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160 documents · 1938

Commonwealth Act No. 412

AN ACT TO REDUCE THE CADASTRAL COST DUE FROM LANDOWNERS IN CADASTRAL SURVEYS UNDERTAKEN BY PRIVATE CORPORATIONS AND TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE

1938
3 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 411

AN ACT AMENDING SECTION ONE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SEVEN OF ACT NUMBERED TWO THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, KNOWN AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED BY COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIVE, RESTORING THE SPECIFIC TAX ON FERMENTED LIQUORS TO ITS FORMER RATE.

1938
3 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 410

AN ACT TO AMEND THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, BY INSERTING BETWEEN SECTIONS TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE AND TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED FORTY-SIX, A NEW SECTION, TO BE KNOWN AS SECTION TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE-A, REGARDING SALARIES OF OFFICIALS OF THE CITY OF BAGUIO.

1938
3 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 409

AN ACT TO DESIGNATE THE PROVINCIAL FISCALS OF PROVINCES WHOSE CAPITALS HAVE BEEN CONVERTED INTO CITIES, CITY ATTORNEYS EX OFFICIO THEREOF, WITH ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEYS THEREAT.

1938
2 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 408

AN ACT FOR MAKING FURTHER AND MORE EFFECTUAL PROVISION FOR THE NATIONAL DEFENSE BY ESTABLISHING A SYSTEM OF MILITARY JUSTICE FOR PERSONS SUBJECT TO MILITARY LAW.

1938
123 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 407

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX, ENTITLED "AN ACT GRANTING TO THE PHILIPPINE LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE COMPANY A FRANCHISE TO INSTALL, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN A TELEPHONE SYSTEM THROUGHOUT THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS."

1938
4 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 406

AN ACT AMENDING SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED AND NINETY OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE SO AS TO GIVE COLLECTORS OF CUSTOMS DISCRETIONARY POWER TO IMPOSE SURCHARGES.

1938
3 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 405

AN ACT TO AMEND COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED FORTY, AS AMENDED BY COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED TWENTY-NINE.

1938
2 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 404

AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTIONS OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX, ENTITLED "AN ACT CREATING THE CITY OF BACOLOD."

1938
25 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 403

AN ACT TO CREATE A REVOLVING LOAN FUND OF TEN MILLION PESOS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PERMANENT PUBLIC MARKETS AND SLAUGHTERHOUSES AND WATERWORKS IN THE PHILIPPINES.

1938
15 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 402

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF CIVILIAN POSITIONS AND STANDARDIZATION OF SALARIES IN THE GOVERNMENT.

1938
19 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 401

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF POSTGRADUATE COURSES AND FELLOWSHIPS IN MEDICINE IN THE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES.

1938
3 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 400

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF INDEMNITIES AND PENSIONS IN CASES OF ACCIDENT DURING THE TRAINING OF TRAINEES OR RESERVISTS OF THE PHILIPPINE ARMY.

1938
5 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 399

AN ACT TO PROHIBIT BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS TO TAKE OR RECEIVE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IN MONEY OR OTHER PROPERTY, REAL OR PERSONAL, OR CHOSES IN ACTION, A HIGHER RATE OT INTEREST OR GREATER SUM OR VALUE, INCLUDING COMMISSIONS, PREMIUMS, FINES OR PENALTIES FOR THE LOAN OR RENEWAL THEREOF OR FORBEARANCE OF MONEY, GOODS, OR CREDITS, OR DUES ON SHARES OF SUCH ASSOCIATIONS, THAN TWELVE PER CENTUM PER ANNUM, BY AMENDING SECTIONS TWO AND THREE OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE, AS

1938
7 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 398

AN ACT CREATING THE CANCER INSTITUTE; DEFINING ITS POWERS, FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES; AND APPROPRIATING THE NECESSARY FUNDS FOR ITS ORGANIZATION AND OPERATION.

1938
5 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 397

AN ACT AMENDING SECTION SIX AND PARA GRAPH (g) OF SECTION ELEVEN OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-EIGHT KNOWN AS THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF TAGAYTAY.

1938
4 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 396

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE LEVYING OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS TO COVER THE COST OF THE CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT OR REPAIR OF NATIONAL ROADS WITHIN THE CITY OF MANILA.

1938
9 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 395

AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAST ITEM OF THE SUBHEADING "V—SUMMARY" OF THE APPROPRIATION FOR THE NATIONAL LIBRARY MADE IN COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIVE SO AS TO MAKE THE PHRASE "LESS—FORCE SAVINGS, FROM SALARIES AND WAGES" TO READ "LESS—FORCED SAVINGS.

1938
2 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 394

AN ACT AMENDING ARTICLE VIII, CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, REGARDING THE PHILIPPINE ; POSTAL SAVINGS BANK.

1938
19 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 393

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE ERECTION OF A COMMONWEALTH TRIUMPHAL ARCH IN THE CITY OF MANILA TO COMMEMORATE THE INAUGURATION OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES, PROVIDING THE MEANS OF RAISING FUNDS AND APPROPRIATING THE NECESSARY AMOUNT FOR THE PURPOSE.

1938
4 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 392

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE USE OF A PORTION OF THE INCOME FROM THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE ARRASTRE SERVICE AT THE PORT OF MANILA FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE NECESSARY OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE SAID SERVICE AND FOR THE PURCHASE OF FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT NEEDED BY THE SAME, REQUIRING THAT THE UNUSED PORTION OF THE SAID INCOME SHALL ACCRUE TO THE GENERAL FUND IN THE PHILIPPINE TREASURY.

1938
4 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 391

AN ACT TO FURTHER AMEND SECTION TWO OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED SEVEN ENTITLED "AN ACT TO CREATE A NATIONAL LOAN AND INVESTMENT HOARD, DEFINING ITS POWERS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," AS AMENDED BY COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED NINE.

1938
3 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 390

AN ACT TO AMEND COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED THIRTY ENTITLED "AN ACT APPROPRIATING NINETY-SIX MILLION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE THOUSAND AND THREE HUNDRED PESOS FOR PUBLIC WORKS."

1938
4 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 389

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF DAVAO TO ISSUE BONDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FUNDS TO CONSTRUCT THE NECESSARY SEWER FACILITIES AND OTHER PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS IN SAID CITY, AND AUTHORIZING ALSO A NATIONAL GOVERNMENT BOND ISSUE SECURED BY SAID CITY BONDS.

1938
10 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 388

AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF TWENTY, TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED PESOS TO CARRY OUT THE PURPOSES OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE DURING THE FISCAL YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINE.

1938
3 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 387

AN ACT GRANTING TO THE UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONS A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE IN THE PHILIPPINES STATIONS FOR THE RECEPTION AND TRANSMISSION OF WIRELESS LONG DISTANCE MESSAGES, PICTURES OR OTHER MATTER PERTAINING TO THE PRESS.

1938
18 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 386

AN ACT GRANTING TO THE PHILIPPINE PRESS WIRELESS, INC., A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE IN THE PHILIPPINES STATIONS FOR THE RECEPTION AND TRANSMISSION OF WIRELESS LONG DISTANCE MESSAGES, PICTURES OR OTHER MATTER PERTAINING TO THE PRESS.

1938
18 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 385

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS SEVENTEEN, NINETEEN, TWENTY-TWO, TWENTY-FIVE, THIRTY-ONE, FORTY, FIFTY-TWO, SEVENTY-SIX-A, SEVENTY-EIGHT, EIGHTY-NINE, NINETY-FIVE AND NINETY-SEVEN OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE, KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL DEFENSE ACT, AS AMENDED, AND INSERTING FOUR NEW SECTIONS IN SAID ACT TO BE KNOWN AS SECTIONS TWENTY-FIVE-A, TWENTY-FIVE-B-NINETY—A AND NINETY-ONE-A.

1938
31 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 384

AN ACT TO AMEND SEVERAL SECTIONS OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTY-TWO ENTITLED "AN ACT CREATING A PUBLIC CORPORATION DENOMINATED THE METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT, PRESCRIBING ITS FUNCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES", AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED FORTY-HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-NINE AND BY COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED SIXTY.

1938
9 sections

Commonwealth Act No. 383

AN ACT TO PUNISH THE DUMPING INTO ANY RIVER OF REFUSE, WASTE MATTER OR SUBSTANCES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER THAT MAY BRING ABOUT THE RISE OR FILLING IN OF RIVER BEDS OR CAUSE ARTIFICIAL ALLUVIAL FORMATIONS.

1938
4 sections