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[ Act No. 2276, April 18, 1913 ]
AN ACT MAKING APPLICABLE TO THAT PART OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS INHABITED BY MOROS OR OTHER NON-CHRISTIAN TRIBES CERTAIN ACTS OF THE THIRD PHILIPPINE LEGISLATURE.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that:
SECTION 1. The following Acts of the Third Philippine Legislature are hereby made applicable to that part of the Philippine Islands inhabited by Moros or other non-Christian tribes, and shall have full force and effect therein:
SEC. 4. Act of the Philippine Legislature Numbered Twenty-two hundred and twenty-two, passed February third, nineteen hundred and thirteen, entitled "An Act further to amend section thirty-three, chapter four, of Act Numbered Nine hundred and twenty-six, entitled 'The Public Land Act,' as amended, by providing for the granting " of free patents to native settlers until January first, nineteen hundred and twenty-three," is hereby made applicable to that part of the Philippine Islands inhabited by Moros or other non-Christian tribes in which Chapter Four of the Public Land Act is in effect.
SEC. 5. The Director of Public Works is hereby authorized, with the approval of the Governor-General, to designate as his agents and deputies in those parts of the Philippine Islands inhabited by Moros or other non-Christian tribes such persons as may be necessary to enable him to carry out the provisions of Act Numbered Twenty-one hundred and fifty-nine as amended by Act Numbered Twenty-two hundred and fifty-six.
SEC. 6. Act Numbered Two thousand and seventy-five of the Philippine Commission, entitled "An Act providing certain special proceedings for the settlement and adjudication of land titles in the Moro Province, the Mountain Province, the Province of Agusan, and the Province of Nueva Vizcaya," as amended, is hereby repealed.
SEC. 7. This Act shall take effect on its passage: Provided, however, That such Acts hereby extended as at the time of the passage of this Act shall not have become effective in the territory not inhabited by Moros or other non-Christian tribes shall upon the respective dates of their becoming thus effective also become effective in that part of the Philippine Islands inhabited by Moros or other non-Christian tribes.
Enacted, April 18, 1913.
SECTION 1. The following Acts of the Third Philippine Legislature are hereby made applicable to that part of the Philippine Islands inhabited by Moros or other non-Christian tribes, and shall have full force and effect therein:
No. 2197. Passed December 4, 1912, entitled "An Act providing that the assessment of and tax on real and personal property shall not include machinery as herein defined."SEC. 2. The following Acts are hereby made applicable to municipalities organized under the Municipal Code in Chlistian territory, that part of the Philippine Islands inhabited by Moros or other non-Christian tribes, and shall have full force and effect therein:
No. 2202. Passed January 6, 1913, entitled "An Act to amend Act Numbered Seven hundred and nine, as amended, by authorizing the Governor-General to regulate the issue of licenses and sale of liquors in military zones in which such sale is prohibited and to revoke such authorizations."
No. 2203. Passed January 13, 1913, entitled "An Act amending section one of Act Numbered Five hundred and thirty-six, entitled 'An Act relative to recognizances, stipulations, bonds, and undertakings, and to allow certain corporations to be accepted as surety thereon, authorizing corporations organized under the laws of the Philippine Islands to be sureties in certain recognizances, stipulations, or undertakings."
No. 2204. Passed January15, 1913, entitled "An Act exempting certain personal property from attachment and execution for delinquency in the payment of the land tax."
No. 2205. Passed January 16, 1913, entitled "An Act granting duly registered dentists certain privileges granted by Act Numbered Seventeen hundred and sixty-one to physicians."
No. 2206. Passed January 27, 1913, entitled "An Act amending section one of Act Numbered Five hundred and thirty-six, entitled 'An Act relative to recognizances, stipulations, bonds, and undertakings, and to allow certain corporations to be accepted as surety thereon,' as amended, by providing that the provisions of section two and subsequent sections of said Act shall not be applicable to corporations organized under the laws of the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes."
No. 2209. Passed February 1, 1913, entitled "An Act authorizing judges of the Courts of First Instance and Land Registration, and the members of the Code Committee to take their vacations at any time during the year under certain conditions, with the approval of the Secretary of Finance and Justice."
No. 2210. Passed February 3, 1913, entitled "An Act amending paragraph two of section three hundred and thirteen of Act Numbered One hundred and ninety, entitled 'An Act providing a code of procedure in civil actions and special proceedings in the Philippine Islands,' by making the signed copy conclusive proof of Acts of the Philippine Commission and the Philippine Legislature."
No. 2211. Passed February 3, 1913, entitled "An Act amending section one hundred and forty-two of Act Numbered Eleven hundred and eighty-nine, entitled 'The Internal Revenue Law of Nineteen hundred and four,' by providing further exemptions from the taxes imposed by section one hundred and thirty-nine of said Act."
No. 2212. Passed February 3, 1913, entitled "An Act to amend Act Numbered Seventeen hundred and fifty-seven by providing for the confiscation and disposition of money, articles, instruments, appliances, and devices used in gambling prohibited by said Act or by the municipal ordinances."
No. 2213. Passed February 3, 1913, entitled "An Act providing for the detention and deportation of stowaways arriving in the Philippine Islands on transports of the United States Army."
No. 2214. Passed February 3, 1913, entitled "An Act providing for certain changes in the general powers of the Agricultural Bank of the Philippine Government, and for other purposes."
No. 2215. Passed February 3, 1913, entitled "An Act authorizing Mauro Prieto and associates to establish a mortgage bank under certain conditions."
No. 2216. Passed February 3, 1913, entitled "An Act amending Act Numbered Eleven hundred and forty-seven, entitled 'An Act regulating the registration, branding, conveyance, and slaughter of large cattle, and providing for the disposition, care, custody, and sale of estrays or large cattle captured or seized by the Philippines Constabulary or other peace officers, and so forth."
No. 2227. Passed February 7, 1913, entitled "An Act to amend paragraph eight of section one hundred and forty-four of Act Numbered Eleven hundred and eighty-nine, known as the Internal Revenue Law of Nineteen hundred and four, so as to prohibit the issue of internal revenue licenses to practice medicine, surgery and dentistry to persons not duly authorized by law, and for other purposes."
No. 2232. Passed February 8, 1913, entitled "An Act to amend sections one and six of Act Numbered Twenty-one hundred and fifty-six, entitled 'An Act authorizing the consolidation of municipalities into sanitary divisions and the reorganization of the municipal boards of health created by Act Numbered Three hundred and eight; denning their powers and duties, and providing for each province a special fund to be known as "Health Fund," for this and other purposes,' by limiting the number of municipalities which may be included in a sanitary division, and for other purposes."
No. 2235. Passed February 10, 1913, entitled "An Act providing for the registration of patents and patent rights in the Philippine Islands, and for the protection of the same."
No. 2236. Passed February 10, 1913, entitled "An Act amending sections sixteen and twenty-three of Act Numbered Five hundred and ninety-seven, entitled 'An Act regulating the practice of pharmacy in the Philippine Islands,' as amended by Act Numbered Nineteen hundred and twenty-one, by making further provisions relative to holding examinations, and for other purposes."
No. 2241. Passed February 11, 1913, entitled "An Act to authorize the Insular Collector of Customs to issue regulations prohibiting useless and unnecessary noises on the part of water craft in the ports of the Philippine Islands."
No. 2242. Passed February 11, 1913, entitled "An Act amending Act Numbered Nineteen hundred and eighty, entitled 'An Act to provide for the creation of a commissioned and enlisted service within the Bureau of Navigation, the creation of a pension fund in connection therewith, and for the punishment of offenses against good order and discipline within such service,' by making the provisions of section two thereof retroactive for certain commissioned officers, and for other purposes."
No. 2243. Passed February 11, 1913, entitled "An Act to provide for the record of mortgages or trust deeds issued by public service corporations to secure bonds, and for other purposes."
No. 2244. Passed February 11, 1913, entitled "An Act adding a new proviso to section ninety-three of Act Numbered One hundred and thirty-six, as amended."
No. 2245. Passed February 11, 1913, entitled "An Act to regulate the practice of veterinary medicine and surgery in the Philippine Islands."
No. 2248. Passed February 11, 1913, entitled "An Act amending section twenty-eight of Act Numbered Fifteen-hundred and nineteen, known as 'The Weights and Measures Act,' by changing the penalty for the violation thereof under certain circumstances."
No. 2249. Passed February 11, 1913, entitled "An Act giving to the Governor-General in behalf of the Government of the Philippine Islands and to municipalities and provinces the right to acquire for public uses real property of private ownership by condemnation under judicial process and conferring on Courts of First Instance exclusive original jurisdiction thereof, and for other purposes."
No. 2251. Passed February 11, 1913, entitled "An Act amending subsection (i) of section one hundred and forty-two of Act Numbered Eleven hundred and eighty-nine, known as the 'Internal Revenue Law of Nineteen hundred and four,' by including manufacturers within its provisions and changing the basis of the exemption therein provided, and for other purposes."
No. 2252. Passed February 11, 1913, entitled "An Act amending section three hundred and eighty-three of Act Numbered One hundred and ninety, known as 'Code of procedure in civil actions and special proceedings in the Philippine Islands,' by providing for the privilege of certain witnesses."
No. 2255. Passed February 11, 1913, entitled "An Act prohibiting manufacture, possession, and sale of dynamite and other explosives without a special permit, providing a penalty therefor, and for other purposes."
No. 2256. Passed February 11, 1913, entitled "An Act to amend Act Numbered Twenty-one hundred and fifty-nine, entitled 'An Act to regulate motor vehicle traffic in the Philippine Islands, to provide for the registration of motor vehicles and the licensing of operators, and to require all vehicles on highways to carry lights, and for other purposes,' by providing penalties for the violation of certain provisions thereof, and for other purposes."
No. 2258. Passed February 11, 1913, entitled "An Act amending sections two and three of Act Numbered Eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, entitled 'An Act creating the Bureau of Labor, under the Department of Commerce and Police,' by providing for the punishment of persons obstructing or resisting the Director of Labor or his deputies in the performance of their duties, and for other purposes."
No. 2259. Passed February 11, 1913, entitled "An Act providing certain special proceedings for the settlement and adjudication of land titles."
No. 2265. Passed February 11, 1913, entitled "An Act amending section four hundred and fifty-four of Act Numbered One hundred and ninety, entitled 'An Act providing a code of procedure in civil actions and special proceedings in the Philippine Islands,' by providing for exemption from advertisement in newspapers of the notice of sale on execution of real property not exceeding four hundred pesos in value."
No. 2217. Passed February 3, 1913, entitled "An Act authorizing municipal councils to appropriate at the beginning of each year a certain sum out of the school funds for the creation and maintenance of night schools in English in their respective municipalities, under certain conditions."SEC. 3. Act Numbered Twenty-two hundred and thirty-eight of the Third Philippine Legislature, passed February eleventh, nineteen hundred and thirteen, entitled "An Act to provide for the revision and correction of land-tax assessments, the valuation of newly declared real property for the purposes of taxation, and for other purposes," is hereby made applicable to such part of provinces in the territory inhabited by Moros or other non-Christian tribes as may be embraced within the limits of any municipality organized under Act Numbered Eighty-two, and shall have full force and effect therein.
No. 2231. Passed February 8, 1913, entitled "An Act amending Act Numbered Eighty-two, entitled 'The Municipal Code,' by authorizing municipal councils, under certain conditions, to close municipal roads, streets, alleys, parks, or squares, for governmental purposes."
No. 2250. Passed February 11, 1913, entitled "An Act amending subsection (i) of section forty of the Municipal Code as amended."
SEC. 4. Act of the Philippine Legislature Numbered Twenty-two hundred and twenty-two, passed February third, nineteen hundred and thirteen, entitled "An Act further to amend section thirty-three, chapter four, of Act Numbered Nine hundred and twenty-six, entitled 'The Public Land Act,' as amended, by providing for the granting " of free patents to native settlers until January first, nineteen hundred and twenty-three," is hereby made applicable to that part of the Philippine Islands inhabited by Moros or other non-Christian tribes in which Chapter Four of the Public Land Act is in effect.
SEC. 5. The Director of Public Works is hereby authorized, with the approval of the Governor-General, to designate as his agents and deputies in those parts of the Philippine Islands inhabited by Moros or other non-Christian tribes such persons as may be necessary to enable him to carry out the provisions of Act Numbered Twenty-one hundred and fifty-nine as amended by Act Numbered Twenty-two hundred and fifty-six.
SEC. 6. Act Numbered Two thousand and seventy-five of the Philippine Commission, entitled "An Act providing certain special proceedings for the settlement and adjudication of land titles in the Moro Province, the Mountain Province, the Province of Agusan, and the Province of Nueva Vizcaya," as amended, is hereby repealed.
SEC. 7. This Act shall take effect on its passage: Provided, however, That such Acts hereby extended as at the time of the passage of this Act shall not have become effective in the territory not inhabited by Moros or other non-Christian tribes shall upon the respective dates of their becoming thus effective also become effective in that part of the Philippine Islands inhabited by Moros or other non-Christian tribes.
Enacted, April 18, 1913.