AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED FIFTEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SEVEN OF THE PHILIPPINE COMMISSION, AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED FIFTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-NINE OF THE SAID COMMISSION, BY PROVIDING THAT NO HORSE RACING SHALL BE HELD ON THE THIRTIETH DAY OF MAY. KNOWN AS MEMORIAL DAY, OR THE THIRTIETH DAY OF DECEMBER,. KNOWN AS RIZAL DAY, AND APPOINTING OTHER DAYS IN THEIR STEAD.

AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF TEN THOUSAND PESOS FROM INSULAR FUNDS, AND FIVE THOUSAND PESOS FROM THE FUNDS OF THE CITY OF MANILA, FOR THE PURPOSE OF AIDING THE CARNIVAL WHICH IS TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF MANILA IN THE YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHT.

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO CONSTITUTE THE CUSTOMS SERVICE OF THE PHILIPPINE ARCHIPELAGO AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION THEREOF," AS AMENDED, BY PROVIDING THAT MERCHANDISE IN BOND MAY BE WITHDRAWN FOR DELIVERY ON BOARD VESSELS OF THE UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN VESSELS.

AN ACT PROHIBITING THE HOLDING OF HORSE RACES IN THE CITY OF MANILA ON FEBRUARY SECOND, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHT, DESIGNATING ANOTHER DATE THEREFOR, FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

AN ACT TO EMPOWER THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL TO SUSPEND WITHIN THE MORO PROVINCE ACT NUMBERED SEVENTEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO REGULATE THE IMPORTATION, ACQUISITION, POSSESSION, USE, AND TRANSFER OF FIREARMS, AND TO PROHIBIT THE POSSESSION OF SAME EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT."

AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS FROM INSULAR FUNDS FOR THE RELIEF OF SUFFERERS FROM PUBLIC CALAMITIES.

AN ACT ADDING TO THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF SECTION FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED FIFTEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-TWO CERTAIN PROVISIONS FOR CASES OF VOID ELECTIONS OF PROVINCIAL OFFICERS AND OF THE DEATH OF THE SAME.

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-THREE, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO ENCOURAGE ECONOMY AND SAVING AMONG THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND TO THAT END TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS AND THEIR ADMINISTRATION THROUGH THE ORGANIZATION OF A POSTAL SAVINGS BANK DIVISION IN THE BUREAU OF POSTS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES,'' BY MAKING PROVISION FOR DEPOSITS MADE UNDER ACT NUMBERED SEVENTEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY.

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE FILING WITH THE DIVISION OF ARCHIVES, PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS, AND TRADE-MARKS OF THE EXECUTIVE BUREAU OF THE CONTRACTS OF MORTGAGE EXECUTED BY THE MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY AS SECURITY FOR THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS, CREATING AND FIXING UPON THE PROPERTY COVERED BY SAID INSTRUMENTS A LIEN AT AND FROM THE TIME OF FILING THE SAME, AND EXEMPTING SAID INSTRUMENTS FROM THE PAYMENT OF STAMP TAXES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL TO CONVEY, UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS, INSULAR PROPERTY TO PROVINCES AND MUNICIPALITIES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, TO BE USED FOR PUBLIC-SCHOOL PURPOSES.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX OF ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE, KNOWN AS THE PHILIPPINE CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATIVE ACT, AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED THIRTEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-ONE, AND AUTHORIZING THE INSULAR COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE SECRETARY OF FINANCE AND JUSTICE, TO REGULATE THE MANIFESTING OF COASTWISE CARGOES IN CERTAIN PARTICULARS.

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE CANCELLATION, UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, OF THE UNPAID BALANCES REMAINING ON LOANS MADE TO CERTAIN PROVINCIAL AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS PRIOR TO THE FIFTEENTH OF OCTOBER, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SEVEN, OUT OF THE GENERAL FUNDS OF THE INSULAR TREASURY AND OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESSIONAL RELIEF FUND.

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED THIRTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-SIX, ENTITLED "THE SPECIAL PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT ACT," SO AS TO . AUTHORIZE COURTS OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE IN THE PROVINCES OF BENGUET, LEPANTO-BONTOC, NUEVA VIZCAYA, AND AGUSAN TO TRY VIOLATIONS OF TOWNSHIP ORDINANCES AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE FEES OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE IN SUCH CASES SHALL BE PAYABLE FROM TOWNSHIP FUNDS.

AN ACT TO RELIEVE SHERIFFS IN PROVINCES INHABITED BY MOROS AND OTHER NON-CHRISTIAN TRIBES FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION TWENTY-THREE OF ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX, AND PROVIDING FOR THE GIVING OF BONDS BY THE SHERIFFS OF SUCH PROVINCES.

AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIVE ENTITLED "AN ACT DESIGNATING THE DAYS WHICH SHALL BE OBSERVED AS PUBLIC HOLIDAYS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS," AS AMENDED, AMONG OTHERS BY ACT NUMBERED SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-ONE, SO AS TO MAKE THE FIRST DAY OF MAY AN OFFICIAL HOLIDAY AND TO EMPOWER THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL TO MAKE ANY WORKING DAY AN OFFICIAL HOLIDAY, UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.

AN ACT EXTENDING TO DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHT, THE TIME WITHIN WHICH REAL PROPERTY WHICH HAS BEEN FORFEITED TO MUNICIPALITIES FOR NONPAYMENT OF TAXES MAY BE REDEEMED.

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF SEVENTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS UNITED STATES CURRENCY, FOR SALARY AND TRAVELING EXPENSES OF A DELEGATE FROM THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND SUBORDINATE PERSONNEL TO ATTEND THE INTERNATIONAL NAVIGATION CONFERENCE TO BE HELD FROM THE TWENTY-EIGHTH OF MAY, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHT, IN SAINT PETERSBURG, RUSSIA, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

AN ACT TO EMPOWER THE PROVINCIAL BOARDS OF THE PROVINCES THAT HAVE ADOPTED THE DOUBLE CEDULA TAX TO POSTPONE THE PERIOD FOR THE PAYMENT WITHOUT PENALTY OF THE CEDULA TAX FOR THE YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHT TO JUNE THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHT, AND EMPOWERING THE PROVINCIAL BOARDS OF ALL PROVINCES, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CAGAYAN AND ISABELA, TO POSTPONE THE PAYMENT WITHOUT PENALTY OF THE LAND TAX FOR THE YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHT TO SEPTEMBER THIRTIETH OF SAID YEAR.

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SPECIAL PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT ACT, BY INCREASING THE POWERS OF THE PROVINCES OF BENGUET, LEPANTO-BONTOC, NUEVA VIZCAYA, AND AGUSAN IN THE MATTER OF APPROPRIATION OF PROVINCIAL FUNDS.

AN ACT CREATING THE ENTRY PORT OF DAVAO.

AN ACT TO FIX THE TIME FOR MAKING ANNUAL REPORTS BY THE DIRECTORS OF BUREAUS AND HEADS OF OFFICES OF THE INSULAR GOVERNMENT, PROVINCIAL GOVERNORS, AND THE MUNICIPAL BOARD OF THE CITY OF MANILA, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

AN ACT TO FURTHER AMEND SECTION ELEVEN OF ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED AND NINETEEN, IN ORDER TO AVOID THE LONG DELAYS THAT ARE FREQUENTLY ATTENDANT UPON SUMMARY COURT TRIALS IN THE CONSTABULARY.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE GRANTING OF A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH SYSTEMS, AND TO CARRY ON OTHER ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION BUSINESS IN AND BETWEEN THE PROVINCES OF ALBAY AND AMBOS CAMARINES AND IN AND BETWEEN THE MUNICIPALITIES THEREOF.

AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS, PHILIPPINE CURRENCY, TO BE EXPENDED IN THE DISCRETION OF THE BUREAU OF AGRICULTURE UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, FOR THE PURPOSE OF COMBATING AND EXTERMINATING CATTLE DISEASES IN THE ISLANDS.

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-NINE, ENTITLED "AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUNDRY EXPENSES OF THE INSULAR GOVERNMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHT, AND OTHER DESIGNATED PERIODS," BY MAKING PROVISIONS FOR THE CARRYING INTO EFFECT OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS APPROVED MAY ELEVENTH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHT.

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR POPULAR CIVICO-EDUCATIONAL LECTURES IN THE MUNICIPALITIES AND PRINCIPALLY IN THE BARRIOS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.

AN ACT AMENDING SECTION FIVE OF ACT NUMBERED FIFTEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-TWO, ENTITLED "THE ELECTION LAW," IN CERTAIN PARTICULARS.

AN ACT DECLARING THE FUNDS APPROPRIATED FOR CURRENT EXPENSES OF THE ASSEMBLY AVAILABLE FOR CERTAIN EXPENSES OF THE ASSEMBLY THAT ARE NOT SPECIFIED IN THE CURRENT APPROPRIATION BILL.

AN ACT ABOLISHING THE SPECIAL TAX OF ONE PER CENTUM ON THE ASSESSED VALUE OF UNDECLARED PROPERTY.

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-ONE, AMENDING ENTITLED "AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A WEATHER BUREAU FOR THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND APPROPRIATING EIGHT THOUSAND AND SIXTY-SIX DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS, IN MONEY OF THE "UNITED STATES, FOR THE PURCHASE OF METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS AND THE INSTALLATION OF THE SAME."

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS SEVEN, NINE, AND ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY OF ACT NUMBERED FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-NINE, KNOWN AS "THE CORPORATION LAW."

AN ACT TO GRANT TO THE INSULAR COAL COMPANY, INCORPORATED, A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE A RAILWAY LINE FROM THE SHORE LINE AT THE PORT OF DANAO TO THE COAL DISTRICT OF CAMANSI, PROVINCE OF CEBU.

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE EXPENDITURE' OF FOUR THOUSAND PESOS FOR TRAVELING EXPENSES AND SUBSISTENCE OF TWO DELEGATES FROM THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON TUBERCULOSIS TO BE HELD AT WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, FROM SEPTEMBER TWENTY-NINTH TO OCTOBER TWELFTH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHT.

AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR CERTAIN PUBLIC WORKS AND PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

AN ACT GRANTING A PRIZE OF FIFTEEN THOUSAND PESOS TO THE INVENTOR OF AN INCOMBUSTIBLE ROOF TO SUBSTITUTE NIPA, AND CREATING A TECHNICAL BOARD TO PASS UPON THE CONDITIONS OF THE INVENTION.

AN ACT AMENDING SECTION THREE OF ACT NUMBERED FIFTEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIVE, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO AMEND THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT ACT, NUMBERED EIGHTY-THREE, BY REORGANIZING THE PROVINCIAL BOARDS, AND BY ABOLISHING THE POSITION OF PROVINCIAL SECRETARY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," BY MAKING CERTAIN PROVISIONS REGARDING THE COMPENSATION WHICH SHALL BE RECEIVED BY THE THIRD MEMBER WHEN ACTING- AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR.

AN ACT DESIGNATING THE INSULAR TREASURY AS AN ACT DESIGNATING THE INSULAR TREASURY AS OFFICIAL DEPOSITORY FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THE PHILIPPINES MEMORIAL IN HONOR OF DECEASED UNITED STATES SOLDIERS, SAILORS, AND MARINES WHO SUCCUMBED IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTION AND DISBURSEMENT OF SAID FUNDS.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CAPITOL OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND TO CREATE A COMMITTEE TO PREPARE PLANS THEREFOR.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE GRANTING A OF FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH SYSTEMS, AND TO CARRY ON OTHER ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION BUSINESS IN AND BETWEEN THE PROVINCES AND MUNICIPALITIES OF THE ISLAND OF PANAY.

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED FIFTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETEEN, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR INSPECTING AND SEALING WEIGHTS AND MEASURES AND TO REGULATE THEIR USE," SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE CONTINUED USE OF THE ENGLISH SYSTEM OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES IN THE PURCHASE AND SALE OF MANUFACTURED LUMBER.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION THREE HUNDRED AND ONE OF ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE OF THE PHILIPPINE COMMISSION, KNOWN AS "AN ACT TO CONSTITUTE THE CUSTOMS SERVICE OF THE PHILIPPINE ARCHIPELAGO AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION THEREOF," AS AMENDED, IN SUCH MANNER AS TO PROHIBIT THE IMPORTATION OF MERCHANDISE INTO ANY PORT IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, OTHER THAN AN ENTRY PORT, OR IN VESSELS OF LESS THAN THIRTY TONS BURDEN.

AN ACT TO INCREASE THE POWER OF THE PROVINCES OF PALAWAN AND MINDORO IN THE MATTER OF APPROPRIATION OF PROVINCIAL FUNDS.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION EIGHTEEN, PARAGRAPH TWO OF SUBSECTION (1), OF ACT NUMBERED EIGHTY-TWO, KNOWN AS THE "MUNICIPAL CODE," AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED NINE HUNDRED AND NINETY-NINE.

AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS NINE AND ELEVEN OF ACT NUMBERED ELEVEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY, ENTITLED "THE FRIAR LANDS ACT," PROVIDING FOR THE MANNER OF SALE OF UNOCCUPIED LANDS AND THE TIME WITHIN WHICH DEFERRED PAYMENTS BY PURCHASERS OF FRIAR LANDS MAY BE MADE.

AN ACT MAKING CERTAIN AUTHORIZATIONS WITHOUT APPROPRIATION FOR SUNDRY EXPENSES OF THE INSULAR GOVERNMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHT, AND FOR OTHER STATED PURPOSES.

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PUBLIC LIBRARY TO BE KNOWN AS "THE PHILIPPINE PUBLIC LIBRARY," MAKING SUITABLE APPROPRIATIONS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF SIXTY-FIVE THOUSAND PESOS AND MAKING AVAILABLE THE UNEXPENDED BALANCES OF FUNDS HERETOFORE APPROPRIATED FOR THE PHILIPPINE ASSEMBLY, TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXPENSE OF A SPEACIAL SESSION OF THE PHILIPPINE ASSEMBLY.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PROTECTION OF RIGHTS OF PROPERTY IN TELEGRAPHIC MESSAGES, AND TO PREVENT THE FORGING OR IMPROPER DISCLOSURE OF TELEGRAMS.

AN ACT REVALIDATING CERTAIN DECLARATIONS OF REAL PROPERTY FOR ASSESSMENT PURPOSES HERETOFORE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF ACT NUMBERED FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE, AS AMENDED.

AN ACT PROVIDING THAT THE PROVINCES OF BENGUET, LEPANTO-BONTOC, NUEVA VIZCAYA, AND AGUSAN SHALL HAVE THEIR PRO RATA SHARE OF THE SPECIAL FUND OF TEN PER CENTUM OF INTERNAL-REVENUE COLLECTIONS CREATED BY ACT NUMBERED SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-FIVE AND PAYABLE TO THE ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND OF CERTAIN PROVINCES.