Commonwealth Acts enacted in 1938


(Go to 1937, 1939.)


Ref. No. Title Date
C.A. No. 253 AN ACT AMENDING FURTHER PARAGRAPH SIXTY FOUR OF GROUP 2, CLASS IV, OF SECTION EIGHT OF THE PHILIPPINE TARIFF ACT OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND NINE, AS AMENDED, SO AS TO EXTEND THE FREE ENTRY OF WOODS, BARKS, ROOTS, AND SIMILAR NATURAL PRODUCTS, FOR DYEING OR TANNING 1938-02-26
C.A. No. 254 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS ONE AND TWO OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED THREE 1938-03-04
C.A. No. 255 AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ABOLITION OF THE ROAD TAX 1938-03-09
C.A. No. 256 AN ACT CONFIRMING THE COMMITMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES UNDER THE INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT REGARDING THE REGULATION OF PRODUCTION AND MARKETING OF SUGAR AND THE PROTOCOL ANNEXED THERETO, BOTH SIGNED IN LONDON ON MAY SIXTH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY SEVEN 1938-04-29
C.A. No. 257 AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO RELEASE AND ORDER THE EXPENDITURE OF A SUM NOT EXCEEDING FORTY PER CENTUM OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT RECOMMENDED FOR APPROPRIATION IN THE PUBLIC WORKS BILL ATTACHED TO THE MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT TO THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DATED FEBRUARY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY EIGHT, TO ENABLE THE GOVERNMENT TO COMMENCE AT ONCE THE EXECUTION OF THE PROJECTS LISTED IN THE SAID BILL 1938-03-25
C.A. No. 258 AN ACT TO GRANT THE ILAGAN ELECTRIC AND ICE PLANT, INCORPORATED, AN EXTENSION OF THIRTY DAYS TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN CONDITIONS OF THE FRANCHISE AWARDED UNDER ACT NUMBERED THIRTY FOUR HUNDRED AND NINETY FOUR OF THE PHILIPPINE LEGISLATURE 1938-03-31
C.A. No. 259 AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED BY COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED THREE, RELATING TO THE SUPREME COURT AND THE COURT OF APPEALS AND TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO CARRY OUT THE PURPOSES THEREOF 1938-04-07
C.A. No. 294 Mechanical Engineering Law 1938-06-09
C.A. No. 302 AN ACT GRANTING THE “METROPOLITAN RADIO CORPORATION” A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE STATIONS FOR THE TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION OF WIRELESS MESSAGES 1938-06-09
C.A. No. 303 AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE TIME OF PAYMENT OF SALARIES AND WAGES OF LABORERS AND EMPLOYEES; PROHIBITING THE FORCING, COMPELLING, OR OBLIGING OF ANY EMPLOYEE OR LABORER TO PURCHASE MERCHANDISE, COMMODITIES, OR ANY OTHER PERSONAL PROPERTY UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, AND THE PAYMENT OF THE SALARY OR WAGES OF AN EMPLOYEE OR LABORER BY MEANS OF TOKENS OR OBJECTS OTHER THAN THE LEGAL TENDER CURRENCY OF THE PHILIPPINES; PRESCRIBING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS HEREOF 1938-06-09
C.A. No. 304 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE REFORESTATION AND AFFORESTATION OF WATERSHEDS, DENUDED AREAS AND COGON OR OPEN LANDS WITHIN FOREST RESERVES, COMMUNAL FORESTS, NATIONAL PARKS AND TIMBERLANDS, SAND DUNES, AND OTHER PUBLIC FOREST LANDS, IN THE PHILIPPINES, AND PROVIDING THE NECESSARY FUNDS THEREFOR 1938-06-09
C.A. No. 305 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS TWO AND THREE OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY TWO, ENTITLED “AN ACT TO CREATE A BOARD OF CENSORSHIP FOR MOVING PICTURES AND DEFINING ITS FUNCTIONS,” AS AMENDED BY COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY SEVEN 1938-06-09
C.A. No. 306 AN ACT TO ALLOW THE ACCEPTANCE OF DEPOSITS OF MORTGAGE AND SAVINGS BANKS AS SECURITY TOR LOANS, AMENDING TO THAT EFFECT SECTION ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE OF THE CORPORATION LAW 1938-06-09
C.A. No. 307 AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES ON BEHALF OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES TO SUPPLEMENT AND AMEND THE AGREEMENT HERETOFORE EXECUTED BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND THE ATLANTIC, GULF AND PACIFIC COMPANY OF MANILA, PURSUANT TO ACT NUMBERED THREE THOUSAND AND FIFTY SIX 1938-06-09
C.A. No. 308 AN ACT TO AMEND PARAGRAPH NUMBERED 4, UNDER D IV SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS, SECTION TWO, PARS. FIFTY NINE AND SIXTY, ENGLISH VERSION, OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED FORTY FIVE PERTAINING TO THE APPROPRIATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR SO AS TO REITEMIZE ITEM D IV 4 0) THEREOF AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 1938-06-09
C.A. No. 309 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS SIXTY TWO AND SIXTY EIGHT OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY SEVEN, KNOWN AS THE “MINING ACT” 1938-06-09
C.A. No. 310 AN ACT PUNISHING THE TRANSFER OF PRIVATE AGRICULTURAL LAND TO DISQUALIFIED PERSONS IN VIOLATION OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE PHILIPPINES 1938-06-09
C.A. No. 311 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS TWO, THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY TWO WHICH CREATES THE “NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY” 1938-06-09
C.A. No. 312 AN ACT TO AMEND PARAGRAPH (D) OF SECTION TWENTY TWO OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE, IN ORDER TO FIX THE RANK OF THE CHIEF OF STAFF AND HIS TERM OF OFFICE 1938-06-09
C.A. No. 313 AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF REGIONAL NATIONAL VOCATIONAL TRADE SCHOOLS OF THE PHILIPPINE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND TRADES TYPE AND REGIONAL NATIONAL VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOLS OF THE CENTRAL LUZON AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOL TYPE AND THE PROPER SUPPORT AND EXPANSION OF SUCH SCHOOLS AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED 1938-06-09
C.A. No. 314 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN, AS AMENDED, ENTITLED “AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE GOVERNOR GENERAL TO PURCHASE ON BE­HALF OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, SEVENTY THOUSAND SHARES OF THE CAPITAL STOCK OF THE MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR PAYING THE PRICE OF SAID SHARES” 1938-06-09
C.A. No. 315 AN ACT PROVIDING FOR AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION OF SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE REVOLVING FUND OF THE BUREAU OF PRINTING TO BE USED EXCLUSIVELY IN THE PRINTING AND BINDING OF CENSUS FORMS AND CENSUS VOLUMES, AND PROVIDING FOR THEIR DISTRIBUTION AND SALE 1938-06-09
C.A. No. 316 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED THIRTY TWO, ENTITLED “AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE SUBDIVISION AND SALE OF ALL THE PORTIONS OF THE FRIAR LANDS ESTATES REMAINING UNDISPOSED OF” 1938-06-09
C.A. No. 317 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED AND ELEVEN 1938-06-09
C.A. No. 318 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FORTY FIVE OF ACT NUMBERED TWO THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND TWELVE, ENTITLED “AN ACT CREATING THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK,” AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED TWO THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND THIRTY EIGHT 1938-06-09
C.A. No. 319 AN ACT PROVIDING THAT ALL RETIREMENT GRATUITIES OF OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES GRANTED RETIREMENT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY NINE, AS AMENDED, SHALL BE PAID FROM THE RESPECTIVE FUNDS FROM WHICH THE SALARIES OF THE SAID RETIRED OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES WERE BEING PAID AT THE TIME OF RETIREMENT 1938-06-09
C.A. No. 320 AN ACT PRESCRIBING CERTAIN ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS OF THE GENERAL AUDITING OFFICE 1938-06-09
C.A. No. 327 AN ACT FIXING THE TIME WITHIN WHICH THE AUDITOR GENERAL SHALL RENDER HIS DECISIONS AND PRESCRIBING THE MANNER OF APPEAL THEREFROM 1938-06-18
C.A. No. 329 AN ACT TO AMEND ITEMS OF APPROPRIATION UNDER SECTION ONE, PARAGRAPH A OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED FORTY 1938-06-18
C.A. No. 332 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE NATIONAL ABACA AND OTHER FIBER CORPORATION 1938-06-18
C.A. No. 333 Changed The Name Of The National Language Institute To The Institute Of National Language 1938-06-18
C.A. No. 335 AN ACT TO RENAME A STREET AT PRESENT CALLED “MANGAHAN” IN THE CITY OF MANILA, AS “PEDRO GUEVARA” 1938-06-19
C.A. No. 336 AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE “MOJON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL,” IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF MALOLOS, PROVINCE OF BULACAN, TO THAT OF “BARASOAIN MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL” 1938-06-19
C.A. No. 337 AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CHARTERED CITY OF CEBU TO ISSUE BONDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FUNDS TO CONSTRUCT NECESSARY SEWER FACILITIES IN SAID CITY, AND AUTHORIZING ALSO A NATIONAL GOVERNMENT BOND ISSUE SECURED BY SAID CITY BONDS 1938-06-21
C.A. No. 338 Tagaytay City Charter 1938-06-21
C.A. No. 340 AN ACT CREATING AN ANIMAL UTILIZATION SERVICE IN THE BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR ITS ESTABLISHMENT, EQUIPMENT, MAINTENANCE, AND OPERATION 1938-06-21
C.A. No. 341 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS FOUR, FIVE, SIX AND SEVEN OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY NINE HUNDRED AND NINETY SEVEN AS AMENDED BY COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND SEVEN 1938-06-22
C.A. No. 342 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS ONE, FOUR, ELEVEN, TWELVE, AND SIXTEEN OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY ONE HUNDRED FIVE ENTITLED “AN ACT REGULATING THE PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNT­ING; CREATING A BOARD OF ACCOUNTANCY; PROVIDING FOR EXAMINATION FOR THE GRANTING OF CERTIFICATES AND THE REGISTRATION OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS; FOR THE SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF CERTIFICATES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES” AS AMENDED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 1938-06-23
C.A. No. 343 AN ACT TO ABOLISH THE STATE POLICE FORCE, TO REORGANIZE THE PHILIPPINE CONSTABULARY INTO A NATIONAL POLICE FORCE AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR 1938-06-23
C.A. No. 344 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ELEVEN OF COM­MONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY, ENTITLED “AN ACT CREATING THE ‘NATIONAL POWER CORPORATION,’ PRESCRIBING ITS POWERS AND ACTIVITIES, APPROPRIATING THE NECESSARY FUNDS THEREFOR, AND RESERVING THE UNAPPROPRIATED PUBLIC WATERS FOR ITS USE” 1938-06-24
C.A. No. 345 AN ACT REPEALING SECTION SIX OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED, ENTITLED “AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER THIRTY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY NINE” 1938-08-17
C.A. No. 346 AN ACT PROVIDING FOR AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION OF TWO MILLION ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS TO CARRY OUT THE PROVISIONS OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY 1938-08-17
C.A. No. 347 AN ACT APPROPRIATING TWO AND ONE HALF MILLION PESOS FOR THE CLASSIFICATION, SURVEY, AND SUBDIVISION OF PUBLIC AGRICULTURAL LANDS 1938-08-19
C.A. No. 348 AN ACT AMENDING THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF JUDGES AND JUDGES AT LARGE OF FIRST INSTANCE, TO ALTER THE TIMES AND PLACES OF HOLDING COURTS IN CERTAIN DISTRICTS, AND TO FIX THE COMPENSATION OF JUDGES AND JUDGES AT LARGE OF FIRST INSTANCE, AND APPROPRIATING THEREFOR THE NECESSARY FUNDS 1938-08-19
C.A. No. 349 AN ACT CREATING A STANDARDIZING METER LABORATORY TO CARRY OUT THE PROVISIONS OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE ACT ON METER TESTING AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR 1938-08-22
C.A. No. 351 AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES, IN AID OF THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF A PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS INDUSTRY, TO CALL FOR BIDS AND AWARD AND EXECUTE CONTRACTS FOR THE EXPLORATION, EXPLOITATION AND DE­VELOPMENT OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS DEPOSITS IN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC LANDS IN THE PHILIPPINES, SUBJECT IN ALL CASES TO THE EXPRESS APPROVAL OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY 1938-08-22
C.A. No. 352 AN ACT AMENDING SECTION EIGHTEEN OF ACT NUMBERED TWO THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND TWELVE, ENTITLED, “AN ACT CREATING THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK,” AS AMENDED BY ACTS NUMBERED TWO THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND THIRTY EIGHT AND THIRTY NINE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY NINE 1938-08-22
C.A. No. 353 AN ACT AUTHORIZING AND EMPOWERING THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES TO FIX THE COMPENSATION AND SALARIES OF MEMBERS OF THE FACULTIES, OFFICERS, AND EMPLOYEES OF SAID INSTITUTION 1938-08-22
C.A. No. 354 AN ACT APPROPRIATING EIGHTY THOUSAND PESOS TO COMPENSATE THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE FOR THE LOSS IN ITS REVENUE ON ACCOUNT OF THE ABOLITION OF THE ROAD TAX 1938-08-22
C.A. No. 355 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS SIX, NINETEEN, AND TWENTY FOUR OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND THREE, ENTITLED, “AN ACT TO AFFORD PROTECTION OF LABOR BY CREATING A COURT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS EMPOWERED TO FIX MINIMUM WAGES FOR LABORERS AND MAXIMUM RENTALS TO BE PAID BY TENANTS, AND TO ENFORCE COMPULSORY ARBITRATION BETWEEN EMPLOYERS OR LANDLORDS, AND EMPLOYEES OR TENANTS, RESPECTIVELY; AND BY PRESCRIBING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF ITS ORDERS 1938-08-22
C.A. No. 356 AN ACT SPECIFYING HOW NATIONAL AID COULD BE OBTAINED BY ANY PROVINCE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF PROVINCIAL HOSPITALS 1938-08-22
C.A. No. 357 Election Code 1938-08-22
C.A. No. 358 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE IN CERTAIN CASES THE TAKING OVER AND OPERATION BY THE GOVERNMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES OR BUSINESSES COUPLED WITH A PUBLIC INTEREST; TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR SUCH PURPOSE; AND TO PRESCRIBE PENALTIES FOR INTERFERING WITH THE EXERCISE BY THE GOVERNMENT OF ITS AUTHORITY UNDER THE ACT 1938-08-22
C.A. No. 359 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR AND SIX OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY EIGHT, ENTITLED “AN ACT TO PROVIDE PENSION FOR VETERANS OF THE PHILIPPINE REVOLUTIONS OR WARS” 1938-08-22
C.A. No. 360 AN ACT TO AMEND FURTHER SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY FIVE HUNDRED AND NINETY SEVEN, AS AMENDED 1938-08-22
C.A. No. 361 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS TWENTY FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY SIX AND TWENTY FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY EIGHT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 1938-08-22
C.A. No. 362 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 1938-08-22
C.A. No. 363 AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE WHITE CROSS, INC. TO HOLD HORSE RACES, WITH BETTING, FOR CHARITABLE AND CIVIC PURPOSES AND TO PROMOTE HORSE BREEDING IN THE PHILIPPINES 1938-08-23
C.A. No. 364 AN ACT TO REPEAL SECTION THREE OF ACT NUMBERED THREE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED FIFTY TWO, AS AMENDED BY SECTION TWO OF ACT NUMBERED FOUR THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED SIXTY ONE OF THE PHILIPPINE LEGISLATURE, KNOWN AS THE CITY LOWLAND IMPROVEMENT ACT 1938-08-23
C.A. No. 365 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS ONE AND TWELVE OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY EIGHT HUNDRED AND FORTY SIX REQUIRING A LICENSE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND/OR OPERATION OF RADIO RECEIVING STATIONS USED FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSE 1938-08-23
C.A. No. 366 AN ACT TO AMEND PARAGRAPH (E) OF SECTION TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 1938-08-23
C.A. No. 367 AN ACT TRANSFERRING THE NATIONAL LIBRARY FROM THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 1938-08-23
C.A. No. 368 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR A REVOLVING FUND FOR LABORERS’ TENEMENT HOUSES 1938-08-23
C.A. No. 369 AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FOUR MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS FROM THE EXCISE TAX RECEIVED FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO REIMBURSE THE AMOUNT APPROPRIATED UNDER ACT NUMBERED THIRTY NINE HUNDRED AND THIRTY TWO FROM FUNDS UNDER ACT NUMBERED TWENTY NINE HUNDRED AND FORTY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF IRRIGATION SYSTEMS 1938-08-23
C.A. No. 370 AN ACT TO CONSIDER THE LATE PEDRO MA. SISON OF PANGASINAN, JUDGE OF FIRST INSTANCE, RETIRED, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE PAYMENT OF A GRATUITY TO HIS WIDOW 1938-08-23
C.A. No. 371 AN ACT GRANTING COMPENSATION TO THE WIDOW OR LEGITIMATE CHILDREN UNDER TWENTY ONE YEARS OF AGE OF THE LATE LIEUTENANT COLONEL JAMES B. ORD OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY 1938-08-23
C.A. No. 372 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION THREE OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY SIX ENTITLED “AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PHILIPPINE ANTITUBERCULOSIS SOCIETY TO HOLD HORSE RACES, WITH BETTING, FOR CHARITABLE AND CIVIC PURPOSES AND TO PROMOTE HORSE BREEDING IN THESE ISLANDS” 1938-08-23
C.A. No. 373 AN ACT CHANGING THE OFFICIAL FISCAL YEAR FROM THE PERIOD JANUARY FIRST TO DECEMBER THIRTY FIRST OF THE CALENDAR YEAR TO THE PERIOD FROM JULY FIRST OF EACH CALENDAR YEAR TO JUNE THIRTIETH OF THE CALENDAR YEAR IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING 1938-08-23
C.A. No. 374 AN ACT TO AMEND PARAGRAPH (4), GENERAL PROVISIONS, SECTION SEVEN OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY SIX, ENTITLED “AN ACT PRESCRIBING THE FORM OF THE BUDGET AND REGULATING THE EXPENDITURE OF AUTHORIZED APPROPRIATIONS” 1938-08-23
C.A. No. 375 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY ONE, ENTITLED “AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FIVE MILLION PESOS TO BE DISTRIBUTED BY THE SECRETARY OF FINANCE AMONG THE PROVINCES, SUBPROVINCES, CHARTERED CITIES, AND MUNICIPAL DISTRICTS ON THE BASIS OF THE YEARLY AVERAGE OF THEIR SHARES IN THE PROCEEDS OF THE CEDULA TAX COLLECTED DURING THE YEARS NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY THREE, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY FOUR, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY FIVE, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY SIX, AND NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY SEVEN, TO COMPENSATE THE SAID BRANCHES OF THE GOVERNMENT FOR THE LOSS FROM THEIR REVENUES ON ACCOUNT OF THE ABOLITION OF THE CEDULA TAX” 1938-08-23
C.A. No. 376 AN ACT TO AMEND ITEM 11, UNDER THE SUBHEADING “IV SPECIAL AND GENERAL PURPOSES”, HEADING “B OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT”, OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED, KNOWN AS THE GENERAL APPROPRIATION ACT FOR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY NINE, SO AS TO MAKE THE APPROPRIATION AUTHORIZED IN SAID ITEM AVAILABLE FOR EXPENDITURE BEGINNING ON THE DATE OF THE APPROVAL OF SAID GENERAL APPROPRIATION ACT 1938-08-23
C.A. No. 377 AN ACT TO AMEND COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED SIXTY SEVEN ENTITLED “AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC WORKS”, AS AMENDED BY COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED TWENTY EIGHT 1938-08-23
C.A. No. 378 AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS WITH OWNERS OF LANDED ESTATES IN THE PHILIPPINES FOR THE PURPOSE OF LEASING SUCH ESTATES AND TO SUBLET THE SAME TO BONA FIDE OCCUPANTS OR QUALIFIED PERSONS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR 1938-08-23
C.A. No. 379 AN ACT REQUIRING THE BRANDING AND REGISTRATION OF LARGE ANIMALS IMPORTED INTO THE PHILIPPINES AND PRESCRIBING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF THE SAME 1938-08-23
C.A. No. 380 AN ACT REQUIRING THE MANAGER OR PERSON IN CHARGE OF ANY SWEEPSTAKE, LOTTERY OR OTHER SIMILAR SCHEME FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES, AUTHORIZED TO BE CONDUCTED BY THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT OR BY ANY SUBDIVISION, AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY THEREOF, TO DEDUCT THE INCOME TAX DUE FROM WINNERS OF THE PRIZES AND TO PAY THE AMOUNT SO DEDUCTED TO THE COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE 1938-08-23
C.A. No. 381 AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE SUPPORT OF PRIMARY AND INTERMEDIATE EDUCATION AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 1938-08-23
C.A. No. 382 AN ACT TO ADOPT THE ORIGINAL AUTHENTIC FORM OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL ANTHEM AND TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR ITS PRINTING AND FREE DISTRIBUTION 1938-09-05
C.A. No. 383 AN ACT TO PUNISH THE DUMPING INTO ANY RIVER OF REFUSE, WASTE MATTER OR SUBSTANCES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER THAT MAY BRING ABOUT THE RISE OR FILLING IN OF RIVER BEDS OR CAUSE ARTIFICIAL ALLUVIAL FORMATIONS 1938-09-05
C.A. No. 384 AN ACT TO AMEND SEVERAL SECTIONS OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY EIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTY TWO ENTITLED “AN ACT CREATING A PUBLIC CORPORATION DENOMINATED THE METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT, PRESCRIBING ITS FUNCTIONS AND ACTIVITIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES”, AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED FORTY HUNDRED AND SEVENTY NINE AND BY COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED SIXTY 1938-09-05
C.A. No. 385 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS SEVENTEEN, NINETEEN, TWENTY TWO, TWENTY FIVE, THIRTY ONE, FORTY, FIFTY TWO, SEVENTY SIX A, SEVENTY EIGHT, EIGHTY NINE, NINETY FIVE AND NINETY SEVEN OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE, KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL DEFENSE ACT, AS AMENDED, AND INSERTING FOUR NEW SECTIONS IN SAID ACT TO BE KNOWN AS SECTIONS TWENTY FIVE A, TWENTY FIVE B NINETY A AND NINETY ONE A 1938-09-05
C.A. No. 386 AN ACT GRANTING TO THE PHILIPPINE PRESS WIRELESS, INC., A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE IN THE PHILIPPINES STATIONS FOR THE RECEPTION AND TRANSMISSION OF WIRELESS LONG DISTANCE MESSAGES, PICTURES OR OTHER MATTER PERTAINING TO THE PRESS 1938-09-05
C.A. No. 387 AN ACT GRANTING TO THE UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONS A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE IN THE PHILIPPINES STATIONS FOR THE RECEPTION AND TRANSPORTATION OF WIRELESS LONG DISTANCE MESSAGES PICTURES OR OTHER MATTER PERTAINING TO THE PRESS 1938-09-05
C.A. No. 388 AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF TWENTY, TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED PESOS TO CARRY OUT THE PURPOSES OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE DURING THE FISCAL YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY NINE 1938-09-05
C.A. No. 389 AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF DAVAO TO ISSUE BONDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FUNDS TO CONSTRUCT THE NECESSARY SEWER FACILITIES AND OTHER PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS IN SAID CITY, AND AUTHORIZING ALSO A NATIONAL GOVERNMENT BOND ISSUE SECURED BY SAID CITY BONDS 1938-09-05
C.A. No. 390 AN ACT TO AMEND COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED THIRTY ENTITLED “AN ACT APPROPRIATING NINETY SIX MILLION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY ONE THOUSAND AND THREE HUNDRED PESOS FOR PUBLIC WORKS” 1938-09-05
C.A. No. 391 AN ACT TO FURTHER AMEND SECTION TWO OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED SEVEN ENTITLED “AN ACT TO CREATE A NATIONAL LOAN AND INVESTMENT HOARD, DEFINING ITS POWERS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES,” AS AMENDED BY COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED NINE 1938-09-05
C.A. No. 392 AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE USE OF A PORTION OF THE INCOME FROM THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE ARRASTRE SERVICE AT THE PORT OF MANILA FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE NECESSARY OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE SAID SERVICE AND FOR THE PURCHASE OF FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT NEEDED BY THE SAME, REQUIRING THAT THE UNUSED PORTION OF THE SAID INCOME SHALL ACCRUE TO THE GENERAL FUND IN THE PHILIPPINE TREASURY 1938-09-05
C.A. No. 393 AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE ERECTION OF A COMMONWEALTH TRIUMPHAL ARCH IN THE CITY OF MANILA TO COMMEMORATE THE INAUGURATION OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES, PROVIDING THE MEANS OF RAISING FUNDS AND APPROPRIATING THE NECESSARY AMOUNT FOR THE PURPOSE 1938-09-05
C.A. No. 394 AN ACT AMENDING ARTICLE VIII, CHAPTER FIFTY TWO OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, REGARDING THE PHILIPPINE POSTAL SAVINGS BANK 1938-09-05
C.A. No. 402 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF CIVILIAN POSITIONS AND STANDARDIZATION OF SALARIES IN THE GOVERNMENT 1938-09-13
C.A. No. 408 Philippine Articles Of War 1938-09-14