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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES BEGINNING JULY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX UNTIL THE GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-SEVEN IS APPROVED REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS TO DEFRAY THE EXPENSES OF A STATE FUNERAL FOR MANUEL L. QUEZON AND FOR THE ERECTION OF A MAUSOLEUM TO CONTAIN HIS REMAINS. REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3 - AN ACT TO CONTINUE IN FORCE AND EFFECT THE ACT OF THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, APPROVED ON AUGUST 5, 1909, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO RAISE REVENUE FOR THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "THE PHILIPPINE TARIFF LAW OF 1909," AS AMENDED REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWENTY-SIX HUNDRED AND NINETY-TWO OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AND TO EXEMPT FROM RESPONSIBILITY THOSE WHO SHOULD SURRENDER FIREARMS UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES REPUBLIC ACT NO. 5 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS TWO AND FIVE OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED EIGHTEEN, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE NATIONAL COCONUT CORPORATION, AND TO APPROPRIATE ADDITIONAL OPERATING CAPITAL FOR SAID CORPORATION" REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6 - AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT AS OF THE DATE OF THE PROCLAMATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES THE PRESENT CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE FIRST CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE   PHILIPPINES   BEGINNING JULY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX UNTIL THE GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-SEVEN IS APPROVED

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 2 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS TO DEFRAY THE EXPENSES OF A STATE FUNERAL FOR MANUEL L. QUEZON AND FOR THE ERECTION OF A MAUSOLEUM TO CONTAIN HIS REMAINS.

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3 - AN ACT TO CONTINUE IN FORCE AND EFFECT THE ACT OF THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, APPROVED ON AUGUST 5, 1909, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO RAISE REVENUE FOR THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "THE PHILIPPINE TARIFF LAW OF 1909," AS AMENDED

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWENTY-SIX HUNDRED AND NINETY-TWO OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AND TO EXEMPT FROM RESPONSIBILITY THOSE WHO SHOULD SURRENDER FIREARMS UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 5 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS TWO AND FIVE OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED EIGHTEEN, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE NATIONAL COCONUT CORPORATION, AND TO APPROPRIATE ADDITIONAL OPERATING CAPITAL FOR SAID CORPORATION"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6 - AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT AS OF THE DATE OF THE PROCLAMATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES THE PRESENT CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE FIRST CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7 - AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE FOREIGN FUNDS CONTROL OFFICE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8 - AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO ENTER INTO SUCH CONTRACTS OR UNDERTAKINGS AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE TRANSFER TO THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES UNDER THE PHILIPPINE PROPERTY ACT OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX OF ANY PROPERTY OR PROPERTY RIGHTS OR THE PROCEEDS THEREOF AUTHORIZED TO BE TRANSFERRED UNDER SAID ACT; PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND DISPOSITION OF SUCH PROPERTIES ONCE RECEIVED; AND APPROPRIATING THE NECESSARY FUNDS THEREFORE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9 - AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT OR AGREEMENTS WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES PURSUANT TO UNITED STATES PUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FOUR, COMMONLY CALLED THE "REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES MILITARY ASSISTANCE ACT," AND TO ISSUE THE NECESSARY RULES AND REGULATIONS TO IMPLEMENT SAID ACT, AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10 - AN ACT PENALIZING USURPATION OF PUBLIC AUTHORITY

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11 - AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE SLAUGHTERING OF MALE AND FEMALE CARABAOS, HORSES, MARES, AND COWS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 12 - AN ACT AMENDING ARTICLES ONE HUNDRED FORTY-SIX, TWO HUNDRED NINETY-FIVE, TWO HUNDRED NINETY-SIX AND THREE HUNDRED SIX OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 13 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS FIVE AND SIX OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-TWO, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO REHABILITATE THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 14 - AN ACT TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE PROVINCE OF TAYABAS TO QUEZON

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 15 - AN ACT PROVIDING THAT IN ANY CRIMINAL PROCEEDING BEFORE A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE NO COST DE OFICIO SHALL BE TAXED AGAINST THE MUNICIPALITY CONCERNED WHEN THE CASE IS DISMISSED OR THE DEFENDANT ACQUITTED

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 16 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO OBTAIN SUCH LOANS OR INCUR SUCH INDEBTEDNESS WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES, ITS AGENCIES AND INSTRUMENTALITIES, AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO COVER BUDGETARY DEFICITS AND OTHER EXPENDITURES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES FOR REHABILITATION AND OTHER PURPOSES, AND APPROPRIATING THE NECESSARY FUNDS THEREFOR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 17 - AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE CIRCULATION OF TREASURY CERTIFICATES WITH THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES STAMPED, PRINTED OR SUPERIMPOSED THEREON, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 18   - AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLES SIXTY-TWO, TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN, TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-EIGHT, TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY, TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-ONE, TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY-FOUR, AND TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY-NINE OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 19 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE MATERNITY AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN THE CITY OF MANILA

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 20 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS TWELVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SIX, THIRTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-FIVE, SUBSECTION (c), AND THIRTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-EIGHT OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 21 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE LEGITIMATE FATHER, OR, IN HIS DEFAULT, THE MOTHER, OF ANY MINOR OR INCOMPETENT PERSON HAVING A CLAIM OR SHARE IN A CLAIM AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT OF THE

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PHILIPPINES OR OF THE UNITED STATES, TO RECEIVE PAYMENT OF SAID CLAIM OR SHARE WHEN THE AMOUNT THEREOF DOES NOT EXCEED FIVE HUNDRED PESOS OR ITS EQUIVALENT IN DOLLARS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 22 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE CREATION OF AN EMERGENCY CURRENCY BOARD, THE REGISTRATION, DEPOSIT AND OUTLAWING OF EMERGENCY CURRENCY NOTES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 23  -   AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION EIGHT OF ACT NUMBERED FORTY-ONE HUNDRED AND NINE, AS AMENDED, ENTITLED,   "AN ACT TO CREATE AN ANTI-USURY BOARD, TO PRESCRIBE THE DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE SAID BOARD AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 24 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE SALARY OF THE CITY AUDITOR OF MANILA FROM THE FUNDS OF SAID CITY AT THE RATE OF EIGHT THOUSAND PESOS PER ANNUM

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 25 - AN ACT TO INCREASE THE COMPENSATION OF FLIGHT OFFICERS AND ENLISTED MEN OF THE AIR CORPS OF THE PHILIPPINE ARMY

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 26  -   AN ACT PROVIDING A SPECIAL PROCEDURE FOR THE RECONSTITUTION OF TORRENS CERTIFICATES OF TITLE LOST OR DESTROYED

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 27  -   AN ACT TO REPEAL ACT NUMBERED TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SEVEN, AS AMENDED BY ACTS NUMBERED TWO THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND ONE, THREE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND FORTY-THREE, AND FOUR THOUSAND AND NINETY-SIX

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 28 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING MUNICIPALITIES TO CONTRACT LOANS FROM THE AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL BANK FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC MARKETS AND SLAUGHTERHOUSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 29 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING PROVINCIAL AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS AND CHARTERED CITIES TO GRANT LIVING BONUS

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 30 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PAYMENT, UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, OF A GRATUITY TO THE WIDOW AND/OR CHILDREN, AND IN THEIR ABSENCE TO THE OTHER HEIRS, OF A DECEASED OFFICER OR MEMBER OF ANY POLICE FORCE OR SIMILAR GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION ENGAGED IN THE MAINTENANCE OF PEACE AND ORDER, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 31  -   AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS SIX, SEVEN AND FOURTEEN OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE TOBACCO INSPECTION LAW

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 32 - AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED FOUR THOUSAND AND THIRTY-FIVE OF THE PHILIPPINE LEGISLATURE ENTITLED,   "AN ACT TO PREVENT DUMPING OF IMPORTED ARTICLES, WARES, OR MERCHANDISE, TO DISCOURAGE UNFAIR PRACTICES OR METHODS IN THE IMPORT TRADE, TO IMPOSE SPECIAL CUSTOMS DUTIES THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 33 - AN ACT TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT ENTERED INTO BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DATED SEPTEMBER ELEVENTH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX; TO AUTHORIZE THE ACCEPTANCE, ADMINISTRATION, SALE, AND DISPOSITION OF THE SURPLUS PROPERTY ACQUIRED THEREUNDER; AND TO APPROPRIATE THE NECESSARY FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 34 - AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF ACT NUMBERED FOUR THOUSAND FIFTY-FOUR, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "THE PHILIPPINE RICE SHARE TENANCY ACT"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 35 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE EXEMPTION OF NEW AND NECESSARY INDUSTRIES FROM THE PAYMENT OF INTERNAL REVENUE TAXES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 36 - CENSUS ACT OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 37 - AN ACT GRANTING PREFERENCE TO FILIPINO CITIZENS IN THE LEASE OF PUBLIC MARKET STALLS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 38 - AN ACT REPEALING COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-ONE, ENTITLED, "AN ACT ABOLISHING THE EXISTING MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS AND THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF ROMBLON, AND CREATING INSTEAD FOUR SPECIAL MUNICIPALITIES," RESTORING THE REGULAR PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT AND MUNICIPALITIES OF THE PROVINCE OF ROMBLON, AND CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF SANTA FE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 39 - AN ACT AMENDING OR REPEALING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF TITLES V AND VIII OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 40 - AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, RELATIVE TO DOCUMENTARY STAMP TAXES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 41 - AN ACT AMENDING OR REPEALING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF TITLE V OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 42 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-TWO, ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY-THREE, SUBSECTIONS (O), (R), AND (S) OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY-FOUR AND SECTION TWO HUNDRED AND ONE OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 43 - AN ACT TO ESTABLISH, ORGANIZE AND MAINTAIN ONE NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL IN THE PROVINCE OF NEGROS OCCIDENTAL AND TO APPROPRIATE CERTAIN SUMS OF MONEY FOR THE PURPOSE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 44 - AN ACT TO REVISE COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-ONE ENTITLED, "AN ACT TO REGULATE THE RELATIONS BETWEEN LANDOWNER AND TENANT AND TO PROVIDE FOR

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COMPULSORY ARBITRATION OF ANY CONTROVERSY ARISING BETWEEN THEM," AS AMENDED BY COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED AND EIGHT

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 45 - AN ACT TO FIX THE DATE OF THE REGULAR ELECTIONS FOR ELECTIVE PROVINCIAL, CITY AND MUNICIPAL OFFICES, AND OF THE ELECTION OF THE EIGHT SENATORS WHO WILL SUCCEED THOSE WHOSE TERM OF OFFICE WILL EXPIRE ON DECEMBER THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-SEVEN

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 46 - AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-NINE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-ONE, ENTITLED,"AN ACT TO PROVIDE FREE EMERGENCY MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR EMPLOYEES AND LABORERS OF COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, AND AGRICULTURAL ESTABLISHMENTS, IN CERTAIN CASES PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION HEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 47 - AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE EIGHTY OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE, AS AMENDED

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 48 - AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 49 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 50 - AN ACT TO CONVERT THE SUBURB OF LUCENA OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF SANTA BARBARA, PROVINCE OF ILOILO, INTO A REGULAR MUNICIPALITY

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 51 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO REORGANIZE WITHIN ONE YEAR THE DIFFERENT EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, BUREAUS, OFFICES, AGENCIES AND OTHER INSTRUMENTALITIES OF THE GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING THE CORPORATIONS, OWNED OR CONTROLLED BY IT

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 52 - AN ACT TO REPEAL EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBERED THIRTY-SEVEN, DATED THE TENTH OF MARCH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIVE, AND TO REVIVE, WITH CERTAIN AMENDMENTS, SECTIONS ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIVE-A TO ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIVE-Q OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE AS HEREIN AMENDED, SO AS TO RECREATE THE COURT OF APPEALS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 53 - AN ACT TO EXEMPT THE PUBLISHER, EDITOR OR REPORTER OF ANY PUBLICATION FROM REVEALING THE SOURCE OF PUBLISHED NEWS OR INFORMATION OBTAINED IN CONFIDENCE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 54 - AN ACT TO REPEAL EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED DATED JANUARY TWO NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-TWO AND EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBERED FIFTY-EIGHT DATED JULY TWENTY-SIX, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIVE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 55 - AN ACT TO IMPOSE A WAR PROFITS TAX

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 56 - AN ACT AMENDING OR REPEALING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF TITLE IV OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX RELATIVE TO SPECIFIC TAXES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 57 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWENTY-NINE OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, KNOWN AS THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 58 - AN ACT CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF TUBOD, PROVINCE OF LANAO

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 59 - AN ACT TO MAKE ELECTIVE THE OFFICES OF PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR AND MEMBERS OF THE PROVINCIAL BOARD, AND TO FIX THE COMPENSATION OF THE PROVINCIAL OFFICIALS, OF BUKIDNON, COTABATO, LANAO, SULU AND MOUNTAIN PROVINCE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 60 - AN ACT AMENDING SECTION TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED SIX-A UNDER ARTICLE XI-A OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 61 - AN ACT TO RECREATE THE FORMER MUNICIPALITY OF QUINAPONDAN, PROVINCE OF SAMAR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 62 - AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE PRESENTATION OF PROOF OF OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES AND THE RECONSTRUCTION OF CORPORATE AND PARTNERSHIP RECORDS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 63 - AN ACT TO AMEND COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED NINETY-ONE ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE FREE DISTRIBUTION, UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, OF LOTS OF TWENTY-FOUR HECTARES EACH OF AGRICULTURAL LAND OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 64 - AN ACT AMENDING COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED SEVEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX BY EXTENDING THE PROVISIONS THEREOF TO MUTUAL BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 65 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A BILL OF RIGHTS FOR OFFICERS AND ENLISTED MEN OF THE PHILIPPINE ARMY AND OF RECOGNIZED OR DESERVING GUERRILLA ORGANIZATIONS, AND VETERANS OF THE PHILIPPINE REVOLUTIONS, CREATING THEREFOR A PHILIPPINE VETERANS BOARD IN THE DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENSE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 66 - AN ACT TO AMEND COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-NINE, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PENALIZE SPECULATION ON RENTS OF BUILDINGS DESTINED FOR DWELLING PURPOSES"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 67 - AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTIONS OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FIFTY-EIGHT, KNOWN AS THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF CEBU, AS AMENDED BY COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 68 - AN ACT REGULATING THE PRICES OF ADMISSION TO THEATERS, CINEMATOGRAPHS, HORSE RACES, JAI-ALAI AND OTHER PLACES OF AMUSEMENT, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 69 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE TRANSMISSION FREE OF CHARGE WITHIN THE PHILIPPINES OF MAIL MATTER OF SENATORS AND OF MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PHILIPPINES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 70 - AN ACT TO MAKE OBLIGATORY THE EMPLOYMENT OF A PHYSICIAN IN CERTAIN VESSELS ENGAGED IN COASTWISE TRADE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 71 - AN ACT REQUIRING PRICE TAGS OR LABELS TO BE AFFIXED ON ALL ARTICLES OF COMMERCE OFFERED FOR SALE AT RETAIL AND PENALIZING VIOLATIONS OF SUCH REQUIREMENT

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 72 - AN ACT TO FURTHER AMEND ACT NUMBERED FORTY-ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY, AS AMENDED, REGARDING THE APPORTIONMENT AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE PROCEEDS FROM SWEEPSTAKES RACES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 73 - AN ACT TO SUBMIT TO THE FILIPINO PEOPLE, FOR APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL, THE AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE PHILIPPINES TO BE APPENDED AS AN ORDINANCE THERETO, PROPOSED BY THE CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES IN A RESOLUTION OF BOTH HOUSES, ADOPTED ON SEPTEMBER EIGHTEEN, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX, AND TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS THEREFOR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 74 - AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND SIX AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED THIRTY HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIVE AND COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY PROVIDING FOR ADDITIONAL EXPENSES IN THE SUPERVISION AND REGULATION OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND FOR A REVOLVING FUND FOR THE PURCHASE AND SALE OF TEXTBOOKS TO PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENTS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 75 - AN ACT TO PENALIZE ACTS WHICH WOULD IMPAIR THE PROPER OBSERVANCE BY THE REPUBLIC AND INHABITANTS OF THE PHILIPPINES OF THE IMMUNITIES, RIGHT, AND PRIVILEGES OF DULY ACCREDITED FOREIGN DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR AGENTS IN THE PHILIPPINES

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 76 - AN ACT TO REPEAL LAWS OR PROVISIONS OF LAWS GRANTING RIGHTS TO AMERICAN CITIZENS, CORPORATIONS, AND ASSOCIATIONS, UNLESS THEY AFFECT RIGHTS ALREADY VESTED UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OR EXTENDED BY TREATY, AGREEMENT OR CONVENTION WITH THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 77 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION SIX OF THIS ACT, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO RAISE REVENUE FOR THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," APPROVED BY THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES ON AUGUST FIFTH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND NINE, AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED FORTY HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FOUR OF THE PHILIPPINE LEGISLATURE, BY PROVIDING A METHOD OF CONVERSION BASED ON THE CURRENT RATES OF EXCHANGE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 78 - AN ACT TO CREATE AN ADVANCE FUND OF FIVE MILLION PESOS TO FINANCE A GENERAL REVISION OF REAL PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS IN THE PROVINCES AND CHARTERED CITIES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 79 - AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE HOLDING BY THE PHILIPPINE CHARITY SWEEPSTAKES OFFICE OF HORSE RACES, WITH BETTING, ON SATURDAY AFTERNOONS, FOR CHARITABLE, RELIEF AND CIVIC PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 81 - AN ACT TO AID THE MINING INDUSTRY BY PROVIDING FOR THE WAIVER OF, AND/OR EXTENSION OF THE PERIOD WITHIN WHICH TO PERFORM, ACCOMPLISH OR COMPLY WITH ANY TERM, CONDITION, OR STIPULATION REQUIRED OF LOCATORS, HOLDERS, LESSEES, OR OPERATORS OF MINING CLAIMS OR CONCESSIONS, AND OF WATER RIGHTS AND TIMBER CONCESSIONS CONNECTED WITH THE MINING INDUSTRY, AND THE CONDONATION OF MINING, SPECIFIC AND REAL ESTATE TAXES, UNDER CERTAIN TERMS AND CONDITIONS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 82 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS TWENTY-ONE, TWENTY-TWO, TWENTY-THREE, TWENTY-FOUR, TWENTY-SEVEN, TWENTY-NINE, THIRTY, THIRTY-FOUR, FIFTY-THREE, FIFTY-FOUR, AND TO REPEAL SUBSECTION (u) OF SECTION EIGHTY-FOUR OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX, AS AMENDED

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 83 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS EIGHTY-SIX, EIGHTY-NINE, ONE HUNDRED AND TEN, ONE HUNDRED AND TWELVE, ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN AND ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-TWO OF TITLE III OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 84 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY-ONE, TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY-TWO, TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY-SEVEN, TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY-NINE, AND THREE HUNDRED AND TWO OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX, RELATIVE TO THE FIREARMS TAX, RADIO FEES AND TOBACCO INSPECTION FEES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 85 - AN ACT CREATING THE REHABILITATION FINANCE CORPORATION

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 86 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF FINANCE TO WITHDRAW FROM THE TREASURY CERTIFICATE FUND SUCH SUMS AS ARE IN EXCESS OF THE LEGAL RESERVE REQUIREMENT, AND APPROPRIATING THE SAME TO PAY FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES TO THE CAPITAL STOCK OF THE REHABILITATION FINANCE CORPORATION

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 87 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE NET PROCEEDS FROM THE SALES OF SURPLUS PROPERTY AND PROPERTIES ACQUIRED FROM SUCH PROCEEDS OR EXCHANGES WITH SURPLUS PROPERTY TO PAY FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THE CAPITAL STOCK OF THE REHABILITATION FINANCE CORPORATION

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 88 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING FIFTY-SEVEN MILLION SIXTY-FIVE THOUSAND PESOS FOR PUBLIC WORKS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 89 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FOUR OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE BY WITHDRAWING THE EXEMPTION GRANTED IN FAVOR OF CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATIONS REFERRED TO THEREIN FROM THE PAYMENT OF TAXES

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 90 - AN ACT CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF GAMAY, PROVINCE OF SAMAR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 91 - AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE HOLDING OF A SPECIAL ELECTION TO FILL EXISTING VACANCIES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CALLED IN PROCLAMATION NUMBERED NINETEEN, DATED JANUARY SIX, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-SEVEN, OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 92 - AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS ONE AND SEVEN OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SEVENTEEN, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE CIRCULATION OF TREASURY CERTIFICATES WITH THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES STAMPED, PRINTED OR SUPERIMPOSED THEREON, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 93 - AN ACT TO FURTHER AMEND SECTION FIFTY-EIGHT OF ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND NINETY-SIX, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LAND REGISTRATION ACT, AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED FORTY HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE, AND TO PROVIDE FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 94 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-TWO OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE SO AS TO ALLOW THE GENERAL LAND REGISTRATION OFFICE TO USE ITS OWN SEAL INSTEAD OF THAT OF COURTS OF FIRST INSTANCE IN ALL PROCESSES ISSUED BY OR THROUGH SAID OFFICE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 95 - AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL RED CROSS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 96 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS THIRTY-ONE AND THIRTY-TWO OF ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND NINETY-SIX, AND SECTIONS SEVEN AND EIGHT OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY-NINE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 97 - AN ACT EXEMPTING FROM THE TECHNICAL EXAMINATION APPLICANTS FOR CERTIFICATE AS THIRD MATES WHO ARE GRADUATES OF THE PHILIPPINE NAUTICAL SCHOOL WHO HAVE SERVED AS AGREGADO A

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PILOTO IN A SEAGOING SAILING VESSEL OR IN A SEAGOING STEAMER, BY AMENDING SUBSECTION (d) OF SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-ONE OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 98 - AN ACT PRESCRIBING A NEW SCALE OF SALARIES ALLOWABLE FOR CERTAIN CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 99 - AN ACT FURTHER AMENDING SECTION SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FOUR OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 100 - AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE ANY COMMISSIONER OF THE PHILIPPINE WAR DAMAGE COMMISSION WHO IS A CITIZEN OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND CERTAIN OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES THEREOF, ATTORNEYS OF THE LEGAL AID OFFICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS AND OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOL OFFICIALS, TO ADMINISTER OATHS ON CLAIM PAPERS TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE PHILIPPINE WAR DAMAGE COMMISSION

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 101 - AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND SEVENTY ENTITLED, "AN ACT FOR THE PURPOSE OF FOUNDING A UNIVERSITY FOR THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, GIVING IT CORPORATE EXISTENCE, PROVIDING FOR A BOARD OF REGENTS, DEFINING THE BOARD'S RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES, PROVIDING HIGHER AND PROFESSIONAL INSTRUCTION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," AS AMENDED BY ELIMINATING THE PROVISIONS EXCLUDING THE ALUMNI OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES AMONG PERSONS WHO MAY BE CONFERRED HONORARY DEGREES BY THE UNIVERSITY

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 102 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN KNOWN AS THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, MAKING THE PROVISIONS OF SAID SECTION MORE EFFECTIVE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 103 - AN ACT INCREASING THE MAXIMUM LIMIT OF THE SALARIES OF MAYORS, SECRETARIES AND TREASURERS OF MUNICIPALITIES IN REGULARLY ORGANIZED PROVINCES, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FOUR OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 104 - AN ACT REQUIRING CORPORATIONS, AGENCIES OR INSTRUMENTALITIES OWNED OR CONTROLLED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO PAY TAXES, DUTIES, FEES, AND OTHER CHARGES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 105 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION THIRTEEN OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-TWO, AS AMENDED, INCREASING THE FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF IRRIGATION SYSTEMS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 106 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED SIXTY-THREE, ENTITLED "AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE WAYS IN WHICH PHILIPPINE CITIZENSHIP MAY BE LOST OR REACQUIRED"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 107 - AN ACT SETTING A NEW TIME LIMIT WITHIN WHICH IMPERFECT OR INCOMPLETE TITLES COVERING LANDS OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN MAY BE JUDICIALLY CONFIRMED, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE SECTIONS FORTY-FIVE AND FORTY-SEVEN OF THE PUBLIC LAND ACT, AS AMENDED BY COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY-TWO

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 108 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, KNOWN AS THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 109 - AN ACT AMENDING SECTION TEN, COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY-THREE, BY INCREASING THE DOCUMENTARY STAMP TO BE AFFIXED BY AN ALIEN TO CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 110 - AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE PRINTING AND ISSUE OF SEMI-POSTAL STAMPS FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 111 - AN ACT AMENDING SECTION NINE OF ACT NUMBERED THREE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-TWO, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO REGULATE THE SALE, TRANSFER, MORTGAGE OR ASSIGNMENT OF GOODS, WARES, MERCHANDISE, PROVISIONS OR MATERIALS, IN BULK, AND PRESCRIBING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS THEREOF"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 112 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE PORT OF MANILA BY DREDGING THE HARBORS, THE PASIG RIVER, AND THE NAVIGABLE ESTEROS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 113 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE REGISTER OF DEEDS TO USE THE SEAL OF HIS OFFICE, INSTEAD OF THAT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE IN CERTIFICATES OF TITLE AND OTHER PAPERS WHICH REQUIRE A SEAL AND WHICH ARE ISSUED BY HIS OFFICE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 114 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION SIX HUNDRED SEVENTY-ONE SUBSECTION (h) OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN AS AMENDED, KNOWN AS THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 115 - AN ACT TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR REFORESTATION AND AFFORESTATION OF DENUDED AREAS AND COGON OR OPEN LANDS WITHIN FOREST RESERVES, COMMUNAL FOREST, NATIONAL PARKS, TIMBER LANDS, SAND DUNES, AND OTHER PUBLIC FOREST LANDS IN THE PHILIPPINES, PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS THEREOF AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 116 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY-EIGHT OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 117 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN OF ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND NINETY-SIX, ENTITLED "THE LAND REGISTRATION ACT," AS AMENDED, FIXING A NEW SCHEDULE OF FEES FOR CLERKS OF COURTS, SHERIFFS AND REGISTERS OF DEEDS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 118 - AN ACT REQUIRING ALIENS SEEKING TO ENTER THE PHILIPPINES TO PAY THE SUM OF FIFTY PESOS FOR EACH CERTIFICATE OF RESIDENCE, THEREBY AMENDING ITEM (10) OF PARAGRAPH (a) OF SECTION FORTY-TWO OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 119 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION NINETEEN HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE SO AS TO CHANGE IN TERMS OF PESOS, PHILIPPINE CURRENCY, INSTEAD OF DOLLARS, UNITED STATES CURRENCY, THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT FOR WHICH A MONEY ORDER MAY BE ISSUED

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 120 - AN ACT AMENDING ARTICLE THREE HUNDRED AND TEN OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE REVISED PENAL CODE, AS AMENDED

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 121 - AN ACT TO FURTHER AMEND SECTION EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-EIGHT OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, KNOWN AS THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWENTY AND COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 122 - AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN, ENTITLED "AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL PARKS, DECLARING SUCH PARKS AS GAME REFUGES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 123 - AN ACT PRESCRIBING THE REORGANIZATION AND OPERATION OF THE BUREAU OF QUARANTINE SERVICE AND PROMULGATING REGULATIONS THEREOF

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 124 - AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE MEDICAL INSPECTION OF CHILDREN ENROLLED IN PRIVATE SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN THE PHILIPPINES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 125 - AN ACT GOVERNING THE USE OF AIR NAVIGATION FACILITIES AND PROVIDING THE PAYMENT OF THE USE THEREOF

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 126 - AN ACT AMENDING THE THIRD PARAGRAPH OF SECTION SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SEVEN OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 127 - AN ACT TO REPEAL SECTION TWENTY-ONE OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-FOUR HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-TWO, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LOCUST ACT

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 128 - AN ACT REQUIRING DISTRICT HEALTH OFFICERS OR THEIR AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES TO INSPECT THE SANITARY CONDITION OF COASTWISE PASSENGER VESSELS CALLING AT PORTS IN THEIR DISTRICT AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 129 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FIFTEEN OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF SAN PABLO TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A TELEPHONE SYSTEM

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 130 - AN ACT CONTINUING THE EXISTING CLASSIFICATIONS OF PROVINCES AND MUNICIPALITIES AND AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO MAKE PARTIAL READJUSTMENTS THEREOF

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 131 - AN ACT AMENDING SECTION TWO THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED THIRTY-FOUR (a) OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 132 - AN ACT TO ALLOW THE MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM OPTION TO CONVERT THEIR POLICIES INTO PAID-UP POLICIES AND APPLY FOR NEW INSURANCE

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 133 - AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE MORTGAGE OF PRIVATE REAL PROPERTY IN FAVOR OF ANY INDIVIDUAL, CORPORATION, OR ASSOCIATION SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 134 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS ONE, TWO AND TWO-A OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHT, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PUNISH ACTS OF EVASION OF THE LAWS ON THE NATIONALIZATION OF CERTAIN RIGHTS, FRANCHISES OR PRIVILEGES," AS AMENDED, AND TO INSERT BETWEEN SECTIONS THREE AND FOUR THEREOF A NEW SECTION TO BE KNOWN AS SECTION THREE-A

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 135 - AN ACT TO AMEND SUBSECTION (a) OF SECTION FORTY-TWO OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO CONTROL AND REGULATE THE IMMIGRATION OF ALIENS INTO THE PHILIPPINES," AND TO REPEAL SUBSECTIONS (x) AND (y) OF SECTION FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 136 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE IMMEDIATE PAYMENT OF MONIES DUE TO DECEASED FILIPINO MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY, UNITED STATES NAVY, PHILIPPINE SCOUTS, PHILIPPINE ARMY, INCLUDING DULY RECOGNIZED GUERRILLA ORGANIZATIONS, AND DECEASED CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES OF THE WAR AND NAVY DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AND OF THE PHILIPPINE ARMY, AND DECEASED CIVILIANS WITH CLAIMS FOR SUPPLIES FURNISHED OR SERVICES RENDERED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND/OR TO THE PHILIPPINE ARMY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 137 - AN ACT TO PROHIBIT COCKFIGHTING, HORSE RACING AND JAI-ALAI GAMES ON THE FOURTH OF JULY OF EACH YEAR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 138 - AN ACT TO DEFINE THE PAY STATUS OF PERSONNEL IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 139 - AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTIONS OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SEVEN, ENTITLED "AN ACT CREATING A BOARD TO HAVE CHARGE OF THE SELECTION AND APPROVAL OF THE TEXTBOOKS TO BE USED BY THE COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS OF THE GOVERNMENT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES,"  AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FIVE, THIRTY-FOUR HUNDRED AND TWO, AND THIRTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-TWO

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 140 - AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED THIRTY HUNDRED AND TWO ENTITLED "AN ACT TO CREATE A HARBOR BOARD FOR THE PORT OF MANILA," AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY-ONE AND COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FIVE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 141 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-FIVE HUNDRED, AS AMENDED

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 142 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS EIGHTEEN AND NINETEEN OF THE PHILIPPINE TARIFF ACT OF AUGUST FIVE, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND NINE, AS AMENDED

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 143 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING TWENTY-FIVE MILLION PESOS FOR PUBLIC WORKS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 144 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS SIX, THIRTY-SEVEN, FORTY-TWO, FORTY-FOUR, FORTY-FIVE AND FORTY-SIX OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO CONTROL AND REGULATE THE IMMIGRATION OF ALIENS INTO THE PHILIPPINES," AND TO INSERT A NEW SECTION IN SAID ACT TO BE KNOWN AS SECTION TWENTY-TWO-A

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 145 - AN ACT PENALIZING UNLAWFUL SOLICITATION OF, OR CONTRACT FOR, FEES RELATIVE TO CLAIM OR BENEFITS UNDER STATUTES OF THE UNITED STATES BEING ADMINISTERED BY THE UNITED STATES VETERANS ADMINISTRATION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 146 - AN ACT PROVIDING SUFFICIENT NOTICE TO THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION OF MOTIONS OR PETITIONS FILED IN ANY COURT OF THE PHILIPPINES RELATIVE TO GUARDIANSHIP PROCEEDINGS OF ANY PERSON OR HIS ESTATE, OR BOTH, WHEN THE WHOLE OR PART OF THE ESTATE UNDER GUARDIANSHIP IS DERIVED FROM THE UNITED STATES VETERANS ADMINISTRATION

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 147 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF ONE MILLION PESOS TO DEFRAY THE EXPENSES OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT IN CONNECTION WITH THE ELECTION OF ELECTIVE PROVINCIAL, CITY AND MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS AND OF THE EIGHT SENATORS TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER ELEVEN, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-SEVEN

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 148 - AN ACT TO AMEND PARAGRAPH "C", SECTION ONE OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SIXTY-TWO

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 149 - AN ACT REAPPROPRIATING AND MAKING AVAILABLE ALL BALANCES OF THE APPROPRIATION AUTHORIZED UNDER ITEMS J-IV-2 AND J-IV-14 OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED EIGHTY REMAINING UNEXPENDED ON JUNE THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-SEVEN, FOR THE OPENING OF NEW OR ADDITIONAL ELEMENTARY CLASSES IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE PHILIPPINES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 150 - AN ACT EXTENDING UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS THE TERM OF THE FRANCHISE GRANTED BY THE MUNICIPAL BOARD OF THE CITY OF MANILA TO CHARLES M. SWIFT, AND LATER TAKEN OVER BY THE MANILA ELECTRIC COMPANY, TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT, AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE CITY OF MANILA AND ITS SUBURBS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 151 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-THREE OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX, KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 152 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 153 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX, KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 154 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION EIGHT OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SIXTY-FIVE, GRANTING CERTAIN PRIVILEGES TO VETERANS IN TAKING THE CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 155 - AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE PRINTING AND ISSUE OF SEMI-POSTAL STAMPS IN ORDER TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL RED CROSS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 156 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES DURING THE PERIOD FROM JULY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-SEVEN TO JUNE THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-EIGHT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 157 - AN ACT CREATING A BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 158 - AN ACT TO AMEND SUBSECTION (d), SECTION SEVEN OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-EIGHT, KNOWN AS THE "CIVIL AVIATION LAW," AND TO GRANT LICENSES FOR AIRMEN TO NATIONALS OF ANY COUNTRY UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 159 - AN ACT TO RECREATE THE FORMER MUNICIPALITY OF CARAMORAN, PROVINCE OF CATANDUANES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 160 - AN ACT TO PROVIDE A SCALE OF SALARIES FOR MEMBERS OF THE POLICE FORCE OF MUNICIPALITIES, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION TWENTY-TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-THREE OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 161 - AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE RECLAMATION OF FORESHORE LANDS BY THE CITY OF BACOLOD

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 162 - AN ACT CREATING THE CITY OF LIPA

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 163 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION SEVEN, TEN, ELEVEN, THIRTEEN, TWENTY-ONE, TWENTY-TWO, TWENTY-FOUR, TWENTY-FIVE, TWENTY-NINE, SEVENTY-FIVE, EIGHTY-THREE, AND EIGHTY-SEVEN OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY, ENTITLED "AN ACT CREATING THE CITY OF SAN PABLO"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 164 - AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE RELATIVE TO OFFICES OF REGISTER OF DEEDS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 165 - AN ACT CREATING A PATENT OFFICE, PRESCRIBING ITS POWERS AND DUTIES, REGULATING THE ISSUANCE OF PATENTS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 166 - AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE REGISTRATION AND PROTECTION OF TRADE-MARKS, TRADE-NAMES AND SERVICE-MARKS, DEFINING UNFAIR COMPETITION AND FALSE MARKING AND PROVIDING REMEDIES AGAINST THE SAME, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 167 - AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE TRANSFER OF THE POWERS, DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS RELATING TO THE REGISTRATION AND PROTECTION OF COPYRIGHTS FROM THE NATIONAL LIBRARY TO THE PATENT OFFICE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 168 - AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTION OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-EIGHT, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF ILOILO

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 169 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION THIRTY-EIGHT OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FIFTY-EIGHT KNOWN AS THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF CEBU, AS AMENDED BY COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE AND BY REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SIXTY-SEVEN

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 170 - AN ACT CREATING THE CITY OF DAGUPAN

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 171 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FORTY-SEVEN AND SUBSECTION (b) OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "THE INSURANCE ACT"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 172 - AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLES ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-EIGHT AND ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-NINE OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE REVISED PENAL CODE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 173 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX, KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, RELATIVE TO CHARGES COLLECTIBLE ON FOREST PRODUCTS GATHERED FROM UNREGISTERED PRIVATE LANDS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 174 - AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE PRINTING AND ISSUANCE OF SEMI-POSTAL STAMPS FOR THE REHABILITATION OF THE NATIONAL LIBRARY

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 175 - AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAST PARAGRAPH OF SECTION TWO AND NINE, OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SEVEN, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PROMOTION OF AGRICULTURAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION; TO PROVIDE FOR COOPERATION WITH PROVINCES, CITIES, AND MUNICIPALITIES IN THE PROMOTION OF SUCH EDUCATION IN AGRICULTURE, COMMERCE, TRADES, AND INDUSTRIES; TO PROVIDE FOR COOPERATION WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES AND OTHER INSULAR INSTITUTIONS IN THE PREPARATION OF TEACHERS OF VOCATIONAL SUBJECT; TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS AND REGULATE THEIR

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EXPENDITURES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," AND TO INSERT A NEW SECTION IN SAID ACT TO BE KNOWN AS SECTION ELEVEN-A

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 176 - AN ACT TO CREATE A NATIONAL COMMISSION ON EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL MATTERS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 177 - AN ACT TO CREATE THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 178 - AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTION OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED FORTY-SIX, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PUBLIC SERVICE ACT, SO AS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF COMMISSIONERS IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION AND TO CREATE AN OFFICE TO BE KNOWN AS THE OFFICE OF THE PEOPLE'S COUNSEL IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 179 - AN ACT CREATING ORMOC CITY

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 180 - THE REVISED ELECTION CODE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 181 - AN ACT PRESCRIBING THE ORDER OF PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 182 - AN ACT TO REQUIRE PUBLICATION IN A TAGALOG NEWSPAPER OF APPLICATIONS FOR LICENSES TO CONDUCT FIRST AND SECOND CLASS BARS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 183 - AN ACT CREATING THE RIZAL CITY

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 184 - AN ACT TO REGULATE THE PRACTICE OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING IN THE PHILIPPINES, TO PROVIDE FOR THE LICENSING AND REGISTRATION OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS AND ELECTRICIANS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 185 - AN ACT AMENDING SECTION ONE, FOUR AND FIVE OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED SEVEN HUNDRED AND FOUR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 186 - AN ACT TO CONSIDER TEACHERS AND OTHER CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES WITH CERTAIN EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS WHO HAVE BEEN IN THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE CONTINUOUSLY FOR TEN YEARS AS CIVIL SERVICE ELIGIBLES WITHOUT TAKING ANY CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 187 - AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION OF FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY THOUSAND PESOS TO MEET EXPENSES OF ENUMERATION IN A GENERAL CENSUS-TAKING AUTHORIZED BY REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-SIX

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 188 - AN ACT CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF TUBAY, PROVINCE OF AGUSAN

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 189 - AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF BARRIO SAMBAT, IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF ROSARIO, PROVINCE OF BATANGAS, TO LUMANGBAYAN

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 190 - AN ACT CREATING THE BARRIO OF BUCAL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF ROSARIO, PROVINCE OF BATANGAS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 191 - AN ACT CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF ISABEL, PROVINCE OF LEYTE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 192 - AN ACT TO CREATE THE MUNICIPALITY OF TALALORA IN THE PROVINCE OF SAMAR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 193 - AN ACT CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF GENERAL McARTHUR IN THE PROVINCE OF SAMAR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 194 - AN ACT CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF TAGANA-AN, PROVINCE OF SURIGAO

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 195 - AN ACT GRANTING THE "MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT OF JANIUAY, PROVINCE OF ILOILO" A FRANCHISE FOR AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER SYSTEM IN SAID MUNICIPALITY

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 196 - AN ACT TO GRANT TO THE MUNICIPALITY OF BASEY, SAMAR, A FRANCHISE FOR AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT, AND POWER SYSTEM

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 197 - AN ACT CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF LEMERY IN THE PROVINCE OF ILOILO

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 198 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS TO DEFRAY THE EXPENSES OF THE TRAINING, PREPARATION AND PARTICIPATION OF A FILIPINO ATHLETIC DELEGATION IN THE NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-EIGHT OLYMPICS IN LONDON

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 199 - AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE RETIREMENT OF TREASURY CERTIFICATES OF PRE-WAR SERIES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 200 - AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE DISPOSITION OF THE PROCEEDS OF THE GRAND DERBY RACES HELD BY THE PHILIPPINE TUBERCULOSIS SOCIETY

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 201 - AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ISSUANCE BY CORPORATIONS OF NEW CERTIFICATES OF STOCK IN LIEU OF THOSE LOST, STOLEN OR DESTROYED, AFTER THE RECONSTITUTION OF THE RECORDS OF THE CORPORATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW, AND TO FIX A PERIOD WITHIN WHICH TO CONTEST SUCH ISSUANCE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 202 - AN ACT AMENDING SECTION ONE OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-SIX, CONTINUING IN FULL FORCE SECTIONS TWO TO THIRTY-EIGHT THEREOF, AND APPROPRIATING THE ADDITIONAL SUM OF SIX AND ONE-HALF MILLION PESOS TO CARRY OUT THE PURPOSE OF THE SAID ACT AND FOR OTHER PURPOSE

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 203 - AN ACT TO AMEND SUBSECTION (g) OF SECTION TWENTY-FIVE OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE, AS AMENDED, BY ESTABLISHING THE NURSE CORPS IN THE MEDICAL SERVICE OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 204 - AN ACT CONVERTING THE SITIOS OF ANGAS, BIGA, KAMANDUNGAN, KILOKILO AND MAKULAPNIT OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF SANTA CRUZ, PROVINCE OF MARINDUQUE, INTO INDEPENDENT BARRIOS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 205 - AN ACT TO REMIT THE INTEREST WHICH ACCRUED FROM JANUARY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-TWO, TO JUNE THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX, ON ALL OBLIGATIONS CONTRACTED BY PROVINCIAL, CITY AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS IN FAVOR OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT OR OF ANY OF THE GOVERNMENT-OWNED OR CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS, AND TO EXTEND FOR A PERIOD OF FOUR YEARS AND SIX MONTHS THE PAYMENT OF SUCH OBLIGATIONS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 206 - AN ACT ALLOWING MAYORS, MUNICIPAL TREASURERS, MUNICIPAL SECRETARIES AND MEMBERS OF THE POLICE FORCE OF MUNICIPALITIES IN THE SPECIALLY-ORGANIZED PROVINCES THE SAME SCALE OR RATES OF COMPENSATION PROVIDED FOR THE SAID MUNICIPAL OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF THE POLICE FORCE OF THE MUNICIPALITIES IN THE REGULARLY-ORGANIZED PROVINCES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 207 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES WITHIN A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS TO APPOINT OFFICERS FROM THE RESERVE FORCE INTO THE REGULAR FORCE OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES ABOVE THE GRADE OF SECOND LIEUTENANT

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 208 - AN ACT PROVIDING A LIFE PENSION FOR WIDOWS OF EX-PRESIDENTS OF THE PHILIPPINES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 209 - AN ACT TO AMEND THE TITLE AND SECTION ONE, THREE, SEVEN, EIGHT, AND NINE OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 210 - AN ACT EXEMPTING OFFICERS AND ENLISTED MEN OF THE ARMY OF THE PHILIPPINES WHO SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES FROM THE PAYMENT OF INCOME TAX ON THEIR COMPENSATION, INSURANCE, AND MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT ALLOWANCES EARNED BY VIRTUE OF SUCH SERVICE CORRESPONDING TO THE TAXABLE YEARS NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-TWO TO NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIVE, INCLUSIVE, AND PROVIDING FOR THE REFUND OF TAXES HERETOFORE COLLECTED ON INCOME SO EARNED

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 211 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE RETIREMENT AND REDEMPTION OF THE CIRCULATING NOTES LAWFULLY ISSUED BY THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK AND THE REGISTRATION AND DEPOSIT OF SUCH NOTES ILLEGALLY ISSUED, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 212 - AN ACT CREATING THE BARRIO OF SAN JUAN IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF MABINI, PROVINCE OF BATANGAS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 213 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SIXTEEN ENTITLED "AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO OBTAIN SUCH LOANS OR INCUR SUCH INDEBTEDNESS WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES, ITS AGENCIES AND INSTRUMENTALITIES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO COVER BUDGETARY DEFICITS AND OTHER EXPENDITURES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES FOR REHABILITATION AND OTHER PURPOSES, AND APPROPRIATING THE NECESSARY FUNDS THEREFOR"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 214 - AN ACT GRANTING MONETARY REWARDS TO ANY PERSON WHO SHALL LOCATE OR FIND THE REMAINS OF THE LATE CONGRESSMAN WENCESLAO VINZONS AND GOVERNOR ROQUE ABLAN

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 215 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE OF THE REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED EIGHTY-ONE PROVIDING A NEW TIME LIMIT FOR THE WAIVER OF, AND/OR EXTENSION OF THE PERIOD WITHIN WHICH TO PERFORM, ACCOMPLISH OR COMPLY WITH, ANY TERM, CONDITION, OR STIPULATION REQUIRED OF LOCATORS, HOLDERS,

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LESSEES, OPERATORS OF MINING CLAIMS OR CONCESSIONS, AND OF WATER RIGHTS AND TIMBER CONCESSIONS CONNECTED WITH THE MINING INDUSTRY, AND THE CONDONATION OF MINING, SPECIFIC AND REAL ESTATE TAXES, UNDER CERTAIN TERMS AND CONDITIONS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 216 - AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE EXPENDITURE OF THE PROCEEDS OF A LOAN NOW BEING APPLIED FOR BY THE GOVERNMENT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF CERTAIN HYDROELECTRIC POWER PROJECTS AND THE ERECTION OF A FERTILIZER PLANT

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 217 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FOUR AND ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FIVE OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AS AMENDED

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 218 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY-FOUR AND SECTION TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE-A OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 219 - AN ACT AMENDING SECTION ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE, ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-FOUR, ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE, AND ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 220 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE MUNICIPALITY OF TABACO, PROVINCE OF ALBAY, TO ACQUIRE SUCH LAND OR LANDS NECESSARY FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A WORKMEN'S BARRIO IN SAID MUNICIPALITY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 221 - AN ACT TO TRANSFER THE BARRIO OF TUBURAN- SOLBUD FROM THE MUNICIPALITY OF SANTA BARBARA TO THE MUNICIPALITY OF ZARRAGA, BOTH OF THE PROVINCE OF ILOILO

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 222 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, THROUGH THE PEOPLE'S HOMESITE AND HOUSING CORPORATION, TO GUARANTEE NOT MORE THAN FIFTY PER CENT OF THE

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LOSSES WHICH MAY BE SUSTAINED ON LOANS GRANTED BY BANKS AND CREDIT INSTITUTIONS TO FINANCE HOME CONSTRUCTION AND/OR OWNERSHIP, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 223 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN, AS AMENDED BY COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-TWO, AND SECTION NINETEEN HUNDRED AND NINETEEN OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 224 - AN ACT TO CREATE A PUBLIC CORPORATION TO BE KNOWN AS THE "NATIONALRPORTS CORPORATION," TO DEFINE ITS POWERS AND DUTIES, TO APPROPRIATE THE NECESSARY FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 225 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION THIRTY-SEVEN AND SEVENTY-SIX OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SEVEN, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE MINING ACT

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 226 - AN ACT PROHIBITING THE USE OF THE EMBLEM, OFFICIAL SEAL, AND NAME OF THE UNITED NATIONS FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 227 - AN ACT TO EXEMPT FROM THE PAYMENT OF INCOME AND OTHER TAXES THE AMOUNTS COLLECTED BY A TAXPAYER FOR DAMAGES SUFFERED DURING THE WAR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 228 - AN ACT AMENDING SECTION ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND NINETY-TWO OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE REGARDING DATA AND DOCUMENTS TO BE SUPPLIED TO THE BUREAU OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 229 - AN ACT TO PROHIBIT COCKFIGHTING, HORSE RACING AND JAI-ALAI ON THE THIRTIETH DAY OF DECEMBER OF EACH YEAR AND TO CREATE A COMMITTEE TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE PROPER CELEBRATION OF RIZAL DAY IN EVERY MUNICIPALITY AND CHARTERED CITY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 230 - AN ACT TO FURTHER AMEND SECTION TWO THOUSAND AND NINETEEN OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED BY COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND NINETY-FOUR, REGARDING POSTAL SAVINGS BANK SPECIAL WITHDRAWALS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 231 - AN ACT TO RAISE THE FEES ON TRANSFER OF LARGE CATTLE AMENDING THEREFOR SECTION FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHT OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 232 - AN ACT TO SEPARATE THE BARRIOS OF UNGALE, TUO, AND INASUYAN FROM THE MUNICIPALITY OF CAIBIRAN, PROVINCE OF LEYTE, AND TO MERGE THESE BARRIOS WITH THE MUNICIPALITY OF KAWAYAN, OF THE SAME PROVINCE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 233 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SEVENTY

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 234 - AN ACT TO AMEND THE SECOND PARAGRAPH OF SECTION TWENTY-FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINE OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE BY FIXING THE SALARIES OF MEMBERS OF THE MUNICIPAL BOARD OF THE CITY OF MANILA

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 235 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS TO DEFRAY THE EXPENSES OF THE SPECIAL ELECTIONS TO FILL EXISTING VACANCIES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CALLED IN PROCLAMATION NUMBERED FIFTY-THREE, DATED FEBRUARY THREE, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-EIGHT, OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 236 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT TO DEFINE THE BOUNDARIES OF NUEVA VIZCAYA

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 237 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FIFTY-THREE, NINETY-ONE AND NINETY-TWO OF THE NATIONAL DEFENSE ACT, AS AMENDED

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 238 - AN ACT TO REVISE THE PROCEDURE IN THE ADOPTION OF MUNICIPAL BUDGETS, AMENDING SECTION TWENTY-TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY-FIVE, TWENTY-TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY-SIX, AND TWENTY-TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY-SEVEN OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 239 - AN ACT TO PROVIDE FREE EMERGENCY DENTAL TREATMENT FOR EMPLOYEES AND LABORERS OF COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND AGRICULTURAL ESTABLISHMENTS, AND TO PENALIZE THE VIOLATION THEREOF

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 240 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ATTACHMENT OF THE PROPERTY OF THE DEFENDANT IN CRIMINAL ACTION, BY AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE THE RULES OF COURT

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 241 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWENTY-FIVE OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "THE MARRIAGE LAW," BY EXTENDING THE PERIOD OF THE EXEMPTION FROM THE FORMAL REQUIREMENTS OF MARRIAGE GRANTED THEREIN TO MOHAMMEDANS AND PAGANS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 242 - AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGHT, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ARTICLES OF WAR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 243 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWENTY-NINE OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FIFTY-SEVEN

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 244 - AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF CEBU

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 245 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF FINANCE TO BORROW TO MEET PUBLIC EXPENDITURES AUTHORIZED BY LAW, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 246 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS TO DEFRAY THE EXPENSES OF A STATE FUNERAL FOR MANUEL ROXAS AND FOR THE ERECTION OF A TEMPORARY MAUSOLEUM TO CONTAIN HIS REMAINS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 247 - AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-EIGHT HUNDRED AND NINETY-THREE, ENTITLED "BONDED WAREHOUSE ACT," EXTENDING THE SCOPE AND PURVIEW THEREOF, PROVIDING ANNUAL LICENSE FEE, LIMITING THE USE OF THE WORD "BONDED," PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS NEEDED THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 248 - AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE REPRINTING, REPRODUCTION OR REPUBLICATION OF GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS AND OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS WITHOUT PREVIOUS AUTHORITY

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 249 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE PURPOSE OF CANVASSING, LOCATING, AND EVALUATING DEPOSITS OF MINERALS NEEDED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PHILIPPINE INDUSTRIES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 250 - AN ACT CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF BURDEOS IN THE PROVINCE OF QUEZON

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 251 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF FINANCE TO DESIGNATE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE TO PERFORM SPECIAL DUTIES RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF CUSTOMS AND REVENUE LAWS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 252 - AN ACT TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF LUZURRIAGA, PROVINCE OF NEGROS ORIENTAL, TO THAT OF "VALENCIA"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 253 - AN ACT AMENDING SECTION ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-THREE AND ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AS AMENDED

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 254 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE MUNICIPALITY OF CATBALOGAN, PROVINCE OF SAMAR, TO ACQUIRE SUCH LAND OR LANDS AS MAY BE NECESSARY FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A WORKMEN'S BARRIO AND BOY'S TOWN IN SAID MUNICIPALITY

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 255 - AN ACT EXTENDING THE TERM OF THE FRANCHISE IN PURSUANCE TO THE AUTHORITY GRANTED UNDER LEGISLATIVE ACT NUMBERED THREE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN TO GABRIEL T. HERNANDEZ, AND LATER TAKEN OVER BY THE CACHO AND HIDALGO CO-PARTNERSHIP, TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF DAET, PROVINCE OF CAMARINES NORTE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 256 - AN ACT GRANTING FELIX MARONILLA, JR., A FRANCHISE FOR AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER SYSTEM IN LIBON, ALBAY

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 257 - AN ACT CONVERTING THE SITIO OF TAGCATONG IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF NASIPIT, AGUSAN, INTO A BARRIO TO BE KNOWN AS "BARRIO TAGCATONG"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 258 - AN ACT GRANTING DOMICIANO B. DE JESUS AND EMILIO OLORES A FRANCHISE FOR AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BANI, PROVINCE OF PANGASINAN

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 259 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FIVE OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-SIX

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 260 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF FIFTY-SIX MILLION TWENTY THOUSAND PESOS FOR PUBLIC WORKS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 261 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-NINE OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AS AMENDED

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 262 - AN ACT TO RECREATE THE FORMER MUNICIPALITY OF MERCEDES, PROVINCE OF SAMAR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 263 - AN ACT CONVERTING THE MUNICIPAL DISTRICTS OF CONCORD AND HINABANGAN, PROVINCE OF SAMAR, INTO A REGULAR MUNICIPALITY

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 264 - AN ACT TO CREATE THE MUNICIPALITY OF CAN-AVID IN THE PROVINCE OF SAMAR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 265 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE CENTRAL BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, DEFINING ITS POWERS IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE MONETARY AND BANKING SYSTEM, AMENDING THE PERTINENT PROVISIONS OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE WITH RESPECT TO THE CURRENCY AND THE BUREAU OF BANKING, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 266 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING SUCH SUMS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE RELEASED BY THE CENTRAL BANK REPRESENTING EXCESS MONETARY RESERVES, AND AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO ISSUE BONDS, CERTIFICATES OR OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS COVERING SUCH AMOUNTS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 267 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES TO CONTRACT LOANS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PURCHASING OR EXPROPRIATING HOMESITES AND SUBDIVIDING THEM FOR RESALE AT COST

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 268 - AN ACT CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF EL SALVADOR, PROVINCE OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 269 - AN ACT CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF JIABONG, PROVINCE OF SAMAR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 270 - AN ACT TO AMEND COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED AND FORTY-SEVEN GRANTING MATERNITY LEAVE TO WOMEN WHO ARE IN THE SERVICE OF THE GOVERNMENT OR OF ANY OF ITS INSTRUMENTALITIES UNDER TEMPORARY APPOINTMENTS

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 271 - AN ACT TO ABOLISH THE MERIT AND TRIAL BOARD IN THE CITY OF MANILA, TO RESTORE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THEREOF TO ITS STATUS PRIOR TO THE APPROVAL OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED NINETY-EIGHT, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE SAID ACT, AND REVIVING THE PROVISIONS OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-SEVEN, AND ALL OTHER ACTS OR PARTS OF ACTS WHICH WERE EXPRESSLY OR IMPLIEDLY REPEALED BY COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED NINETY-EIGHT

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 272 - AN ACT FURTHER AMENDING SECTION TWO THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS LAST AMENDED BY COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SEVEN

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 273 - AN ACT AMENDING SECTION ONE HUNDRED NINETY-SEVEN AND TWO HUNDRED OF ACT NUMBERED TWO THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "THE INSURANCE ACT," AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 274 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF LANDS TO SUBDIVIDE THE LANDS WITHIN MILITARY RESERVATIONS BELONGING TO THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES WHICH ARE NO LONGER NEEDED FOR MILITARY PURPOSES, AND TO DISPOSE OF THE SAME BY SALE SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 275 - AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE BUREAU OF BANKING TO THAT OF THE "OFFICE OF THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER," PROVIDING FOR THE ASSESSMENT UPON INSURANCE COMPANIES TO COVER THE EXCESS OF THE EXPENSES OF THE OFFICE OF THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER RELATING TO INSURANCE COMPANIES, AGENTS AND INSURANCE MATTERS OVER ITS INCOME FROM CERTAIN SOURCES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 276 - AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTION OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-EIGHT, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF ILOILO

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 277 - AN ACT FURTHER AMENDING SECTION SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIVE OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, FIXING SALARIES OF PROVINCIAL FISCALS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 278 - AN ACT TO REHABILITATE THE ORMOC ELECTRIC COMPANY, ORGANIZED UNDER ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY, BY EXTENDING THE TERM OF ITS FRANCHISE TO TWENTY-FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE OF ITS EXPIRATION ON MARCH FOUR, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-THREE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 279 - AN ACT TO EXTEND THE EFFECTS OF THE PROVISIONS OF ACT NUMBERED FORTY-ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE LIMITATION, REGULATION, AND ALLOCATION OF SUGAR PRODUCED IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND FOR THE PROCESSING AND MARKETING THEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," AS AMENDED

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 280 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE MUNICIPAL BOARD OF THE CITY OF MANILA TO IMPOSE A MUNICIPAL TAX, NOT TO EXCEED ONE-HALF OF ONE PER CENTUM, ON THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF PREMIUMS RECEIVED BY FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES ON PROPERTIES SITUATED IN MANILA, THE PROCEEDS OF WHICH SHALL BE UTILIZED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE ACQUISITION OF FIRE-FIGHTING EQUIPMENT FOR THE CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 281 - AN ACT CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF SAN POLICARPO IN THE PROVINCE OF SAMAR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 282 - AN ACT FURTHER AMENDING SECTION SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FOUR OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 283 - AN ACT AMENDING SECTION ONE OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FIFTY-EIGHT

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 284 - AN ACT AMENDING SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-ONE OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-ONE HUNDRED AND SIX, AND COMMONWEALTH ACTS NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIVE, SIX HUNDRED AND SIXTY-EIGHT AND SIX HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SEVEN, BY ADDING SAN FERNANDO, PROVINCE OF LA UNION, AS PORT OF ENTRY, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 285 - AN ACT CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF TANGALAN IN THE PROVINCE OF CAPIZ

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 286 - AN ACT CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF MOLAVE IN THE PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA AND MAKING SAID MUNICIPALITY THE CAPITAL OF THE PROVINCE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 287 - AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE RECLAMATION OF FORESHORE AND MARSHY LANDS BY THE MUNICIPALITY OF CATBALOGAN, PROVINCE OF SAMAR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 288 - AN ACT CREATING THE CITY OF BASILAN

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 289 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NATIONAL PANTHEON FOR PRESIDENTS OF THE PHILIPPINES, NATIONAL HEROES AND PATRIOTS OF THE COUNTRY

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 290 - AN ACT CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF MOTIONG, PROVINCE OF SAMAR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 291 - AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PROCUREMENT, PROMOTION AND ELIMINATION OF REGULAR OFFICERS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 292 - AN ACT CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF PLACER IN THE PROVINCE OF MASBATE

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 293 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE SALE OF MARSHY LANDS OR LANDS UNDER WATER BORDERING ON SHORES OR BANKS OF NAVIGABLE LAKES OR RIVERS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 294 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION SIXTY-SIX OF ACT NUMBERED FOUR THOUSAND THREE, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO AMEND AND COMPILE THE LAW RELATING TO FISH AND OTHER AQUATIC RESOURCES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES" AS AMENDED BY COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY-ONE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 295 - AN ACT EXEMPTING FROM THE PAYMENT OF SPECIFIC TAXES EDUCATIONAL FILMS FOR VISUAL EDUCATION AND ANY REVERSAL FILM USED IN AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY BY AMENDING FURTHER SECTION ONE HUNDRED FORTY-SIX OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX, AS AMENDED BY SECTION TWELVE OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FIFTY-SIX

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 296 - THE JUDICIARY ACT OF 1948

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 297 - AN ACT CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF MADALAG IN THE PROVINCE OF CAPIZ

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 298 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS TO SUBSIDIZE CHARITY BEDS FOR INDIGENT PERSONS IN PRIVATE HOSPITALS LOCATED IN TOWNS, PLACES, OR LOCALITIES FAR FROM ANY PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 299 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF SCHISTOSOMIASIS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 300 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, THIRTEEN, FOURTEEN, FIFTEEN, AND THIRTY-SEVEN OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED TWENTY-SIX, AS AMENDED

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 301 - AN ACT TO ESTABLISH, ORGANIZE AND MAINTAIN ONE NATIONAL JUNIOR AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOL IN BUNAWAN, PROVINCE OF AGUSAN

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 302 - AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF THREE MILLION PESOS AS ADDITIONAL CAPITAL FOR THE NATIONAL TOBACCO CORPORATION

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 303 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE PILI AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL, CAMARINES SUR, THE GUINOBATAN RURAL HIGH SCHOOL, ALBAY, STA. MARIA AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL, ILOCOS SUR, LOMBATAN AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL, LANAO, UPI AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL, COTABATO, INDANG RURAL HIGH SCHOOL, CAVITE, AND THE SAN CARLOS RURAL HIGH SCHOOL, PANGASINAN

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 304 - AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE REGISTRATION OF THE CLAIMS OF ALL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES, ITS BRANCHES AND INSTRUMENTALITIES AND THE CORPORATIONS OWNED OR CONTROLLED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND THOSE OF THE FREE LOCAL CIVIL GOVERNMENTS, PROVINCIAL AND MUNICIPAL, DULY ORGANIZED FOR PURPOSES OF RESISTANCE AGAINST THE ENEMY, TO SALARIES AND WAGES DURING THE ENEMY OR JAPANESE OCCUPATION OF THE PHILIPPINES AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE MANNER OF THEIR SETTLEMENT

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 305 - AN ACT CREATING THE CITY OF NAGA

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 306 - AN ACT CREATING THE CITY OF LEGASPI

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 307 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION SIX AND TEN OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SIXTY-FIVE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 308 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION THREE OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SIX, AS AMENDED, TO SPECIFY WHAT HORSES MAY PARTICIPATE IN THE GRAND DERBY RACES HELD BY THE PHILIPPINE ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS SOCIETY

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 309 - AN ACT TO REGULATE HORSE-RACING IN THE PHILIPPINES

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 310 - AN ACT RECREATING THE REVOLVING FUND, KNOWN AS "THE PUBLIC LAND SURVEY AND SUBDIVISION FUND," INTENDED TO HASTEN THE SUBDIVISION OF PUBLIC AGRICULTURAL LAND AS PROVIDED FOR UNDER COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED THIRTY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 311 - AN ACT ABOLISHING THE PEOPLE'S COURT AND THE OFFICE OF SPECIAL PROSECUTORS, PROVIDING FOR THE TRIAL AND DISPOSITION OF TREASON CASES NOT EMBRACED BY PROCLAMATION NUMBERED FIFTY-ONE GRANTING AMNESTY TO POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC COLLABORATORS, CREATING POSITIONS OF SPECIAL ATTORNEYS IN THE OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR GENERAL AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 312 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR REVISED SALARY ALLOCATIONS AND AUTOMATIC SALARY INCREASES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL OFFICIALS, TEACHERS, AND OTHER SCHOOL PERSONNEL OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 313 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SCHOOL OF FISHERIES IN CATBALOGAN, SAMAR, AND APPROPRIATING THE NECESSARY FUNDS THEREFOR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 314 - AN ACT TO ALLOT NATIONAL FUNDS FOR THE REPAIR, MAINTENANCE, AND CONSTRUCTION OF MUNICIPAL ROADS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 315 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION EIGHTY-NINE AND NINETY-ONE OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE, AS AMENDED, AND TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THE INCREASE IN THE PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF ENLISTED MEN OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 316 - AN ACT TO GRANT TO VIGAN ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY A FRANCHISE FOR AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT, AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF VIGAN, CAOAYAN, BANTAY, SAN VICENTE AND STA. CATALINA, PROVINCE OF ILOCOS SUR

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 317 - AN ACT TO GRANT TO THE MUNICIPALITY OF DINGRAS, ILOCOS NORTE, A FRANCHISE FOR AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT, AND POWER SYSTEM WITHIN ITS TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 318 - AN ACT TO REGULATE THE PRACTICE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING IN THE PHILIPPINES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 319 - AN ACT TO LIFT THE PROHIBITION TO EXPORT FIBERS (BUNTAL) OR FILAMENTS OF THE PLANT COMMONLY KNOWN AS "BURI", AMENDING THEREBY COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FIVE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 320 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES DURING THE PERIOD FROM JULY 1, 1948 TO JUNE 30, 1949, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 321 - AN ACT CREATING THE CITY OF OZAMIZ

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 322 - AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF PLAZA GUIPIT IN THE CITY OF MANILA TO CAYETANO ARELLANO

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 323 - AN ACT CONVERTING THE ANNUAL COLLECTIONS MADE IN CONNECTION WITH PLANT QUARANTINE ACTIVITIES TO A REVOLVING FUND

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 324 - AN ACT AMENDING SECTION THREE AND SIX OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED ELEVEN ABOLISHING THE PEOPLE'S COURT AND THE OFFICE OF SPECIAL PROSECUTORS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 325 - AN ACT AMENDING ITEM D-VI-9, SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, PAGE NINETY-THREE OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED TWENTY

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 326 - AN ACT CREATING THE POSITION OF ASSISTANT ATTORNEY IN THE CITY OF SAN PABLO, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION NINETEEN AND TWENTY-FOUR OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 327 - AN ACT CREATING THE CITY OF DUMAGUETE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 328 - AN ACT CREATING THE CITY OF CALBAYOG

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 329 - AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTION OF CHAPTER SIXTY-ONE OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 330 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO ESTABLISH A SYSTEM OF IMPORT CONTROL BY REGULATING IMPORTS OF NON-ESSENTIAL AND LUXURY ARTICLES, CREATING AN IMPORT CONTROL BOARD, AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF RULES AND REGULATIONS TO CARRY INTO EFFECT SUCH CONTROL AND PENALIZING VIOLATIONS OF THIS ACT

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 331 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING ONE MILLION PESOS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, REPAIRS, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF RADIO-TELEGRAPH AND WIRE-TELEGRAPH STATIONS AND INSTALLATIONS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 332 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION SIX OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND NINE, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO REGULATE HORSE-RACES IN THE PHILIPPINES"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 333 - AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE CAPITAL OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE PERMANENT SEAT OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT, TO CREATE A CAPITAL CITY PLANNING COMMISSION, TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE ACQUISITION OF PRIVATE ESTATES WITHIN THE BOUNDARY LIMITS OF SAID CITY, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT FOR THE ACQUISITION OF PRIVATE ESTATES, FOR THE

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SUBDIVISION THEREOF, AND FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF STREETS, BRIDGES, WATERWORKS, SEWERAGE AND OTHER MUNICIPAL IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CAPITAL CITY

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 334 - AN ACT GRANTING MONETARY REWARD TO ANY PERSON WHO SHALL LOCATE OR FIND THE REMAINS OF THE LATE GOVERNOR HILARIO ABELLANA OF CEBU

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 335 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED FIFTY-NINE OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 336 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO USE ANY SAVINGS FROM THE APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT IN THE GENERAL APPROPRIATION ACT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-NINE FOR THE OPERATION OF ALL EXISTING NORMAL SCHOOLS, FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF ADDITIONAL NORMAL SCHOOLS, AND FOR THE REHABILITATION AND EXPANSION OF THE UPI AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL IN COTABATO, THE BUKIDNON AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL IN BUKIDNON, THE LAGANGILANG FARM SCHOOL IN ABRA AND THE CABAGAN FARM SCHOOL IN ISABELA

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 337 - AN ACT REGULATING BANKS AND BANKING INSTITUTIONS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 338 - AN ACT CONVERTING THE GUINOBATAN RURAL HIGH SCHOOL INTO AN AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS THE ROXAS MEMORIAL AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL, AND PLACING AT ITS DISPOSAL ALL THE PROPERTIES, INCLUDING THEIR INCOME, IN MAURARO, GUINOBATAN, ALBAY, WHICH FORMERLY BELONGED TO JAPANESE SUBJECTS AND NOW BELONG TO THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, FOR THE USE, MAINTENANCE, OPERATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF SAID AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 339 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF ONE MILLION PESOS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, REPAIR OR RECONSTRUCTION OF PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL BUILDINGS

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 340 - AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A UNIFORM RETIREMENT SYSTEM FOR THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES, TO PROVIDE FOR SEPARATION THEREFROM, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 341 - AN ACT CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF MERCEDES, PROVINCE OF CAMARINES NORTE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 342 - AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE LIFTING OF THE DEBT MORATORIUM AS REGARDS PREWAR OBLIGATIONS SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 343 - AN ACT INCLUDING THE TEACHING OF SPANISH LANGUAGE IN HIGH SCHOOLS OF THE PHILIPPINES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 344 - AN ACT REPEALING SECTION TEN OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FIFTY-SIX

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 345 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES TO COMPILE AND PUBLISH IN BOOK FORM THE SPEECHES, MESSAGES, AND OTHER WRITINGS OF THE LATE PRESIDENT MANUEL A. ROXAS, WHICH SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED WITHOUT CHARGE TO ALL PUBLIC LIBRARIES, SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES, AND SOLD TO THE PUBLIC AT COST

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 346 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF THIRTY-THREE MILLION SIX HUNDRED NINETY-EIGHT THOUSAND AND NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY-EIGHT PESOS TO COVER THE DEFICIENCY IN THE CURRENT APPROPRIATION FOR THE BUREAU OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF EXISTING ELEMENTARY CLASSES AUTHORIZED IN ITEM J-IV-1 OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED TWENTY

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 347 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF TWELVE MILLION PESOS FOR THE ADJUSTMENTS OF THE SALARIES OF PUBLIC SCHOOL OFFICIALS, TEACHERS AND OTHER SCHOOL PERSONNEL OF THE BUREAU OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 348 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING HIS EXCELLENCY, ELPIDIO QUIRINO, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, TO ACCEPT THE ORDER OF THE "GRAND CORDON OF THE ORDER OF PROPITIOUS CLOUDS" OFFERED TO HIM BY THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT WHEN HE WAS VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 349 - AN ACT TO LEGALIZE PERMISSIONS TO USE HUMAN ORGANS OR ANY PORTION OR PORTIONS OF THE HUMAN BODY FOR MEDICAL, SURGICAL, OR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES, UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 350 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SIXTY-TWO, EXTENDING THE TIME LIMIT FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF CORPORATE AND PARTNERSHIP RECORDS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 351 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF TEN MILLION PESOS TO CARRY INTO EFFECT THE PURPOSES OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SIXTY-FIVE, AS AMENDED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 352 - AN ACT FURTHER AMENDING ACT NUMBERED TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-EIGHT, CONVERTING THE "SCHOOL OF FORESTRY" OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES INTO THE "COLLEGE OF FORESTRY"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 353 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE REHABILITATION OF DOMESTIC INSURANCE COMPANIES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 354 - AN ACT TO AMEND THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF SECTION THIRTEEN OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED TWENTY-SIX, AS AMENDED

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 355 - AN ACT TO INCREASE THE SALARIES OF CERTAIN OFFICIALS OF THE CITY OF BASILAN, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE SECTION SIX, SEVENTEEN, THIRTY-FIVE AND THIRTY-SIX OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY-EIGHT

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 356 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF THREE THOUSAND PESOS TO GRANT A MONETARY REWARD TO THE PERSONS WHO FOUND THE REMAINS OF THE LATE GOVERNOR JUAN AGUDO OF BATANES AND FOR BURIAL EXPENSES OF SAID REMAINS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 357 - AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE NATIONAL POWER CORPORATION TO CONTRACT LOANS FROM TIME TO TIME FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT, AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO NEGOTIATE AND CONTRACT THE SAME FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE NATIONAL POWER CORPORATION AND TO GUARANTEE THE SAME FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 358 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO (k) OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED TWENTY ENTITLED "AN ACT CREATING THE NATIONAL POWER CORPORATION, PRESCRIBING ITS POWERS AND ACTIVITIES, APPROPRIATING THE NECESSARY FUNDS THEREFOR, AND RESERVING THE UNAPPROPRIATED PUBLIC WATERS FOR ITS USE" AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 359 - AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR UNIFORM TAXES AND FEES PAYABLE IN RESPECT TO THE WIRELESS RECEPTION AND/OR TRANSMISSION OF WORDAGE, PICTURES OR OTHER MATTER INTENDED FOR PUBLICATION

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 360 - AN ACT EXEMPTING FROM ASSIGNMENT, TAXATION, CLAIMS OF CREDITORS, ATTACHMENT, LEVY OR SEIZURE, BENEFITS DERIVED BY BENEFICIARIES RESIDING IN THE PHILIPPINES UNDER LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES ADMINISTERED BY THE UNITED STATES VETERANS ADMINISTRATION

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 361 - AN ACT AMENDING SECTION ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AS AMENDED

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 362 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE STUDY, CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF THE "KADANG-KADANG" AND OTHER DISEASES OR PESTS OF COCONUT TREES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 363 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO ADD A SURCHARGE TO THE PRICE OF GOVERNMENT-PUBLISHED ANTHOLOGIES USED AS TEXTBOOKS TO BE PAID TO THE COPYRIGHT OWNERS OF THE SELECTIONS SO USED

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 364 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING ALL VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS TO COLLECT TUITION FEES, RECEIVE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM PRIVATE PERSONS, AND CONTRACT LOANS FROM GOVERNMENT OR PRIVATE BANKS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, AND CREATING A SPECIAL TRUST FUND FOR EACH SUCH SCHOOL

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 365 - AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE II AND SECTION FOURTEEN OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-EIGHT, AS AMENDED, ENTITLED "AN ACT ESTABLISHING A FORM OF GOVERNMENT FOR THE CITY OF ILOILO"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 366 - AN ACT GRANTING TO THE MUNICIPALITY OF LEGANES, PROVINCE OF ILOILO, THE USUFRUCT OF A CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN SITUATED IN THE SAID PROVINCE, FOR COMMUNAL PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 367 - AN ACT TO CREATE THE BUREAU OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 368 - AN ACT TO FIX THE SALARIES OF PROVINCIAL GOVERNORS, PROVINCIAL TREASURERS, PROVINCIAL AUDITORS, DISTRICT HEALTH OFFICERS, AND PROVINCIAL ASSESSORS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 369 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE REDEMPTION OF EMERGENCY AND GUERRILLA CURRENCY NOTES REGISTERED AND DEPOSITED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-TWO, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 370 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-ONE OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, KNOWN AS THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 371 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR AN EQUAL DISTRIBUTION BETWEEN THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AND THE CITY, MUNICIPALITY OR MUNICIPAL DISTRICT CONCERNED, OF ALL FINES AND SURCHARGES COLLECTED FOR VIOLATIONS OF FOREST LAWS AND REGULATIONS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 372 - AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF TWO MILLION PESOS FOR THE REHABILITATION OF STOCK FARMS, BREEDING STATIONS AND BREEDING CENTERS AND FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF NEW STOCK FARMS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 373 - AN ACT INCREASING THE PENALTY IN CERTAIN CASES OR ROBBERY, BY AMENDING ARTICLE TWO HUNDRED NINETY-FIVE OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 374 - AN ACT TO CREATE THE MUNICIPALITY OF PRESIDENT ROXAS IN THE PROVINCE OF CAPIZ

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 375 - AN ACT TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE SARA HIGH SCHOOL TO VICTORINO SALCEDO HIGH SCHOOL

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 376 - AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTION OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FIFTY-EIGHT, KNOWN AS THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF CEBU, SO AS TO INCREASE THE SALARIES OF CERTAIN OFFICIALS AND TO CREATE A DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 377 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SIX

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 378 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 379 - AN ACT AMEND ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SEVEN OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 380 - ACT CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF CARMEN IN THE PROVINCE OF AGUSAN

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 381 - AN ACT CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF MALAY IN THE PROVINCE OF CAPIZ

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 382 - AN ACT TO REGULATE THE PRACTICE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE AND SURGERY IN THE PHILIPPINES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 383 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SIX OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN AS AMENDED

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 384 - AN ACT TO AMEND THE FIFTH PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 385 - AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE CERTAIN OFFICIALS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY AGENCY THEREOF TO ADMINISTER OATHS AND AFFIRMATIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 386 - AN ACT TO ORDAIN AND INSTITUTE THE CIVIL CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 387 - AN ACT TO PROMOTE THE EXPLORATION, DEVELOPMENT, EXPLOITATION, AND UTILIZATION OF THE PETROLEUM RESOURCES OF THE PHILIPPINES; TO ENCOURAGE THE CONSERVATION OF SUCH PETROLEUM RESOURCES; TO AUTHORIZE THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO CREATE AN ADMINISTRATION UNIT AND A TECHNICAL BOARD IN THE BUREAU OF MINES; TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS THEREFOR; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 388 - AN ACT TO CREATE THE POSITIONS OF COMMERCIAL AGENTS UNDER THE DOMESTIC TRADE DIVISION IN THE BUREAU OF COMMERCE, APPROPRIATING THE NECESSARY FUNDS THEREFOR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 389 - AN ACT AMENDING THE LAST PARAGRAPH OF SECTION SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FOUR OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 390 - AN ACT CONCERNING THE GUARDIANSHIP OF INCOMPETENT VETERANS, OTHER INCOMPETENTS AND MINOR BENEFICIARIES OF THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 391 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF EDUCATION TO OPEN IN THE ROXAS MEMORIAL AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL AT GUINOBATAN, ALBAY, COURSES OF COLLEGIATE LEVEL IF THE INCOME OF THE PROPERTIES OF SAID SCHOOL SO WARRANTS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 392 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION THREE OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED AND TWO, AS AMENDED, REDEFINING THE BOUNDARIES OF QUEZON CITY

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 393 - AN ACT CONDONING THE PAYMENT OF INTERESTS DUE ON FRIAR LANDS WITHIN THE TALISAY-MINGLANILLA ESTATE, PROVINCE OF CEBU, FOR THE PERIOD FROM JANUARY ONE, NINETEEN HUNDRED FORTY-TWO TO MARCH TEN, NINETEEN HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 394 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING FOR A PERIOD OF TWENTY YEARS DIVORCE AMONG MOSLEMS RESIDING IN NON-CHRISTIAN PROVINCES IN ACCORDANCE WITH MOSLEM CUSTOMS AND PRACTICES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 395 - AN ACT MAKING THE POSITIONS OF MAYOR AND VICE-MAYOR IN THE CITY OF BACOLOD ELECTIVE

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 396 - AN ACT TO FURTHER AMEND SECTION ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FOUR AND ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FIVE OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 397 - AN ACT GRANTING THE BOY SCOUTS OF THE PHILIPPINES TEN THOUSAND HECTARES OF PUBLIC AGRICULTURAL LAND FOR ADDITIONAL SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE OF SAID CORPORATION

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 398 - AN ACT GRANTING ROBERTO S. IÑIGO A FRANCHISE FOR AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER SYSTEM IN CALALBON, CATANDUANES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 399 - AN ACT GRANTING THE BUTUAN SAWMILL, INCORPORATED, A FRANCHISE FOR AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER SYSTEM AT BUTUAN AND CABADBARAN, PROVINCE OF AGUSAN

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 400 - AN ACT TO GRANT TO THE INABANGA ELECTRIC SERVICE COMPANY A FRANCHISE FOR AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT, AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF INABANGA, PROVINCE OF BOHOL

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 401 - AN ACT TO CONDONE ALL UNPAID INTERESTS ACCRUING FROM JANUARY FIRST NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-TWO TO DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIVE ON ALL OBLIGATIONS OUTSTANDING ON DECEMBER EIGHT, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-ONE, AND TO APPLY PAYMENTS OF INTERESTS PAID AFTER FEBRUARY TWENTY-EIGHT, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIVE, TO THE PRINCIPAL OBLIGATION IF STILL OUTSTANDING, IN CERTAIN CASES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 402 - AN ACT GRANTING THE CLAVECILLA RADIO SYSTEM A FRANCHISE TO ESTABLISH RADIO STATIONS FOR BROADCASTING, TELECOMMUNICATION, AND TELEVISION

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 403 - AN ACT GRANTING DOMINADOR S. IÑIGO A FRANCHISE FOR AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BATO, PROVINCE OF CATANDUANES

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 404 - AN ACT GRANTING TO THE LUZON STEVEDORING COMPANY, INC., A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, INSTALL, ESTABLISH AND OPERATE PRIVATE FIXED POINT-TO-POINT AND PRIVATE COASTAL RADIO STATIONS FOR THE RECEPTION AND TRANSMISSION OF RADIO COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN THE PHILIPPINES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 405 - AN ACT GRANTING MARIA DE LA ROSA A FRANCHISE FOR AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF CATAINGAN AND PLACER, PROVINCE OF MASBATE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 406 - AN ACT CREATING A MINES SPECIAL FUND IN THE BUREAU OF MINES TO BE USED FOR THE CANVASSING AND EVALUATION OF MINERAL DEPOSITS NEEDED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PHILIPPINE INDUSTRIES, AND THE PUBLICATION OF MINING STATISTICS AND DATA, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 407 - AN ACT GRANTING NILDA E. MARTINEZ A FRANCHISE FOR AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER SYSTEM IN MASBATE, MASBATE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 408 - AN ACT TO AMEND PARAGRAPH F OF SECTION ONE OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SIXTY-TWO

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 409 - AN ACT TO REVISE THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF MANILA, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 410 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-TWO OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE ASSIGNMENT AND FIXING OF COMPENSATION OF INSPECTORS OF THE BUREAU OF POSTS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 411 - AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF MUNICIPAL LIBRARIES THROUGHOUT THE PHILIPPINES, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 412 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SCHOOL OF FISHERIES IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF TABACO, PROVINCE OF ALBAY, AND APPROPRIATING THE NECESSARY FUNDS THEREFOR

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 413 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS FOR ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST ILLEGAL FISHING, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PROVINCIAL ADMINISTRATIVE STATIONS, FISHERY TECHNOLOGICAL STATIONS, FISHERY BIOLOGICAL STATIONS, EXPERIMENTAL AND DEMONSTRATION FISH FARMS, AND OTHER FISHERY PROJECTS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 414 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE PROMOTION OF HOME INDUSTRIES AND THE REVIVAL AS WELL AS OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE CRAFTSMAN SECTION OF THE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION DIVISION IN THE BUREAU OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 415 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE TEACHER TRAINING DEPARTMENTS OF THE EXISTING NATIONAL SCHOOLS OF ARTS AND TRADES AND THE CREATION OF TEACHER TRAINING DEPARTMENTS IN THE CENTRAL LUZON AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL, BAYBAY NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL, BUKIDNON NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL, AND THE PHILIPPINE SCHOOL OF COMMERCE, FOR THE TRAINING OF TEACHERS OF INDUSTRIAL ARTS, TRADES, AGRICULTURE, AND BUSINESS, RESPECTIVELY, FOR BOTH THE ELEMENTARY AND THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 416 - AN ACT FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONVERTING THE PRESENT PHILIPPINE NORMAL SCHOOL INTO THE PHILIPPINE NORMAL COLLEGE, CONFERRING THE DEGREES OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION AND MASTER OF ARTS IN EDUCATION, PROVIDING FOR A BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DEFINING THE BOARD'S RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES, PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 417 - AN ACT TO REGULATE THE PRACTICE OF DENTISTRY IN THE PHILIPPINES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 418 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-NINE AND TWO HUNDRED SIXTY OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AS AMENDED BY SECTION SEVEN AND EIGHT, RESPECTIVELY, OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-NINE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 419 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACTS NUMBERED FIFTY-SIX AND TWO HUNDRED AND NINETEEN

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 420 - AN ACT TO GRANT THE "OPON ELECTRIC SERVICE COMPANY" A FRANCHISE TO OPERATE AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT, AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF OPON, PROVINCE OF CEBU

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 421 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING HIS EXCELLENCY, ELPIDIO QUIRINO, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, TO ACCEPT THE DECORATION OF "GRAND OFFICER OF THE LEGION OF HONOR OF THE REPUBLIC OF FRANCE" CONFERRED UPON HIM WHEN HE WAS VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF FRANCE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 422 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO REORGANIZE WITHIN ONE YEAR THE DIFFERENT EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS, BUREAUS, OFFICES, AGENCIES AND OTHER INSTRUMENTALITIES OF THE GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING THE CORPORATIONS OWNED OR CONTROLLED BY IT

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 423 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE, TWO AND SEVEN OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED THIRTY

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 424 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES DURING THE PERIOD FROM JULY ONE, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-NINE TO JUNE THIRTY, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 425 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES DURING THE PERIOD FROM JULY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-NINE TO JUNE THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 426 - AN ACT TO REGULATE IMPORTS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 427 - AN ACT PROHIBITING AND PUNISHING THE POSSESSION AND EXPORTATION OF SILVER AND/OR NICKEL COINS UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES AND PROVIDING THE PROCEDURE FOR PROSECUTION THEREOF

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 428 - AN ACT TO DECLARE ILLEGAL THE POSSESSION, SALE OR DISTRIBUTION OF FISH OR OTHER AQUATIC ANIMALS STUPEFIED, DISABLED OR KILLED BY MEANS OF DYNAMITE OR OTHER EXPLOSIVE OR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND PROVIDING PENALTIES THEREFOR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 429 - AN ACT CREATING THE POSITIONS OF VICE-MAYOR AND ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY IN ORMOC CITY, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE CERTAIN SECTION OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-NINE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 430 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CERAMIC PLANT IN TIWI, ALBAY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 431 - AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTION OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY-SIX, ENTITLED "THE JUDICIARY ACT OF 1948"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 432 - AN ACT TO CHANGE THE NAME OF NOVALICHES STREET IN THE CITY OF MANILA TO PADILLA STREET, IN HONOR OF DOCTOR NICANOR PADILLA, FILIPINO PATRIOT, REVOLUTIONARY HERO AND PIONEER PHYSICIAN

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 433 - AN ACT TRANSFERRING FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL AND SUPERVISION OF THE RESPECTIVE HEADS OF THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, BUREAUS, OFFICES AND INSTRUMENTALITIES OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING THE SUPREME COURT, THE COURT OF APPEALS, THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, AND THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES, THE FUNCTION OF PREPARING AND KEEPING THE ACCOUNTS OF THE SAID DEPARTMENTS, BUREAUS, OFFICES AND INSTRUMENTALITIES, TO THE BUDGET COMMISSION

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 434 - AN ACT AMENDING SECTION TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 435 - AN ACT TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF NEW AYUQUITAN, PROVINCE OF NEGROS ORIENTAL, TO "AMLAN" AND THE NAME OF BARRIO OLD AYUQUITAN TO "AYUQUITAN"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 436 - AN ACT TO TAX ALL PUBLIC LANDS HELD BY PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS OR BY CORPORATIONS, OR OTHER ASSOCIATIONS, WHETHER IN THE NATURE OF HOMESTEADS, CONCESSIONS OR CONTRACTS, AS TO ORDINARY TAXES, THEREBY AMENDING SECTION ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-ONE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 437 - AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF RIZAL CITY TO PASAY CITY

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 438 - AN ACT TO AMEND PARAGRAPH (a) OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED ONE AND SECTION THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-FOUR OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX, AS AMENDED, KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 439 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING AMBASSADOR CARLOS P. ROMULO TO ACCEPT THE DECORATION KNOWN AS THE "GRAND CROSS OF THE ORDER OF CARLOS MANUEL DE CESPEDES" CONFERRED UPON HIM BY THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CUBA

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 440 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FORTY-FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND NINETY-SIX, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LAND REGISTRATION ACT

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 441 - AN ACT TO EXTEND THE PERIOD FOR FILING PETITIONS FOR THE RECONSTITUTION OF RECORDS OF PENDING JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS DESTROYED DURING THE LAST WAR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 442 - AN ACT GRANTING THE VISAYAN ELECTRIC COMPANY, S.A. A FRANCHISE FOR AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF DIPOLOG, PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 443 - AN ACT GRANTING THE VISAYAN ELECTRIC CO., S.A. A FRANCHISE FOR AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BOGO, PROVINCE OF CEBU

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 444 - AN ACT GRANTING THE CARCAR ELECTRIC AND ICE PLANT CO., INC. A FRANCHISE FOR AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CARCAR, PROVINCE OF CEBU

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 445 - AN ACT TO FURTHER AMEND SECTION THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX, AS AMENDED BY SECTION TWELVE OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FORTY-EIGHT

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 446 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY-FIVE OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "THE INSURANCE ACT", AS AMENDED

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 447 - AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED TWO THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE INSURANCE ACT, AS AMENDED, BY INSERTING AFTER SECTION TWO HUNDRED AND TWO THEREOF, SECTION TWO HUNDRED AND TWO-A TO TWO HUNDRED AND TWO-E, INCLUSIVE, TO GOVERN THE WITHDRAWAL FROM THE PHILIPPINES OF FOREIGN INSURANCE COMPANIES DOING BUSINESS THEREIN AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 448 - AN ACT GRANTING DOMICIANO B. DE JESUS A FRANCHISE FOR AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF AGNO, PROVINCE OF PANGASINAN

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 449 - AN ACT GRANTING JOSE MARIA SOLINAP A FRANCHISE FOR AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF DINGLE, PROVINCE OF ILOILO

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 450 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PRINTING AND ISSUE OF POSTAGE STAMPS BEARING THE PICTURE OF AURORA ARAGON QUEZON TO RAISE FUNDS TO BE USED FOR AWARDING PRIZES IN A NATION-WIDE CAMPAIGN OF PLANTING FRUIT TREES BY PUPILS OF THE PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 451 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING AMBASSADOR CARLOS P. ROMULO TO ACCEPT THE DECORATION KNOWN AS THE "GRAND CROSS OF THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX" CONFERRED UPON HIM BY THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF GREECE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 452 - AN ACT TO GRANT TO MINDA-LINANG-LALA A FRANCHISE TO OPERATE AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF MALABANG, PROVINCE OF LANAO

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 453 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHT OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 454 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION THIRTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-THREE, SUBSECTION (f) AND (i) OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 455 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND TWO, AND TWO THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND THREE OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 456 - AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS AFFECTING REAL PROPERTY WHICH IS DELINQUENT IN THE PAYMENT OF REAL ESTATE TAXES

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 457 - AN ACT PROVIDING THAT THE REGISTERS OF DEEDS OF THE PROVINCES OF ALBAY, CAMARINES SUR AND NEGROS ORIENTAL BE THE EX OFFICIO REGISTERS OF DEEDS FOR THE CITIES OF LEGASPI, NAGA, AND DUMAGUETE, RESPECTIVELY, WHILE SAID CITIES CONTINUE TO BE THE CAPITALS OF SAID PROVINCES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 458 - AN ACT GRANTING THE BAGATAYAM ELECTRIC CO. A FRANCHISE FOR AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER PLANT IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF SOGOD AND CATMON, CEBU PROVINCE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 459 - AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE CREDITING OF ALL PRIOR SERVICE RENDERED IN THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES BY THE LATE BRIGADIER GENERAL VICENTE LIM IN THE COMPUTATION OF RETIREMENT BENEFITS PAYABLE TO HIS MINOR LEGITIMATE CHILDREN AND WIDOW UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED FORTY

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 460 - AN ACT REGULATING THE OPERATION OF SAWMILLS, REQUIRING OPERATORS OF SAWMILLS TO OBTAIN FROM THE DIRECTOR OF FORESTRY PERMITS FOR THE OPERATION OF SUCH SAWMILLS, AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATIONS THEREOF

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 461 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING AN ADDITIONAL SUM OF TWENTY MILLION PESOS FOR THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES FOR THE CAMPAIGN FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF PEACE AND ORDER

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 462 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION SEVENTY-SIX OF ACT NUMBERED FOUR THOUSAND AND THREE, AS AMENDED BY COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-ONE ENTITLED "AN ACT TO AMEND AND COMPILE THE LAWS RELATING TO FISH AND OTHER AQUATIC RESOURCES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 463 - AN ACT TO REPEAL SECTION NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-SEVEN OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 464 - AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF BARRIO HACLAGAN, IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF TANAWAN, PROVINCE OF LEYTE, TO STO. NIÑO

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 465 - AN ACT TO STANDARDIZE THE EXAMINATION AND REGISTRATION FEES CHARGED BY THE NATIONAL EXAMINING BOARDS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 466 - AN ACT GRANTING JOSE CATOLICO A FRANCHISE FOR AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BUAYAN, PROVINCE OF COTABATO

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 467 - AN ACT TO GRANT TO MRS. ARSENIO R. FRIAL, MRS. JOSE FILLIONES AND MRS. ANGELES L. VILLAREAL A FRANCHISE FOR AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER PLANT IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF DUMALAG, PROVINCE OF CAPIZ

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 468 - AN ACT GRANTING PEDRO CANTUBA A FRANCHISE FOR AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER PLANT IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SAN FERNANDO, ISLAND OF TICAO, PROVINCE OF MASBATE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 469 - AN ACT TO GRANT TO CLEOMENES V. PORTUGALEZA, JR., A FRANCHISE TO OPERATE AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF TOLONG, PROVINCE OF ORIENTAL NEGROS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 470 - AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE MANILA RAILROAD COMPANY TO INCUR AN INDEBTEDNESS OF FORTY-FIVE MILLION PESOS FOR THE REHABILITATION, RESTORATION AND EXTENSION OF ITS LINES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 471 - AN ACT PROVIDING THAT FIFTY PER CENTUM OF THE FEES COLLECTED FROM THE COPRA STANDARDIZATION AND INSPECTION SERVICE BY VIRTUE OF COMMERCE ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NUMBERED TWO, DATED JANUARY SIXTEEN, NINETEEN HUNDRED FORTY-EIGHT, SHALL BE PAID TO THE FUNDS OF THE NATIONAL COCONUT CORPORATION FOR THE REHABILITATION OF THE COCONUT INDUSTRY

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 472 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE BUREAU OF PUBLIC WORKS TO ENGAGE THE SERVICES OF PRIVATE ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS TO PREPARE COMPLETE PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS AND OTHER RELATED CONTRACT DOCUMENTS FOR PUBLIC BUILDINGS UPON THE REQUEST AND RECOMMENDATION OF THE GOVERNMENT ENTITY, AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY FOR WHICH A BUILDING IS TO BE CONSTRUCTED, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION NINETEEN HUNDRED AND ONE OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 473 - AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE ROAD SYSTEM IN MINDANAO AND SULU

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 474 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION NINETEEN OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND NINE, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO REGULATE HORSE-RACING IN THE PHILIPPINES"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 475 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF THE PORT OF CAGAYAN, PROVINCE OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 476 - AN ACT GRANTING ELISEO BARBOSA A FRANCHISE FOR AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER PLANT IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF AJUY, PROVINCE OF ILOILO

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 477 - AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND DISPOSITION OF PROPERTIES, INCLUDING THE PROCEEDS AND INCOME THEREOF TRANSFERRED TO THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, UNDER THE PHILIPPINE PROPERTY ACT OF 1946 AND OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. EIGHT, AND OF THE PUBLIC LANDS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON TRANSFERRED TO THE NATIONAL ABACA AND OTHER FIBERS CORPORATION UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 29 DATED OCTOBER 25, 1946 AND OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 99 DATED OCTOBER 22, 1947

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 478 - AN ACT TO ESTABLISH, ORGANIZE AND MAINTAIN ONE NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL IN THE PROVINCE OF ILOILO AND TO AUTHORIZE THE APPROPRIATION OF THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE PURPOSE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 479 - AN ACT GIVING RECOGNITION AND CREDIT TO COMMISSIONED NURSES OF THE NURSE CORPS APPOINTED UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 267, DATED APRIL 15, 1940, OR WHO SERVED ON ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICE IN THE STATUS OF COMMISSIONED NURSES OF THE ARMY OF THE PHILIPPINES INDUCTED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES OF THE FAR EAST AND TO THEIR SERVICES AS SUCH BY INSERTING NEW SUBSECTION BETWEEN SUBSECTION (g) AND (h) OF SECTION TWENTY-FIVE OF THE NATIONAL DEFENSE ACT, AS AMENDED

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 480 - AN ACT TO AMEND SUBSECTION (c) OF SECTION FOUR OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY-ONE, BY PROVIDING THAT ORIGINAL APPOINTMENTS IN THE DENTAL CORPS SHALL BE IN THE GRADE OF FIRST LIEUTENANT

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 481 - AN ACT TO PROVIDE MORE EFFICIENT DENTAL CARE FOR THE PERSONNEL OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 482 - AN ACT TO FIX THE PERIOD OF TIME WITHIN WHICH UNLICENSED FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION MUST BE SURRENDERED WITHOUT INCURRING CRIMINAL LIABILITY AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE PAYMENT OF THOSE SURRENDERED WITHIN THE PERIOD HEREIN SPECIFIED

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 483 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION NINETEEN HUNDRED FORTY THREE OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION FOR OVERTIME WORK AND EXTRA PAY FOR NIGHT SERVICE RENDERED BY POSTAL EMPLOYEES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 484 - AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF DAGUPAN

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 485 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING AN ADDITIONAL SUM OF TWELVE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE PESOS FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF THE BUNAWAN NATIONAL JUNIOR AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 486 - AN ACT TO REPEAL SECTION TWO OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FOUR, TO TERMINATE THE AUTHORITY GIVEN THEREIN TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES FOR THE ISSUANCE OF TEMPORARY FIREARMS LICENSES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 487 - AN ACT TO GIVE PROTECTION TO THE INSURING PUBLIC AGAINST UNFAIR AND UNJUST PRACTICES OF INSURANCE COMPANIES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 488 - AN ACT AMENDING SECTION ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-EIGHT OF ACT NUMBERED TWO THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN OR "THE INSURANCE ACT", AS AMENDED, AND INSERTING THEREAFTER A NEW SECTION TO BE KNOWN AS SECTION ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-EIGHT-A REQUIRING FOREIGN INSURANCE COMPANIES TO INCREASE THEIR SECURITY DEPOSITS AND TO INVEST IN THE PHILIPPINES A FRACTION OF THE LEGAL RESERVES ON THE POLICIES WRITTEN THEREIN

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 489 - AN ACT TO AMEND THE INSURANCE LAW WITH RESPECT TO THE LOANS AND PROPERTY OF INSURANCE CORPORATIONS AND TO AUTHORIZE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES TO INVEST IN HOUSING AND REAL ESTATE PROJECTS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 490 - AN ACT AMENDING SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SEVEN AND TWENTY-SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN (f) OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE BY GRADUATING THE COMPENSATION OF VICE-MAYORS AND COUNCILORS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 491 - AN ACT CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF BAGAMANOC IN THE PROVINCE OF CATANDUANES

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 492 - AN ACT TO AMEND REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT ENTITLED, "AN ACT TO FIX THE SALARIES OF PROVINCIAL GOVERNORS, PROVINCIAL TREASURERS, PROVINCIAL AUDITORS, DISTRICT HEALTH OFFICERS, AND PROVINCIAL ASSESSORS," SO AS TO INCLUDE DISTRICT ENGINEERS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 493 - AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE USE OR CONFERRING OF MILITARY OR NAVAL GRADES OR TITLES BY OR UPON PERSONS NOT IN THE SERVICE OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES OR THE PHILIPPINE CONSTABULARY, TO REGULATE THE WEARING, USE, MANUFACTURE AND SALE OF INSIGNIAS, DECORATIONS AND MEDALS, BADGES, PATCHES AND IDENTIFICATION CARDS PRESCRIBED FOR THE SAID ARMED FORCES OR CONSTABULARY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 494 - AN ACT GRANTING VICENTE CAÑETE A FRANCHISE FOR AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF MEDELLIN, CEBU

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 495 - AN ACT TO CREATE THE MUNICIPALITY OF BUENAVISTA IN THE PROVINCE OF QUEZON

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 496 - AN ACT TO CREATE THE MUNICIPALITY OF BITULOK IN THE PROVINCE OF NUEVA ECIJA

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 497 - AN ACT GRANTING THE BUTUAN SAWMILL, INCORPORATED, A FRANCHISE FOR AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF NASIPIT, PROVINCE OF AGUSAN

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 498 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING CITIES, MUNICIPALITIES AND PROVINCES TO PURCHASE AND/OR EXPROPRIATE HOME SITES AND LANDED ESTATES AND SUBDIVIDE THEM FOR RESALE AT COST, AND TO USE THEIR OWN FUNDS OR CONTRACT LOANS FOR THE PURPOSE, AMENDING FOR SUCH PURPOSES REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 499 - AN ACT GRANTING P. FAGUTAO A FRANCHISE FOR AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF JIMENEZ AND SINACABAN, PROVINCE OF MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 500 - AN ACT TO TRANSFER CERTAIN BARRIOS FROM THE TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF BONTOC TO THAT OF THE MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF SADANGA, SUB-PROVINCE OF BONTOC, MOUNTAIN PROVINCE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 501 - AN ACT GRANTING TO PLACIDO AUSEJO A FRANCHISE TO INSTALL, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN A TELEPHONE SYSTEM IN THE CITY OF DUMAGUETE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 502 - AN ACT GRANTING THE VISAYAN ELECTRIC COMPANY, S.A. A FRANCHISE FOR AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SIBULAN, PROVINCE OF ORIENTAL NEGROS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 503 - AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTION OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PHILIPPINE IMMIGRATION ACT OF 1940

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 504 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS, OR SO MUCH THEREOF AS MAY BE NECESSARY, TO DEFRAY THE EXPENSES IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONFERENCE IN THE PHILIPPINES OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN AND SOUTHWEST PACIFIC COUNTRIES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 505 - AN ACT TO CREATE THE PROVINCES OF ORIENTAL MINDORO AND OCCIDENTAL MINDORO

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 506 - AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL IN THE PROVINCE OF MINDORO

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 507 - AN ACT TO CREATE THE MUNICIPALITY OF LASAM IN THE PROVINCE OF CAGAYAN

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 508 - AN ACT GRANTING CONSUELO C. NAPANA A FRANCHISE FOR AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT, AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BUENAVISTA, PROVINCE OF AGUSAN

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 509 - AN ACT DECLARING NATIONAL POLICY, AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES FOR A LIMITED PERIOD TO FIX CEILING PRICES OF COMMODITIES AND TO PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS REGARDING PRICES OF COMMODITIES TO EFFECTUATE SUCH POLICY, AND AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF A CERTAIN SUM OF THE PURPOSE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 510 - AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF PANDAN, PROVINCE OF ANTIQUE AND TO AUTHORIZE THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS THEREFOR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 511 - AN ACT GRANTING THE BOLINAO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE STATIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION AND STATIONS FOR TELEVISION IN THE PHILIPPINES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 512 - AN ACT GRANTING THE BOLINAO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE RADIO BROADCASTING STATIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 513 - AN ACT GRANTING LORETO F. DE HEMEDES A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO ESTABLISH RADIO STATIONS FOR BROADCASTING

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 514 - AN ACT GRANTING THE MINDANAO COLLEGES A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO ESTABLISH A RADIO BROADCASTING STATION

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 515 - AN ACT GRANTING THE SILLIMAN UNIVERSITY A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE RADIO BROADCASTING STATIONS FOR NON-SECTARIAN AND NON-PROFIT EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 516 - AN ACT TO AMEND OR REPEAL CERTAIN SECTION OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGHT, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ARTICLES OF WAR, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY-TWO

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 517 - AN ACT GRANTING EDUARDO LOPEZ A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE A COMMERCIAL RADIO BROADCASTING STATION IN THE PROVINCE OF ILOILO

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 518 - AN ACT GRANTING THE MANILA BROADCASTING COMPANY A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE RADIO BROADCASTING STATIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 519 - AN ACT GRANTING THE CEBU BROADCASTING COMPANY A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE RADIO BROADCASTING STATIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 520 - AN ACT GRANTING THE PHILIPPINE BROADCASTING CORPORATION A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE RADIO BROADCASTING STATIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 521 - AN ACT CREATING THE CITY OF CAGAYAN DE ORO

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 522 - AN ACT TO CREATE THE MUNICIPALITY OF BONTOC IN THE PROVINCE OF LEYTE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 523 - AN ACT CREATING THE CITY OF BUTUAN

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 524 - AN ACT CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF OPOL, PROVINCE OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 525 - AN ACT CREATING THE CITY OF ILIGAN

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 526 - AN ACT CREATING THE CITY OF CABANATUAN

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 527 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO THOUSAND AND NINETY-SEVEN OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE SO AS TO INCREASE THE COMPENSATION OF THE MEMBERS OF THE PROVINCIAL BOARD

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 528 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO THOUSAND EIGHTY-ONE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR TO APPOINT ALL SUBORDINATE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES IN THE PROVINCIAL SERVICE WHOSE SALARIES, COMPENSATION OR WAGE ARE PAID FROM PROVINCIAL FUNDS, WITH CERTAIN LIMITATIONS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 529 - AN ACT TO ASSURE UNIFORM VALUE TO PHILIPPINE COIN AND CURRENCY

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 530 - AN ACT MAKING ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS FOR NATURALIZATION

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 531 - AN ACT TO CONVERT THE MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF LA TRINIDAD, SUBPROVINCE OF BENGUET, MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, INTO A REGULAR MUNICIPALITY TO BE KNOWN AS THE MUNICIPALITY OF LA TRINIDAD

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 532 - AN ACT CREATING A PENSION COMMISSION TO STUDY A PENSION PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES AND LABORERS OF PRIVATE BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 533 - AN ACT TO CONVERT THE MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF TABUK, SUB-PROVINCE OF KALINGA, MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, INTO A REGULAR MUNICIPALITY TO BE KNOWN AS THE MUNICIPALITY OF TABUK

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 534 - AN ACT TO NATIONALIZE THE LA UNION TRADE SCHOOL

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 535 - AN ACT TO CONVERT THE BARRIO OF PAMPLONA, MUNICIPALITY OF TANJAY, PROVINCE OF ORIENTAL NEGROS, TO A MUNICIPALITY WITH THE SAME NAME

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 536 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF THE SUM OF SEVENTY-TWO THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE ADJUSTMENT OF THE SALARIES OF CHIEFS OF DIVISIONS, SUPERINTENDENTS, SUPERVISORS, AND OTHER PERSONNEL OF THE BUREAU OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 537 - AN ACT TO REVISE THE CHARTER OF QUEZON CITY

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 538 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING MUNICIPAL COUNCILS TO PROVIDE FOR THE INSURANCE OF THE LIFE OF BARRIO LIEUTENANTS AGAINST ACCIDENTS AND OTHER CAUSES, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION TWENTY-TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY-THREE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE AS AMENDED

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 539 - AN ACT TO AMEND COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED AND FIVE ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PROVIDE PENSIONS FOR VETERANS OF THE PAST PHILIPPINE REVOLUTIONS OR WARS, TO CREATE A BOARD ON PENSIONS FOR VETERANS AND TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS THEREOF"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 540 - AN ACT GRANTING THE GIRL SCOUTS OF THE PHILIPPINES TEN THOUSAND HECTARES OF PUBLIC AGRICULTURAL LAND FOR ADDITIONAL SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE OF SAID CORPORATION

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 541 - AN ACT TO PROVIDE LIFE PENSIONS FOR UNIFORMED OFFICERS, SERGEANTS, CORPORALS, PATROLMEN AND DETECTIVES OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS UNIFORMED OFFICERS AND FIREMEN OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OF THE CHARTERED CITIES; TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS THEREFOR; AND TO REGULATE THE DISBURSEMENT OF SAID FUNDS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 542 - AN ACT CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF KANANGA IN THE PROVINCE OF LEYTE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 543 - AN ACT RE-CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF SAN SEBASTIAN, PROVINCE OF SAMAR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 544 - AN ACT TO REGULATE THE PRACTICE OF CIVIL ENGINEERING IN THE PHILIPPINES

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 545 - AN ACT TO REGULATE THE PRACTICE OF ARCHITECTURE IN THE PHILIPPINES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 546 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TEN OF ACT NUMBERED FOUR THOUSAND AND SEVEN, KNOWN AS "THE REORGANIZATION LAW OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-TWO"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 547 - AN ACT GRANTING TO THE FERNANDEZ HERMANOS, INC., A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE PRIVATE FIXED POINT-TO-POINT AND PRIVATE COASTAL RADIO STATIONS FOR THE RECEPTION AND TRANSMISSION OF RADIO COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN THE PHILIPPINES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 548 - AN ACT GRANTING TO THE SAN MIGUEL BREWERY, INC., A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT, ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE PRIVATE FIXED POINT-TO-POINT AND PRIVATE COASTAL RADIO STATIONS FOR THE RECEPTION AND TRANSMISSION OF RADIO COMMUNICATION WITHIN THE PHILIPPINES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 549 - AN ACT GRANTING TO THE PHILIPPINE OIL DEVELOPMENT CO., INC., A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE IN THE PHILIPPINES STATIONS FOR THE RECEPTION AND TRANSMISSION OF WIRELESS LONG DISTANCE MESSAGES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 550 - AN ACT GRANTING TO THE NORTH CAMARINES LUMBER CO. A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE PRIVATE FIXED POINT-TO-POINT AND PRIVATE COASTAL RADIO STATIONS FOR THE RECEPTION AND TRANSMISSION OF RADIO COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN THE PHILIPPINES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 551 - AN ACT TO GRANT THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO ESTABLISH A RADIO RECEIVING STATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF COPYING FOR PUBLICATION PRESS MESSAGES FROM RADIO STATIONS EXTERIOR TO THE PHILIPPINES

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 552 - AN ACT GRANTING TO THE ELIZALDE & CO., INC., A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT, INSTALL, ESTABLISH AND OPERATE PRIVATE FIXED POINT-TO-POINT AND PRIVATE COASTAL RADIO STATIONS FOR THE RECEPTION AND TRANSMISSION OF RADIO COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN THE PHILIPPINES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 553 - AN ACT GRANTING THE MANILA TIMES PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC., A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE PRIVATE FIXED POINT-TO-POINT AND LAND MOBILE RADIO STATIONS FOR THE RECEPTION AND TRANSMISSION OF RADIO COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN THE PHILIPPINES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 554 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY, TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FOUR, TWENTY-TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-THREE, AND TWENTY-TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY-NINE OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED, RECLASSIFYING MUNICIPALITIES, INCREASING THE MAXIMUM LIMIT OF THE SALARIES OF MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS AND MEMBERS OF THE POLICE FORCE THEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 555 - AN ACT TO CREATE THE MUNICIPALITY OF DIMATALING IN THE PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 556 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CLAVECILLA RADIO SYSTEM TO CONTINUE OPERATING FOR A LIMITED PERIOD ITS RADIO STATIONS IN MANILA, CEBU AND ILOILO

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 557 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE SUSPENSION OR REMOVAL OF MEMBERS OF THE PROVINCIAL GUARDS, CITY POLICE AND MUNICIPAL POLICE BY THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR, CITY MAYOR OR MUNICIPAL MAYOR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 558 - AN ACT TO TRANSFER A CERTAIN BARRIO FROM THE TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF BATAD, PROVINCE OF ILOILO TO THE MUNICIPALITY OF BALASAN, SAME PROVINCE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 559 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE SALE OF LOTS COMPRISED IN THE TONDO FORESHORE LAND TO LESSEES OF SAID LOTS OR TO BONA FIDE OCCUPANTS THEREOF

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 560 - AN ACT TO CREATE THE MUNICIPALITY OF BUSUANGA IN THE PROVINCE OF PALAWAN

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 561 - AN ACT TO CONVERT THE TOLONG HIGH SCHOOL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF STA. CATALINA, PROVINCE OF NEGROS ORIENTAL, TO A NATIONAL RURAL SCHOOL

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 562 - ALIEN REGISTRATION ACT OF 1950

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 563 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES DURING THE PERIOD FROM JULY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY TO JUNE THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-ONE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 564 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY-EIGHT OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 565 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY-SIX AND TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY-SEVEN OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 566 - AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT BONDS, CERTIFICATES AND OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS ISSUED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX, SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM TAXATION OR ASSESSMENT

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 567 - AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE VI OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 568 - AN ACT TO RAISE REVENUE BY RAISING FROM TWO TO FIVE PESOS THE CHARGE FOR THE CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER OF LARGE CATTLE, BY AMENDING FURTHER SECTION FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY-EIGHT OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 569 - AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT INTERNAL REVENUE STAMPS OF THE PHILIPPINES MAY IN CERTAIN CASES BE AFFIXED IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES TO TOBACCO PRODUCTS MANUFACTURED IN SUCH COUNTRIES BEFORE IMPORTATION INTO THE PHILIPPINES, BY AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SEVEN OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AS AMENDED

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 570 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FIFTEEN OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FIFTY-SIX RELATIVE TO THE TAX ON MINERAL OILS USED IN AVIATION

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 571 - AN ACT TO AMEND PARAGRAPH TWENTY-TWO OF SECTION EIGHT OF THE PHILIPPINE TARIFF ACT OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND NINE WHICH IS CONTINUED IN FORCE BY REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED THREE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 572 - AN ACT TO IMPOSE A FEE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF AN IMPORTANT LICENSE, AMENDING SECTION SIXTEEN OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY-SIX AND RATIFYING FEES HERETOFORE COLLECTED

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 573 - AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ORGANIZATION, EQUIPPING AND MAINTENANCE OF A PHILIPPINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE FOR SERVICE IN THE ENFORCEMENT OF UNITED NATIONS SANCTIONS AND POLICIES, TO PRESCRIBE RATES OF PAY AND ALLOWANCES FOR OFFICERS AND ENLISTED MEN OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES WHILE ENGAGED IN SUCH SERVICE, TO ESTABLISH COMPENSATION FOR DEATH OR DISABILITY IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE FOREGOING PURPOSES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 574 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION SIX OF ACT NUMBERED FORTY-ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY, AS AMENDED

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 575 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES DURING THE PERIOD FROM JULY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED FIFTY TO JUNE THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 576 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES DURING THE PERIOD FROM SEPTEMBER FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY TO JUNE THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-ONE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 577 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO AND THREE OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SIXTY-FIVE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 578 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE, TEN AND TWELVE OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-TWO, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "THE ALIEN REGISTRATION ACT OF 1950"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 579 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION EIGHTY-FIVE, EIGHTY-SIX, EIGHTY-NINE, ONE HUNDRED AND NINE AND ONE HUNDRED AND TEN OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AS AMENDED

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 580 - AN ACT TO CREATE THE HOME FINANCING COMMISSION, TO STIMULATE HOME BUILDING AND LAND OWNERSHIP AND TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF LAND FOR THAT PURPOSE, PROVIDE LIBERAL FINANCING THROUGH AN INSURED MORTGAGE SYSTEM, AND DEVELOP THRIFT THROUGH THE ACCUMULATION OF SAVINGS IN INSURED INSTITUTIONS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 581 - AN ACT TO AMEND REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED FORTY-ONE BY INCORPORATING A NEW SECTION, TO BE KNOWN AS SECTION FOUR-A, AND TO AMEND SECTION EIGHT THEREOF

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 582 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO MAKE DISBURSEMENTS FROM THE "SUGAR ADJUSTMENT AND STABILIZATION FUND" CREATED BY COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FIVE

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HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF SUGAR EXPERIMENT STATIONS AND THE UNDERTAKING OF RESEARCHES WITH A VIEW TO ADJUSTING AND STABILIZING THE SUGAR INDUSTRY

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 583 - AN ACT TO CONSTITUTE A SMALL FARMERS' COOPERATIVE LOAN FUND FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING CREDIT FACILITIES TO SMALL FARMERS AND FARM TENANTS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 584 - AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-EIGHT HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX BY ADDING A NEW SECTION BETWEEN SECTION ONE AND TWO THEREOF AND TO AMEND SECTION THREE, TWELVE AND THIRTEEN OF THE SAME ACT

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 585 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION SIX OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE RESIDENCE TAX LAW

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 586 - AN ACT TO INSERT A NEW SECTION BETWEEN SECTION TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY AND TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-ONE OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AND TO AMEND SECTION TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-ONE OF THE SAME CODE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 587 - AN ACT TO AMEND SUBSECTION (a) AND (b) OF SECTION THREE, ARTICLE TWO OF CHAPTER ONE; SUBSECTION (b) AND (d) OF SECTION FIVE, SUBSECTION (a), (b), (c), (i), (j), (m) AND (n) OF SECTION SEVEN OF ARTICLE ONE, SECTION EIGHT, SUBSECTION (a) AND (d) OF SECTION NINE, AND SECTION TEN, ARTICLE TWO OF CHAPTER TWO, AND INSERT A NEW SECTION BETWEEN SECTION EIGHT AND NINE OF THIS ARTICLE TO BE KNOWN AS SECTION EIGHT-A WITH NEW SUBSECTION (a), (b), (c) AND (d) AND AMEND, FURTHER, SUBSECTION (a) OF SECTION THIRTEEN, SECTION FOURTEEN AND NINETEEN, ARTICLE THREE OF CHAPTER TWO; SECTION TWENTY-FOUR, THIRTY-ONE AND THIRTY-FIVE, ARTICLE ONE, SECTION THIRTY-EIGHT, ARTICLE TWO OF CHAPTER THREE; AND SECTION SIXTY-SEVEN OF ARTICLE ONE AND SUBSECTION (b) OF SECTION SEVENTY OF ARTICLE TWO OF CHAPTER FOUR OF

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ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-NINE HUNDRED AND NINETY-TWO, AS AMENDED BY COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-THREE, AND AS FURTHER AMENDED BY COMMONWEALTH ACTS NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SIX AND SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY-TWO

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 588 - AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTION OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 589 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-THREE, ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FOUR, ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIVE, ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SEVEN, ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY, AND ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SEVEN OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AS AMENDED

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 590 - AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTION OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AND TO ADD TO TITLE II THEREOF A SUPPLEMENT PROVIDING FOR THE WITHHOLDING OF THE INCOME TAX ON WAGES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 591 - AN ACT INCREASING THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 592 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-THREE AND ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AS AMENDED

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 593 - AN ACT TO FURTHER AMEND SUBPARAGRAPHS (1), (2) AND (3) OF SUBSECTION (b) OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AS AMENDED

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 594 - AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTION OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE RELATING TO PRIVILEGE TAXES ON BUSINESS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 595 - AN ACT TO AMEND ITEM FOUR OF TITLE M OF SECTION ONE OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIVE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 596 - AN ACT GRANTING THE FAR EAST BROADCASTING CO. (PHILIPPINES), INC. A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE NON-COMMERCIAL RADIO BROADCASTING STATIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 597 - AN ACT TO DECLARE FORT SANTIAGO A NATIONAL SHRINE AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE PRESERVATION OF HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN THE WALLED CITY OF MANILA

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 598 - AN ACT GRANTING THE SANTA CECILIA SAWMILLS, INC., A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE PRIVATE FIXED POINT-TO-POINT RADIOTELEPHONE STATIONS FOR THE TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION OF WIRELESS MESSAGES TO AND FROM SAID STATIONS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 599 - AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTION OF THE REVISED ELECTION CODE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 600 - AN ACT TO PRESCRIBE A GRADUATED SCALE FOR THE INCOME TAX ON CORPORATIONS BY AMENDING SECTION TWENTY-FOUR AND FIFTY-FOUR OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AS AMENDED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 601 - AN ACT TO IMPOSE A SPECIAL EXCISE TAX ON FOREIGN EXCHANGE SOLD BY THE CENTRAL BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES AND ITS AGENTS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 602 - AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A MINIMUM WAGE LAW, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 603 - AN ACT CREATING THE CITY OF ROXAS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 604 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING FIFTY MILLION PESOS TO CONSTITUTE A COUNTERPART FUND FOR ANY ASSISTANCE WHICH MAY BE RECEIVED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINES FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES THROUGH THE ECONOMIC COOPERATION ADMINISTRATION OF THE UNITED STATES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 605 - AN ACT TO ESTABLISH, ORGANIZE AND MAINTAIN ONE NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF MILAGROS, PROVINCE OF MASBATE AND TO AUTHORIZE THE APPROPRIATIONS OF CERTAIN SUMS OF MONEY FOR THE PURPOSE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 606 - AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE APPROPRIATION OF FIFTEEN THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A BREEDING STATION IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BASCO, PROVINCE OF BATANES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 607 - AN ACT CREATING THE BARRIO OF ARTECHE, PROVINCE OF SAMAR INTO A MUNICIPALITY

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 608 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION THIRTEEN AND SEVENTEEN OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED NINE, BY CREATING PROVINCIAL AND CITY PRICE ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEES AND EXTENDING THE PERIOD OF OPERATION OF THE SAID ACT

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 609 - AN ACT CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF MAYDOLONG, PROVINCE OF SAMAR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 610 - AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR GRATUITIES AND PENSIONS FOR OFFICERS AND ENLISTED MEN WHO DIE OR ARE DISABLED AS A RESULT OF WOUNDS OR INJURIES RECEIVED OR SICKNESS OR DISEASE INCURRED IN LINE OF DUTY IN THE ACTIVE SERVICE OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES OR THE PHILIPPINE CONSTABULARY, AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATIONS OF FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 611 - AN ACT FURTHER AMENDING SECTION TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SIX OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 612 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE TO TRANSFER FROM THE UNEXPENDED BALANCE OF PARAGRAPH IV — SPECIAL PURPOSES, ITEM 3, PAGE 10 OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE, THE SUM OF FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS TO LETTER (a) - SENATE ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL, FOR ITS ADDITIONAL EXPENSES AND OF ITS MEMBERS, COMMISSIONS, DELEGATES AND HELPERS, AND SUCH OTHER PERSONNEL AS MAY BE AUTHORIZED BY SAID TRIBUNAL

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 613 - AN ACT TO REGULATE, CONTROL AND/OR PROHIBIT CERTAIN EXPORTS FROM THE PHILIPPINES, TO AUTHORIZE THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES TO ISSUE RULES AND REGULATIONS TO CARRY INTO EFFECT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT, TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF AND OF THE REGULATIONS ISSUED THEREUNDER, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 614 - AN ACT CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF GIGMOTO IN THE PROVINCE OF CATANDUANES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 615 - AN ACT CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF ROXAS, PROVINCE OF PALAWAN

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 616 - AN ACT TO CONVERT THE MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF ITOGON, SUB-PROVINCE OF BENGUET, MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, INTO A REGULAR MUNICIPALITY TO BE KNOWN AS THE MUNICIPALITY OF ITOGON

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 617 - AN ACT TO CREATE THE MUNICIPALITY OF QUEZON IN THE PROVINCE OF PALAWAN

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 618 - AN ACT TO CHANGE THE NAME OF BULACAN HIGH SCHOOL TO MARCELO H. DEL PILAR HIGH SCHOOL

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 619 - AN ACT TO GRANT TO THE LUMANLAN BROTHERS COMPANY A FRANCHISE FOR AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF TANABO, PROVINCE OF DAVAO

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 620 - AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE PHILIPPINE CHARITY SWEEPSTAKE OFFICE TO HOLD ANNUALLY ONE SPECIAL SWEEPSTAKE RACE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GIRL SCOUTS OF THE PHILIPPINES

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 621 - AN ACT CREATING THE UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION NATIONAL COMMISSION OF THE PHILIPPINES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 622 - AN ACT CREATING THE BUREAU OF SOIL CONSERVATION, DEFINING ITS POWERS, DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 623 - AN ACT TO REGULATE THE USE OF DULY STAMPED OR MARKED BOTTLES, BOXES, CASKS, KEGS, BARRELS AND OTHER SIMILAR CONTAINERS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 624 - AN ACT CREATING A PHILIPPINE TOURIST BUREAU AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 625 - AN ACT TO GRANT NICOLAS LIMCAOCO A FRANCHISE FOR AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE BARRIOS OF MARINIG, MAMATID, GULOD AND BANLIK OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CABUYAO, PROVINCE OF LAGUNA

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 626 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF FOUR MILLION PESOS TO DEFRAY THE EXPENSES OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT IN CONNECTION WITH THE ELECTION OF ELECTIVE PROVINCIAL, CITY AND MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS AND OF THE EIGHT SENATORS TO BE HELD IN NOVEMBER THIRTEEN, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-ONE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 627 - AN ACT GRANTING THE ARGAO, ELECTRIC, ICE AND WATER COMPANY A FRANCHISE FOR AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT, AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OR ARGAO, PROVINCE OF CEBU

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 628 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES DURING THE PERIOD FROM JULY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY TO JUNE THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-ONE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 629 - AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CONCURRENT PHILIPPINE CONSULATE IN SINGAPORE, FEDERATION OF MALAYA, BRITISH NORTH BORNEO, SARAWAK AND BRUNEI, WITH MAIN OFFICE IN SINGAPORE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 630 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE WAGE ADMINISTRATION SERVICE UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR CREATED IN REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED AND TWO DURING THE PERIOD FROM MAY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-ONE TO JUNE THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-TWO, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 631 - AN ACT CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF MAGALLON IN THE PROVINCE OF NEGROS OCCIDENTAL

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 632 - AN ACT CREATING THE "PHILIPPINE SUGAR INSTITUTE", PRESCRIBING ITS POWERS, FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES, AND PROVIDING FOR THE RAISING OF THE NECESSARY FUNDS FOR ITS OPERATION

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 633 - AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF ANTATET IN THE PROVINCE OF ISABELA TO LUNA

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 634 - AN ACT ADOPTING THE HONORABLE MILLARD E. TYDINGS, UNITED STATES SENATOR FROM MARYLAND AND THE HONORABLE JOHN MCDUFFIE, FORMER MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES FROM THE FIRST DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, AS SONS OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND CONFERRING UPON THEM ALL THE RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES AND PREROGATIVES OF PHILIPPINE CITIZENSHIP

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 635 - AN ACT TO AMEND PARAGRAPHS NUMBERED TWO AND THREE OF SUBSECTION (a) OF SECTION FIVE, THE LAST PARAGRAPH OF EIGHT, THE LAST PARAGRAPH OF SECTION TWELVE, THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF SECTION FIFTY-FIVE, AND SECTION FORTY-TWO OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED EIGHTY-THREE, ENTITLED

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"AN ACT TO REGULATE THE SALE OF THE SECURITIES, TO CREATE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, TO ENFORCE THE PROVISIONS OF THE SAME, AND TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS THEREFOR"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 636 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION NUMBERED TWENTY-FOUR OF RULE NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN OF THE RULES OF COURT

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 637 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TEN, FIFTEEN, SIXTEEN, FIFTY-FIVE, FIFTY-SEVEN, FIFTY-EIGHT, FIFTY-NINE, SIXTY, AND SEVENTY-EIGHT OF, AND TO ADD NEW SECTION TWENTY-SEVEN-A, AND FORTY-ONE-A TO REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED ONE-HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE, ENTITLED "AN ACT CREATING A PATENT OFFICE, PRESCRIBING ITS POWERS AND DUTIES, REGULATING THE ISSUANCE OF PATENTS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 638 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FOUR AND THIRTY-SEVEN OF, AND TO ADD NEW SECTION TWO-A, NINE-A, TEN-A, NINETEEN-A, AND TWENTY-ONE-A, AND NEW CHAPTERS II-A-THE PRINCIPAL REGISTER, AND IV-A-THE SUPPLEMENTAL REGISTER TO REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE REGISTRATION AND PROTECTION OF TRADE-MARKS, TRADE-NAMES, AND SERVICE-MARKS, DEFINING UNFAIR COMPETITION AND FALSE MARKING, AND PROVIDING REMEDIES AGAINST THE SAME AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 639 - AN ACT CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF PALANAS IN THE PROVINCE OF MASBATE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 640 - AN ACT CONSTITUTING CERTAIN CITIES INTO SEPARATE SCHOOL DIVISIONS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 641 - AN ACT CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF LIMBUHAN IN THE PROVINCE OF MASBATE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 642 - AN ACT CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF BATUAN IN THE PROVINCE OF MASBATE

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 643 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION NINETY OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY-SIX, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE JUDICIARY ACT OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-EIGHT, AND SECTION ONE OF RULE NINETY-THREE OF THE RULES OF COURT IN THE PHILIPPINES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 644 - AN ACT TO AMEND REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY-SIX AUTHORIZING THE JUSTICES OF THE PEACE AND JUDGES OF THE MUNICIPAL COURTS TO HAVE CONCURRENT JURISDICTION WITH THE COURTS OF FIRST INSTANCE ON CASES OF ADOPTION AND APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIANS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 645 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES WITHIN A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS TO APPOINT OFFICERS FROM THE RESERVE FORCE OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES ABOVE THE GRADE OF SECOND LIEUTENANT

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 646 - AN ACT TO CONVERT THE "ORDEN DE CABALLEROS DE RIZAL" INTO A PUBLIC CORPORATION TO BE KNOWN IN ENGLISH AS "KNIGHTS OF RIZAL" AND IN SPANISH AS "ORDEN DE CABALLEROS DE RIZAL", AND TO DEFINE ITS PURPOSES AND POWERS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 647 - AN ACT TO CONVERT THE ILOCOS SUR TRADE SCHOOL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF VIGAN, PROVINCE OF ILOCOS SUR, INTO A REGIONAL SCHOOL OF ARTS AND TRADES TO BE KNOWN AS THE NORTHERN LUZON SCHOOL OF ARTS AND TRADES AND AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 648 - AN ACT CREATING THE SUBPROVINCE OF AURORA, WHICH SHALL COMPRISE THE MUNICIPALITIES OF BALER, CASIGURAN, DIPACULAO AND MARIA AURORA, PROVINCE OF QUEZON

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 649 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR REVISED SALARY ALLOCATIONS AND AUTOMATIC SALARY INCREASES FOR NURSES IN THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 650 - AN ACT TO REGULATE IMPORTS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 651 - AN ACT GRANTING SATURNINO MENDOZA A FRANCHISE FOR AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF MOLAVE, ZAMBOANGA

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 652 - AN ACT GRANTING TO MARANAO TELEPHONE COMPANY A FRANCHISE TO INSTALL, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN A TELEPHONE SYSTEM IN THE PROVINCE OF LANAO AND IN THE CITIES OF DANSALAN AND ILIGAN

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 653 - AN ACT GRANTING TO THE CEBU PORTLAND CEMENT COMPANY A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN RADIOTELEPHONE STATIONS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 654 - AN ACT CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF MALANGAS IN THE PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 655 - AN ACT CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF MANUKAN IN THE PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 656 - AN ACT TO CREATE AND ESTABLISH A "PROPERTY INSURANCE FUND" AND TO PROVIDE FOR ITS ADMINISTRATION AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 657 - AN ACT TO PROMOTE THE PRODUCTION OF CASSAVA FLOUR, TO REGULATE THE IMPORTATION OF THE WHEAT FLOUR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 658 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FOUR OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX, KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY-EIGHT

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 659 - AN ACT AMENDING SECTION FOUR OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-ONE, DECLARING WITH FULL FORCE AND EFFECT ALL FISHING ORDINANCES, RULES OR REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY PROVINCIAL BOARDS, MUNICIPAL BOARDS OR COUNCILS, OR MUNICIPAL DISTRICT COUNCILS

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UNLESS DISAPPROVED IN WRITING BY THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES WITHIN THIRTY DAYS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 660 - AN ACT TO AMEND COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SIX ENTITLED "AN ACT TO CREATE AND ESTABLISH A GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM, TO PROVIDE FOR ITS ADMINISTRATION, AND TO APPROPRIATE THE NECESSARY FUNDS THEREFOR," AND TO PROVIDE RETIREMENT INSURANCE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 661 - AN ACT FURTHER AMENDING SECTION SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIVE OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, FIXING THE SALARIES OF PROVINCIAL FISCALS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 662 - AN ACT ESTABLISHING A BLOOD PLASMA DEHYDRATING PLANT

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 663 - AN ACT TO DEVELOP AND IMPROVE THE RICE AND CORN INDUSTRIES, TO STABILIZE THE PRICE OF RICE AND TO PROMOTE THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF THE PEOPLE ENGAGED IN THE PRODUCTION OF THESE STAPLE FOODS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 664 - AN ACT FIXING THE MINIMUM COMPENSATION OF PHYSICIANS EMPLOYED BY THE GOVERNMENT IN POSITIONS REQUIRING MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE TO TWO THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED PESOS PER ANNUM

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 665 - AN ACT GRANTING THE BAGONG BUHAY OF THE PSP PUBLICATIONS A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE PRIVATE FIXED POINT-TO-POINT AND LAND MOBILE RADIO STATIONS FOR THE RECEPTION AND TRANSMISSION OF RADIO COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN THE PHILIPPINES

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 666 - AN ACT GRANTING BARTOLOME E. SAN DIEGO A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE PRIVATE FIXED POINT-TO-POINT AND PRIVATE COASTAL RADIO STATIONS FOR THE RECEPTION AND TRANSMISSION OF RADIO COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN THE PHILIPPINES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 667 - AN ACT GRANTING THE GUANZON LIME DEV. CO., INC., A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE PRIVATE FIXED POINT-TO-POINT RADIO STATIONS IN TAYABAS, QUEZON; MANILA; AND CALOOCAN, RIZAL FOR THE RECEPTION AND TRANSMISSION OF RADIO COMMUNICATIONS TO AN FROM SAID STATIONS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 668 - AN ACT GRANTING TO THE PANIQUI SUGAR MILL A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE PRIVATE FIXED POINT-TO-POINT AND PRIVATE COASTAL RADIO STATIONS FOR THE RECEPTION AND TRANSMISSION OF RADIO COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN THE PHILIPPINES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 669 - AN ACT GRANTING TO MARSMAN AND COMPANY, INCORPORATED, AND/OR ITS ASSOCIATES AND SUBSIDIARIES, A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT, INSTALL, ESTABLISH AND OPERATE PRIVATE FIXED POINT-TO-POINT AND PRIVATE COASTAL RADIO STATIONS FOR THE RECEPTION AND TRANSMISSION OF RADIO COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN THE PHILIPPINES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 670 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR PUBLIC WORKS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 671 - AN ACT TO AMEND REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED ONE ENTITLED "AN ACT TO CONDONE ALL UNPAID INTEREST ACCRUING FROM JANUARY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-TWO TO DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIVE ON ALL OBLIGATIONS OUTSTANDING ON DECEMBER EIGHT, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-ONE, AND TO APPLY PAYMENTS OF INTEREST PAID AFTER

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FEBRUARY TWENTY-EIGHT, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIVE, TO THE PRINCIPAL OBLIGATION IF STILL OUTSTANDING IN CERTAIN CASES"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 672 - AN ACT INCREASING THE SALARIES OF OFFICIALS OF THE CITY OF ILIGAN, BY AMENDING CERTAIN SECTION OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 673 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES DURING THE PERIOD FROM JULY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-ONE TO JUNE THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-TWO, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 674 - AN ACT TO REPEAL SECTION TEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN AND TO FURTHER AMEND SECTION TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FOUR AND TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FIVE-A AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN, OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE SO AS TO INCLUDE AMONG THE BENEFICIARIES THEREOF THE EMPLOYEES OF SANITARY DIVISIONS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 675 - AN ACT TO FIX THE SALARIES OF PHYSICIANS UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 676 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE REHABILITATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE ABORLAN AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOL IN THE PROVINCE OF PALAWAN

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 677 - AN ACT TO GRANT THE PAN ASIA NEWSPAPER ALLIANCE (PANA) TEMPORARY PERMIT TO ESTABLISH A RADIO RECEIVING STATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF COPYING FOR PUBLICATION PRESS MESSAGES FROM RADIO STATIONS EXTERIOR TO THE PHILIPPINES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 678 - AN ACT CREATING THE MUNICIPALITY OF MALLIG IN THE PROVINCE OF ISABELA

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 679 - AN ACT TO REGULATE THE EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN, TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION HEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 680 - AN ACT CREATING A BUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION, DEFINING ITS POWERS, DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS AND PROVIDING APPROPRIATIONS THEREFOR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 681 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION THIRTY-NINE OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 682 - AN ACT TO NAME THE BARRIO SCHOOL IN THE BARRIOS OF UGSUD AND CUPANG, MUNICIPALITY OF BANGA, PROVINCE OF CAPIZ, "CAPITAN TAZAN MEMORIAL SCHOOL"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 683 - AN ACT TO NAME THE BARRIO SCHOOL IN THE BARRIO OF LIBAS, MUNICIPALITY OF BANGA, PROVINCE OF CAPIZ, "URQUIOLA MEMORIAL SCHOOL"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 684 - AN ACT TO AMEND SUBSECTION (p) OF SECTION FIFTEEN OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF DUMAGUETE, BY EMPOWERING SAID CITY TO TAX, FIX THE LICENSE FOR, REGULATE THE BUSINESS AND FIX THE LOCATION OF, THE STORAGE AND SALE OF COPRA THEREIN

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 685 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF THE SUM OF ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF BRANCHES OF THE PHILIPPINE INSTITUTE OF FISHERIES TECHNOLOGY AND SUB-STATIONS OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES IN CERTAIN PROVINCE OF THE PHILIPPINES

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 686 - AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE BARRIO OF "AGBOBOLO" IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF PRESIDENT ROXAS, PROVINCE OF CAPIZ, TO "MANOLING"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 687 - AN ACT TO AMEND REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY-THREE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 688 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR AN EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES BETWEEN A NEWLY CREATED MUNICIPALITY AND A MUNICIPALITY AFFECTED BY SUCH CREATION, BY AMENDING SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-EIGHT OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 689 - AN ACT GRANT TO RIZALINA M. OBIDOS A FRANCHISE FOR AN ELECTRIC LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER SYSTEM IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF ALTAVAS, PROVINCE OF CAPIZ

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 690 - AN ACT CREATING THE BARRIO OF TRINIDAD, GUIUAN, PROVINCE OF SAMAR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 691 - AN ACT CREATING THE BARRIO OF TRINIDAD IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF ORAS, PROVINCE OF SAMAR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 692 - AN ACT CREATING THE BARRIO OF SAN PEDRO IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF TABACO, PROVINCE OF ALBAY

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 693 - AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF SITIO VICTORY, MUNICIPALITY OF CABADBARAN, PROVINCE OF AGUSAN, TO DOÑA ROSARIO

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 694 - AN ACT TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF NEW TOLONG, PROVINCE OF ORIENTAL NEGROS, TO BAYAWAN

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 695 - AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE APPROPRIATION OF TEN THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE INTENSIVE PRODUCTION OF COTTON SEEDS

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 696 - AN ACT TRANSFERRING THE BARRIO OF STA. MONICA (TUBABAO), MUNICIPALITY OF ORAS TO THE MUNICIPALITY OF SAN POLICARPIO ALL IN THE PROVINCE OF SAMAR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 697 - AN ACT GRANTING TO RAFAEL CONSING A FRANCHISE TO INSTALL, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN A TELEPHONE SYSTEM IN THE CITY OF BUTUAN

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 698 - AN ACT TO LIMIT THE IMPORTATION OF FOREIGN LEAF TOBACCO

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 699 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION THREE OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED EIGHTEEN, ENTITLED "AN ACT CREATING A SPECIAL FUND KNOWN AS 'PHILIPPINE LIVESTOCK PROMOTION FUND' FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY THROUGH THE INTRODUCTION, PROPAGATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF PUREBRED AND IMPROVED BREEDING ANIMALS, AND FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PUBLIC BREEDING STATIONS"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 700 - ACT AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS AS NATIONAL ANNUALD TO THE REVOLVING FUND OF THE ALABANG SERUM AND VACCINE LABORATORIES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 701 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE EMERGENCY PRODUCTION OF ANTI-TETANIC SERUM, DIPHTHERIA ANTI-TOXIN, TRIPLE VACCINE, AND ANTI-DYSENTERIC SERUM

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 702 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FORTY-EIGHT OF ACT NUMBERED THREE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE, ENTITLED "AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF COOPERATIVE MARKETING ASSOCIATIONS, DECLARING THEIR PURPOSES AND DEFINING THEIR POWERS, RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES; FIXING THE DUTIES, RIGHTS, AND LIABILITIES OF THEIR DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND MEMBERS OR STOCKHOLDERS; PRESCRIBING THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THEY MAY TRANSACT BUSINESS, AND THE LIABILITIES OF AND

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PENALTIES FOR ANY PERSON, FIRM, OR CORPORATION INDUCING BREACH OF MARKETING CONTRACTS AND SPREADING FALSE REPORTS ABOUT THE FINANCES OR MANAGEMENT OF SUCH ASSOCIATIONS; PROVIDING FOR GOVERNMENT SUPERVISION AND CONTROL OVER THEM; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 703 - AN ACT GRANTING MR. FELIX ALBERTO, RESIDING AT PLEASANT HILLS, MANDALUYONG, RIZAL, A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT, INSTALL, ESTABLISH AND OPERATE PUBLIC RADIOTELEPHONE AND RADIOTELEGRAPH COASTAL STATIONS WITH THE CORRESPONDING RELAY STATIONS, AND PUBLIC FIXED AND PUBLIC BASE AND LAND MOBILE STATIONS FOR THE RECEPTION AND TRANSMISSION OF RADIOTELEPHONE AND RADIOTELEGRAPH COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN THE PHILIPPINES NOT AT PRESENT SERVED BY PUBLIC RADIOTELEGRAPH AND/OR RADIOTELEPHONE SYSTEMS SUCH AS IN LUMBER AND MINING CONCESSIONS, FARMS AND ISOLATED MUNICIPALITIES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 704 - AN ACT CONVERTING THE SORSOGON TRADE SCHOOL AND THE PANGASINAN TRADE SCHOOL TO NATIONAL SCHOOLS OF ARTS AND TRADES, AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS THEREFOR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 705 - AN ACT TO CONVERT THE PANGANIBAN PROVINCIAL HIGH SCHOOL IN THE PROVINCE OF CATANDUANES INTO A NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERY SCHOOL, TO BE KNOWN AS THE ALICIA AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERY SCHOOL, AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE PURPOSE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 706 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES DURING THE PERIOD FROM JULY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE TO JUNE THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 707 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES TO COLLECT, COMPILE AND PUBLISH THE SPEECHES, MESSAGES, AND OTHER WRITINGS OF THE LATE PRESIDENT MANUEL L. QUEZON, WITH THE

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APPROVAL OF THE BOARD ON TEXTBOOKS; AND TO DISTRIBUTE THE SAME WITHOUT CHARGE TO ALL PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND GOVERNMENT HIGH SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES; AND TO SELL THEM AT COST TO THE PUBLIC

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 708 - AN ACT TO REORGANIZE AND STRENGTHEN THE FOREIGN SERVICE OF THE PHILIPPINES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 709 - AN ACT DECLARING OBLIGATORY THE TEACHING OF SPANISH IN ALL COURSES OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES IN THE PHILIPPINES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 710 - AN ACT GRANTING A CHARTER TO THE PHILIPPINE TOURIST AND TRAVEL ASSOCIATION, INC., FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND PROMOTION OF THE PHILIPPINE TOURIST INDUSTRY

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 711 - AN ACT TO CREATE THE PROVINCES OF ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE AND ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 712 - AN ACT TO CHANGE THE NAMES OF BUENAVISTA STREET AND BUENAVISTA EXTENSION IN ZAMBOANGA CITY TO GOVERNOR ALVAREZ AVENUE, IN HONOR OF THE LATE GOVERNOR AGUSTIN L. ALVAREZ

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 713 - AN ACT TRANSFERRING THE CUSTODY AND THE FUNCTION OF INVESTING FUNDS FOR THE RETIREMENT OF BONDS ISSUED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINES, PROVINCES, MUNICIPALITIES, AND CITIES TO THE CENTRAL BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES BY AMENDING ACT NUMBERED THIRTY HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 714 - AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE BARRIO OF MUNTING TUBIG IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF ROSARIO, PROVINCE OF BATANGAS, TO MALAYA

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 715 - AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE BARRIO TINIGAO BONGOE, MUNICIPALITY OF KALIBO, PROVINCE OF CAPIZ, TO MOBO

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 716 - AN ACT AMENDING SECTION TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AS AMENDED

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 717 - AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE MATIMBO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THE BARRIO OF MATIMBO, MUNICIPALITY OF MALOLOS, PROVINCE OF BULACAN, TO GENERAL ISIDORO TORRES MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 718 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE APPOINTMENT IN THE GRADE OF SECOND LIEUTENANT IN THE RESERVE FORCE OF NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS WHO HAVE SHOWN OUTSTANDING ABILITY AND HAVE RENDERED EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 719 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS TO HELP DEFRAY THE EXPENSES OF THE TRAINING, PREPARATION AND PARTICIPATION OF A FILIPINO ATHLETIC DELEGATION IN THE WORLD OLYMPICS TO BE HELD AT HELSINKI, FINLAND

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 720 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE CREATION, ORGANIZATION AND OPERATION OF RURAL BANKS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 721 - AN ACT AMENDING SECTION ELEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-ONE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AS AMENDED, BY ADDING HINIGARAN, PROVINCE OF OCCIDENTAL NEGROS, AS PORT OF ENTRY, AND AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS THEREFOR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 722 - AN ACT TO EXEMPT THE HOLDING OF OPERAS, CONCERTS, RECITALS, DRAMAS, PAINTING AND ART EXHIBITIONS, FLOWERS SHOWS, AND LITERARY, ORATORICAL OR MUSICAL PROGRAMS FROM THE PAYMENT OF ANY NATIONAL OR MUNICIPAL AMUSEMENT TAX

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 723 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION THREE, FOUR AND THIRTY-TWO OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PUBLIC SERVICE ACT

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 724 - AN ACT TO EXTEND THE EFFECTIVITY OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-NINE, BY AMENDING SECTION SEVEN THEREOF, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-THREE, ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FOUR, ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIVE, ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SEVEN, ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY, AND ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SEVEN OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AS AMENDED

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 725 - AN ACT TO EXTEND THE EFFECTIVITY OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN, BY AMENDING SECTION SEVEN THEREOF, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE VI OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX," OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 726 - AN ACT TO EXTEND THE EFFECTIVITY OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED EIGHTY-EIGHT, BY AMENDING SECTION EIGHT THEREOF, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTION OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE"

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 727 - AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE BARRIO OF TALIPAPA IN QUEZON CITY TO TANDANG SORA

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 728 - AN ACT TO FURTHER AMEND THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE ACT, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED SIXTY, AND TO AMEND SECTION TWENTY-SIX OF THE LATTER ACT

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 729 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION SIX, TWELVE, SIXTEEN AND SEVENTEEN OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED NINE AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED EIGHT, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PRICE CONTROL LAW

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 730 - AN ACT TO PERMIT THE SALE WITHOUT PUBLIC AUCTION OF PUBLIC LANDS OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES TO QUALIFIED APPLICANTS UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 731 - AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NATIONAL INDIGENT CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 732 - AN ACT TO FURTHER AMEND SECTION SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FOUR AND SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SEVEN OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 733 - AN ACT AMENDING SECTION TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN OF THE REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 734 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE REDEMPTION OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK CIRCULATING NOTES DECLARED TO HAVE BEEN ILLEGALLY ISSUED AND REGISTERED AND DEPOSITED WITH THE TREASURER OF THE PHILIPPINES OR WITH ANY PROVINCIAL, CITY OR MUNICIPAL TREASURER UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED AND ELEVEN

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 735 - AN ACT TO CONVERT THE SITIOS OF ANOLING, BINANDIRAHAN, CABRARAN, ILAWOD, MABUGNA, MAGOGON, QUINUARTILAN, SOLONG, AND SUMLANG, IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CAMALIG, PROVINCE OF ALBAY, TO BARRIOS OF THE SAME MUNICIPALITY

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 736 - AN ACT TO NATIONALIZE THE ILOCOS NORTE TRADE SCHOOL

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 737 - AN ACT AMENDING SECTION FOUR OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN SO AS TO ELIMINATE THE PENALTY IN THE FORM OF A FINE IMPOSED THEREIN

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 738 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE TRANSPORTATION AT GOVERNMENT EXPENSE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY OF AN OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE OF THE PROVINCIAL, CITY OR MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT, WHO IS TRANSFERRED FROM ONE STATION TO ANOTHER

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 739 - AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE RECONSTITUTION OR RECONSTRUCTION, IN THE BUREAU OF MINES, OF LOST OR DESTROYED MINING RECORDS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 740 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, AND TEN, TO INSERT SECTION 2-A IN, AND TO REPEAL SECTION EIGHT AND NINE OF ACT NUMBERED TWO THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED NINETEEN, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE COAL LAND ACT, AS AMENDED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 741 - AN ACT TO CONVERT THE PABLO BORBON MEMORIAL TRADE SCHOOL IN THE PROVINCE OF BATANGAS TO A NATIONAL TRADE SCHOOL AND TO AUTHORIZE THE APPROPRIATION OF NECESSARY FUNDS THEREFOR

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 742 - AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF THE SUM OF FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CERAMIC PLANT IN BINALAYAN, MARIPIPI, LEYTE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 743 - AN ACT PROVIDING PROTECTION TO LOCATORS, HOLDERS, LESSEES AND OPERATORS OF UNPATENTED MINING CLAIMS AND LEASES BY EXEMPTING THEM FROM THE PERFORMANCE OF ANNUAL LABOR OR ASSESSMENT WORK REQUIRED BY EXISTING LAWS FOR THE YEARS NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-ONE TO NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-TWO INCLUSIVE

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 744 - AN ACT PROVIDING THAT THE PUBLIC SCHOOL ESTABLISHED IN HACIENDA ESPERANZA IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF PONTEVEDRA, PROVINCE OF CAPIZ, SHALL BE KNOW AS THE "FELICIANO CONSING MEMORIAL SCHOOL"

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 745 - AN ACT TO GIVE THE MUNICIPALITIES A SHARE IN THE PROCEEDS OF CERTAIN INTERNAL REVENUE TAXES, BY AMENDING SUBSECTION (a) AND (b) OF SECTION EIGHT OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SIX

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 746 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT, FIFTY-NINE, SIXTY-ONE, SIXTY-TWO, SIXTY-FOUR, SIXTY-EIGHT, SEVENTY-THREE, AND ONE HUNDRED, OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE MINING ACT

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 747 - AN ACT TO REGULATE THE FEES TO BE CHARGED AGAINST PATIENTS IN GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS AND CHARITY CLINICS CLASSIFYING PATIENTS ACCORDING TO THEIR FINANCIAL CONDITION

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 748 - AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE SHARE OF MUNICIPALITIES IN THE FEES COLLECTED FROM THE EXTRACTION OR REMOVAL OF STONE, GRAVEL, SAND, EARTH AND OTHER MATERIALS, FROM PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LANDS OF THE GOVERNMENT OR FROM THE BEDS OF SEAS, LAKES, RIVERS, STREAMS, CREEKS AND OTHER PUBLIC WATERS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE SAID MUNICIPALITY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 749 - AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTION OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PHILIPPINE IMMIGRATION ACT OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY, AS AMENDED

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 750 - AN ACT DESIGNATING AS SPECIAL AGENTS OF THE BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION ALL PROVINCIAL, CITY AND MUNICIPAL TREASURERS, AND PROVIDING FOR THE ALLOCATIONS TO THE PROVINCIAL, CITY, AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS OF TEN PER CENTUM OF CERTAIN FEES COLLECTED IN THEIR RESPECTIVE TERRITORIAL LIMITS

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