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4,191 acts · 1900–1935
70 acts in May 1909
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- Act No. 1956 An Act Providing for the Suspension of Payments, the Relief of Insolvent Debtors, the Protection of Creditors, and the Punishment of Fraudulent Debtors.
- Act No. 1955 An Act Making Appropriations for Sundry Expenses of the Amending Insular Government for the Fiscal Year Ending June thirtieth, Nineteen Hundred and Ten, and Other Designated Periods.
- Act No. 1954 An Act Providing for the Issue of Bonds of the Government of the Philippine Islands to the Amount of One Million Five Hundred thousand Dollars, Gold Coin of the United states of the Present standard Value, for the Purpose of Providing Funds for Certain Public Works and Permanent Improvements for the Development of the Philippine Islands, Pursuant to the Provisions of Section Two of 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; Repealing a Portion of Section One of Act Numbered Sixteen Hundred and Eighty-Eight and a Portion of Section One of Act Numbered Seventeen Hundred and Fifty and a Portion of Section °Ne of Act Numbered Eighteen Hundred and thirty-Seven, Appropriating for Certain Public Works and Permanent Improvements Out of Bond Issue, Authorizing the Governor-General to Suspend for a Term Not to Exceed three Years All Accretions to Said Bond Sinking Fund and the Appropriations Made therefor, Making Appropriations for Certain Public Works and Permanent Improvements, and for Other Purposes.
- Act No. 1953 An Act Providing for the Free Transportation, Under Certain Conditions and Restrictions, of Certain Articles to the Lepers Kept At the Culion Leper Colony.
- Act No. 1952 An Act to Provide for the Establishment of the Province of Batanes; to Amend Paragraph Seven of Section Sixty-Eight of Act Numbered Eleven Hundred and Eighty-Nine in Certain Particulars; to Authorize the Provincial Board of the Province of Batanes, With the Approval of the Governor-General, to Extend the Time for the Payment Without Penalty of Taxes and Licenses; to Amend Section Five of Act Numbered Fifteen Hundred and Eighty-Two, Entitled "the Election Law," By Increasing the Number of Delegates to the Philippine Assembly to Eighty-One, and for Other Purposes.
- Act No. 1951 An Act to Amend Section One of Act Numbered thirteen Hundred and Eighty-One, Entitled "An Act to Amend Act Numbered Seven Hundred and Nine, Entitled 'An Act Prohibiting the Traffic in Intoxicating Liquors Within Certain Distances of Land Used By the United states for Military Purposes and At Certain Camps therein Named,' " as Amended By Acts Numbered Seven Hundred and Sixty and Eleven Hundred and Sixty-Nine, By Authorizing the Governor-General to Except From the Provisions of Said Act, as Amended, Localities Where Garrisons Are Composed of Philippines Scouts.
- Act No. 1950 An Act Providing that the Annual Tax on the Assessed Value of the Real Estate of the City of Manila for the Year Nineteen Hundred and Nine Shall Be One and One-Half Per Centum thereof.
- Act No. 1949 An Act Amending Subsection (A) of Section Nineteen and Subsections (E) and (F) of Section Twenty-Two of Act Numbered Eighty-Two, Known as "the Municipal Code," By Providing that a Councilor Shall Discharge the Duties and Receive the Salary of the Municipal President in Case of the Absence or Temporary Inability of the Municipal President and VIce-President, Under Certain Conditions, and for Other Purposes.
- Act No. 1948 An Act Amending, Supplementing and Explaining Certain Sections of Act Numbered Fifteen Hundred and Eighty-Two, Entitled "the Election Law."
- Act No. 1947 An Act to Ratify, and Confirm Certain Mining Concessions Granted Under Royal Decrees of the Kingdom of Spain, to Amend the Terms and Conditions of Said Concessions, and to Provide for their Registration.
- Act No. 1946 An Act Further Amending Section Twelve 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," a Amended By Providing for the Continuation of the Spanish Language as the Official Language of the Courts Until the First Day of January, Nineteen Hundred and thirteen, and for Other Purposes.
- Act No. 1945 An Act Providing the Time At Which All Acts of the Philippine Legislature Shall Take Effect.
- Act No. 1944 An Act Authorizing the Governor-General to Specify By Executive Order the Kinds of Native Wines or Liquors Which Shall Be Subject to the Prohibitions Contained in Sections Nine and Twenty-Four of Act Numbered Fifty-Nine, Entitled "the Manila Liquor Licenses Act," Act Numbered thirteen Hundred and Two, Entitled "An Act Prohibiting the Sale, Gift, or Other Disposal, in the Province of Cavite, to Soldiers of the United states Army and Sailors and Enlisted Men of the United states Navy and Marine Corps, of Any of the So-Called Native Wines or Liquors," and Act Numbered thirteen Hundred and Sixty-Nine, Entitled "An Act Prohibiting the Sale, Gift, or Other Disposal, in the Province of Zambales, to Soldiers of the United states Army and Sailors and Enlisted Men of the United states Navy and Marine Corps, of Any of the So-Called Native Wines or Liquors."
- 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.