AN ACT EXEMPTING SMALL VESSELS FROM THE REQUIREMENT OF ACT NUMBERED SEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY, ENTITLED "AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE EXAMINATIONS AND LICENSING OF APPLICANTS FOR THE POSITIONS OF MASTER, MATE, PATRON, AND ENGINEER OF SEAGOING VESSELS IN THE PHILIPPINE COASTWISE TRADE, AND PRESCRIBING THE NUMBER OF ENGINEERS TO BE EMPLOYED BY SUCH VESSELS."

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWENTY-FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY BY PROVIDING FOR ENSIGNS FOR VESSELS OPERATING UNDER THE CONTRACTS AUTHORIZED BY ACT NUMBERED THIRTEEN HUNDRED AND TEN AND ACT NUMBERED SEVENTEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN.

AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED TWELVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-EIGHT, ENTITLED "AN ACT AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING: REGISTERS OF DEEDS TO PERFORM CERTAIN DUTIES OF COMMERCIAL REGISTERS AS DEFINED IN TITLE TWO OF THE CODE OF COMMERCE, AND PROVIDING THAT THE DOCUMENTING, REGISTRY, ENROLLMENT, AND LICENSING OF VESSELS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATIVE ACT AND THE CUSTOMS RULES AND REGULATIONS SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A REGISTRY OF VESSELS WITHIN THE MEANING OF SAID TITLE," BY PROVIDING THAT THE INSULAR COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS SHALL PERFORM THE DUTIES OF COMMERCIAL REGISTER CONCERNING THE REGISTERING OF VESSELS, AS DEFINED IN TITLE TWO OF THE CODE OF COMMERCE.