PUBLIC LAWS

-AND-

RESOLUTIONS

PASSED BY THE

United States Philippine Commission,

DURING THE

QUARTER ENDING FEBRUARY 28, 1901.

Published by Authority of the
UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION,

Manila, P. I.

54.-An Act Appropriating Fifty-eight Thousand, Six Hundred and

Twenty-Five Dollars and Sixty-Four Cents ($58,625.64) in Mex-

ican Money, and Five Hundred and Ninety Thousand, Six

Hundred and Forty-Eight Dollars and Sixty-Nine Cents

($590,648.69) in Money of the United States, for the Payment

of Sundry Expenses Incurred for the Benefit of the Insular

Government for the Mouth of December, 1900, and other

Designated Months...

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55.-An Act to Provide for Wholesome Food Supplies and to Prevent

Cruelty to Animals in Transportation.....

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56.-An Act Providing for the Retention in Office of Municipal

Councillors Elected under General Order of the Military

Governor, No. 40, Series of 1900, until a Municipal Law shall

have been Enacted and put in Operation...

57.-An Act Requiring the Civil Service Board to report to the United

States Philippine Commission a plan for the Readjustment of

Salaries paid in the Civil Service......

58.-An Act Authorizing the Establishment of Local Police in Cities

and Towns of the Philippine Islands and Appropriating One

Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00) in Money

of the United States, for their Maintenance..

59.-An Act Regulating the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors Within the

City of Manila and its Attached Barrios

60.-An Act Appropriating One Hundred and Twenty Seven Dollars

and Eighty-One Cents ($127.81) Mexican Money, and Two

Hundred and Eighty-Three Thousand, Five Hundred and

Fifty-Four Dollars and Fifty-Four Cents ($283,554.54) in

Money of the United States to Pay Expenses Incurred and

Salaries Earned, not Provided for in the General Appropri-

ation Act for December.

61.-An Act Authorizing the Construction of a Highway from the

Vicinity of the Town of Pozorubio, in the Province of Pan-

gasinan, to Baguio, in the Province of Benguet, and Appropri-

ating Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars ($75,000.00), in Money

of the United States, for that purpose

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62.-An Act Authorizing the Provost Marshal General to Establish

Police and Health Regulations in the Nature of Municipal

Ordinances for the City of Manila.......

63.--An Act Prescribing the Method to be Adopted in the Construction

of Laws.......

64.-An Act Extending General Order No. 30 of the Military Governor,

Dated March 10, 1900, Relating to Customs Duties in the

Jolo Archipelago, until December 31, 1901, and Enlarging

its Provisions......

65.-An Act Appropriating One Hundred and Twenty-One Thousand

and Ninty-Nine Dollars and Three Cents ($121,099.03) in

Mexican Money, and One Million, One Hu idred and Ninety-

Two Thousand, Three Hundred and Fifty Two Dollars and

Sixty-Six Cents ($1,192,352.66) in Money of the United States,

for the Payment of Sundry Expenses Incurred for the Benefit

of the Insular Government for the First Quarter of the year

1901 and Other Designated Periods...

66.-An Act Amending the Second Paragraph of Or ler No. 38 of Gen-

eral Orders of the Military Governor, Issued March 24, 1900,

Providing for Licensing Small Boats which have a Less Capa-

city than Fifteen Gross Tons Burden........

67.-An Act Making Effective the Certificates of Fegistration Issued

Under General Order No. 58 of the Military Governor, Dated

November 16, 1899, During the Year 1901, or Until Further

Legislation on this Subject..

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68.-An Act Supplementary to Act Number Sixty-One Authorizing the

Construction of a Highway from Pozorubio to Baguio.......

69.-An Act Providing a Board of Trustees to Conduct the College of

San José as a School of Medicine and Pharmacy, to Bring an

Action Against the Persons now in Possession of the Property

of the College, Vesting the Supreme Court with Jurisdiction

to Determine the Controversy, and Appropriating Five Thou-

sand dollars ($5,000.00) to Pay the Expenses of the Litigation 341

70.—An Act Providing for the Organization of Three Companies of

Police for the City of Manila and Neighbori ig Towns.......

71.-An Act Appropriating Five Thousand, Six Hundred and Twenty-

Eight Dollars and Fifteen Cents ($5,628.15 in Money of the

United States for the Purpose of Paying the Salaries and Ex-

penses of the Philippine Civil Service Board and Office Force

from the Period from December 1, 1900, to and including

March 31, 1901.........................

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72.-An Act Declaring that all Trade in Domestic Products of the

Archipelago of Jolo, Carried on by the Sultan and his People

with any Part of the Philippine Islands, and Conducted Under

the American Flag, Shall be Free, and Regulating the Same 354

73.—An Act Providing for the Examination and Licensing of Appli-

cants for the Positions of Master, Mate and Patron of Sea-

Going Vessels

74.-An Act Establishing a Department of Public Instruction in the

Philippine Islands, and Appropriating Forty Thousand Dol-

lars ($40,000.00) for the Organization and Maintenance of a

Normal and a Trade School in Manila, and Fifteen Thousand

Dollars ($15,000) for the Organization and Maintenance of an

Agricultural School in the Island of Negros for the Year 1901. 364

75.-An Act Providing a Remedy Against Judgments Obtained in

Courts of First Instance by Fraud, Accident, or Mistake......... 381

76.—An Act Conferring Admiralty Jurisdiction Upon Provost Courts... 386

77 -An Act Amending Section 1 of the Act Creating the Metropolitan

Police Force of Manila.......

389

78.-An Act Declaring All Persons in Arms Against the Authority of

the United States in the Philippine Islands, and All Persons

Aiding or Abetting them, on the First Day of April, 1901, or

Thereafter, Ineligible to Hold Office.....

390

79.-An Act Amending Section 22 of the Provisional Customs Tariff

and Regulations in the Philippine Islands.........

So.—An Act Regulating the Hours of Labor, Leaves of Absence and

Transportation of Appointees Under the Philippine Civil Ser-

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81.-An Act Repealing All Acts, Codes and Orders Relating to the

Challenging of Judges, Magistrates, Justices of the Peace,

Assessors and Auxiliaries to Tribunals, and Defining the Dis-

qualifications of Judges, Magistrates, Justices of the Peace,

Assessors and Referees .....

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82.—A General Act for the Organization of Municipal Governments in

the Philippine Islands......................

83.-A General Act for the Organization of Provincial Governments in

the Philippine Islands......

84.-An Act Appropriating Thirteen Thousand and Seven Dollars

($13,007.00) in Mexican Money, and One Hundred and Thirty

Thousand, Two Hundred and Ninety-Four Dollars and Ten

Cents ($130,294. 10) in Money of the United States to Pay Sal-

aries Earned and Expenses Incurred Not Provided for in the

General Appropriation Act for the First Quarter of the Year

1901....

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