Acts Nos. 501 to 600


Ref. No. Title Date
Act No. 501 AN ACT Transferring The Province Of Tayabas From The Sixth To The Seventh Judicial District 1902-11-10
Act No. 502 AN ACT Amending “The Municipal Code” By Authorizing The Civil Governor To Postpone General Municipal Elections Under Certain Circumstances 1902-11-10
Act No. 503 AN ACT Amending Act Numbered One Hundred And Eighty Three, Entitled “An Act To Incorporate The City Of Manila” 1902-11-10
Act No. 504 AN ACT Amending Act Nombered One Hundred And Forty Five, Entitled “An Act
Authorizing The Appointment Of Disbursing Clerks In The Various Civil Departments,
Bureaus, And Ofiices, Prescribing The Duties Of Disbursing Clerks, And Nzing Their
Compensation As Such.”
1902-11-10
Act No. 505 AN ACT To Repeal Section Eight Of Act Numbered Two Hundred And Forty Seven, Entitled “An Act Providing For The Establishment Of A Civil Hospital At Manila.” 1902-11-10
Act No. 506 AN ACT Providing For A Loan Of Nix Thousand Dollars, Local Currency, To The Province Of Paragua 1902-11-10
Act No. 507 AN ACT Amending Act Numbered Four Hundred And Sixty Seven, Entitled “An Act To Provide For Taking A Census Of The Philippine Islands.” 1902-11-10
Act No. 508 AN ACT Amending Act Numbered Four Hundred And Fifty, Making The Province Of Nueva Vizcaya A Separate Judicial District, And For Other Purposes 1902-11-10
Act No. 509 N ACT Authorizing The Provincial Board Of The Province Of Sorsogon To Expend From The Provincial Treasury The Bum Of Three Thousand Five Hundred Dollars, Local Currency, For Rice For The Support Of Volunteers Engaged In Suppressing Ladronism During March, April, And May, Nineteen Hundred And Two 1902-11-10
Act No. 510 AN ACT Authorizing The Provincial Board Of The Province Of Albay To Pay The Sum
Of Three Hundred And Fifty Dollars, United States Currency, For The Hire Of A Launch
In July, Nineteen Hundred And Two, To Enable The Provincial Governor To Visit The
Island Of Catanduanes
1902-11-10
Act No. 511 AN ACT Fixing The Salaries And Wages Of Officers And Crews Of The Coast Guard Fleet 1902-11-10
Act 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 1902-11-10
Act No. 513 AN ACT Amending Rule Forty Eight Of Act Numbered Ninety 1902-11-10
Act 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 Parchase Exposition To Be Held At Saint Louis, In The United States, In Nineteen Hundred And Four 1902-11-11
Act No. 515 AN ACT To Amend Act Numbered Eighty, Entitled “An Act To Regulate The Hours Of Labor, Leaves Of Absence, And Transportation Of Appointees Under The Philippine Civil Service” 1902-11-11
Act 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 1902-11-12
Act No. 517 AN ACT To Provide Against The Danger Of Famine In The Provinces Of The Philippine Archipelago 1902-11-12
Act No. 518 Highway Robbert Or Brigandage Act 1902-11-12
Act No. 519 AN ACT Defining Vagrancy And Providing For Punishment Therefor 1902-11-12
Act No. 520 Coastwise Trade Act 1902-11-17
Act No. 521 AN ACT Authorizing The Provincial Board Of Any Province Organized Under “The Provincial Government Act” To Call Special Meetings Of Municipal Presidents To Consider Matters Of Urgent Importance To The Province Or The Municipalities 1902-11-17
Act No. 522 AN ACT Empowering The Civil Governor To Authorize Any Provincial Governor Or The
Chief Of The Philippines Constabulary To Offer A Reward Of Any Sum Not Exceeding
Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars, Local Currency, For Information Leading To The
Capture And Conviction Of The Perpetrators Of Any Murder Or Robbery Or Of The
Members Of Any Band Of Brigands In The Archipelago
1902-11-17
Act No. 523 AN ACT Repealing Section Forty Four Of Act Numbered One Hundred And Thirty Six, Amending Section Forty Five Of Said Act By Providing For The Publication Of The Opinions Of The Attorney General, And Amending Section Forty Seven Of Said Act, As Amended By Acts Numbered Three Hundred And Twenty Five And Three Hundred And Seventy Eight, By Providing For Five Assistant Attorneys And For Special Assistant Attorneys And Counselors at Law In The Office Of The Attorney General 1902-11-17
Act No. 524 AN ACT Amending Section Twelve Of Act Numbered Fifty Nine Relating The Sale Of Intoxicating Liquors Within The City Of Manila And Its Adjacent Barrios 1902-11-18
Act No. 525 AN ACT Amending Act Numbered Seventy Four, Establishing A Department Of Public Instruction, And Section Thirteen Of “The Provincial Government Act,” Numbered Eighty Three, As Amended By Act Numbered Four Hundred And Seventy Seven 1902-11-18
Act No. 526 AN ACT Authorizing A Temporary Increase In The Number Of Employees In The Custom House At Manila 1902-11-19
Act No. 527 AN ACT Amending The Municipal Code And The Provincial Government Act And The Acts Amendatory Thereof, So Far As Concerns The Collection And Disbursement Of Internal Revenue Taxes 1902-11-19
Act No. 528 AN ACT Amending The Municipal Code By Authorizing The Resignation Of Elective Municipal Officers In The Interest Of The Public Service 1902-11-19
Act No. 529 AN ACT Amending The Provincial Government Act, And Act Numbered One Hundred And Thirty Three Amendatory Thereof, By Authorizing Additional Clerical Assistance In The Office Of The Provincial Secretary 1902-11-19
Act No. 530 AN ACT Defining The Jurisdiction Of The Civil And Of The Military Authorities Over Lands Reserved By The President Of The United States For Military Purposes 1902-11-24
Act No. 531 AN ACT To Provide For The Loan Of One Thousand Dollars To The Province Of Rizal For The Purpose Of Destroying The Pests Of Locusts Now Ravaging The Rice Fields Of That Province 1902-11-24
Act No. 532 AN ACT Appropriating The Sum Of Six Hundred And Fifty Dollars, Local Currency, For The Reconstruction Of School Buildings Destroyed By Storm In The Province Of Nueva Ecija 1902-11-24
Act No. 533 AN ACT Providing For The Employment Of A Master Builder By The Bureau Of Architectare And Construction Of Public Buildings 1902-11-24
Act No. 534 AN ACT To Provide Additional Employees In The Bureau Of The Philippines Constabulary 1902-11-25
Act No. 535 AN ACT Authorizing The Court Of First Instance Of The City Of Manila To Take Cognizance Of Certain Claims Made Against The Government Of The United States On Account Of Caecoes Seized In And About The Harbor Of Manila For The Use Of The Navy At Various Times Subsequent To May, Eighteen Hundred And Ninety Eight, And Of Claims For Rental For The Use Of Such Cascoes 1902-11-25
Act No. 536 AN ACT RELATIVE TO RECOGNIZANCES, STIPULATIONS, BONDS, AND UNDERTAKINGS, AND TO ALLOW CERTAIN CORPORATIONS TO BE ACCEPTED AS SURETY THEREON 1902-11-25
Act No. 537 AN ACT Repealing Section Two Of Act Numbered Four Hundred And Thirty And Section Two Of Act Numbered Four Hundred And Ninety, And Providing For Disbursement Of Local Currency Appropriated For Obligations Expressed In United States Currency 1902-11-28
Act No. 538 AN ACT To Amend Act Numbered Five Hundred And Thirty Six Relating To Recognizances, Stipulations, Bonds, And Undertakings, And To Allow Certain Corporations To Be Accepted As Surety Thereon 1902-11-28
Act No. 539 AN ACT To Amend Act Numbered Four Hundred And Sixty Seven, Entitled “An Act To Provide For Taking A Census Of The Philippine Islands,” As Amended By Acts Numbered Four Hundred And Eighty Six And Five Hundred And Seven 1902-11-28
Act No. 540 AN ACT Authorizing The Provincial Board Of Leyte To Rent And Maintain A Jail At Maasin, In That Province 1902-11-28
Act No. 541 AN ACT Authorizing A Loan Of Two Thousand Dollars, In Money Of The United States,
Or Its Equivalent In Local Currency At The Authorized Ratio, To The Province Of
Abra.
1902-11-28
Act No. 542 AN ACT To Authorize The Provincial Boards Of Provinces To Use The General Funds Of The Province For The Suppression Of Locusts 1902-12-02
Act No. 543 AN ACT Enabling The Civil Governor To Perform The Duties And Exercise The Powers
Of The Head Of A Department In The Absence Or Disability Of The Head Of The Depart
Ment
1902-12-03
Act No. 544 AN ACT Providing For The Incorporation Of The Pueblo Of Calasgasan, Province Of Ambos Camarines, As A Barrio Of The Municipality Of Daet, Province Of Ambos Camarines 1902-12-03
Act No. 545 AN ACT Fixing The Salary Of The President Of The Provincial Board Of Health Of Mindoro 1902-12-03
Act No. 546 AN ACT Providing For A Popular Representative Of The Tingaianes Resident In The Province Of Abra 1902-12-04
Act No. 547 AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF LOCAL CIVIL GOVERNMENTS FOR THE MANGUIANES IN THE PROVINCE OF MINDORO 1902-12-04
Act No. 548 AN ACT Providing For The Establishment Of Local Civil Governments For The Negritos In The Province Of Bataan 1902-12-04
Act No. 549 AN ACT Providing For The Establishment Of Local Civil Governments For The Negritos In The Province Of Zambales 1902-12-04
Act No. 550 AN ACT Providing For The Establishment Of Local Civil Governments For The Negritos In The Province Of Tarlac 1902-12-04
Act No. 551 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION SIXTY THREE OF ACT NUMBERED EIGHTY TWO, THE MUNICIPAL CODE, SO AS TO ENABLE THE BOARD OF ASSESSORS TO REDUCE THE ASSESSMENT ON ANY LAND WHICH HAS SUFFERED A PERMANENT LOSS IN ITS VALUE BY FLOOD, STORM, OR OTHER CASUALTY 1902-12-04
Act No. 552 AN ACT Transferring The Province Of Bataan From The Fifth To The Sixth Judicial District, And Amending Act Numbered One Hundred And Forty 1902-12-05
Act No. 553 AN ACT Amending Section Thirteen Of Act Numbered One Hundred And Ninety, As To The Admission Of Persons To Practice Law In The Courts Of The Philippine Islands 1902-12-06
Act No. 554 AN ACT Conferring A Franchise Upon The Manila Railway Company, Limited, To
Construct And Operate A Railroad From Guiguinto, On The Present Line Of The Manila
And Dagupan Rail Road, To Cabanatuan, In The Province Of Nueva Ecija, An Esti
Mated Distance Of Seventy One Kilometers
1902-12-08
Act No. 555 AN ACT To Authorize The Construction By The Manila Railway Company, Limited, Owning And Operating The Manila And Dagupan Railway, Of Two Branches, One Connecting Mabalacat With The Main Line And One Connecting Bayambang With The Mainline 1902-12-08
Act No. 556 AN ACT To Amend Act Numbered Fifty Two By Providing For The Closing Of Banks In Case Of Their Insolvency, Or When, In The Opinion Of The Civil Governor, Their Continuance In Business May Involve Loss To Their Depositors 1902-12-09
Act No. 557 AN ACT Punishing Prize Fighting And Sparring Or Boxing Exhibitions 1902-12-16
Act No. 558 AN ACT Changing The Name Of The Pueblo Of Binangonan De Lampon, In The Province Of Tayabas, To That Of Infanta 1902-12-16
Act No. 559 AN ACT Authorizing The Provincial Board Of The Province Of Pangasinan To Pay To F. W. Darby, Sheriff Of Pangasinan, The Sum Of Six Hundred And Thirty Four Dollars And Forty Nine Cents, United States Currency, For Services Rendered By Him In May, June, And July, Nineteen Hundred And Two 1902-12-16
Act No. 560 AN ACT Providing For The Appointment In The Attorney General Office Of A Deputy Supervisor Of Provincial Fiscal 1902-12-18
Act No. 561 AN ACT Amending Act Numbered Five Hundred And Thirty Six As Amended By Act Numbered Five Hundred And Thirty Eight 1902-12-18
Act No. 562 AN ACT Amending Act Numbered Four Hundred And Ninety Five, Appropriating Two Million Dollars, Local Currency, For Expenses In Connection With The Purchase And Distribution Of Rice 1902-12-18
Act No. 563 AN ACT Appropriating The Sum Of One Hundred And Eight Thousand Three Hundred
And Twenty Six Dollars And Sixty Cents, In Money Of The United States, Or So Much
Thereof As May Be Necessary, For Expenses Of The Insular Government During The
Fiscal Year Nineteen Hundred And Three, And Other Designated Periods
1902-12-22
Act No. 564 AN ACT Authorizing A Loan Of Twenty Five Thousand Dollars In Local Currency To The
Province Of Samar For The Purpose Of Enabling That Province To Construct Roads And
Give Employment To Needy Persons
1902-12-22
Act No. 565 AN ACT Amending Act Numbered One Hundred And Forty Eight As To Authorize The Board Of Trustees Of The College Of San Jose To Pay F. C. Fisher One Hundred And Eighty Eight Dollars In Local Currency For His Services As Translator 1902-12-22
Act No. 566 AN ACT Amending Act Numbered Four Hundred And Ten, Providing For The Organization Of The Province Of Lepanto Bontoc, By Increasing The Salary Of The Secretary Treasurer In Said Province To Thirteen Hundred Dollars And The Salary Of The Lieutenant Governor Of The Sub Province Of Bontoc To Fifteen Hundred Dollars Per Year 1902-12-22
Act No. 567 AN ACT Amending Act Numbered Four Hundred And Twenty Two, Providing For The Organization Of A Provincial Government In The Province Of Paragua And Defining The Limits Of That Province, By Fixing New Boundaries For The Province Of Paragua 1902-12-22
Act No. 568 AN ACT Changing The Titles Of The Inspectors Of The Philippines Constabulary 1902-12-23
Act No. 569 AN ACT EXEMPTING THE DISTRICTS OF INFANTA AND PRINCIPE AND THE ISLAND OF POLILLO, NOW A PART OF TAYABAS PROVINCE, FROM PAYMENT OF THE LAND TAX FOR THE YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWO 1902-12-23
Act No. 570 AN ACT For The Relief Of Juan Araneta 1902-12-31
Act No. 571 AN ACT To Amend Section Sixty Five Of Act Numbered One Hundred And Eighty Three, Entitled “An Act To Incorporate The City Of Manila,” By Providing That The Advisory Board Shall Hold Regular Meetings Once A Week Instead Of Once Every Two Weeks 1902-12-31
Act No. 572 AN ACT To Postpone The Going Into Effect Of Act Numbered Four Hundred And Ninety Six Entitled “The Land Registration Act” Until February First, Nineteen Hundred And Three 1903-01-01
Act No. 573 AN ACT Directing The Custodian Of The Silver And Other Metal Seized From The Steamer
Don Juan By Officers Of The Spanish Government In The Month Of July, Eighteen
Hundred And Ninety Three, To Deliver To The Respective Claimants And Owners Thereof
The Portion Of The Same Adjudged To Be Theirs By The Courts Of The Philippine
Islands
1903-01-02
Act No. 574 AN ACT Amending Act Numbered Four Hundred And Seventeen By Fixing Boundaries For The Districts Of Infanta And Principe, Province Of Tayabas 1903-01-02
Act No. 575 AN ACT Authorizing Judges Of Courts Of First Instance And Justices Of The Supreme
Court Holding A Session, Special Or General, Of The Court Of First Instance Of Any
Province To Prepare And Sign Judgments In The Cases Tried By Them Outside Of The
Province Where Such Sessions Were Held
1903-01-03
Act No. 576 AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE EXTENSION OF THE TIME FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE LAND IN THE PROVINCE OF LEYTE FOR THE YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWO TO APRIL FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THREE 1903-01-03
Act No. 577 AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE EXTENSION OF THE TIME FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE LAND TAX IN THE TOWN OF NARBACAN, ILOCOS SUR, FOR THE YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWO TO FEBRUARY FIRST NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THREE 1970-01-01
Act No. 578 AN ACT Amending Act Numbered Twenty Two And Act Numbered One Hundred And One, Providing For The Improvement Of The Port Of Manila 1903-01-03
Act No. 579 AN ACT Providing For The Establishment Of Local Civil Government For The Non Christian Tribes Other Than Moros In The Province Of Misamis 1903-01-06
Act No. 580 AN ACT Making An Indefinite Appropriation Of Amounts Necessary For The Return To The
Provinces Of Forestry Collections Made Outside The Province In Which The Timber Is
Cut, As Contemplated By Section Eighteen Of Act Numbered Eighty Three, As Amended
By Paragraph Eight Of Section One Of Act Numbered One Hundred And Thirty Three
1903-01-06
Act No. 581 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE REVISION OF THE ASSESSMENT UPON REAL ESTATE IN THE CITY OF MANILA 1903-01-08
Act No. 582 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PARTIAL REVISION OF THE ASSESSMENTS UPON REAL ESTATE IN THE MUNICIPALITIES IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS OUTSIDE THE CITY OF MANILA 1903-01-08
Act No. 583 AN ACT Amending Act Numbered Seventy Three Relating To The Examination And Licensing Of Applicants For The Positions Of Master, Mate, And Patron Of Seagoing Vessels, As Amended By Act Numbered Three Hundred And Sixteen 1903-01-08
Act No. 584 AN ACT Creating The Bureau Of Engineering 1903-01-08
Act No. 585 AN ACT To Amend Section Eight Of The Provincial Government Act, Numbered Eighty Three, By Providing For The Filling Of Permanent Or Temporary Vacancies In The Office Of Provincial Governor 1903-01-08
Act No. 586 AN ACT To Provide For The Appointment Of A Railroad Engineer And An Assistant To Make A Report (for Use In The United States) Upon Feasible Railroad Lines In The Philippine Islands, And To Encourage The Investment Of Capital 1903-01-08
Act No. 587 AN ACT Amending Act Numbered Eighty Five, Extending The Provisions Of The Provincial Government Act To The Province Of Pampanga, By Increasing The Salary Of The Provincial Secretary To One Thousand Three Hundred And Fifty Dollars 1903-01-08
Act No. 588 AN ACT Amending Act Numbered Twenty Five, Providing For The Appointment And Removal Of Subordinate Officers And Employees In Certain Departments And Bureaus Of The Government Of The Philippine Islands, And Acts Numbered Three Hundred And One And Three Hundred And Twenty Nine Amendatory Thereof 1903-01-09
Act No. 589 AN ACT Amending Act Numbered Five, Entitled “An Act For The Establishment And Maintenance Of An Efficient And Honest Civil Service In The Philippine Islands,” And Acts Numbered One Hundred And Sixty Seven And Three Hundred And Six, Amendatory Thereof 1903-01-09
Act No. 590 AN ACT Amending Act Numbered One Hundred And Ninety Four Relating To Preliminary Investigations Of Criminal Offenses By Justices Of The Peace, And Portions Of General Order Numbered Fifty Eight, As To Authorize Justices Of The Peace In The Capitals Of Provinces To Hold Preliminary Investigations In Regard To Offenses Allied To Have Been Committed In Any Portion Of The Province 1903-01-09
Act No. 591 AN ACT To Amend Sections One Hundred And Thirty Five And One Hundred And Forty One Of The Philippine Customs Administrative Act 1903-01-09
Act No. 592 AN ACT Authorizing The Secretary Of Commerce And Police To Establish Harbor Lines Where He Deems It Necessary On The Shores Of Harbors, Bays, And Navigable Lakes Or Rivers Of The Philippine Islands, And To Appoint A Commission For The Purpose 1903-01-09
Act No. 593 AN ACT Regulating The Practice Of Dentistry In The Philippine Islands 1903-01-10
Act No. 594 AN ACT Postponing The Date Of Payment Of The Loans Of Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars Each, Money Of The United States, Made To The Provinces Of Albay, Antique, Bataan, Capiz, Cavite, Ilocos Norte, Isabela, La Union, Masbate, Panga Sinan, Bizal, Surigao, And Zambales, Under The Provisions Of Act Numbered One Hundred And Thirty Four, To December Thirty First, Nineteen Hundred And Three 1903-01-13
Act No. 595 AN ACT Appropriating The Sum Of Six Million Six Hundred And Thirty Four Thousand Two Hundred And Fifty Three Dollars And Fifty Events, 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 1903-01-13
Act No. 596 AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE EXTENSION OF THE TIME FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE LAND TAX IN THE TOWNS OF MALINAO AND TIUI, PROVINCE OF ALBAY, FOR THE YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWO TO NOT LATER THAN MARCH FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THREE 1903-01-13
Act No. 597 An Act Regulating The Practice Of Pharmacy In The Philippine Islands 1903-01-26
Act No. 598 AN ACT Amending Act Numbered Five Hundred And Ninety Five, Appropriating Funds For The Expenses Of The Insular Government And Of The City Of Manila For The Fiscal Year Ending June Thirtieth, Nineteen Hundred And Three 1903-01-27
Act No. 599 AN ACT Making The Provisions Of Act Numbered Four Hundred And Forty Eight Retroactive, So As To Apply To All Estates Now In The Hands Of The Treasurer Of The Philippine Archipelago, As Public Administrator, For Settlement 1903-01-27
Act No. 600 AN ACT Reappropriating The Sum Of One Thousand One Hundred And Seventeen Dollars And Thirty Cents, In Local Currency, For The Purpose Of Establishing And Maintaining Schools In The Island Of Lubang 1903-01-27