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4,191 acts · 1900–1935
1,891 acts from the 1900s
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- Act No. 1943 An Act Providing for the Relief of Persons Who Have Paid or Are Liable to Pay the Land Tax for Nineteen Hundred and Six or Subsequent Years Upon An Excessive or Erroneous Assessment.
- Act No. 1942 An Act Providing the Means Whereby Poor Defendants in Courts of First Instance Shall Be Defended Free of Cost With Certain Exceptions.
- Act No. 1941 An Act Creating a Code Committee to Revise and Amend the Civil, Commercial, Penal, and Procedure Codes in Force in the Philippine Islands and to Prepare New Codes on Said Subjects, Making Necessary Appropriation for the Same, and for Other Purposes.
- Act No. 1940 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS TWENTY-FIVE, TWENTY- SEVEN, THIRTY-SIX, SEVENTY-FOUR AND NINETY-ONE OF ACT NUMBERED ELEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-NINE, ENTITLED "THE INTERNAL REVENUE LAW OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FOUR," BY IMPOSING INTERNAL-REVENUE TAXES ON WINES AND IMITATIONS OF WINES AND ON CERTAIN ARTICLES IMPORTED INTO THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, BY PERMITTING THE REMOVAL OF DISTILLED SPIRITS FROM DISTILLERIES OR BONDED WAREHOUSES FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS WITHOUT THE PAYMENT OF TAX, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
- Act No. 1939 An Act Adding a Proviso to Subsection (B) of Section Twelve of Act Numbered Seventeen Hundred and Ninety-One, Entitled "An Act to Amend in Certain Respects Act Numbered Eighty-Two, Known as the 'Municipal Code' " By Providing Tliat the Municipal Council May, in Its Discretion, Extend the Time for the Payment, Without Penalty, of Certain License Taxes.
- Act No. 1938 An Act Authorizing the Appointment of Certain High School students as Government Pupils While Pursuing a Course of Training for Teaching, and Authorizing Expenditure for Such Pupils From Funds Designated By Section Twenty-Six of Act Numbered Seventeen Hundred and Sixty-One, as Amended.
- Act No. 1937 An Act Amending Section Five of Act Numbered Eighteen Hundred and Seventy-Five, Entitled "An Act Amending Act Numbered Tour Hundred and Ninety-Six, Entitled 'the Land Registration Act,' and Other Acts Relating- thereto, to Give Greater Facilities for Obtaining Titles and the Registration of Property in the Philippine Islands, Appropriating the Sum of Two Hundred and Five thousand Pesos for the Judiciary and One Hundred and Fifty thousand Pesos for the Bureau of Lands to Meet the Additional Expenses Involved, and for Other Purposes," By Providing that those Who Have Practiced their Profession of Surveyor in the Philippine Islands Prior to June First, Nineteen Hundred and Nine, Under Certain Conditions, Shall Be Authorized By the Director of Lands to Make Surveys for the Court of Land Registration Without Examination, and Providing for the Suspension of Fees the Payment Whereof Is Prescribed in Section One Hundred and Fourteen of Act Numbered Four Hundred and Ninety-Six, as Amended By Section Seven of Act Numbered Sixteen Hundred and Forty-Eight, Except the Fees of the Sheriff and the Registrar of Property, on All Property Not Exceeding Five Hundred Pesos in Value, Under Certain Conditions.
- Act No. 1936 An Act to Amend Subsection Five of Section One Hundred and Forty-Four of Act Numbered Eleven Hundred and Eighty-Nine, Entitled "the Internal Revenue Law of Nineteen Hundred and Four," as Amended, By Fixing the License Tax for Proprietors of theaters Located Outside of the City of Manila.
- Act No. 1935 An Act Providing for the Consolidation of All Libraries Belonging to Any Branch of the Philippine Insular Government for the Creation of "the Philippines Library," and for the Maintenance and Regulation of the Same, and for Other Purposes.
- Act No. 1934 An Act Amending Section Six Hundred and Fourteen 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," By Fixing Eighteen Years as the Minimum Age At Which a Person May Make a Will.
- Act No. 1933 An Act Adding New Matter to Section Seven of Act Numbered Eleven Hundred and Twenty and Amending Sections Nine and Eleven of Said Act, as Amended By Act Numbered Eighteen Hundred And' Forty-Seven, and for Other Purposes.
- Act No. 1932 AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE EXPENDITURE WITHIN THE MUNICIPALITY WHERE COLLECTED OF AT LEAST THIRTY PER CENTUM OF THE ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF THE CEDULA TAX IN PROVINCES WHOSE PROVINCIAL BOARDS SHALL HAVE PROVIDED BY RESOLUTION THAT THE CEDULA TAX BE INCREASED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ACT NUMBERED SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-TWO.
- Act No. 1931 An Act to Provide for the Establishment of Classes for Training in Nursing in the Philippine Normal School, and Appropriating the Sum'Of Twenty thousand Pesos for Such Purpose.
- Act No. 1930 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FORTY-NINE OF ACT NUMBERED EIGHTY-TWO, ENTITLED "THE MUNICIPAL CODE," BY PROVIDING THAT BOARDS OF TAX ASSESSORS SHALL INCLUDE ONE MEMBER APPOINTED BY THE PROVINCIAL BOARD INSTEAD OF A SPECIALLY AUTHORIZED DEPUTY OF THE PROVINCIAL TREASURER, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
- Act No. 1929 An Act to Change the Date for Commencing Future Annual Sessions of the Philippine Legislature.
- Act No. 1928 An Act Authorizing Provincial Boards to Extend the Time for the Payment of the Land Tax in their Respective Provinces, Without Penalty, for the Year Nineteen Hundred and Nine Until August thirty-First, Nineteen Hundred and Nine.
- Act No. 1927 An Act Making An Addition to Section One of Act Numbered Eighteen Hundred and thirty-Nine, Providing that the third Members of Provincial Boards, Created By Act Numbered Fifteen Hundred and Forty-Five, Shall Be Reimbursed their Actual and Necessary Traveling Expenses When Attending the Sessions of the Provincial Board, If Such Members Reside At a Place Other than the Seat of the Provincial Government.
- Act No. 1926 An Act Authorizing the Municipality of Iloilo to Incur An Indebtedness of One Hundred and Fifty thousand Dollars in Money of the United states, and to Issue Bonds Covering the Amount of Said Indebtedness, Payable in Gold Coin of the "United states, for the Purpose of Providing Funds to Construct Necessary Sewer and Drainage Facilities, to Secure a Sufficient Supply of Water and Necessary Buildings for Primary Public Schools in Said Municipality, Pursuant to the Provisions of Sections Sixty-Six, Sixty-Seven, Sixty-Eight, and Sixty-Nine of the Act of Congress 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."
- Act No. 1925 An Act to Amend Act Numbered Eleven Hundred and Twenty-Four, Entitled "An Act to Provide Medical Attendance on Civil Officers and Employees At Isolated Points When Life Is in Jeopardy," By Providing that the Traveling Expenses of the Attending Physician or Nurse Shall in Each Case Be Paid By the Bureau or Office With Which the Patient Is Connected.
- Act No. 1924 An Act Extending the Benefits of Act Numbered Eighteen , Hundred and Fifty-Seven to Male and Female Teachers of Municipalities and of Townships Inhabited By Christian Tribes in Mindoro and Palawan, and in the Subprovince of Abra.
- Act No. 1923 An Act to Amend Section thirteen of Act Numbered Seventeen Hundred and three, By Further Extending the Conditions Upon Which Municipal Prisoners May Be Confined in Provincial Jails.
- Act No. 1922 An Act Empowering the Speaker of the Philippine Assembly to Grant in His Discretion and Under Certain Conditions to Employees of the Philippine Assembly Privileges Similar to those Granted to Employees of the Classified Civil Service of the Government of the Philippine Islands By the Revised Civil Service Act.
- Act No. 1921 An Act Amending Sections Sixteen and Seventeen of Act Numbered Five Hundred and Ninety-Seven, Entitled "An Act Regulating the Practice of Pharmacy in the Philippine Islands."
- Act No. 1920 An Act Prohibiting and Penalizing the Purchase From the Government By Any Public Official or Employee of Any Real Property Sold By the Government for the Nonpayment of Any Public Tax.
- Act No. 1919 An Act Amending Section thirty-Four 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," By Requiring Certain Conditions in Order that Persons Not Duly Authorized to Practice Law May Appear for and Defend Other Persons in Justice of the Peace Courts.