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1917

55 acts in 1917

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  1. Dec 20, 1917 Act No. 2727 An Act Appropriating Funds for the Necessary Expenses of the Government of the Philippine Islands During the Fiscal Year Ending December thirty-First, Nineteen Hundred and Eighteen, and for Other Purposes.
  2. Dec 20, 1917 Act No. 2726 An Act Establishing Cases of Exception in the Application of the Death Penalty and for Other Purposes.
  3. Dec 18, 1917 Act No. 2725 An Act Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to Establish a School of Nursing in the Southern Islands Hospital Division, as a Dependency of the School of Nursing of the Philippine General Hospital, and for Other Purposes.
  4. Dec 7, 1917 Act No. 2724 An Act Authorizing the Separation of the Subprovince of Romblon From the Province of Capiz and the Reestablishment of the Former Province of Romblon, and for Other Purposes.
  5. Nov 28, 1917 Act No. 2723 An Act Providing for the Adoption of Necessary 'And Efficacious Measures for Increasing the Agricultural Production of Foodstuffs and Appropriating Funds for this Purpose.
  6. Aug 29, 1917 Act No. 2711 AN ACT AMENDING THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE.
  1. May 16, 1917 Act No. 2722 An Act to Provide for the Reservation of Certain Lands of the Public Domain on the Island of Sulu, the Usufruct thereof to Be Granted to the Sultan of Sulu and His Heirs.
  2. May 16, 1917 Act No. 2721 An Act to Authorize the Director of Forestry to Lease or Grant Permits for the Use of Forest Lands for Sawmills and Timber Depots, and for the Construction of Hotels, Sanatoria, Residences, Camps, Fishponds, Pastures, or Other Lawful Uses.
  3. May 16, 1917 Act No. 2720 An Act Authorizing George H. Fairchild to Organize a Corporation Under the Laws of the Philippine Islands, or of the United states of America or of Any state thereof, With Powers to Acquire and Hold for a Period Not to Exceed thirty Years Certain Lands Situated With the Province of Mindoro and to Construct and Operate An Irrigation and Drainage System thereon.
  4. May 14, 1917 Act No. 2719 An Act to Provide for the Leasing and Development of Coal Lands in the Philippine Islands.
  5. Mar 17, 1917 Act No. 2718 An Act to Amend the Final Section of the Administrative Code By striking From the List of Acts Repealed thereby, Act Numbered Sixteen Hundred and Ninety-Seven.
  6. Mar 17, 1917 Act No. 2717 An Act Amending Section thirteen of Act Numbered Twenty-Six Hundred and Fifty-Seven, Known as the "Administrative Code."
  7. Mar 17, 1917 Act No. 2716 An Act Amending Article Four Hundred and thirty-Seven of the Penal Code.
  8. Mar 17, 1917 Act No. 2715 An Act to Establish the Philippine Militia, Provide for the Enrollment of the Unorganized Militia, and the Formation, Organization and Government of the Organized Militia of the Philippine Islands, Appropriating Funds therefor, and for Other Purposes.
  9. Mar 17, 1917 Act No. 2714 An Act to Appropriate the Sum of Twelve thousand Pesos for Continuing the Manufacture and Distribution of "Tiqui-Tiqui" Extract Among the Indigent Classes in the Philippine Islands.
  10. Mar 17, 1917 Act No. 2713 An Act to Amend Section Two of Act Numbered Twenty-Six Hundred and thirteen, Entitled "An Act to Improve the Methods of Production and the Quality of Tobacco in the Philippines and to Develop the Export Trade therein."
  11. Mar 17, 1917 Act No. 2712 An Act to Amend Articles three Hundred and three Hundred and One of the Penal Code, Relative to the Falsification of Public, Official, and Commercial Documents.
  12. Mar 11, 1917 Act No. 2710 An Act to Establish Divorce.
  13. Mar 11, 1917 Act No. 2709 An Act to Provide for the Prosecution of All Persons Who Appear to Be Liable for a Crime and to Establish Conditions for the Discharge of Certain Accused Persons to Be Used as Government Witnesses.
  14. Mar 11, 1917 Act No. 2708 An Act to Regulate the Practice of the Optical Profession, to Create the Board of Optical Examiners, and for Other Purposes.
  15. Mar 11, 1917 Act No. 2707 An Act to Amend Section Twenty-One Hundred and Twenty-Six of the Administrative Code, Providing How Elective Municipal Offices Shall Be Filled When Vacant or When there Is No Successor.
  16. Mar 10, 1917 Act No. 2706 An Act Making the Inspection and Recognition of Private Schools and Colleges Obligatory for the Secretary of Public Instruction, and for Other Purposes.
  17. Mar 10, 1917 Act No. 2705 An Act to Create the National Coal Company.
  18. Mar 10, 1917 Act No. 2704 An Act Making Appropriations for Public Works and Permanent Improvements.
  19. Mar 9, 1917 Act No. 2703 An Act Confirming and Validating the Action of the stockholders and Officers of the Manila Hotel Company in Issuing the Last Five Hundred Shares of Capital stock of Said Corporation.