EXECUTIVE ORDERS 1940

EXECUTIVE ORDERS	SUBJECT
Executive Order No. 316 December 31, 1940	Segregating From the Municipality of Guinayangan, Province of Tayabas, the Barrios of Aloneros, Bagong Silang, Balogo, Cabibihan, Catimo, Danlagan, Kabugwang, Kandalapdap, Malbog, Monato, Mañgayaw, Quinatacutan, Siguiwan, Tagcawayan, and Triumfo, and Organizing the Same Into An Independent Municipality Under the Name of Tagcawayan, With the Seat of Government At the Barrio of Tagcawayan.
Executive Order No. 315 December 28, 1940	Confirming the Elections of Provincial and City Officers Elected on December 10, 1940
Executive Order No. 314 December 24, 1940	Transferring Powers, Functions, Duties, Appropriations Property, and Records From Various Statistical Agencies to the Bureau of the Census and Statistics.
Executive Order No. 313 December 23, 1940	Rules and Regulations Governing the Use of the Coat-Of-Arms of the Philippines and the Great Seal of the Government as Authorized in Commonwealth Act No. 602.
Executive Order No. 312 December 23, 1940	Declaring That Portion of the Benguet Road (Kennon Road) From Klondyke’S Spring to Camp Six Within the Mountain Province a Toll Road and Fixing a Schedule of Fees for the Collection of Tolls Thereon.
Executive Order No. 311 December 17, 1940	Revising Further Executive Order No. 135, Dated December 31, 1937, as Amended, Establishing a Classification of Roads.
Executive Order No. 310 December 4, 1940	Creating the Philippines Heraldry Committee to Make a Study Of, and Recommend Ways and Means For, the Adoption of the Coat-Of-Arms of the Different Political Subdivisions, Provinces, Cities, and Semi-Governmental Institutions.
Executive Order No. 309 November 22, 1940	Amending Further Executive Order No. 47, Dated July 7, 1936 as Amended By Executive Order No. 294, Dated August 5, 1940, Fixing the Width of Road and Street Rights-Of-Way Through Public Land.
Executive Order No. 308 November 7, 1940	Creating a Committee to Revise and Codify the Existing Substantive Laws of the Philippines, and Providing for the Expenses to Be Incurred Thereby.
Executive Order No. 307 October 22, 1940	Prescribing Rules and Regulations to Govern the Employment of Common and Semiskilled Laborers in Public Works, Supplementing for This Purpose the Provisions of Executive Order No. 299, Dated August 19, 1940.
Executive Order No. 306 October 21, 1940	Revising Executive Order No. 73, Series of 1936, Establishing and Classifying Airports and Landing Fields as Amended By Executive Order No. 136, Dated December 31, 1937.
Executive Order No. 305 October 19, 1940	Designating Provincial, City, and Municipal Treasurers, Librarians of the Branches of the National Library, and Principals of Central Schools to Sell and Distribute Government Publications.
Executive Order No. 304 October 8, 1940	Creating Investigating Committees on Veterans’ Pension, Requiring City and Municipal Treasurers to Perform Certain Duties in Connection With Such Pension and Enjoining All Officers and Employees of the Philippine Government to Render Necessary Assistance to Applicants Therefor.
Executive Order No. 303 September 26, 1940	Promulgating Rules and Regulations Governing the Appointment and Supervision of Government Pensionados
Executive Order No. 302 September 26, 1940	Superseding Executive Order Numbered Ninety-Three, as Amended By Executive Order Numbered One Hundred and Twenty-Six, Both Series of Nineteen Hundred and Thirty-Seven, Providing for the Control of Unused and Dormant Supplies and Equipment of the National Government and Prescribing the Procedure to Be Followed in Making Regular and Emergency Purchases of Supplies, Materials, Furniture and Equipment and in Ordering Repairs of Furniture and Equipment.
Executive Order No. 301 September 10, 1940	Designating the Philippine National Bank as One of the Agencies to Carry Out the Objectives of Commonwealth Act Numbered Six Hundred.
Executive Order No. 300 September 3, 1940	Placing the Bureau of Immigration Under the Supervision and Control of the Office of the President of the Philippines.
Executive Order No. 299 August 19, 1940	Creating a National Social Security Administration and Revising Further, for This Purpose, Executive Order No. 139, Dated January 14, 1938, as Revised By Executive Order No. 188, Dated February 23, 1939, Executive Order No. 197, Dated March 24, 1939, and Executive Order No. 216, Dated July 28, 1939.
Executive Order No. 298 August 12, 1940	Prohibiting the Automatic Renewal of Contracts, Requiring Public Bidding Before Entering Into New Contracts, and Providing Exceptions Therefor.
Executive Order No. 297 August 12, 1940	Designating the National Trading Corporation as the Agency to Handle and Take Charge of All Government Activities Relating to the Promotion, Organization and Supervision of Cooperative or Mutual Aid Associations.
Executive Order No. 296 August 12, 1940	Segregating From the Municipality of Jordan, Province of Iloilo, the Former Municipality of Nueva Valencia, and Organizing the Same Into An Independent Municipality Under the Name of Nueva Valencia, With the Seat of Government At the Barrio of Santa Ana.
Executive Order No. 295 August 12, 1940	Segregating From the Municipality of Santa Barbara, Province of Iloilo, the Barrio of Zarraga and Organizing the Same Into a Separate Municipality Under the Name of Zarraga, With the Seat of Government At the Barrio of Zarraga.
Executive Order No. 294 August 5, 1940	Amending Executive Order No. 47, Dated July 7, 1936, Fixing the Width of Road and Street Rights-Of-Way Through Public Land.
Executive Order No. 293 August 5, 1940	Enjoining Provincial and Municipal Treasurers Who Are Appointed Agents of the Agricultural and Industrial Bank Even Without Compensation to Comply Faithfully With the Rules and Regulations or Instructions of the Bank and Not to Exact Unauthorized Fees From the Applicants for Loans.
Executive Order No. 292 August 5, 1940	Establishing the Manila Port Area Rat-Proof Building Zone
Executive Order No. 291 August 5, 1940	Creating the Philippine Exposition Commission to Manage and Direct the Exposition to Be Inaugurated in 1941
Executive Order No. 290 July 8, 1940	Promulgating Rules and Regulations Governing the Giving of Security for Every Firearm Held Under the Provisions of Section 888 of the Revised Administrative Code.
Executive Order No. 289 July 8, 1940	Revising Further Executive Order No. 72 Dated December 3, 1936, Establishing a Classification of Ports
Executive Order No. 288 July 8, 1940	Reducing the Real Property Tax on Coconut Trees and Abaca Plants Due for the Year Nineteen Hundred and Forty and Remitting the Penalty of the First Installment of the Tax Due on All Real Property for the Year Nineteen Hundred and Forty in the City of Zamboanga, Subject to Certain Condition.
Executive Order No. 287 July 8, 1940	Reducing the Real Property Tax on Coconut Trees and Abaca Plants Due for the Year Nineteen Hundred and Forty in the City of Davao.
Executive Order No. 286 July 8, 1940	Revising Further Executive Order No. 135 Dated December 31, 1937, Establishing a Classification of Roads
Executive Order No. 285 June 24, 1940	Prescribing Regulations for the Preparation and Submission of Special Budgets Required By Section 7, Paragraph I-(4), of Commonwealth Act No. 246.
Executive Order No. 283 June 22, 1940	Creating a Sugar Advisory Committee, Defining Its Purposes, Functions and Powers, and Designating the Secretary to the President, Until Otherwise Provided, to Administer the Sugar Adjustment and Stabilization Fund Created Under Commonwealth Act No. 567.
Executive Order No. 282 June 22, 1940	Amending Executive Order No. 281, Dated June 15, 1940, Effectuating the Purposes of General Ruling No. 5, June 6, 1940, of the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, Approved June 6, 1940, By the President of the United States, Under Section 5 (6) of the Act of October 6, 1917 (40 Stat. 411), as Amended, Executive Order No. 8389 of April 10, 1940, as of the President of the United States and Regulations Issued Pursuant Thereto and Under All Other Authority of Law.
Executive Order No. 284 June 22, 1940	Ordering the Hospitalization of Accused Persons Needing Such Hospitalization in the Bilibid Prison Hospital.
Executive Order No. 281 June 15, 1940	Effectuating the Purposes of General Ruling No. 5, June 6, 1940, of the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, Approved June 6, 1040, By the President of the United States, Under Section 5 (B) of the Act of October 6, 1917 (40 Stat. 411), as Amended, Executive Order No. 8389 of April 10, 1940, as Amended, of the President of the United States and Regulations Issued Pursuant Thereto and Under All Other Authority of Law.
Executive Order No. 280 June 7, 1940	Abolishing the Barrio of Jesus in the Municipality of Babatngon, Leyte, and Annexing Its Territory to the Barrio of Planza, Same Municipality.
Executive Order No. 279 June 7, 1940	Allowing Certain Reserve Officers of the Philippine Army to Possess Firearms Under Certificate of Registration.
Executive Order No. 278 June 7, 1940	Further Amending Executive Order No. 233, Dated November 8, 1939, Entitled “Fixing the Maximum Selling Prices of Certain Articles of Prime Necessity,” as Amended By Executive Order No. 237, Dated November 29, 1939.
Executive Order No. 277 May 29, 1940	Reducing the Real Property Tax on All Permanent Plants And/Or Trees Due for the Year Nineteen Hundred and Forty.
Executive Order No. 276 May 26, 1940	Prescribing Uniform Procedure to Be Followed in the Investigation of Administrative Cases
Executive Order No. 272 May 11, 1940	Transferring the Powers and Duties of the Secretary of Public Works and Communications and the Secretary of the Interior Under Act No. 3997 and Commonwealth Act No. 98, Respectively, to the Secretary of National Defense
Executive Order No. 275 May 11, 1940	Transferring the Seat of Government of the Municipality of Lupi, Camarines Sur, From Its Present Location At the Barrio of San Pedro to the Sitio of Tapi, Barrio of Cabutagan.
Executive Order No. 274 May 11, 1940	Fixing the Schedule of Per Diems for Provincial, City and Municipal Officers and Employees
Executive Order No. 273 May 11, 1940	Regulations Governing the Use of the Flag of the United States, the Flag of the Philippines, and the Flags of Other Nations
Executive Order No. 271 May 11, 1940	Modifying Paragraph 2 of Executive Order No. 221, Dated September 9, 1939, Regarding Increases in Salary in the Same Position
Executive Order No. 270 April 25, 1940	Amending Executive Order No. 255, Entitled “Fixing and Regulating the Collection of Wharf or Pier Charges for the Use of Port Facilities”
Executive Order No. 269 April 25, 1940	Requiring That the Opening of All Bids and All Public Competitive Biddings Be Made in the Presence of a Representative of the Auditor General
Executive Order No. 268 April 25, 1940	Requiring the Prompt and Direct Submission of Papers to the Auditor General
Executive Order No. 267 April 15, 1940	Organization of the Philippine Army Nurse Corps Reserve
Executive Order No. 266 April 15, 1940	Organizing a Certain Portion of the Municipality of Cagayan, Oriental Misamis, Into An Independent Municipality Under the Name of Alubijid
Executive Order No. 265 April 4, 1940	Declaring Certain Positions as Primarily Confidential in Accordance With the Provisions of Section 1(G) of Commonwealth Act No. 402 and Amending for This Purpose the Second Paragraph of Section 1 of Executive Order No. 244 Dated December 31, 1939
Executive Order No. 264 April 1, 1940	Appointment and Separation of Secret Agents or Detectives and Confidential Employees
Executive Order No. 263 April 1, 1940	Authorizing the Printing of the Dictionary and Grammar of the National Language, and Fixing the Day From Which Said Language Shall Be Used and Taught in the Public and Private Schools of the Philippines
Executive Order No. 262 April 1, 1940	Revising Executive Order No. 32, Dated May 25, 1936, Prescribing Uniform Fees for Copies of Official Records and Documents Furnished Private Persons and Entities
Executive Order No. 261 March 19, 1940	Amending Executive Order No. 253, Dated February 14, 1940, Entitled “Further Amending Executive Order No. 233, Dated November 8, 1939, Entitled ‘Fixing the Maximum Selling Prices of Certain Articles of Prime Necessities’ “
Executive Order No. 257 March 12, 1940	Amending Executive Order No. 33, Creating the Deportation Board
Executive Order No. 260 March 12, 1940	Extending the Application of Certain Provisions of Administrative Order No. 68 Dated March 17, 1938, to the Creation and Filling of Positions Carrying Compensation At Three Thousand Pesos or More Per Annum in the Provincial Governments, Chartered Cities, and Corporations Owned or Controlled By the Government and Their Subsidiaries
Executive Order No. 259 March 12, 1940	Regulations Governing Official Travel Abroad
Executive Order No. 258 March 12, 1940	Authorizing the Payment of the Salaries or Wages of Newly Appointed or Transferred Officers and Employees of the National, Provincial, City, and Municipal Governments While Their Appointments Are Pending Action By the Proper Authorities
Executive Order No. 256 March 1, 1940	Amending Paragraph 6 of Executive Order No. 169, Dated October 15, 1938
Executive Order No. 255 February 21, 1940	Fixing and Regulating the Collection of Wharf or Pier Charges for the Use of Port Facilities
Executive Order No. 254 February 20, 1940	Revising Executive Order No. 195, Dated March 13, 1939 Establishing a Classification of Ports
Executive Order No. 253 February 14, 1940	Further Amending Executive Order No. 233, Dated November 8, 1939, Entitled “Fixing the Maximum Selling Prices of Certain Articles of Prime Necessity”
Executive Order No. 252 January 23, 1940	Granting Authority to the Commissioner of the Census to Order and Approve the Publication of Census Reports
Executive Order No. 251 January 17, 1940	Creating a Decoration to Be Known as the Medal of Honor and Prescribing Rules and Regulations for Its Award
Executive Order No. 250 January 10, 1940	Creating a Committee to Make a Study of, and Recommend Ways and Means for the Organization of a Reservists Association
Executive Order No. 249 January 4, 1940	Creating the National Trading Corporation
Executive Order No. 248 January 2, 1940	Further Amending Executive Order No. 233, Dated November 8, 1939, Entitled “Fixing the Maximum Selling Prices of Certain Articles of Prime Necessity”
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