Acts - 1907

 
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Act No. 1803
December 28, 1907
An Act to Amend Section Six of Act Numbered Fifteen Hundred and Eighty-Two, Known as the Election Law, By Providing An Annual Salary for the Speaker of the Philippine Assembly and By Increasing the Per Diems of Delegates to the Assembly.
Act No. 1802
December 26, 1907
An Act Providing for the Employment of Private Secretaries to the Resident Commissioners to the United states and for the Salaries and Traveling Expenses of Said Private Secretaries.
Act No. 1801
December 20, 1907
An Act Providing for An Appropriation of One Million Pesos for the Construction of Schools in the Barrios Under Certain Conditions.
Act No. 1800
October 12, 1907
An Act Amending Act Numbered Fourteen Hundred and Seven By Providing for the Setting Aside of Communal Forests for the Benefit of Municipalities, Townships, and Settlements.
Act No. 1799
October 12, 1907
An Act Appropriating the Balance of the Congressional Relief Fund in the Insular Treasury Not Otherwise Appropriated and Any Refunds Which May Accrue to Said Fund From Allotments or Appropriations Heretofore Made From the Congressional Relief Fund, With Certain Exceptions, for the Manufacture of Serum for Use in the Cure and Prevention of Animal Diseases, and for the Establishment, Operation, and Maintenance of Quarentine stations throughout the Islands.
Act No. 1798
October 12, 1907
An Act to Provide for the Protection of Animal Life in the Philippine Islands.
Act No. 1797
October 12, 1907
An Act Conferring Upon Officers of the United states Army, Under Certain Circumstances, the Powers of Peace Officers, and Repealing Act Numbered Fifteen Hundred and Five.
Act No. 1796
October 12, 1907
An Act to Amend Section Fourteen (C) of Act Numbered Tour- Teen Hunted and Seven By Increasing the Duties of the Bureau of Navigation in Regard to Harbor Improvements.
Act No. 1795
October 12, 1907
An Act Authorizing the Compensation of students in Industrial and Agricultural Schools for Work Done therein Outside of Regular School Hours and Not Connected With their Regular School Work.
Act No. 1794
October 12, 1907
An Act to Regulate the Granting of Leaves of Absence and Other Allowances to the Private Secretary to the Governor-General and the Private Secretaries to the Members of the Philippine Commission in the Same Manner as If Said Private Secretaries, as Such, Were Members of the Classified Civil Service.
Act No. 1793
October 12, 1907
An Act to Amend Act Numbered One Hundred and Eighty-three By Providing a Method for Enforcing the Collection of the Land Tax in the City of Manila.
Act No. 1792
October 12, 1907
An Act Providing, With the Consent of the Secretary of War First Had, for a System of Money and Property Accountability for the Government of the Philippine Islands and Its Subordinate Blanches, and Repealing Acts Numbered Ninety, One Hundred and Forty-Five, Two Hundred and Fifteen, three Hundred and Twenty-Eight. Nine Hundred and Nine, Fourteen Hundred and Two, and All Acts and Parts of Acts in Conflict Herewith.
Act No. 1791
October 12, 1907
An Act to Amend in Certain Respects Act Numbered Eighty-Two, Known as the Municipal Code.
Act No. 1790
October 12, 1907
An Act to Confirm Certain Rights and Franchises of the Banco Español-Filipino and to Amend Its statutes.
Act No. 1789
October 12, 1907
An Act to Authorize the Governor-General to Raise the Position of Superintendent of the Information Division, Bureau of Constabulary, to the Rank, Pay, and Allowances of Lieutenant-Colonel and Assistant Director of Constabulary.
Act No. 1788
October 12, 1907
An Act to Amend Act Numbered Sixty-three, Entitled "An Act Prescribing the Method to Be Adopted in the Construction of Laws, By Providing a Method to Be Adopted in the Construction of Laws Which May Be Passed By the Philippine Legislature.
Act No. 1787
October 12, 1907
An Act Amending Sections Seventy-Four and One Hundred and Seven of Act Numbered Eleven Hundred and Eighty-Nine, as Amended.
Act No. 1786
October 12, 1907
An Act to Amend Section three of Act Numbered Fourteen Hundred and Seven By Authorizing the Executive Secretary to Regulate the Appointment and Salaries of Provincial Employees.
Act No. 1785
October 12, 1907
An Act Making Additional Appropriations for Sundry Expenses of the Insular Government for the Fiscal Year Ending June thirtieth, Nineteen Hundred and Eight, and for Other stated Purposes.
Act No. 1784
October 12, 1907
An Act Appropriating the Sum of three Hundred and Fifty thousand 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. 1783
October 12, 1907
An Act Appropriating the Sum of Two Hundred thousand Pesos for the Construction and Improvement of Permanent Roads and Bridges in the Provinces of the Philippine Islands.
Act No. 1782
October 12, 1907
An Act to Provide for the Establishment of Manufacturing Bonded Warehouses.
Act No. 1781
October 12, 1907
An Act to Amend Section Twenty-Seven of 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 for the Remission of Duties on Importations of the Value of Less than One Dollar.
Act No. 1780
October 12, 1907
An Act to Regulate the Importation, Acquisition, Possession Use, and Transfer of Firearms, and to Prohibit the Possession of Same Except in Compliance With the Provisions of this Act.
Act No. 1779
October 12, 1907
An Act to Create a Board for the Regulation of Rates Chargeable By Public-Service Corporations in the Philippine Islands, and for Other Purposes.
Act No. 1778
October 11, 1907
An Act Amending Sections Numbered Eighty and Eighty-Eight of Act Numbered One Hundred and Ninety, Providing a Code of Procedure in Civil Actions and Special Proceedings in the Philippine Islands, as Amended.
Act No. 1777
October 11, 1907
An Act Authorizing the Governor-General to Close, By Executive Order, Certain Ports of Entry, and to Reopen the Same Ports in Like Manner When the Public Interests So Require.
Act No. 1776
October 11, 1907
An Act Amending Act Numbered Eighty-three and Requiring Copies of the Minutes of Provincial Boards to Be Forwarded to the Executive Secretary.
Act No. 1775
October 11, 1907
An Act Authorizing the Insular Collector of Customs to Clear Foreign Vessels for the Ports of Legaspi and Tabaco.
Act No. 1774
October 11, 1907
An Act to Amend Act Numbered Eight Hundred and Fifty-Four, as Amended, By Authorizing the Extension of the Period Within Which Returning Government students Shall Take a Civil-Service Examination.
Act No. 1773
October 11, 1907
An Act to Provide for the Public Prosecution of the Crimes of Adulterio, Estupro, Rapto, VIolacion, Calumnia, and Injuria, to Abolish the Right of Pardon By the Aggrieved Party in Such Cases, to Provide for a Special Civil Action for Damages therein, and for Other Purposes.
Act No. 1772
October 11, 1907
An Act to Amend Section Forty-Four of Act Numbered Eighty-three, as Amended, and Section Sixty-Five of Act Numbered thirteen Hundred and Ninety-Seven, as Amended, By Providing that Conventions or Meetings of Municipal and Township Presidents Shall Be Called in the Discretion of the Provincial Boards, With Certain Limitations, and to Repeal Acts Numbered Four Hundred and Twenty-Five and Five Hundred and Twenty-One.
Act No. 1771
October 11, 1907
An Act to Amend Section Five of Act Numbered Fourteen Hundred and Fifty-Eight, Requiring Receipts From Municipal Cemeteries to Be Deposited in the Municipal Treasury as a Special Fund to Be Spent Upon the Cemetery, By Providing that Any Surplus in Said Fund May Be Expended for General Municipal Purposes.
Act No. 1770
October 11, 1907
An Act to Amend Section Eight of Act Numbered Six Hundred and Nineteen, Entitled "An Act to Promote Good Order and Discipline in the Philippines Constabulary," By Including Under the Penalty therein Provided Noncommissioned Officers or Acting Noncommissioned Officers in Charge of a Relief on Post Who Are Found Sleeping on Duty.
Act No. 1769
October 11, 1907
An Act Amending Act Numbered thirteen Hundred and Ninety- Six, Entitled "the Special Provincial Government Act," By Authorizing- Provincial Boards to Grant Licenses for Collecting Edible Birds' Nests and to Make Regulations to Prevent the Extermination of the Birds that Build Such Nests.
Act No. 1768
October 11, 1907
An Act to Amend Act Numbered Fifteen Hundred and Eighty-Two, Known as "the Election Law," as Amended By Acts Numbered Seventeen Hundred and Nine and Seventeen Hundred and Twenty-Six, By Disqualifying Habitual Users of Opium From Holding Provincial or Municipal Offices.
Act No. 1767
October 11, 1907
An Act Making Permanent Continuing Annual Appropriations to Encourage the Production of Tobacco and to Protect the Interests of the Tobacco-Manufacturing Industries of the Philippine Islands By Providing Bounties for the Growers of Leaf Tobacco, and for Other Purposes.
Act No. 1766
October 11, 1907
An Act Amending Section Four of Act Numbered Fifteen Hundred and Forty-Five By Requiring Fees Formerly Collectible By Provincial Secretaries to Be Hereafter Deposited in Provincial Treasuries.
Act No. 1765
October 11, 1907
An Act to Amend Act Numbered One Hundred and Eighty-three, Entitled ''An Act to Incorporate the City of Manila," as Amended, By Providing that Appropriations for the Government of Said City Shall Be Made By the Municipal Board, Subject to the Approval of the Governor-General, and for Other Purposes.
Act No. 1764
October 11, 1907
An Act Providing for the Payment of Fees in Criminal Proceedings, Appropriating the Sum of Seventy-Five thousand Pesos to Be Distributed By the Auditor Among the Provinces and the City of Manila in Proportion to the Respective Amounts By them Paid on Account of Court Fees, and Repealing Section One of Act Numbered three Hundred and Two and Acts Numbered Four Hundred and Four and thirteen Hundred and thirty-Five.
Act No. 1763
October 11, 1907
An Act to Extend the Time in Which Provinces and the City of Manila May Obtain the Benefits of Acts Numbered Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-Two and Sixteen Hundred and Ninety-Five, and Confirming the Action of Provincial Boards and of the Municipal Board of the City of Manila Which May Have Adopted or May Adopt S Increasing the Cedula Tax During the Time So Extended.
Act No. 1762
October 11, 1907
An Act Fixing the Maximum Rates Which May Be Charged By the Manila Suburban Railways Company.
Act No. 1761
October 10, 1907
An Act Gradually to Restrict and Regulate the Sale and Use of Opium Pending the Ultimate Prohibition of the Importation of Opium Into the Philippine Islands in Whatever Form Except for Medicinal Purposes as Provided By the Act of Congress Approved March third, Nineteen Hundred and Five, and Prohibiting Any Person From Having the Possession of Opium, Cocaine, or Alpha or Beta Cucaine in Any of their Several Forms, or Any Derivative or Preparation of Any of Such Drugs or Substances, Except for Medicinal Purposes, and to Repeal Act Numbered Fourteen Hundred and Sixty-One, and for Other Purposes.
Act No. 1760
October 10, 1907
An Act to Prevent the Introduction Into the Philippine Islands of Dangerous Communicable Animal Diseases, to Prevent the Spread of Such Diseases Within the Islands, and for Other Purposes.
Act No. 1759
October 10, 1907
An Act Providing for a Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Samar, Prescribing His Powers and Duties, Repealing Act Numbered thirteen Hundred and Ninety-Eight, and for Other Purposes.
Act No. 1758
October 09, 1907
An Act to Amend Section One (J) of Act Numbered thirteen Hundred and Ten By Providing that Whenever Required By the Public Interests the Insular Government May Transport Mails, Passengers, and Freight Between Points Covered By Vessels Under Contract, and May Reimburse the Contracting Parties therefor, Except in the Case of Special Trips for Inspection and Other Purely Governmental Purposes.
Act No. 1757
October 09, 1907
An Act to Prohibit Gambling, to Repeal Article Eighteen Hundred and of the Civil Code and Articles three Hundred and Forty-three and Five Hundred and Seventy-Nine of the Penal Code.
Act No. 1756
October 09, 1907
An Act to Declare October Fourteenth, Fifteenth, and Sixteenth of 'the Year Nineteen Hundred and Seven Public Holidays in Honor of the VIsit of the Secretary of War and the Formal Opening of the Philippine Assembly.
Act No. 1755
October 09, 1907
An Act to Prohibit the Disturbance of the Philippine Commission, the Philippine Assembly, or of Any Provincial Board or Municipal or Township Council; to Punish Disorderly Conduct in the Immediate VIew or Presence of Said Bodies; to Punish the Fraudulent Altering of the Draft of Any Bill, , Ordinance, or Act Pending Before or Enacted By Any Such Body or the Philippine Legislature; to Compel the Attendance of Witnesses and the Production of Evidence Before the Philippine Commission or Philippine Assembly, or Before Any Committee of Either or Both Said Bodies, and for Other Purposes.
Act No. 1754
October 09, 1907
An Act to Prohibit the Forging, Counterfeiting, Altering, or Fraudulent Making of Obligations and Securities of the United states or of the Philippine Islands, or of the Circulating Notes Issued By Any Banking Association Authorized Under the Laws of the United states or of the Philippine Islands; to Prohibit the Using of Plates to Print Notes Without Authority, the Passing, Selling, and Concealing of Forged Obligations, the Taking of Impressions of Tools, Implements, and So Forth, the Unlawful Possession of Such Impressions, the Buying, Selling, or Dealing in Forged Notes, Bonds, and So Forth, the Secreting or Removing of Tools or Material Used for Printing Bonds, Notes, stamps, and So Forth; to Prohibit the Counterfeiting of Gold and Silver Coin, the Counterfeiting of Minor Coins, the Mutilation of Coins, the Debasement of Coinage, the Making or Uttering of Coin in Resemblance of Money, and Making or Issuing Devices of Minor Coins; to Prohibit the Forging or Counterfeiting of Notes, Bonds, Securities, or Bank Notes of Foreign Governments, or the Passing or Possession of Such Forged or Counterfeited Bonds, Notes, Securities, or Bank Notes; the Unlawful Possession of or Printing From Plates of Foreign Governments or Banks; to Prohibit Using the Mails With Intent to Defraud, or Mailing Offers to Sell Counterfeit Money, and So Forth; to Prohibit the Counterfeiting or Manufacture of Dies, Molds, and So Forth, Used for Making Money; to Prohibit Using Advertisements Similar to Coins; to Authorize Seizure, Forfeiture, and Disposition of Counterfeits of Obligations of the United states, Philippine Islands, or Foreign Governments, and for Other Purposes.
Act No. 1753
October 08, 1907
An Act Declaring All of the Territory Comprised in the Island of Siquijor a Subprovince of Oriental Negros, and for Other Purposes.
Act No. 1752
October 07, 1907
An Act to Amend Sections Four, Five, and Six of Act Numbered Fourteen Hundred and One, By Making It Unnecessary for the Provincial Board to Advertise for Bids for Building Any Public Work Costing Less than One thousand Pesos, or for Building or Repairing Any Road, and By Providing that the Provincial Board May Authorize, By , the Director of Public Works to Advertise for Bids and to Let Contracts for Any Provincial Public Works; and to Repeal Section Fifteen of Act Numbered Eighty-three.
Act No. 1751
October 07, 1907
An Act to Provide for the Arrest and Return to Ship of Seamen Deserting; From Certain Merchant Vessels in the Philippine Islands; for the Adjudication By Consuls of Certain Disputes and for the Enforcement of Consular S in Such Cases: and Repealing Act Numbered Fourteen Hundred and thirty-Nine.
Act No. 1750
October 07, 1907
An Act Making- Appropriation to Reimburse the Government of the City of Manila on Account of Expenditures Made in the Reconstruction of Walls Along the Banks of the Pasig River Below the Ayala Bridge.
Act No. 1749
October 07, 1907
An Act Making Appropriations for the Friar-Lands Bonds Sinking Fund Created By Act Numbered One thousand and thirty-Four.
Act No. 1748
October 07, 1907
An Act Authorizing the Adjustment of Provincial and Municipal Boundaries and Authorizing the Change of Capitals of Provinces and Subprovinces, as May Be Necessary From Time to Time to Serve the Public Convenience and Interest.
Act No. 1747
October 05, 1907
An Act Amending- Section Two of Act Numbered One thousand and Fifty-Six By Extending the Provisions of Said Section to Judges of the Municipal Court of the City of Manila.
Act No. 1746
October 05, 1907
An Act to Provide for the Revocation, in Proper Cases, of Retail Liquor Dealers' Licenses and to Amend Acts Numbered Eighty-Two One Hundred and Eighty-three, thirteen Hundred and Ninety-Seven, and Eleven Hundred and Eighty-Nine Accordingly.
Act No. 1745
October 05, 1907
An Act Transferring to the Account of General Funds of the Insular Treasury the Loan of three Hundred and Fifty thousand Pesos Granted to the Government of the City of Manila By Act Numbered thirteen Hundred and Sixty From the Proceeds of the Sale of Public-Improvements Bonds of the Insular Government, and Reimbursing in a Corresponding Amount the Account of Said Bond Proceeds, and Appropriating the Money Reverting to the Insular Treasury By Reason of the Repayment of Said Loan for the Improvement of Public Squares, Parks, and Plazas of the City of Manila, and for Other Purposes.
Act No. 1744
October 04, 1907
An Act to Amend Section Seventeen of Act Numbered Fourteen Hundred and Fifty-Nine, Entitled "the Corporation Law," By Providing that No Increase of Capital stock Shall Be Made Unless the Same Proportion thereof Shall Have Been Subscribed and Paid in as Required on the Formation and Organization of the Corporation, and for Other Purposes.
Act No. 1743
October 04, 1907
An Act to Provide that the Annual Tax on the Assessed Value of Real Estate in the City of Manila for the Year Nineteen Hundred and Eight Shall Be One and One-Half Per Centum thereof.
Act No. 1742
October 03, 1907
An Act Providing for the Adjustment of Charges Made By the Bureau of Prisons Against the Several Provinces and the City of Manila for the Maintenance of Prisoners.
Act No. 1741
October 03, 1907
An Act to Amend Act Numbered One Hundred and thirty-Six, as Amended By Providing a Salary of Two thousand Four Hundred Pesos Per Annum for the Justices of the Peace of Cebu and Iloilo, and By Allowing Each of Said Justices Two Clerks to Be Paid By the Respective Municipalities.
Act No. 1740
October 03, 1907
An Act Providing' for the Punishment of Public Officers and Employees Who Fail or Refuse to Account for Public Funds or Property or Who Make Personal Use of Such Funds or Property, or Any Part thereof, or Who Misappropriate the Same, or Any Part thereof, or Who Are Guilty of Any Malversation With Reference to Such Funds or Property, or Who through Abandonment, Fault, or Negligence Permit Any Other Person to Abstract, Misappropriate, or Make Personal Use of the Same.
Act No. 1739
October 03, 1907
An Act Creating the "Fidelity-Bond Premium Fund," Providing for Assurance Against Losses, Shortages, and Defalcations By Officers or Employees Accountable for Public Funds and Public Property, and for Other Purposes.
Act No. 1738
October 03, 1907
An Act to Amend Section Twenty-Four of Act Numbered Five Hundred and Twenty By Providing for Ensigns for Vessels Operating Under the Contracts Authorized By Act Numbered thirteen Hundred and Ten and Act Numbered Seventeen Hundred and Fifteen.
Act No. 1737
October 02, 1907
An Act to Amend Section One of Act Numbered Fourteen Amending Nil. Hundred and Eleven, Entitled "An Act for the Purpose of Maintaining the Parity of the Philippine Currency in Accordance With the Provisions of Sections One and Six of the Act of Congress Approved March Second, Nineteen Hundred and three, By Prohibiting the Exportation From the Philippine Islands of Philippine Silver Coins, and for Other Purposes," By Providing that the Prohibition therein Contained Shall Not Apply to Sums of Twenty-Five Pesos or Less of the New Coins Authorized By Act Numbered Fifteen Hundred and Sixty-Four and Carried By Passengers Leaving the Philippine Islands.
Act No. 1736
October 02, 1907
An Act Appropriating the Sum of One Hundred thousand Pesos for the Purpose of Establishing a Reimbursable Fund for the Promotion of Agricultural Pursuits Upon Certain Haciendas and Parcels of Land, Commonly Known as "Friar Lands," and for the Extension of the Cultivated Area thereof.
Act No. 1735
October 02, 1907
An Act Authorizing the Governor-General to Execute a Concessionary Grant or Contract for a Railway Line to Baguio, Province of Benguet, and for Other Purposes.
Act No. 1734
October 02, 1907
An Act Amending Section Four of Act Numbered Fifty-Nine, Entitled "the Manila Liquor Licenses Act," as Amended, By Providing for theater Liquor Licenses.
Act No. 1733
October 01, 1907
An Act to Provide Fire Protection in Municipalities Having No Paid Fire Department.
Act No. 1732
October 01, 1907
An Act Providing that Persons Sentenced to Fine for Criminal Offenses Made Punishable By Acts of the Philippine Commission or for VIolation of the Ordinances of the City of Manila, Who Shall Fail to Satisfy the Fine Imposed, Shall Be Subject to Subsidiary Imprisonment, and Providing that the status of a Prisoner Under Subdivision (D) of Section One and Subdivision (C) of Section three of Act Numbered Seventeen Hundred and three Shall Be Determined By the Subsidiary Imprisonment in Case the Sentence Imposes a Fine Only, and Repealing Part of Section Forty of Act Numbered One Hundred and Eighty-three.
Act No. 1731
October 01, 1907
An Act to Reduce the Number of Municipalities in the Province of Albay From Twenty-three, as Established By Act Numbered Fifteen Hundred and Fifty-Seven, to Twenty-One, By Consolidating the Present Municipalities of Albay, Daraga, and Legaspi Into One Municipality.
Act No. 1730
September 30, 1907
An Act to Authorize Continuing Annual Appropriations to Meet Any Obligations of the Philippine Government Incurred By Reason of the Guaranty of Four Per Centum Interest on (A) Railroad Bonds, as Authorized By the Act of Congress Approved February Sixth, Nineteen Hundred and Five, and (B) Cash Capital Invested in Any Agricultural Bank, as Authorized By the Act of Congress Approved March Fourth, Nineteen Hundred and Seven.
Act No. 1729
September 27, 1907
An Act Making- Appropriations for the Creation of a Sinking Fund for the Payment of the Bonds Issued for Public Works Under the Provisions of Acts Numbered thirteen Hundred and One Ana Fourteen Hundred and Forty-Four, and for the Investment of Such Fund.
Act No. 1728
September 27, 1907
An Act to Provide for Insurance of the Insular, Provincial, and Municipal Governments Against Loss From Damage or Destruction of Government Vessels and Craft, Government Machinery, and Permanent Public Buildings and Government Property therein, By Earthquake, Fire, Lightning, Flood, Typhoon, Tornado, Hurricane, or Cyclone.
Act No. 1727
September 27, 1907
An Act Making Appropriations for Certain Public Works, Permanent Improvements, and Other Purposes of the Government of the City of Manila.
Act No. 1726
September 27, 1907
An Act to Amend Act Numbered Fifteen Hundred and Eighty-Two Known as ''the Election Law," By Disqualifying Certain Persons From Holding Provincial or Municipal Offices and Authorizing the Governor-General to Remove Ineligible Persons From Office.
Act No. 1725
September 23, 1907
An Act to Provide that the Provisions of Act Numbered Fourteen Hundred and Fifty-Eight Prohibiting the Exhumation of Human Remains Within One and One-Half Years After Interment Shall Not Apply to Certain Pending Cases.
Act No. 1724
September 23, 1907
An Act Approving, Confirming, and Ratifying the Agreement Made Between the Secretary of War, Representing the Government of the Philippine Islands, and the Archbishop of Manila, Representing the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippine Islands, Determining the Title to Various Estates and Properties Heretofore a Matter of Dispute Between the Roman Catholic Church and the Government of the Philippine Islands, and Settling the Right of Possession and Administration of Such Estates and Properties, and Adjusting Certain Controversies Between the Said Government and the Banco Español-Filipino.
Act No. 1723
September 23, 1907
An Act to Define and Fix the status of Prisoners Confined in the Iwahig Penal Colony, and for Other Purposes.
Act No. 1722
September 20, 1907
An Act Extending Until December First, Nineteen Hundred and Seven, the Time for the Payment, Without Penalty, of the Cedula Tax for the Year Nineteen Hundred and Seven By the Inhabitants of the Municipalities of the Subprovince of Batanes and of the Babuyanes Islands, Province of Cagayan.
Act No. 1721
September 20, 1907
An Act Increasing the Number of Municipalities in the Province of Tayabas From Twenty-Four to Twenty-Six, By Organizing the Barrio of Candelaria, Now a Part of Sariaya, Into a New Municipality, and Separating From Baler the Former Municipality of Casiguran, Giving the Latter the Same Territory Which It Comprised Prior to the Passage of Act Numbered Fifteen Hundred and Fifty.
Act No. 1720
September 20, 1907
An Act Increasing the Number of Municipalities in the Province of Rizal to Twenty, By Separating From the Present Municipality of Pililla the Former Municipality of Jalajala and Giving the Latter the Same Territory Which It Comprised Prior to the Passage of Act Numbered Nine Hundred and Forty-Two.
Act No. 1719
September 20, 1907
An Act Increasing the Number of Municipalities in the Province of Pampanga From Sixteen to Eighteen, By Separating From the Present Municipalities of Macabebe and San Luis the Former Municipalities of San Miguel, and San Simon, Respectively, and Giving to Each the Territory Which It Comprised Prior to the Passage of Act Numbered Nine Hundred and Forty-three, and Changing the Name of the New Municipality of San Miguel to that of Masantol.
Act No. 1718
September 20, 1907
An Act Increasing' the Number of Municipalities in the Province of Cavite From Twelve to thirteen, By Separating From the Present Municipality of Noveleta the Former Municipality of Cavite VIejo and Giving to the Latter the Territory Which It Comprised Prior to the Passage of Act Numbered Nine Hundred and Forty-Seven, and Changing the Name of the Municipality of Cavite VIejo to Kawit.
Act No. 1717
September 20, 1907
An Act to Increase the Number 3F Municipalities in the Province of Nueva Ecija From Fifteen to Twenty-One, By Separating From the Present Municipalities of Cuyapo, Aliaga, San Antonio, San Isidro, Peñaranda, and Talavera the Former Municipalities of Nampicuan, Zaragoza, Jaen, Cabiao, San Leonardo, and Santo Domingo, Respectively, and Giving to Each the Territory Which It Comprised Prior to the Passage of Act Numbered Nine Hundred and thirty-three.
Act No. 1716
September 18, 1907
An Act to Amend Acts Numbered Fifteen Hundred and Amending Eighty-One, An Amended, and Seventeen Hundred and One, By Advancing the Government of the Province of Batangas From the third to the Second Class.
Act No. 1715
September 18, 1907
An Act to Authorize a Continuing Annual and Reimbursable Appropriation to Meet the Obligations of the Insular Government Incurred By Reason of Contracts Authorized By Act Numbered thirteen Hundred and Ten, and of Other Similar Contracts Herein Provided For.
Act No. 1714
September 18, 1907
An Act to Amend Subdivision (D) of Section One of Act Numbered Fifteen Hundred and Ten So as to Authorize a Change of the Railroad Route therein Prescribed, and Authorizing and Providing for the Construction of Mileage Equivalent to that of the Route Abandoned, and for Other Purposes.
Act No. 1713
September 18, 1907
An Act to Authorize Provincial Boards Organized Under the Provincial Government Act to Remit the Collection of the Land Tax in their Respective Provinces.
Act No. 1712
September 12, 1907
An Act to Increase the Number of Municipalities in the Province of La Laguna From Twenty-Two to Twenty-three, By Separating From Luisiana the Former Municipality of Cavinti and Giving to It the Territory Which It Comprised Prior to the Passage of Act Numbered Nine Hundred and thirty-Nine.
Act No. 1711
September 12, 1907
An Act Providing for the Apprehension, Detention, Segregation, and Treatment of Lepers in the Philippine Islands.
Act No. 1710
September 03, 1907
An Act Providing for the Filing, With the Division of Archives, Patents, Copyrights, and Trade-Marks of the Executive Bureau, of the First Mortgage and Contract of Guaranty, Dated May First, Nineteen Hundred and Seven, Executed By the Philippine Railway Company With the Government of the Philippine Islands and the Bankers' Trust Company, Trustee, Creating and Fixing Upon the Property Covered By Said Instrument a Lien At and From the Time of Filing the Same, and Exempting Said Instrument From the Payment of stamp Taxes.
Act No. 1709
August 31, 1907
An Act Amending Act Numbered Fifteen Hundred Eighty-Two, Known as "the Election Law."
Act No. 1708
August 31, 1907
An Act to Amend Sections Five, Seven, and Twenty-Seven of Act Numbered Eight Hundred and Sixty-Seven, as Amended, By Separating the Province of Sorsogon From the Eighth Judicial District and Annexing It to the Fifteenth Judicial District, By Separating the Province of La Union From the third Judicial District and Annexing It to the Mountain Judicial District, and Changing the Times At Which Courts of First Instance Shall Be Held in the Provinces of Said Districts, Repealing Part of Act Numbered Fourteen Hundred and thirty-Seven, and for Other Purposes.
Act No. 1707
August 31, 1907
An Act Making Appropriations 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. 1706
August 31, 1907
An Act Making Appropriations for Sundry Expenses of the Government of the City of Manila for the Fiscal Year Ending June thirtieth, Nineteen Hundred and Eight.
Act No. 1705
August 31, 1907
An Act Amending Act Numbered Two Hundred and Seventy-Nine, as Amended, By Providing for the Signing of Contracts and Leases for Cold-storage Space in the Division of Cold storage of the Bureau of Supply.
Act No. 1704
August 31, 1907
An Act to Amend Act Numbered Fourteen Hundred and Fifteen, Entitled "An Act Establishing a Medical School and Defining the Manner in Which It Shall Be Controlled and Conducted," By Providing- that the Philippine Medical School Shall Be a Body Corporate.
Act No. 1703
August 31, 1907
An Act to Define and Fix the status of Prisoners and the Responsibility for their Maintenance, and for Other Purposes.
Act No. 1702
August 31, 1907
An Act to Amend Sections Fourteen, thirty-Six, and Seventy-One of Act Numbered One Hundred and Ninety, Providing a Code of Procedure in Civil Actions and Special Proceedings in the Philippine Islands.
Act No. 1701
August 31, 1907
An Act to Equalize and Secure Uniformity in Salaries of Provincial Fiscals, to Empower the Governor-General to Consolidate the Offices of Fiscals of Two or More Provinces, to Declare Vacant the Position of Fiscal of Any Province and Assign the Duties thereof to the Office of the Attorney-General, and to Restore the status Existing Prior to Such Consolidation or Abolition, and for Other Purposes.
Act No. 1700
August 30, 1907
An Act to Grant to the Lepanto Mining Company, Incorporated, a Franchise to Construct a Highway From a Point Near Comillas, Province of Lepanto-Bontoc, in a General Westerly Direction to the China Sea At a Point Near the Town of Bangar, Province of La Union; and thereon to Take Toll, to Operate as a Common Carrier, And, At Its Option, to Construct a Railroad.
Act No. 1699
August 30, 1907
An Act Providing that Provincial Fiscals and the Attorney for the Moro Province Shall Perform the Duties of the Register of Deeds in their Respective Provinces, Abolishing the Position of Examiner of Titles, and Amending Acts Numbered Eighty-three,Four Hundred and Ninety-Six, Seven Hundred and Eighty-Seven, and Nine Hundred and Twenty-Six, as Amended.
Act No. 1698
August 26, 1907
An Act for the Regulation of the Philippine Civil Service.
Act No. 1697
August 23, 1907
An Act Authorizing- the Appointment of Commissioners to Make Official Investigations and Fixing their Powers, for the Payment of Witness Fees, and for the Punishment of Perjury in Official Investigations.
Act No. 1696
August 23, 1907
An Act to Prohibit the Display of Flags, Banners, Emblems, or Devices Used in the Philippine Islands for the Purpose of Rebellion or Insurrection Against the Authority of the United states and the Display of Katipunan Flags, Banners, Emblems, or Devices, and for Other Purposes.
Act No. 1695
August 20, 1907
An Act Amending Act Numbered Eleven Hundred and Eighty- Amending Nine, Entitled "the Internal Revenue Law of Nineteen Hundred and Four," By Adding to the Road and Bridge Funds of the Provinces Ten Per Centum of the Revenues Accruing Under Said Act, and By Devoting An Additional Five Per Centum of Said Revenues to the Maintenance of Free Public Primary Schools in the Several Municipalities.
Act No. 1694
August 20, 1907
An Act to Repeal Section Fourteen of Act Numbered three Hundred and Nine, Entitled " An Act Providing for the Compulsory Vaccination of the Inhabitants of the Philippine Islands."
Act No. 1693
August 20, 1907
An Act Creating the Province of Agusan and the Sub-Provinces of Butuan, Bukidnon and Batanes, Empowering the Provincial Board of Cagayan to Apply the Provisions of "the Township Government Act" to the Municipalities and Settlements of the Babuyanes Islands, and Providing that the Salaries of the Lieutenant-Governor of the Sub-Province of Apayao and of Any Duly Authorized Employees of Said Sub-Province Shall Be Payable From Insular Funds.
Act No. 1692
August 20, 1907
An Act to Amend Section Eight of Act Numbered Two Hundred Amending and Ninety-Two So as to Prevent the Utterance of Speeches or the Use of Language VIolative of Good Order or Tending to Disturb the Public Peace.
Act No. 1691
August 20, 1907
An Act to Amend Section Four of Act Numbered Eighty-Two, Amending Entitled "the Municipal Code," as Amended, By Prescribing the Maximum Percentage of General Funds of Municipalities Which May Be Expended for Salaries and Wages of Municipal Officers and Employees Not Employed Upon Public Works, and for Other Purposes.
Act. No. 1690
August 19, 1907
An Act to Increase the Number of Municipalities in the Province of La Laguna From Twenty-One to Twenty-Two By Separating From the Municipality of San Pablo the Former Municipality of Alaminos, Reconstituting the Latter as a Municipality and Giving to It the Territory Which It Comprised Prior to the Passage of Act Numbered Nine Hundred and thirty-Nine.
Act No. 1689
August 19, 1907
An Act Amending Act Numbered thirteen Hundred and Ninety-Seven, Entitled "the Township Government Act," So as to Authorize the Collection of Certain License Fees, to Provide a Method of Enforcing- the Payment of the Property Tax By Delinquents Who Are Absent From the Province or Are Nonresidents thereof, and to Provide that the Popular Representative Shall Continue to Be a Resident of the Province During His Term of Office.
Act No. 1688
August 17, 1907
An Act Making Appropriations for Certain Public Works, Amending 1G62. Permanent Improvements, and Other Purposes of the Insular Government.
Act No. 1687
August 17, 1907
An Act to Increase the Number of Municipalities in the Province of Nueva Ecija From Fourteen to Fifteen, By Separating From Cabanatuan the Former Municipality of Santa Rosa, 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-three.
Act No. 1686
August 17, 1907
An Act to Provide 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 for the Last Half of the Calendar Year Nineteen Hundred and Seven, to Appropriate for Such Reimbursement Such Sums as May Be Necessary From Any Funds in the Insular Treasury Not Otherwise Appropriated, and to Repeal Section Two of Act Numbered Fifteen Hundred and Seventy-Nine.
Act No. 1685
August 04, 1907
An Act to Amend Act Numbered Fourteen Hundred and Ninety-Nine, Entitled "An Act to Prevent the Use of Explosives and Poisons for Taking Fish in the Waters of the Philippine Islands," By Providing that the Secretary of the Interior May Authorize the Use of Explosives and Poisons for Taking Fish in Limited Numbers for Scientific Purposes.
Act No. 1684
August 14, 1907
An Act Prohibiting the Importation By Private Persons of Silkworms, their Eggs or Cocoons.
Act No. 1683
August 14, 1907
An Act to Amend Section Five of Act Numbered Seven Hundred and Eighty-One By Making It the Duty of Municipal Officers to Furnish Notice of Ladrones Immediately, Both to the Provincial Governor and the Nearest Constabulary Officer.
Act No. 1682
August 14, 1907
All Act to Amend Section Two of Act Numbered Eleven Hundred and Twenty-Six, Entitled "An Act for the Purpose of Empowering Provincial Boards to Subpoena Witnesses and to Require Testimony Under Oath in Conducting Certain Investigations, and for Other Purposes," By Extending the Authority of the Governor-General to Disqualify From Holding Office All Officials Removed for Cause.
Act No. 1681
August 14, 1907
An Act to Amend Section Eighteen of the Municipal Code, as Amended, By Authorizing the Governor-General to Remove Municipal Treasurers From Office for Cause.
Act No. 1680
August 12, 1907
An Act Providing for the Appointment By Provincial Governors of Bailiffs in Courts of First Instance and in the Court of Land Registration, and Amending Acts Numbered One Hundred and thirty-Six, and One Hundred and Ninety and Four Hundred and Ninety-Six, as Amended.
Act No. 1679
August 10, 1907
An Act Making Appropriations for Sundry Expenses of the Insular Government for the Fiscal Year Ending June thirtieth, Nine-Teen Hundred and Eight, and Other Designated
Act No. 1678
August 08, 1907
An Act Providing for the Publication in the Official Gazette of Certain Notices of the Court of Land Registration and Amending Act Numbered Four Hundred and Ninety-Six, as Amended.
Act No. 1677
August 06, 1907
An Act to Provide Anatomical Material for the Advancement of Medical Science.
Act No. 1676
July 24, 1907
An Act to Amend Section three of Act Numbered Sixteen Hundred and Forty-Nine, Entitled "An Act Declaring All of the Territory Comprised in the Island of Marinduque a Subprovince of Tayabas, and for Other Purposes," By Providing for the Return of a Portion of the Internal-Revenue Collections to the Treasury of the Subprovince of Marinduque for the Sole Use and Benefit of the Inhabitants thereof.
Act No. 1675
July 23, 1907
An Act Amending Act Numbered One Hundred and thirty-Six, as Amended, By Creating- the Office of Reporter of the Supreme Court, and for Other Purposes.
Act No. 1674
July 22, 1907
An Act Authorizing the Governor-General to Consolidate .Any Two or More Appointive Positions and Later to Restore them to their Previous status Whenever in His Judgment Such Action Will Promote the Public Interest.
Act No. 1673
July 20, 1907
An Act Amending Sections Four and Twelve of Act Numbered Seven Hundred and Eighty-Seven, as Amended By Sections One and Five of Act Numbered Twelve Hundred and Eighty-three, By Providing for the Organization of the Legislative Council of the Moro Province and for the Subordinate Positions of Engineer and Superintendent of Schools of the Moro Province.
Act No. 1672
July 09, 1907
An Act to Amend Act Numbered Eighty-three By Providing for the Establishment and Maintenance Under Certain Conditions of Provincial Toll Ferries.
Act No. 1671
July 09, 1907
An Act to Amend Act Numbered three Hundred and Forty-Five, Entitled "An Act Designating the Days Which Shall Be Observed as Public Holidays in the Philippine Islands," as Amended, So as to Make Election Days Public Holidays.
Act No. 1670
July 08, 1907
An Act Authorizing the Trustees or Directors of Asylums and Institutions Where Poor Children Are Maintained At Public Expense to Place Such Children in Charge of Suitable Persons and Providing for the Adoption of Such Children.
Act No. 1669
July 08, 1907
An Act to Annex the Municipalities of the Late Province of Romblon to the third Assembly District of Capiz for the Purposes of the Election to Be Held July thirtieth, Nineteen Hundred and Seven, and Amending the Election Law By Reducing the Number of Delegates to the Philippine Assembly to Eighty and Redistricting the Province of Capiz for the Assembly Election to Be Held in Nineteen Hundred and Nine and thereafter.
Act No. 1668
July 05, 1907
An Act Appropriating the Sum of Two Hundred and Twenty thousand Two Hundred and Seventy-Four 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. 1667
July 05, 1907
An Act to Amend Section Sixty-One of Act Numbered thirteen Hundred and Ninety-Seven,Entitled "the Township Government Act."
Act No. 1666
July 02, 1907
An Act Appropriating One Hundred thousand Pesos From the Congressional Relief Fund to Be Loaned Under Certain Conditions to the Provinces and Municipalities of the Philippine Islands for Public Works.
Act No. 1665
July 02, 1907
An Act to Annex the Province of Romblon to the Province of Capiz.
Act No. 1664
June 29, 1907
An Act to Provide a Method of Equalization and Revaluation of Land Assessments and Annual Rental Values in the Province of Samar.
Act No. 1663
June 27, 1907
An Act Renewing: Certain Appropriations in Acts Numbered Fifteen Hundred and Twenty-Seven. Fifteen Hundred and Forty-Six, Sixteen Hundred and Sixty, and Sixteen Hundred and Sixty-One Until Such Time as the Regular Appropriations for the Fiscal Year Nineteen Hundred and Eight Shall Have Been Made.
Act No. 1662
June 27, 1907
An Act Making Appropriations for Certain Public Works, Permanent Improvements, and Other Purposes of the Insular Government.
Act No. 1661
June 27, 1907
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 Seven, and for Other Related Purposes.
Act No. 1660
June 27, 1907
An Act Making Additional Appropriations for Sundry Expenses of the Insular Government for the Fiscal Year Ending June thirtieth, Nineteen Hundred and Seven, and Other Periods.
Act No. 1659
May 18, 1907
An Act Amending Act Numbered Fourteen Hundred and Fifty-Nine, Entitled "the Corporation Law," as Amended, By Exempting Certain Corporations Operating Under Special Franchises Granted By the Philippine Commission From Compliance With the Provisions of Certain Sections of Said Law.
Act No. 1658
May 18, 1907
An Act to Provide for the Granting of a Franchise to Construct, Maintain, and Operate Telephone and Telegraph Systems and to Carry on Other Electrical Transmission Business in and Between the Provinces, Cities, and Municipalities of the Island of Luzon.
Act No. 1657
May 18, 1907
An Act to Amend Section Five of Act Numbered thirteen Hundred and Sixty So as to Authorize the City of Manila to Lease or Sell for Hotel Purposes the Tract of Land on the Luneta Extension Described in Said Section, and Providing the Terms and Conditions Upon Which Bidding for the Lease or Purchase of Said Land May Be Made, the Terms and Conditions Upon Which It May Be Leased or Sold, and for Other Purposes.
Acts No. 1656
May 18, 1907
An Act Appropriating the Sum of Four Hundred thousand Pesos, in Addition to the Sum Appropriated By Act Numbered Fifteen Hundred and Forty-Seven, for the Construction of the Sewer and Water-Supply Systems in the City of Manila.
Act No. 1655
May 18, 1907
An Act for Preventing the Manufacture, Sale, or Transportation of Adulterated or Misbranded or Poisonous or Deleterious Foods, Drugs, Medicines, and Liquors, and for Regulating Traffic therein, and for Other Purposes.
Act No. 1654
May 18, 1907
An Act to Provide for the Leasing of Reclaimed Land for Commercial Purposes, for the Leasing of the Foreshore and Lands Under Water, and to Regulate the Construction of Bridges Over Navigable Waterways.
Act No. 1653
May 18, 1907
An Act to Amend Act Numbered Fifteen Hundred and Eleven, Entitled "the Philippine Road Law," By Enabling Municipalities to Avail themselves of Its Provisions in the Absence of a Provincial Vote of Acceptance and By Enabling- Provinces and Municipalities to Avail themselves of Its Provisions for a Limited Period of Time.
Act No. 1652
May 18, 1907
An Act to Amend Act Numbered Eighty-three By Enabling Provincial Boards to Increase the Amount of the Cedula Tax and Apply the Increased Revenue to the Construction, Repair, and Maintenance of Roads and Bridges, and Amending Sections One Hundred and Twenty-One and One Hundred and Forty-Nine of Act Numbered Eleven Hundred and Eighty-Nine to Correspond.
Act No. 1651
May 18, 1907
An Act to Authorize Graduates of Certain Schools of Medicine and Pharmacy in the Philippine Islands to Practice Medicine and Surgery and Pharmacy Without Taking the Examinations Prescribed By Acts Numbered three Hundred and Ten and Five Hundred and Ninety-Seven, Respectively, and for Other Purposes.
Act No. 1650
May 17, 1907
An Act Appropriating the Sum of One Hundred and Seventy thousand Pesos From the Funds Realized From the Sale of Public-Improvement Bonds Authorized By Act Numbered Fourteen Hundred and Forty-Four for the Purpose of Improving the Port of Iloilo.
Act No. 1649
May 17, 1907
An Act Declaring All of the Territory Comprised in the Island of Marinduque a Subprovince of Tayabas, and for Other Purposes.
Act No. 1648
May 16, 1907
An Act Further to Amend Act Numbered Four Hundred and Ninety-Six, Entitled "An Act to Provide for the Adjudication and Registration of Titles to Lands in the Philippine Islands," So as to Provide for the Taking of Evidence and the Making of Findings of Fact in Certain Land-Registration Cases By Judges of the Courts of First Instance, to Empower Judges of the Court of Land Registration to Grant Injunctions, to Establish a Fixed Table of Fees for Registration Cases, and for Other Purposes.
Act No. 1647
May 16, 1907
An Act Amending Section Seven Hundred and Eighty-Nine of Act Numbered One Hundred and Ninety, Providing for Fees for Governors, Sheriffs, and Other Persons Serving Process.
Act No. 1646
May 15, 1907
An Act Establishing a New Boundary Line Between the Subprovince of Amburayan and the Provinces of Ilocos Sur and La Union, Making the Municipality of Tagudin the Capital of the Subprovince of Amburayan, and Fixing the Powers and Duties of Provincial Officers and Provincial Boards in Provinces Organized Under the Special Provincial Government Act Relative to Municipalities Organized Under the Municipal Code.
Act No. 1645
May 14, 1907
An Act to Legalize Municipal Elections, Heretofore Held Under the Provisions of Act Numbered Eighty-Two, on and After January Fifteenth, Nineteen Hundred and Seven.
Act No. 1644
May 14, 1907
An Act Repealing Act Numbered thirteen Hundred and Seventy-Five, Entitled "An Act Providing that One Fiscal Shall Perform the Duties of Fiscal for the Provinces of La Union and Zambales, Repealing the Provisions of Law Authorizing a Separate Fiscal for Each of Said Provinces, Fixing the Salary for the Fiscal of the Two Provinces, and Making Provisions for Traveling Expenses of Such Fiscal," Providing for the Performance of the Duties of the Fiscal for the Province of La Union, and Providing that the Attorney-General May Designate Any Assistant Attorney or Fiscal to Perform the Duties of Fiscal for the Province of Zambales.
Act No. 1643
May 10, 1907
An Act Extending the Time for the Payment of the Cedula Tax for the Year Nineteen Hundred and Seven in the Township of Imunan, Province of Nueva VIzcaya.
Act No. 1642
May 09, 1907
An Act Providing for the Establishment of Two Subprovinoes to Be Known as the Subprovince of Kalinga and the Subprovince of Apayao.
Act No. 1641
May 06, 1907
An Act Granting to the City of Manila the Right to Institute Condemnation Proceedings for the Expropriation of Land in the Province of Rizal Necessary for the Main for the New Water System for the City of Manila.
Act No. 1640
May 03, 1907
An Act Authorizing the Postal Savings Bank Investment Board to Make Loans From Funds Available for Investment to Provinces of the Philippine Islands, Under Guarantee of the Insular Government.
Act No. 1639
May 01, 1907
An Act to Prohibit the Sale, Gift, or Other Disposal of Any Intoxicating Liquor, Other than the So-Called Native Wines and Liquors, to Any Member of a Non-Christian Tribe Within the Meaning of Act Numbered thirteen Hundred and Ninety-Seven, and to Prohibit the Use of Such Liquor By Any Member of Such a Tribe.
Act No. 1638
April 30, 1907
An Act Providing for the Retirement of Officers and Enlisted Men of the Philippines Constabulary on Part Pay After Twenty or More Years of Satisfactory Service, and Amending Act Numbered Six Hundred and Nineteen.
Act No. 1637
April 30, 1907
An Act Providing for Loans of Sixty thousand Pesos, Seventy-Five thousand Pesos, and Sixty thousand Pesos to the Provinces of Tayabas, Rizal, and La Laguna, Respectively, for the Construction of Provincial Government Buildings.
Act No. 1636
April 30, 1907
An Act to Aid Commercial Interests By Providing Ways and Means for the Transmission of Money Within the Islands through the Sale of Demand Drafts and Telegraphic Transfers By the Insular Treasurer and Provincial Treasurers.
Act No. 1635
April 26, 1907
An Act to Amend Act Numbered Fourteen Hundred and Eighteen, Providing for a Loan of thirty-Five thousand Pesos to the Province of Albay, By Increasing the Amount of Said Loan to Sixty thousand Pesos and Extending the Time of Repayment thereof.
Act No. 1634
April 26, 1907
An Act Providing that Municipal and Township Privileges Shall Be Let Annually or for a Longer Period, Not Exceeding Five Years, to the Highest and Best Bidders Under Certain Conditions.
Act No. 1633
April 26, 1907
An Act Separating From the Municipality of VIgan, Province of Ilocos Sur, the Former Municipality of Santa Catalina, Reestablishing It as a New Municipality and Giving It the Territory of Which It Was Constituted Prior to the Passage of Act Numbered Nine Hundred and thirty-Four.
Act No. 1632
April 25, 1907
An Act to Authorize Graduates of the Philippine Medical School Who Receive therefrom the Degree of Doctor of Medicine to Practice Medicine and Surgery in the Philippine Islands Without Taking the Examination Prescribed By Act Numbered three Hundred and Ten, and to Establish Certain Free Scholarships in the Philippine Medical School to Be Awarded Upon Competitive Examinations, and for Other Purposes.
Act No. 1631
April 25, 1907
An Act to Amend Section Fifteen of Act Numbered Seven Hundred and Eighty-Seven, Entitled "An Act Providing for the Organization and Government of the Moro Province."
Act No. 1630
March 30, 1907
An Act Amending Section Seventy of Act Numbered Fourteen Hundred and Fifty-Nine, Entitled "the Corporation Law," as Amended, By Extending the Time Within Which Foreign Corporations Shall Comply With the Provisions of Said Act.
Act No. 1628
March 30, 1907
An Act Extending the Time for Filing Declarations of Property and for Paying Property Taxes for Nineteen Hundred and Six Without Penalty in Townships Organized Under the Township Government Act.
Act No. 1627
March 30, 1907
An Act to Amend Certain Sections, of General Orders, Numbered Fifty-Eight, Series of Nineteen Hundred, and Certain Sections of Acts Numbered Eighty-Two, One Hundred and thirty-Six, One Hundred and Eighty-three as Amended, One Hundred and Ninety, One Hundred and Ninety-Four as Amended, Seven Hundred and Eighty-Seven as Amended: Also to Repeal Acts Numbered Five Hundred and Ninety as Amended, Nine Hundred and Ninety-Two, and Fourteen Hundred and Fifty, and Designed to Unify the System of Justice of the "Peace Courts, Clarify Existing Legislation Relative thereto and Further Increase the Efficiency thereof.
Act No. 1626
March 29, 1907
An Act Amending- Act Numbered Nine Hundred and thirty-Nine, Entitled "An Act Reducing the thirty Municipalities of the Province of La Laguna to Nineteen," as Amended By Act Numbered One thousand and Eight, By Changing the Seat of the Municipal Government of the Municipality of Los Baños to Bay.
Act No. 1625
March 27, 1907
An Act Increasing the Number of Municipalities in the Province of Rizal From Seventeen to Nineteen, By Separating From San Felipe Neri the Former Municipality of San Juan Del Monte and From Parañaque the Former Municipality of Las Piñas, Giving to Each the Territory Which It Comprised Prior to the Passage of Act Numbered Nine Hundred and Forty-Two, and Providing for the Distribution of Funds in the Municipal Treasuries of Said Municipalities.
Act No. 1624
March 27, 1907
An Act Increasing the Number of Municipalities in the Sub-Province of Abra, Province of Ilocos Sur, From Five to Six, By Separating From Bangued the Former Municipality of Tayum, Giving the Latter the Territory Which It Comprised Prior to the Passage of Act Numbered One thousand and One and Providing for the Distribution of Funds in the Municipal Treasury of Bangued, Resulting From the Separation From Bangued of the Former Municipality of Tayum.
Act No. 1623
March 27, 1907
An Act Increasing the Number of Municipalities in the Province of Tarlac From Ten, as Established By Act Numbered Fifteen Hundred and Fifty-Five, to Eleven, and Separating From the Municipality of Paniqui the Barrios of San Roman, Legaspi, San Agustin, and Salcedo, and Annexing them to the Municipality of Moncada.
Act No. 1622
March 27, 1907
An Act Providing for the Cancellation, Under Certain Conditions, of the Unpaid Balances Remaining on Loans Made By the Insular Government to the Provinces of Capiz, Batangas, Iloilo, and Romblon.
Act No. 1621
March 27, 1907
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 and Seven Shall Be One and One-Half Per Centum thereof
Act No. 1620
March 22, 1907
An Act Amending Act Numbered Fourteen Hundred and Ninety-three, Entitled "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. 1619
March 21, 1907
An Act Increasing the Number of Municipalities in the Province of Bulacan From Fourteen to Fifteen, By Separating From Baliuag the Former Municipality of San Rafael, Giving the Latter the Territory Which It Comprised Prior to the Passage of Act Numbered Nine Hundred and thirty-Two, and Providing for the Distribution of Funds in the Municipal Treasury of Baliuag Resulting From the Separation From Baliuag of the Former Municipality of San Rafael.
Act No. 1618
March 20, 1907
An Act Increasing the Number of Municipalities in the Province of Misamis From Ten to Eleven, By Separating From Talisayan the Former Municipality of Gingoog, Giving the Latter the Territory Which It Comprised Prior to the Passage of Act Numbered Nine Hundred and Fifty-One, and Providing for the Distribution of Funds in the Municipal Treasury of Talisayan Resulting From the Separation From Talisayan of the Former Municipality of Gingoog.
Act No. 1617
March 20, 1907
An Act Providing for the Establishment and Maintenance of Toll Roads and Bridges.
Act No. 1616
March 19, 1907
An Act Changing the Name of the Municipality of Almeria, Province of Leyte, to that of Kawayan, and Transferring the Seat of Its Municipal Government to the Present Barrio of Kawayan; Also Changing the Name of the Municipality of San Ricardo, in the Said Province, to that of Pintuyan, and Transferring the Seat of ;Ts Municipal Government to the Present Barrio of Pintuyan.
Act No. 1615
March 19, 1907
An Act Providing for the Cancellation of Official Bonds of Registrars of Property and Relieving their Sureties From Responsibility on Such Bonds Executed Prior to August thirteenth, Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Eight.
Act No. 1614
March 18, 1907
An Act Amending Section One of Act Numbered thirteen Hundred and Ninety-three, Entitled "An Act Providing for the Widening of the streets and the Adjustment of Ownership of Land Located Within Certain Specified Limits in the Municipality of Cebu, Province of Cebu," By Providing a Change in the Personnel of the Committee Appointed By of the Philippine Commission of March Twenty-First, Nineteen Hundred and Five, and Inserting a New Paragraph in Said Act Authorizing Clerical Assistance.
Act No. 1613
March 14, 1907
An Act Amending Act Numbered three Hundred and Eight, Entitled "An Act Providing for the Establishment of Municipal Boards of Health and Fixing their Powers and Duties."
Act No. 1612
March 14, 1907
An Act Increasing the Number of Municipalities in the Province of Occidental Negros From Twenty-One to Twenty-Two, By Separating From Hog the Former Municipality of Cavancalan and Reconstituting the Same Under the Name of Kabankalan.
Act No. 1611
March 14, 1907
An Act Amending Paragraph (E) of Section Twenty-One of Act Numbered Eighty-Two, Known as "the Municipal Code," as Amended, So as to Authorize the Deposit of Municipal Funds By Any Municipality in Any Duly Authorized Depository of the Government of the Philippine Islands Located in Such Municipality.
Act No. 1610
March 14, 1907
An Act to Prescribe Penalties for Failure to Carry Proper Officers on Philippine Vessels.
Act No. 1609
March 14, 1907
An Act Amending Act Numbered Fourteen Hundred and Seven, Known as "the Reorganization Act," By Abolishing; the Bureau of Cold storage as a Separate Bureau, and Constituting the Same a Division of the Bureau of Supply.
Act No. 1608
March 13, 1907
An Act for the Relief of the Estate of thomas Hardeman, Deceased, Late Treasurer of Pangasinan Province.
Act No. 1607
March 13, 1907
An Act to Place Army Officers Serving With the Philippines Constabulary Under the Provisions of Act Numbered One thousand and Forty, in Regard to Leave Privileges.
Act No. 1606
March 12, 1907
An Act Amending Act Numbered One Hundred and Forty-Six, Relating to the Duties of the Purchasing Agent, By Declaring the Manner in Which Estimates Are to Be Submitted and Purchases Made thereunder.
Act No. 1605
March 12, 1907
An Act Forbidding, Under Penalty, Bonded Officers or Bonded Employees, or Former Bonded Officers or Bonded Employees, of the Insular Government, or of Any Provincial or Municipal Government in the Philippine Islands, or of the City of Manila, From Leaving or Attempting to Leave the Philippine Islands Without First Securing a Certificate From the Insular Auditor, and Repealing Act Numbered Eleven Hundred and Sixty-One.
Act No. 1604
March 12, 1907
An Act Amending Act Numbered Seven Hundred and Fifteen, Entitled "An Act Reducing the Twenty-Four Municipalities of the Province of Oriental Negros to Fourteen," By Transferring the Seat of the Municipal Government of the Municipality of Dauin From Zamboanguita to Dauin and that of the Municipality of Tayasan From Tayasan to Jimalalud.
Act No. 1603
March 12, 1907
An Act Transferring, Under Certain Conditions, to the Respective School Funds of the Provinces of La Union, Nueva Ecija, and Sorsogon, Certain Amounts Due From Said Provinces to the Insular Government.
Act No. 1602
March 13, 1907
An Act Amending1 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. 1601
March 11, 1907
An Act for the Relief of the Province of Bataan By Canceling, Under Certain Conditions, the Indebtedness of the Province in the Sum of Six thousand Pesos, and Providing for a New Loan of Six thousand Pesos to Said Province for General Provincial Purposes.
Act No. 1600
March 11, 1907
An Act to Amend Acts Numbered Eighty-three and thirteen Hundred and Ninety-Six for Enabling Provincial Governments to Purchase and Convey Real Estate.
Act No. 1599
March 09, 1907
An Act to Amend Act Numbered Fifteen Hundred and thirty-Seven By Providing- that No Races Shall Be Held on thursday or Friday of What Is Commonly Called "Holy Week," But that in Lieu thereof Races May Be Held on the Two Next Succeeding Days.
Act No. 1598
March 09, 1907
Act Act Amending Certain Subsections of Section Five of Act Numbered One Hundred and thirty-Six, as Amended By Acts Numbered Eight Hundred and Sixty-Seven, and Eleven Hundred and Eighty-Four, By Modifying the Provisions Relating to the Leave of Absence of Judges, and the Provision Relating to the Court Vacation of the Supreme Court.
Act No. 1597
February 28, 1907
An Act Repealing Act Numbered Five Hundred and Fifty-three, and Amending Paragraph One of Section thirteen of Act Numbered One Hundred and Ninety, So as to Authorize Certain Persons to Practice Law in the Philippine Islands Without Examination.
Act No. 1596
February 25, 1907
An Act Amending Act Numbered One Hundred and Ninety, Entitled "An Act Providing a Code of Procedure in Civil Actions and Special Proceedings in the Philippine Islands," By Providing that Where a Motion for a New Trial Is Made on the Ground that the Evidence Is Insufficient to Justify the An Exception May Be Taken to the Order of the Trial Court Overruling Such Motion, and Providing that in the Hearing of a Bill of Exceptions Based thereon the Supreme Court May Review the Evidence Adduced At the Trial and Affirm, Reverse, or Modify By a Preponderance of the Evidence the Judgment of the Court Below.
Act No. 1595
February 21, 1907
An Act Amending Act Numbered Fifteen Hundred and Eighty-Eight, Entitled "An Act Increasing the Number of Municipalities in the Province of Bulacan From thirteen to Fourteen, By Separating From Polo the Former Municipality of Obando and Giving the Latter the Territory Which It Comprised Prior to the Passage of Act Numbered Nine Hundred and thirty-Two." By Providing that the Distribution of Funds in the Municipal Treasury of Polo, Resulting From the Separation From Polo of the Former Municipality of Obando, Snail He Made as of the Date of the Enactment of Said Act Numbered Fifteen Hundred and Eighty-Eight.
Act No. 1594
February 15, 1907
An Act Reserving for the Exclusive Use of the Government the Fishing Rights in the Waters of the Bay Along the Shore Line of the Eastern Boundary of the Iwahig Penal Colony for a Distance Seaward of One and One-Quarter statute Miles.
Act No. 1593
February 15, 1907
An Act to Amend Section Two of Act Numbered Twelve Hundred Amending and Ninety-Eight, as Amended By Act Numbered Fourteen Hundred and Seventy, By Extending the Time for the Redemption of Real Property Heretofore Forfeited and Deeded to Municipalities for Nonpayment of Taxes, and Providing for the Redemption of Real Property So Forfeited and Deeded During the Year Nineteen Hundred and Seven.
Act No. 1592
February 14, 1907
An Act Amending Act Numbered Twelve Hundred and Fifty-Eight, Entitled "An Act Making Additional Provisions to those Contained in Act Numbered One Hundred and Ninety, Relating to the Exercise of the Right of Eminent Domain in Cases Where the Exercise of Such Power Is Invoked By a Railroad Corporation for the Purposes of Constructing, Extending, or Operating Its Line."
Act No. 1591
February 13, 1907
An Act to Amend Acts Numbered Fifteen Hundred and Seven and Fifteen Hundred and Twenty-Seven, By Removing the Employees of the Office of the Supervising Railway Expert From the Bureau of Public Works and Establishing It as a Separate and Independent Office, and Making Additional Appropriation for the Office of the Supervising Railway Expert.
Act No. 1590
February 12, 1907
An Act Repealing Act Numbered Fourteen Hundred and Seventy-three, Entitled "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," and Providing that One Fiscal Shall Perform the Duties of Fiscal for the Provinces of Tarlac and Nueva Ecija, Abolishing the Office of Fiscal of the Latter Province and that of Fiscal for the Provinces of Pampanga and Tarlac as Heretofore Authorized By Law, and Re-Creating the Office of Fiscal for the Province of Pampanga.
Act No. 1589
February 01, 1907
An Act Granting the Manila Suburban Railways Company An Extension of Time Within Which to Complete that Portion of Its Line Eastward of Fort William Mckinley, Granting the Right to Build a Branch Line From Any Point Along Its Present Line Eastward of the Barrio of San Pedro Macati. in a Southerly Direction to the Town of Taguig and to the Laguna De Bay; and Granting the Right to Transport Freight, Express Packages, Baggage, and the Mails Over Its Lines, Under Reasonable Regulations, and to Make Reasonable Charges for the Same.
Act No. 1588
January 25, 1907
An Act Increasing the Number of Municipalities in the Province of Bulacan From thirteen to Fourteen, By Separating From Polo the Former Municipality of Obando and Giving the Latter the Territory Which It Comprised Prior to the Passage of Act Numbered Nine Hundred and thirty-Two.
Act No. 1587
January 25, 1907
An Act Amending Act Numbered Four Hundred and thirteen, Entitled "An Act Providing for the Control and Management of Provincial Jails and of the Prisoners therein," So as to Empower Provincial Boards to Cause Prisoners to Clean, Care For, or Repair Public Buildings and Grounds.
Act No. 1586
January 21, 1907
An Act Amending Section Seven Hundred and Eighty-Five of Act Numbered One Hundred and Ninety, Entitled "An Act Providing a Code of Procedure in Civil Actions and Special Proceedings in the Philippine Islands," So as to Permit Poor Persons to Prosecute or Defend Any Action or Special Proceeding in Courts of First Instance Without Being Required to Prepay Fees.
Act No. 1585
January 12, 1907
An Act Authorizing the Governor-General to Appoint a Committee to Decide the Last Protested Municipal Election Held in the Municipality of Malabon, Province of Rizal, on September Fifth, Nineteen Hundred and Six.
Act No. 1584
January 10, 1907
An Act Amending Section One of Act Numbered Fifteen Hundred and Fifty-Five, Increasing the Number of Municipalities in the Province of Tarlac.
Act No. 1583
January 10, 1907
An Act Repealing Act Numbered thirteen Hundred and Twenty-One, Entitled "An Act Abolishing the Office of Fiscal for the Province of Oriental Negros and Providing that the Duties of the Fiscal for that Province Shall Be Performed By the Fiscal of the Province of Cebu," and Act Numbered thirteen Hundred and Fifty-Nine, Amendatory thereof, and Re-Creating the Office of Fiscal for the Province of Oriental Negros.
Act No. 1582
January 09, 1907
An Act to Provide for the Holding of Elections in the Philippine Islands, for the Organization of the Philippine Assembly, and for Other Purposes.
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