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1940s

563 orders from the 1940s

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  1. Dec 4, 1940 Executive Order No. 310 (1940) Creating the Philippines Heraldry Committee to Make a Study Of, and Recommend Ways and Means For, the Adoption of the Coat-Of-Arms of the Different Political Subdivisions, Provinces, Cities, and Semi-Governmental Institutions.
  2. Nov 22, 1940 Executive Order No. 309 (1940) Amending Further Executive Order No. 47, Dated July 7, 1936 as Amended By Executive Order No. 294, Dated August 5, 1940, Fixing the Width of Road and Street Rights-Of-Way Through Public Land.
  3. Nov 7, 1940 Executive Order No. 308 (1940) Creating a Committee to Revise and Codify the Existing Substantive Laws of the Philippines, and Providing for the Expenses to Be Incurred Thereby.
  4. Oct 22, 1940 Executive Order No. 307 (1940) Prescribing Rules and Regulations to Govern the Employment of Common and Semiskilled Laborers in Public Works, Supplementing for This Purpose the Provisions of Executive Order No. 299, Dated August 19, 1940.
  5. Oct 21, 1940 Executive Order No. 306 (1940) Revising Executive Order No. 73, Series of 1936, Establishing and Classifying Airports and Landing Fields as Amended By Executive Order No. 136, Dated December 31, 1937.
  6. Oct 19, 1940 Executive Order No. 305 (1940) Designating Provincial, City, and Municipal Treasurers, Librarians of the Branches of the National Library, and Principals of Central Schools to Sell and Distribute Government Publications.
  1. Oct 8, 1940 Executive Order No. 304 (1940) Creating Investigating Committees on Veterans’ Pension, Requiring City and Municipal Treasurers to Perform Certain Duties in Connection With Such Pension and Enjoining All Officers and Employees of the Philippine Government to Render Necessary Assistance to Applicants Therefor.
  2. Sep 26, 1940 Executive Order No. 303 (1940) Promulgating Rules and Regulations Governing the Appointment and Supervision of Government Pensionados
  3. Sep 26, 1940 Executive Order No. 302 (1940) Superseding Executive Order Numbered Ninety-Three, as Amended By Executive Order Numbered One Hundred and Twenty-Six, Both Series of Nineteen Hundred and Thirty-Seven, Providing for the Control of Unused and Dormant Supplies and Equipment of the National Government and Prescribing the Procedure to Be Followed in Making Regular and Emergency Purchases of Supplies, Materials, Furniture and Equipment and in Ordering Repairs of Furniture and Equipment.
  4. Sep 10, 1940 Executive Order No. 301 (1940) Designating the Philippine National Bank as One of the Agencies to Carry Out the Objectives of Commonwealth Act Numbered Six Hundred.
  5. Sep 3, 1940 Executive Order No. 300 (1940) Placing the Bureau of Immigration Under the Supervision and Control of the Office of the President of the Philippines.
  6. Aug 19, 1940 Executive Order No. 299 (1940) Creating a National Social Security Administration and Revising Further, for This Purpose, Executive Order No. 139, Dated January 14, 1938, as Revised By Executive Order No. 188, Dated February 23, 1939, Executive Order No. 197, Dated March 24, 1939, and Executive Order No. 216, Dated July 28, 1939.
  7. Aug 12, 1940 Executive Order No. 298 (1940) Prohibiting the Automatic Renewal of Contracts, Requiring Public Bidding Before Entering Into New Contracts, and Providing Exceptions Therefor.
  8. Aug 12, 1940 Executive Order No. 297 (1940) Designating the National Trading Corporation as the Agency to Handle and Take Charge of All Government Activities Relating to the Promotion, Organization and Supervision of Cooperative or Mutual Aid Associations.
  9. Aug 12, 1940 Executive Order No. 296 (1940) Segregating From the Municipality of Jordan, Province of Iloilo, the Former Municipality of Nueva Valencia, and Organizing the Same Into An Independent Municipality Under the Name of Nueva Valencia, With the Seat of Government At the Barrio of Santa Ana.
  10. Aug 12, 1940 Executive Order No. 295 (1940) Segregating From the Municipality of Santa Barbara, Province of Iloilo, the Barrio of Zarraga and Organizing the Same Into a Separate Municipality Under the Name of Zarraga, With the Seat of Government At the Barrio of Zarraga.
  11. Aug 5, 1940 Executive Order No. 294 (1940) Amending Executive Order No. 47, Dated July 7, 1936, Fixing the Width of Road and Street Rights-Of-Way Through Public Land.
  12. Aug 5, 1940 Executive Order No. 293 (1940) Enjoining Provincial and Municipal Treasurers Who Are Appointed Agents of the Agricultural and Industrial Bank Even Without Compensation to Comply Faithfully With the Rules and Regulations or Instructions of the Bank and Not to Exact Unauthorized Fees From the Applicants for Loans.
  13. Aug 5, 1940 Executive Order No. 292 (1940) Establishing the Manila Port Area Rat-Proof Building Zone
  14. Aug 5, 1940 Executive Order No. 291 (1940) Creating the Philippine Exposition Commission to Manage and Direct the Exposition to Be Inaugurated in 1941
  15. Jul 8, 1940 Executive Order No. 290 (1940) Promulgating Rules and Regulations Governing the Giving of Security for Every Firearm Held Under the Provisions of Section 888 of the Revised Administrative Code.
  16. Jul 8, 1940 Executive Order No. 289 (1940) Revising Further Executive Order No. 72 Dated December 3, 1936, Establishing a Classification of Ports
  17. Jul 8, 1940 Executive Order No. 288 (1940) Reducing the Real Property Tax on Coconut Trees and Abaca Plants Due for the Year Nineteen Hundred and Forty and Remitting the Penalty of the First Installment of the Tax Due on All Real Property for the Year Nineteen Hundred and Forty in the City of Zamboanga, Subject to Certain Condition.
  18. Jul 8, 1940 Executive Order No. 287 (1940) Reducing the Real Property Tax on Coconut Trees and Abaca Plants Due for the Year Nineteen Hundred and Forty in the City of Davao.
  19. Jul 8, 1940 Executive Order No. 286 (1940) Revising Further Executive Order No. 135 Dated December 31, 1937, Establishing a Classification of Roads