Acts Nos. 401 to 500


Ref. No. Title Date
Act No. 409 An Act Extending The Times Which Payment Of Taxes On Real Estate In The City Of Manila For The Years Nineteen Hundred And One And Nineteen Hundred And Two May Be Made Without Suffering A Penalty For Non Payment 1902-05-28
Act No. 413 An Act Providing For The Control And Management Of Provincial Jails And Of The Prisoners Therein 0001-01-01
Act No. 422 An Act Providing For The Organization Of A Provincial Government In The Province Of Paragua And Defining The Limits Of That Province 0001-01-01
Act No. 424 AN ACT Extending The Provisions Of “the Provincial Government Act” And Its Amendments To The Province Of La Laguna 1902-07-01
Act 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
1902-07-02
Act No. 426 AN ACT Increasing The Salary Of The Fiscal Of The Province Of Marinduque From Eight
Hundred Dollars To One Thousand Dollars, In Money Of The United States.
1902-07-09
Act No. 427 AN ACT Authorizing The Loan Of Seven Thousand And Fifty Dollars, In Local Currency,
To The Province Of Nueva Ecija.
1902-07-09
Act No. 428 AN ACT Authorizing The Loan Of Six Thousand Dollars, In Local Currency, To The Province Of Samar. 1902-07-09
Act No. 429 AN ACT Making Temporary Provisions For The Care Of Ir
Ba^o, In The Province Of Benguet, Pending The Estahiif Estahiifihment Of A Government Sanitariom.
1902-07-14
Act No. 430 AN ACT Appropriating The Sum Of Two Million Eight Hundred And Twenty Three
ThoQsana Seven Hundred And Five Dollars And Twenty Eight Cents, In Money Of The
United States, Or So Much Thereof As May He Necessary, In Part Compensation For
The Service Of The Fiscal Year Ending June Thirtieth, Nineteen Hundred And Three,
And For Other Purposes.
1902-07-14
Act 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.
1902-07-22
Act No. 432 AN ACT Removing The Political Disabilities Of Pedro Pastor And Authorizing Payment
For The Service Heretofore Rendered By Him As Clerk Of The Court Of First Instance In
The Province Of Batangas.
1902-07-22
Act No. 433 AN ACT Changing The Name Of The Municipality Of Nagaba, In The Province Of Iloilo, To That Of Jordan 1902-07-22
Act No. 434 0000-00-00
Act No. 435 AN ACT Providing That Officials And Em]>loyee8 Of The Provincial Government Of
Samar Shall Not Come Within The Provisions Of The Civil Service Act Until March
First, Nineteen Hondi Ed And Three.
1902-07-23
Act No. 436 0000-00-00
Act No. 437 AN ACT Appropriating The Sum Of Twenty Two Thousand Nine Hundred And Thirty
Foar Dollars And Forty Five Cents, 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 Thirtieth, Nineteen Hundred And Three, And Other Designated
Periods.
1902-07-31
Act No. 438 AN ACT Providing For The Incoiporation Of The Barrio Of Quilbay, Now A Part Of The
Monidpality Of Uuinayan^, Frovince Of Tayabas, Into The Municipality Of Ra^y,
Province Of Amboa Gamarines.
1902-07-31
Act No. 439 AN ACT Providing For The Payment Of Lawyers Appointed By The Supreme Court To
Examine Candidates For Admission To The Bar
1902-08-04
Act No. 440 AN ACT Amending General Orders Numbered Fifty Eight, Office Of The Military
Governor, Series Of Nineteen Hundred, Relating To Criminal Procedure, So As To Allow
Me Court Under Certain Conditions To Assign Counsel Who Are Not Members Of Tiie
Bar To Aid Respondents In Their Defense.
1902-08-04
Act No. 441 AN ACT Amending Act Numbered Four Hundred And Twenty Two, Oi^ganizinff A Pro
Vindal Fl;ovemment In The Province Of Paragua, Bo As To Provide That The Duties Of
Fiscal Of That Province Shall Be Performed By The Fiscal For The Fourteenth Judicial
District
1902-08-04
Act No. 442 AN ACT Amending Act Numbered Three Hundred And Ninety So As To Authorize The
Payment Of The Traveling Expenses Of Certain Officials And Employees Of Courts Of
Nrst Instance When Sessions Are Held At Other Places Than Those Fixed For Regular
1902-08-06
Act No. 443 AN ACT Authorizing The Provincial Board Of Any Province Organized Under The
Provincial Government Act To Use Portions Of The Provincial Funds In Certain
Cases For The Construction And Repair Of Roads And Bridges Within The Inhabited
Parts Of The Municipalities
1902-08-06
Act No. 444 AN ACT Creating The Office Of Consulting Engineer To The Commission. 1902-08-07
Act No. 445 AN ACT Providing For The Establishment Of Civil Governments In The Settlements Of
The Non Christian Tribes Of The Province Of Abra.
1902-08-08
Act No. 446 AN ACT Amending Section Forty 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 1902-08-15
Act No. 447 AN ACT Amending The Manila Charter By Increasinff The Number Of City Districts To
Thirteen And Providing For The Representation Of 5ie Districts Of Santa Ana And
Ptodacan Upon The Advisory Board Of The City Of Manila.
1902-08-15
Act No. 448 AN ACT So Amendinj^ Act Numbered Eighty That The Provimons Thereof Relating To
Leaves Of Absence Shall Be Applicable To Heads Of Bureaus And Provincial 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.
1902-08-30
Act No. 449 AN ACT Amending Act Numbered Four Hundred And Tlurteen, Entitled “An Act
Providing For The Control And Management Of Provincial Jails And Of The Prisoners
Therein,” So As To Allow Provincial Boards, When Necessary, To Make Contracts For
Feeding Prisoners Confinm In The Provincial Jail, At A Rate Exceeding Twenty Cents,
Local Currency, Per Diem.
1902-08-30
Act No. 450 AN ACT Making The Province Of Nueva Vizcaya A Separate Judicial District And
Authorizing The Governor To Perform The Duties Of Judge Of The Court Of First Instance
Therein.
1902-09-01
Act 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 1902-09-02
Act No. 452 AN ACT Providing For An Examination Of The Collection Accounts Of Clerks Of The
Coarts Of First Instance And A Certificate Of Their Correctness, And A Certificate A^ To
The Correctness Of Pay Rolls And Vouchers For Disbursements Of The Courts Of First
Instance.
1902-09-02
Act 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 1902-09-02
Act No. 454 AN ACT Amending Act Numbered Two Hundred And Tbirt^ Eight, Fixing The Limits
Of GsTite Harbor And Providing For The Police Jurisdiction Thereof And For The
Anchorage Of VeaselB Therein.
1902-09-03
Act No. 455 AN ACT For The Relief Of W. S. Ctonrow, Treasurer Of The Province Of Leyte. 1902-09-03
Act No. 456 AN ACT Amending Rule Fifty Of Section One Of Act Nombered Ninety Relative To
The Manner In Wnich The Treasurer Of The Archipelago Shall Keep His Accounts And
Render The Same To The Secretary Of War; And Repe^ing That Part Of Section Three
Of Act Numbered Four Hundred And Thirty Which Prohibits The Malring Of Contracts
Payable Only In United States Currency.
1902-09-09
Act 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 NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWO, AND EXTENDING THE DATE FOR THE APPRAISEMENT AND ASSESSMENT OF LAND IN SAID PROVINCE FOR ONE YEAR 1902-09-11
Act No. 458 AN ACT Amending Act Numbered One Hundred And Three, Extending The Provisions
Of “The Provincial Government Act” To The Province Of Tayabas
1902-09-11
Act No. 459 AN ACT Amending Sections Four And Twelve Of Act Numbered Three Hundred And
Thirty Seven Organizing The Province Of Nueva Vizcaya, And Section Five Of Act
Numbered Four Hundred And Twenty Two, Organizing The Province Of Paragua.
1902-09-15
Act No. 460 AN ACT Appropriating Ten Thousand Dollars In Money Of The United States, Or So
Much Thereof As May Be Necessary, To Enable The Auditor For The Philippine Arch
Ipelago To Prepare For The Secretary Of War For Transmittal To Ck)ngre88 At Its Ensu
Ing Regular Session Special Detailed Reports Of The Receipts And Expenditures Of The
Government Of The Archipelago For The Fiscal Year Nineteen Hundred And Two.
1902-09-15
Act No. 461 AN ACT Amending Act Numbered One Hundred And Seventy Five, 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
1902-09-15
Act 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” 1902-09-15
Act No. 463 AN ACT AUTHORIZING PROVINCIAL BOARDS IN THEIR DISCRETION TO EXTEND THE TIME FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE LAND TAX FOR THE YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWO TO A DATE NOT LATER THAN JANUARY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THREE 1902-09-22
Act 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 1902-09-24
Act No. 465 AN ACT Amending Act Numbered One Hundred And Fifty Seven, Providing For The Establishment Of A Board Of Health For The Philippine Islands, By Striking Out The Provision That The Sanitary Engineer Shall Be The City Engineer Of Manila 1902-09-30
Act No. 466 AN ACT Amending Act Numbered Three Hundred And Fifty Eight, Providing For A Per Diem For Traveling Examiners Of The Treasurer And Auditor For The Philippine Archipelago, 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 1902-10-02
Act No. 467 AN ACT To Provide For Taking A Census Of The Philippine Islands 1902-10-06
Act No. 468 AN ACT Authorizing The Provincial Board Of The Province Of Capiz To Divert Ten
Thousand Dollare, Local Trurrency, Of The Fund? Loaned To That Province By The Insu
Lar (iovemment By ^^rtue Of Aft Numbered One Hundred And Ninety Six, As Loans
To The Municipalities Of The Province For The Prevention And Suppreaedon Of The
Cholera Epidemic
1902-10-06
Act No. 469 AN ACT Authorizing Provincial Boards To Hear And Determine Controversies Arising In Municipalities By Reason Of Municipal Ordinances Regulating Religious Processions Or Closing Municipal Cemeteries 1902-10-06
Act No. 470 AN ACT Authorizing The Loan Of Ten Thousand Dollars In Money Of The United States Or Its Equivalent In Local Currency At The Authorized Ratio To The Province Of Batangas

1902-10-06
Act No. 471 AN ACT Authorizing The Loan Of Fifty Thousand Dollars, Local Currency, To The Province 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 1902-10-06
Act No. 472 AN ACT Repealing Section One Of Act Numbered Two Hundred And Fifty One, Prohibiting The Sale Of Intoxicating Beverages In The Municipality Of Iligan, Province Of Misamis 1902-10-06
Act No. 473 AN ACT Authorizing The Loan Of The Equivalent In Local Currency, At The Authorized Ratio, Of Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars, 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 1902-10-06
Act No. 474 An ACT Providing For The Stamping Of Counterfeit Coin In Such Manner That It Shall Not Be Available For Circulation 1902-10-06
Act No. 475 AN ACT Amending Section Nine Of “The Provincial Government Act” As Amended
By Paragraph Four Of Section One Of Act Numbered One Hundred And Thirty Three,
By Striking Out From Paragraph (a) Of Said Section Nine The Words “The Provincial
Treasurer Shall Forward To The Insular Auditor A True Copy Of The Tax Lists Of This
Province.
1902-10-06
Act No. 476 AN ACT Amending Act Numbered One Hundred And Eighty Three, Entitled “An Act
To Incorporate The City Of Manila,” And Amending Act Numbered One Hundred And
Eighty Nine, Entitled “An Act Regulating The Salaries Of Officers And Employees In
The Municipal Service 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 Three Thousand Five Hundred Dollars To
Four Thousand Five Hundred Dollars And Fixing The Salaries Of The Four Assistants.
1902-10-07
Act No. 477 AN ACT To Repeal Acts Numbered One Hundred And Eighty, Two Hundred And Thirty
Two, And Three Hundred And Seventy Three, Amendatory Of Act Numbered Seventy
Four, Establishing A Department Of Fublic Instruction, To Repeal A Certain Paragraph
In Act Numbered Four Hundred And Thirty Relating To Night Schools, And To Amend
Act Numbered Seventy Four By Providing For The Division Of The Archijpelago Into
Thirty Six School Divisions, To Amend Section Thirteen Of “The Provincial ^vem
Ment Act” Numbered Eighty Three, As Amended, And For Other Purposes
1902-10-08
Act No. 478 AN ACT Fixing The Salaries Of The Presidents Of The Provincial Boards Of Health Of Nueva Vizcaya And Samar 1902-10-08
Act No. 479 AN 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 1902-10-05
Act No. 480 AN ACT To Punish Unlawful Maintenance Of Cockfighting And Cockpits, Attendance Upon The Same, And Gambling In A Cockpit 1902-10-16
Act No. 481 AN ACT Amending Section Seventeen Of Act Numbered Foot Hundred And Twenty
Two, 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
1902-10-15
Act No. 482 AN ACT Authorizing Provincial Boards To Appropriate Provincial Funds For The Purchase Of Draft Animals For Breeding Purposes 1902-10-16
Act No. 483 AN ACT Appropriating The Sum Of Six Thousand Dollars, Local Currency, For Repairing The Wharf At Jolo 1902-10-17
Act No. 484 AN ACT Providing For The Granting Of A Franchise To Construct An Electric Street Railway On The Streets Of Manna 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 1902-10-20
Act No. 485 AN ACT Authorizing The Provincial Board Of Ilocos Norte To Divert Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars, Local Currency, Of Provincial Funds As Loans To Municipalities Of That Province To Relieve The Inhabitants Thereof Suffering From Hunger 1902-10-24
Act No. 486 AN ACT To Amend Act Numbered Four Hundred And Sixty Seven, Entitled “An Act To Provide For Taking A Census Of The Philippine Islands” 1902-10-24
Act No. 487 AN ACT Amending Act Numbered Eighty Two, Entitled “The Municipal Code,” And
Act Numbered Three Hundred And Three Amendatory Thereof
1902-10-25
Act No. 488 AN ACT Making An Appropriation Of The Sum Of Sixty Five Thousand Nine Hundred
And Sixty Five Dollars And Sixty Five Cents, In Local Currency, For Expenditure In
The Discretion Of The Civil Governor In The Provinces Of Batangas And La Laguna
And The Island Of Mindoro, And Authorizing The Sale, Rental, Or Distribution Of
Articles Purchased Thereunder, And For Other Purposes.
1902-10-25
Act No. 489 AN ACT Appropriating The Sum Of Seven Hundred And Eighty Four Dollars, Local Cur
Rency, For Claro Jaramillo, For Compensation For Services Rendered By Him From
•May First, Eighteen Hundred And Nmety Eight, To And Including June Thirtieth,
Eighteen Hundred And Ninety Nine, In Caring For The Light House At Cape Melville.
1902-10-27
Act No. 490 AN ACT Appropriating The Sum Of Three Million One Hundred And Thirty Eeven Thoa
Sand Five Nundred And Forty Two Dollars And Thirty Three Cents, 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 Thirtieth, Nineteen Hundred And Three,
And For Other Purposes
1902-10-27
Act No. 491 AN ACT Appropriating The Sum Of One Hundred And Sixty Three Dollars And Thirty
Three Cents, United States Currency, Payable In Local Currency At The Authorized
Rate Of Exchange At The Time Of Payment, To Jacob C. Mulder, In Lieu Of Salary
From February First To March Nineteenth, Nineteen Hundred And Two, While Await
Ing Transportation In The United States To Manila.
1902-10-27
Act No. 492 AN ACT Aathorizing The Provincial Treasurer Of Albay To Pay The Sum Of Eighty
Dollars, Local Currency, For Hire Of A Launch In May, Nineteen Hundred And Two,
To Transport The Provincial Treasurer And His Deputy From Legaspi To Tabaco To
Inspect Uie Subomce Of Virac.
1902-10-27
Act No. 493 AN ACT Making The Provisions Of Act Numbered Four Hundred And Forty Nine
Retroactive So As To Apply To Contracts For Feeding Prisoners In Provincial Jails,
Entered Into Prior To The Passage Of Act Numbered Four Hundred And Forty Nine.
1902-10-27
Act No. 494 AN ACT Authorizing The Collector Of Customs For The Philippine Archipelago 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 Cargo, And Return To Manila 1902-11-01
Act No. 495 AN ACT Appropriating The Ram Of Two Million Dollars, Local Currency, For Expenses
In Connection With The Purchase And Distribution Of Rice To Inhabitants Of The
Philippine Islands In Provinces Suffering From Scarcity Of Food, And For Other
Purposes
1902-11-04
Act No. 496 Land Registration Act 1902-11-06
Act No. 496 The Public Land Act 1903-10-07
Act No. 497 0000-00-00
Act No. 498 AN ACT Amending Act Numbered One Hundred And Forty Five, Authorizing The
Appointment Of Disbursing Clerks In The Various Civil Bureaus And Departments.
1902-11-08
Act No. 499 1902-11-10
Act No. 500 AN ACT Providing For The Organization Of A Provincial Government In The Island Of
Mindoro, Defining The Limite Of That Province, And Repealing Act Numbered Four
Hundred And Twenty Three, Entitled ” An Act Extending The Provifiions Of The Pro
Vincial Government Act And Its Amendments To The Island Oi Mindoro And Incor
Porating That Island With The Province Of Marinduque.
1902-11-10