections

Act No. 2698

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHTY-THREE, AS AMENDED BY ACTS NUMBERED TWENTY-THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FOUR, TWENTY-FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE, AND TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED AND NINETY-ONE, FIXING A LOWER RATE OF INTEREST AND EXTENDING THE TIME FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE LOANS TO THE MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

1917
2 sections