Acts - 1906

 
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Act No. 1581
December 22, 1906
An Act to Equalize and Secure Uniformity in Salaries of Provincial Governors and Treasurers.
Act No. 1580
December 22, 1906
An Act Making Appropriations for Certain Public Works, Permanent Improvements, and Other Purposes of the Insular Government.
Act No. 1579
December 20, 1906
An Act Suspending the Collection of the Land Tax for the Calendar Year Nineteen Hundred and Seven in All the Provinces of the Philippine Islands Organized Under the Provisions of Act Numbered Eighty-three, and in All the Municipalities therein Organized Under the Provisions of Act Numbered Eighty-Two, Providing for the Reimbursement to the Provinces and Municipalities of Fifty Per Centum of the Sums Which they Will Lose By Reason of the Suspension of the Land Tax, and Appropriating Toward Such Reimbursement the Sum of Six Hundred and Sixty-Six thousand Nine Hundred and Twenty-Seven Pesos and Sixty-three Centavos From Any Funds in the Insular Treasury Not Otherwise Appropriated.
Act No. 1578
December 18, 1906
An Act Authorizing the Refund of Moneys Received At Land Tax Sales and Interest thereon Upon Conveyance of Such Land to Provincial Treasurer as Trustee By Purchaser, Extending the Time for the Redemption of Realty By the Delinquent Taxpayer and the Re-Conveyance to Him of Such Real Estate By Purchaser, Providing for the Confiscation of Such Real Estate in Case It Is Not Redeemed, and for Other Purposes.
Act No. 1577
December 18, 1906
An Act to Provide for the Execution in Bilibid Prison of Criminals Sentenced to Death.
Act No. 1576
December 14, 1906
An Act to Amend Act Numbered three Hundred and Fifty-Five, Entitled "An Act to Constitute the Customs Service of the Philippine Archipelago and to Provide for the Administration thereof," as Amended, By Providing a More Expeditious Method of Dealing With Small Seizures and By Defining the Term "Officer of the Customs."
Act No. 1575
December 14, 1906
An Act So Amending Act Numbered Eleven Hundred and Forty-Eight, Entitled "the Forest Act," as to Provide But One Scale of Taxes on Timber for All Provinces.
Act No. 1574
December 14, 1906
An Act Continuing in Force the Existing Rate of Duty on Rice Imported Into the Philippine Islands.
Act No. 1573
December 13, 1906
An Act Extending From January First, Nineteen Hundred and Seven, to January First, Nineteen Hundred and Nine, the Time Within Which Free Patents May Be Granted to Native Settlers Upon Unreserved and Unappropriated Agricultural Public Lands.
Act No. 1572
December 13, 1906
An Act Providing that One Fiscal Shall Perform the Duties of By Fiscal for the Provjnces of Capiz and Romblon, Abolishing the Offices of Fiscal of Capiz and of Romblon and Palawan as Heretofore Authorized By Law, Fixing the Salary of the Fiscal of the Two Provinces, and Making Provision for the Traveling Expenses of Such Fiscal.
Act No. 1571
December 13, 1906
An Act Amending Sections Seventy-Four and One Hundred Seven of Act Numbered Eleven Hundred and Eighty-Nine, as Amended.
Act No. 1570
December 12, 1906
An Act Amending Act Numbered Eleven Hundred and Eighty-Nine, By Relieving the Insular Treasurer of the Custody of Internal-Revenue stamps and Cedulas, and Placing the Same in the Custody of the Collector of Internal Revenue.
Act No. 1569
December 12, 1906
An Act Amending1 Section Twenty-Seven of Act Numbered Fourteen Hundred and Sixty-One By Providing a Permanent Appropriation for the Payment of Rewards to Persons Furnishing Original Evidence Leading to the Detection of VIolations of the Provisions of Said Act.
Act No. 1568
December 10, 1906
An Act to Amend Section Fourteen of Act Numbered Fourteen Hundred and Seven, Entitled "the Reorganization Act," Repealing Section Sixteen of Said Act and Merging the Bureau of Port Works With the Bureau of Navigation.
Act No. 1567
December 10, 1906
An Act Amending Act Numbered Fourteen Hundred and Ninety-Six By Extending the Time Allowed for the Operations of the Several Boards Engaged in the Assessment of Land Values and Also Authorizing Municipal Boards of Assessors to Remain in Session During the Entire Month of December, Nineteen Hundred and Six, and Providing for the Performance of Additional Duties By the Supervisor of Land Assessments, Should the Same Be Required.
Act No. 1566
December 07, 1906
An Act Regulating the Free Entry of Certain Railroad Material Imported Into the Philippine Islands.
Act No. 1565
December 07, 1906
An Act Amending Section Seventy of Act Numbered Fourteen Hundred and Fifty-Nine, "the Corporation Law," as Amended By Act Numbered Fifteen Hundred and Six, By Extending the Time Within Which Foreign Corporations Shall Comply With the Provisions of Said Act.
Act No. 1564
December 06, 1906
An Act Refixing the Weight and Fineness of the Silver Coins of the Philippine Islands for the Purpose of Preventing the Melting and Exportation thereof as a Result of An Appreciation in the Price of Silver, Providing for the Recoinage of Existing Silver Coins of the Philippine Islands At the Refixed Weight and Fineness, to Have the Same Value in Gold as those of the Corresponding Denominations Authorized By the Act of Congress Approved March Second, Nineteen Hundred and three, and Prescribing a Method for Expediting the Ready Circulation of the New Coins.
Act No. 1563
November 10, 1906
An Act to Amend Act Numbered Fourteen Hundred and Fifty-Four, Entitled "An Act Creating- the Entry Port of Sitanki, Amending Act Numbered Fourteen Hundred and Sixteen, and for Other Purposes," By Increasing the Compensation of the Deputy Collector of Customs and Authorizing the Employment of Two Boatmen At Sitanki.
Act No. 1562
November 10, 1906
An Act to Prevent the Failure of Military Justice, to Authorize the Swearing of Witnesses Before a Military Investigation, and to Punish Perjuries therein Committed.
Act No. 1561
November 10, 1906
An Act Authorizing the Governor-General to Parole Prisoners and Providing for the Enforcement of the Conditions of Such Paroles.
Act No. 1560
November 06, 1906
An Act Canceling One-Half the Amounts Loaned to the Province of Cebu By Acts Numbered thirteen Hundred and Forty-three and thirteen Hundred and Eighty.
Act No. 1559
November 06, 1906
An Act Amending Act Numbered Fifteen Hundred and thirty-three, Entitled "An Act Providing for the Diminution of Sentences Imposed Upon Prisoners Convicted of Any Offense and Sentenced for a Definite Term of More than thirty Days and Less than Life in Consideration of Good Conduct and Diligence," By Prescribing that the Applications of Diminution of Sentences Allowed thereunder Shall Be Made on the Basis of Legal Months of thirty Days.
Act No. 1558
October 31, 1906
An Act to Increase the Number of Municipalities in the Province of Samar From Twenty-Five, as Established By Act Numbered Nine Hundred and Sixty, to thirty-Two.
Act No. 1557
October 31, 1906
An Act Reducing the Number of Municipalities in the Province of Albay From Twenty-Seven to Twenty-three, By Consolidating Certain Municipalities of the Said Province Located in the Subprovinee of Catanduanes.
Act No. 1556
October 31, 1906
An Act Increasing the Number of Municipalities in the Province of Pangasinan From thirty-Two to Forty-One, By Reconstituting Certain Municipalities in Said Province, and Giving to Each the Territory Which It Comprised Prior to the Passage of Act Numbered Nine Hundred and thirty-One.
Act No. 1555
October 30, 1906
An Act Increasing the Number of Municipalities in the Province of Tarlac From Nine, as Established By Act Numbered Nine Hundred and thirty, to Ten, By Making the Former Municipality of La Paz and the Barrio of Lauangcupang, Now a Part of the Municipality of Tarlac, and the Barrio of Bantug, in the Present Municipality of Concepcion, a New Municipality.
Act No. 1554
October 30, 1906
An Act Providing for a Loan of Twenty thousand Pesos to the Province of Sorsogon for the Completion of the Provincial High School Building of Said Province.
Act No. 1553
October 29, 1906
An Act Increasing the Number of Municipalities in the Province of La Laguna From Twenty to Twenty-One, By Separating From Biņan the Former Municipality of San Pedro Tunasan, Reconstituting the Latter as a Municipality, and Giving to Each the Territory Which It Comprised Prior to the Passage of Act Numbered Nine Hundred and thirty-Nine.
Act No. 1552
October 27, 1906
An Act Requiring Justices of the Peace and Judges of Courts of First Instance, of the Court of Land Registration, and of Municipal Courts to Certify on their Applications for Leave and Upon Salary Vouchers and Pay Rolls that All Special Proceedings, Applications, Petitions, Demurrers, Motions, and All Civil and Criminal Cases Under Submission for or Determination for a Period of Ninety Days or More Have Been Determined and Decided on or Before the Date of Making Such Certificate, and Providing that No Leave Shall Be Granted or Salary Paid Until Such Certificate Shall Have Been Made.
Act No. 1551
October 25, 1906
An Act Increasing the Number of Municipalities in the Province of Cavite From Eleven to Twelve, By Separating From Imus the Former Municipality of Bacoor and Giving the Latter the Territory Which It Comprised Prior to the Passage of Act Numbered Nine Hundred and Forty-Seven.
Act No. 1550
October 25, 1906
An Act Consolidating the Present Municipality of Casiguran With the Municipality of Baler, Both in the Province of Tayabas, and Annexing the Barrios of Cabulihan, San Roque, and Calantas With the Sitios of Aņos and Tubas, of the Municipality of Gumaca, to the Municipality of Pitogo, in the Same Province.
Act No. 1549
October 25, 1906
An Act Increasing the Number of Municipalities in the Province of Batangas From Sixteen to Seventeen, By Separating From Taal the Former Municipality of Lemery, Reconstituting the Latter as a Municipality, and Giving the Same the Territory Which It Comprised Prior to the Passage of Act Numbered Seven Hundred and Eight.
Act No. 1548
October 24, 1906
An Act to Amend the Provincial Government Act, By Increasing] the Power of Provinces in the Matter of Appropriation of Provincial Funds.
Act No. 1547
October 20, 1906
An Act Appropriating the Sum of One Million Eight Hundred and thirty-Four thousand Pesos From the Funds Realized From the Sale of Bonds Authorized By Act Numbered thirteen Hundred and Twenty-three, for the Purpose of Constructing Sewers in the City of Manila and to Furnish It With An Adequate Sewer and Drainage System and Supply of Water.
Act No. 1546
October 20, 1906
An Act Making Appropriations for Sundry Expenses of the Municipal Government of the City of Manila for the Fiscal Year Ending June thirtieth, Nineteen Hundred and Seven.
Act No. 1545
October 20, 1906
An Act to Amend the Provincial Government Act, Numbered Eighty-three, By Reorganizing the Provincial Boards, and By Abolishing the Position of Provincial Secretary, and for Other Purposes.
Act No. 1544
October 18, 1906
Act Exempting From Internal-Revenue Taxes All Timber and Other Forest Products for Use in the Actual Construction and Equipment of Certain Railway Lines in the Philippine Islands.
Act No. 1543
October 18, 1906
An Act Changing the Name of the Municipality of Namacpacan, in the Province of La Union, to that of Luna.
Act No. 1542
October 17, 1906
An Act Authorizing the Municipal Council of the Municipality of Iba, Province of Zambales, to Vacate that Portion of Calle Bugallon Lying Between Calles Rizal and Padre Burgos, and to Cede the Same to the Province of Zambales as a Site for a Provincial High School.
Act No. 1541
October 06, 1906
An Act Transferring the Division of Ethnology From the Bureau of Education to the Bureau of Science and Repealing Paragraph (B) of Section Twenty-three of the Reorganization Act.
Act No. 1540
October 06, 1906
An Act Authorizing the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific Company to Bring Suit Against the Government of the Philippine Islands in the Court of First Instance of the City of Manila to Determine the Liability of the Respective Parties for Damages Caused to the Luneta Extension By the Typhoon of May Eighteenth and Nineteenth, Nineteen Hundred and Six.
Act No. 1539
October 05, 1906
An Act Amending Section Five of Act Numbered Seventy-Four, Establishing a Department of Public Instruction, as Amended, By Authorizing the Director of Education, With the Approval of the Secretary of Public Instruction, to Change, Increase, or Decrease the Existing School Divisions of the Philippine Islands.
Act No. 1538
September 08, 1906
An Act for the Relief of W. E. Craighill, Major, Corps of Engineers, United states Army, and Clinton B. Sears, Lieutenant Colonel, Corps of Engineers, United states Army.
Act No. 1537
September 08, 1906
An Act to Limit Gambling on Horse Races in the Philippine Islands to Certain Specific Dates and Providing Penalties for VIolation of Its Provisions.
Act No. 1536
August 31, 1906
An Act Providing that One Fiscal Shall Perform the Duties of Fiscal for the Provinces of Misamis and Surigao, Abolishing the Offices of Fiscal of the Said Provinces as Heretofore Authorized By Law, Fixing the Salary of the Fiscal of the Two Provinces, and Making Provision for the Traveling Expenses of Such Fiscal.
Act No. 1535
August 31, 1906
An Act to Encourage the Shipping Trade in the Philippine Islands By Abolishing the Collection of All Tonnage Dues on Vessels Coming From Foreign Ports to Ports of Entry in the Philippine Islands.
Act No. 1534
August 30, 1906
An Act Providing for the Appointment of Elective Municipal Officers in the Municipality of Tivi, Albay, for the Remainder of the Present Term.
Act No. 1533
August 30, 1906
An Act Providing for the Diminution of Sentences Imposed Upon Prisoners Convicted of Any Offense and Sentenced for a Definite Term of More than thirty Days and Less than Life in Consideration of Good Conduct and Diligence.
Act No. 1532
August 27, 1906
An Act So Amending the Township Government Act as to Give to the Court Provided for in Paragraph (G) of Section Eighteen thereof Jurisdiction to Try VIolations of Sections thirty-Four and thirty-Nine of Act Numbered Eleven Hundred and Forty-Seven, Known as the "Cattle Registration Act."
Act No. 1531
August 27, 1906
An Act Amending Act Numbered Four Hundred and Nineteen, Extending the Provisions of the Provincial Government Act and Its Amendments for the Province of Samar, By Increasing the Salary of the Provincial Treasurer to Two thousand Dollars Per Annum, and Confirming Authority Granted By of the Philippine Commission of January Fourth, Nineteen Hundred and Six, for the Payment of Additional Compensation From the Wright-Taft Road Fund to the Said Treasurer for His Services as Disbursing Officer of the Said Road.
Act No. 1530
August 27, 1906
An Act to Amend Act Numbered Eighty-Two, Known as the "Municipal Code," By Authorizing Municipal Councils to Fix and Collect Reasonable Fees for Burial and Other Special Permits, and By Defining More Clearly the Area of Marine Waters Within Which Fishing Privileges May Be Granted By Municipalities; and to Authorize the Appropriation of Moneys By Any Municipality or Township for the Use of Insular and Provincial Institutions of a Charitable, Benevolent, or Educational Character.
Act No. 1529
August 27, 1906
An Act to Amend Act Numbered thirteen Hundred and thirty-Four So as to Authorize, By Provincial Boards, a Greater Allowance for Subsistence of Provincial Officers and Employees When Traveling on Official Business, Should the Same Receive the Approval of the Governor-General.
Acts No. 1528
August 22, 1906
An Act Amending Section Two Hundred and One of Act Numbered three Hundred and Fifty-Five, Known as the Philippine Customs Administrative Act, in Such Manner as to Permit Salvage Gear to Be Re-Imported Without the Payment of Duty.
Act No. 1527
August 18, 1906
An Act Making Appropriations for Sundry Expenses of the Insular Government for the Fiscal Year Ending June thirtieth, Nineteen Hundred and Seven, and Other Designated Periods.
Act No. 1526
August 18, 1906
An Act for the Prevention and Suppression of Asiatic Cholera.
Act No. 1525
August 17, 1906
An Act to Amend Act Numbered Two Hundred and Seventy-Nine, as Amended By Act Numbered Fifteen Hundred and three, With Regard to the Manner of Executing Leases of Portions of the San Lazaro Estate, Leases Under Act Numbered Nine Hundred and Twenty-Six, and Leases and Deeds Under Act Numbered Eleven Hundred and Twenty.
Act No. 1524
August 09, 1906
An Act Providing for the Enforcement of Conditions Made By the Governor-General in the Exercise of His Discretion in Granting Conditional Pardons.
Act No. 1523
August 09, 1906
An Act to Prohibit the Importation, Sale, Giving Away, Use, Importation, Sale, and Possession of Lottery Tickets and Lottery Advertising Matter.
Act No. 1522
August 07, 1906
An Act to Amend Section three of Act Numbered Seven Hundred and Eighty, Entitled "An Act Providing for the Examination and Licensing of Applicants for the Positions of Master, Mate, Patron, and Engineer of Seagoing Vessels in the Philippine Coastwise Trade, and Prescribing the Number of Engineers to Be Employed By Such Vessels."
Act No. 1521
August 07, 1906
An Act Amending Section thirteen of Act Numbered Eighty-Two, the Municipal Code, as Amended, So as to Provide for New Elections of Municipal Officials When No Quorum of a Municipal Council Duly Authorized to Act Is in Existence.
Act No. 1520
August 03, 1906
An Act So Amending Sections Nineteen and Twenty-Five of Act Numbered three Hundred and Fifty-Five, the Philippine Customs Administrative Act, as to Confer Upon Certain Officers of the Customs Service the Right to Make Seizures and Arrests in Certain Cases and as to Release the Collector of Customs From Personal Liability for the Delivery of Merchandise to Other than the Proper Consignee Under Certain Circumstances.
Act No. 1519
August 03, 1906
An Act to Provide for Inspecting and Sealing Weights and Measures and to Regulate their Use.
Act No. 1518
August 03, 1906
An Act to Reestablish a School of Arts and Trades in Bacolor, Pampanga, and to Authorize the Reconstruction of the School Building- Formerly Used for Such Purpose.
Act No. 1517
August 02, 1906
An Act Authorizing the Provincial Board of Pampanga to Make a Loan of a Sum Not Exceeding three thousand Pesos From Provincial Funds to the Municipality of Apalit to Be Used in the Erection of a New Municipal Building.
Act No. 1516
August 02, 1906
An Act to Amend Section three of Act Numbered Fourteen Amending 1455, Hundred and Fifty-Five, as Amended, By Providing that the Property Declaration Required therein Shall Be Filed on or Before August Twentieth, Nineteen Hundred and Six.
Act No. 1515
August 02, 1906
An Act Amending Section One of Act Numbered three Hundred and Fifty-Seven, By Providing a Permanent Annual Appropriation for the Payment of Drawbacks Authorized By Section Twenty-three of the Tariff Revision Law of Nineteen Hundred and Five, or Other Laws Providing for Drawbacks.
Act No. 1514
July 23, 1906
An Act Increasing the Number of Municipalities in the Province of Batangas From Fifteen to Sixteen, By Separating From Tanauan the Former Municipality of Talisay, Reconstituting the Latter as a Municipality, and Giving to Each the Territory Which It Comprised Prior to the Passage of Act Numbered Seven Hundred and Eight.
Act No. 1513
July 21, 1906
An Act to Authorize the Issue of One Million Dollars of Certificates of Indebtedness Under and By Authority of Section Six of the Act of Congress Entitled "An Act to Establish a standard of Value and to Provide for a Coinage System in the Philippine Islands," Approved March Second, Nineteen Hundred and three, in Addition to the thirteen Million Five Hundred thousand Dollars of Certificates of the Same Character Already Authorized By Acts Numbered Six Hundred and Ninety-Six, Seven Hundred and Ninety-Two, One thousand and Fifty, Eleven Hundred and Ninety-Five, and thirteen Hundred and Seventy-Seven, All Except the Last of Which Issues Have Been Retired, and Appropriating the Sum of One Million Five Hundred thousand Dollars, in Gold Coin of the United states, From the Gold-standard Fund for the Purpose of Paying the Principal of the Fifth Series of Certificates of Indebtedness Issued Pursuant to the Provisions of Said Act Numbered thirteen Hundred and Seventy-Seven.
Act No. 1512
July 18, 1906
An Act Extending Until December First, Nineteen Hundred and Six, the Time for the Payment, Without Penalty, of the Cedula Tax for the Year Nineteen Hundred and Six By the Inhabitants of the Municipalities of the Batan and Babuyan Islands, Province of Cagayan.
Act No. 1511
July 13, 1906
An Act Providing for the Construction, Repair, and Maintenance of Public Highways, Bridges, Wharves, and Trails in those Provinces Organized Under the Provincial Government Act Which Shall Vote to Adopt the Provisions of this Act in the Manner Hereafter Provided, and Providing a Penalty for Malicious Injuries to Highways, Bridges, Wharves, and Trails.
Act No. 1510
July 07, 1906
An Act Granting to the Manila Railroad Company a Concession for Railway Lines in the Island of Luzon, and Providing in Respect of Proceedings for Condemnation of Land By Public Service Corporations.
Act No. 1509
July 05, 1906
An Act Making All Disbursements By the Disbursing Agent of Philippine Revenues, At Washington, District of Columbia, Chargeable to the Appropriation for General Purposes, to Be Reimbursed By the Bureau, Office, or Province on Behalf of Which the Expense Was Incurred, Making Claims Arising Under the Provisions of Acts Numbered One thousand and Forty and Eight Hundred and Sixty-Seven Chargeable to the Bureau, Office, or Province to Which they Pertain, and Providing for Traveling Expenses of Persons Transferred ' From One Bureau, Office, or Province to Another.
Act No. 1508
July 02, 1906
An Act Providing for the Mortgaging of Personal Property, and for the Registration of the Mortgages So Executed.
Act No. 1507
June 29, 1906
An Act Creating the Position of Supervising Railway Expert, Defining His Duties, and for Other Purposes.
Act No. 1506
June 29, 1906
An Act Amending Sections Sixty-Eight and Seventy of Act Numbered Fourteen Hundred and Fifty-Nine. "the Corporation Law," in Such Manner as to Make It More Feasible for Foreign Corporations to Comply With the Provisions of Said Act.
Act No. 1505
June 29, 1906
An Act Conferring Upon Officers of the United states Army, Under Certain Circumstances, the Powers of Peace Officers.
Act No. 1504
June 29, 1906
An Act Renewing Certain Appropriations in Acts Numbered Fourteen Hundred and Sixteen and Fourteen Hundred and Twenty" One Until Such Time as the Regular Appropriations for the Fiscal Year Nineteen Hundred and Seven Shall Have Been Made.
Act No. 1503
June 26, 1906
An Act So Amending Act Numbered Two Hundred and Seventy-Nine as to Provide that Both Deeds and Leases of Real Estate Made to or By the Insular Government Shall Be Executed on Its Behalf By the Governor-General.
Act No. 1502
June 26, 1906
An Act Amending Section Four of Act Numbered Seven Hundred and Nine So as to Provide that Where the Commanding Officer of a Military Garrison Is a General Officer of the United states Army a Field Officer of the United states Army May Be Designated By Him, Who Shall Have the Power of a Justice of the Peace to Perform the Duties Authorized By Act Numbered Seven Hundred and Nine.
Act No. 1501
June 26, 1906
An Act to Amend Section Forty-Seven of Act Numbered One Hundred and Eighty-three, Entitled "An Act to Incorporate the City of Manila," By Providing that the Annual Tax on the Assessed Value of Real Estate in the City of Manila for the Year Nineteen Hundred Ana Six Shall Be One and One-Half Per Centum thereof.
Act No. 1500
June 06, 1906
An Act Appropriating the Sum of Fifty-Five thousand Pesos to Meet a Deficiency in the Police Department of the City of Manila for the Fiscal Year Nineteen Hundred and Six.
Act No. 1499
May 29, 1906
An Act to Prevent the Use of Explosives and Poisons for Taking Fish in the Waters of the Philippine Islands.
Act No. 1498
May 29, 1906
An Act Removing From the Jurisdiction of the Province of Palawan All Land Reserved for a Leper Colony and a Government stock Farm By Executive Order Numbered thirty-Five, Dated the Twenty-Second of August, Nineteen Hundred and Four; Establishing a Court of Justice of the Peace for Culion Island, and Defining the Conditions Under Which It Shall Be Lawful for Vessels or Boats to Land Cargo or Passengers on Culion Island or to Clear From Said Island.
Act No. 1497
May 28, 1906
An Act Granting to the Philippine Railway Company a Concession to Construct Railways in the Islands of Panay, Negros, and Cebu, and Guaranteeing Interest on the First Mortgage Bonds thereof, Under Authority of the Act of Congress Approved February Sixth, Nineteen Hundred and Five.
Act No. 1496
May 28, 1906
An Act Extending the Several Periods Fixed By Law for the Performance of the Duties of Assessors and Provincial Boards of Tax Appeals and the Central Equalizing Board for the Assessments of Land Values for the Purposes of Taxation, Imposing Penalties Upon Owners of Real Estate Who Fail to Declare their Property, and Extending the Time Within Which Land Taxes May Be Paid Without Penalty.
Act No. 1495
May 26, 1906
An Act Establishing the Position of Consulting Architect and Defining His Duties, and for Other Purposes.
Act No. 1494
May 25, 1906
An Act Extending the Time for the Payment of the Cedula Personal Tax in the Province of Palawan for the Year, Nineteen Hundred and Six Until August thirty-First, Nineteen Hundred and Six, and for Future Years, Until June thirtieth of Each Year.
Act No. 1493
May 24, 1906
An Act to Encourage Economy and Saving Among the People of the Philippine Islands, and to that End to Provide for the Establishment of Postal Savings Banks and their Administration through the Organization of a Postal Savings Bank Division in the Bureau of Posts, and for Other Purposes.
Act No. 1492
May 23, 1906
An Act Authorizing Provincial Boards to Convey Land to the Insular Government When the Same Is Desired for Insular Purposes, and Authorizing Municipal and Township Councils to Convey Land to a Province When the Same Is Desired for the Establishment thereon of Provincial Schools.
Act No. 1491
May 22, 1906
An Act Providing for the Education of Filipino students as Surveyors.
Act No. 1490
May 21, 1906
An Act Appropriating the Sum of Twenty-Five thousand Pesos From the Funds Realized From the Sale of Public Improvement Bonds Authorized By Act Numbered Fourteen Hundred and Forty-Four for the Continuation of the Construction of a Road Across the Province of Samar, Connecting the Municipalities of Wright and Taft With a Branch Trail of Five Miles to Magtaon, in Said Province.
Act No. 1489
May 27, 1906
An Act to Amend Section Six of Act Numbered Fourteen Hundred and thirteen By Providing that the Deputy of the Provincial Treasurer in Charge of the Provincial Subtreasury of Sorsogon At Masbate Shall Perform the Duties of Mining Recorder.
Act No. 1488
May 17, 1906
An Act Making Additional Appropriations for Sundry Expenses of the Government of the City of Manila for the Fiscal Year Ending June thirtieth, Nineteen Hundred and Six.
Act No. 1487
May 16, 1906
An Act Abolishing Provincial Boards of Health, Substituting therefor District Health Officers and Defining their Powers and Duties, and Repealing Act Numbered three Hundred and Seven, Entitled "An Act Providing for the Establishment of Provincial Boards of Health and Fixing their Powers and Duties."
Act No. 1486
May 11, 1906
An Act Appropriating the Sum of One Hundred thousand Pesos From the Funds Realized From the Sale of Bonds Authorized By Act Numbered thirteen Hundred and Twenty-three for the Purpose of Constructing Sewers in the City of Manila and to Furnish It With An Adequate Sewer and Drainage System and Supply of Water.
Act No. 1485
May 11, 1906
An Act Extending Until August thirty-First, Nineteen Hundred and Six, the Time for the Payment, Without Penalty, of the Cedula Tax for the Year Nineteen Hundred and Six By the Non-Christian Inhabitants of the Province of Ilocos Sur and the Subprovince of Abra, Except those in the Settlements of Tineg, Danac, and Mayabo in the Subprovince of Abra.
Act No. 1484
May 09, 1906
An Act Amending the Land Registration Act, as Amended By Section Four of Act Numbered Eleven Hundred and Eight, So as to Fix the Time Within Which Appeals and Bills of Exceptions Must Be Perfected in the Court of Land Registration.
Act No. 1483
May 08, 1906
An Act Providing for the Relief of Taxpayers From Whom Penalties for Delinquent Land Taxes for the Year Nineteen Hundred and Five Were Collected in Provinces and Municipalities in Which the Time for the Payment Without Penalty of the Land Tax for the Said Year Was Later Extended By Law.
Act No. 1482
May 01, 1906
An Act Extending the Provisions of the Accounting Act to the Audit of Accounts of Municipal and Township Treasurers By District Auditors and Amending Certain Sections of the Municipal Code, the Provincial Government Act, the Special Provincial Government Act, the Township Government Act, and the Acts Relating to the Organization and Government of the Moro Province, and Other Acts, With Relation to the Audit of Provincial and Municipal Accounts, and for Other Purposes.
Act No. 1481
April 26, 1906
An Act Amending Act Numbered One thousand and One, Entitled "An Act Reducing the Eleven Municipalities of the Province of Abra to Five," By Transferring the Seat of the Municipal Government of the Municipality of Pilar From the Barrio of San Juan to the Town of Pilar.
Act No. 1480
April 24, 1906
An Act Amending Section three Hundred and Eleven of Act Numbered three Hundred and Fifty-Five, Known as "the Philippine Customs Administrative Act," as Amended, So as to Enable Courts of Justice to Impose An Alternative Penalty of Imprisonment Not Exceeding Six Months in Cases of Conviction for Offenses Named in Said Section.
Act No. 1479
April 23, 1906
An Act Appropriating the Sum of Nine Hundred and Forty-Eight thousand One Hundred Pesos From the Funds Realized From the Sale of Public Improvement Bonds Authorized By Act Numbered Fourteen Hundred and Forty-Four for Certain Public Works and Permanent Improvements of the Insular Government.
Act No. 1478
April 19, 1906
An Act Making Additional Appropriations for Sundry Expenses of the Insular Government for the Fiscal Year Ending June thirtieth, Nineteen Hundred and Six, and Other Designated Periods.
Act No. 1477
April 17, 1906
An Act Amending Act Numbered Nine Hundred and Fifty-Four Entitled "An Act Reducing the Forty-Nine Municipalities of the Province of Leyte to thirty-three."
Act No. 1476
April 17, 1906
An Act Regulating the Issuance of Postal Money Orders in the Philippine Islands.
Act No. 1475
April 16, 1906
An Act Providing for the Further Reimbursement of the Province of Cebu for the Loss of Revenue Sustained By It through the Suspension of the Land Tax for the Year Nineteen Hundred and Six.
Act No. 1474
April 16, 1906
An Act Providing that the Central Equalizing Board Authorized By Act Numbered Fourteen Hundred and Fifty-Five, as Amended By Act Numbered Fourteen Hundred and Seventy-Two, Shall Have Jurisdiction to Revise the Assessments of Real Estate for the Purpose of Taxation in the City of Manila for the Year Nineteen Hundred and Six.
Act No. 1473
April 16, 1906
An Act Providing that One Fiscal Shall Perform the Duties of Fiscal for the Provinces of Pampanga and Tarlac, Abolishing the Offices of Fiscal of the Said Provinces as Heretofore Authorized By Law. Fixing the Salary of the Fiscal for the Two Provinces, and Making Provision for Traveling Expenses for Such Fiscal.
Act No. 1472
April 03, 1906
An Act to Amend Act Numbered Fourteen Hundred and Fifty-Five, Entitled "An Act Suspending the Collection of the Land Tax throughout the Philippine Islands, Outside the City of Manila, During the Calendar Year Nineteen Hundred and Six, Appropriating1 Funds From the Insular Treasury for Reimbursement to the Provinces and Municipalities of the Sums Which they Will Lose By Reason of the Suspension of the Land Tax. and Providing a Method of Equalization and Revaluation of Land Assessments and of Obtaining- Information as to the Rental Values of Lands and Improvements thereon."
Act No. 1471
March 30, 1906
An Act Amending Section Seventy-Four of the Internal Revenue Law of Nineteen Hundred and Four, as Amended By Act Numbered thirteen Hundred and thirty-Eight.
Act No. 1470
March 30, 1906
An Act Amending Act Numbered Twelve Hundred and Ninety-Eight So as to Authorize Provincial Boards of Tax Revision to Revise and Correct Assessment Lists of Municipalities for the Year Nineteen Hundred and Five, and Extending to December thirty-First, Nineteen Hundred and Six, the Time Within Which Real Estate Which Has Been Forfeited to Municipalities for Nonpayment of Taxes May Be Redeemed.
Act No. 1469
March 30, 1906
An Act Providing1 for a Loan of Fifty thousand Pesos to the Province of Tarlac for the Construction of a Provincial Building.
Act No. 1468
March 28, 1906
An Act Fixing the Boundary Between the Provinces of Tayabas and Ambos Camarines.
Act No. 1467
March 27, 1906
An Act Providing for the Return of a Portion of Internal-Revenue Collections to the Treasuries of the Subprovinces of Catanduanes and Masbate for the Sole Use and Benefit of the Inhabitants thereof.
Act No. 1466
March 19, 1906
An Act Increasing the Number of Municipalities in the Province of Isabela From Nine, as Established By Act Numbered thirteen Hundred and Twenty-Two, Amendatory of Act Numbered Nine Hundred and Forty-One, to Ten, By Making Ilagan and Palanan Separate Municipalities.
Act No. 1465
March 15, 1906
An Act Prescribing the Form of Printing Certificates of Cattle Registration and Transfer, the Custody thereof and the Methods of Accounting therefor, and Repealing the Contrary Provisions of Act Numbered Eleven Hundred and Forty-Seven.
Act No. 1464
March 15, 1906
An Act Amending Act Numbered thirteen Hundred and Ninety-Five So as to Authorize the Remission of the Land Tax for the Year Nineteen Hundred and Five in the Barrios of El Pardo and Talamban, Municipality of Cebu, Province of Cebu.
Act No. 1463
March 12, 1906
An Act Amending Paragraphs (B), (C), (E), and (F) of Section Ten of Act Numbered Nine Hundred and thirty-Eight, Entitled "An Act Constituting a Gold-standard Fund in the Insular Treasury to Be Used for the Purpose of Maintaining the Parity of the Silver Philippine Peso With the Gold-standard Peso, and Organizing a Division of the Currency in the Bureau of the Insular Treasury through Which Such Fund Shall Be Maintained, Expenditures Made therefrom, and Accretions Made thereto, and Providing Regulations for the Exchange of Currencies and for the Issue and Redemption of Silver Certificates."
Act No. 1462
March 09, 1906
An Act Authorizing the Director of Education, By and With the Approval of the Secretary of Public Instruction, to Appoint Division Superintendents for the thirty-third, thirty-Fourth, thirty-Fifth, and thirty-Sixth School Divisions, or Any of them, Whenever in the Opinion of Said Director of Education the Interests of the Service May Require Such Action, Anything in Act Numbered thirteen Hundred and thirty-Seven to the Contrary Notwithstanding.
Act No. 1461
March 05, 1906
An Act for the Purpose of Restricting the Sale and Suppressing the Evil Resulting From the Sale and Use of Opium Until March First, Nineteen Hundred and Eight, When Its Importation or Use for Any But Medicinal Purposes Is Forbidden By Act of Congress.
Act No. 1460
March 05, 1906
An Act for the Relief of Fred J. Schlotfeldt, Treasurer of the Province of Cebu.
Act No. 1459
March 09, 1906
An Act Providing for the Formation and Organization of Corporations, Defining their Powers, Fixing the Duties of Directors and Other Officers thereof, Declaring the Rights and Liabilities of Shareholders and Members, Prescribing the Conditions Under Which Such Corporations May Transact Business, and Repealing Certain Articles of the Code of Commerce and All Laws or Parts of Laws in Conflict or Inconsistent With this Act.
Act No. 1458
February 21, 1906
An Act Regulating the Establishment and Maintenance of Burial Grounds and Cemeteries, and Governing Public Funerals and the Disposal of the Dead in the Philippine Islands, Outside the City of Manila, and for Other Purposes.
Act No. 1457
February 21, 1906
An Act So Amending Section three of the Charter of the City of Manila as to Define More Clearly the Jurisdiction of the City Government for Police Purposes Within the Zone Surrounding the City, and Providing for the Better Enforcement of Subsection (I) of Section three of Act Numbered Eleven Hundred and Fifty, Which Subsection Relates to the Protection of the Purity of the Water Supply of Manila.
Act No. 1456
February 20, 1906
An Act Granting to Bonifacio VIllanueva, of the Municipality of Manban, Province of Tayabas, a Revocable License to Divert the Waters of the Trapichi River, Situated in the Said Municipality of Mauban, Province of Tayabas, for the Purpose of Generating Power to Operate Certain Rice-thrashing Machinery.
Act No. 1455
February 21, 1906
An Act Suspending the Collection of the Land Tax throughout the Philippine Islands, Outside the City of Manila, During the Calendar Year Nineteen Hundred and Six, Appropriating Funds From the Insular Treasury for Reimbursement to the Provinces and Municipalities of the Sums Which they Will Lose By Reason of the Suspension of the Land Tax, and Providing a Method of Equalization and Revaluation of Land Assessments and of Obtaining Information as to the Rental Values of Lands and Improvements thereon.
Act No. 1454
February 15, 1906
An Act Creating the Entry Port of Sitanki, Amending Act Numbered Fourteen Hundred and Sixteen, and for Other Purposes.
Act No. 1453
February 05, 1906
An Act to Amend Section Two of Act Numbered Five Hundred and Fifty-Four, So as to Grant to the Manila Railway Company, Limited, the Right to Construct, Maintain, and Operate a Freight Spur Six Hundred and Twenty Meters in Length From a Point Eighty-three thousand Six Hundred Lineal Meters From the Initial Point At Bigaa of the Bigaa and Cabanatuan Railroad to a Point on the East Bank of the Pampanga River in the VIllage of Santa Rosa, Nueva Ecija. and the Right to Construct, Maintain, and Operate a Cableway Four Hundred Meters in Length From Said Point on the East Bank of the Pampanga River to a Point Immediately Opposite on the West Bank of Said River.
Act No. 1452
February 05, 1906
An Act to Amend Act Numbered Seven Hundred and three By Granting to the Manila Railway Company, Limited, a Revocable License to Construct, Maintain, and Operate a Ferry From the Fort William Mckinley station on the North Bank to a Point Immediately Opposite on the South Bank of the Pasig River.
Act No. 1451
February 05, 1906
An Act Modifying General Orders, Number Sixty-Eight, Issued By the Military Governor of the Philippine Islands on December Eighteenth, Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Nine, in So Far as they Relate to the Age At Which Persons May Marry Without the Consent of Parents or Guardians.
Act No. 1450
February 03, 1906
An Act Amending Certain Sections of Acts Numbered One Hundred and thirty-Six, One Hundred and Ninety, and One Hundred and Ninety-Four, and Making Additional Provisions So as to Increase the Efficiency of Courts of Justices of the Peace.
Act No. 1449
February 02, 1906
An Act Appropriating the Sum of Six Hundred and Seventy-Seven thousand Five Hundred and Twenty Pesos for Certain Public Works and Permanent Improvements of the Insular Government, and Providing for the Advancement of that Sum From General Funds of the Insular Government, to Be Reimbursed From Proceeds to Be Realized From the Sale of Additional Public Improvement Bonds.
Act No. 1448
February 01, 1906
An Act Granting a Franchise to Walter E. Olsen to Construct, Maintain, and Operate By steam Power a Tramway From the Town of Panique, Situate on the Line of the Manila and Dagupan Railroad, Province of Tarlac, to the Town of Camiling. in the Same Province, Approximately a Distance of Ten Miles.
Act No. 1447
January 30, 1906
An Act Granting Permission to the Manila Electric Railroad and Light Company to Construct Certain Tracks and Overhead Work in the City of Manila and Use the Same, and to Carry Freight and Parcels Over Its Lines.
Act No. 1446
January 30, 1906
An Act Granting a Franchise to Charles M. Swift to Construct, Maintain, and Operate An Electric Railway, and to Construct, Main­Tain, and Operate An Electric Light, Heat, and Power System From a Point in the City of Manila in An Easterly Direction to the Town of Pasig, in the Province of Rizal.
Act No. 1445
January 24, 1906
An Act Appropriating the Sum of One Hundred and Twenty-Six thousand Six Hundred Pesos, Philippine Currency, for the Completion of the Improvement of the Pasig River Front in the City of Manila Along Calle Maestranza, and Providing for the Advancement of that Sum From General Funds of the Insular Government, to Be Reimbursed From Proceeds to Be Realized From the Sale of Additional Public Improvement Bonds.
Act No. 1444
January 24, 1906
An Act Providing for the Issue of Bonds of the Government of the Philippine Islands, to the Amount of One Million Dollars, Gold Coin of the United states of the Present standard Value, for the Purpose of Providing Funds to Construct Port and Harbor Works, Bridges, Roads, Buildings for Provincial and Municipal Schools, Court-Houses, Penal Institutions, and Other Public Improvements for the Development of the Philippine Islands, Pursuant to the Provisions of Section Two of the Act of Congress Entitled "An Act to Amend An Act Approved July First, Nineteen Hundred and Two, Entitled 'An Act Temporarily to Provide for the Administration of the Affairs of Civil Government in the Philippine Islands, and for Other Purposes,' and to Amend An Act Approved March Eighth, Nineteen Hundred and Two, Entitled 'An Act Temporarily to Provide Revenue for the Philippine Islands, and for Other Purposes,' and to Amend An Act Approved March Second, Nineteen Hundred and three, Entitled 'An Act to Establish a standard of Value and to Provide for a Coinage System in the Philippine Islands.' and to Provide for the More Efficient Administration of Civil Government in the Philippine Islands, and for Other Purposes," Approved February Sixth, Nineteen Hundred and Five.
Act No. 1443
January 19, 1906
An Act So Amending Section Eleven of Act Numbered Eighty-three, "the Provincial Government Act," and Section Twelve of Act Numbered thirteen Hundred and Ninety-Six, "the Special Provincial Government Act," as to Require the Provincial Fiscal to Represent Municipalities or Townships and Settlements of His Province or Provinces in Litigation in Court in Certain Cases.
Act No. 1442
January 16, 1906
An Act Increasing the Number of Municipalities in the Province of Rizal From Sixteen, as Established By Act Numbered Nine Hundred and Forty-Two, as Amended, to Seventeen, By Making Malabon and Navotas Separate Municipalities, and Transferring the Former Municipality of Baras From the Municipality of Morong to the Municipality of Tanay.
Act No. 1441
January 16, 1906
An Act Temporarily Reducing the Salaries of Certain Officials of the Province of Nueva Ecija. and Temporarily Discontinuing the Office of Register of Deeds for that Province.
Act No. 1440
January 16, 1906
An Act Amending Section Two of Act Numbered Six Hundred and Fifty, By Providing for a Different Method of Payment of Extra Compensation to Native Craftsmen and Apprentices in the Bureau of Printing.
Act No. 1439
January 16, 1906
An Act Providing a Method of Enabling Masters of Ships in Certain Cases to Secure the Return to their Ships of Seamen Who Have Deserted therefrom in the Philippine Islands.
Act No. 1438
January 11, 1906
An Act Providing for the Commitment of Juvenile Offenders Between Certain Ages to Charitable or Educational Institutions Instead of to the Public Prisons or Jails, and for the Transfer of Such Offenders From Public Prisons or Jails to Such Charitable or Educational Institutions, and for Other Purposes.
Act No. 1437
January 11, 1906
An Act Providing that One Fiscal Shall Perform the Duties of Fiscal for the Provinces of Bulacan and Bataan, Repealing the Provisions of Law Authorizing a Separate Fiscal for Each of Said Provinces, Fixing the Salary of the Fiscal for the Two Provinces, Making Provision Far Traveling Expenses for Such Fiscal, and Changing the Time of Holding the Court of First Instance for the Province of Bataan From Te First Tuesday of October to the First Tuesday of December of Each. Year.
Act No. 1436
January 09, 1906
An Act Providing for the Free Entry of the Figure, stone, and Other Materials Necessary for the Rizal Monument to Be Erected in Accordance With the Provisions' of Act Numbered Two Hundred and Forty-three.
Act No. 1435
January 05, 1906
An Act Amending Act Numbered Eleven Hundred and Eleven, Entitled "An Act Granting a Franchise to Charles W. Carson to Construct, Maintain, and Operate By Animal Power a Tramway Within the Limits of the Municipality of Daet, in the Province of Ambos Camarines, From the Wharves of the Barrio of Mercedes, in Said Municipality, to the Town Proper or Poblacion of Daet, and through the Said Town of Daet to a Point on the Public Highway One Mile Distant From the Municipal Building of Said Municipality of Daet in the Direction of the Town of Talisay."
Act No. 1434
January 05, 1906
An Act Extending the Time for the Payment, Without Penalty, of the Land Tax in the Province of Ilocos Sur and Subprovince of Abra for the Year Nineteen Hundred and Five Until March First, Nineteen Hundred and Six.
Act No. 1433
January 04, 1906
An Act Amending Act Numbered Eighty-Two, Entitled "A General Act for the Organization of Municipal Governments in the Philippine Islands." By Providing a Method of Increasing or Reducing the Number of Councilors When the Class of a Municipality Is Changed.
Act No. 1432
January 03, 1906
An Act Transferring the Net Income Arising From the Operation of the Customs Tramway on the Wharf At Jolo to the Government of the Moro Province.
Act No. 1431
January 03, 1906
An Act Amending Paragraph Four, Section three Hundred and thirty-three, of Act Numbered One Hundred and Ninety, By Substituting the Words "this Code" for the Words "the Court" in Said Paragraph.
Act No. 1430
January 03, 1906
An Act Fixing the Compensation to Be Allowed to Appraisers Appointed Under Section Five Hundred and Sixty-Seven of Act Numbered One Hundred and Ninety, and to Committees Appointed Under Section Six Hundred and Sixty-Nine of Said Act.
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