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ACT NO. 1966 - AN ACT MAKING
APPLICABLE TO THAT PART OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS INHABITED BY MOROS OR
OTHER NON-CHRISTIAN TRIBES CERTAIN ACTS OF THE FIRST PHILIPPINE
LEGISLATURE, LEGALIZING, CONFIRMING, AND RATIFYING THE COLLECTION OF
TAXES AND ALL OTHER ACTION HERETOFORE TAKEN IN SAID TERRITORY UNDER THE
PROVISIONS OF ANY OF SAID ACTS, AND REPEALING ACT NUMBERED NINETEEN
HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE
Section 1.
No. 1804. Passed January 11, 1908, entitled "An Act to amend Act
Numbered Fifteen hundred and thirty-seven of the Philippine Commission,
as amended by Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and ninety-nine of the said
Commission, by providing that no horse racing shall be held on the
thirtieth day of May, known as "Memorial Day," or the thirtieth day of
December known as "Rizal Day," and appointing other days in their
stead."
No. 1806. Passed January 30, 1908, entitled "An Act to amend Act
Numbered Three hundred and fifty-five, entitled "An Act to constitute
the customs Service of the Philippine Archipelago and to provide for
the administration thereof," as amended, by providing that merchandise
in bond may be withdrawn for delivery on board vessels of the United
States and foreign vessels."
No. 1811. Passed February 24, 1908, entitled "An Act to amend Act
Numbered Fourteen hundred and ninety-three, entitled "An Act to
encourage economy and saving among the people of the Philippine
Islands, and to that end to provide for the establishment of Postal
Savings Banks and their administration through the organization of a
Postal Savings Bank division in the Bureau of Posts, and for other
purposes," by making provision for deposits made under Act Numbered
Seventeen hundred and eighty."
No. 1813. Passed March 24, 1908, entitled "An Act authorizing the
Governor-General to convey, under certain conditions and restrictions,
Insular property to provinces and municipalities of the Philippine
Islands, to be used for public-school purposes."
No. 1814. Passed March 24, 1908, entitled "An Act to amend section one
hundred and thirty-six of Act Numbered Three hundred and fifty- five,
known as the Philippine Customs Administrative Act, as amended by Act
Numbered Thirteen hundred and forty-one, and authorizing the Insular
Collector of Customs, with the approval of the Secretary of Finance and
Justice, to regulate the manifesting of coastwise cargoes in certain
particulars."
No. 1818. Passed April 30, 1908, entitled "An Act amending Act Numbered
'Three hundred and forty-five, entitled "An Act designating the days
which shall be observed as public holidays in the Philippine Islands,"
as amended, among others by Act Numbered Sixteen hundred and
seventy-one, so as to make the first day of May an official holiday and
to empower the Governor-General to make any working day an official
holiday, under certain conditions."
No. 1824. Passed May 18, 1908, entitled "An Act to fix the time for
making annual reports by the Directors of Bureaus and heads of Office
of the Insular Government, provincial governors, and the Municipal
Board of the city of Manila, and for other purposes."
No. 1825. Passed May 18, 1908, entitled "An Act to further amend
section eleven of Act Numbered Six hundred and nineteen, in order to
avoid the long delays that are frequently attendant upon summary court
trials in the constabulary."
No. 1829. Passed May 21, 1908, entitled "An Act providing for popular
civico-educational lectures in the municipalities and principally in
the barrios of the Philippine Islands."
No. 1833. Passed May 21, 1908, entitled "An Act to amend Act Numbered
One hundred and thirty-one, entitled "An Act providing for the
establishment of a Weather Bureau for the Philippine Islands and
appropriating eight thousand and sixty-six dollars and fifty cents, in
money of the United States, for the purchase of meteorological
instruments and apparatus and the installation of the same."
No. 1834. Passed May 21, 1908, entitled "An Act to amend sections
seven, nine, and one hundred and thirty of Act Numbered Fourteen
hundred and fifty-nine, known as the "The Corporation Law."
No. 1843. Passed June 1, 1908, entitled "An Act to amend Act Numbered
Fifteen hundred and nineteen, entitled "An Act to provide for
inspecting and sealing weights and measures and to regulate their use,"
so as to authorize the continued use of the English system of weights
and measures in the purchase and sale of manufactured lumber."
No. 1844. Passed June 1, 1908, entitled "An Act to amend section three
hundred and one of Act Numbered Three hundred and fifty-five of the
Philippine Commission, known as "An Act to constitute the Customs
Service of the Philippine Archipelago and to provide for the
administration thereof," as amended, in such manner as to prohibit the
importation of merchandise into any port in the Philippine Islands
other than an entry port, or in vessels or less than thirty tons
burden."
No. 1851. Passed June 9, 1908, entitled "An Act to provide for the
protection of rights of property in telegraphic messages, and to
prevent the forging or improper disclosure of telegrams."
No. 1854. Passed June 13, 1908, entitled "An Act to authorize the
appropriation of seven hundred and fifty thousand pesos annually for
the promotion, establishment, and maintenance of irrigation systems in
the Philippine Islands.
No. 1856. Passed June 13, 1908, entitled "An Act authorizing the
construction of a pantheon of illustrious Filipinos, and providing for
the appointment of a committee to take charge of the matter."
No. 1861. Passed June 16, 1908, entitled "An Act amending sections
seventy-four and one hundred and seven of Act Numbered Eleven hundred
and eighty-nine, as amended."
No. 1862. Passed June 16, 1908, entitled "An Act amending section
fourteen of Act Numbered Sixteen hundred and twenty-seven."
No 1865. Passed June 18, 1908, entitled "An Act creating a Government
Agricultural Bank of the Philippine Islands and appropriating for funds
thereof the sum of one million pesos."
No. 1867. Passed June 18, 1908, entitled "An Act providing for certain
reforms in the organization of the Philippine Constabulary."
No. 1868. Passed June 18, 1908, entitled "An Act creating the Bureau of
Labor, under the Department of Commerce and Police."
No. 1870. Passed June 18, 1908, entitled "An Act for the purpose of
founding a University of the Philippine Islands, giving it corporate
existence, providing for a Board of Regents, defining the Board's
responsibilities and duties, providing higher and professional
instruction and for other purposes."
No. 1872. Passed June 19, 1908, entitled "An Act amending Act Numbered
Fourteen hundred and seven, entitled "The Reorganization Act," by
providing for the free cutting and use of certain first-group timbers
in buildings of strong materials.''
No. 1874. Passed June 19, 1908, entitled "An Act to extend and regulate
the responsibility of employers for personal injuries and deaths
suffered by their employees while at work."
No. 1875. Passed June 19, 1908, entitled "An Act amending Act Numbered
Four 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."
No. 1881. Passed April 5, 1909, entitled "An Act amending section
twenty-two of Act Numbered Sixteen hundred and ninety-eight, known as
"The Revised Civil Service Act" by reducing the office hours to five
hours, from seven o'clock and thirty minutes in the morning to twelve
o'clock and thirty minutes in the afternoon, from the first of April to
the fifteenth of June, both dates inclusive, of each year."
No. 1888. Passed May 8, 1909, entitled "An Act to amend section
seventy-three of Act Numbered one hundred and ninety, as amended by
section eight of Act Numbered Sixteen hundred and twenty-seven, so as
to make it applicable both civil and criminal cases, and repealing
section three of Act Numbered One hundred and ninety-four."
No. 1890. Passed May 10, 1909, entitled "An Act authorizing the
Governor-General to convey or lease to the provinces and municipalities
the private property of the Insular Government.
No. 1891. Passed May 10, 1909, entitled "An Act amending Article three
hundred and twenty of the Civil Code in force in the Philippine
Islands, by fixing the age of majority at twenty-one years."
No. 1893. Passed May 14, 1909, entitled "An Act defining fraudulent
enlistment in the Philippine Constabulary, and providing the punishment
therefor."
No. 1894. Passed May 15, 1909, entitled "An Act to amend Act Numbered
Three hundred and nine, entitled "An Act providing for the compulsory
vaccination of the inhabitants of the Philippine Islands," so as to
provide that the inoculation of any human being with smallpox virus be
unlawful."
No. 1895. Passed May 17, 1909, entitled "An Act to amend section
seventeen of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and fifty-nine, entitled
"The Corporation Law," as amended by Act Numbered Seventeen hundred and
forty-four, so that increase in capital stock of corporations may be
paid in cash or property."
No. 1897. Passed May 17, 1909, entitled "An Act amending sub- section
four of section one hundred and forty-four of Act Numbered Eleven
hundred and eighty-nine, known as "The Internal Revenue Law of Nineteen
hundred and four," increasing the license tax on pawnbrokers."
No. 1899. Passed May 18, 1909, entitled "An Act to amend section one
hundred and twenty-six of Act Numbered Eleven hundred and eighty- nine,
entitled "The Internal Revenue Law of Nineteen hundred and four," by
providing that upon reinsurance by a company which has already effected
the insurance and paid the tax, no further tax shall become due."
No. 1900. Passed May 18, 1909, entitled "An Act amending Act Numbered
Twelve hundred and eighty-eight, entitled "An Act authorizing and
directing registers of deeds to perform certain duties of commercial
registers as defined in title two of the Code of Commerce, and
providing that the documenting, registry, enrollment, and licensing of
vessels in accordance with the Customs Administrative Act and the
Custom Rules and Regulations shall be deemed to be a registry of
vessels within the meaning of said title," by providing that the
Insular Collector of Customs shall perform the duties of commercial
register concerning the registering of vessels, as defined in title two
of the Code of Commerce."
No. 1902. Passed May 18, 1909, entitled "An Act authorizing the
Governor-General to direct that any unexpended balances of
appropriations be returned to the general fund of the Insular Treasury
and to transfer from the general fund moneys which have been returned
thereto."
No. 1904. Passed May 19, 1909, entitled "An Act to amend Act Numbered
Seven hundred and nine, as amended, by authorizing the Governor-General
to extend said Act or any part thereof by proclamation to any military
or naval reservation or to any place or premises within a distance not
exceeding two miles of any such reservation."
No. 1906. Passed May 19, 1909, entitled "An Act to amend Act Numbered
Eighteen hundred and sixty-five, entitled "An Act creating a Government
Agricultural Bank of the Philippine Islands and appropriating for funds
thereof the sum of one million pesos," by authorizing the bank to make
loans for additional purposes and by enumerating additional persons and
officials who are prohibited from exacting, demanding or receiving any
fee for service in obtaining loans."
No. 1910, Passed May 19, 1909, entitled "An Act amending sections
twenty-two, twenty-six, thirty-one and thirty-two of Act Numbered
Seventeen hundred and sixty-one, referred to as "The Opium Act," by
providing for the disposition of all taxes, fines, and all other moneys
collected under this Act, increasing the penalties for the violation of
sections thirty-one and thirty-two, repealing section twenty-seven, and
for other purposes."
No. 1911. Passed May 19, 1909, entitled "An Act amending Act Numbered
Fourteen hundred and ninety-three, entitled 'The Philippine Postal
Savings Bank Act," as amended by Act Numbered Sixteen hundred and
twenty."
No. 1912. Passed May 19, 1909, entitled "An Act amending section two
hundred and fifty-two of Act Numbered Three hundred and fifty-five,
entitled "An Act to constitute the Customs Service of the Philippine
Archipelago and to provide for the administration thereof," by
providing a longer period during which merchandise may remain in bonded
warehouses."
No. 1918. Passed May 19, 1909, entitled "An Act amending Act Numbered
Seventy-four, by making women eligible as members of the local school
board and providing that two positions at least shall be held by women.
No. 1919. Passed May 19, 1909, entitled "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."
No. 1920. Passed May 19, 1909, entitled "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."
No. 1921. Passed May 19, 1909, entitled "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."
No 1923. Passed May 20, 1909, entitled "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."
No. 1925. Passed May 20, 1909, entitled "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," 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."
No. 1934. Passed May 20, 1909, entitled "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."
No. 1935. Passed May 20, 1909, entitled "An Act providing for the
consolidation of all libraries belonging to any branch of the
Philippine Insular Government for the creation of "The Philippine
Library," and for the maintenance and regulation of the same, and for
other purpose."
No. 1936. Passed May 20, 1909, entitled "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."
No. 1937. Passed May 20, 1909, entitled "An Act amending section five
of Act Numbered Eighteen hundred and seventy-five, entitled "An Act
amending Act Numbered Four 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."
No. 1940. Passed May 20, 1909, entitled "An Act to amend section
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 imitation 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.
No. 1941. Passed May 20, 1909, entitled "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."
No. 1942. Passed May 20, 1909, entitled "An Act providing the means
whereby poor defendants in Courts of First Instance shall be defended
free of cost with certain exceptions."
No. 1946. Passed May 20, 1909, entitled "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 Island", as 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."
No. 1953. Passed May 20, 1909, entitled "An Act providing for the free
transportation, under certain conditions and restrictions, of certain
articles to the lepers kept at the Culion leper colony."
No. 1956. Passed May 20, 1909, entitled "An Act providing for the
suspension of payments, the relief of insolvent debtors, the protection
of creditors, and the punishment of fraudulent debtors."
Sec. 2.
No. 1832. Passed May 21, 1908, entitled "An Act abolishing the special
tax of one per centum on the assessed value of undeclared property."
No. 1846. Passed June 2, 1908, entitled "An Act to amend section
eighteen, paragraph two of subsection (1), of Act Numbered Eighty-two,
known as the "The Municipal Code," as amended by Act Numbered Nine
hundred and ninety-nine."
No. 1852. Passed June 11, 1908, entitled "An Act revalidating certain
declarations of real property for assessment purposes heretofore made
in accordance with the provisions of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and
fifty-five, as amended."
No. 1858. Passed June 13, 1908, entitled "An Act amending section forty
of Act Numbered Eighty-two, known as "The Municipal Code."
No. 1886. Passed April 22, 1909, entitled "An Act amending section
thirty-four of Act Numbered Eighty-two, by adding thereto a second
paragraph authorizing the translation of municipal ordinances into the
local dialect and the posting thereof, as translated into such dialect,"
No. 1898. Passed May 17, 1909, entitled "An Act providing that
municipal presidents shall make special quarterly reports on the
condition of agriculture, live stock, and on other matters in their
respective municipalities."
No. 1903. Passed May 18, 1909, entitled "An Act further amending
subsection (a) of section four of Act Numbered Eighty-two, entitled
"The Municipal Code," as amended by Acts Numbered Three hundred and
three, Fourteen hundred and thirty-three, and Sixteen hundred and
ninety-one, by adding to the second paragraph of said section an
exception covering the equipment of the municipal police force."
No. 1909. Passed May 19, 1909, entitled "An Act amending paragraph (j)
of section forty of Act Numbered Eighty-two, known as the "The
Municipal Code."
No. 1915. Passed May 19, 1909, entitled "An Act amending section
thirteen of Act Numbered Seventeen hundred and ninety-one, amending Act
Numbered Eighty-two, known as the "The Municipal Code."
No. 1930. Passed May 20, 1909, entitled "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."
No. 1939. Passed May 20, 1909, entitled "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 "The Municipal Code," by providing that the
municipal council may, in its discretion, extend the time for the
payment, without penalty, of certain license taxes."
No. 1943. Passed May 20, 1909, entitled "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."
No. 1948. Passed May 20, 1909, entitled "An Act amending, supplementing
and explaining certain sections of Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and
eighty-two, entitled "The Election Law."
No. 1949. Passed May 20, 1909, entitled "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."
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