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Executive Order No. 399 (1941)

—(a) Days and hours of operation.—Bars shall be open only from 9:00 o—clock a. m. to 2:00 o—clock p. m. every day during the present period of emergency. This is understood to mean that after such closing hour no activity of any kind, whether music, dancing, holding of floor shows, concerts or the like, or the serving of food or drinks of any kind, shall be allowed within the premises of such establishment and the patron shall not be allowed to remain therein:

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Executive Order No. 398 (1941)

1. The Treasurer of the Philippines is hereby designated as Agent of the Government of the Government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines to receive for deposit for safekeeping only from their rightful owners securities issued by the Government of the Philippines or any of its instrumentalities.

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Executive Order No. 397 (1941)

pursuant to the above-mentioned Executive Order, Customs Administrative Order No. 387, otherwise known as Harbor Police Regulations, was promulgated on December 28, 1940, duly approved by the Secretary of Finance, under which regulations all matters relating to the appointment, promotion, discipline, and removal of the members of the Harbor Police, except that of the Chief thereof, are subject to Civil Service Rules and Regulations; and

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Executive Order No. 396 (1941)

Pursuant to the authority conferred upon me by the Constitution and laws of the Philippines, the Executive Departments of the Government are hereby reorganized and grouped as follows:

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Executive Order No. 395 (1941)

2. Fourteen judges shall be commissioned for the Fourth Judicial District, of which eleven, with residence in the City of Manila, shall be known as judges of the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh Branches, respectively, shall preside over the Court of First Instance of Manila and Palawan, and three judges shall preside over the Court of First Instance of, and reside in, the Province of Rizal.

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Executive Order No. 394 (1941)

to accomplish this purpose it is necessary to establish an agency that will coordinate shipping activities, establish war risk insurance to cover the losses to shipowners as a result of the operation of their vessels, and appropriate the funds that may be necessary to carry out such purposes;

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Executive Order No. 393 (1941)

, President of the Philippines, do hereby order that the mails of the officers and men of the United States Armed Forces in the Far East and of the United States Navy shall be received, transmitted and delivered in the mails of the Philippines, free of ordinary postal charges, during the period of the present emergency.

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Executive Order No. 392 (1941)

, President of the Philippines do hereby authorize the Food Administrator appointed under Executive Order No. 378, dated December 10, 1941, to take over farm lands, cultivated or uncultivated, with a view of putting the same to productive uses; and for such purpose, as well as for the general purpose of preventing failure or shortage of crops and averting hunger and destitution, to require all able-bodied citizens when not engaged in any lawful occupation to engage in farming and other productiv

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Executive Order No. 391 (1941)

, President of the Philippines, acting under and by virtue of the powers vested in me by Commonwealth Act Numbered Six hundred seventy-one, entitled —An Act Declaring a State of Total Emergency as a Result of War Involving the Philippines and Authorizing the President to Promulgate Rules and Regulations to Meet such Emergency,— do hereby authorize the provincial, city and municipal governments to incur in overdrafts in order that they may be able to pay the salaries and/or wages of their officer

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Executive Order No. 390 (1941)

, President of the Philippines, do hereby ordain that the order of precedence and/or succession to the Presidency of the Philippines in case of failure to qualify, removal, termination of the right thereto, death, resignation, or inability to discharge the powers and duties of the office by both the President or President-elect and the Vice President or Vice President-elect, as the case may be, shall, for the purposes of sections 6 and 8 of Art. VII of the Constitution, as amended, be as follows

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Executive Order No. 389 (1941)

President of the Philippines, do hereby order all police officers to arrest on sight persons pillaging, looting or committing other acts of lawlessness against any person, be he a citizen, alien or enemy resident, and all prosecuting attorneys are further instructed to deal swiftly and severely with such offenders.

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Executive Order No. 388 (1941)

, President of the Philippines, do hereby direct that the Bureau of Immigration be placed, for administrative purposes, under the supervision and control of the Office of the President.

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Executive Order No. 387 (1941)

For the purpose of uniformity, it is hereby ordered that the burial expenses of a person in the Philippine civil service, when allowed, except when otherwise specifically provided for by law, be fixed with the approval of the corresponding head of department in an amount which shall not exceed the following:

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Executive Order No. 386 (1941)

President of the Philippines, pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the Philippines, do hereby order that for the duration of the existing emergency and until otherwise ordered, the Filipino Flag shall be flown with the red stripe above and the blue stripe below. The Filipino Flag shall otherwise remain as prescribed under existing laws.

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Executive Order No. 385 (1941)

1. Except as herein otherwise provided, the function of preparing and keeping the accounts of the different departments, bureaus, offices, and dependencies of the National Government, including the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, the Commission on Elections and the University of the Philippines, and such other duties as are incidental to the said function, which are now being performed by the General Auditing Office pursuant to the provisions of Commonwealth Act Numbered Three hundred twent

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Executive Order No. 384 (1941)

, President of the Philippines, do hereby order that the regular office hours for government bureaus and offices, including the provincial, city, and municipal governments, be fixed during the present emergency from 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.:—

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Executive Order No. 383 (1941)

—1. No banking institution accepting deposits of any kind shall allow the withdrawal of such deposits in amounts in excess of Two hundred fifty pesos every week, or One thousand pesos a month, except upon special license to be given by the Bank Commissioner or by any his duly authorized agents; and

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Executive Order No. 382 (1941)

(1) The Emergency Control Administrator may, at any time, order the commandeering of all food, fuel, building materials, and other articles or commodities of prime necessity for the purpose of preventing, locally or generally, scarcity, hoarding and injurious speculation affecting the supply, distribution and movement of such articles or commodities. Any and all commodities so commandeered by the Emergency Control Administrator shall be by him turned over to the Food Administrator of the Civilia

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Executive Order No. 381 (1941)

The Telephone and Telegraph Priorities Board herein constituted shall have full and absolute control over the installation and/or removal of telephone and telegraph facilities, both public and private, and their maintenance, and over all telephone and telegraph traffic. It shall have full authority to arrange or rearrange, or to discontinue, any and all services at any time, whenever the same shall be found necessary.

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Executive Order No. 380 (1941)

—8. No amateur radio station licensee shall allow any third person to use his station except when owned and operated by a member of the U. S. Naval, the U. S. Military or the Philippine Army Service, and is strictly under the official supervision of either the District Communication Officer of the U. S. Navy, 16th Naval District, the Department Signal Officer, U. S. Army, or the Chief Signal Officer, Philippine Army, and is being used by either the U. S. Naval, the U. S. or the Philippine Army C

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Executive Order No. 379 (1941)

Executive Order Numbered Two hundred and thirteen, dated July tenth, nineteen hundred and thirty-nine, entitled —ANNEXING A CERTAIN PORTION OF THE TERRITORY OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF MAJAYJAY, PROVINCE OF LAGUNA, TO THE MUNICIPALITY OF LILIO, SAME PROVINCE,— was promulgated upon recommendation of the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Finance on the following grounds: (1) the territory in question is much nearer to the municipality of Lilio than to the municipality of Majayjay; (2) it h

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Executive Order No. 378 (1941)

—1. The National Emergency Commission, composed of the Secretary of Department that the President may designate as Chairman and such members as may from time to time be appointed by the Chief Executive. This Commission shall, subject to the approval of the President, formulate and execute policies and plans for the protection and welfare of the civil population of the Philippines in extraordinary and emergency conditions. It shall have general supervision and control over the officials and organ

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Executive Order No. 377 (1941)

1. No banking institution accepting deposits of any kind shall allow the withdrawal of such deposits in amounts in excess of Two hundred pesos every week, except upon special license to be given by the Bank Commissioner or by any of his duly authorized agents; and

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Executive Order No. 376 (1941)

The Board is hereby authorized and directed to formulate, for the consideration and approval of the President, the policies and the rules and regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of the aforesaid Commonwealth Act Numbered Six hundred, as amended. It shall also take charge of the enforcement of Executive Order No. 371, dated October 2, 1941, and such other rules and regulations promulgated under said Act as the President may entrust to it.

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Executive Order No. 375 (1941)

By virtue of the powers conferred upon me by Commonwealth Act No. 600, as amended by Commonwealth Act No. 620, it is hereby ordered that the authority vested by Executive Order No. 374, dated November 21, 1941, in the Sugar Control Authority, as created by said executive order, shall extend to and include all export sugars and the corresponding ship space regardless of their destinations, i.e., whether they are for shipment to the United States or foreign countries.

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Executive Order No. 374 (1941)

in order to safeguard the interests of the various elements engaged in the sugar industry, particularly the planters who, without assistance, are in a disadvantageous position to secure freight space for their sugar, it is incumbent upon the Government to take such measures as may be necessary to extend the sugar producers in general equal opportunities in the exportation of their sugar;

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Executive Order No. 373 (1941)

Executive Order No. 135, dated December 31, 1937, as amended, is hereby further amended so as to include the following roads in the classification of National Roads:

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Executive Order No. 372 (1941)

it appears necessary in the public interest and for the protection of civilian lives in case of an emergency that effective measures be adopted to insure that gas-masks, respirators, or other protective devices against irritant or poisonous gases or substances, to be sold or distributed to the public will serve the purposes for which they are intended and afford adequate and efficacious protection;

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Executive Order No. 371 (1941)

1. (a) The basic maximum prices set in the attached schedules for motor fuel alcohol, reinforcing steel bars, cement, corn, corned beef, wheat flour, corn and tapioca flours (gewgaw), gasoline, vegetable lard, milk, meat, mongo, nails, petroleum, rice, sardines, centrifugal sugar, galvanized iron sheets and plain galvanized wire, shall apply in Manila and other chartered cities, in the various provincial capitals and distributing centers and in the special municipalities of the province of Rombl

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Executive Order No. 369 (1941)

In order that the per diems for provincial, city and municipal officers and employees traveling on official business, when allowed, may conform with the rates of per diems for officers and employees of the National Government, it is hereby ordered that the per diems of said provincial, city and municipal officers and employees be fixed with the approval of the corresponding Head of Department with rates not to exceed the following:

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