APPENDIX I. EXHIBITS TO THE REPORT OF THE GOVERNOR. EXHIBIT A. LEGISLATION. LIST OF ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS PASSED BY THE EIGHTH LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF PORTO RICO, THIRD SESSION, FEBRUARY 12 TO APRIL 12, 1917, AND APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR. An act making an appropriation for the repair and enlargement of the building occupied as headquarters by the insular police. Approved April 4, 1917. An act making additional appropriations for the support of the Government of Porto Rico during the fiscal year 1916-17, and for other purposes. Approved April 4, 1917. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to amend Chapter II, Title IX, of the Political Code and to repeal certain sections of the Penal Code, and for other purposes,' approved March 9, 1911. Approved April 7, 1917. An act to provide for the granting of rural certificates to certain persons. Approved April 11, 1917. An act to provide for the creation of an account of "outstanding collections in arrears" and authorizing the cancellation of such outstanding collections in arrears upon approval by the legislature. Approved April 11, 1917. An act to regulate the administration of the reform school, to enlarge its facilities, and for other purposes. Approved April 11, 1917. An act to authorize school boards to provide scholarships in the normal department of the University of Porto Rico for certain persons who desire to prepare for teaching in rural schools. Approved April 12, 1917. An act authorizing the municipality of Arecibo to expend 25 per cent of the surplus remaining from the fiscal year 1915-16. Approved April 12, 1917. An act to amend an act entitled "An act providing for the relief of such workmen as may be injured, or of the dependent families of those who may lose their lives, while engaged in trades or occupations, and for other purposes," approved April 13, 1916. Approved April 12, 1917. An act making appropriation to continue the repairs of the bulkhead and sea wall and of the marginal street adjoining them in the San Juan Harbor. Approved April 12, 1917. An act to provide for the sale of internal-revenue stamps in places where no office of collector of internal revenue is established, and for compensation of postmasters or others acting as stamp agents. Approved April 12, 1917. An act making appropriation to supply deficiency in appropriation for legislative printing of the executive council for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1912. Approved April 12, 1917. An act to regulate the weight of the loaves of bread sold or offered for sale in Porto Rico, and for other purposes. Approved April 12, 1917. An act regulating the load or weight that laborers may carry, and for other purposes. Approved April 12, 1917. An act authorizing the sale of a road roller to the municipality of Mayaguez. Approved April 12, 1917. An act to provide for the construction of elementary school buildings in the towns of Jayuya, Guaynabo, and Morovis. Approved April 12, 1917. An act to determine certain duties of employers in case of strikes. Approved April 12, 1917. An act to authorize the commissioner of the interior to lease and to exchange or sell public lands in certain specified cases, and for other purposes. Approved April 12, 1917. An act to authorize municipalities to provide scholarships for certain persons in the College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, Mayaguez, P. R. Approved April 12, 1917. An act providing for the extension of the telegraph or telephone line to Guaynabo, and for other purposes. Approved April 12, 1917. An act authorizing the treasurer of Porto Rico or any other officer empowered by law to accept bonds or other specified securities of Porto Rico as a deposit for any purpose, likewise to accept bonds of municipal corporations and school boards of Porto Rico issued according to law. Approved April 12, 1917. An act authorizing the municipality of Fajardo to dispose of part of certain surplus funds. Approved April 12, 1917. An act to authorize the issuance of bonds of the people of Porto Rico to the amount of $100,000, to provide funds for and to authorize the continuation of improvements in San Juan Harbor, for obtaining rights of way and permits for that purpose, and for other purposes. Approved April 12, 1917. An act to amend section 83 (as amended) of “An act to establish a system of local government, and for other purposes," approved March 8, 1906. Approved April 12, 1917. An act to repeal certain obsolete sections of the Codified School Law of Porto Rico, and for other purposes. Approved April 12, 1917. An act providing for the conveyance to the municipality of Ponce of title to two parcels of land, situate in barrio Playa, municipality of Ponce, and for other purposes. Approved April 12, 1917. An act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1917. Approved April 12, 1917. An act providing a Military Code for Porto Rico, for the organization of the National Guard and of the Unorganized Militia of Porto Rico, and for other purposes. Approved April 12, 1917. An act authorizing Bernardo Merle to sue The People of Porto Rico, and for other purposes. Approved April 12, 1917. An act authorizing the municipalities of Porto Rico to regulate the resale of seats in theaters or other public amusements, and to levy and collect an annual license tax on speculators. Approved April 12, 1917. An act to dissolve certain domestic corporations and associations. Approved April 12, 1917. An act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1917. Approved April 12, 1917. An act appropriating the sum of $12,000 to continue the study of the irrigation of the municipalities of Lajas and Isabela, and for other purposes. Approved April 12, 1917. An act to provide for additional quarters annexed to the present building where the offices and laboratory of the insular experiment station at Rio Piedras are installed. Approved April 12, 1917. An act to amend section 41 of "An act to establish a system of local government, and for other purposes," approved March 8, 1906. Approved April 12, 1917. An act to promote the cultivation of new crops; to provide for forest reserves, and for other purposes. Approved April 12, 1917. An act to amend sections 7 and 15 of Act No. 135, approved August 18, 1913, entitled "An act to establish standard systems of weights and measures, to regulate the purchase and sale of commodities and the ascertainment of weights and measures in industrial and commercial transactions, and to prevent fraud therein, and for other purposes. Approved April 12, 1917. An act to amend section 327 of the Code of Civil Procedure as amended by an act of March 12, 1908, and for other purposes. Approved April 12, 1917. An act to convey to the municipality of Fajardo a parcel of land to be segregated from lands belonging to The People of Porto kico. Approved April 12, 1917. An act to provide for carrying out certain provisions of an agreement entered into between the San Juan Harbor board, the Compañia de los Ferrocarriles de Puerto Rico, and the American Railroad Company, in adjustment of terminal facilities in connection with water-front improvements in San Juan, and for other purposes. Approved April 12, 1917. An act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in appropriations for the department of health for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1917. Approved April 12, 1917. An act to create the municipality of Villalba. Approved April 12, 1917. An act authorizing the payment of additional compensation to certain employees of the bureau of supplies, printing, and transportation for work done outside of regular office hours and during holidays. Approved April 12, 1917. An act authorizing the municipality of Ceiba to expend 25 per cent of the surplus remaining from 1915-16 in such works and public services as it may deem necessary, and for other purposes. Approved April 12, 1917. An act to provide for the admission to practice the profession of law of persons filling certain requirements, and for other purposes. Approved April 12, 1917. An act to expend in works of public utility the 25 per cent cash surplus remaining on June 30, 1916, to the municipality of Comerio. Approved April 12, 1917. An act providing for the construction of a section of road included in Act No. 71, approved April 13, 1916, and for other purposes. Approved April 12, 1917. An act authorizing the governor to exchange the building occupied by the insular asylum for the insane and certain lands in the Morrillos de Cabo Rojo for other real property belonging to the United States; appropriating funds for the construction of a new asylum for the insane; creating a commission to select the site of such asylum, and for other purposes. Approved April 12, 1917. An act making appropriation for the stabling, shoeing, and keep of insular police horses during the fiscal year 1914-15. Approved April 12, 1917. An act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in appropriations for temporary employees of the executive council and of the house of delegates for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1917, and for other purposes. Approved April 12, 1917. An act to provide for the construction of five bridges over the rivers Bucana, Inabon, Jacaguas, Descalabrado, and Coamo, on the Ponce-Guayama Road; to make appropriations therefor, and for other purposes. Approved April 12, 1917. An act to amend Act No. 42, entitled "An act prohibiting the operation of bancas alemanas, pools, or the system known as pari mutuel, and bookmaking, without the hippodromes of the island, and for other purposes," approved April 13, 1916. Approved April 12, 1917. An act to appropriate the necessary funds for the reconstruction of the building belonging to The People of Porto kico used for customhouse purposes at Fajardo. Approved April 12, 1917. An act making appropriations for the necessary expenses of carrying on the government of Porto Rico for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1918, and for other purposes. Approved April 12, 1917. JOINT RESOLUTIONS. Joint resolution authorizing and directing the commissioner of health to take immediately such action as may be necessary to arrest the epidemic of measles at present existing in Porto Rico, and for other purposes. Approved March 26, 1917. Joint resolution to put in operation the provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An act to provide a civil government for Porto Rico, and for other purposes,' approved March 2, 1917, to provide appropriations to that end, to provide for the vesting (of) powers in various branches of the government, and for other purposes. Approved March 30, 1917. Joint resolution authorizing the municipality of Juncos to utilize savings remaining in the supplementary budget for the fiscal year 1916-17, caused by the annulment of an illegal appropriation for "Contingent expenses" in said budget, to increase certain other appropriations of the regular budget for said fiscal year. Approved April 2, 1917. Joint resolution appropriating the sum of $20,000 for the prevention and suppression of epidemics of dangerous communicable diseases in Porto Rico. Approved April 12, 1917. Joint resolution to provide for the holding of general elections in Porto Rico in the year 11917, and thereafter, to provide for the nomination of candidates, and for the qualification of voters for said election, and for other purposes. Approved April 12, 1917. Joint resolution providing for the acquisition of a painting of Gov. Yager for the portrait gallery of the executive mansion. Approved April 12, 1917. Joint resolution authorizing the municipality of Caguas to expend for various purposes 75 per cent of the cash surplus remaining in current appropriations at the close of the fiscal year 1915-16, and for other purposes. Approved April 12, 1917. Joint resolution to cancel a mortgage constituted by Elías Campo in favor of the State. Approved April 12, 1917. Joint resolution to dissolve a domestic corporation known as "Compañia Tipográfica de Ponce," and the association not for pecuniary profit called the "League of Freethinkers of Porto Rico." Approved April 12, 1917. Joint resolution authorizing the Governor of Porto Rico to borrow $1,000,000 for the purpose of providing for the sustenance of the inhabitants of Porto Rico during the period of the war; creating a food commission to carry out the provisions of this act, and for other purposes. Approved April 12, 1917. |