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Commonwealth Act No. 99

AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE EIGHTY OF ACT AMENDING NUMBERED THIRTY-EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN, ENTITLED "AN ACT REVISING THE PENAL CODE AND OTHER PENAL LAWS," AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED FORTY-ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN.

1936
4 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 98

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO EFFECT URGENT REFORMS AND CHANGES IN RADIO BROADCASTING; TO NATIONALIZE OR ACQUIRE THE SAME, AND TO CREATE A RADIO BOARD.

1936
4 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 97

AN ACT TO REGULATE THE COMMERCIAL USE OF AIRPLANES OPERATED BY AVIATION SCHOOLS AND BY COMPANIES HOLDING A FRANCHISE.

1936
2 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 96

AN ACT TO AMEND THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE SO AS TO AUTHORIZE PROVINCES WITH TOLL ROADS OR BRIDGES FINANCED FROM LOANS OR BOND ISSUES, TO OBTAIN LOAN, WITHOUT INTEREST AND FOR PUBLIC WORKS ONLY, IN AN AMOUNT EQUIVALENT TO COLLECTIONS IN EXCESS OF THAT REQUIRED FOR THE PAYMENT OF ANNUAL INTEREST AND SINKING FUND CHARGES ON SAID LOANS OR BONDS AND FOR THE REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ROADS OR BRIDGES.

1936
3 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 95

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK, THE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, AND THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN WAREHOUSES FOR TOBACCO AND OTHER MARKETABLE PRODUCTS.

1936
4 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 94

AN ACT TO COORDINATE THE INFORMATION AND PUBLICITY AGENCIES OF THE GOVERNMENT, AND TO PROVIDE FUNDS THEREFOR.

1936
6 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 93

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION EIGHTY-SIX OF THE CORPORATION LAW, SIMPLIFYING THE PROCEDURE FOR THE DISPOSITION OF FREIGHT, GOODS, OR LUGGAGE TRANSPORTED BY A RAILROAD CORPORATION, AND ABANDONED Y ITS OWNER.

1936
2 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 92

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE APPOINTMENT OF REGISTER OF DEEDS FOR THIRD, FOURTH AND FIFTH-CLASS PROVINCES.

1936
3 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 91

AN ACT TO FIX THE STANDARD TIME OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO ESTABLISH A DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME THEREIN.

1936
3 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 90

said public calamity has wrought tremendous losses to life and property, the cataclysm having been made worse by the floods which followed, wiping away communities and completely destroying permanent public works;

1936
2 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 9

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED FORTY-TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-SEVEN, ENTITLED "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PAYMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER INCIDENTAL EXPENSES OF THE OFFICERS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER GUESTS OF THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING THEIR FAMILIES, TO ATTEND THE INAUGURATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR," AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED FORTY-TWO HUNDRED FORTY-EIGHT, BY INCREASING TO TWO HUNDRED N

1935
2 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 89

AN ACT TO DEFINE THE POWERS OF THE PROVINCIAL SHERIFF AND OF THE COURTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE REMOVAL OF IMPROVEMENTS IN EJECTMENT CASES.

1936
2 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 88

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ORGANIZATION AND MAINTENANCE OF A STATE POLICE FORCE.

1936
6 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 87

AN ACT GIVING THE PRESIDENT AUTHORITY TO ADMINISTER THE IRRIGATION SYSTEMS CONSTRUCTED BY THE GOVERNMENT UNDER ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-TWO, AS AMENDED, AND TO EFFECT ADJUSTMENTS IN THE PAYMENTS OF IRRIGATION CHARGES, TO SUSPEND PENDING JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS FOR THE COLLECTION OF UNPAID CHARGES AND PENALTIES, AND TO GRANT THE RIGHT OF REPURCHASE.

1936
4 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 86

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS ONE, TWO, AND THREE OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-EIGHT, ENTITLED "AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF STOCK HERDS AND FARMS FOR THE SAME, APPROPRIATES FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTY-TWO, AND TO ALSO AMEND SECTION FOUR OF THE LATTER AMENDATORY ACT, SO AS TO EXTEND THE OPERATION OF SAID ACTS NOT ONLY TO BREEDING STATIONS AND SLAUGHTERHOUSES, BUT ALSO TO EXPERIMENTS AND RESEARCHES ON

1936
5 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 85

AN ACT TO CREATE THE POSITIONS OF PROVINCIAL AGRICULTURAL SUPERVISORS AND LOCAL AGRICULTURAL SUPERVISORS AND TO AMEND THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE ACCORDINGLY.

1936
13 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 84

AN ACT TO PROVIDE COMPENSATION OR ALLOWANCES TO EMPLOYEES OF THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS IN CASE OF INJURY, DEATH, OR SICKNESS INCURRED IN PERFORMANCE OF DUTY, BY AMENDING SECTION SIX HUNDRED AND NINETY-NINE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE.

1936
3 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 83

AN ACT TO REGULATE THE SALE OF SECURITIES, TO CREATE A SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION TO ENFORCE THE PROVISIONS OF THE SAME, AND TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS THEREFOR.

1936
44 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 82

AN ACT TO AMEND PARAGRAPH (F) OF SECTION ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, KNOWN AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE.

1936
3 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 81

AN ACT AMENDING SECTION EIGHT OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-NINE, ENTITLED —AN ACT AUTHORIZING SPECIAL COMPENSATION, CREDITS, AND MODIFICATION IN THE SENTENCE OF PRISONERS AS A REWARD FOR EXCEPTIONAL CONDUCT AND WORKMANSHIP, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES."

1936
3 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 80

AN ACT CREATING THE OFFICE OF ADULT EDUCATION, ENUMERATING ITS DUTIES, DEFINING ITS OBJECTIVES, AND PROVIDING FUNDS FOR ITS OPERATION.

1936
9 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 8

AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS OUT OF THE SIXTY PER CENTUM" AVAILABLE FOR INVESTIGATION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENT OF PORTS OF THE "PORT WORKS FUND" CREATED BY ACT NUMBERED THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND NINETY-TWO, TO BE TRANSFERRED TO THE GENERAL FUND TO REIMBURSE IN PART THE PAYMENTS MADE IN PRIOR YEARS FROM THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE INTERESTS AND SINKING FUNDS OF THE BONDS ISSUED BY VIRTUE OF ACT NUMBERED TWO THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND EIGHT AND THE INTERESTS

1935
2 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 79

during his incumbency as Governor-General of the Philippines, the Honorable Francis Burton Harrison had constantly shown a very deep interest in the welfare of the Filipino people and profound sympathy for their aspirations for independence, and had further, by his official as well as private acts, contributed in incalculable measure to the cause of self-government in the Philippines; and

1936
2 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 78

AN ACT TRANSFERRING TO THE SECRETARY OF FINANCE THE POWERS AND SUPERVISION HERETOFORE EXERCISED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR OVER THE FINANCIAL AFFAIRS AND FINANCIAL AGENCIES OF PROVINCIAL, MUNICIPAL AND CITY GOVERNMENTS.

1936
2 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 77

the state of national emergency declared in Act Numbered Forty-one hundred and sixty-six continues to exist:

1936
9 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 76

AN ACT TO AMEND THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE SO AS TO ABOLISH THE LIMITATION UPON THE POWER OF THE MUNICIPAL BOARD OF MANILA TO TAX AND FIX THE LICENSE FEE ON DEALERS IN NEW AUTOMOBILES OR ACCESSORIES OR BOTH, AND ON RETAIL DEALERS IN NEW MERCHANDISE WHICH ARE NOT YET SUBJECT TO THE PAYMENT OF ANY MUNICIPAL TAX.

1936
2 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 75

AN ACT ABOLISHING THE BUREAU OF NON-CHRISTIAN TRIBES AND MAKING THE NECESSARY PROVISIONS FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUSTMENTS RESULTING THEREFROM, INCLUDING THE CREATION OF THE POSITION OF COMMISSIONER FOR MINDANAO AND SULU.

1936
7 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 74

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT ANY GENERAL REVISION OF THE ASSESSMENTS FOR ANY MUNICIPALITY OR MUNICIPALITIES BY THE PROVINCIAL ASSESSOR OF THE RESPECTIVE PROVINCE DURING THE YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE AS OF JANUARY FIRST OF THAT YEAR.

1936
2 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 733

"3. Each of the qoutas provided for in Paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article for articles falling within one of the classes specified in Items A-1 and B, and D to G, each inclusive, of the Schedule to this Article shall be allocated annually by the Philippines to the manufacturers in the Philippines in the calendar year 1940 of products of a class fore which such qouta is established, and whose products of such class were exported to the United staqtes during such calendar year, or their successors

1946
17 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 732

AN ACT TO CREATE THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO ORGANIZE SAID DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS THE FOREIGN SERVICE OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES.

1946
4 sections