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Acts in Apr 1904

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Act No. 1137 AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS M MONEY OF THE UNITED STATES, FROM THE FUND OF THREE MILLION DOLLARS APPROPRIATED BY THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE RELIEF OF DISTRESS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, FOR EXPENDITURE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE CIVIL GOVERNOR UPON S OF THE PHILIPPINE COMMISSION. April 30, 1904

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Act No. 1138 AN ACT TO BRING IMMEDIATELY UNDER THE OPERATION OF THE LAND REGISTRATION ACT ALL LANDS LYING WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES LAWFULLY SET APART FOR NAVAL RESERVATIONS, AND ALL LANDS DESIRED TO BE PURCHASED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR NAVAL PURPOSES. April 30, 1904

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Act No. 1136 AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS FOR THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS TO LICENSE VESSELS ENGAGED EXCLUSIVELY IN THE LIGHTERAGE AND HARBOR BUSINESS AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE REGULATION OF THAT BUSINESS. April 29, 1904

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Act No. 1135 AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE IN6ORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF BONGABON, PROVINCE OF MINDORO, AS A BARRIO OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF PINAMALAYAN, PROVINCE OF MINDORO. April 28, 1904

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Act No. 1132 AN ACT SO AMENDING ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED AND NINETY AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE EXPENSES OF PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATIONS FOR CRIMINAL OFFENSES BY JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, WHEN HELD AT THE CAPITAL OF THE PROVINCE, ALTHOUGH THE OFFENSES WERE COMMITTED IN OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, SHALL BE PAID BY THE MUNICIPALITIES IN WHICH THE OFFENSES WERE COMMITTED. April 28, 1904

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Act No. 1133 AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FOUR BY PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT BY THE INSULAR GOVERNMENT OF THE COST OF MEDICAL ATTENDANCE FOR FILIPINO STUDENTS APPOINTED UNDER SAID ACT. April 28, 1904

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Act No. 1130 AN ACT TO PREVENT THE FAILURE OF MILITARY JUSTICE. April 28, 1904

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Act No. 1131 AN ACT MAKING THE GOVERNOR OF THE PROVINCE OF MINDORO A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE WITH JURISDICTION THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE OF THAT PROVINCE. April 28, 1904

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Act No. 1129 AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED EIGHTY-THREE, KNOWN AS "THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT ACT," BY PROVIDING THAT JUDGES HOLDING COURT IN THE PROVINCES MAY BE PAID A PER DIEM FOR EXPENSES. April 28, 1904

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Act No. 1128 AN ACT PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE PROCEDURE FOR ACQUIRING TITLE TO PUBLIC COAL LANDS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS FIFTY-THREE, FIFTY-FOUR, FIFTY-FIVE, FIFTY-SIX, AND FIFTY-SEVEN OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS 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." April 28, 1904

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Act No. 1127 AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF PER DIEMS IN LIEU OF EXPENSES TO EMPLOYEES IN THE BUREAU OF ENGINEERING WHO ARE DIRECTED TO PERFORM OFFICIAL TRAVEL. April 28, 1904

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Act No. 1134 AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FOUR, ENTITLED "AN ACT PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE LOCATION AND MANNER OF RECORDING MINING CLAIMS, AND THE AMOUNT OF WORK NECESSARY TO HOLD POSSESSION OF A MINING CLAIM UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS 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.'" April 28, 1904

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Act No. 1126 AN ACT FOR THE PURPOSE OF EMPOWERING PROVINCIAL BOARDS TO SUBPOENA WITNESSES AND TO REQUIRE TESTIMONY UNDER OATH IN CONDUCTING CERTAIN INVESTIGATIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. April 28, 1904

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Act No. 1125 AN ACT EMPOWERING THE CIVIL GOVERNOR TO DETAIL PROVINCIAL FISCALS TEMPORARILY FROM ONE PROVINCE TO ANOTHER. April 27, 1904

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Act No. 1123 AN ACT SO AMENDING SECTIONS TWELVE, ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-THREE, AND FIVE HUNDRED AND TWELVE OF ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY AS TO DIMINISH THE EXPENSE OF CONDUCTING' TRIALS IN COURTS OF FIRST INSTANCE AND OF PROCEEDINGS IN THE SUPREME COURT IN REVIEW OF SUCH TRIALS, AND MAKING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY APPLICABLE TO CRIMINAL CAUSES, AND PROVIDING AN INEXPENSIVE METHOD OF APPEAL IN CASES OF PAUPERS. April 27, 1904

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Act No. 1124 AN ACT TO PROVIDE MEDICAL ATTENDANCE ON CIVIL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES AT ISOLATED POINTS WHEN LIFE IS IN JEOPARDY. April 27, 1904

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Act No. 1121 AN ACT AMENDING ACTS NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN AND SEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-ONE SO AS MORE FULLY TO DEFINE THE CRIME OF BRIGANDAGE, AND PROVIDING PUNISHMENT FOR THE FAILURE OF MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS TO PERFORM THEIR DUTY IN THAT RESPECT. April 27, 1904

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Act No. 1120 AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND TEMPORARY LEASING AND SALE OF CERTAIN HACIENDAS AND PARCELS OF LAND, COMMONLY KNOWN AS FRIAR LANDS, FOR THE PURCHASE OF WHICH THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS HAS RECENTLY CONTRACTED, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS SIXTY-THREE, SIXTY-FOUR, AND SIXTY-FIVE OF AN ACT OF THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, ENTITLED "AN ACT TEMPORARILY TO PROVIDE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE AFFAIRS OF CIVIL GOVERNMENT IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," APPROVED ON THE FIRST DAY OF JULY, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWO. April 26, 1904

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Act No. 1118 AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CHIEF OF THE BUREAU OF PUBLIC LANDS TO ADMINISTER OATHS, EXAMINE WITNESSES, AND SEND OR PERSONS AND PAPERS; AND PROVIDING THAT ANY PERSON WHO SHALL WILLFULLY AND KNOWINGLY MAKE ANY FALSE AFFIDAVIT OR OATH TO ANY MATERIAL FACT OR MATTER BEFORE HIM SHALL BE DEEMED GUILTY OF PERJURY AND PUNISHED ACCORDINGLY. April 26, 1904

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Act No. 1119 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR A NEW ASSESSMENT OF REAL ESTATE IN THE PROVINCE OF LA UNION AND FOR THE REVISION OF SUCH ASSESSMENT. April 26, 1904

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Act No. 1117 AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE REVISION OF VALUATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF TAXATION OF CERTAIN PARCELS OF LAND IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF ILOILO BELONGING TO WARNER, BARNES AND COMPANY, LIMITED, SO AS TO CORRECT CLERICAL AND OTHER ERRORS. April 23, 1904

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Act No. 1115 AN ACT APPROPRIATING SEVENTY THOUSAND, DOLLARS, IN MONEY OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR PAYMENT OF THE FIRST QUARTERLY INTEREST UPON THE FRIAR LAND BONDS. April 23, 1904

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Act No. 1116 AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PROVINCIAL BOARD OF TAYABAS TO REVISE THE LISTS OF ASSESSMENT OF LAND FOR THE PURPOSE OF TAXATION IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BOAC, IN THE ISLAND OF MARINDUQUE, PROVINCE OF TAYABAS. April 23, 1904

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Act No. 1122 AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A LOAN OF FOUR THOUSAND PESOS, PHILIPPINE CURRENCY, TO THE PROVINCE OF PARAGUA. April 22, 1904

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Act No. 1114 AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF THREE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SEVEN THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SIX PESOS, PHILIPPINE CURRENCY, OR SO MUCH THEREOF AS MAY BE NECESSARY, FOR CERTAIN PUBLIC WORKS, PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS, AND OTHER PURPOSES OF THE INSULAR GOVERNMENT. April 11, 1904

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Act No. 1112 AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE ASSIGNMENT, SALE, AND TRANSFER TO THE MANILA ELECTRIC RAILROAD AND LIGHT COMPANY OF ALL THE ASSETS OF THE COMPAIIIA DE LOS TRANVIAS DE FILIPINAS, PROVIDING FOR THE SURRENDER BY THE MANILA ELECTRIC RAILROAD AND LIGHT COMPANY OF THE FRANCHISES, AND AMENDMENTS THERETO, OF THE SAID COMPAÑIA DE LOS TRANVIAS DE FILIPINAS, AND FOR CERTAIN AMENDMENTS TO ORDINANCE NUMBERED FORTY-FOUR OF THE MUNICIPAL BOARD OF MANILA, ENACTED IN PURSUANCE OF ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FOUR OF THE PHILIPPINE COMMISSION, AND FOR THE OPENING OF CERTAIN NEW STREETS BY THE MUNICIPAL BOARD OF MANILA, AND FOR A FRANCHISE TO THE MANILA ELECTRIC RAILROAD AND LIGHT COMPANY TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE AN ELECTRIC STREET RAILWAY AND AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT, AND POWER SYSTEM FROM THE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF MANILA TO MALABON. April 11, 1904

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Act No. 1113 AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF LOCAL CIVIL GOV-ERNMENTS FOR THE NON-CHRISTIAN TRIBES OF THE PROVINCE OF ISABELA, AND AMENDING ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED AND TEN BY PROVIDING FOR AN INCREASE IN THE SALARY OF THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR OF ISABELA. April 11, 1904

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Act No. 1111 AN ACT GRANTING A FRANCHISE TO CHARLES W. CARSON TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE BY ANIMAL POWER A TRAMWAY WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF DAET, IN THE PROVINCE OF AMBOS CAMARINES, FROM THE WHARVES OF THE BARRIO OF MERCEDES, IN SAID MUNICIPALITY, TO THE TOWN PROPER OR POBLACION OF DAET, AND THROUGH THE SAID TOWN OF DAET TO A POINT ON THE PUBLIC HIGHWAY ONE MILE DISTANT FROM THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING OF SAID MUNICIPALITY OF DAET IN THE DIRECTION OF THE TOWN OF TALISAY. April 08, 1904

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Act No. 1110 AN ACT APPROPRIATING FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS, IN MONEY OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR GENERAL PURPOSES, TO BE DISBURSED BY THE DISBURSING AGENT OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AT WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. April 08, 1904

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Act No. 1109 AN ACT APPROPRIATING AN ADDITIONAL SUM OF TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, IN MONEY OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONTINUING AND COMPLETING THE PREPARATION OF THE EXHIBIT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AT THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE EXPOSITION AND THE CARRYING ON IN GENERAL OF THE WORK OF THE PHILIPPINE EXHIBIT, AND ALSO AUTHORIZING THE EXPOSITION BOARD TO GRANT CONCESSIONS, AND AMENDING ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN, AS AMENDED, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE EXPOSITION BOARD, WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR, TO APPOINT AND FIX THE SALARIES OR WAGES OF EMPLOYEES OF SAID BOARD IN THE UNITED STATES. April 07, 1904

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Act No. 1108 AN ACT AMENDING SEVERAL SECTIONS OF ACT NUMBERED TOUR HUNDRED AND NINETY-SIX, ENTITLED "THE LAND REGISTRATION ACT." April 05, 1904

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Act No. 1107 AN ACT FIXING THE SALARIES OF THE REGISTERS OF DEEDS IN THE SEVERAL PROVINCES, APPOINTED IN PURSUANCE OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE LAND REGISTRATION ACT. April 05, 1904

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Act No. 1106 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR A SECOND REVISION OF THE ASSESSMENTS UPON REAL ESTATE IN THE PROVINCE OF CAVITE. April 05, 1904

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Act No. 1102 AN ACT EXTENDING THE TIME FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE LAND TAX IN THE PROVINCE OF ILOCOS SUR FOR THE YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THREE UNTIL APRIL THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FOUR, AND PROVIDING FOR THE REFUND OF PENALTIES ALREADY PAID. April 04, 1904

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Act No. 1103 AN ACT AUTHORIZING; THE PAYMENT OF A SALARY OF ONE HUNDRED PESOS PER MONTH TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE MUNICIPAL BOARD OF HEALTH OF DAET, PROVINCE OF AMBOS CAMARINES. April 04, 1904

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Act No. 1104 AN ACT SO AMENDING SECTION THIRTY-THREE OF ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE REPORTS OF THE S OF THE SUPREME COURT SHALL BE PUBLISHED IN BOTH THE ENGLISH AND SPANISH LANGUAGES, BUT THAT THE S IN EACH LANGUAGE SHALL BE BOUND SEPARATELY INSTEAD OF IN THE SAME VOLUME, AS NOW PROVIDED BY LAW. April 04, 1904

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Act No. 1105 AN ACT LEGALIZING THE ACTION OF THE MUNICIPAL BOARD OF THE CITY OF MANILA IN DIVIDING THE TERRITORY OF THE CITY OF MANILA INTO THIRTEEN DISTRICTS, ASSIGNING THE NAMES AND DEFINING THE BOUNDARIES OF EACH OF SAID DISTRICTS. April 04, 1904

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Act No. 1101 AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED SEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SEVEN BY AUTHORIZING THE PROVINCIAL ENGINEER OF THE MORO PROVINCE TO PURCHASE SUPPLIES IN THE OPEN MARKET UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS. April 04, 1904

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Act No. 1100 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR A SECOND REVISION OF THE ASSESSMENTS UPON REAL ESTATE IN THE PROVINCE OF SURIGAO. April 04, 1904

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Act No. 1099 AN ACT AMENDING PARAGRAPH (A) OF SECTION TWENTY-TWO OF ACT NUMBERED EIGHTY-TWO, ENTITLED "THE MUNICIPAL CODE," AS AMENDED, SO FAR AS CONCERNS THE MUNICIPALITY OF CEBU, PROVINCE OF CEBU. April 04, 1904

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Act No. 1098 AN ACT CONFERRING CONCURRENT JURISDICTION UPON COURTS OF FIRST INSTANCE FOR THE THIRTEENTH AND FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICTS OVER CAUSES ARISING WITHIN THE DISTRICT OF LANAO, MORO PROVINCE, April 04, 1904