Page.
No. 425. An act authorizing provincial boards to fix the number and dates of
conventions to be held in each year in the provincial capital by the
municipal presidentes of their respective provinces...
I
No. 426. An act increasing the salary of the fiscal of the province of Marin-
duque from $800 to $1,000, in money of the United States....
I
No. 427. An act authorizing the loan of $7,050, in local currency, to the prov-
ince of Neuva Ecija ..
2
No. 428. An act authorizing the loan of $6,000, in local currency, to the prov-
ince of Samar...
2
No. 429. An act making temporary provisions for the care of invalid civil
employees at Baguio, in the province of Benguet, pending the estab-
ment of a government sanitarium
3
No. 430. An act appropriating the sum of $2,823,705.28, in money of the
United States, or so much thereof as may be necessary, in part
compensation for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903,
and for other purposes
5
No. 431. An act providing for the incorporation of the barrio of Salinas, now
a part of the municipality of Sariaya, province of Tayabas, into the
municipality of Lucena.
45
No. 432. An act removing the political disabilities of Pedro Pastor and author-
izing payment for the service heretofore rendered by him as clerk
of the court of first instance in the province of Batangas.
46
No. 433. An act changing the name of the municipality of Nagaba, in the
province of Iloilo, to that of Jordan..
46
No. 434. An act extending the time for the payment of the land tax and of
the cedula tax for the year 1902...
47
No. 435. An act providing that officials and employees of the provincial gov-
ernment of Samar shall not come within the provisions of the civil-
service act until March 1, 1903.
47
No. 436. An act amending act No. 341, annexing certain territory to the city
of Manila, so as to provide for the valuation of real estate in the
annexed territory, and prescribing the time and method of com-
pleting such valuation and collection of taxes..
48
No. 437. An act appropriating the sum of $22,934.45, in money of the United
States, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for certain expenses
of the insular government during the fiscal year ending June 30,
1903, and other designated periods...
49
No. 438. An act providing for the incorporation of the barrio of Quilbay, now
a part of the municipality of Guinayangan, province of Tayabas,
into the municipality of Ragay, province of Ambos Camarines.... 51
No. 439. An act providing for the payment of lawyers appointed by the supreme
court to examine candidates for admission to the bar...
52
No. 440. An act amending General Orders, No. 58, office of the military gov-
ernor, series of 1900, relating to criminal procedure, so as to allow
the court under certain conditions to assign counsel who are not
members of the bar to aid respondents in their defense....
52
No. 441. An act amending act No. 422, organizing a provincial government
in the province of Paragua, so as to provide that the duties of fiscal
of that province shall be performed by the fiscal for the four-
teenth judicial district
53
No. 442. An act amending act No. 390 so as to authorize the payment of the
traveling expenses of certain officials and employees of courts of
first instance when sessions are held at other places than those fixed
for regular sessions..
53
Page.
No. 443. An act authorizing the provincial board of any province organized
under "the provincial government act” to use portions of the pro-
vincial funds in certain cases for the construction and repair of roads
and bridges within the inhabited parts of the municipalities .. 54
No. 444. An act creating the office of consulting engineer to the Commission.. 55
No. 445. An act providing for the establishment of civil governments in the
settlements of the non-Christian tribes of the province of Abra.... 56
No. 446. An act amending section 40 of “the Municipal Code” by authorizing
the expenditure of municipal funds for the support of two persons
while receiving training for positions as public school teachers in
the municipality ..
57
No. 447. An act amending the Manila charter by increasing the number of city
districts to 13 and providing for the representation of the districts
of Santa Ana and Pandacan upon the advisory board of the city of
Manila..
57
No. 448. An act so amending act No. 80 that the provisions thereof relating to
leaves of absence shall be applicable to heads of bureaus and pro-
vincial officers, and that the legal representatives of civil servants
dying in the civil service shall be entitled to compensation for the
earned leaves of absence to the credit of the deceased..
58
No. 449. An act amending act No. 413, entitled “An act providing for the con-
trol and management of provincial jails and of the prisoners therein,
so as to allow provincial boards, when necessary, to make contracts
for feeding prisoners confined in the provincial jail at a rate exceed-
ing 20 cents, local currency, per diem..
No. 450. An act making the province of Neuva Vizcaya a separate judicial dis-
trict and authorizing the governor to perform the duties of judge of
the court of first instance therein....
60
No. 451. An act abolishing the use of the garrote as a means of executing
criminals hereafter condemned to death and substituting in place
thereof execution by hanging.
60
No. 452. An act providing for an examination of the collection accounts of clerks
of the courts of first instance and a certificate of their correctness,
and a certificate as to the correctness of pay rolls and vouchers for
disbursements of the courts of first instance..
61
No. 453. An act providing for the publication by the insular government of an
official gazette under the general direction of the department of
public instruction....
62
No. 454. An act amending act No. 238, fixing the limits of Cavite Harbor and
providing for the police jurisdiction thereof and for the anchorage
of vessels therein.
63
No. 455. An act for the relief of W. S. Conrow, treasurer of the province of
Leyte...
63
No. 456. An act amending rule 50 of section 1 of act No. 90, relative to the man-
ner in which the treasurer of the archipelago shall keep his accounts
and render the same to the Secretary of War, and repealing that
part of section 3 of act No. 430 which prohibits the making of con-
tracts payable only in United States currency...
64
No. 457. An act providing for the exemption of the lands in the province of
Batangas from payment of the land tax for the year 1902, and
extending the date for the appraisement and assessment of land in
said province for one year..
65
No. 458. An act amending act No. 103, extending the provisions of “The pro-
vincial-government act” to the province of Tayabas..
65
No. 459. An act amending sections 4 and 12 of act No. 337, organizing the prov-
ince of Nueva Vizcaya, and section 5 of act No. 422, organizing the
province of Paragua...
66
No. 460. An act appropriating $10,000 in money of the United States, or so
much thereof as may be necessary, to enable the Auditor for the
Philippine Archipelago to prepare for the Secretary of War for
transmittal to Congress at its ensuing regular session special detailed
reports of the receipts and expenditures of the government of the
archipelago for the fiscal year 1902.
66
No. 461. An act amending act No. 175, entitled "An act providing for the
organization and government of the insular constabulary, and for
the inspection of the municipal police,” so as to provide for the
maintenance of the present telegraphic system in the archipelago,
so far as may be desirable and practicable
No. 462. An act changing the title of “ Department of Posts” to “ Bureau of
Posts," and the title of “Director-General of Posts” to “Director
of Posts"
No. 463. An act authorizing provincial boards, in their discretion, to extend the
time for the payment of the land tax for the year 1902 to a date not
later than January 1, 1903...
No. 464. An act vesting the insular treasurer with power to increase or diminish
the bonds of public officials, with the approval of the civil governor.
No. 465. An act amending act No. 157, providing for the establishment of a
board of health for the Philippine Islands, by striking out the pro-
vision that the sanitary engineer shall be the city engineer of
Manila...
No. 466. An act amending act No. 358, providing for a per diem for traveling
examiners of the Treasurer and Auditor for the Philippine Archi-
pelago, by requiring such per diem to be paid from provincial funds
when an examiner or deputy of the insular treasurer is acting as a
provincial treasurer.
No. 467. An act to provide for taking a census of the Philippine Islands...
No. 468. An act authorizing the provincial board of the province of Capiz to
divert $10,000, local currency, of the funds loaned to that province
by the insular government by virtue of act No. 196, as loans to the
municipalities of the province for the prevention and suppression
of the cholera epidemic.
No. 469. An act authorizing provincial boards to hear and determine contro-
versies arising in municipalities by reason of municipal ordinances
regulating religious processions or closing municipal cemeteries ...
No. 470. An act authorizing the loan of $10,000 in money of the United States
or its equivalent in local currency at the authorized ratio to the
province of Batangas.
No. 471. An act authorizing the loan of $50,000, local currency, to the prov-
ince of Iloilo, to enable the provincial board to make loans to the
various municipalities of the province for the suppression of
cholera and for the relief of the inhabitants from starvation and
suffering ..
No. 472. An act repealing section 1 of act No. 251, prohibiting the sale of
intoxicating beverages in the municipality of Iligan, province of
Misamis
No. 473. An act authorizing the loan of the equivalent in local currency, at
the authorized ratio, of $2,500 in money of the United States to
the province of Marinduque out of the treasury of the Philippine
Archipelago, for the benefit of the island of Mindoro
No. 474. An act providing for the stamping of counterfeit coin in such manner
that it shall not be available for circulation...
No. 475. An act amending section 9 of “the provincial-government act,'' as
amended by paragraph 4 of section 1 of act No. 133, by striking out
from paragraph (a) of said section 9 the words "the provincial
treasurer shall forward to the insular auditor a true copy of the
tax lists of this province"
No. 476. An act amending act No. 183, entitled "An act to incorporate the,
city of Manila,” and amending act No. 185, entitled “An act regu-
lating the salaries of officers and employees in the municipal serv-
ice of Manila,” by increasing the number of assistants in the office
of the prosecuting attorney of Manila from three to four, and by
increasing the salary of the prosecuting attorney from $3,500 to
$4,500 and fixing the salaries of the four assistants.
No. 477. An act to repeal acts Nos. 180, 232, and 373, amendatory of act No.
74, establishing a department of public instruction, to repeal a cer-
tain paragraph in act No. 430 relating to night schools, and to
amend act No. 74 by providing for the division of the archipelago
into 36 school divisions, to amend section 13 of “the provincial-
government act” No. 83, as amended, and for other purposes.....
No. 478. An act fixing the salaries of the presidents of the provincial boards
of health of Nueva Vizcaya and Samar..
No. 479. Au act authorizing collectors of customs in the Philippine Archipelago
to receive certain accepted or certified checks and certain bank
notes in payment of customs duties ...
No. 480. An act to punish unlawful maintenance of cockfighting and cockpits,
attendance upon the same, and gambling in a cockpit..
No. 481. An act so amending section 17 of act No. 422, providing for the
organization of a provincial government in the province of Paragua
and defining the limits of that province, as to extend for three
months the periods of time named in said section
No. 482. An act authorizing provincial boards to appropriate provincial funds
for the purchase of draft animals for breeding purposes.
No. 483. An act appropriating the sum of $6,000 local currency for repairing
the wharf at Jolo..
No. 484. An act providing for the granting of a franchise to construct an elec-
tric street railway on the streets of Manila and its suburbs and a
franchise to construct, maintain, and operate an electric light, heat,
and power system in the city of Manila and its suburbs, after
competitive bidding.
No. 485. An act authorizing the provincial board of Ilocos Norte to divert
$2,500 local currency of provincial funds as loans to municipalities
of that province to relieve the inhabitants thereof suffering from
hunger
No. 486. An act to amend act No. 467, entitled “An act to provide for taking
a census of the Philippine Islands”
No. 487. An act amending act No. 82, entitled “The municipal code,” and act
No. 303 amendatory thereof......
No. 488. An act making an appropriaton of the sum of $65,965.65 in local
currency for expenditure in the discretion of the civil governor in
the provinces of Batangas and La Laguna and the island of Min-
doro, and authorizing the sale, rental, or distribution of articles
purchased thereunder, and for other purposes
No. 489. An act appropriating the sum of $784 local currency for Claro
Jaramillo, for compensation for services rendered by him from
May 1, 1898, to and including June 30, 1899, in caring for the light-
house at Cape Melville...
No. 490. An act appropriating the sum of $3,137,542.33 in money of the
United States, or so much thereof as may be necessary, in part
compensation for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903,
and for other purposes
No. 491. An act appropriating the sum of $163.33 United States currency, pay-
able in local currency at the authorized rate of exchange at the
time of payment, to Jacob C. Mulder, in lieu of salary from Feb-
ruary 1, to March 19, 1902, while awaiting transportation in the
United States to Manila ..
No. 492. An act authorizing the provincial treasurer of Albay to pay the sum
of $80 local currency for hire of a launch in May, 1902, to trans-
port the provincial treasurer and his deputy from Legaspi to Tabaco
to inspect the suboffice of Virac...
No. 493. An act making the provisions of act No. 449 retroactive so as to apply
to contracts for feeding prisoners in provincial jails, entered into
prior to the passage of act No. 449.
No. 494. An act authorizing the collector of customs for the Philippine Archi-
pelago to grant a temporary license to the vessel San Nicolas, now
in the harbor of Manila loaded with rice, to proceed to the province
of Ambos Camarines and there to discharge said rice, take on a
cargo, and return to Manila...
No. 495. An act appropriating the sum of $2,000,000 local currency for expenses
in connection with the purchase and distribution of rice to inhabit-
ants of the Philippine Islands in provinces suffering from scarcity
of food, and for other purposes.
No. 496. An act to provide for the adjudication and registration of titles to
No. 498. An act amending act No. 145, authorizing the appointment of dis-
bursing clerk, in the various civil bureaus and departments
No. 499. An act annex } the province of Marinduque to the province of
Tayabas, am viding act No. 103, entitled “An act extending the
provisions of the provincial government act to the province of
Tayabas,” and repealing act No. 125 and all amendments thereto.
No. 500. An act providing for the organization of a provincial government in
the island of Mindoro, defining the limits of that province, and
repealing act 423, entitled “An act extending the provisions of the
provincial government act and its amendments to the island of
Mindoro and incorporating that island with the province of
Marinduque"
No. 501. An act transferring the province of Tayabas from the sixth to the
seventh judicial district, and the province of Mindoro from the
seventh to the sixth judicial district, providing for the holding of
the terms of court for Tayabas at the towns of Tayabas and Boac,
and amending act No. 140..
No. 502. An act amending “the municipal code" by authorizing the civil
governor to postpone general municipal elections under certain
circumstances
No. 503. An act amending act No. 183, entitled “An act to incorporate the
city of Manila'
No. 504. An act amending act No. 145, entitled “An act authorizing the
appointment of disbursing clerks in the various civil departments,
bureaus, and offices, prescribing the duties of disbursing clerks
and fixing their compensation as such"
No. 505. An act to repeal section 8 of act No. 247, entitled “An act providing
for the establishment of a civil hospital at Manila”
No. 506. An act providing for a loan of $6,000, local currency, to the province
of Paragua
No. 507. An act amending act No. 467, entitled "An act to provide for taking
a census of the Philippine Islands
No. 508. An act amending act No. 450, making the province of Nueva Viz-
caya a separate judicial district, and for other purposes.
No. 509. An act authorizing the provincial board of the province of Sorsogon
to expend from the provincial treasury the sum of $3,500, local
currency, for rice for the support of volunteers engaged in sup-
pressing ladronism during March, April, and May, 1902....
No. 510. An act authorizing the provincial board of the province of Albay to
pay the sum of $350, United States currency, for the hire of a
launch in July, 1902, to enable the provincial governor to visit the
island of Catanduanes..
No. 511. An act fixing the salaries and wages of officers and crews of the
coast-guard fleet.
No. 512. An act transferring the Agricultural College in the island of Negros
from the bureau of education to that of agriculture, and making
an appropriation for the establishing and carrying on of same and
of an experiment station ...
No. 513. An act amending rule 48 of act No. 90..
No. 514. An act creating a commission to secure, organize, and make an
exhibit of Philippine products, manufactures, art, ethnology, and
education at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, to be held at St.
Louis, in the United States, in 1904..
No. 515. An act to amend act No. 80, entitled “An act to regulate the hours
of labor, leaves of absence, and transportation of appointeès under
the Philippine civil service"
No. 516. An act authorizing the removal of prisoners from the provincial jail
of Rizal to Bilibid prison on account of the unhealthfulness and
insecurity of the provincial jail of Rizal
No. 517. An act to provide against the danger of famine in the provinces of
the Philippine Archipelago....
No. 518. An act defining highway robbery or brigandage, and providing for
the punishment therefor..
No. 519. An act defining vagrancy and providing for punishment therefor ...
|