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Acts in Aug 1907

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Acts

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Act No. 1709 AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED FIFTEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-TWO, KNOWN AS "THE ELECTION LAW." August 31, 1907

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Act No. 1707 AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FROM THE FUNDS REALIZED FROM THE SALE OF BONDS AUTHORIZED BY ACT NUMBERED THIRTEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-THREE FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING SEWERS IN THE CITY OF MANILA AND TO FURNISH IT WITH AN ADEQUATE SEWER AND DRAINAGE SYSTEM AND SUPPLY OF WATER. August 31, 1907

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Act No. 1708 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS FIVE, SEVEN, AND TWENTY-SEVEN OF ACT NUMBERED EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN, AS AMENDED, BY SEPARATING THE PROVINCE OF SORSOGON FROM THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT AND ANNEXING IT TO THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, BY SEPARATING THE PROVINCE OF LA UNION FROM THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT AND ANNEXING IT TO THE MOUNTAIN JUDICIAL DISTRICT, AND CHANGING THE TIMES AT WHICH COURTS OF FIRST INSTANCE SHALL BE HELD IN THE PROVINCES OF SAID DISTRICTS, REPEALING PART OF ACT NUMBERED FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SEVEN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. August 31, 1907

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Act No. 1706 AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUNDRY EXPENSES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY OF MANILA FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHT. August 31, 1907

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Act No. 1705 AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-NINE, AS AMENDED, BY PROVIDING FOR THE SIGNING OF CONTRACTS AND LEASES FOR COLD-STORAGE SPACE IN THE DIVISION OF COLD STORAGE OF THE BUREAU OF SUPPLY. August 31, 1907

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Act No. 1704 AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN, ENTITLED "AN ACT ESTABLISHING A MEDICAL SCHOOL AND DEFINING THE MANNER IN WHICH IT SHALL BE CONTROLLED AND CONDUCTED," BY PROVIDING- THAT THE PHILIPPINE MEDICAL SCHOOL SHALL BE A BODY CORPORATE. August 31, 1907

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Act No. 1703 AN ACT TO DEFINE AND FIX THE STATUS OF PRISONERS AND THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR MAINTENANCE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. August 31, 1907

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Act No. 1702 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS FOURTEEN, THIRTY-SIX, AND SEVENTY-ONE OF ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY, PROVIDING A CODE OF PROCEDURE IN CIVIL ACTIONS AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. August 31, 1907

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Act No. 1701 AN ACT TO EQUALIZE AND SECURE UNIFORMITY IN SALARIES OF PROVINCIAL FISCALS, TO EMPOWER THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL TO CONSOLIDATE THE OFFICES OF FISCALS OF TWO OR MORE PROVINCES, TO DECLARE VACANT THE POSITION OF FISCAL OF ANY PROVINCE AND ASSIGN THE DUTIES THEREOF TO THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL, AND TO RESTORE THE STATUS EXISTING PRIOR TO SUCH CONSOLIDATION OR ABOLITION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. August 31, 1907

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Act No. 1700 AN ACT TO GRANT TO THE LEPANTO MINING COMPANY, INCORPORATED, A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT A HIGHWAY FROM A POINT NEAR COMILLAS, PROVINCE OF LEPANTO-BONTOC, IN A GENERAL WESTERLY DIRECTION TO THE CHINA SEA AT A POINT NEAR THE TOWN OF BANGAR, PROVINCE OF LA UNION; AND THEREON TO TAKE TOLL, TO OPERATE AS A COMMON CARRIER, AND, AT ITS OPTION, TO CONSTRUCT A RAILROAD. August 30, 1907

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Act No. 1699 AN ACT PROVIDING THAT PROVINCIAL FISCALS AND THE ATTORNEY FOR THE MORO PROVINCE SHALL PERFORM THE DUTIES OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE PROVINCES, ABOLISHING THE POSITION OF EXAMINER OF TITLES, AND AMENDING ACTS NUMBERED EIGHTY-THREE,FOUR HUNDRED AND NINETY-SIX, SEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SEVEN, AND NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX, AS AMENDED. August 30, 1907

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Act No. 1698 AN ACT FOR THE REGULATION OF THE PHILIPPINE CIVIL SERVICE. August 26, 1907

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Act No. 1696 AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE DISPLAY OF FLAGS, BANNERS, EMBLEMS, OR DEVICES USED IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF REBELLION OR INSURRECTION AGAINST THE AUTHORITY OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE DISPLAY OF KATIPUNAN FLAGS, BANNERS, EMBLEMS, OR DEVICES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. August 23, 1907

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Act No. 1697 AN ACT AUTHORIZING- THE APPOINTMENT OF COMMISSIONERS TO MAKE OFFICIAL INVESTIGATIONS AND FIXING THEIR POWERS, FOR THE PAYMENT OF WITNESS FEES, AND FOR THE PUNISHMENT OF PERJURY IN OFFICIAL INVESTIGATIONS. August 23, 1907

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Act No. 1693 AN ACT CREATING THE PROVINCE OF AGUSAN AND THE SUB-PROVINCES OF BUTUAN, BUKIDNON AND BATANES, EMPOWERING THE PROVINCIAL BOARD OF CAGAYAN TO APPLY THE PROVISIONS OF "THE TOWNSHIP GOVERNMENT ACT" TO THE MUNICIPALITIES AND SETTLEMENTS OF THE BABUYANES ISLANDS, AND PROVIDING THAT THE SALARIES OF THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR OF THE SUB-PROVINCE OF APAYAO AND OF ANY DULY AUTHORIZED EMPLOYEES OF SAID SUB-PROVINCE SHALL BE PAYABLE FROM INSULAR FUNDS. August 20, 1907

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Act No. 1694 AN ACT TO REPEAL SECTION FOURTEEN OF ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND NINE, ENTITLED " AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE COMPULSORY VACCINATION OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS." August 20, 1907

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Act No. 1695 AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED ELEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY- AMENDING NINE, ENTITLED "THE INTERNAL REVENUE LAW OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FOUR," BY ADDING TO THE ROAD AND BRIDGE FUNDS OF THE PROVINCES TEN PER CENTUM OF THE REVENUES ACCRUING UNDER SAID ACT, AND BY DEVOTING AN ADDITIONAL FIVE PER CENTUM OF SAID REVENUES TO THE MAINTENANCE OF FREE PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN THE SEVERAL MUNICIPALITIES. August 20, 1907

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Act No. 1691 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED EIGHTY-TWO, AMENDING ENTITLED "THE MUNICIPAL CODE," AS AMENDED, BY PRESCRIBING THE MAXIMUM PERCENTAGE OF GENERAL FUNDS OF MUNICIPALITIES WHICH MAY BE EXPENDED FOR SALARIES AND WAGES OF MUNICIPAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES NOT EMPLOYED UPON PUBLIC WORKS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. August 20, 1907

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Act No. 1692 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION EIGHT OF ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED AMENDING AND NINETY-TWO SO AS TO PREVENT THE UTTERANCE OF SPEECHES OR THE USE OF LANGUAGE VIOLATIVE OF GOOD ORDER OR TENDING TO DISTURB THE PUBLIC PEACE. August 20, 1907

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Act. No. 1690 AN ACT TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF MUNICIPALITIES IN THE PROVINCE OF LA LAGUNA FROM TWENTY-ONE TO TWENTY-TWO BY SEPARATING FROM THE MUNICIPALITY OF SAN PABLO THE FORMER MUNICIPALITY OF ALAMINOS, RECONSTITUTING THE LATTER AS A MUNICIPALITY AND GIVING TO IT THE TERRITORY WHICH IT COMPRISED PRIOR TO THE PASSAGE OF ACT NUMBERED NINE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINE. August 19, 1907

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Act No. 1689 AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED THIRTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-SEVEN, ENTITLED "THE TOWNSHIP GOVERNMENT ACT," SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE COLLECTION OF CERTAIN LICENSE FEES, TO PROVIDE A METHOD OF ENFORCING- THE PAYMENT OF THE PROPERTY TAX BY DELINQUENTS WHO ARE ABSENT FROM THE PROVINCE OR ARE NONRESIDENTS THEREOF, AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE POPULAR REPRESENTATIVE SHALL CONTINUE TO BE A RESIDENT OF THE PROVINCE DURING HIS TERM OF OFFICE. August 19, 1907

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Act No. 1688 AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR CERTAIN PUBLIC WORKS, AMENDING 1G62. PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS, AND OTHER PURPOSES OF THE INSULAR GOVERNMENT. August 17, 1907

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Act No. 1687 AN ACT TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF MUNICIPALITIES IN THE PROVINCE OF NUEVA ECIJA FROM FOURTEEN TO FIFTEEN, BY SEPARATING FROM CABANATUAN THE FORMER MUNICIPALITY OF SANTA ROSA, RECONSTITUTING THE LATTER AS A MUNICIPALITY, AND GIVING TO EACH THE TERRITORY WHICH IT COMPRISED PRIOR TO THE PASSAGE OF ACT NUMBERED NINE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-THREE. August 17, 1907

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Act No. 1686 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT TO THE PROVINCES AND MUNICIPALITIES OF FIFTY PER CENTUM OF THE SUMS WHICH THEY WILL LOSE BY REASON OF THE SUSPENSION OF THE LAND TAX FOR THE LAST HALF OF THE CALENDAR YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SEVEN, TO APPROPRIATE FOR SUCH REIMBURSEMENT SUCH SUMS AS MAY BE NECESSARY FROM ANY FUNDS IN THE INSULAR TREASURY NOT OTHERWISE APPROPRIATED, AND TO REPEAL SECTION TWO OF ACT NUMBERED FIFTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-NINE. August 17, 1907

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Act No. 1684 AN ACT PROHIBITING THE IMPORTATION BY PRIVATE PERSONS OF SILKWORMS, THEIR EGGS OR COCOONS. August 14, 1907

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Act No. 1683 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FIVE OF ACT NUMBERED SEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-ONE BY MAKING IT THE DUTY OF MUNICIPAL OFFICERS TO FURNISH NOTICE OF LADRONES IMMEDIATELY, BOTH TO THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR AND THE NEAREST CONSTABULARY OFFICER. August 14, 1907

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Act No. 1682 ALL ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO OF ACT NUMBERED ELEVEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX, ENTITLED "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," BY EXTENDING THE AUTHORITY OF THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL TO DISQUALIFY FROM HOLDING OFFICE ALL OFFICIALS REMOVED FOR CAUSE. August 14, 1907

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Act No. 1681 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION EIGHTEEN OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE, AS AMENDED, BY AUTHORIZING THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL TO REMOVE MUNICIPAL TREASURERS FROM OFFICE FOR CAUSE. August 14, 1907

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Act No. 1680 AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT BY PROVINCIAL GOVERNORS OF BAILIFFS IN COURTS OF FIRST INSTANCE AND IN THE COURT OF LAND REGISTRATION, AND AMENDING ACTS NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX, AND ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY AND FOUR HUNDRED AND NINETY-SIX, AS AMENDED. August 12, 1907

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Act No. 1679 AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUNDRY EXPENSES OF THE INSULAR GOVERNMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE THIRTIETH, NINE-TEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHT, AND OTHER DESIGNATED August 10, 1907

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Act No. 1678 AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL GAZETTE OF CERTAIN NOTICES OF THE COURT OF LAND REGISTRATION AND AMENDING ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND NINETY-SIX, AS AMENDED. August 08, 1907

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Act No. 1677 AN ACT TO PROVIDE ANATOMICAL MATERIAL FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MEDICAL SCIENCE. August 06, 1907

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Act No. 1685 AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-NINE, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PREVENT THE USE OF EXPLOSIVES AND POISONS FOR TAKING FISH IN THE WATERS OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS," BY PROVIDING THAT THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR MAY AUTHORIZE THE USE OF EXPLOSIVES AND POISONS FOR TAKING FISH IN LIMITED NUMBERS FOR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES. August 04, 1907