Full Title
AN ACT EXEMPTING ALL BOATS OF LESS THAN FIFTEEN GROSS TONS FROM TAKING OUT A LICENSE TO ENGAGE IN THE COASTWISE TRADE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
Congress
Philippine Commission
Date of Approval
June 14, 1905

Other Details

Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance
Legislative Issuance Type
ACT
Subjects
Boats and boating -- Fees
Watercrafts -- Fees
Coastwise trade
Coastwise navigation
Major Topic
Transportation
Repealed by Note
ACT NO. 2657;ACT NO. 2711

Official Gazette

Official Gazette Source
Official Gazette vol. 3 no. 26 page 331 (6/28/1905)

Full Text of Issuance

[ Act No. 1354, June 15, 1905 ]

AN ACT EXEMPTING ALL BOATS OF LESS THAN FIFTEEN GROSS TONS FROM TAKING OUT A LICENSE TO ENGAGE IN THE COASTWISE TRADE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that:SECTION 1. All boats of less than fifteen gross tons are hereby declared exempt from taking out the coastwise license required by sections one hundred and thirty-five and one hundred and forty-one of Act Numbered Three hundred and fifty-five of the Philippine Commission, known as the Philippine Customs Administrative Act, and no documents shall be required of such vessels, nor shall any fee be charged for either admeasurement or license tax.SEC. 2. This Act shall not be construed to authorize any refund on account of license or other fees heretofore paid under laws in force prior to July first, nineteen hundred and live.SEC. 3. All Acts or parts of Acts in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.SEC. 4. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws” passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect on July first, nineteen hundred and five.Enacted, June 15, 1905.

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