Statutes

Acts - 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.

Acts - 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 DECISION 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.

Acts - 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.

Acts - 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.

Acts - 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.

Acts - 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."

Acts - 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.

Acts - 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.

Acts - 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.