LAWS & EXECUTIVE ISSUANCES

(1900-2015)

EDUCATION
ISBN: 978-621-8014-10-7
 Republic of the Philippines
House of Representatives
Quezon City, Metro Manila

foreword

e duca•on is the backbone of na•onal

development. The kind and quality
of educa•on made accessible to our
people, especially the young whose
gi!s of intellect and crea•vity, talent,
skills and capabili•es shape the future
of the na•onal community, renders impera•ve the building of a
comprehensive and strategic policy infrastructure that is strengthened
by our culture and history as a people, our current social reali•es and
needs, and our aspira•ons for a be"er quality of life for our people
today and in genera•ons yet to come.
Laws, rules and regula•ons impac•ng on the kind and quality
of educa•on for our people, beyond responsiveness to historical,
current and future needs for na•onal development must also be
cra!ed towards strategic adaptability to changes in na•onal and
global condi•ons and the swi! pace of technological advancements
affec•ng all arenas of human ac•vity.
This compendium of Philippine laws and execu•ve issuances
on educa•on, part of the con•nuing legisla•ve publica•on program
ini•ated by the Office of the Secretary General with our full support,
is intended to serve as reference materials for legislators and other
prac••oners in the field of public policy to help them discover more
effec•ve means of strengthening policy support and regulatory
mechanisms on educa•on so as to ul•mately render the same an
authen•c resource channel for na•onal development.
This publica•on will also be helpful to students, researchers,
the general public and even those engaged in the arena of foreign
investments themselves as it can provide them a historical or
evolu•onary perspec•ve on Philippine laws and regula•ons on the
subject.
Laws and executive issuances crafted from the American
period to the Commonwealth era, the Japanese occupa•on up to
the country’s independence from American rule to date covering the
period 1913 to 2015 are brought together in this compendium. The
reader will see laws that are denominated as Acts, Commonwealth
Acts, Presidential Decrees, Batas Pambansa and Republic Acts
indica•ng their enactment in various eras of our legisla•ve history,
as well as Execu•ve Orders which exemplify presiden•al issuances
and other execu•ve regula•ons implemen•ng per•nent laws.
This is the eighth book in our series of topical compila•ons of
laws produced by the Office of the Secretary General, a most useful
and commendable program of legisla•ve documenta•on which
indisputably enriches the terrain of legisla•ve policy-making in the
country.
I acknowledge and commend the strategic initiatives and
persistent efforts of the House Secretary General, Dr. Marilyn B.
Barua-Yap in the publica•on of this compendium with the support
of the staff of the Legisla•ve Informa•on Resource Management
Department consis•ng of the Legisla•ve Library Service and the
Archives and Museum Management Service headed by Deputy
Secretary General Edgardo H. Pangilinan.

FELICIANO BELMONTE, JR.

Speaker
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
LAWS AND EXECUTIVE ISSUANCES ON
EDUCATION
Part I, Vol. I
LEGISLATIVE MEASURES

CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS PAGE

1935 CONSTITUTION OF THE

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 5

THE 1973 CONSTITUTION : AS AMENDED IN

OCTOBER 16-17, 1976, ON JANUARY 30, 1980, AND APRIL 7, 1981.
CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 6

THE CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE

PHILIPPINES, 1987 8

PUBLIC LAWS

ACT NO. 4 13
AN ACT APPROPRIATING ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS, IN THE
MONEY OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING
THE SALARY OF THE PROPERTY CLERK IN THE DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION FOR THE PERIOD OF ONE MONTH FROM
SEPTEMBER EIGHTH TO OCTOBER EIGHTH, NINETEEN
HUNDRED.

ACT NO. 11 14
AN ACT APPROPRIATING SUNDRY SUMS TO PAY THE EXPENSES
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION INCURRED PRIOR TO
THE FIRST OF SEPTEMBER.

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ACT NO. 15 15
AN ACT TO INCREASE THE MONTHLY SALARIES OF THE
NATIVE FILIPINO PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS OF MANILA
AND VICINITY.
ACT NO. 32 16
AN ACT MAKING PERMANENT THE TEMPORARY AUTHORITY
TO APPOINT A PROPERTY CLERK IN THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION CONTAINED IN AN ACT PASSED SEPTEMBER
TWELFTH, NINETEEN HUNDRED.
ACT NO. 74 17
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND
APPROPRIATING FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE
ORGANIZATION AND MAINTENANCE OF A NORMAL AND
A TRADE SCHOOL IN MANILA, AND FIFTEEN THOUSAND
DOLLARS FOR THE ORGANIZATION AND MAINTENANCE OF
AN AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL IN THE ISLAND OF NEGROS FOR
THE YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND ONE.
ACT NO. 102 26
AN ACT REGULATING THE SALARIES OF OFFICERS AND
EMPLOYEES IN THE PHILIPPINE CIVIL SERVICE.
ACT NO. 148 29
AN ACT REGULATING EXPENDITURE OF MONEY UNDER
APPROPRIATIONS, FORBIDDING THE ALLOWANCES TO
OFFICERS OR CLERKS FOR EXTRA COMPENSATION, EXCEPT
IN CASE OF CLERKS OR EMPLOYEES ACTING AS NIGHT
TEACHERS IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND REGULATING THE
PAYMENT OF TRAVELING EXPENSES.
ACT NO. 180 31
AN ACT AMENDING PARAGRAPH (E) OF SECTION THREE
OF ACT NUMBERED SEVENTY-FOUR, PROVIDING FOR THE
DIVISION OF THE ARCHIPELAGO INTO SCHOOL DIVISIONS.
ACT NO. 197 32
AN ACT AMENDING SECTION TWELVE OF ACT NUMBERED
ONE HUNDRED AND TWO PROVIDING FOR EMPLOYEES IN
THE OFFICE OF THE GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION.

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ACT NO. 222 33

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF THE
DEPARTMENTS OF THE INTERIOR, OF COMMERCE AND POLICE,
OF FINANCE AND JUSTICE, AND OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.

ACT NO. 232 36

AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED SEVENTY-FOUR,
AND PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF DEPUTY
DIVISION SUPERINTENDENTS IN THE BUREAU OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION.

ACT NO. 268 38

AN ACT CREATING A BUREAU OF ARCHITECTURE AND
CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.

ACT NO. 273 40

AN ACT CREATING A BUREAU OF ARCHIVES.

ACT NO. 285 42

AN ACT PROVIDING CLERICAL ASSISTANCE IN THE
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, THE DEPARTMENT OF
COMMERCE AND POLICE, THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND
JUSTICE, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.

ACT NO. 296 43

AN ACT CREATING A BUREAU OF PUBLIC PRINTING.

ACT NO. 304 45

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED TWO
HUNDRED AND NINETY-SIX, ENTITLED “AN ACT CREATING
A BUREAU OF PUBLIC PRINTING”.

ACT NO. 305 46

AN ACT AMENDING SECTION FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED TWO
HUNDRED AND SIXTY-EIGHT, ENTITLED “AN ACT CREATING A
BUREAU OF ARCHITECTURE AND CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC
BUILDINGS”.

ACT NO. 339 47

AN ACT AMENDING SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED
ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY-SEVEN, ENTITLED “AN ACT

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AMENDING SECTION TWELVE OF ACT NUMBERED ONE

HUNDRED AND TWO, PROVIDING FOR EMPLOYEES IN THE
OFFICE OF THE GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION,” BY PROVIDING FOR A FURTHER INCREASE
OF THE FORCE IN SAID OFFICE.

ACT NO. 353 48

AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND
FIVE, IN AMENDMENT OF ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED
AND SIXTY-EIGHT, ENTITLED “AN ACT CREATING A BUREAU
OF ARCHITECTURE AND CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC
BUILDINGS,” BY PROVIDING FOR A FURTHER INCREASE IN
THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES OF SAID BUREAU.

ACT NO. 366 50

AN ACT AMENDING SECTION FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED TWO
HUNDRED AND SIXTY-EIGHT, ENTITLED “AN ACT CREATING
A BUREAU OF ARCHITECTURE AND CONSTRUCTION OF
PUBLIC BUILDINGS,” AND ALL AMENDMENTS THEREOF, BY
PROVIDING FOR A CHANGE IN THE NUMBER AND SALARIES
OF EMPLOYEES OF SAID BUREAU.

ACT NO. 373 52

AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED SEVENTY-FOUR,
ESTABLISHING A DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION IN
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, BY MAKING CERTAIN PROVISIONS
CONCERNING SCHOOLS OF SECONDARY INSTRUCTION AND
TRAVELING EXPENSES OF TEACHERS.

ACT NO. 407 54

AN ACT AMENDING SECTION TWELVE OF ACT NUMBERED
ONE HUNDRED AND TWO PROVIDING FOR EMPLOYEES IN
THE OFFICE OF THE GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION, AS AMENDED BY ACTS NUMBERED ONE
HUNDRED AND NINETY-SEVEN AND THREE HUNDRED AND
THIRTY-NINE, BY PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A
PROPERTY CLERK IN SAID OFFICE.

ACT NO. 446 56

AN ACT AMENDING SECTION FORTY OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE
BY AUTHORIZING THE EXPENDITURE OF MUNICIPAL FUNDS
FOR THE SUPPORT OF TWO PERSONS WHILE RECEIVING

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TRAINING FOR POSITIONS AS PUBLIC SCHOOL-TEACHERS

IN THE MUNICIPALITY.

ACT NO. 453 58

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION BY THE INSULAR
GOVERNMENT OF AN OFFICIAL GAZETTE UNDER THE
GENERAL DIRECTION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION.

ACT NO. 477 61

AN ACT TO REPEAL ACTS NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED
AND EIGHTY, TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY-TWO, AND
THREE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-THREE, AMENDATORY
OF ACT NUMBERED SEVENTY-FOUR, ESTABLISHING A
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, TO REPEAL A
CERTAIN PARAGRAPH IN ACT NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED
AND THIRTY, RELATING TO NIGHT SCHOOLS, AND TO
AMEND ACT NUMBERED SEVENTY-FOUR BY PROVIDING
FOR THE DIVISION OF THE ARCHIPELAGO INTO THIRTY-SIX
SCHOOL DIVISIONS, TO AMEND SECTION THIRTEEN OF THE
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT ACT, NUMBERED EIGHTY-THREE,
AS AMENDED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

ACT NO. 512 69

AN ACT TRANSFERRING THE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE IN
THE ISLAND OF NEGROS FROM THE BUREAU OF EDUCATION
TO THAT OF AGRICULTURE, AND MAKING AN APPROPRIATION
FOR THE ESTABLISHING AND CARRYING ON OF SAME AND
OF AN EXPERIMENT STATION.

ACT NO. 525 70

AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED SEVENTY-FOUR,
ESTABLISHING A DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION,
AND SECTION THIRTEEN OF THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT
ACT, NUMBERED EIGHTY-THREE, AS AMENDED BY ACT
NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SEVEN.

ACT NO. 532 72

AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY
DOLLARS, LOCAL CURRENCY, FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION
OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS DESTROYED BY STORM IN THE
PROVINCE OF NUEVA ECIJA.

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ACT NO. 661 73

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE EMPLOYMENT OF SCHOOL-
TEACHERS AS THIRD AND FOURTH CLASS OBSERVERS
FOR THE PHILIPPINE WEATHER BUREAU, UNDER CERTAIN
CIRCUMSTANCES.

ACT NO. 672 75

AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED SEVENTY-FOUR,
ESTABLISHING A DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION,
AS AMENDED BY ACTS NUMBERED FOUR HUNDRED AND
SEVENTY-SEVEN AND FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE,
BY PROVIDING FOR AN ASSISTANT TO THE GENERAL
SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION, FOR THE REDUCTION OF
THE NUMBER OF SCHOOL DIVISIONS TO THIRTY-FIVE, FOR THE
TRAVELING EXPENSES OF THE GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT,
ASSISTANT TO THE GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT, AND
DIVISION SUPERINTENDENTS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

ACT NO. 727 80

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED AND
SEVENTY-TWO, AMENDING ACT NUMBERED SEVENTY-FOUR,
ESTABLISHING A DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION,
AND ITS AMENDMENTS, AS TO THE STATUS OF THE ASSISTANT
TO THE GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION.

ACT NO. 734 82

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE EMPLOYMENT OF SCHOOL
TEACHERS AS COLLABORATORS OF THE FORESTRY BUREAU
AND PROVIDING FOR ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION AS
SUCH.

ACT NO. 744 83

AN ACT PLACING THE BUREAU OF PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS,
AND TRADE-MARKS UNDER THE IMMEDIATE DIRECTION
OF THE CHIEF OF THE BUREAU OF ARCHIVES SUBJECT TO
THE EXECUTIVE CONTROL OF THE SECRETARY OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION, INCREASING THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES
OF SAID BUREAU OF PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS, AND TRADE-
MARKS, AND AMENDING ACTS NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED
AND THIRTY-SEVEN AND SIX HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX.

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ACT NO. 854 85

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE EDUCATION OF FILIPINO
STUDENTS IN THE UNITED STATES AND APPROPRIATING
FOR SUCH PURPOSE THE SUM OF SEVENTY-TWO THOUSAND
DOLLARS, IN MONEY OF THE UNITED STATES.

ACT NO. 917 89

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FIVE OF ACT NUMBERED
SEVENTY-FOUR, ESTABLISHING A DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION, AS AMENDED, BY MAKING THE PROVINCE OF
LEYTE AND THE PROVINCE OF SAMAR SEPARATE SCHOOL
DIVISIONS.

ACT NO. 997 90

AN ACT AUTHORIZING A LOAN OF FIVE THOUSAND
AND EIGHTY-FIVE PESOS, PHILIPPINE CURRENCY, TO
THE PROVINCE OF TAYABAS, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF THE ISLAND OF MARINDUQUE,
AND AUTHORIZING A LOAN OF EIGHT THOUSAND PESOS,
PHILIPPINE CURRENCY, TO THE MUNICIPALITY OF SARIAYA,
PROVINCE OF TAYABAS, TO ENABLE THE MUNICIPALITY TO
COMPLETE ITS PUBLIC-SCHOOL BUILDING.

ACT NO. 1076 92

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A LOAN OF TWENTY THOUSAND
PESOS, PHILIPPINE CURRENCY, TO THE PROVINCE OF
ILOCOS SUR, EIGHT THOUSAND PESOS TO THE PROVINCE OF
ROMBLON, AND SIX THOUSAND PESOS TO THE PROVINCE
OF ABRA, FROM THE CONGRESSIONAL RELIEF FUND, FOR
USE IN THE CONSTRUCTION IN SAID PROVINCES OF PUBLIC
SCHOOLS OF SECONDARY INSTRUCTION.

ACT NO. 1273 94

AN ACT AMENDING SECTION THIRTEEN OF ACT NUMBERED
EIGHTY-THREE, AS AMENDED BY PARAGRAPH (b) OF SECTION
ONE OF ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-TWO,
AND GIVING DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY TO PROVINCIAL
BOARDS TO MAKE LOANS OUT OF PROVINCIAL FUNDS NOT
OTHERWISE APPROPRIATED TO THE MUNICIPALITIES OF
THEIR RESPECTIVE PROVINCES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OR
REPAIR OF MUNICIPAL SCHOOL BUILDINGS OR FOR OTHER
MUNICIPAL SCHOOL PURPOSES

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ACT NO. 1275 96

AN ACT APPROPRIATING, OUT OF THE CONGRESSIONAL
RELIEF FUND, THE SUM OF THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY
THOUSAND PESOS, PHILIPPINE CURRENCY, FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDINGS.

ACT NO. 1282 99

AN ACT CONSOLIDATING THE OFFICES OF PROVINCIAL
TREASURER AND PROVINCIAL SUPERVISOR OF THE
PROVINCE OF OCCIDENTAL NEGROS AND MAKING THE
DIVISION SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS FOR THE PROVINCE
A MEMBER OF THE PROVINCIAL BOARD.

ACT NO. 1318 101

AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED TWELVE HUNDRED AND
SEVENTY-FIVE, APPROPRIATING OUT OF THE CONGRESSIONAL
RELIEF FUND THE SUM OF THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY
THOUSAND PESOS, PHILIPPINE CURRENCY, FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDINGS, BY
PROVIDING FOR THE DISBURSEMENT OF SAID FUND AND
ANY OTHER MONEYS SUBSCRIBED, APPROPRIATED, OR
OTHERWISE LAWFULLY ADDED TO IT AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES.

ACT NO. 1337 103

AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED SEVENTY-FOUR,
ESTABLISHING A DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION,
AS AMENDED, BY PROVIDING THAT THE E SALARIES OF
CLERKS, TEACHERS, AND DIVISION SUPERINTENDENTS
AND THE SALARY OF THE ASSISTANT TO THE GENERAL
SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION SHALL BE FIXED IN THE
APPROPRIATION ACTS OF THE COMMISSION, BY STRIKING
OUT THAT PART OF SECTION FIVE OF SAID ACT FIXING THE
SALARIES TO APPERTAIN TO SCHOOL DIVISIONS AND ALL OF
SECTION SIX FIXING THE SALARIES OF CLERKS TO DIVISION
SUPERINTENDENTS, BY PROVIDING FOR THE PARTITION OF
CAGAYAN AND ISABELA INTO SEPARATE SCHOOL DIVISIONS,
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

ACT NO. 1346 106

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL, WHERE
THE DIVISION SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS IS A MEMBER

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OF A PROVINCIAL BOARD, TO DESIGNATE ANY TEACHER OF

THE BUREAU OF EDUCATION TO ACT AS A MEMBER OF SUCH
PROVINCIAL BOARD IN CASE OF A VACANCY IN THE POSITION
OF DIVISION SUPERINTENDENT OR DURING THE ABSENCE
OR DISABILITY OF THE DIVISION SUPERINTENDENT, AND
AMENDING ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTY-
THREE.”

ACT NO. 1401 107

AN ACT ABOLISHING THE OFFICES OF PROVINCIAL
SUPERVISOR AND A SUPERVISOR-TREASURER IN THE
PROVINCES ORGANIZED UNDER THE PROVINCIAL
GOVERNMENT ACT, PROVIDING THAT CERTAIN DUTIES
HERETOFORE PERFORMED BY PROVINCIAL SUPERVISORS
SHALL DEVOLVE UPON THE PROVINCIAL TREASURERS, AND
THAT THE DIVISION SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS SHALL
BE A MEMBER OF THE PROVINCIAL BOARD, AND CREATING
THE OFFICE OF DISTRICT ENGINEER AND FIXING HIS POWERS
AND DUTIES.

ACT NO. 1407 114

AN ACT ABOLISHING CERTAIN BUREAUS OF THE INSULAR
GOVERNMENT, REDUCING THE NUMBER OF BUREAUS
BY CONSOLIDATING CERTAIN BUREAUS : WITH OTHERS,
PRESCRIBING THE DUTIES OF THE VARIOUS BUREAUS
AND CERTAIN OFFICIALS THEREOF, FIXING THE SALARIES
OF CHIEFS AND ASSISTANT CHIEFS OF BUREAUS AND
CERTAIN OTHER OFFICIALS THEREOF, REORGANIZING
THE DEPARTMENTS OF THE INTERIOR, COMMERCE AND
POLICE, FINANCE AND JUSTICE, AND PUBLIC INSTRUCTION,
ASSIGNING CERTAIN BUREAUS TO THE IMMEDIATE AND
DIRECT EXECUTIVE CONTROL OF THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL,
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

ACT NO. 1413 122

AN ACT ANNEXING THE PROVINCE OF MASBATE TO THE
PROVINCE OF SORSOGON, AND AMENDING ACT NUMBERED
SEVENTY-FOUR, AS AMENDED BY MAKING THE PROVINCES
OF ALBAY AND SORSOGON SEPARATE SCHOOL DIVISIONS,
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

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ACT NO. 1462 126

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, BY
AND WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE SECRETARY OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION, TO APPOINT DIVISION SUPERINTENDENTS
FOR THE THIRTY-THIRD, THIRTY-FOURTH, THIRTY-FIFTH,
AND THIRTY-SIXTH SCHOOL DIVISIONS, OR ANY OF
THEM, WHENEVER IN THE OPINION OF SAID DIRECTOR
OF EDUCATION THE INTERESTS OF THE SERVICE MAY
REQUIRE SUCH ACTION, ANYTHING IN ACT NUMBERED
THIRTEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SEVEN TO THE CONTRARY
NOTWITHSTANDING.

ACT NO. 1491 128

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE EDUCATION OF FILIPINO
STUDENTS AS SURVEYORS.

ACT NO. 1539 130

AN ACT AMENDING SECTION FIVE OF ACT NUMBERED
SEVENTY-FOUR, ESTABLISHING A DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION, AS AMENDED, BY AUTHORIZING THE
DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, WITH THE APPROVAL OF
THE SECRETARY OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, TO CHANGE,
INCREASE, OR DECREASE THE EXISTING SCHOOL DIVISIONS
OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.

ACT NO. 1541 131

AN ACT TRANSFERRING THE DIVISION OF ETHNOLOGY FROM
THE BUREAU OF EDUCATION TO THE BUREAU OF SCIENCE
AND REPEALING PARAGRAPH (B) OF SECTION TWENTY-
THREE OF THE REORGANIZATION ACT.

ACT NO. 1603 132

AN ACT TRANSFERRING, UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS,
TO THE RESPECTIVE SCHOOL FUNDS OF THE PROVINCES
OF LA UNION, NUEVA ECIJA, AND SORSOGON, CERTAIN
AMOUNTS DUE FROM SAID PROVINCES TO THE INSULAR
GOVERNMENT.

ACT NO. 1632 135

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE GRADUATES OF THE PHILIPPINE
MEDICAL SCHOOL WHO RECEIVE THEREFROM THE DEGREE
OF DOCTOR OF MEDICINE TO PRACTICE MEDICINE AND

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SURGERY IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS WITHOUT TAKING

THE EXAMINATION PRESCRIBED BY ACT NUMBERED THREE
HUNDRED AND TEN, AND TO ESTABLISH CERTAIN FREE
SCHOLARSHIPS IN THE PHILIPPINE MEDICAL SCHOOL TO BE
AWARDED UPON COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS, AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES.

ACT NO. 1651 138

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE GRADUATES OF CERTAIN SCHOOLS
OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
TO PRACTICE MEDICINE AND SURGERY AND PHARMACY
WITHOUT TAKING THE EXAMINATIONS PRESCRIBED BY
ACTS NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND TEN AND FIVE
HUNDRED AND NINETY-SEVEN, RESPECTIVELY, AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES.

ACT NO 1704 140

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED FOURTEEN HUNDRED

AND FIFTEEN, ENTITLED “AN ACT ESTABLISHING A MEDICAL
SCHOOL AND DEFINING THE MANNER IN WHICH IT SHALL
BE CONTROLLED AND CONDUCTED,” BY PROVIDING- THAT
THE PHILIPPINE MEDICAL SCHOOL SHALL BE A BODY
CORPORATE.

ACT NO. 1795 142

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE COMPENSATION OF STUDENTS
IN INDUSTRIAL AND AGRICULTURAL SCHOOLS FOR WORK
DONE THEREIN OUTSIDE OF REGULAR SCHOOL HOURS AND
NOT CONNECTED WITH THEIR REGULAR SCHOOL WORK.

ACT NO. 1801 144

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR AN APPROPRIATION OF ONE MILLION
PESOS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF SCHOOLS IN THE BARRIOS
UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.

ACT NO. 1813 146

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

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ACT NO. 1829 147

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

ACT NO. 1857 150

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CREATION OF SPECIAL CLASSES
OF SUPERIOR INSTRUCTION FOR MUNICIPAL TEACHERS AND
APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS FOR
SUCH PURPOSE

ACTS NO. 1866 152

AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF SEVENTY-FIVE

THOUSAND PESOS FOR SALARIES OF TEACHERS IN
BARRIO SCHOOLS WHEN ESTABLISHED UNDER CERTAIN
CONDITIONS.

ACT NO. 1870 155

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.

ACT NO. 1871 161

AN ACT MAKING AVAILABLE FOR EXPENDITURE DURING
THE FISCAL YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND NINE AND
THEREAFTER, THE BALANCE REMAINING FROM FUNDS
APPROPRIATED BY ACT NUMBERED SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND
THIRTY-TWO, FOR EXAMINATIONS FOR SCHOLARSHIPS IN
THE PHILIPPINE MEDICAL SCHOOL.

ACT NO. 1914 162

AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND
ONE, ENTITLED “AN ACT PROVIDING FOR AN APPROPRIATION
OF ONE MILLION PESOS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF
SCHOOLS IN THE BARRIOS UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS”
BY REDUCING THE REQUIRED SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, AND
PROVIDING THAT BUILDINGS SHALL BE ERECTED UNDER
RULES AND REGULATIONS PRESCRIBED BY THE SECRETARY
OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.

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ACT NO. 1918 164

AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED SEVENTY-FOUR, BY
MAKING WOMEN ELIGIBLE AS MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL
SCHOOL BOARD AND PROVIDING THAT TWO POSITIONS AT
LEAST SHALL BE HELD BY WOMEN.

ACT NO. 1924 165

AN ACT EXTENDING THE BENEFITS OF ACT NUMBERED
EIGHTEEN, HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SEVEN TO MALE AND
FEMALE TEACHERS OF MUNICIPALITIES AND OF TOWNSHIPS
INHABITED BY CHRISTIAN TRIBES IN MINDORO AND
PALAWAN, AND IN THE SUBPROVINCE OF ABRA.

ACT NO. 1931 166

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CLASSES
FOR TRAINING IN NURSING IN THE PHILIPPINE NORMAL
SCHOOL, AND APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF TWENTY
THOUSAND PESOS FOR SUCH PURPOSE.

ACT NO. 1938 168

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AS GOVERNMENT PUPILS WHILE
PURSUING A COURSE OF TRAINING FOR TEACHING, AND
AUTHORIZING EXPENDITURE FOR SUCH PUPILS FROM FUNDS
DESIGNATED BY SECTION TWENTY-SIX OF ACT NUMBERED
SEVENTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-ONE, AS AMENDED.

ACT NO. 1972 170

AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED FOURTEEN HUNDRED
AND SEVEN, KNOWN AS “THE REORGANIZATION ACT,”
AS AMENDED, BY TRANSFERRING THE BUREAU OF
AGRICULTURE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.

ACT NO. 1973 171

AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED
AND FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS, OUT OF ANY FUNDS IN THE
INSULAR TREASURY NOT OTHERWISE APPROPRIATED, TO
INCREASE THE APPROPRIATION FOR CURRENT EXPENSES OF
THE BUREAU OF EDUCATION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING
JUNE THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TEN.

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ACT NO. 1974 172

AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND
ONE, ENTITLED “AN ACT PROVIDING FOR AN APPROPRIATION
OF ONE MILLION PESOS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF
SCHOOLS IN THE BARRIOS UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS,”
AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED NINETEEN HUNDRED
AND FOURTEEN, BY PROVIDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION
OF SUCH SCHOOLS UPON PUBLIC LANDS OR LANDS OF THE
MUNICIPAL, PROVINCIAL, OR INSULAR GOVERNMENT AND
BY PROHIBITING THEIR SALE OR USE FOR OTHER THAN
SCHOOL PURPOSES.

ACT NO. 1983 174

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AS GOVERNMENT PUPILS WHILE
PURSUING A COURSE OF TRAINING FOR TEACHING, AND
AUTHORIZING EXPENDITURE FOR SUCH PUPILS FROM FUNDS
DESIGNATED BY SECTION TWENTY-SIX OF ACT NUMBERED
SEVENTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-ONE, AS AMENDED.

ACT NO. 1984 177

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CREATION OF SPECIAL CLASSES
OF SUPERIOR INSTRUCTION FOR MUNICIPAL OR INSULAR
TEACHERS AND APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF FIFTY
THOUSAND PESOS FOR SUCH PURPOSE.

ACT NO. 1987 179

AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR SUNDRY EXPENSES OF
THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES DURING THE FISCAL
YEAR ENDING JUNE THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND
ELEVEN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

ACT NO. 1996 181

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ADMISSION OF STUDENTS FROM
NUEVA VIZCAYA, AGUSAN, THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE AND
THE MORO PROVINCE TO THE CLASSES FOR THE INSTRUCTION
AND TRAINING OF MALE AND FEMALE NURSES, PROVIDED
FOR IN ACT NUMBERED ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED
AND SEVENTY-FIVE.

ACT NO. 2002 183

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE PURCHASE, OUT OF THE
FUNDS APPROPRIATED FOR THE BUREAU OF EDUCATION

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BY ACT NUMBERED NINETEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-

TWO, OF ADDITIONAL LAND FOR THE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL
RESERVATION AT BAGUIO.

ACT NO. 2009 184

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE MUNICIPALITY OF CEBU,
PROVINCE OF CEBU, TO INCUR AN INDEBTEDNESS OF
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS
IN MONEY OF THE UNITED STATES, AND TO ISSUE BONDS
COVERING THE AMOUNT OF SAID INDEBTEDNESS, PAYABLE
IN GOLD COIN OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR THE PURPOSE OF
PROVIDING FUNDS TO CONSTRUCT NECESSARY SEWER AND
DRAINAGE FACILITIES, TO SECURE A SUFFICIENT SUPPLY
OF WATER AND NECESSARY BUILDINGS FOR PRIMARY
PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN SAID MUNICIPALITY, PURSUANT TO THE
PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS SIXTY-SIX, SIXTY-SEVEN, SIXTY-
EIGHT, AND SIXTY-NINE OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS APPROVED
JULY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWO, ENTITLED “AN
ACT TEMPORARILY TO PROVIDE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION
OF THE AFFAIRS OF CIVIL GOVERNMENT IN THE PHILIPPINE
ISLANDS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES,” AS AMENDED BY
THE ACT APPROVED FEBRUARY SIXTH, NINETEEN HUNDRED
AND FIVE, ENTITLED “AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT APPROVED
JULY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWO, ENTITLED ‘AN
ACT TEMPORARILY TO PROVIDE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION
OF THE AFFAIRS OF CIVIL GOVERNMENT IN THE PHILIPPINE
ISLANDS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES,’ AND TO AMEND
AN ACT APPROVED MARCH EIGHTH, NINETEEN HUNDRED
AND TWO, ENTITLED ‘AN ACT TEMPORARILY TO PROVIDE
REVENUE FOR THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES,’ AND TO AMEND AN ACT APPROVED MARCH
SECOND, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THREE, ENTITLED ‘AN
ACT TO ESTABLISH A STANDARD OF VALUE AND TO PROVIDE
FOR A COINAGE SYSTEM IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS,’ AND
TO PROVIDE FOR THE MORE EFFICIENT ADMINISTRATION OF
CIVIL GOVERNMENT IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES.

ACT NO. 2018 187

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE MUNICIPAL COUNCILS TO
APPROPRIATE AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH YEAR A CERTAIN
SUM FROM THE SCHOOL FUNDS TO PAY THE TRAVELING

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EXPENSES OF MUNICIPAL TEACHERS WHEN, AT A CERTAIN

TIME OF THE YEAR, THEY HAVE TO GO TO MANILA OR TO
PROVINCIAL CAPITALS OR ANY PLACE IN THE PROVINCES
TO ATTEND THE SO-CALLED SUMMER SCHOOLS.

ACT NO 2021 189

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE BOOKS AND

OTHER DOCUMENTS OF DOCTOR RIZAL AND APPROPRIATING
FUNDS FOR THAT PURPOSE.

ACT NO. 2022 190

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO OF ACT NUMBERED
SEVENTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-FIVE, ENTITLED “AN
ACT AUTHORIZING THE COMPENSATION OF STUDENTS IN
INDUSTRIAL AND AGRICULTURAL SCHOOLS FOR WORK
DONE THEREIN OUTSIDE OF REGULAR SCHOOL HOURS AND
NOT CONNECTED WITH THEIR REGULAR SCHOOL WORK,”
BY PROVIDING FOR THE CREATION OF REIMBURSABLE
FUNDS.

ACT NO. 2024 191

AN ACT AMENDING SECTION FOUR, PARAGRAPH (B) OF
SECTION SIX, AND SECTION TEN OF ACT NUMBERED
EIGHTEEN 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.”

ACT NO. 2025 194

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF TWENTY THOUSAND
PESOS FROM INSULAR FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSES OF ACT
NUMBERED NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIVE,
ENTITLED “AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT
OF CLASSES FOR THE INSTRUCTION AND TRAINING OF MALE
AND FEMALE NURSES UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE
DIRECTOR OF HEALTH.”

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ACT NO. 2029 195

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR AN APPROPRIATION OF ONE MILLION
PESOS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF SCHOOLS IN THE
MUNICIPALITIES AND BARRIOS OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS

ACT NO. 2033 197

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF VIGAN,
ILOCOS SUR, TO GIVE UP THE POSSESSION OF CALLE CORTA,
SITUATED WEST OF THE VIGAN HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING,
BETWEEN CALLES BURGOS AND LINCOLN, AND TO CEDE
THE SAME TO THE PROVINCE OF ILOCOS SUR AS A LOT FOR
THE PROVINCIAL HIGH SCHOOL.

ACT NO. 2040 198

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF THREE THOUSAND
FIVE HUNDRED PESOS FOR THE CREATION OF GOVERNMENT
SCHOLARSHIPS IN THE COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SCIENCE
OF THE PHILIPPINE UNIVERSITY

ACT NO. 2048 199

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE SELECTION OF ADDITIONAL
TEACHERS TO RECEIVE THE BENEFITS OF ACT NUMBERED
NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FOUR, PROVIDING THAT
THE CLASSES THEREBY PROVIDED FOR MAY BE HELD AT
OTHER POINTS THAN THE CITY OF MANILA, AND MAKING
AN ANNUAL APPROPRIATION FOR CARRYING OUT THE
PROVISIONS OF SAID ACT.

ACT NO. 2049 200

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE APPOINTMENT FOR THE FISCAL
YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWELVE OF CERTAIN
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF ACT
NUMBERED NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-THREE, AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR CARRYING OUT THE PURPOSES
OF SAID ACT.

ACT NO. 2050 201

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR SCHOLARSHIPS IN THE SCHOOL
OF FORESTRY, APPROPRIATING FIFTEEN THOUSAND SIX
HUNDRED AND FIFTY PESOS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES

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ACT NO. 2061 203

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A SALES AGENCY FOR ARTICLES
MANUFACTURED IN THE SCHOOLS IN THE PROVINCES
INHABITED BY MOROS AND OTHER NON-CHRISTIAN
TRIBES AND BY THE PEOPLE OF SAID PROVINCES, AND
APPROPRIATING MONEY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF
A SUITABLE BUILDING FOR THE SAME, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES.

ACT NO. 2078 205

AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF TWENTY-FIVE
THOUSAND PESOS FOR PROVIDING THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
WITH COPIES OF AN ADEQUATE BIOGRAPHY OF JOSE RIZAL

ACT NO. 2095 207

AN ACT TO PROVIDE GOVERNMENT FELLOWSHIPS FOR
PERSONS WHO SHALL HAVE STUDIED AND COMPLETED
SOME PROFESSIONAL, TECHNICAL, SCIENTIFIC, ARTISTIC,
OR INDUSTRIAL COURSE IN CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS AND
RECEIVED A DEGREE THEREFROM IN ORDER THAT THEY MAY
CONTINUE THEIR STUDIES IN THE HIGHER EDUCATIONAL
INSTITUTIONS OF AMERICA OR EUROPE, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES.

ACT NO. 2105 210

AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF SEVEN THOUSAND PESOS
FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE TWENTY GOVERNMENT
SCHOLARSHIPS NOW EXISTING IN THE COLLEGE OF
VETERINARY SCIENCE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE
PHILIPPINES, BY VIRTUE OF ACT NUMBERED TWO THOUSAND
AND FORTY.

ACT NO. 2110 211

AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED
THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND
MAINTENANCE IN THE CITY OF MANILA OF A SCHOOL OF
HOUSEHOLD INDUSTRIES.

ACT NO. 2112 213

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTORS OF FORESTRY,
DURING THE PERIOD FROM APRIL FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED
AND TWELVE, TO JUNE THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED

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AND TWELVE, TO PROVIDE FOR THE SALARIES, TRAVELING

EXPENSES, AND PER DIEMS OF THE STUDENTS WHO HAVE
COMPLETED THE COURSE IN THE FOREST SCHOOL, AND
APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF FOUR THOUSAND FIVE
HUNDRED AND SIXTY PESOS FOR SUCH PURPOSE.

ACT NO. 2138 214

AN ACT APPROPRIATING INSULAR FUNDS NOT OTHERWISE
APPROPRIATED, FOR THE PURPOSES MENTIONED IN ACT
NUMBERED NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIVE,
ENTITLED “AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT
OF CLASSES FOR THE INSTRUCTION AND TRAINING OF MALE
AND FEMALE NURSES UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE
DIRECTOR OF HEALTH”

ACT NO. 2144 215

AN ACT AUTHORIZING AN APPROPRIATION OF FIVE HUNDRED
AND SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN FOR THE UNIVERSITY
OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

ACT NO. 2146 216

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PROVINCES AND SUBPROVINCES
OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS TO APPROPRIATE FROM THEIR
FUNDS CERTAIN SUMS FOR THE PURPOSE OF GRANTING
ALLOWANCES TO YOUNG FILIPINOS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE
JURISDICTIONS TO ENABLE THEM TO FOLLOW A CAREER
IN THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES OR ANY OTHER
GOVERNMENTAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION IN MANILA.

ACT NO. 2161 218

AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED NINETEEN HUNDRED
AND SEVENTY-FIVE, ENTITLED “AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CLASSES FOR THE INSTRUCTION
AND TRAINING OF MALE AND FEMALE NURSES UNDER THE
SUPERVISION OF THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH,” BY REMOVING
THE RESTRICTION AS TO THE NUMBER OF NURSES OF EACH
SEX THAT MAY BE ADMITTED DURING ANY ONE YEAR.

ACT NO. 2168 219

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE CREATION OF SEVENTY
SCHOLARSHIPS, AT LEAST ONE FOR EACH OF THE PROVINCES

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AND SUBPROVINCES ORGANIZED UNDER ACT NUMBERED

EIGHTY-THREE, KNOWN AS THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT
ACT, AND FOR THE SPECIAL PROVINCES OF PALAWAN,
MINDORO, AND BATANES, IN THE GOVERNMENT FOREST
SCHOOL ESTABLISHED AT LOS BANOS, LA LAGUNA, AND
APPROPRIATING TWENTY-FOUR THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED
AND EIGHTY-SEVEN PESOS AND FIFTY CENTAVOS FOR SUCH
PURPOSE.

ACT NO. 2182 222

AN ACT APPROPRIATING- THE SUM OF TWENTY THOUSAND
PESOS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND FURNISHING OF A
DORMITORY FOR FILIPINO SCHOOL TEACHERS AT THE
TEACHERS’ CAMP, BAGUIO, MOUNTAIN PROVINCE.

ACT NO. 2183 223

AN ACT AMENDING SECTION FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED TWO
THOUSANDAND SIXTY-ONE, ENTITLED “ANACT ESTABLISHING
A SALES AGENCY FOR ARTICLES MANUFACTURED IN THE
SCHOOLS IN THE PROVINCES INHABITED BY MOROS AND
OTHER NON-CHRISTIAN TRIBES AND BY THE PEOPLE OF
SAID PROVINCES, AND APPROPRIATING MONEY FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION OF A SUITABLE BUILDING FOR THE SAME,
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES,” BY PROVIDING FOR THE
COMPENSATION OF THE SALES AGENT.

ACT NO. 2198 224

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE SECRETARY OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION TO MAKE AN ALLOTMENT FROM THE AMOUNT
APPROPRIATED IN ACT NUMBERED TWO THOUSAND AND
TWENTY-NINE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SCHOOL ON
LAND BELONGING TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED
STATES IN THE NAVAL RESERVATION AT OLONGAPO.

ACT NO. 2217 225

AN ACTAUTHORIZING MUNICIPAL COUNCILS TO APPROPRIATE
AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH YEAR A CERTAIN SUM OUT OF
THE SCHOOL FUNDS FOR THE CREATION AND MAINTENANCE
OF NIGHT SCHOOLS IN ENGLISH IN THEIR RESPECTIVE
MUNICIPALITIES, UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.

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ACT NO. 2218 226

AN ACT APPROPRIATING FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE
SCHOOL OF HOUSEHOLD INDUSTRIES

ACT NO. 2219 227

AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE SUPPORT OF
PENSIONADOS IN INSULAR SCHOOLS.

ACT NO. 2239 228

AN ACT AMENDING SECTION TWELVE OF ACT NUMBERED
ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY, AS AMENDED, BY PROVIDING
THAT UNTIL JANUARY FIRST NINETEEN HUNDRED AND
TWENTY, BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH SHALL BE OFFICIAL
LANGUAGES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

ACT NO. 2253 230

AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND
PESOS; PROVIDING FOR THE CREATION OF TWENTY
SCHOLARSHIPS, FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THIRTY-THREE
SCHOLARSHIPS ALREADY CREATED BY ACT NUMBERED
TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-EIGHT, AND FOR THE
SALARIES, TRAVELING EXPENSES, AND EQUIPMENT OF THE
GRADUATES OF THE GOVERNMENT FOREST SCHOOL AT LOS
BAÑOS, LAGUNA.

ACT NO. 2260 233

AN ACT AUTHORIZING AN APPROPRIATION OF SIX HUNDRED
AND TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN FOR THE UNIVERSITY
OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

ACT NO. 2271 234

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE MUNICIPALITY OF ZAMBOANGA
TO INCUR AN INDEBTEDNESS OF ONE HUNDRED AND
FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS IN MONEY OF THE UNITED
STATES, AND TO ISSUE BONDS COVERING THE AMOUNT
OF SAID INDEBTEDNESS, PAYABLE IN GOLD COIN OF THE
UNITED STATES, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FUNDS
TO CONSTRUCT NECESSARY SEWER AND DRAINAGE
FACILITIES, TO SECURE A SUFFICIENT SUPPLY OF WATER,
AND NECESSARY BUILDINGS FOR PRIMARY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
IN SAID MUNICIPALITY, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS

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OF SECTIONS SIXTY-SIX, SIXTY-SEVEN, SIXTY-EIGHT, AND

SIXTY-NINE OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS APPROVED JULY
FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWO, ENTITLED “AN ACT
TEMPORARILY TO PROVIDE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF
THE AFFAIRS OF CIVIL GOVERNMENT IN THE PHILIPPINE
ISLANDS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES,” AS AMENDED.

ACT NO. 2278 238

AN ACT AMENDING SECTION FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED TWO
THOUSANDAND SIXTY-ONE, ENTITLED “ANACT ESTABLISHING
A SALES AGENCY FOR ARTICLES MANUFACTURED IN THE
SCHOOLS IN THE PROVINCES INHABITED BY MOROS AND
OTHER NON-CHRISTIAN TRIBES AND BY THE PEOPLE OF
SAID PROVINCES, AND APPROPRIATING MONEY FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION OF A SUITABLE BUILDING FOR THE SAME,
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES,” AS AMENDED, BY PROVIDING
A METHOD FOR COMPUTING THE COMPENSATION OF THE
SALES AGENT AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

ACT NO. 2288 240

AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED AND
SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND PESOS PHILIPPINE CURRENCY
FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

ACT NO. 2302 241

AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF SEVEN THOUSAND
PESOS FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF TWENTY GOVERNMENT
STUDENTS AT THE COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SCIENCE OF
THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES.

ACT NO. 2388 242

AN ACT REORGANIZING THE NAUTICAL DEPARTMENT OF
THE PHILIPPINE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND TRADES, MANILA,
AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR ITS CONTINUANCE AS THE
PHILIPPINE NAUTICAL SCHOOL.

ACT NO. 2424 244

AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED EIGHTEEN HUNDRED
AND TWENTY-NINE ENTITLED “AN ACT PROVIDING FOR
POPULAR CIVICO-EDUCATIONAL LECTURES IN THE
MUNICIPALITIES AND PRINCIPALLY IN THE BARRIOS OF THE
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS”.

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ACT NO. 2467 245

AN ACT TO REORGANIZE THE PHILIPPINE TRAINING SCHOOL
FOR NURSES, TO ESTABLISH A SCHOOL OF MIDWIFERY, AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

ACT NO. 2482 248

AN ACT AMENDING SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED
TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX, ENTITLED “AN
ACT AUTHORIZING THE PROVINCES AND SUBPROVINCES
OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS TO APPROPRIATE FROM THEIR
FUNDS CERTAIN SUMS FOR THE PURPOSE OF GRANTING
ALLOWANCES TO YOUNG FILIPINOS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE
JURISDICTIONS TO ENABLE THEM TO FOLLOW A CAREER
IN THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES OR ANY OTHER
GOVERNMENTAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION IN MANILA,”
BY PROVIDING THAT PROVINCIAL TREASURERS SHALL
MAKE THE PAYMENT OF THE ALLOWANCES PROVIDED IN
SAID ACT.

ACT NO. 2511 250

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION TO
FURNISH SUBSISTENCE AND OTHER LIVING EXPENSES TO
PUPILS OF CERTAIN PUBLIC SCHOOLS UNDER CERTAIN
CONDITIONS.

ACT NO. 2531 251

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE ONE MILLION PESOS FOR PRIMARY
SCHOOLS AND PURPOSES RELATED THEREWITH IN THE
TERRITORY INHABITED BY MOHAMMEDANS OR OTHER NON-
CHRISTIAN/FILIPINOS.

ACT NO. 2572 252

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE, IN THE INTEREST OF THE
EFFICIENCY AND UNIFORMITY OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE, THE
CONSOLIDATION OF THE PHILIPPINE LIBRARY, THE DIVISION
OF ARCHIVES, PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS, AND TRADEMARKS
OF THE EXECUTIVE BUREAU, AND THE LAW AND LIBRARY
DIVISION OF THE PHILIPPINE ASSEMBLY, TO FORM AN
ORGANIZATION TO BE KNOWN AS “PHILIPPINE LIBRARY AND
MUSEUM,” UNDER THE ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL OF THE
SECRETARY OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.

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ACT NO. 2578 256

AN ACT CREATING A SCHOOL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE
PHILIPPINES TO BE KNOWN AS “THE FOREST SCHOOL.”
ACT NO. 2605 257
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE CREATION IN THE PHILIPPINE
ISLANDS OF AN ACADEMY FOR OFFICERS FOR THE PHILIPPINE
CONSTABULARY.
ACT NO. 2623 262
AN ACT APPROPRIATING TEN THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE
ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A CONSERVATORY
OF MUSIC.
ACT NO. 2629 264
AN ACT CONFERRING CERTAIN POWERS UPON THE DIRECTOR
OF EDUCATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF STIMULATING AND
ENCOURAGING THE MANUFACTURE OF HANDICRAFT
PRODUCTS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND PROVIDING
FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PROVINCIAL INDUSTRIAL
DEPARTMENTS TO COOPERATE WITH THE BUREAU OF
EDUCATION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
ACT NO. 2693 267
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF TWENTY-FIVE
THOUSAND PESOS TO AID IN THE MAINTENANCE OF PRIMARY
SCHOOLS ESTABLISHED IN MUNICIPALITIES WHERE THERE
ARE LANDS COMMONLY KNOWN AS FRIAR ESTATES AND OF
THOSE WHICH MAY HEREAFTER BE ESTABLISHED IN THE
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
ACT NO. 2706 268
AN ACT MAKING THE INSPECTION AND RECOGNITION OF
PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES OBLIGATORY FOR THE
SECRETARY OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES.
ACT NO. 2725 274
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR
TO ESTABLISH A SCHOOL OF NURSING IN THE SOUTHERN
ISLANDS HOSPITAL DIVISION, AS A DEPENDENCY OF THE
SCHOOL OF NURSING OF THE PHILIPPINE GENERAL HOSPITAL,
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

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ACT NO. 2730 276

AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED AND
TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE COLLEGE OF
AGRICULTURE AT LOS BAÑOS, FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
AN EXPERIMENTAL STATION ANNEXED THERETO.
ACT NO. 2735 277
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE TEACHING OF THE SPANISH
LANGUAGE IN THE HIGH SCHOOLS OF THE GOVERNMENT.
ACT NO. 2746 278
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF JUSTICE TO
GRANT SCHOLARSHIPS TO GRADUATES OF THE COLLEGE OF
LIBERAL ARTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES TO
SPECIALIZE IN THE UNITED STATES IN BIBLIOGRAPHY AND
LIBRARY SCIENCE.
ACT NO. 2759 279
AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED EIGHTEEN 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.”
ACT NO. 2782 283
AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF THIRTY MILLION
SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIVE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED
AND TWENTY-FOUR PESOS FOR THE EXTENSION OF FREE
ELEMENTAL INSTRUCTION TO ALL CHILDREN OF SCHOOL
AGE.
ACT NO. 2787 285
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED
TWENTY-SIX HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-TWO, AUTHORIZING
THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE
PHILIPPINES TO CONTRACT FOR TECHNICAL SERVICES,
UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.
ACT NO. 2830 286
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWELVE OF ACT NUMBERED
ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY, AS AMENDED, BY PROVIDING

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THAT UNTIL JANUARY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND

THIRTY, BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH SHALL BE OFFICIAL
LANGUAGES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

ACT NO. 2896 288

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION NINE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-
FIVE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AUTHORIZING THE
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION TO DETERMINE THE
AMOUNT OF THE EXPENSES OF TEACHERS SELECTED AS
PENSIONADOS, SUBJECT TO CERTAIN LIMITATIONS.

ACT NO. 2937 289

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF THIRTY THOUSAND
PESOS FOR THE PURCHASE, PUBLICATION, AND DISTRIBUTION
OF THE MANUSCRIPT ENTITLED “THE JUNIOR CITIZEN,”
OWNED BY LEANDRO H. FERNANDEZ, TO PROVIDE FOR THE
TEACHING OF CIVICS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH
IDEALS OF PATRIOTISM, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

ACT NO. 2948 290

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE DISBURSEMENT OF SUCH SUM
AS MAY BE NECESSARY OF THE UNEXPENDED BALANCE OF
THE FUNDS OF THE MAGELLAN CENTENNIAL COMMISSION
CREATED BY ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED AND
TEN, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SCHOOLHOUSE ON THE
ISLAND OF MACTAN, PROVINCE OF CEBU.

ACT NO. 2957 291

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.

ACT NO. 3001 293

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-NINE HUNDRED
AND THIRTY-SEVEN, ENTITLED “AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE
THE SUM OF THIRTY THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE PURCHASE,
PUBLICATION, AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE MANUSCRIPT
ENTITLED ‘THE JUNIOR CITIZEN,’ OWNED BY LEANDRO H.
FERNANDEZ, TO PROVIDE FOR THE TEACHING OF CIVICS
AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH IDEALS OF PATRIOTISM,
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.”

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ACT NO. 3029 294

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE MEDICAL INSPECTION OF THE
CHILDREN OF THE PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS OF THE
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.

ACT NO. 3037 295

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO OF ACT NUMBERED
TWENTY-SIX HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE, ENTITLED “AN
ACT CONFERRING CERTAIN POWERS UPON THE DIRECTOR
OF EDUCATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF STIMULATING AND
ENCOURAGING THE MANUFACTURE OF HANDICRAFT
PRODUCTS IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND PROVIDING
FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PROVINCIAL INDUSTRIAL
DEPARTMENTS TO COOPERATE WITH THE BUREAU OF
EDUCATION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.”

ACT NO. 3050 296

AN ACT TO PROVIDE ANNUAL PENSIONS FOR TEACHERS
EMPLOYED IN THE PHILIPPINE PUBLIC SCHOOLS; TO
APPROPRIATE MONEY AND REGULATE THE DISBURSEMENT
THEREOF.

ACT NO. 3053 302

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF EIGHTEEN MILLION
SEVEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-NINE THOUSAND PESOS TO
EXTEND THE FACILITIES OF UNIVERSITY EDUCATION.

ACT NO. 3075 305

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FOUR AND ADD A NEW
SECTION TO ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED
AND SIX, ENTITLED “AN ACT MAKING THE INSPECTION
AND RECOGNITION OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES
OBLIGATORY FOR THE SECRETARY OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION,
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES”.

ACT NO. 3095 307

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED
AND SEVENTY-EIGHT CREATING A SCHOOL OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES KNOWN AS ‘’THE FOREST
SCHOOL”.

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ACT NO. 3100 308

AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTIONS OF ACT NUMBERED
THREE THOUSAND AND FIFTY, ENTITLED “AN ACT TO
PROVIDE ANNUAL PENSIONS FOR TEACHERS EMPLOYED IN
THE PHILIPPINE PUBLIC SCHOOLS; TO APPROPRIATE MONEY
AND REGULATE THE DISBURSEMENT THEREOF.

ACT NO. 3102 313

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE PROVINCIAL BOARD OF BATANES
TO SPEND THE AMOUNT OF THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND PESOS
ALLOTTED TO THAT PROVINCE AS AN INSULAR AID FOR
THE RELIEF OF EARTHQUAKE SUFFERERS, UNDER THE
PROVISIONS OF ACT NUMBERED TWO THOUSAND EIGHT
HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FOUR, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION
OR REPAIR OF PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDINGS OR OTHER
NECESSARY PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS IN SAID PROVINCE.

ACT NO. 3124 314

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES TO GRANT SALARY
INCREASES TO ANY PERSON IN THE REGULAR OR CONTRACT
SERVICE OF SAID UNIVERSITY.

ACT NO. 3162 315

AN ACT TO CREATE A BOARD OF EDUCATIONAL SURVEY
TO MAKE A STUDY AND SURVEY OF EDUCATION IN
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND OF ALL EDUCATIONAL
INSTITUTIONS, FACILITIES, AND AGENCIES THEREOF, AND
TO APPROPRIATE NOT TO EXCEED FORTY THOUSAND PESOS
TO DEFRAY ALL EXPENSES OF SAID SURVEY AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES.

ACT NO. 3196 317

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO OF ACT NUMBERED
THIRTY-ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-TWO, ENTITLED “AN ACT
TO CREATE A BOARD OF EDUCATIONAL SURVEY TO MAKE
A STUDY AND SURVEY OF EDUCATION IN THE PHILIPPINE
ISLANDS AND OF ALL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS,
FACILITIES, AND AGENCIES THEREOF, AND TO APPROPRIATE
NOT TO EXCEED FORTY THOUSAND PESOS TO DEFRAY ALL
EXPENSES OF SAID SURVEY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.”

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ACT NO. 3197 318

AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED EIGHTEEN 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.

ACT NO. 3271 321

AN ACT APPROPRIATING SIX THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE
PRINTING OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE REPORT ON EDUCATION
IN THE PHILIPPINES, PROVIDING FOR THE DISPOSITION OF
PRINTED COPIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

ACT NO. 3285 322

AN ACT TO CREATE SPECIAL CLASSES DURING THE LONG
VACATION AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

ACT NO. 3288 324

AN ACTAUTHORIZING THE USE OF PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDINGS
OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL HOURS FOR THE INSTRUCTION OF
ILLITERATES.

ACT NO. 3290 325

AN ACT APPROPRIATING FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS TO ENABLE
THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION TO DEVELOP
BETTER EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES.

ACT NO. 3308 327

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF THIRTY THOUSAND
PESOS CONTINUING THE TEACHING OF HOME CANNING AND
FOOD PRESERVATION IN THE PHILIPPINES AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES.

ACT NO. 3347 329

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF THREE HUNDRED
THOUSAND PESOS AS AN EMERGENCY INSULAR AID TO THE
MUNICIPALITIES FOR FREE ELEMENTARY EDUCATION AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

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ACT NO. 3349 331

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE TRAINING AND APPOINTMENT
OF SPECIAL TEACHERS IN THE SPECIAL PROVINCES OF
MINDANAO, SULU, PALAWAN, NUEVA VIZCAYA, AND THE
MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, AND TO APPROPRIATE THIRTY
THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE PURPOSE.

ACT NO. 3359 332

AN ACT TO PROVIDE A MINIMUM SALARY OF FORTY PESOS A
MONTH FOR MUNICIPAL-SCHOOL TEACHERS IN THE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.

ACT NO. 3377 333

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 SUBJECTS; TO
APPROPRIATE FUNDS AND REGULATE THEIR EXPENDITURES,
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

ACT NO. 3414 339

AN ACT AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE DIRECTOR
OF EDUCATION AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY
OF THE PHILIPPINES TO ISSUE RULES AND REGULATIONS
FOR THE USE OF UNIFORMS IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND
IN THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES.

ACT NO. 3454 340

AN ACT TO AMEND SUBSECTION (C) OF SECTION EIGHT OF
ACT NUMBERED THREE THOUSAND AND FIFTY, ENTITLED
“AN ACT TO PROVIDE ANNUAL PENSIONS FOR TEACHERS
EMPLOYED IN THE PHILIPPINE PUBLIC SCHOOLS; TO
APPROPRIATE MONEY AND REGULATE THE DISBURSEMENT
THEREOF,” AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED THREE
THOUSAND AND ONE HUNDRED.

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ACT NO. 3462 341

AN ACT TO CREATE A BOARD OF CONTROL FOR THE
AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOL KNOWN AS “LUIS PALAD
RURAL HIGH SCHOOL,” ESTABLISHED IN THE MUNICIPALITY
OF TAYABAS, PROVINCE OF TAYABAS, AND TO AMEND ACT
NUMBERED THIRTY-TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY-TWO
ACCORDINGLY.
ACT NO. 3496 343
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SIX HUNDRED
AND FIVE, ENTITLED “AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE CREATION
IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS OF AN ACADEMY FOR OFFICERS
FOR THE PHILIPPINE CONSTABULARY.”
ACT NO. 3528 349
AN ACT TO AMEND ITEMS 0-276 AND 0-286 OF ACT NUMBERED
THREE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY-NINE AND
TO APPROPRIATE THIRTY THOUSAND PESOS FOR FREE
ELEMENTARY INSTRUCTION.
ACT NO. 3568 351
AN ACT EMPOWERING THE SECRETARY OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION TO PRESCRIBE RULES FOR THE HOLDING
OF SINGLE SESSION IN THE PRIMARY, INTERMEDIATE, AND
HIGHSCHOOL CLASSES.
ACT NO. 3628 352
AN ACT AUTHORIZING AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION
OF FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS AS AID FOR THE
ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF NEW CLASSES IN
PRIMARY EDUCATION.
ACT NO. 3629 354
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO OF ACT NUMBERED THREE
THOUSAND AND FIFTY, KNOWN AS THE “TEACHERS’ PENSION
LAW.”
ACT NO. 3667 355
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF THIRTY-SIX THOUSAND
PESOS FOR THE OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE BRANCH
COLLEGE OT LIBERAL ARTS CREATED BY ACT NUMBERED
TWENTY-NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SIX, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES.

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ACT NO. 3694 356

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN
HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, KNOWN AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE
CODE, BY INSERTING A NEW SECTION AFTER SECTION
TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN OF SAID ACT TO BE
KNOWN AS SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN
AND A HALF, PROVIDING FOR A PROVINCIAL SCHOOL
FUND.
ACT NO. 3745 357
AN ACT TO AMEND SUBSECTION (C) OF SECTION SIX OF
ACT NUMBERED EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY AS
AMENDED BY SECTION FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-
SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-NINE, FOR THE PURPOSE OF
EMPOWERING THE BOARD OF REGENTS TO GRANT IN ITS
DISCRETION LEAVE OF ABSENCE UNDER SUCH REGULATIONS
AS IT MAY PROMULGATE.
ACT NO. 3768 358
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWELVE OF ACT NUMBERED
THREE THOUSAND AND FIFTY, ENTITLED “AN ACT TO
PROVIDE ANNUAL PENSIONS FOR TEACHERS EMPLOYED IN
THE PHILIPPINE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, TO APPROPRIATE MONEY
AND REGULATE THE DISBURSEMENT THEREOF,” AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES.
ACT NO. 3769 359
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION THIRTEEN OF ACT NUMBERED
THREE THOUSAND AND FIFTY, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE
TEACHERS’ PENSION LAW.
ACT NO. 3772 361
AN ACT TO AMEND 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 ACTS NUMBERED THIRTY-ONE HUNDRED AND
EIGHTY-FIVE AND THIRTY-FOUR HUNDRED AND TWO.
ACT NO. 3773 363
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION SEVEN OF ACT NUMBERED
THREE THOUSAND AND FIFTY, ENTITLED “AN ACT TO

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PROVIDE ANNUAL PENSIONS FOR TEACHERS EMPLOYED IN

THE PHILIPPINE PUBLIC SCHOOLS; TO APPROPRIATE MONEY
AND REGULATE THE DISBURSEMENT THEREOF.”

ACT NO. 3797 364

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE BUREAU OF SUPPLY TO PURCHASE
TEXTBOOKS FOR PRIVATE SCHOOLS, FOR SALE TO THE SAME
AT THE SAME PRICE AT WHICH SAID BUREAU SELLS THEM
TO THE BUREAU OF EDUCATION.

ACT NO. 3823 366

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE AN EXPENDITURE OF THE SUM OF TWO
HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND PESOS FOR EMERGENCY
INSULAR AID TO VARIOUS MUNICIPALITIES FOR SCHOOL
PURPOSES OUT OF THE APPROPRIATION AUTHORIZED FOR
THE BUREAU OF EDUCATION BY ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-
EIGHT HUNDRED AND THREE.

ACT NO. 3840 367

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION THIRTEEN OF ACT NUMBERED
THREE THOUSAND AND FIFTY, ENTITLED “AN ACT TO
PROVIDE ANNUAL PENSIONS FOR TEACHERS EMPLOYED
IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS; TO APPROPRIATE MONEY AND
REGULATE THE DISBURSEMENTS THEREOF,” AS AMENDED.

ACT NO. 3859 369

AN ACT AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE DIRECTOR
OF EDUCATION TO ISSUE REGULATIONS FOR THE USE OF
DRESSES AND CLOTHING OF ECONOMICAL MATERIAL BY
THE STUDENTS OF THE PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS, SECONDARY
TRADE, AGRICULTURAL, VOCATIONAL AND NORMAL
SCHOOLS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES, AND REPEALING
ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-FOUR HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN,
COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE UNIFORM LAW.

ACT NO. 3939 371

AN ACT AUTHORIZING TEACHERS AND OTHER PERSONS
CONTRIBUTING TO THE “TEACHERS’ PENSION AND
DISABILITY FUND” TO SECURE LOANS THEREFROM UNDER
CERTAIN CONDITIONS, THUS AMENDING SECTION EIGHT OF
ACT NUMBERED THREE THOUSAND AND FIFTY, AS AMENDED
BY ACT NUMBERED THREE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED,

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ENTITLED “AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTIONS OF ACT

NUMBERED THREE THOUSAND AND FIFTY, ENTITLED ‘AN ACT
TO PROVIDE ANNUAL PENSIONS FOR TEACHERS EMPLOYED
IN THE PHILIPPINE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, TO APPROPRIATE
MONEY AND REGULATE THE DISBURSEMENT THEREOF.’”

ACT NO. 3943 373

AN ACT DECLARING THE FIRST WEEK OF JANUARY,
NATIONAL THRIFT WEEK AND DIRECTING THE DIRECTOR
OF EDUCATION AND THE DIRECTOR OF POSTS EACH TO
CONDUCT A THRIFT CAMPAIGN DURING SAID WEEK, AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

ACT NO. 4010 374

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS ONE AND TWO OF ACT
NUMBERED THREE THOUSAND AND FIFTY, COMMONLY
KNOWN AS THE “TEACHERS PENSION LAW”, AS AMENDED
BY ACTS NUMBERED THIRTY-ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX
HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE, BY PROVIDING A MINIMUM
AGE LIMIT FOR RETIREMENT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

ACT NO. 4013 377

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES TO DISPOSE OF THE
MATRICULATION FEES ACCRUING TO THE UNIVERSITY FOR
THE CURRENT OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE INSTITUTION.

ACTS NO. 4044 378

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED

EIGHTEEN 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.

ACTS NO. 4139 380

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE RENTING OF TEXTBOOKS TO
INTERMEDIATE AND SECONDARY PUPILS IN THE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

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ACTS NO. 4160 382

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF ONE MILLION PESOS
FOR THE RELIEF OF INDIGENT SUFFERERS FROM THE
TYPHOONS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FOUR AND
NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIVE, FOR ATTENDING TO
URGENT REPAIRS OF PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDINGS DAMAGED
BY TYPHOONS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

COMMONWEALTH ACTS

COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 15 385

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF THIRTY THOUSAND
PESOS FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE
JUNIOR COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
THE PHILIPPINES IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CEBU, PROVINCE
OF CEBU, DURING THE FISCAL YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED
AND THIRTY-SIX AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 64 386

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED
EIGHTEEN 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.

COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 80 388

AN ACT CREATING THE OFFICE OF ADULT EDUCATION,
ENUMERATING ITS DUTIES, DEFINING ITS OBJECTIVES, AND
PROVIDING FUNDS FOR ITS OPERATION.

COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 121 391

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE PURCHASE OF
PRIMARY TEXTBOOKS FOR THE BUREAU OF EDUCATION.

COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 127 392

AN ACT TO PROVIDE AN EMERGENCY FUND FOR ELEMENTARY
CLASSES AND TO REGULATE THE EXPENDITURE THEREOF.

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COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 180 393

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS ONE, TWO, THREE, FIVE, SIX,
AND TWELVE OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED
AND SIX, AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED THIRTY HUNDRED
AND SEVENTY-FIVE; TO REPEAL SECTION SEVENTEEN OF
ACT NUMBERED FOUR THOUSAND AND SEVEN, KNOWN AS
“THE REORGANIZATION LAW OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND
THIRTY-TWO”; AND TO ESTABLISH THE OFFICE OF PRIVATE
EDUCATION TO BE HEADED BY THE DIRECTOR OF PRIVATE
EDUCATION.

COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 184 399

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A NATIONAL LANGUAGE INSTITUTE
AND DEFINE ITS POWERS AND DUTIES.

COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 187 403

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE LIQUIDATION OF THE TEACHERS’
RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY FUND, ESTABLISHED BY ACT
NUMBERED THIRTY HUNDRED AND FIFTY, AS AMENDED,
FOR THE DISPOSITION OF THE PROCEEDS THEREOF, AND THE
PAYMENT OF A REDUCED PENSION IN LIEU OF THE PENSION
THEREIN PROVIDED.

COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 234 409

AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF ONE MILLION TWO
HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS AS AID FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT
AND MAINTENANCE OF NEW ELEMENTARY CLASSES.

COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 240 411

AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF FIVE MILLION FIFTY
THOUSAND PESOS FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUILDINGS.

COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 281 413

AN ACT TO FURTHER AMEND SECTION SIX HUNDRED AND
EIGHTY-TWO OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED
AND ELEVEN, AS AMENDED BY SECTION SIXTEEN OF
COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND
SEVENTY-SEVEN, SO AS TO EXTEND THE TEMPORARY
APPOINTMENT OF TEACHERS UNTIL THE END OF THE SCHOOL
SEMESTER.

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COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 313 415

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF REGIONAL
NATIONAL VOCATIONAL TRADE SCHOOLS OF THE PHILIPPINE
SCHOOL OF ARTS AND TRADES TYPE AND REGIONAL
NATIONAL VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOLS
OF THE CENTRAL LUZON AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOL
TYPE AND THE PROPER SUPPORT AND EXPANSION OF SUCH
SCHOOLS AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED.

COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 333 416

AN ACT TO AMEND COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED
ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FOUR, ENTITLED “AN ACT TO
ESTABLISH A NATIONAL LANGUAGE INSTITUTE AND DEFINE
ITS POWERS AND DUTIES.”

COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 353 419

AN ACT AUTHORIZING AND EMPOWERING THE BOARD
OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES TO
FIX THE COMPENSATION AND SALARIES OF MEMBERS
OF THE FACULTIES, OFFICERS, AND EMPLOYEES OF SAID
INSTITUTION.

COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 367 420

AN ACT TRANSFERRING THE NATIONAL LIBRARY FROM
THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 381 421

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE SUPPORT OF PRIMARY AND
INTERMEDIATE EDUCATION AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 401 423

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
POSTGRADUATE COURSES AND FELLOWSHIPS IN MEDICINE
IN THE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE
PHILIPPINES.

COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 442 424

AN ACT TO DIRECT THE TRANSFER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
THE PHILIPPINES TO A SITE OUTSIDE THE CITY OF MANILA,
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR.

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COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 443 426

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED
EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY, AS AMENDED,
COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE CHARTER OF THE UNIVERSITY
OF THE PHILIPPINES.

COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 493 428

AN ACT APPROPRIATING TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED AND
FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS FOR PUBLIC PRIMARY CLASSES
THROUGHOUT THE PHILIPPINES.

COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 509 429

AN ACT APPROPRIATING ONE MILLION THREE HUNDRED
SEVENTY-ONE THOUSAND AND ONE HUNDRED FIFTY PESOS
AS ADDITIONAL FUND FOR THE IMMEDIATE OPENING
AND MAINTENANCE OF NEW PUBLIC PRIMARY CLASSES
THROUGHOUT THE PHILIPPINES.

COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 513 430

AN ACT APPROPRIATING FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS
TO BE ADVANCED TO MUNICIPALITIES AND MUNICIPAL
DISTRICTS FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF INTERMEDIATE
SCHOOLS.

COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 570 431

AN ACT MAKING THE FILIPINO NATIONAL LANGUAGE AN
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE FROM THE FOURTH OF JULY, NINETEEN
HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX.

COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 578 432

AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-
TWO OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE, SO AS TO INCLUDE
TEACHERS, PROFESSORS, AND PERSONS CHARGED WITH THE
SUPERVISION OF PUBLIC OR DULY RECOGNIZED PRIVATE
SCHOOLS, COLLEGES, AND UNIVERSITIES, WITHIN THE TERM
“PERSONS IN AUTHORITY.”

COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 586 433

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE REVISION OF THE SYSTEM
OF PUBLIC ELEMENTARY EDUCATION IN THE PHILIPPINES
INCLUDING THE FINANCING THEREOF.

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COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 587 439

AN ACT APPROPRIATING NINE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND PESOS FOR PRIMARY AND INTERMEDIATE
SCHOOLS.

COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 589 440

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A SCHOOL RITUAL IN ALL PUBLIC AND
PRIVATE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 656 441

AN ACT AMENDING PARAGRAPH THREE OF SECTION SEVEN
OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED
EIGHTY-SIX, KNOWN AS THE EDUCATIONAL ACT OF NINETEEN
HUNDRED FORTY.

COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 714 442

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A BONUS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL
TEACHERS AND OTHER LOW-SALARIED EMPLOYEES
EMBRACED IN GRADES 10-7 OF THE SALARY SCALE
AND SETTING ASIDE THE NECESSARY AMOUNT FOR THE
PURPOSE.

BATAS PAMBANSA

BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 12 447

AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHEASTERN
PHILIPPINES

BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 87 455

AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF BATAS PAMBANSA
BLG. 12.

BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 87 457

AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF BATAS PAMBANSA
BLG. 12.

BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 189 459

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A STATE COLLEGE IN THE PROVINCE
OF IFUGAO TO BE KNOWN AS THE IFUGAO STATE COLLEGE OF
AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY, PROVIDING A CHARTER FOR
THIS PURPOSE, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR.

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BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 198 466

AN ACT CONVERTING THE PRESENT CAMARINES SUR
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF PILI,
PROVINCE OF CAMARINES SUR, UNDER THE MINISTRY
OF EDUCATION AND CULTURE INTO A CHARTERED STATE
COLLEGE TO BE KNOWN AS THE CAMARINES SUR STATE
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.

BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 208 472

AN ACT CONVERTING THE JOLO COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND
THE DAYANG-DAYANG HADJI-PIANDAO MEMORIAL HIGH
SCHOOL, BOTH IN THE PROVINCE OF SULU, INTO A STATE
COLLEGE TO BE KNOWN AS THE SULU STATE COLLEGE.

BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 232 478

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND
M A I N T E N A N C E O F A N I N T E G R AT E D S Y S T E M O F
EDUCATION.

BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 400 508

AN ACT AMENDING SECTION FORTY-SIX OF BATAS PAMBANSA
BILANG 232.

BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 467 509

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE NEGROS ORIENTAL NATIONAL
AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BAYAWAN,
PROVINCE OF NEGROS ORIENTAL, TO OFFER VARIOUS POST-
SECONDARY COURSES IN AGRICULTURE.

BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 803 510

AN ACT CORRECTING CERTAIN ERRORS IN BATAS PAMBANSA
NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR ENTITLED “AN
ACT INTEGRATING AND CONVERTING CERTAIN SCHOOLS
IN THE PROVINCE OF SURIGAO DEL SUR INTO A NATIONAL
INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY TO BE KNOWN AS THE SURIGAO
DEL SUR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY”

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Laws and Executive Issuances on Educataion – Part I

Legislative Measures
Vol. I

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(1935, 1973, 1987)

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1935
CONSTITUTION OF THE
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

XXX XXX XXX

ARTICLE XIII
General Provisions

XXX XXX XXX

Section 5. All educational institutions shall be under

the supervision of and subject to regulation by the State. The
Government shall establish and maintain a complete and adequate
system of public education, and shall provide at least free public
primary instruction, and citizenship training to adult citizens. All
schools shall aim to develop moral character, personal discipline,
civic conscience, and vocational efficiency, and to teach the duties
of citizenship. Optional religious instruction shall be maintained
in the public schools as now authorized by law. Universities
established by the State shall enjoy academic freedom. The State
shall create scholarships in arts, science, and letters for specially
gifted citizens.

XXX XXX XXX

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THE 1973 CONSTITUTION :

AS AMENDED IN OCTOBER 16-17, 1976, ON
JANUARY 30, 1980, AND APRIL 7, 1981.
CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE
PHILIPPINES

XXX XXX XXX

ARTICLE II
DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES AND STATE POLICIES

XXX XXX XXX

SEC. 7. The State shall establish, maintain, and ensure

adequate social services in the field of education, health, housing,
employment, welfare, and social security to guarantee the
enjoyment of the people of a decent standard of living.

XXX XXX XXX

ARTICLE XV
GENERAL PROVISIONS

XXX XXX XXX

SEC. 8. (1) All educational institutions shall be under the

supervision of and subject to regulation by the State. The State
shall establish and maintain a complete, adequate, and integrated
system of education relevant to goals of national development.

(2) All institutions of higher learning shall enjoy academic

freedom.

(3) The study of the Constitution shall be part of the curricula

in all schools.

(4) All educational institutions shall aim to inculcate love

of country, teach the duties of citizenship, and develop moral

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character, personal discipline, and scientific, technological, and

vocational efficiency.

(5) The State shall maintain a system of free public

elementary education and, in areas where finances permit,
establish and maintain a system of free public education at least
up to the secondary level.

(6) The State shall provide citizenship and vocational

training to adult citizens and out-of-school youth, and create
and maintain scholarships for poor and deserving students.

(7) Educational institutions, other than those established by

religious orders, mission boards, and charitable organizations,
shall be owned solely by citizens of the Philippines, or corporations
or associations sixty per centum of the capital of which is owned
by such citizens. The control and administration of educational
institutions shall be vested in citizens of the Philippines. No
education institution shall be established exclusively for aliens,
and no group of aliens shall comprise more than one-third of the
enrollment of any school. The provisions of this subsection shall
not apply to schools established for foreign diplomatic personnel
and their dependents and, unless otherwise provided by law, for
other foreign temporary resident.

(8) At the option expressed in writing by the parents or

guardians, and without cost to them and the government, religion
shall be taught to their children or wards in public elementary
and high schools as may be provided by law.

XXX XXX XXX

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THE CONSTITUTION OF THE

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
1987

XXX XXX XXX

ARTICLE II
DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES AND STATE POLICIES
PRINCIPLES

XXX XXX XXX

SEC. 17. The State shall give priority to education, science

and technology, arts, culture, and sports to foster patriotism and
nationalism, accelerate social progress, and promote total human
liberation and development.

XXX XXX XXX

ARTICLE VI
THE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT

XXX XXX XXX

SEC. 28. (1) The rule of taxation shall be uniform and

equitable. The Congress shall evolve a progressive system of
taxation. X X X

(3) Charitable institutions, churches and parsonages or

convents appurtenant thereto, mosques, non-profit cemeteries,
and all lands, buildings, and improvements, actually, directly, and
exclusively used for religious, charitable, or educational purposes
shall be exempt from taxation.

XXX XXX XXX

ARTICLE X
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
GENERAL PROVISIONS

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Autonomous Region

XXX XXX XXX

SEC. 20. Within its territorial jurisdiction and subject to

the provisions of this Constitution and national laws, the organic
act of autonomous regions shall provide for legislative powers over:
XXX

(7) Educational policies;

XXX XXX XXX

ARTICLE XIII
SOCIAL JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS

XXX XXX XXX

Human Rights

SEC. 17. (1) There is hereby created an independent office

called the Commission on Human Rights.

XXX XXX XXX

(5) Establish a continuing program of research, education,

and information to enhance respect for the primacy of human
rights;

XXX XXX XXX

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PUBLIC ACTS

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ACT NO. 4

AN ACT APPROPRIATING ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS, IN THE

MONEY OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR THE PURPOSE
OF PAYING THE SALARY OF THE PROPERTY CLERK IN
THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PERIOD OF
ONE MONTH FROM SEPTEMBER EIGHTH TO OCTOBER
EIGHTH, NINETEEN HUNDRED.

By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the

United States Philippine Commission, that:

SECTION 1. The sum of one hundred dollars, in the money

of the United States, is hereby appropriated out of any funds in
the Insular Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose
of paying the salary of the property clerk in the Department of
Education, for the period of one month from September eighth to
October eighth, nineteen hundred.

SEC. 2. The Military Governor is authorized to draw his

warrant in favor of the duly appointed property clerk for the amount
designated in section one of this Act, and the Insular Treasurer is
directed to pay the same.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, September 12, 1900.

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ACT NO. 11

AN ACT APPROPRIATING SUNDRY SUMS TO PAY THE

EXPENSES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
INCURRED PRIOR TO THE FIRST OF SEPTEMBER.

By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the

United States Philippine Commission, that:

SECTION 1. The sum of four hundred and fifty-six dollars and

twelve cents in money of the United States is hereby appropriated,
out of any money in the Insular Treasury, not otherwise appropriated,
to be paid to the following persons, for supplies furnished or services
rendered the Department of Education:

E. C. McCullough $ 47.89
Bazar de Velasco 175.00
Cunningham, Curtis & Welch 74.48
Payot, Upham & Co. 107.12
Lucy H. Willis 51.63

SEC. 2. The Military Governor is authorized and directed to

draw his warrants in favor of the persons named in the preceding
section for the respective sums therein set forth and the Insular
Treasurer is directed to pay the same.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, October 3, 1900.

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ACT NO. 15

AN ACT TO INCREASE THE MONTHLY SALARIES OF THE

NATIVE FILIPINO PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS OF
MANILA AND VICINITY.

By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the

United States Philippine Commission, that:

SECTION 1. Until the salaries of all school-teachers can

be properly adjusted by general law establishing a proper school
system in the Islands, the monthly salaries of the native Filipino
school teachers now teaching in the public schools of the city of
Manila and in the suburbs of Pandacan, Pasay, Singalon, and Santa
Ana, shall be increased thirty-three and one-third per cent over and
above their present salaries.

SEC. 2. The increase provided for in the first section of this

Act shall apply to the salaries to be paid for the month of October,
nineteen hundred.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, October 10, 1900.

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ACT NO. 32

AN ACT MAKING PERMANENT THE TEMPORARY AUTHORITY

TO APPOINT A PROPERTY CLERK IN THE DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION CONTAINED IN AN ACT PASSED
SEPTEMBER TWELFTH, NINETEEN HUNDRED.

By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the

United States Philippine Commission, that:

SECTION 1. The authority conferred by an Act of the United

States Philippine Commission, passed September twelfth, nineteen
hundred, to appoint temporarily a property clerk in the Department
of Education is hereby made permanent.

SEC. 2. The authority herein conferred shall relate to October

eighth, last.

SEC. 3. If the person appointed under and by authority of the

Act of September twelfth, nineteen hundred, shall be reappointed
under the present Act, he shall have the benefit of the provisions of
section twenty-two of the Civil Service Act.

SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, October 24, 1900.

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ACT NO. 74

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC

INSTRUCTION IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND
APPROPRIATING FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE
ORGANIZATION AND MAINTENANCE OF A NORMAL AND
A TRADE SCHOOL IN MANILA, AND FIFTEEN THOUSAND
DOLLARS FOR THE ORGANIZATION AND MAINTENANCE
OF AN AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL IN THE ISLAND OF
NEGROS FOR THE YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND
ONE.

By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the

United States Philippine Commission, that:

SECTION 1. A Department of Public Instruction for the

Philippine Islands is hereby established, the central office of which
shall be in the city of Manila. All primary instruction in the schools
established or maintained under this Act shall be free.

SEC. 2. All schools heretofore established in the Philippine

Islands, under the auspices of the Military Government, are hereby
declared to be in the Department of Public Instruction established
by section one and are made subject to the control of the officers of
this Department.

SEC. 3. The chief officer of this Department shall be

denominated the General Superintendent of Public Instruction and
shall be appointed by the Commission. His annual salary shall be
six thousand dollars. He shall have the following powers and duties,
to be exercised and discharged under the general supervision of the
Military Governor:

(a) He shall establish schools in even pueblo in the Archipelago,

where practicable, and shall reorganize those already established,
when such reorganization is necessary.

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(b) He shall appoint, in accordance with Act Numbered

Twenty-five, enacted October seventeenth, nineteen hundred, a City
Superintendent of Schools for Manila, and division superintendents
of schools for other parts of the Archipelago, and the teachers and
clerks authorized by law, and shall prescribe the duties of such
teachers and clerks.

(c) He shall fix the salaries of the division superintendents

and teachers within the limits established by law.

(d) He shall fix a curriculum for primary, secondary, and other

public schools and shall decide in what towns secondary schools
shall be established.

(e) He shall divide the Archipelago into school divisions, not

more than ten in number, and shall fix the boundaries thereof, with
power to change the same when necessary, but the city of Manila
and its barrios shall constitute one of such school divisions.

(f) He shall prescribe the authority to be exercised by the

principal teacher of each school over the other teachers, if any, and
his duties in caring for the schoolhouse and school property.

(g) He shall prescribe plans for the construction of schoolhouses

to be built by the municipalities, the amount of land required in each
case, and rules of hygiene which shall be observed in connection
with the schools of the Archipelago.

(h) He shall make contracts for the purchase of school supplies

authorized by law, and, whenever practicable, he shall invite bids
by public advertisement and shall award the contract to the lowest
responsible bidder.

(i) He shall have power to determine the towns in which

English teachers, to be paid out of the Insular Treasury, shall teach.
He may exercise this discretion in favor of those towns showing
their loyalty to the United States by their peaceful conditions, and
in favor of those towns which shall construct and maintain suitable
schoolhouses by local taxation or contributions.

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(j) In case of a vacancy in the office of a division superintendent

or that of the Superintendent for Manila, he shall discharge all the
duties of such position during the vacancy, or may make a temporary
appointment to fill the same.

(k) He shall examine and pass upon all requisitions made

for funds by division superintendents and forward them, with
his recommendation, to the Chief Executive for submission to the
Commission.

(l) On or before January first and July first of each year

he shall make a report of his administration for the previous six
months to the Military Governor and to the Commission, and such
special reports as may from time to time be called for by either.
In the regular semi-annual reports, it shall be the duty of the
superintendent to recommend changes in the school law which he
deems expedient.

(m) He shall exorcise general supervision over the entire

department, and shall prepare and promulgate rules for the
examination and determination of the qualifications of applicants
for positions of division superintendents and teachers, and for the
guidance of the officers and teachers of the department, adapted to
carry out this law and not inconsistent with its provisions.

SEC. 4. There shall be a superior advisory board of education

composed of the General Superintendent and four members to be
appointed by the Commission. It shall be the duty of the board
to hold regular meetings once in two months, on a day to be fixed
by resolution of the board, and such special meetings as shall be
called by the General Superintendent. The General Superintendent
shall act as president of the board. The chief clerk of the General
Superintendent shall act as secretary of the board and keep minutes
of its proceedings. It shall be the duty of the board to assist the
General Superintendent by advice and information concerning
the educational needs and conditions of the Islands; to make such
investigations as the General Superintendent may desire and
to make recommendations to the Commission from time to time
as to needed amendments to the law. Each of the four members

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of the board, appointed by virtue of this section, shall receive as

compensation ten dollars for each regular or special meeting which
he shall attend. Any member of the board who is a non-resident of
Manila shall be paid his actual and necessary expenses for travel
from his residence to Manila and his return and hotel expenses.
Requisitions for the amount required to pay such compensation and
expenses shall be made by the General Superintendent. The terms
of office of the members of such board appointed under this section
shall be for three years or until their successors are appointed and
qualified.

SEC. 5. There shall be a City Superintendent of Schools in the

city of Manila who shall receive an annual salary of three thousand
dollars.

SEC. 6. In each school division established by the General

Superintendent of Public Instruction, there shall be a division
superintendent who shall receive an annual salary of not less
than two thousand dollars and not more than twenty-five hundred
dollars.

SEC. 7. The actual expenses of the General Superintendent

and the division superintendents while traveling or absent from
their usual places of residence on official business shall be paid out
of the Insular Treasury.

SEC. 8. Except where otherwise provided, provisions of this

act describing the duties and powers of division superintendents
shall apply to the City Superintendent for Manila.

SEC. 9. Each division superintendent shall, subject to rules

prescribed by the General Superintendent, under section three (m),
appoint the native school teachers to serve in the schools within
his district and shall fix their salaries from year to year within
the limits prescribed by law. He shall examine the schoolhouses
occupied for public instruction within his division with a view to
determining their suitableness and hygienic condition. Should the
schoolhouse in which any school is conducted appear to the division
superintendent to be unsuitable and dangerous for the health of

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the children, and should no other schoolhouse be available, he shall

have power, subject to the approval of the General Superintendent,
to discontinue such school, and it shall be unlawful thereafter to
use the schoolhouse thus condemned for public school purposes. He
shall pass upon and accept or reject or modify the plans for any new
schoolhouse, proposed by the local authorities to be erected, and
for the proposed site thereof, and shall make report of his action
thereon to the General Superintendent of Public Instruction. If the
local authorities or the local school board shall be dissatisfied with
the decision of the division superintendent as to the suitableness
of the plans or site of the proposed schoolhouse they may appeal
to the General Superintendent, whose decision shall he final. He
shall make careful investigations into the agricultural conditions
existing in his division and shall make report thereon to the General
Superintendent of Public Instruction, with a view to aiding the
General Superintendent in making recommendations as to the places
and number of the agricultural schools hereafter to be established.
He shall see to it by personal visits and by requiring reports from
the principal teachers of each school that the curriculum for primary
and secondary schools prescribed by the General Superintendent of
Public Instruction is complied with. He shall make himself familiar
with the supplies and text books needed in each school in his division,
and shall make report of the same at as early a date as possible, in
order that they may be contracted for and furnished by the General
Superintendent. He shall appoint one-half of the local school board
in each pueblo in his division, as provided in section ten. He shall
have and maintain his residence and an office in one of the large
towns in his division, from which all the pueblos in his district can
be most conveniently reached.

SEC. 10. There shall be established in each municipality

organized under any General Order of the Military Governor or
under such municipal code as may be hereafter enacted, a local
school board, consisting of four or six members, as the division
superintendent may determine, in addition to the president or
alcalde of the municipality, who shall be a member ex officio. One
half of the members, except the member ex officio, shall be elected by
the municipal council, and the remaining half shall be appointed by
the division superintendent, and the term of office of all members,

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holding by appointment or election, shall be two years and until

their successors shall have been duly elected or appointed.

SEC. 11. The appointed or elected members of the local school

board, may, after due notice and hearing, be removed at any time by
the division superintendent, subject to the approval of the General
Superintendent of Public Instruction, who shall have power to
suspend such members temporarily.

SEC. 12. It shall be the power and duty of the local school
board:

(a) To visit from time to time the schools of the pueblo and
to report bi-monthly to the division superintendent their condition
and the attendance of pupils.

(b) To recommend sites and plans to the municipal council for

schoolhouses to be erected.

(c) Where there are two or more schools in the pueblo, to adopt
rules, subject to the supervision of the division superintendent, for
assigning the pupils of the pueblo to the several schools.

(d) To report annually to the municipal council the amount of

money which should be raised for the current year by local taxation
for school purposes.

(e) To report, whenever it shall deem necessary, directly to

the General Superintendent as to the condition of the schools of the
pueblo and to make suggestions in respect thereto as may seem to
it expedient.

SEC. 13. Every pueblo shall constitute a school district and it

shall be the duty of the municipal council thereof to make as ample
provision as possible by local taxation for the support of all the schools
established within its jurisdiction. In exceptional cases, where the
topography of the country or the difficulty of communication between
parts of the same pueblo require it, the division superintendent may
attach a part of one pueblo to the school district of another and shall,

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in such case, fix the amount which it will be just for the municipal
council of the former to contribute to the annual school expenses of
the latter.

SEC. 14. The English language shall, as soon as practicable,

be made the basis of all public school instruction, and soldiers may
be detailed as instructors until such time as they may be replaced
by trained teachers.

SEC. 15. Authority is hereby given to the General

Superintendent of Public Instruction to obtain from the United
States one thousand trained teachers at monthly salaries of not
less than seventy-five dollars and not more than one hundred and
twenty-five dollars, the exact salary of each teacher to be fixed by
the General Superintendent of Public Instruction in accordance
with the efficiency of the teacher in question and the importance
of the position held. The necessary traveling expenses of such
teachers from their places of residence to Manila shall be paid by
the Government.

SEC. 16. No teacher or other person shall teach or criticize

the doctrines of any church, religious sect, or denomination, or
shall attempt to influence the pupils for or against any church or
religious sect in any public school established under this Act. If any
teacher shall intentionally violate this section he or she shall, after
due hearing, be dismissed from the public service.

Provided, however, That it shall be lawful for the priest or

minister of any church established in the pueblo where a public
school is situated, either in person or by a designated teacher of
religion, to teach religion for one half an hour three times a week
in the school building to those public school pupils whose parents
or guardians desire it and express their desire therefor in writing
filed with the principal teacher of the school, to be forwarded to the
division superintendent, who shall fix the hours and rooms for such
teaching. But no public school teachers shall either conduct religious
exercises or teach religion or act as a designated religious teacher in
the school building under the foregoing authority, and no pupil shall
be required by any public school teacher to attend and receive the

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religious instruction herein permitted. Should the opportunity thus

given to teach religion be used by the priest, minister, or religious
teacher for the purpose of arousing disloyalty to the United States,
or of discouraging the attendance of pupils at such public school,
of creating a disturbance of public order, or of interfering with the
discipline of the school, the division superintendent, subject to
the approval of the General Superintendent of Public Instruction,
may, after due investigation and hearing, forbid such offending
priest, minister, or religious teacher from entering the public school
building thereafter.

SEC. 17. There shall be established and maintained in the city

of Manila a Normal School for the education of natives of the Islands
in the science of teaching. The rules and plan for the organization
and conduct of such school and the qualifications of pupils entering
the same, shall be determined by the General Superintendent of
Public Instruction.

SEC. 18. There shall be established and maintained in the

city of Manila a Trade School for the instruction of natives of the
Islands in the useful trades. The powers and duties of the General
Superintendent in respect to this school shall be the same as those
provided in the section in respect to the Normal School.

SEC. 19. There shall be established and maintained a School

of Agriculture in the Island of Negros. The superior advisory school
board shall recommend to the Commission for final determination
a proper site for such school. The powers and duties of the General
Superintendent in respect to this school shall be the same as those
provided in the section concerning the Normal School.

SEC 20. The General Superintendent of Public Instruction

is authorized and directed, under the supervision of the Military
Governor, to procure the making of plans and estimates for the
creation of such school buildings as he may deem necessary and
practicable at the present time, including a building or buildings
for the Normal School in Manila and a building or buildings for
the Trade School directed to be established in sections seventeen
and eighteen hereof. The estimated cost of such buildings and their

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proper equipment shall not exceed four hundred thousand dollars.

Such plans and estimates shall be submitted to the Commission.

SEC. 21. The General Superintendent of Public Instruction

is directed to prepare and submit to the Commission through the
Military Governor a statement showing the text books and other
supplies which will be needed for the year nineteen hundred and
one, the estimated cost of which shall not exceed the sum of two
hundred and twenty thousand dollars.

SEC. 22. The sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, or so much

thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any
funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated for the
organization and maintenance of the Normal School in Manila for
the year nineteen hundred and one.

SEC. 23. The sum of fifteen thousand dollars, or so much

thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any
funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
organization and maintenance of the Trade School in Manila for the
year nineteen hundred and one.

SEC. 24. The sum of fifteen thousand dollars, or so much

thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any
funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
organization and maintenance of the School of Agriculture for the
year nineteen hundred and one.

SEC. 25. Nothing in this Act shall be construed in any way

to forbid, impede, or obstruct the establishment and maintenance of
private schools.

SEC. 26. Whenever sums of money are mentioned in this Act,

they shall be understood to be money of the United States.

SEC. 27. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, January 21, 1901.

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ACT NO. 102

AN ACT REGULATING THE SALARIES OF OFFICERS AND

EMPLOYEES IN THE PHILIPPINE CIVIL SERVICE.

By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the

United States Philippine Commission, that:

SECTION 1. The Philippine Civil Service Board having

submitted its plan for the readjustment of salaries in the Philippine
Civil Service, in accordance with the provisions of Act Numbered
Fifty-seven of December twelfth, nineteen hundred, the following
officers and employees shall be employed in the departments and
offices in the Philippine Civil Service and the salaries for officers or
employees in each class shall be construed to be the minimum salary
for that class, as provided in Civil Service Rule Twelve, adopted by
the Board under the provisions of the Civil Service Act, as follows:

RULE XII. SALARY CLASSIFICATION.

The officers and employees in the Philippine Civil Service, for

the purpose of these rules, shall be arranged in the following classes,
and, unless otherwise provided by law, it shall be understood that
the minimum amount specified for each class indicates the annual
salary of each employee in that class:

CLASS 1. All persons receiving an annual salary of three

thousand dollars or more, or a compensation at the rate of three
thousand dollars or more per annum.

XXX XXX XXX

CLASS 10. All persons receiving an annual salary of one

thousand dollars or more, or a compensation at the rate of one
thousand dollars or more, but less than one thousand two hundred
dollars per annum.

CLASS A. All persons receiving an annual salary of nine

hundred dollars or more, or a compensation at the rate of nine
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hundred dollars or more, but less than one thousand dollars per
annum.

XXX XXX XXX

CLASS K. All persons receiving an annual salary of less than

two hundred and forty dollars, or a compensation at the rate of less
than two hundred and forty dollars per annum.

MILITARY GOVERNOR.

SEC. 2. There shall be employed in the office of the Military

Governor of the Philippine Archipelago: One private secretary; one
law clerk of class one; one chief clerk of class four; one clerk in charge
of the Department of Archives of class five; one clerk of class six;
three clerks of class seven; nine clerks of class eight; twelve clerks
of class nine; three clerks of Class A; eight clerks of Class C; two
clerks of Class H; two clerks of Class I; two clerks at a compensation
at the rate of two hundred and ten dollars per annum each; two
clerks at a compensation at the rate of one hundred and fifty dollars
per annum each; two porters at a compensation at the rate of one
hundred and twenty dollars per annum each.

XXX XXX XXX

THE GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT OF

PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.

SEC. 12. The General Superintendent of Public Instruction of

the Philippine Archipelago shall receive an annual compensation of
six thousand dollars.

There shall be employed in the office of the General

Superintendent of Public Instruction: One chief clerk at an annual
compensation of two thousand dollars; two clerks of class eight; two
clerks of class nine; one clerk of Class A; one clerk of Class C; one
janitor at a compensation at the rate of one hundred and twenty
dollars per annum, and two packers at a compensation at the rate
of ninety dollars per annum each.

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SEC. 19. No person serving as a stenographer and typewriter,

at present appropriated for at an animal compensation of one
thousand two hundred dollars, or less, shall be promoted to the one
thousand four hundred dollar per annum class, as herein provided
for such employees in each office, until after six months’ service
and until he shall have passed the examination in stenography and
typewriting prescribed by the Civil Service Board or by the “United
States Civil Service Commission.

SEC. 20. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance
with section two of “An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws,” passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.

SEC. 21. This Act shall take effect on and after April 1,
1901.

Enacted, March 9, 1901.

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ACT NO. 148

AN ACT REGULATING EXPENDITURE OF MONEY UNDER

APPROPRIATIONS, FORBIDDING THE ALLOWANCES
TO OFFICERS OR CLERKS FOR EXTRA COMPENSATION,
EXCEPT IN CASE OF CLERKS OR EMPLOYEES ACTING
AS NIGHT TEACHERS IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS,
AND REGULATING THE PAYMENT OF TRAVELING
EXPENSES.

By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the

United States Philippine Commission, that:

SECTION 1. All sums appropriated for the various branches

of expenditure in the public service shall be applied solely to the
objects for which they are respectively made, and for no others, and
no moneys appropriated for contingent, incidental or miscellaneous
purposes shall be expended or paid for official or clerical
compensation.

SEC. 2. No allowance or compensation shall be made to any

officer or clerk by reason of the discharge of duties which belong to
any other officer or clerk in the same, or any other, department, and
no allowance or compensation shall be made for any extra service,
whatever, which any officer or clerk may be required to perform
unless expressly authorized by law.

SEC. 3. No officer in any branch of the public service, or any

other person, whose salary, pay, or emoluments are fixed by law or
regulations, shall receive any additional pay, extra, allowance or
compensation in any form whatever for the disbursement of public
money, or for any other service or duty whatever, unless the same is
authorized by law, and the appropriation therefor explicitly states
that it is for such additional pay, extra allowance or compensation:
Provided, however, That the employment of clerks and employees
in the various civil Departments as evening or night teachers in
the public schools is hereby authorized, such salaries being hereby
made a proper charge against the appropriations available for the
payment of salaries of teachers.
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SEC. 4. Hereafter actual and necessary traveling expenses

only shall be allowed to any person holding employment or
appointment under the Government of the Philippine Archipelago,
and all allowances in excess of the amount actually paid, except
as herein provided, are declared illegal, and no credit shall be
allowed to any of the disbursing officers of the Government of the
Philippine Archipelago for payments or allowances in violation of
this provision: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be
construed to prohibit the payment of a per diem in lieu of actual
expenses.

SEC. 5. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance
with section two of “An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws,” passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.

SEC. 6. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, June 21, 1901.

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ACT NO. 180

AN ACT AMENDING PARAGRAPH (E) OF SECTION THREE

OF ACT NUMBERED SEVENTY-FOUR, PROVIDING FOR
THE DIVISION OF THE ARCHIPELAGO INTO SCHOOL
DIVISIONS.

By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the

United States Philippine Commission, that:

SECTION 1. Paragraph (e) of section three of Act Numbered

Seventy-four is hereby amended to read as follows: “He shall divide
the Archipelago into school divisions, not more than eighteen in
number, and shall fix the boundaries thereof, with power to change
the same when necessary; but the city of Manila and its barrios
shall constitute one of such school divisions.”

SEC. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance
with section two of “An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws,” passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, July 24, 1901.

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ACT NO. 197

AN ACT AMENDING SECTION TWELVE OF ACT NUMBERED

ONE HUNDRED AND TWO PROVIDING FOR EMPLOYEES
IN THE OFFICE OF THE GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT
OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.

By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the

United States Philippine Commission, that:

SECTION 1. The second paragraph of section twelve, Act

Numbered One hundred and two, and all amendments thereof are
hereby amended to read as follows:

“There shall be employed in the office of the General

Superintendent of Public Instruction one chief clerk, class four; one
disbursing clerk, class five; three clerks, class eight; four clerks,
class nine; eight clerks, class ten; one clerk, Class C; four packers,
Class K; and such laborers as may be approved by the Secretary of
the Department of Public Instruction.”

SEC. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance
with section two of “An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws,” passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, August 12, 1901.

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ACT NO. 222

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF THE

DEPARTMENTS OF THE INTERIOR, OF COMMERCE AND
POLICE, OF FINANCE AND JUSTICE, AND OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION.

By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the

United States Philippine Commission, that:

SECTION 1. Whereas the President of the United States,

through the Secretary of War, has directed the establishment
of four Departments, to wit, the Department of the Interior, the
Department of Commerce and Police, the Department of Finance
and Justice, and the Department of Public Instruction, and has
appointed person to be Secretaries or heads of such Departments:
Now, therefore,

The Department of the Interior shall embrace within its

executive control the Bureau of Health, the Quarantine Service of
the Marine Hospital Corps, the Bureau of Forestry, the Bureau of
Mining, a Bureau of Agriculture, a Bureau of Fisheries, the Weather
Bureau, a Bureau of Pagan and Mohammedan Tribes, the Bureau
of Public Lands, the Bureau of Government Laboratories, and the
Bureau of Patents and Copyrights.

SEC. 2. The Department of Commerce and Police shall

have under its executive control a Bureau of Island and Inter-
Island Transportation, the Bureau of Post-Offices, the Bureau of
Telegraphs, the Bureau of Coast and Geodetic Survey, a Bureau of
Engineering and Construction of Public Works other than Public
Buildings, a Bureau of insular Constabulary, a Bureau of Prisons,
a Bureau of Light-Houses, a Bureau of Commercial and Street
Railroad Corporations and all Corporations except Banking.

SEC. 3. The Department of Finance and Justice shall embrace

within its executive control the Bureau of the Insular Treasury,
the Bureau of the Insular Auditor, the Bureau of Customs and

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Immigration, the Bureau of Internal Revenue, the Insular Cold

Storage and Ice Plant, a Bureau of Banks, Banking, Coinage, and
Currency, and the Bureau of Justice.

SEC. 4. The Department of Public Instruction shall embrace

under its executive control the Bureau of Public Instruction, a
Bureau of Public Charities, Public Libraries and Museums, the
Bureau of Statistics, a Bureau of Public Records, a Bureau of Public
Printing, and a Bureau of Architecture and Construction of Public
Buildings.

SEC. 5. The Secretaries of the Departments described in

the foregoing sections shall exercise the executive control therein
conferred, under the general supervision of the Civil Governor. The
executive control vested by law, however, in the Central Government
over provincial and municipal governments and the civil service,
shall be exercised directly by the Civil Governor through the
Executive Secretary.

SEC. 6. The officers and subordinates of each Department

shall consist of the secretary and such assistant clerks and other
employees as may be provided by law. The official correspondence
of the head of each Department may be recorded by direction of the
head of the Department in the office of the Executive Secretary, and
such clerical work as may be needed in each of the Departments and
as may be conveniently done in the office of the Executive Secretary
shall be there done by direction of the head of each Department.

SEC. 7. Nothing in this Act contained in respect to the

executive control by the Department of Finance and Justice over
the office of Insular Auditor and the office of Insular Treasurer shall
affect the powers of those officers conferred by Act Numbered Ninety,
and the independence of judgment to be exercised by the Auditor in
auditing and adjudicating the validity of accounts presented to him
in accordance with law.

SEC. 8. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance
with section two of “An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the

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Commission in the enactment of laws,” passed September twenty-

sixth, nineteen hundred.

SEC. 9. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, September 6, 1901.

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ACT NO. 232

AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED SEVENTY-FOUR, AND

PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF DEPUTY
DIVISION SUPERINTENDENTS IN THE BUREAU OF
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.

By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the

United States Philippine Commission, that:

SECTION 1. Paragraph (b) of section three of Act Numbered

Seventy-four is hereby amended by inserting in the fourth line,
after “Archipelago,” the words “deputy division superintendents,”
making the paragraph to read as follows:

“(b) He shall appoint, in accordance with Act

Numbered Twenty-five, enacted October seventeenth,
nineteen hundred, a City Superintendent of Schools
for Manila, and division superintendents of schools
for other parts of the Archipelago, deputy division
superintendents, and the teachers and clerks
authorized by law, and shall prescribe the duties of
such teachers and clerks.”

SEC. 2. Section seven, of Act Numbered Seventy-four is

hereby amended by striking out the word “and” in the second line
and inserting in the same line, after “division superintendents,”
the words “and the deputy division superintendents,” making the
section to read as follows:

“SEC. 7. The actual expenses of the General Superintendent, the

division superintendents, and the deputy division superintendents,
while traveling or absent from their usual places of residence on
official business shall be paid out of the Insular Treasury.”

SEC. 3. Section nine of Act Numbered Seventy-four is

hereby amended by adding at the end of said section the following
paragraph:

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“The deputy division superintendent shall be a teacher actually

engaged in instruction. He shall act for the division superintendent
in the absence of this officer, and he shall exercise all the functions
of the division superintendent, subject to the confirmation of the
division superintendent: Provided, however, That he shall not
have power to appoint school-teachers or to fix their salaries. The
number of deputy division superintendents and the territory within
which they shall act shall be determined by the Secretary of Public
Instruction, but the number shall not exceed in any division the
number of provinces in that division.”

SEC. 4. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance
with section two of “An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws,” passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.

SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, September 20, 1901.

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ACT NO. 268

AN ACT CREATING A BUREAU OF ARCHITECTURE AND

CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.

By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the

United States Philippine Commission, that:

SECTION 1. There is hereby created, under the Department

of Public Instruction, a Bureau of Architecture and Construction of
Public Buildings, which shall have charge of the construction and
repair of public buildings belonging to the Insular Government, and
of such other buildings or proposed buildings as may be assigned to
it by the Civil Governor.

SEC. 2. There shall be a Chief of the Bureau of Architecture

and Construction of Public Buildings, who shall receive an annual
salary of four thousand dollars, payable monthly in money of the
United States.

SEC. 3. The duties of the Chief of the Bureau of Architecture

and Construction of Public Buildings shall be:

1. To make all necessary plans and specifications for the

construction and repair of public buildings and to send these plans
and specifications, with estimate of cost, through the Secretary of
Public Instruction, to the Civil Governor for his approval, and when
approved by the Governor they shall be presented to the Commission
with a requisition for an appropriation or appropriations for their
execution.

2. To provide, in cases where it is required that work shall be

done under contract, all means necessary for obtaining bids for the
work to be done and to accept bids and award contracts, subject to
the approval of the Civil Governor.

3. To superintend, either in person or through an officer of the

Bureau appointed for that purpose, all the work of constructing and
repairing public buildings authorized by the Insular Government.
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SEC. 4. The following employees of the Bureau of Architecture

and Construction, in addition to the Chief of the Bureau, are hereby
authorized: One superintendent of construction, class seven; one
chief clerk, class eight; two clerks, class nine; three draftsmen, Class
D; and one messenger, Class I.

SEC. 5. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance
with section two of “An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws,” passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.

SEC. 6. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, October 18, 1901.

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ACT NO. 273

AN ACT CREATING A BUREAU OF ARCHIVES.

By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the

United States Philippine Commission, that:

SECTION 1. There is hereby created, under the Department

of Public Instruction, a Bureau which shall have charge of such
public records as may, in accordance with law, or by order of the
Civil Governor, be deposited in the insular archives. This Bureau
shall be called the Bureau of Archives.

SEC. 2. There shall be a Chief of the Bureau of Archives,

who shall receive an annual salary of two thousand five hundred
dollars.

SEC. 3. The duties of the Chief of the Bureau of Archives

shall be:

1. To have the care and custody of such public records as may,

in accordance with law, or by direction of the Civil Governor, be
deposited in the insular archives.

2. To furnish such information derived from the insular

archives and such papers or copies of such papers contained therein
b as may be requested by the Civil Governor, the Secretary of the
Interior, the Secretary of Commerce and Police, the Secretary of
Finance and Justice, the Secretary of Public Instruction, the members
of the Commission, or such other persons as may be authorized by
law to request such information, papers, or copies.

SEC. 4. On the written request of the Civil Governor or the

Secretary of any Department, the Chief of the Bureau of Archives
shall deliver to the head of any Bureau under the Governor, or the
Secretary making the request, documents relating to the affairs
of the Bureau in question, and the head of the Bureau receiving
such documents shall receipt for them to the Chief of the Bureau of

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Archives, and become responsible for their proper care and custody
while in his possession.

SEC. 5. The employees of the Bureau of Archives, in addition

to the Chief of the Bureau, shall be as follows: One clerk, class seven;
two clerks, class nine; two clerks, Class F; two clerks, Class H; one
clerk, Class I; three clerks, Class J, and two porters with annual
salaries of one hundred and fifty dollars each.

SEC 6. The number of authorized employees in the office of

the Executive Secretary is hereby diminished by two clerks of class
nine; two clerks of Class F; two clerks of Class H; one clerk of Class
I; three clerks of Class J; and two porters with annual salaries of
one hundred and fifty dollars each and these clerks, now employed
as assistants to the keeper of the Spanish archives, are hereby
transferred to the Bureau of Archives.

SEC. 7. The salaries mentioned in this Act are stated in

money of the United States, but they may be paid either in money
of the United States or in sums of local currency equivalent in value
to the amounts stated in the preceding sections of this Act.

SEC. 8. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance
with section two of “An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws,” passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.

SEC. 9. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, October 21, 1901.

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ACT NO. 285

AN ACT PROVIDING CLERICAL ASSISTANCE IN THE

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, THE DEPARTMENT
OF COMMERCE AND POLICE, THE DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE AND JUSTICE, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.

By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the

United States Philippine Commission, that:

SECTION 1. One stenographer and typewriter of class nine is

hereby authorized in each of the following Departments: Department
of the Interior, Department of Commerce and Police, Department of
Finance and Justice, and Department of Public Instruction.

SEC. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance
with section two of “An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws,” passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

ENACTED, October 29, 1901.

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ACT NO. 296

AN ACT CREATING A BUREAU OF PUBLIC PRINTING.

By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the

United States Philippine Commission, that:

SECTION 1. There is hereby created, under the Department

of Public Instruction, a Bureau of Public Printing, which shall
have charge of and execute the printing required by the Insular
Government, and such other printing as it may by law or by the
order of the Civil Governor be authorized to undertake, anything in
prior acts of the Commission to the contrary notwithstanding.

SEC. 2. There shall be a Chief of the Bureau of Public

Printing, who must be a practical printer and versed in the art of
bookbinding, who shall receive an annual salary of three thousand
five hundred dollars and who shall be known as the Public Printer.

The duties of the Public Printer shall be:

1. To take charge of all matter which is to be printed, engraved,

lithographed, or bound; to keep an account thereof in the order in
which it is received; to cause, the work to be promptly executed, and
to assign any employee of any department of the Public Printing
Office temporarily to another department, thereof, providing the
interests of the public service will thereby be advanced.

2. To superintend all printing, engraving, lithographing, and

binding done at the Philippine Public Printing Office; to see that
the sheets or volumes are promptly delivered to the person who is
authorized to receive them, and the receipt of the person authorized
to receive them shall be a sufficient voucher for their delivery.

3. To make an annual report to the Civil Governor, through

the Secretary of Public Instruction, and in it to specify the titles
and the number of copies of each form, sheet, document, pamphlet,
or volume printed, indicating in each case the authority under

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which the printing was done, and also to specify in said report the
exact number of copies of books bound, giving the titles of the books
and indicating in each case the authority under which the binding
was done, and showing in detail at the same time the cost of the
printing done under the orders of each of the several officers having
authority to approve orders or requisitions for printing, and giving
account of stock and supplies used and the amount on hand, and to
make such other reports from time to time as the Secretary of Public
Instruction shall require.

4. To employ workmen who are thoroughly skilled in their

respective branches of industry as shown by trial of their skill under
his direction, in accordance with the provisions of the Civil Service
Act.

5. To deposit in the library of the Commission two copies of

each document, pamphlet, or volume printed, which shall be properly
bound, indexed, and preserved in this library; also to preserve in the
office of the Public Printer one copy of each form, sheet, document,
pamphlet, or volume printed, numbered according to the numbers
of the orders under which they are printed; also to forward to the
Superintendent of Documents, Washington, District of Columbia,
one copy of each publication of a public nature.

XXX XXX XXX

SEC. 20. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance
with section two of “An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws,” passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.

SEC 21 This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, November 7, 1901.

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ACT NO. 304

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED

TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY-SIX, ENTITLED “AN ACT
CREATING A BUREAU OF PUBLIC PRINTING”.

By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the

United States Philippine Commission, that:

SECTION 1. Section four of Act Numbered Two hundred and

ninety-six, entitled “An Act creating a Bureau of Public Printing,”
is hereby amended by striking out the last three lines of the section
and substituting therefor the following: “and such other temporary,
clerical, technical, and professional employees, and skilled and
unskilled laborers as may from time to time be recommended as
necessary by the Public Printer and previously approved by the
Secretary of Public Instruction.”

SEC. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance
with section two of “An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws,” passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, November 27, 1901.

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ACT NO. 305

AN ACT AMENDING SECTION FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED

TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-EIGHT, ENTITLED “AN
ACT CREATING A BUREAU OF ARCHITECTURE AND
CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS”.

By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the

United States Philippine Commission, that:

SECTION 1. Section four of Act Numbered Two hundred and

sixty-eight, entitled “An Act creating a Bureau of Architecture and
Construction of Public Buildings”, is hereby amended so as to read
as follows:

“SEC. 4. The following employees of the Bureau of Architecture

and Construction of Public Buildings, in addition to the Chief of the
Bureau, are hereby authorized: One superintendent of construction,
class seven; one chief clerk and one draftsman, class eight; two
draftsmen and two clerks, class nine; five draftsmen, Class H; and
one messenger, at an annual compensation of one hundred and fifty
dollars.”

SEC. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance
with section two of “An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws,” passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, November 27, 1901.

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ACT NO. 339

AN ACT AMENDING SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED ONE

HUNDRED AND NINETY-SEVEN, ENTITLED “AN ACT
AMENDING SECTION TWELVE OF ACT NUMBERED ONE
HUNDRED AND TWO, PROVIDING FOR EMPLOYEES IN
THE OFFICE OF THE GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT OF
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION,” BY PROVIDING FOR A FURTHER
INCREASE OF THE FORCE IN SAID OFFICE.

By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the

United States Philippine Commission, that:

SECTION 1. The second paragraph of section one of Act

Numbered One hundred and ninety-seven, entitled “An Act
amending section twelve of Act Numbered One hundred and two,
providing for employees in the Office of the General Superintendent
of Public Instruction,” is hereby amended to read as follows:

“There may be employed in the Office of the General

Superintendent of Public Instruction one chief clerk, class four; one
disbursing clerk, class five; four clerks, class seven; five clerks, class
eight; six clerks, class nine; four clerks, class ten; one clerk, Class A;
twelve packers, Class K; and such laborers as may be approved by
the Secretary of Public Instruction.”

SEC. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance
with section two of “An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws,” passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, January 28, 1902.

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ACT NO. 353

AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED

AND FIVE, IN AMENDMENT OF ACT NUMBERED
TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-EIGHT, ENTITLED “AN
ACT CREATING A BUREAU OF ARCHITECTURE AND
CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS,” BY PROVIDING
FOR A FURTHER INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF
EMPLOYEES OF SAID BUREAU.

By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the

United States Philippine Commission, that:

SECTION 1. The second paragraph of section one of Act

Numbered Three hundred and five, in amendment of section
four of Act Numbered Two hundred and sixty-eight, entitled “An
Act creating a Bureau of Architecture and Construction of Public
Buildings,” is hereby amended to read as follows:

“The following employees of the Bureau of Architecture

and Construction of Public Buildings, in addition to the Chief
of the Bureau, are hereby authorized: One superintendent of
construction, class seven; one chief clerk an done draftsman, class
eight; two draftsmen, two clerks, and one storekeeper, class nine;
five draftsmen, Class H; one messenger, at an annual compensation
of one hundred and fifty dollars; and such laborers, skilled and
unskilled, as may from time to time be recommended as necessary
by the Chief of the Bureau and approved by the Secretary of Public
Instruction; and such skilled an unskilled laborers shall be paid out
of funds appropriated quarterly for the maintenance, repair, and
construction of public buildings.”

SEC. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance
with section two of “An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws,” passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.

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SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, February 4, 1902.

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ACT NO. 366

AN ACT AMENDING SECTION FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED

TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-EIGHT, ENTITLED “AN
ACT CREATING A BUREAU OF ARCHITECTURE AND
CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS,” AND ALL
AMENDMENTS THEREOF, BY PROVIDING FOR A CHANGE
IN THE NUMBER AND SALARIES OF EMPLOYEES OF
SAID BUREAU.

By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the

United States Philippine Commission, that:

SECTION 1. Section four of Act Numbered Two hundred and

sixty-eighty, entitled “An Act creating a Bureau of Architecture and
Construction of Public Buildings,” and amendments thereof, are
hereby amended to read as follows:

“The following employees of the Bureau of Architecture and

Construction of Public Buildings, in addition to the chief of the
Bureau, are hereby authorized: One superintendent of construction,
class six; one chief clerk, class seven, who shall also act as disbursing
clerk; one draftsman, class seven; three draftsmen, one engineer,
and one clerk, class eight; two clerks and one storekeeper, class
nine; two draftsmen, Class G; three draftsmen, Class H; one janitor,
at an annual compensation of two hundred and ten dollars; one
messenger, at an annual compensation of one hundred and fifty
dollars; and such laborers, skilled and unskilled, as may from time
to time be recommended as necessary by the chief of the Bureau and
approved by the Secretary of Public Instruction; and such skilled and
unskilled laborers shall be paid out of funds appropriated quarterly
for the maintenance, repair, and construction of public buildings.”

SEC. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance
with section two of “An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws,” passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.

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SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, March 3, 1902.

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ACT NO. 373

AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED SEVENTY-FOUR,

ESTABLISHING A DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, BY MAKING
CERTAIN PROVISIONS CONCERNING SCHOOLS OF
SECONDARY INSTRUCTION AND TRAVELING EXPENSES
OF TEACHERS.

By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the

United States Philippine Commission, that:

SECTION 1. Act Numbered Seventy-four, establishing a

Department of Public Instruction in the Philippine Islands, is
hereby amended as follows:

(a) By adding at the end of section one the following words:

“and all secondary instruction in the schools established by the
several provinces shall at least be free to the pupils resident in the
provinces in which the schools are established.”

(b) By inserting in the second line of paragraph (g) of section

three, after the word “municipalities” and before the words “the
amount,” the words “or province.”

(c) By inserting in the sixteenth line of section nine, after the

words “proposed by” and before the words “the local authorities,”
the words “the provincial or;” and by inserting in the nineteenth line
of the same section, after the words “If the” and before the words
“local authorities,” the words “provincial or the.”

(d) By striking out the whole of section fifteen of said

Act Numbered Seventy-four, and inserting in lieu thereof the
following:

“SEC 15. Authority is hereby given to the General

Superintendent of Public Instruction to obtain from the United
States one thousand trained teachers at monthly salaries of not

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less than seventy-five dollars and not more than one hundred and
twenty-five dollars, and such other additional trained teachers as
may be necessary for the provincial schools of secondary instruction,
at monthly salaries of not more than one hundred fifty dollars, the
exact salary of each teacher to be fixed by the General Superintendent
of Public Instruction in accordance with the efficiency of the teacher
in question and the importance of the position held. Any teacher
residing in the United States who is appointed to service in the
Bureau of Public Instruction shall pay his traveling expenses
from the place of his residence in the United States to the point
of embarkation for Manila, but his traveling expenses from the
said point of embarkation to Manila shall be borne by the Insular
Government if he shall come by the steamer and rout directed by
the Chief Executive of the Islands: Provided, That at the expiration
of six months of satisfactory service in the Philippines his traveling
expenses from the place of his residence in the United States to the
point of embarkation for Manila shall be refunded to him.”

SEC. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance
with section two of “An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws,” passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, March 7, 1902.

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ACT NO. 407

AN ACT AMENDING SECTION TWELVE OF ACT NUMBERED

ONE HUNDRED AND TWO PROVIDING FOR EMPLOYEES
IN THE OFFICE OF THE GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT
OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, AS AMENDED BY ACTS
NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY-SEVEN AND
THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINE, BY PROVIDING
FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A PROPERTY CLERK IN
SAID OFFICE.

By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the

United States Philippine Commission, that:

SECTION 1. The second paragraph of section twelve of Act

Numbered One hundred and two, as amended by Acts Numbered
One hundred and ninety-seven and Three hundred and thirty-nine,
is hereby amended by reducing the number of clerks of class seven
therein provided from four to three, and inserting one property clerk
of class five, and by adding at the end thereof the following:

“It shall be the duty of the property clerk to receive, care for,
and issue, under the instructions of the General Superintendent, all
schoolbooks, supplies, and other property belonging to the Bureau
of Public Instruction, and to account for same to the Auditor for
the Philippine Archipelago in accordance with law. He shall be
held responsible for all damage to or for loss or destruction of such
property under and subject to the provisions of Act Numbered Two
hundred and fifteen, and Acts in amendment thereof. He shall
give bond to the Government of the Philippine Archipelago in such
amount as may be fixed by the Insular Treasurer, who shall approve
the sufficiency of the surety or sureties thereon, and with whom the
bond shall be filed and safely kept.”

SEC. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance
with section two of “An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws,” passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
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SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, May 24, 1902.

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ACT NO. 446

AN ACT AMENDING SECTION FORTY OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE

BY AUTHORIZING THE EXPENDITURE OF MUNICIPAL
FUNDS FOR THE SUPPORT OF TWO PERSONS WHILE
RECEIVING TRAINING FOR POSITIONS AS PUBLIC
SCHOOL-TEACHERS IN THE MUNICIPALITY.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Commission, that:

SECTION 1. Section forty of the Municipal Code, Act

Numbered Eighty-two is hereby amended by adding at the end
thereof the following paragraph:

“(l) To provide, when no American public school-teacher is

assigned to the municipality or when no public school of secondary
instruction is maintained therein, for the expenditure from the school
funds established in accordance with paragraph (b) of section forty-
three of this Act, or from any other municipal funds not otherwise
appropriated, of not more than forty pesos per month during the
school year, to be used in equal parts toward the support of two
residents of the municipality while receiving training tor positions
as public school-teachers in the municipality at any public secondary
school established under the Department of Public Instruction. The
persons thus supported shall be one young man and one young
woman, whose respective ages shall be not less than fifteen nor more
than twenty-five years, and whose parents are not able to pay their
expenses while attending schools of secondary instruction. They
shall be appointed by the president, by and with the consent of the
majority of all the members of the council, subject to confirmation,
after one month’s attendance, by the principal of the school in which
they are appointed to receive instruction.”

SEC. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance
with section two of “An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws,” passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
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SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, August 15, 1902.

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ACT NO. 453

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION BY THE INSULAR

GOVERNMENT OF AN OFFICIAL GAZETTE UNDER THE
GENERAL DIRECTION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Commission, that:

SECTION 1. The publication by the Insular Government

of a periodical to be known as the “Official Gazette,” under the
general direction of the Department of Public Instruction, is hereby
authorized, and there is hereby appropriated, out of any funds
in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of
two thousand dollars local currency, to cover the expense of such
publication during the remainder of the present quarter of the fiscal
year nineteen hundred and three.

SEC. 2. There shall be an editor of the Official Gazette,

appointed by the Civil Governor, by and with the consent of the
Commission, who shall receive a salary at the rate of one thousand
eight hundred dollars per annum, United States currency, payable
monthly, and who shall have power, with the approval of the
Secretary of Public Instruction, to appoint two clerks, each of whom
shall receive a compensation not to exceed at the rate of six hundred
dollars per annum. He shall give bond to the Government of the
Philippine Archipelago in such amount as may be fixed by the
Insular Treasurer, who shall approve the sufficiency of the surety or
sureties thereon, and with whom the bond shall be filed and safely
kept. It shall be the duty of the editor to receive, collect, and prepare
for publication the various laws, orders, decisions, and other public
documents which it is designed to publish in the Gazette; to receive
subscriptions for the Gazette from private persons, corporations, and
provincial and municipal governments; to collect the amounts due for
such subscriptions and to deposit the same in the Insular Treasury;
to distribute or cause to be distributed copies of the Gazette to the

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various subscribers; to cause to be made and published an index

to the Gazette every six months, and to issue the same as a part of
such Gazette; and to perform such other duties in connection with
the publication of the Gazette as the Secretary of Public Instruction
may direct.

SEC. 3. The Official Gazette shall be published weekly in

two parts, one part in English and the other in Spanish. Each part
shall be issued separately and shall contain all legislative acts
and all resolutions of a public nature of the Insular Legislature,
all executive orders, decisions of the Supreme Court and the Court
of Customs Appeals, or abstracts of such decisions, and such other
official documents as are usually published in an official gazette
which may be designated for publication by the Secretary of Public
Instruction or which may be recommended for publication by the
editor and approved by the Secretary of Public Instruction.

SEC. 4. The Official Gazette shall be delivered on

subscriptions received at the rate of six dollars, United States
currency, per year, payable in advance, and shall be sold at fifteen
cents, United States currency, per single copy. Each provincial and
municipal government shall subscribe for one copy of such Gazette
and pay for the same out of provincial or municipal funds, and such
copy shall be tiled and safely kept with the public records of the
province or municipality for reference. Subscriptions may be made
by the provinces and municipalities for such additional copies of the
Gazette for distribution among the provincial or municipal officers
as they may deem necessary. One copy shall be deposited with each
of the following officers weekly: The Civil Governor, the Secretaries
of the several Executive Departments, the members of the Philippine
Commission, the justices of the Supreme Court, the judges of the
Court of Customs Appeals and of the Courts of First Instance, the
Executive Secretary, the Secretary of the Commission, the heads
of the various Bureaus and Offices under the Insular Government,
and the justices of the peace. These copies shall be the property
of the Insular Government, shall remain on file in the respective
offices supplied, and shall be turned over by a retiring incumbent to
his successor.

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SEC. 5. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance
with section two of “An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws,” passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.

SEC. 6. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, September 2, 1902.

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ACT NO. 477

AN ACT TO REPEAL ACTS NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED AND

EIGHTY, TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY-TWO, AND THREE
HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-THREE, AMENDATORY OF
ACT NUMBERED SEVENTY-FOUR, ESTABLISHING A
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, TO REPEAL
A CERTAIN PARAGRAPH IN ACT NUMBERED FOUR
HUNDRED AND THIRTY, RELATING TO NIGHT SCHOOLS,
AND TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED SEVENTY-FOUR BY
PROVIDING FOR THE DIVISION OF THE ARCHIPELAGO
INTO THIRTY-SIX SCHOOL DIVISIONS, TO AMEND
SECTION THIRTEEN OF THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT
ACT, NUMBERED EIGHTY-THREE, AS AMENDED, AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Commission, that:

SECTION 1. Acts Numbered One hundred and eighty. Two

hundred and thirty-two, and Three hundred and seventy-three,
amendatory of Act Numbered Seventy-four, and the following
paragraph in Act Numbered Four hundred and thirty: “No night
school shall be maintained either in the city of Manila, or elsewhere
at the public expense in which the average attendance is not at
least twenty-five pupils over the age of fourteen years,” are hereby
repealed.

SEC. 2. Act Numbered Seventy-four, establishing a

Department of Public Instruction, is hereby amended as follows:

(a) By striking out wherever it is used in said Act the words

“Department of Public Instruction” and inserting in lieu thereof the
words “Bureau of Education.”

(b) By striking out sections numbered one, three, five, six, nine,
and fifteen and inserting in lieu thereof the following sections:

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“SECTION 1. A Bureau of Education for the Philippine

Islands, under the executive control of the Department of Public
Instruction, is hereby established, the central office of which shall
be in the city of Manila. All primary instruction in the schools
established or maintained under this Act shall be free, and all
secondary instruction in the schools established by the several
provinces shall be free at least to the pupils resident in the provinces
in which the schools are established.

“SEC. 3. The chief officer of this Bureau shall be denominated

the General Superintendent of Education and shall be appointed by
the Civil Governor, with the advice and consent of the Commission.
His annual salary shall be six thousand dollars, payable monthly.
He shall have the following powers and duties, to be exercised and
discharged under the general supervision of the Secretary of Public
Instruction:

“(a) He shall establish primary schools in every pueblo in the

Archipelago, where practicable, and shall reorganize those already
established where such reorganization is necessary.

“(b) He shall appoint, subject to the approval of the Secretary

of Public Instruction, a city superintendent of schools for Manila,
and division superintendents of schools for other parts of the
Archipelago, and the teachers and clerks authorized by law, and
shall prescribe the duties of such teachers and clerks.

“(c) He shall fix the salaries of teachers within the limits

established by law.

“(d) He shall fix a curriculum for primary, secondary, and

other public schools.

“(e) He shall prescribe the authority to be exercised by the

principal teacher of each school over the other teachers, if any, and
his duties as teacher actually engaged in the work of instruction
and in caring for the schoolhouse and school property.

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“(f) He shall, approve plans made by the Chief of the Bureau

of Architecture, for the construction of schoolhouses to be built by
the municipalities or provinces, shall fix the amount of land required
in each case, and shall prescribe rules of hygiene which shall be
observed in connection with the schools of the Archipelago.

“(g) He shall have power to determine the pueblos in which

English teachers, to be paid out of the Insular Treasury, shall teach.
He may exercise this discretion in favor of those pueblos which shall
construct and maintain suitable schoolhouses by local taxation or
contributions.

“(h) In case of a vacancy in the office of a division

superintendent or that of the city superintendent of schools for
Manila, he may discharge all the duties of such position during
the vacancy, or he may designate a subordinate of the Bureau to
discharge such duties temporarily in the same manner and with the
same limitations as are provided in section two of Act Numbered
Four hundred and eight.

“(i) He shall examine and pass upon all estimates made

for funds by division superintendents and forward them, with
his recommendation, to the Secretary of Public Instruction for
submission to the Commission.

“(j) On or before September first of each year he shall make

a report of his administration for the previous twelve months to
the Secretary of Public Instruction, who may call for special reports
from time to time. In the regular annual report it shall be the duty of
the Superintendent to recommend changes in the school law which
he deems expedient.

“(k) He shall exercise general supervision over the entire

Bureau and shall prepare and promulgate rules for the examination
and determination of the qualifications of applicants for positions of
division superintendents and teachers, and for the guidance of the
teachers and officers of the Bureau, adapted to carry out this law
and not inconsistent with its provisions.

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“(l) He shall have authority to establish night schools, but no

night-school class shall be maintained at the expense of the city
of Manila or the Insular Government in which the average nightly
attendance in each school month under each teacher is not at least
fifteen pupils over the age of fourteen years. If it is found at the end
of any month that the average nightly attendance of any class has
been less than fifteen, such class shall be discontinued. The teacher
of such class shall, however, be entitled to pay for each night of
actual teaching during the month even if the average attendance
has been less than fifteen, but a class discontinued for lack of the
required attendance shall not again be organized except with the
consent of the division superintendent and unless at least twenty-
five pupils shall have been enrolled and shall have signified their
intention of becoming regular members of the class. Teachers of
night-school classes shall be paid only for nights of actual teaching.

“SEC. 5. The Archipelago shall be and is hereby divided into

thirty-six school divisions. In the First Division (the city of Manila
and its barrios) there shall be a city superintendent of schools, and
in each of the other divisions, except the Thirty-third, Thirty-fourth,
Thirty-fifth, and Thirty-sixth, there shall be a regularly appointed
division superintendent. The divisions and the annual salaries of
the superintendents thereof shall be as follows:

“First Division, the city of Manila and its barrios, three

thousand dollars.
“Second Division, Albay and Sorsogon, one thousand eight
hundred dollars.
“Third Division, Ambos Camarines, two thousand dollars.
“Fourth Division, Antique, one thousand five hundred
dollars.
“Fifth Division. Batangas, two thousand four hundred
dollars.
“Sixth Division. Bohol, two thousand dollars.
“Seventh Division. Bulacan, one thousand six hundred
dollars.
“Eighth Division, Cagayan and Isabela, two thousand two
hundred and fifty dollars.

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“Ninth Division, Capiz, one thousand five hundred dollars.

“Tenth Division, Cavite, one thousand six hundred dollars.
“Eleventh, Division, Cebu, two thousand two hundred and
fifty dollars.
“Twelfth Division, Ilocos Norte, two thousand dollars.
“Thirteenth Division, Ilocos Sur and Abra, two thousand two
hundred and fifty dollars.
“Fourteenth Division, Iloilo, two thousand five hundred
dollars.
“Fifteenth Division, La Laguna, two thousand dollars.
“Sixteenth Division, La Union, one thousand five hundred
dollars.
“Seventeenth Division, Leyte, and Samar, two thousand four
hundred dollars.
“Eighteenth Division, Marinduque, and Mindoro, two
thousand dollars.
“Nineteenth Division, Masbate, one thousand five hundred
dollars.
“Twentieth Division, Mindanao and Jolo (with the exception
of Misamis and Surigao), two thousand five hundred
dollars.
“Twenty-first Division. Misamis, one thousand five hundred
dollars.
“Twenty-second Division, Nueva Ecija, two thousand dollars.
“Twenty-third Division, Occidental Negros, two thousand two
hundred and fifty dollars.
“Twenty-fourth Division, Oriental Negros, one thousand six
hundred dollars.
“Twenty-fifth Division, Pampanga and Bataan, two thousand
two hundred and fifty dollars.
“Twenty-sixth Division, Pangasinan, two thousand five
hundred dollars.
“Twenty-seventh Division, Rizal, one thousand five hundred
dollars.
“Twenty-eighth Division, Romblon, one thousand five hundred
dollars.
“Twenty-ninth Division, Surigao, one thousand five hundred
dollars.

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“Thirtieth Division, Tarlac, one thousand five hundred

dollars.
“Thirty-first Division, Tayabas, one thousand eight hundred
dollars.
“Thirty-second Division, Zambales, one thousand five hundred
dollars.
“In the Thirty-third, Thirty-fourth, Thirty-fifth, and Thirty-
sixth Divisions, comprising the Provinces of Benguet,
Lepanto-Bontoc, Nueva Vizcaya, and Paragua, the
respective governors shall act, without additional
compensation, as division superintendents.

“SEC. 6. Whenever the business of his office renders it

necessary, each division superintendent may select a clerk in
accordance with civil service rules, who shall be appointed by the
General Superintendent and approved by the Civil Governor on
the recommendation of the Secretary of Public Instruction. The
respective salaries of the clerks in the Fifth, Eighth, Eleventh,
Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Seventeenth, Twentieth, Twenty-third,
Twenty-fifth, and Twenty-sixth Divisions shall not exceed a sum
at the rate of one thousand two hundred dollars per annum; the
respective salaries of the clerks in the Second, Third, Sixth, Twelfth,
Fifteenth, Eighteenth, Twenty-second, and Thirty-first Divisions
shall not exceed a sum at the rate of nine hundred dollars per annum;
and the respective salaries of the clerks in the Fourth, Seventh,
Ninth, Tenth, Sixteenth, Nineteenth, Twenty-first, Twenty-fourth,
Twenty-seventh, Twenty-eighth, Twenty-ninth, Thirtieth, and
Thirty-second Divisions shall not exceed a sum at the rate of six
hundred dollars per annum.

“SEC. 9. Each division superintendent shall, subject to rules

prescribed by the General Superintendent under section three (m)
appoint the native school-teachers to serve in the schools within
his division and shall fix their salaries from year to year within
the limits prescribed by law, care being taken that only such
teachers shall be appointed and such salaries fixed as the funds of
the province or the municipality concerned may warrant. He shall
examine the schoolhouses occupied for public instruction within
his division with a view to determining their suitableness and

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hygienic condition. Should the schoolhouse in which any school is

conducted appear to the division superintendent to be unsuitable
and dangerous to the health of the children, and should no other
schoolhouse be available he shall have power, subject to the approval
of the General Superintendent, to discontinue such school, and it
shall be unlawful thereafter to use the schoolhouse thus condemned
for public school purposes. He shall make careful investigations
into the agricultural conditions existing in his division and shall
make reports thereon to the General Superintendent of Education.
He shall see to it by personal visits and by requiring reports from
the principal teacher of each school that the curriculum for primary
and secondary schools prescribed by the General Superintendent
of Education is complied with. He shall make himself familiar with
the supplies and text-books needed in each school in his division
and shall make report of the same at as early a date as possible to
the General Superintendent, who may furnish the supplies needed.
He shall appoint one-half of the local school board in each pueblo in
his division as provided in section ten. He shall have and maintain
his residence and keep his office in the town in which the provincial
school is established, if such school exists, and if no such school exists
he shall have and maintain his residence and keep his office in one
of the large towns in his division, from which all of the pueblos in
such division can be most conveniently reached.

“SEC. 15. Authority is hereby given to the General

Superintendent of Education to establish a force of trained teachers,
not to exceed one thousand in number, for the primary schools, such
force to be made up of teachers obtained in the United States or
in the Philippine Islands at salaries at the rate of not more than
one thousand five hundred dollars per annum, payable monthly.
Authority is also hereby given to the General Superintendent to
obtain such other additional trained teachers as may be necessary
for the provincial schools of secondary instruction at salaries at
the rate of not more than one thousand eight hundred dollars per
annum, payable monthly. The exact salary of each teacher shall be
fixed by the General Superintendent of Education in accordance
with the efficiency of the teacher in question and the Importance of
the position held. These teachers shall be maintained in the service
of the Insular Government until such time as the financial condition

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of the provinces, and the municipalities may warrant their payment

from provincial or municipal funds, as may be determined by the
Commission. The appointment of persons residing in the United
States to service in the Bureau of Education after the passage of
this Act shall be subject to the provisions of section four of Act
Numbered Eighty, as amended by Act Numbered Three hundred
and thirty-eight.”

SEC. 3. Section thirteen of the Provincial Government Act

Numbered Eighty-three, as amended, is hereby further amended by
adding at the end thereof the following paragraph, designated (o):

“(o) To provide for the division superintendent of schools the

necessary room or rooms for his office and for use in storing and
distributing supplies. In case any division embraces more than one
province, such room or rooms shall be provided by the province in
which the division superintendent maintain his residence.”

SEC. 4. The public good requiring be speedy enactment of

this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance
with section two of “An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws,” passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.

SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect on November first,

nineteen hundred and two: Provided, That the existing division
superintendents shall continue in the exercise of their present
lawful functions until the division superintendents authorized by
this Act shall have been appointed.

Enacted, October 8, 1902.

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ACT NO. 512

AN ACT TRANSFERRING THE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE

IN THE ISLAND OF NEGROS FROM THE BUREAU OF
EDUCATION TO THAT OF AGRICULTURE, AND MAKING
AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE ESTABLISHING AND
CARRYING ON OF SAME AND OF AN EXPERIMENT
STATION.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Commission, that:

SECTION 1. The Agricultural College, provision for the

establishment of which was made by Act Numbered Seventy-four
under the Bureau of Education, is hereby transferred to the Bureau
of Agriculture. The college shall be situated upon the Government
farm known as “La Grauja Modelo,” and said farm is hereby set
aside for the use of the college and as an experiment station in
connection therewith.

xxx xxx xxx

SEC. 13. Sections nineteen and twenty-four of Act Numbered

Seventy-four, together with all other Acts or parts of Acts relating to
the establishment of an agricultural school in the Island of Negros
inconsistent herewith, are hereby repealed.

SEC. 14. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance
with section two of “An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws,” passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.

SEC. 15. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, November 10, 1902.

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ACT NO. 525

AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED SEVENTY-FOUR,

ESTABLISHING A DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION, AND SECTION THIRTEEN OF THE
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT ACT, NUMBERED EIGHTY-
THREE, AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED FOUR
HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SEVEN.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Commission, that:

SECTION 1. Act Numbered Seventy-four, establishing a

Department of Public Instruction, as amended by Act Numbered
Four hundred and seventy-seven, is hereby amended as follows:

(a) By striking out paragraph (f) of section three and inserting

in lieu thereof the following paragraph:

“(f) He shall approve plans for the construction of schoolhouses

to be built by the municipalities or provinces, shall fix the amount of
land required in each case, and shall prescribe rules of hygiene which
shall be observed in connection with the schools of the Archipelago.
Plans for the construction of schoolhouses shall, on request of any
municipality or province, be made by the Chief of the Bureau of
Architecture.”

(b) By inserting in the fourth line of section five, after the

words “except the” and before the word “Thirty-third,” the word
“Eighteenth.”

(c) By striking out the fourteenth line of the same section and
inserting in lieu thereof the following: “Fifth Division, Batangas,
two thousand dollars.”

(d) By striking out the thirty-first and thirty-second lines

of the same section and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
“Eighteenth Division, Mindoro.”

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(e) By striking out the fifty-fourth and fifty-fifth lines of the

same section and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “Thirty-
first Division, Tayabas, two thousand dollars.”

(f) By inserting in the fifty-eighth line of the same section,

after the word’s “In the” and before the word “Thirty-third,” the
word “Eighteenth,” and by inserting in the fifty-ninth line, after
the words “Provinces of” and before the word “Benguet,” the word
“Mindoro.”

(g) By striking out the first four lines and the words “of the
Secretary of Public Instruction” in the fifth line of section six and
inserting in lieu thereof the following: “Whenever the business of
his office renders it necessary, cadi division superintendent may
be allowed a clerk, to be selected under the provisions of the Civil
Service Law”; and by striking out in the tenth line of the same
section the word “Eighteenth.”

SEC. 2. Section thirteen of the Provincial Government Act,

Numbered Eighty-three, as amended by Act Numbered Four hundred
and seventy-seven, is hereby amended so as make paragraph (o) of
said section read as follows:

“(o) To provide and equip for the division superintendent of

schools the necessary room or rooms for his office and for use in
storing and distributing supplies, in case any division embraces
more than one province, such room or rooms and equipment shall
be provided by the province in which the division superintendent
maintains his residence.”

SEC. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance
with section two of “An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws,” passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.

SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, November 18, 1902.

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ACT NO. 532

AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF SIX HUNDRED

AND FIFTY DOLLARS, LOCAL CURRENCY, FOR THE
RECONSTRUCTION OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS DESTROYED
BY STORM IN THE PROVINCE OF NUEVA ECIJA.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Commission, that:

SECTION 1. The sum of six hundred and fifty dollars, local

currency is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for reconstruction of school
buildings destroyed by the late storm in the Province of Nueva
Ecija.

SEC. 2. The money appropriated by this Act shall be expended

under the direction of the General Superintendent of Education
and shall be applied as follows: Two hundred and fifty dollars in
San Leonardo, two hundred and fifty dollars in Cabanatuan, and
one hundred and fifty dollars in Bongabon, municipalities in said
province.

SEC. 3 The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance
with section two of “An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws,” passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.

SEC. 4. This act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, November 24, 1902.

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ACT NO. 661

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE EMPLOYMENT OF SCHOOL-

TEACHERS AS THIRD AND FOURTH CLASS OBSERVERS
FOR THE PHILIPPINE WEATHER BUREAU, UNDER
CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Commission, that:

SECTION 1. In municipalities where third or fourth class

stations of the Philippine Weather Bureau are established, and
where other suitable persons are not available for appointment
as observers, the Director of the Philippine Weather Bureau is
authorized in his discretion to appoint public school-teachers as
third or fourth class observers of the Weather Bureau: Provided,
however, That such appointment shall not be made where service
in the Weather Bureau shall interfere with the regular duties of
such teachers, and the Secretary of Public Instruction is hereby
authorized, whenever in his judgment there is such interference,
to withhold his consent to further service by such teachers under
this section, and thereafter such service shall cease. Persons so
appointed are hereby authorized to receive the regular salaries of
third or fourth class observers of the Weather Bureau in addition
to the compensation which they receive as teachers, the provisions
of Act Numbered One hundred and forty-eight to the contrary
notwithstanding.

SEC. 2. This Act shall be retroactive so far as concerns

the appointment of C. C. Brown, of Borongan, Samar, and Charles
Stone, of Cuyo, Cuyo, and the payment of the salary of a fourth-class
observer to each of these gentlemen for the period during which he
has actually served as a fourth-class observer is hereby authorized.

SEC. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance
with section two of “An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws,” passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.
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SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, March 5, 1903.

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ACT NO. 672

AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED SEVENTY-FOUR,

ESTABLISHING A DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION, AS AMENDED BY ACTS NUMBERED FOUR
HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SEVEN AND FIVE HUNDRED
AND TWENTY-FIVE, BY PROVIDING FOR AN ASSISTANT
TO THE GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION,
FOR THE REDUCTION OF THE NUMBER OF SCHOOL
DIVISIONS TO THIRTY-FIVE, FOR THE TRAVELING
EXPENSES OF THE GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT,
ASSISTANT TO THE GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT,
AND DIVISION SUPERINTENDENTS, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Commission, that:

SECTION 1. Act Numbered Seventy-four, as amended by

Acts Numbered Four hundred and seventy-seven and five hundred
and twenty-five, is hereby amended as follows:

By making paragraph (b) of section three read as follows:

“(b) He shall appoint, subject to the approval of the Secretary

of Public Instruction, an assistant to the General Superintendent
of Education, at an annual salary of two thousand four hundred
dollars, payable monthly, and shall prescribe the duties of said
assistant. He shall also appoint, subject to the approval of the
Secretary of Public Instruction, a city superintendent of schools for
Manila and division superintendents of schools for other parts of the
Archipelago at the salaries hereinafter provided, and the teachers
and clerks authorized by law, and shall prescribe the duties of such
teachers and clerks.”

(b) By making section five read as follows:

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“SEC. 5. The Archipelago shall be and is hereby divided into

thirty-five school divisions. In the First Division (the city of Manila
and its barrios) there shall be a city superintendent of schools, and
in each of the other divisions, except the Thirty-second, Thirty-third,
Thirty-fourth, and Thirty-fifth, there shall be a regularly appointed
division superintendent. The divisions and the annual salaries of
the superintendents thereof shall he as follows:

“First Division, the city of Manila and its barrios, three

thousand dollars.
“Second Division, Albay and Sorsogon, one thousand eight
hundred dollars.
“Third Division, Ambos Camarines, two thousand dollars.
“Fourth Division, Batangas, two thousand dollars.
“Fifth Division, Bohol, two thousand dollars up to July first,
nineteen hundred and three, and on and after that date
one thousand eight hundred dollars.
“Sixth Division, Bulacan, one thousand six hundred dollars.
“Seventh Division, Cagayan and Isabela, two thousand two
hundred and fifty dollars.
“Eighth Division, Capiz, one thousand five hundred dollars.
“Ninth Division, Cavite, one thousand six hundred dollars.
“Tenth Division, Cebu, two thousand two hundred and fifty
dollars.
“Eleventh Division, Ilocos Norte, two thousand dollars.
“Twelfth Division, Ilocos Sur and Abra, two thousand two
hundred and fifty dollars.
“Thirteenth Division, Iloilo and Antique, two thousand five
hundred dollars.
“Fourteenth Division, La Laguna, one thousand eight hundred
dollars.
“Fifteenth Division, La Union, one thousand five, hundred
dollars.
“Sixteenth Division, Leyte and Samar, two thousand four
hundred dollars.
“Seventeenth Division, Masbate, one thousand five hundred
dollars.
“Eighteenth Division, Mindanao and Job (with the exception
of Misamis and Surigao), two thousand five hundred
dollars.
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“Nineteenth Division, Misamis, one thousand five hundred

dollars.
“Twentieth Division, Nueva Ecija, two thousand dollars.
“Twenty-first Division, Nueva Vizcaya, one thousand five
hundred dollars.
“Twenty-second Division, Occidental Negros, two thousand
two hundred and fifty dollars.
“Twenty-third Division, Oriental Negros, one thousand six
hundred dollars.
“Twenty-fourth Division, Pampanga and Bataan, two thousand
two hundred and fifty dollars.
“Twenty-fifth Division, Pangasinan, two thousand five
hundred dollars.
“Twenty-sixth Division, Rizal, one thousand five hundred
dollars.
“Twenty-seventh Division, Romblon, one thousand five
hundred dollars.
“Twenty-eighth Division, Surigao, one thousand five hundred
dollars.
“Twenty-ninth Division, Tarlac, one thousand five hundred
dollars.
“Thirtieth Division, Tayabas, two thousand dollars.
“Thirty-first Division, Zambales, one thousand five hundred
dollars.
“In the Thirty-second, Thirty-third, Thirty-fourth, and Thirty-
fifth Divisions, comprising the Provinces of Mindoro,
Benguet, Lepanto-Bontoc, and Paragua. the respective
governors shall act, without additional compensation,
as division superintendents: Provided, That for school
purposes the entire Island of Paragua shall constitute
the school division under the supervision of the governor
of the Province of Paragua.”

(c) By making section six read as follows:

“SEC. 6. Whenever the business of his office renders it

necessary, each division superintendent may be allowed a clerk
to be appointed under the provisions of the Civil Service Law. The
respective salaries of the clerks of the Seventh, Tenth, Twelfth,

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Thirteenth, Sixteenth, Eighteenth, Twenty-second, Twenty-fourth,

and Twenty-fifth Divisions shall not exceed a sum at the rate of one
thousand two hundred dollars per annum; the respective salaries of
the clerks in the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Eleventh, Fourteenth,
Twentieth, and Thirtieth Divisions shall not exceed a sum at the
rate of nine hundred dollars per annum; and the respective salaries
of the clerks in the Sixth, Eighth, Ninth, Fifteenth, Seventeenth,
Nineteenth, Twenty-first, Twenty-third, Twenty-sixth, Twenty-
seventh, Twenty-eighth, Twenty-ninth, and Thirty-first Divisions
shall not exceed a sum at the rate of six hundred dollars per
annum.”

(d) By making section seven road as follows:

“SEC. 7. The actual expenses, including the cost of subsistence

in excess of one dollar, money of the United States, per day, of the
General Superintendent, assistant to the General Superintendent,
and the division superintendents while absent from their usual
places of residence on official business, shall be paid out of the
Insular Treasury.”

(e) By making the last sentence of section nine read as

follows:

“Unless otherwise authorized and directed by the General

Superintendent of Education or the Civil Governor, he shall have
and maintain his residence and keep his office in the town in which
the provincial school is established, if such school exists, and if no
such school exists ho shall have and maintain his residence and
keep his office in one of the large towns in his division, from which
all the pueblos in such division can be most conveniently reached.”

SEC. 2. The General Superintendent of Education is hereby

authorized to pay the salary of the assistant to the General
Superintendent until July first, nineteen hundred and three, from
funds already appropriated for elementary teachers. He is also
authorized to pay the salary of the division superintendent of Nueva
Vizcaya from the funds already appropriated for the superintendent
of the former division of Antique.

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SEC. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance
with section two of “An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws,” passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.

SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, March 7, 1903.

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ACT NO. 727

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED

AND SEVENTY-TWO, AMENDING ACT NUMBERED
SEVENTY-FOUR, ESTABLISHING A DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, AND ITS AMENDMENTS, AS TO
THE STATUS OF THE ASSISTANT TO THE GENERAL
SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Commission, that:

SECTION 1. Act Numbered Six hundred and seventy-

two, entitled “An Act amending Act Numbered Seventy-four,
establishing a Department of Public Instruction, as amended by
Acts Numbered Four hundred and seventy-seven and Five hundred
and twenty-five, by providing for an assistant to the General
Superintendent of Education, for the reduction of the number of
school divisions to thirty-five, for the traveling expenses of the
General Superintendent, assistant to the General Superintendent,
and division superintendents, and for other purposes,” is hereby
amended by inserting in paragraph (b) of section one of said Act,
at the close of the first sentence therein, the following: “Provided,
That the status of the assistant to the General Superintendent of
Education in reference to the requirements of the Civil Service Law
shall be the same as that of the General Superintendent, the division
superintendents, and the teachers of public schools.”

SEC. 2. This Act shall be retroactive in so far as to authorize

and make legal the payment of salary for services rendered by
a person appointed to the position of assistant to the General
Superintendent without a compliance with the Civil Service Law.

SEC. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance
with section two of “An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws,” passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.

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SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, April 7, 1903.

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ACT NO. 734

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE EMPLOYMENT OF SCHOOL

TEACHERS AS COLLABORATORS OF THE FORESTRY
BUREAU AND PROVIDING FOR ADDITIONAL
COMPENSATION AS SUCH.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Commission, that:

SECTION 1. The Chief of the Forestry Bureau is authorized,

in his discretion, to appoint public-school teachers, not to exceed
six in number, as collaborators of the Forestry Bureau during the
school vacation only. Persons so appointed are hereby authorized to
receive a compensation at the rate of seventy-five dollars monthly as
collaborators of the Forestry Bureau in addition to the compensation
which they receive as teachers, the provisions of Act Numbered One
hundred and forty-eight to the contrary notwithstanding.

SEC. 2. The additional salaries of teachers appointed

under the provisions of this Act tor the second half of the fiscal
year nineteen hundred and three are hereby made a proper charge
against the appropriation for “Salaries and wages, Forestry Bureau,
nineteen hundred and three,” made in Act Numbered Five hundred
and ninety-five.

SEC. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance
with section two of “An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws,” passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.

SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, April 8, 1903.

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ACT NO. 744

AN ACT PLACING THE BUREAU OF PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS,

AND TRADE-MARKS UNDER THE IMMEDIATE DIRECTION
OF THE CHIEF OF THE BUREAU OF ARCHIVES SUBJECT
TO THE EXECUTIVE CONTROL OF THE SECRETARY
OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, INCREASING THE NUMBER
OF EMPLOYEES OF SAID BUREAU OF PATENTS,
COPYRIGHTS, AND TRADE-MARKS, AND AMENDING
ACTS NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SEVEN
AND SIX HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Commission, that:

SECTION 1. The Bureau of Patents, Copyrights, and Trade-

Marks Archives is hereby placed under the immediate direction
of the Chief of the Bureau of Archives, who shall act as Chief of
the Bureau of Patents, Copyrights, and Trade-Marks without
additional compensation and shall exercise all powers and perform
all duties appertaining to Executive control, said Bureau subject to
the executive control of the Secretary of Public Instruction, to whose
Department said Bureau is hereby transferred.

SEC. 2. The following personnel is hereby authorized for the

Bureau of Patents, Copyrights, and Trade-Marks, to include the
present employees of the Bureau: One clerk class eight, one clerk
class ten, one clerk Class D, and one employee at a compensation at
the rate of one hundred and fifty dollars per annum.

SEC. 3. The following sums, in money of the United States,

or so much thereof as may be respectively necessary, are hereby
appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, in addition to the amount provided under Act
Numbered Five hundred and ninety-five for the Bureau of Patents,
Copyrights, and Trade-Marks, to meet the expenses of said-Bureau
during the remainder of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three:

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For salaries and wages, five hundred and sixty-two dollars and fifty
cents; for contingent expenses, three hundred dollars.

SEC. 4. Section twelve of Act Numbered Six hundred and

sixty-six is hereby amended to read as follows:

“SEC. 12. The application prescribed in the foregoing section

Application must be accompanied by a written declaration verified
by the person, or by a member of the firm, or by an officer of the
corporation applying, or by the duly authorized attorney or agent of
such person, firm, or corporation, to the effect that such party has at
the time a right to the use of the trade-mark or trade-name sought
to be registered, and that no other person, firm, or corporation has
the right to such use, either in the identical form or in any such near
resemblance thereto as might be calculated to deceive; and that the
description and facsimiles presented for registry truly represent the
trade-mark sought to be registered.”

SEC. 5. All Acts and orders in so far as they conflict with the
provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

SEC. 6. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance
with section two of “An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws,” passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.

SEC. 7. This Act shall take effect as of April first, nineteen

hundred and three.

Enacted, April 8, 1903.

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ACT NO. 854

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE EDUCATION OF FILIPINO

STUDENTS IN THE UNITED STATES AND APPROPRIATING
FOR SUCH PURPOSE THE SUM OF SEVENTY-TWO
THOUSAND DOLLARS, IN MONEY OF THE UNITED
STATES.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Commission, that:

SECTION 1. In each of the school divisions of the Archipelago

examinations to secure a list of students best qualified to receive and
profit by a course of instruction and education in the United States
shall be held under the direction of the division superintendents on
or before the thirty-first of March in each year hereafter. Candidates
for examination must be students of the public schools and natives
of the Philippine Islands, of good moral character, sound physical
condition, and not less than sixteen nor more than twenty-one years
of age. Full report of such examinations shall be made by division
superintendents to the General Superintendent of Education, who
shall certify to the Civil Governor, through the Secretary of Public
Instruction, as eligible for appointment as Government students to be
educated in the United States all candidates receiving a percentage
of not less than seventy-five in each subject of examination. The
Civil Governor may appoint from the number so certified such a
number of students as may be prescribed by resolution of the
Commission, designating in the appointment of each the school,
college, university, or other educational institution in the United
States to which the student will be sent for education at the expense
of the Government of the Philippine Islands. With the approval of
the Commission the Civil Governor may designate and appoint for
special instruction in the United States twenty-five students at
large and not included in said certified list, but such students shall
be natives of the Philippine Islands, not more than twenty-five years
of age, of good moral character, and in sound physical condition.

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SEC. 2. The Civil Governor may, of his own motion, with

or without competitive examination, as he may elect, select and
appoint for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and four one hundred
students to be educated in the United States at the expense of
the Government of the Philippine Islands. Of said one hundred
students, thirteen shall be selected and appointed for instruction
in agriculture and the useful mechanical arts and sciences and
twelve for such course of special instruction, approved by the Civil
Governor, as they may elect. The students so selected and appointed
by the Governor shall be students of the public schools and natives
of the Philippine islands, of good moral character, sound physical
condition, and not less than sixteen nor more than twenty-one years
of age: Provided, however, That natives of the Philippine Islands, of
good moral character, sound physical condition, and not exceeding
twenty-five years of age may be selected and appointed by the Civil
Governor for a course of special instruction.

SEC. 3. After his selection and before his appointment each

student shall be subjected to a thorough physical examination by a
physician designated by the Civil Governor, and the appointment
of such student; shall be dependent on the favorable report of the
Oath of allegiance, physician so designated. Each student receiving
an appointment shall be required to take the oath of allegiance to
the Government of the United States, and to sign an agreement,
approved by his parents or guardian if he is under twenty-one years
of age, to the effect that he will attend the educational institution
designated by the Civil Governor for the period of four years, or for
such time as may be prescribed in his appointment, unless sooner
released; that he will conform to all regulations, rules, and laws of
said institution and such other regulations as may be prescribed
by the Department of Public Instruction; that he will diligently,
studiously, and faithfully pursue the established course of studies
or such special course of studies as may be indicated by the Civil
Governor; and that upon the termination of his studies in the United
States, in conformity with, this Act and the terms of his appointment
and agreement, he will return to the Philippine Islands, and within
two months after his return will take a civil-service examination,
competitive or noncompetitive, in the discretion of the Civil
Service Board, to qualify in such grade or for such office or position

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under civil-service rules as he may elect, and that if certified for

appointment by the Civil Service Board and appointed from such
certification to any office or post in the civil service at any time
within one year after his return, he will accept such appointment
and faithfully perform the duties of the office or post to which he
is appointed, for the salary fixed by competent authority and for a
period of time equal to that spent by him in the United States at
the expense of the Government, unless sooner separated from the
service by competent authority.

SEC. 4. The Civil Governor, by and with the approval of the

Commission, may appoint a suitable agent to receive Government
students in the United States and to arrange for their transportation
to the institutions of learning to which such students shall have
been assigned, to make all necessary arrangements for the entrance
of such students into said institutions and for their care, protection,
and welfare while students therein, and to perform such other duties
as may be ordered by the General Superintendent of Education.
The agent is hereby placed under the supervision of the Chief of
the Bureau of Insular Affairs at Washington, to whom he shall
make quarterly reports of the health, welfare, and progress of each
student. He shall also send duplicates of such reports to the General
Superintendent of Education. Such agent so appointed shall receive
a compensation not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars, in
money of the United States, per annum, and his necessary traveling
expenses while engaged in the performance of the duties required
by this section.

SEC. 5. The cost of education and maintenance of said

students in the United States, not exceeding the sum of five hundred
dollars, in money of the United States, per student per annum, and
the actual and necessary traveling expenses of said students to the
educational institutions in the United States to which they have
been assigned and their actual and necessary traveling expenses
from such educational institution to Manila, Philippine Islands,
upon the completion of their studies in conformity with this Act and
their agreement, shall be paid by the Government of the Philippine
Islands.

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SEC. 6. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the

Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of seventy-
two thousand dollars, in money of the United States, or so much
thereof as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Funds appropriated for the purposes of this Act for expenditure
in the United States shall be disbursed by the Disbursing Officer
of Insular Funds, Bureau of Insular Affairs, War Department,
Washington. District of Columbia, on vouchers properly signed and
duly presented.

SEC. 7. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, August 26, 1903.

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ACT NO. 917

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FIVE OF ACT NUMBERED

SEVENTY-FOUR, ESTABLISHING A DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, AS AMENDED, BY MAKING THE
PROVINCE OF LEYTE AND THE PROVINCE OF SAMAR
SEPARATE SCHOOL DIVISIONS.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Commission, that:

SECTION 1. Section five of Act Numbered Seventy-four,

establishing a Department of Public Instruction, as amended by
Acts Numbered Four hundred and seventy-seven, Five hundred and
twenty-five, and Six hundred and seventy-two, is hereby further
amended by striking from the phrase in said section, “Sixteenth
Division, Leyte and Samar, two thousand four hundred dollars,” the
words “and Samar,” making said phrase read, “Sixteenth Division,
Leyte, two thousand four hundred dollars,” and by striking from
the phrase in said section, “Eighteenth Division, Mindanao and
Jolo (with the exception of Misamis and Surigao), two thousand five
hundred dollars,” the words “Mindanao and Jolo (with the exception
of Misamis and Surigao),” and inserting in lieu thereof the word
“Samar,” making the phrase read, “Eighteenth Division, Samar,
two thousand five hundred dollars.”

SEC. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance
with section two of “An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws,” passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, October 1, 1903.

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ACT NO. 997

AN ACT AUTHORIZING A LOAN OF FIVE THOUSAND AND

EIGHTY-FIVE PESOS, PHILIPPINE CURRENCY, TO THE
PROVINCE OF TAYABAS, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF THE ISLAND OF MARINDUQUE,
AND AUTHORIZING A LOAN OF EIGHT THOUSAND
PESOS, PHILIPPINE CURRENCY, TO THE MUNICIPALITY
OF SARIAYA, PROVINCE OF TAYABAS, TO ENABLE THE
MUNICIPALITY TO COMPLETE ITS PUBLIC-SCHOOL
BUILDING.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Commission, that:

SECTION 1. The Treasurer of the Philippine Islands is

hereby authorized to loan, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury
not otherwise appropriated, the sum of five thousand and eighty-
five pesos, Philippine currency, to the Province of Tayabas for
the benefit of the public schools of the Island of Marinduque, and
the same is hereby appropriated to be expended by the provincial
board of Tayabas, for the payment of the native teachers of the
public schools of the island and such other lawful expenses as may
be recommended by the division superintendent of schools and
approved by the board. The amount so loaned shall be returned to
the Insular Treasury from the treasury of the Province of Tayabas
on or before the first, day of January, nineteen hundred and nine,
without interest: Provided, That not less than one thousand pesos,
Philippine currency, shall be returned on or before the first day of
January, nineteen hundred and five, and not less than one thousand
pesos. Philippine currency, each year thereafter until the loan is
paid in full.

SEC. 2. The Treasurer of the Philippine Islands is also hereby

authorized to loan, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, the sum of eight thousand pesos, Philippine
currency, to the municipality of Sariaya, Province of Tayabas, in
order to enable said municipality to complete the construction of

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its public-school building, and the same is hereby appropriated

for that purpose. The money so appropriated shall be withdrawn
from the Insular Treasury by settlement warrant payable to the
treasurer of the Province of Tayabas, to be by him transferred, like
other municipal funds, to the municipality of Sariaya, and shall be
returned without interest, through the provincial board of Tayabas,
to the Insular Treasury, as follows: “Not less than two thousand
pesos, Philippine currency, on or before January first, nineteen
hundred and five, and not less than two thousand pesos, Philippine
currency, each year thereafter until the loan is paid.

SEC. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance
with section two of “An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws,” passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.

SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, November 17, 1903.

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ACT NO. 1076

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A LOAN OF TWENTY THOUSAND

PESOS, PHILIPPINE CURRENCY, TO THE PROVINCE
OF ILOCOS SUR, EIGHT THOUSAND PESOS TO THE
PROVINCE OF ROMBLON, AND SIX THOUSAND PESOS TO
THE PROVINCE OF ABRA, FROM THE CONGRESSIONAL
RELIEF FUND, FOR USE IN THE CONSTRUCTION IN
SAID PROVINCES OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF SECONDARY
INSTRUCTION.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted the Philippine

Commission, that:

SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated, from any funds

of the Congressional relief fund not otherwise appropriated, the
following sums in Philippine currency, to be loaned to the provinces
hereinafter designated, for expenditure under the direction of the
respective provincial boards, in the construction of the necessary
building or buildings for a secondary school of public instruction in
such locality in each of the said provinces as may be selected by the
provincial board and approved by the General Superintendent of
Education, and for no other purpose:

a) To the Province of Ilocos Sur, twenty thousand pesos to

be repaid to the Insular Treasury as follows: Five thousand pesos
Philippine currency, within one year from the date of the acceptance
of the loan, and five thousand pesos each year thereafter until the
full amount of the loan has been satisfied.

b) To the Province of Romblon, eight thousand pesos, to be

repaid to the insular Treasury as follows: Two thousand pesos
within one year from the date of the acceptance of the loan, and
three thousand pesos each year thereafter until the full amount of
the loan has been satisfied.

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c) To the Province of Abra, six thousand pesos, to be repaid

the Insular Treasury as follows: One thousand two hundred pesos
within one year from the date of the acceptance of the loan, and
one thousand two hundred pesos each year thereafter until the full
amount of the loan has been satisfied.

SEC. 2. The money appropriated by section one of this Act for

loans to each of the provinces therein designated shall be paid by
the Insular Treasurer to the treasurer of each province concerned,
on the presentation to the Insular Treasurer of a certified copy of
a resolution of the provincial board of such province accepting the
loan and agreeing to repay the same, without interest, in accordance
with the provisions of said section one. The moneys so loaned shall,
when repaid to the Insular Treasury, be returned to the fund from
which appropriated.

SEC. 3. The plans and specifications for the construction of

the buildings provided for by this Act shall be prepared by the Chief
of the Bureau of Architecture and Construction of Public Buildings,
and the buildings when constructed, together with the tracts of land
upon which the same are situated, and the schools when established,
shall be under the supervisory control of the Department of Public
Instruction.

SEC. 4. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance
with section two of “An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws,” passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.

SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, March 5, 1904.

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ACT NO. 1273

AN ACT AMENDING SECTION THIRTEEN OF ACT NUMBERED

EIGHTY-THREE, AS AMENDED BY PARAGRAPH (b) OF
SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED
AND SEVENTY-TWO, AND GIVING DISCRETIONARY
AUTHORITY TO PROVINCIAL BOARDS TO MAKE
LOANS OUT OF PROVINCIAL FUNDS NOT OTHERWISE
APPROPRIATED TO THE MUNICIPALITIES OF THEIR
RESPECTIVE PROVINCES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OR
REPAIR OF MUNICIPAL SCHOOL BUILDINGS OR FOR
OTHER MUNICIPAL SCHOOL PURPOSES

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Commission, that:

SECTION 1. Section thirteen of Act Numbered Eighty-three,

as amended by the provisions of paragraph (b) of section one of
Act Numbered Three hundred and seventy-two is hereby further
amended by inserting immediately after paragraph (n) of said
section thirteen a new paragraph which is herein designated as (nn)
and is as follows:

“(nn) To make loans, when deemed expedient by the provincial

board, out of provincial funds not otherwise appropriated, to
municipalities of the province for the construction or repair of school
buildings or for other school purposes: Provided however, That the
total sum so loaned in any one fiscal year shall not exceed ten per
centum of the gross regular income of the province for the previous
fiscal year: And provided however, That such loans shall be made
payable without interest by the municipalities to the province not
later than the end of the succeeding fiscal year.”

SEC. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance
with section two of “An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws,” passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.

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SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, November 25, 1904.

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ACT NO. 1275

AN ACT APPROPRIATING, OUT OF THE CONGRESSIONAL

RELIEF FUND, THE SUM OF THREE HUNDRED AND
FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS, PHILIPPINE CURRENCY, FOR
THE CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDINGS.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Commission, that:

SECTION 1. Out of funds not otherwise appropriated, from

the relief fund of three million dollars, in money of the United States,
voted by the Congress of the United States by Act approved March
third, nineteen hundred and three, there is hereby appropriated
for the Bureau of Education the sum of three hundred and fifty
thousand pesos, Philippine currency, for the construction of school
buildings for intermediate and high school instruction and for the
teaching of the useful arts and trades and applied sciences.

SEC. 2. The location of any building to the constructed out of

funds appropriated by this Act shall be determined by the General
Superintendent of Education, subject to approval of the Secretary
of Public Instruction. In determining what proportion of the
moneys appropriated by this Act shall he expended in any province,
consideration shall be given to the school conditions and necessities
of the province, the previous aid received by the province out of
insular funds for public school construction, and to the assistance
which the province or any municipality of the province may be able
to furnish from its own resources.

SEC. 3. The buildings to be constructed out of this appropriation

shall be built under the supervision of the division superintendent
of schools of the province in which such buildings are to be erected,
subject to the control of the General Superintendent of Education,
and in accordance with plans and specifications prepared by the
Bureau of Architecture or the architect of the Bureau of Education,
approved by said General Superintendent and the Secretary of
Public Instruction.

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SEC. 4. Unless otherwise ordered by the Secretary of

Public Instruction, contracts for the erection of buildings for the
construction of which provision is made by this Act shall be let
to the lowest responsible bidder, after at least ten days’ notice of
the letting published in a newspaper of general circulation of the
province or municipality where the work is to be done. Where
there are newspapers published in such province or municipality
in Spanish and in English, said notice shall be published in one
newspaper printed in English and one printed in Spanish. Should
there be no newspaper of general circulation published in the
province or municipality where the work is to be done, then the
notice required by this section shall be given by posting a notice
of the letting for ten days immediately prior to the letting on the
door of the provincial building of the province in which the school
building is to be erected, and on the door of the municipal building
of the municipality where the work is to be done, and by publication
of such notice for said ten days in one newspaper printed in English
and one newspaper printed in Spanish in the city of Manila. The
General Superintendent of Education is authorized to waive defects
in the form of bids and to reject any and all bids if he believes such
a course advisable for the best interests of the Government. No
contract shall be considered as entered into with the successful
bidder until an agreement in writing for the completion of the work
according to plans and specifications and a good and sufficient bond
for the faithful performance of such agreement, both duly approved
by the Civil Governor, shall have been executed to the Government
of the Philippine Islands.

SEC. 5. The Bureau of Architecture shall give to the Bureau

of Education such assistance and aid in the preparation of plans
and specifications for such buildings, the letting of contracts for
the construction, the supervision of construction, and the work of
construction of said buildings as the other duties of said Bureau of
Architecture may permit and the Secretary of Public Instruction
may direct.

SEC. 6. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance
with section two of “An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the

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Commission in the enactment of laws,” passed September twenty-

sixth, nineteen hundred.

SEC. 7. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, December 6, 1904.

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ACT NO. 1282

AN ACT CONSOLIDATING THE OFFICES OF PROVINCIAL

TREASURER AND PROVINCIAL SUPERVISOR OF THE
PROVINCE OF OCCIDENTAL NEGROS AND MAKING THE
DIVISION SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS FOR THE
PROVINCE A MEMBER OF THE PROVINCIAL BOARD.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Commission, that:

SECTION 1. The offices of provincial treasurer and provincial

supervisor provided for in Act Numbered One hundred and nineteen,
extending the provisions of the Provincial Government Act and of
the Municipal Code to the Province of Occidental Negros, are hereby
consolidated, and the office thus formed shall be known as the office
of the provincial supervisor-treasurer.

SEC. 2. The provincial Governor, the provincial supervisor-

treasurer, and the division superintendent of schools for the
province, who shall receive no additional compensation for such
services, shall constitute the provincial board of the Province of
Occidental Negros.

SEC. 3. The bond of the provincial supervisor-treasurer

of Occidental Negros shall be forty thousand pesos, Philippine
currency, subject to increase or diminution by the Insular Treasurer
in accordance with the provisions of Act Numbered Four hundred
and sixty-four. He shall receive an annual salary of five thousand
pesos Philippine currency, payable monthly. His qualifications and
duties shall be the same as the qualifications and duties of provincial
supervisor and provincial treasurer as outlined in the Provincial
Government Act and its amendments, except that the requirement
that the provincial supervisor shall be a competent civil engineer
and surveyor is hereby waived. The Supervisor-Treasurer may,
when authorized by resolution of the provincial board, employ a
foreman in charge of the repair and construction of roads at a salary
not to exceed one hundred and twenty pesos, Philippine currency,
per month.
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SEC. 4. So much of Act Numbered One hundred and nineteen,

or of any other Act, as may be inconsistent with the provisions of
this Act is hereby repealed.

SEC. 5. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance
with section two of “An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws,” passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.

SEC. 6. This Act shall take effect February first, nineteen

hundred and five.

Enacted, January 12, 1905.

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ACT NO. 1318

AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED TWELVE HUNDRED

AND SEVENTY-FIVE, APPROPRIATING OUT OF
THE CONGRESSIONAL RELIEF FUND THE SUM OF
THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS,
PHILIPPINE CURRENCY, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION
OF PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDINGS, BY PROVIDING FOR
THE DISBURSEMENT OF SAID FUND AND ANY OTHER
MONEYS SUBSCRIBED, APPROPRIATED, OR OTHERWISE
LAWFULLY ADDED TO IT AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Commission, that:

SECTION 1. Section one of Act Numbered Twelve hundred

and seventy-five is hereby amended to read as follows:

“SECTION 1. Out of funds not otherwise appropriated

from the relief fund of three million dollars, in money of the
United States, voted by the Congress of the United States by Act
approved March third, nineteen hundred and three, there is hereby
appropriated for the Bureau of Education the sum of three hundred
and fifty thousand pesos, Philippine currency, for the construction,
remodeling, and repair of buildings and the purchase of land and
buildings for intermediate and high school instruction and for
the teaching of the useful arts and trades and applied sciences
and the sum so appropriated, together with any other moneys
subscribed, appropriated, or otherwise lawfully added to the sum
appropriated by this Act by any province, municipality, or person
for any or all of said purposes, shall be disbursed by the disbursing
officer of the Bureau of Education, upon vouchers approved by the
General Superintendent of Education, if it is impracticable for the
disbursing officer of the Bureau of Education to disburse said funds,
then the same shall, at the request of the General Superintendent
of Education, be disbursed by the treasurer of any province upon
vouchers approved by the General Superintendent of Education
or upon vouchers approved by the superintendent of schools of the

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division in which the money is to be disbursed, as the General of

Superintendent may direct. The disbursing officer of the Bureau
of Education or the provincial treasurer, as the case may be, shall
receive and account for all moneys received and disbursed by him
under this Act and shall be responsible on his bond for such moneys
in the same manner as for other Insular and provincial funds.”

SEC. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance
with section two of “An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws,” passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, April 11, 1905.

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ACT NO. 1337

AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED SEVENTY-FOUR,

ESTABLISHING A DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION, AS AMENDED, BY PROVIDING THAT
THE E SALARIES OF CLERKS, TEACHERS, AND DIVISION
SUPERINTENDENTS AND THE SALARY OF THE
ASSISTANT TO THE GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT OF
EDUCATION SHALL BE FIXED IN THE APPROPRIATION
ACTS OF THE COMMISSION, BY STRIKING OUT THAT
PART OF SECTION FIVE OF SAID ACT FIXING THE
SALARIES TO APPERTAIN TO SCHOOL DIVISIONS AND
ALL OF SECTION SIX FIXING THE SALARIES OF CLERKS
TO DIVISION SUPERINTENDENTS, BY PROVIDING FOR
THE PARTITION OF CAGAYAN AND ISABELA INTO
SEPARATE SCHOOL DIVISIONS, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Commission, that:

SECTION 1. Act Numbered Seventy-four, establishing a

Department of Public Instruction, as amended by Acts Numbered
Four hundred and seventy-seven. Five hundred and twenty-five,
Six hundred and seventy-two, Seven hundred and twenty-seven,
and Nine hundred and seventeen, is hereby amended as follows:

(a) By making paragraph (b) of section three read as follows:

“(b) He shall appoint, subject to the approval of the Secretary

of Public Instruction, an assistant to the General Superintendent
of Education and the teachers and clerks authorized by law and
shall prescribe the duties of said assistant, teachers, and clerks. He
shall also appoint, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Public
Instruction, a city superintendent of schools for Manila and division
superintendents of schools for each of the school divisions in the
Philippine Islands established as hereinafter provided, with the
exception of the Thirty-third, Thirty-fourth, Thirty-fifth, and Thirty-

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sixth Divisions, in which the respective governors shall act, without

additional compensation, as division superintendents. The salary
of the assistant to the General Superintendent and the salaries of
clerks, teachers, and division superintendents, including the city
superintendent of schools for Manila, shall, until otherwise directed
by the Commission, be fixed from time to time in the appropriation
Acts of the Commission. The status of the assistant to the General
Superintendent of Education in reference to the requirements
of the Civil Service Law shall be the same as that of the General
Superintendent, division superintendents, and the teachers of
public schools.”’

(b) By striking out sections five and six and inserting in lieu of
section five the following, and renumbering section seven as section
six and the sections following thereafter accordingly:

“SEC. 5. Excluding the Moro Province, the Philippine Islands

shall be and are hereby divided into thirty-six school divisions, as
follows:

“First Division, the city of Manila and its barrios.

“Second Division, the Provinces of Albay and Sorsogon.
“Third Division, the Province of Ambos Camarines.
“Fourth Division, the Province of Batangas.
“Fifth Division, the Province of Bohol.
“ Sixth Division, the Province of Bulacan.
“Seventh Division, the Province of Cagayan.
“Eighth Division, the Province of Capiz.
“Ninth Division, the Province of Cavite.
“Tenth Division, the Province of Cebu.
“Eleventh Division, the Province of Ilocos Norte.
Twelfth Division, the Province of Ilocos Sur.
“Thirteenth Division, the Provinces of Iloilo and Antique.
“Fourteenth Division, the Province of La Laguna.
“Fifteenth Division, the Province of La Union.
“Sixteenth Division, the Province of Leyte.
“Seventeenth Division, the Province of Masbate.
“Eighteenth Division, the Province of Samar.
“Nineteenth Division, the Province of Misamis.

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“Twentieth Division, the Province of Nueva Ecija.

“Twenty-first Division, the Province of Nueva Vizcaya.
“Twenty-second Division, the Province of Occidental Negros.
“Twenty-third Division, the Province of Oriental Negros.
“Twenty-fourth Division, the Provinces of Pampanga and
Bataan.
“Twenty-fifth Division, the Province of Pangasinan.
“Twenty-sixth Division. I he Province of Rizal.
“Twenty-seventh Division, the Province of Romblon.
“Twenty-eighth Division, the Province of Surigao.
“Twenty-ninth Division, the Province of Tarlac.
“Thirtieth Division, the Province of Tayabas.
“Thirty-first Division, the Province of Zambales.
“Thirty-second Division, the Province of Isabela.
“Thirty-third Division, the Province of Mindoro.
“Thirty-fourth Division, the Province of Benguet.
“Thirty-fifth Division, the Province of Lepanto-Bontoc.
“Thirty-sixth Division, the Province of Paragua.”

SEC. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance
with section two of “An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws.”’ passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, April 27, 1905.

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ACT NO. 1346

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL, WHERE

THE DIVISION SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS IS A
MEMBER OF A PROVINCIAL BOARD, TO DESIGNATE
ANY TEACHER OF THE BUREAU OF EDUCATION TO
ACT AS A MEMBER OF SUCH PROVINCIAL BOARD IN
CASE OF A VACANCY IN THE POSITION OF DIVISION
SUPERINTENDENT OR DURING THE ABSENCE OR
DISABILITY OF THE DIVISION SUPERINTENDENT,
AND AMENDING ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED AND
THIRTY-THREE.”

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Commission, that:

SECTION 1. Where the division superintendent of schools

is by proper authority made a member of a provincial board, the
Governor-General is hereby authorized to designate, in his discretion,
any teacher of the Bureau of Education to act temporarily without
additional compensation as a member of such provincial hoard in
case of a vacancy in the position of division superintendent or during
the absence or disability of the division superintendent.

SEC. 2. Section two of Act Numbered Six hundred and

thirty-three, entitled “An Act consolidating the offices of provincial
treasurer and provincial supervisor of the Province of Isabela,” as
amended by Act Numbered Eight hundred and thirty-six, is hereby
amended by striking out of said section the words “and. Cagayan.”

SEC. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance
with section two of “An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws,” passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.

SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, May 19, 1905.

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ACT NO. 1401

AN ACT ABOLISHING THE OFFICES OF PROVINCIAL

SUPERVISOR AND A SUPERVISOR-TREASURER IN THE
PROVINCES ORGANIZED UNDER THE PROVINCIAL
GOVERNMENT ACT, PROVIDING THAT CERTAIN
DUTIES HERETOFORE PERFORMED BY PROVINCIAL
SUPERVISORS SHALL DEVOLVE UPON THE
PROVINCIAL TREASURERS, AND THAT THE DIVISION
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS SHALL BE A MEMBER
OF THE PROVINCIAL BOARD, AND CREATING THE
OFFICE OF DISTRICT ENGINEER AND FIXING HIS
POWERS AND DUTIES.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Commission, that:

SECTION 1. The offices of provincial supervisor and

supervisor-treasurer, provided for by the Provincial Government
Act and the Acts organizing various provinces thereunder and Acts
amendatory thereof, shall be abolished on January first, nineteen
hundred and six, and the officers now known as supervisor-
treasurers shall after said date be known as provincial treasurers of
their respective provinces.

All the powers, responsibilities, and duties heretofore vested

in the provincial supervisor shall thereupon be transferred to the
provincial treasurer, and shall thereafter be assumed by that officer,
except such powers, responsibilities, and duties as are hereinafter
specified.

Upon said date the division superintendents of schools for the

provinces above referred to shall become members of the respective
provincial boards. Each division superintendent of schools shall
subject to the approval of the Governor-General, designate a teacher
of the public schools resident at the capital of his province, who
shall act as a member of the provincial board in case of the sickness
or absence from the province of such division superintendent and

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in cases in which the latter has not his official residence in the
province. Neither the division superintendent nor the teacher: of
public schools acting as a member of the provincial board shall
receive any additional compensation therefor.

SEC. 2. The provinces organized under the Provincial

Government Act shall be divided into engineering districts by the
Consulting Engineer to the Commission, subject to the approval
of the Secretary of Commerce and Police, which districts may be
subsequently rearranged or modified by the Consulting Engineer,
with like approval, when the public interest so requires. The
engineers heretofore designated as supervisors shall be transferred
to the Bureau of Engineering, and, together with any regularly
appointed civil engineers, shall be assigned, in so far as may be
necessary, by the Consulting Engineer, subject to the approval of
the Secretary of Commerce and Police, to the engineering districts
herein provided for, and when so assigned and approved they shall
be designated district engineers, and shall be placed under bonds
in an amount approved by the Auditor for the Philippine Islands.
The Consulting Engineer shall have authority, with the approval
of’ the Secretary of Commerce and Police, when the public interest
so requires, to change the assignment of any district engineer or
to assign such engineer to other engineering duty. The provincial
boards of the provinces comprising the different engineering districts
shall be notified of the district organization herein provided for and
of any subsequent changes therein, and of the assignment of district
engineers to said districts, and their headquarters in each instance.
The Consulting Engineer shall designate the headquarters, of the
district engineers, and when such headquarters is the capital of a
province, the provincial board of such .province shall provide, free of
charge, suitable office quarters.

SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of the district engineer to prepare

a comprehensive scheme of roads for all of the provinces and
municipalities in his district, which shall be submitted, with his
recommendations, to the provincial and municipal governments
interested.

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SEC. 4. The district engineer shall have general supervision

over the construction, maintenance, and repair of all provincial
public works in the provinces of the district to which he is assigned
which exceed in estimated cost the sum of five hundred pesos, and
over all contracts connected with such works, under regulations
which shall be prepared by the Consulting Engineer to the
Commission and approved by the Secretary of Commerce and Police.
No contract for public works exceeding a cost of five hundred pesos
shall he undertaken by a provincial board before the plans have
been examined and approved by the district engineer. Upon request
of any provincial board in his district, the district engineer shall
make investigations and surveys of proposed construction or repair
of public works, and shall submit to said provincial board reports
and estimates of the cost of construction or repair of such proposed
works with his recommendations, and shall, when necessary,
prepare plans and specifications for such public works as may he
required by the provincial board. It shall be the duty of the district
engineer, by agreement with the president of each municipality, to
fix the territory within which the duty of repairing, constructing,
and maintaining roads, bridges, and ferries shall fall upon the
municipal government and that in which such duty shall fall upon
the provincial government, and in case of disagreement the issue
shall be settled by reference to the provincial board, whose decision
shall be final.

SEC. 5. The duties heretofore performed by the provincial

supervisor in regard to the letting of contracts for provincial public
works shall, after January first, nineteen hundred and six, be
performed by the provincial “treasurer, with the approval of the
provincial board, but all tenders for contracts for public works
costing more than five hundred pesos shall be examined by the
district engineer or his representative and his recommendation
obtained before the same is signed by the contracting parties. No
payments, partial or final, shall be made on such contracts without
the certificate of the district engineer, or that of his duly authorized
representative, specifying the work accomplished and that such
payments are due. No contracts shall be entered into before funds
equal to the estimated cost of such works have been appropriated
therefor.

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In case the district engineer shall recommend the

rejection of all bids, he may be authorized by the provincial board to
take charge of the work and to prosecute the same in behalf of the
province by day labor.

SEC. 6. The provincial boards may undertake public works

costing less than five hundred pesos, by contract, after proper
advertising, or by day labor, without the prior examination and
recommendation of the district engineer: Provided, That the district
engineer shall have authority to examine the books and accounts of
the provinces in his district in so far as they relate to public works.

SEC. 7. The district engineer shall act in a purely advisory

capacity to the municipalities. Upon request by any municipal
council, it shall be his duty to make investigations and surveys for
the proposed construction or repair of public works, and to submit to
the president of the municipality reports and estimates of the cost of
such construction or repair, with his recommendations.

Upon request of any municipal council, he shall prepare plans

and specifications for such public works as may be required; and
upon like request he shall be charged with the supervision of the
construction or repair of the same.

SEC. 8. Upon being requested or authorized by any provincial

board or municipal council to make any investigations or surveys,
or proceed with the construction or repair of any public works,
the district engineer shall give his memorandum receipt for such
available provincial or municipal property as shall be necessary for
the prosecution of the work to the provincial or municipal officer
accountable for the property, by whom it shall be issued to said
engineer, and he shall be responsible on his official bond to return
the same to said accountable officer or to present to said officer a
certificate satisfactory to the Insular Auditor that the same has been
properly expended or accounted for, and he shall have supervision
over such provincial or municipal employees, tools, supplies,
transportation, and material as may be assigned to him for projects
authorized by said provincial or municipal governments.

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Such additional supplies, tools, and material as may be

necessary for the satisfactory completion of authorized works shall
be secured, for the district engineer by the proper provincial or
municipal officer in the usual manner, and the provincial or municipal
government authorizing such works shall make appropriations to
pay for the same.

The Consulting Engineer to the Commission, whenever he

shall deem the same to be in the interests of the public service,
may place at the disposal of the district engineers, upon proper
memorandum receipt, property under his control belonging to the
Insular Government, and shall fix a reasonable charge to pay for
the necessary expenses connected therewith and the wear and’
tear thereon, and said charge shall appear in the statement of the
district engineer’ and shall be paid by the provincial or municipal
government interested, as hereinafter provided.

SEC. 9. The Consulting Engineer to the Commission shall

appoint such permanent employees as may be authorized by law or
as may be required to assist the district engineer in the discharge
of his duties, or may temporarily assign such additional engineers
or other assistants to any district as may seem to him, advisable.
The district engineer shall appoint, subject to the approval of the
Consulting Engineer, such temporary employees as may be necessary
for the prosecution of the authorized surveys, investigations, and
constructions. Such temporary employees shall not necessarily be
subject to the provisions of the Civil Service Act and Acts amendatory
thereof, but employees belonging to the classified service may be
transferred to such work without losing their status in the classified
service. The salaries of the district engineer and other employees
provided for in this section shall be paid by the Insular Government
from funds appropriated for the Bureau of Engineering, except in
the case of temporary employees engaged in some specific provincial
or municipal public work where their salaries and wages are
properly payable from provincial or municipal funds, in which case
such salaries and wages shall be covered by appropriations of the
province or municipality, as the case may be.

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SEC. 10. The district engineer and the employees herein

provided for, when absent from their assigned headquarters traveling
on official business, shall be allowed a per diem not exceeding four
pesos, under the provisions of Act Numbered Eleven hundred and
twenty-seven.

SEC. 11. The district engineer shall submit to the Consulting

Engineer to the Commission a statement showing the cost of
authorized surveys and investigations made by him and of the
superintendence of construction, repair, and maintenance of public
works rendered by him for provinces and municipalities, and such cost
shall be chargeable against the province or municipality for which
such projects were accomplished, under such rules and regulations
as may be jointly prepared by the Insular Auditor and the Consulting
Engineer: Provided, That in no case shall the chargeable cost of the
superintendence of construction, repair, and maintenance’ exceed
ten per centum of the total cost of such works. It shall be the duty of
the provincial or municipal government incurring charges to make
appropriations providing for the payment of the same, and moneys
so paid shall revert to the general funds in the Insular Treasury.

SEC. 12. The Consulting Engineer to the Commission, upon

the request of the provincial board of any province organized under
the Special Provincial Government Act, and with the approval
of the Secretary of Commerce and Police, shall assign from the
engineering force under his control an engineer to prepare plans
and estimates for engineering work desired by such provincial
board, or to supervise the construction of engineering work which
has been duly authorized. In case of such assignment the provisions
of the next preceding section with regard to payment of the expense
of such service shall apply to the interested province, municipality,
or township.

SEC. 13. In addition to the duties herein provided for, the

district, engineer shall perform such other lawful duties as may be
assigned to him from time to time by the Consulting Engineer.

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SEC. 14. All Acts or parts of Acts in conflict with the provisions
of this Act. are hereby repealed.

SEC. 15. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance
with section two of “An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws,” passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.

SEC. 16. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, October 4, 1905.

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ACT NO. 1407

AN ACT ABOLISHING CERTAIN BUREAUS OF THE INSULAR

GOVERNMENT, REDUCING THE NUMBER OF BUREAUS
BY CONSOLIDATING CERTAIN BUREAUS : WITH
OTHERS, PRESCRIBING THE DUTIES OF THE VARIOUS
BUREAUS AND CERTAIN OFFICIALS THEREOF, FIXING
THE SALARIES OF CHIEFS AND ASSISTANT CHIEFS OF
BUREAUS AND CERTAIN OTHER OFFICIALS THEREOF,
REORGANIZING THE DEPARTMENTS OF THE INTERIOR,
COMMERCE AND POLICE, FINANCE AND JUSTICE, AND
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, ASSIGNING CERTAIN BUREAUS
TO THE IMMEDIATE AND DIRECT EXECUTIVE CONTROL
OF THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Commission, that:

SECTION 1. The short title of this Act shall be “The

Reorganization Act”

SEC. 2. The Bureaus of the Insular Government shall consist

of the Executive Bureau, Bureau of Civil Service, Bureau of Health,
Bureau of Lands, Bureau of Science, Bureau of Agriculture, Bureau
of Forestry, Bureau of Quarantine Service, Weather Bureau, Bureau
of Constabulary, Bureau of Public Works, Bureau of Navigation,
Bureau of Posts, Bureau of Port Works, Bureau of Coast and
Geodetic Survey, Bureau of Justice, Bureau of Audits, Bureau of
Customs, Bureau of Internal Revenue, Bureau of the Treasury,
Bureau of Education, Bureau of Supply, Bureau of Prisons, Bureau
of Printing and Bureau of Cold Storage.

SEC. 3. (a) The Executive Bureau shall have one chief

and two assistant chiefs who shall be appointed by the Governor-
General, by and with the consent of the Philippine Commission, and
who shall lie known respectively as the Executive Secretary, the
Assistant Executive Secretary, and the Second Assistant Executive

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Secretary. The Executive Secretary shall perform the duties now

imposed upon him by laws in force and such other duties as may be
required of him by this Act. The Assistant Executive Secretary shall
perform the duties of the Executive Secretary during the absence
or disability of the latter and such other duties as may be required
of him by the Executive Secretary. The Second Assistant Executive
Secretary shall perform the duties of the Assistant Executive
Secretary during the absence or disability of the latter and such
other duties as may be required of him by the Executive Secretary.
The salary of the Executive Secretary shall be fifteen thousand
pesos, that of the Assistant Executive Secretary nine thousand
pesos, and that of the Second Assistant Executive Secretary seven
thousand pesos, per annum.

(b) The Bureau of Archives and the Bureau of Patents,

Copyrights, and Trade-Marks are hereby abolished as Bureaus and
are constituted a division of the Executive Bureau to be known as
the Division of Archives, Patents, Copyrights, and Trade-Marks, by
which the duties and services required of the Bureau of Archives
and of the Bureau of Patents, Copyrights, and Trade-Marks and of
the Chief of said Bureaus, by laws in force at the time of the passage
of this Act, shall be performed under the general supervision and
control of the Executive Secretary.

(c) All existing provisions of law in regard to the Official

Gazette are hereby repealed, except in so far as concerns authority
for the publication thereof. The Official Gazette shall hereafter be
published by the Executive Bureau and shall contain such matter
as has heretofore been authorized by law or as may hereafter be
designated by the Philippine Commission, by resolution, from time
to time. The printing, sale, and distribution of the Gazette shall be
performed by the Director of Printing, as hereinafter provided.

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(g) It shall be the duty of the Executive Bureau, upon request,

to make translations into the English or Spanish languages or
native dialects of any important document necessary for the public

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service: Provided, That, all translations required by the courts shall

be made as now by translators employed for that purpose.

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SEC. 23. (a) The Bureau of Education shall have one chief
and two assistant chiefs, who shall be appointed by the Governor-
General, by and with the consent of the Philippine Commission, and
who shall be known respectively as the Director of Education, the
Assistant Director of Education, and the Second Assistant Director
of Education. Unless otherwise provided by this Act, the Director
of Education shall perform the duties now imposed by laws in force
upon the General Superintendent of Education, and such other
duties as may be required of him by this Act. The Assistant Director
of Education shall perform the duties of the Director of Education
during the absence or disability of the latter, and such other duties
a as may be required of him by the Director of Education. The
Second Assistant Director of Education shall perform such duties
as may be required of him by the Director of Education. The salary
of the Director of Education shall be twelve thousand pesos, that of
the Assistant Director of Education six thousand pesos, and that of
the Second Assistant Director of Education five thousand pesos, per
annum.

(b) The Bureau of Ethnological Survey is hereby abolished as

a separate Bureau and is constituted a division of the Bureau of
Education, to be known as the Division of Ethnology. The duties
and services now required of the Bureau of Ethnological Survey
by existing laws shall be performed hereafter by the Division of
Ethnology, Bureau of Education.

(c) The American Circulating Library of Manila is hereby

abolished as a separate Office or Bureau and constituted a division
of the Bureau of Education to be known as the Division of the
American Circulating Library Association of Manila, Philippine
Islands. Section two of Act Numbered Ninety-six is hereby repealed,
and the board of trustees for which provision is made in said section
is hereby abolished. The rules and regulations now in force for the
circulation of books of the said Library are hereby continued in

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force, subject to the right of the Director of Education to modify

or change said rules and regulations or any of them, by and with
the approval of the Secretary of Public Instruction. The duties and
services required of the said Library by existing laws, as a separate
Office or Bureau, shall be performed hereafter by said Library,
under the supervision and control of the Director of Education, as a
division of the Bureau of Education.

(d) Unless otherwise provided by this Act, the Bureau of

Education, in addition to the duties and services required by this
section, shall perform the duties and render the services prescribed
by law.

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SEC. 26. (a) The Bureau of Printing shall have one chief
and one assistant chief, who shall be appointed by the Governor-
General, by and with the consent of the Philippine Commission, and
who shall be known respectively as the Director of Printing and
the Assistant Director of Printing. The Director of Printing shall
perform the duties now imposed on the Public Printer by laws in
force and such other duties as may be required of him by this Act.

The Assistant Director of Printing shall perform the duties of

the Director of Printing during the absence or disability of the latter
and such other duties as may be required of him by the Director
of Printing. The salary of the Director of Printing shall be nine
thousand pesos and that of the Assistant Director of Printing six
thousand pesos per annum.

(b) For the purpose of securing uniformity of blank forms for

the same general purposes, and for the purpose of reducing the cost
of printing, it shall be the duty of the Director of Printing to examine
carefully all requisitions for the printing of blank forms and to make
such suggestions to the requiring office as will secure the uniformity
desired and such reduction in the cost of production as may be
consistent with good workmanship and the good of the service.
Requisitions by any Bureau or Office for apparently unnecessary
printing, or for printing which is believed to be unnecessarily costly,

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shall be especially called to the attention of the Governor-General,

or to that of. the Secretary of the Executive Department to the
jurisdiction of which such Bureau or Office is subject.

(c) For all services rendered and for all supplies furnished
by the Bureau of Printing to any Department, Bureau, Office, or
official of the Insular Government, or to any provincial or municipal
government or official thereof, payment of the cost of the service
rendered or of producing the supplies furnished shall be made by
the Department, Bureau, Office, or official to which or for whom
such service is rendered., or supplies are furnished. All” moneys
received by the Bureau of Printing for services rendered or supplies
or printing furnished shall be deposited with the Insular Treasurer
and shall be considered as repayments to the appropriation for
the Bureau of Printing and shall be so credited on the books of the
Auditor.

(d) The Official Gazette and all other publications of the

Insular Government shall hereafter be distributed by the Bureau of
Printing, by sale or otherwise, as may be authorized and directed by
resolution of the Philippine Commission in the case of the Gazette,
and by the Governor-General in the case of all other publications:
Provided, That, when in the judgment of the Governor-General the
public interests so demand, such sale or other distribution of any
public document may be made in whole or in part by the Bureau
for which it was published. The price of all publications of the
Insular Government shall be fixed by resolution of the Philippine
Commission, and the Director of Printing shall be charged with
the collection of the subscription or purchase price of all such
publications: Provided, That the prices heretofore fixed for the
Official Gazette and other official publications, and the existing
authority for the free distribution thereof shall remain in force
until changed pursuant to the .provisions of this paragraph: And
provided further, That each Insular Bureau and each provincial and
municipal government shall subscribe for at least one copy of the
Gazette and pay for the same out of their respective funds, and such
copies shall be filed and properly kept with the public records of
the Bureau, province, or municipality for reference: And provided
further, That the collections of accounts of the Bureau of Printing

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against other branches of the Insular Government or any provincial

or municipal government may be made by the Auditor.

(e) Unless otherwise provided by this Act, the Bureau of

Printing, in addition to the duties and services required by this
section, shall perform the duties and render the services now
prescribed by law for the Bureau of Public Printing.

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SEC. 28. The Governor-General shall have under his executive

control and supervision the Executive Bureau and the Bureau of
Civil Service.

SEC. 29. The Department of the Interior shall have under

its executive control and supervision the Bureau of Health, the
Bureau of Lands, the Bureau of Science, the Bureau of Agriculture,
the Bureau of Forestry, the Bureau of Quarantine Service, and the
Weather Bureau. It shall have general supervision of non-Christian
tribes, except those of the Moro Province, and of fisheries.

SEC. 30. The Department of Commerce and Police shall

have under its executive control and supervision the Bureau of
Constabulary, the Bureau of Public Works, the Bureau of Navigation,
the Bureau of Posts, the Bureau of Port Works, and the Bureau of
Coast and Geodetic Survey. It shall have general supervision of all
corporations, except banking corporations.

SEC. 31. The Department of Finance and Justice shall have

under its executive control and supervision the Bureau of Justice,
the Bureau of Audits, the Bureau of Customs, the Bureau of Internal
Revenue, the Bureau of the Insular Treasury, and the city of Manila.
It shall have general supervision of banks, banking, coinage, and
currency.

SEC. 32. The Department of Public Instruction shall have

under its executive control and supervision the Bureau of Education,
the Bureau of Supply, the Bureau of Prisons, the Bureau of Printing,
and the Bureau of Cold Storage. It shall have general supervision

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of libraries and of public charities not under the supervision of the

Secretary of the Interior at the time of the passage of this Act, and
of museums.

SEC. 33. The Governor-General and the Secretaries of

Executive Departments shall perform the duties and render the
services now required of them by laws in force: Provided, however,
That the Governor-General, or the Secretary of the Department to
whose executive control and supervision any Bureau or Division
of a Bureau has been transferred by this Act, shall perform the
duties and render the services required by existing laws of the
Governor-General or of the Secretary of the Department from whose
executive control and supervision such Bureau or Division has been
transferred.

SEC. 34. The Secretaries of the Departments described in

the foregoing sections shall exercise the executive control therein
conferred, under the general supervision of the Governor-General.

The executive control vested by law in the Central Government

over provincial and municipal governments, except the city of
Manila, shall be exercised directly by the Governor-General through
the Executive Secretary.

SEC. 35. The officers and subordinates of each department

shall consist of the Secretary of the Department and such clerks,
employees, and other assistants as may be allowed by appropriation
Acts. The official correspondence of the head of each Department
shall be recorded in the Executive Bureau.

SEC. 36. All officers appointed by the Governor-General,

by and with the consent of the Philippine Commission, are hereby
empowered to administer all oaths required and authorized by law,
without compensation, but they shall not be required to administer
oaths except in matters of official business in which no fees are
chargeable by law.

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SEC. 41. All Acts or parts of Acts in conflict or inconsistent

with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

SEC. 42. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance
with the provisions of section two of “An Act prescribing the order
of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws,” passed
September twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.

SEC. 43. This Act shall take effect on November first, nineteen
hundred and five: Provided, That chiefs of Bureaus and Offices are
authorized to continue officers and employees in service under the
provisions of appropriation Acts as extended by Act Numbered
Thirteen hundred and fifty-eight, pending the enactment of the
appropriation Acts for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and six.

Enacted, October 26, 1905.

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ACT NO. 1413

AN ACT ANNEXING THE PROVINCE OF MASBATE TO THE

PROVINCE OF SORSOGON, AND AMENDING ACT
NUMBERED SEVENTY-FOUR, AS AMENDED BY MAKING
THE PROVINCES OF ALBAY AND SORSOGON SEPARATE
SCHOOL DIVISIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Commission, that:

SECTION 1. The territory heretofore comprised in the

Province of Masbate as organized under Act Numbered One
hundred and five is hereby annexed to and included in the Province
of Sorsogon, and shall be governed in accordance with the provisions
of Act Numbered One hundred and twenty-four, entitled “An Act
extending the provisions of the Provincial Government Act to the
Province of Sorsogon.”

SEC. 2. All property and assets of the Province of Masbate,

including uncollected taxes, except as hereinafter provided, and all
proper contracts and obligations, except such as are hereinafter
specifically referred to as cancelled, are hereby transferred to the
Province of Sorsogon.

SEC. 3. All provincial funds in the treasury of Masbate, of

whatever nature, on the date of the passage of this Act, and any
other provincial funds which may be paid into the treasury of the
province prior to the date this Act takes effect, shall be expended
in the liquidation of the outstanding indebtedness of the Province
of Masbate and in the payment of the general running expenses of
the provincial government up to January first, nineteen hundred
and six. The balance, if any, remaining in the provincial treasury
on January first, nineteen hundred and six, after all outstanding
indebtedness has been paid, shall remain in the sub-treasury of
Masbate for the sole use and benefit of the inhabitants of the sub-
province of Masbate.

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SEC. 4. The loan of two thousand five hundred dollars, United

States currency, made by the Insular Government to the Province
of Masbate under the provisions of Act Numbered One hundred
and thirty-four, the date of payment of which was postponed by Act
Numbered Five hundred and ninety-four, and which has never been
paid, is hereby declared cancelled.

SEC. 5. The territory hereby annexed to the Province

of Sorsogon hereafter shall be known as the sub-province of
Masbate.

There shall be a lieutenant-governor for the said sub-province

of Masbate, who shall be appointed by the Governor-General,
by and with the consent of the Philippine Commission. He shall
have his office in the municipality of Masbate and shall receive an
annual salary not to exceed one thousand four hundred and forty
pesos, payable monthly from funds of the sub-province hereinafter
provided for; he shall represent the provincial governor in the sub-
province and shall carry out the lawful directions of that official
as transmitted to him from time to time; he shall inspect the
municipalities in the sub-province at least once every six months
and shall make report to the provincial board, through the provincial
governor; he shall from time to time, make such recommendations
to the provincial board, through the provincial governor, as he shall
deem necessary for the best interests of the sub-province; he shall
employ and discharge, with the approval of the provincial board, all
subordinate employees of the sub-province that may be authorized
by the board; he shall be the custodian of the public records and
documents of the sub-province; and, in general, he shall exercise,
subject to the supervision of the provincial governor, the powers
and duties conferred upon a provincial governor by the Provincial
Government Act.

SEC. 6. The provincial government of Sorsogon is hereby

authorized to establish permanently a sub-office of the provincial
treasury of Sorsogon at Masbate, in the sub province of Masbate,
and to provide suitable quarters for such sub-office.

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SEC. 7. Except as provided in section three of this Act,

seventy per centum of all taxes, imposts, or fines collected in behalf
of the Province of Sorsogon in the subprovince of Masbate under
the provisions of existing law, or of laws which may hereafter be
enacted, shall remain in the provincial sub-treasury at Masbate
for the sole use and benefit of the inhabitants of said sub-province;
and the remaining thirty per centum of such collections shall be
transmitted to the provincial treasury of Sorsogon and shall inure
to the general funds of the province. The funds provided for the
sub-province of Masbate shall be expended by. resolution of the’
provincial board of Sorsogon, and the deputy of the provincial
treasurer in charge of the subtreasury at Masbate shall make
payments from funds of the subprovince only by direction of the
lieutenant-governor of the sub-province, accompanied by a certified
copy of the resolution of the provincial board authorizing the
expenditure. The salary of the deputy of the provincial treasurer in
charge of the provincial sub-treasury at Masbate and the deputies’
of the provincial treasurer in the municipalities of the sub-province
shall be paid from the funds of the sub-province of Masbate.

SEC. 8. The judge of the Court of First Instance for the

Fifteenth .Judicial District shall continue to hold court at Masbate,
in land for the subprovince of Masbate, commencing on the first
Tuesdays of March and September of each year; and the clerk of the
court for the Province of Masbate shall be continued as clerk of the
court for the subprovince of Masbate at the same compensation as
is now authorized by law.

SEC. 9. The fiscal for that portion of the Fifteenth Judicial

District comprising the Provinces of Romblon, Masbate, and
Palawan shall no longer exercise the functions of his office in the
subprovince of Masbate, and the compensation received by the said
fiscal shall be reduced to two thousand pesos per annum upon the
taking effect of this Act. The functions of fiscal for the sub-province
of Masbate shall be hereafter performed by the fiscal for the Province
of Sorsogon.

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SEC. 10. From and after the taking effect of this Act the
compensation to be paid provincial officers of the Province of
Sorsogon shall be at the following rate per annum:

For the provincial governor, four thousand six hundred

pesos.
For the provincial secretary, two thousand four hundred
pesos.
For the provincial treasurer, four thousand five hundred
pesos.
For the provincial fiscal, three thousand pesos.

SEC. 11. Section five of Act Numbered Seventy-four, as

amended, is hereby further amended by striking out the words
“Second s Division’, the Provinces of Albay and Sorsogon,” and
inserting in lieu thereof the words “Second “Division, the Province
of Albay,” and by striking out the words “Seventeenth Division,
the Province of Masbate.” and inserting in lieu thereof the words
“Seventeenth Division, the Province of Sorsogon.”

SEC. 12. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the passage of: the same is hereby expedited in accordance
with section two of “An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws,” passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.

SEC. 13. This Act shall take effect on January first, nineteen
hundred and six, except section three hereof, which shall take effect
immediately.

Enacted, November 23, 1905.

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ACT NO. 1462

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION,

BY AND WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE SECRETARY
OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, TO APPOINT DIVISION
SUPERINTENDENTS FOR THE THIRTY-THIRD, THIRTY-
FOURTH, THIRTY-FIFTH, AND THIRTY-SIXTH SCHOOL
DIVISIONS, OR ANY OF THEM, WHENEVER IN THE
OPINION OF SAID DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION THE
INTERESTS OF THE SERVICE MAY REQUIRE SUCH
ACTION, ANYTHING IN ACT NUMBERED THIRTEEN
HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SEVEN TO THE CONTRARY
NOTWITHSTANDING.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Commission, that:

SECTION 1. The Director of Education, whenever in his

opinion the interests of the service require it, may appoint, by and
with the approval of the Secretary of Public Instruction, division
superintendents for the Thirty-third, Thirty-fourth, Thirty-fifth,
and Thirty-sixth School Divisions, or any of them, anything in
Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and thirty-seven to the contrary
notwithstanding. Whenever the Director of Education shall
appoint a division superintendent for any of said school divisions,
the governor of the province composing such school division shall
cease to act as division superintendent, and the duties theretofore
performed by the provincial governor as division superintendent
shall devolve upon the division superintendent appointed by the
Director of Education, by and with the approval of the Secretary of
Public Instruction.

SEC. 2. In case a teacher or other employee is designated

division superintendent of either or any of said school divisions,
he shall continue to draw and receive as division superintendent
the salary received by him as teacher or employee of the Bureau of
Education at the time of his appointment until provision is made
for the payment of his salary as division superintendent by proper
appropriation.
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SEC. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance
with section two of “An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws,” passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.

SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted. March 9. 1906.

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ACT NO. 1491

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE EDUCATION OF FILIPINO

STUDENTS AS SURVEYORS.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Commission, that:

SECTION 1. At the beginning of each school year the Director

of Education shall certify to the Director of Lands the names of
such number of students as may be provided for in the annual
appropriation Acts and as may be best qualified to receive and profit
by a course of instruction and education in surveying under the
direction of the Bureau of Lands for a term of five years. Candidates
for such certification shall be not less than seventeen years of age, of
sound physical condition, and good moral character; must have such
mental qualifications as are obtained by the completion of third year
course of high school or normal school; and Nautical School students
who may be certified by the principal.

SEC. 2. After certification by the Director of Education, as

provided in the preceding section, each student so certified may
be appointed as apprentice surveyor in the Bureau of Lands, at an
annual compensation of not to exceed two hundred and forty pesos.
During the first year from date of appointment, the appointee shall
attend either the Nautical School or the School of Arts and Trades
at Manila during the forenoons and pursue therein a special course
of study to be prescribed by the Director of Education. During the
afternoons of school days, as well as during regular office hours on
Saturdays, and during school vacation, he shall be employed in the
Bureau of Lands, and shall perform such duties as may be assigned to
him by the Director of Lands, such as office work, drawing, platting,
practical computing, use of instruments, and similar work.

SEC. 3. Upon the completion of one year’s service as herein

provided, students appointed under this Act shall be examined by
the Bureau of Civil Service as to their qualifications for appointment
as junior surveyors. Students who fail to pass this examination

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shall be required to continue their studies in the same status as first

year students until such time as they shall pass said examination,
or are separated from the service. Each student who qualifies for
appointment shall, before receiving such appointment as junior
surveyor, be required to sign an agreement, approved by his parents
or guardian if he be under twenty-three years of age, to the effect
that he will remain with the Bureau of Lands for the term of four
years from date of appointment as junior surveyor, and perform
such duties as may be prescribed by the Director of Lands, unless
sooner released by the Director of Lands.

Upon completion of three years’ service as junior surveyor in

the Bureau of Lands, students shall be examined by the Bureau
of ‘Civil Service as to their qualifications for appointment as
surveyors. Students qualifying in such examination shall be eligible
for appointment as surveyors at such salaries as may be determined
by competent authority. Students failing to qualify shall continue on
the same basis until such time as they shall qualify as surveyors in
the manner herein prescribed or until separated from the service.

Upon the expiration of their contracts, students may leave the

service of the Government without prejudice.

SEC. 4. Any student separating himself from the service

during his term of contract, without the approval of the Secretary of
the Interior, shall be debarred thereafter from holding any position
in the Philippine Civil Service.

SEC. 5. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance
with section two of “An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws’” passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.

SEC. 6. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, May 22, 1906.

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ACT NO. 1539

AN ACT AMENDING SECTION FIVE OF ACT NUMBERED

SEVENTY-FOUR, ESTABLISHING A DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, AS AMENDED, BY AUTHORIZING
THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, WITH THE APPROVAL
OF THE SECRETARY OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, TO
CHANGE, INCREASE, OR DECREASE THE EXISTING
SCHOOL DIVISIONS OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Commission, that:

SECTION 1. Section five of Act Numbered Seventy-four,

establishing a Department of Public Instruction, as amended by Act
Numbered Thirteen hundred and thirty-seven, is hereby further
amended by adding at the end thereof the following proviso:

“Provided. That the Director of Education, with the approval

of the Secretary of Public Instruction, may change, increase, or
decrease the school divisions herein established whenever in his
judgment the public interests so require.”

SEC. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance
with section two of “An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws,’’ passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, October 5, 1906.

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ACT NO. 1541

AN ACT TRANSFERRING THE DIVISION OF ETHNOLOGY

FROM THE BUREAU OF EDUCATION TO THE BUREAU OF
SCIENCE AND REPEALING PARAGRAPH (B) OF SECTION
TWENTY-THREE OF THE REORGANIZATION ACT.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Commission, that:

SECTION 1. The administrative control and supervision

of the division of ethnology, Bureau of Education, together with
all officers and employees now provided by law for that division,
and all property thereof, are hereby transferred to the Bureau of
Science, and the division of ethnology shall hereafter be known
and considered as a division of the Bureau of Science. The balance
of appropriations under the Bureau of Education for salaries and
wages of the division of ethnology and of the appropriation for the
purchase of ethnological museum specimens and manuscripts is
hereby transferred to and made a part of the appropriations of the
Bureau of Science for the said division.

SEC. 2. Paragraph (b) of section twenty-three of Act Numbered

Fourteen hundred and seven, known as the Reorganization Act, is
hereby repealed.

SEC. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance
with section two of “An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws,” passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.

SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect on November first, nineteen

hundred and six.

Enacted, October 6, 1906.

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ACT NO. 1603

AN ACT TRANSFERRING, UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, TO

THE RESPECTIVE SCHOOL FUNDS OF THE PROVINCES
OF LA UNION, NUEVA ECIJA, AND SORSOGON, CERTAIN
AMOUNTS DUE FROM SAID PROVINCES TO THE
INSULAR GOVERNMENT.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Commission, that:

SECTION 1. The amount due from the Province of La Union

to the Government of the Philippine Islands, to the extent of thirty-
seven thousand pesos, is hereby transferred to the provincial school
fund of La Union, on condition that the provincial government shall
provide and pay into said school fund, in addition thereto, the sum
of thirteen thousand pesos, making a total of fifty thousand pesos,
which shall be expended, in amounts of one-seventh of the total
each year, in the construction and preparation of suitable buildings
in said province for schools of arts and trades, domestic science,
and agriculture, as follows: The first one-seventh part to be made
available on or before the thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred
and seven, the second one-seventh on or before the thirty-first day of
December, nineteen bundled and seven, and each of the remaining
one-seventh parts to be made available on or before the thirtieth
day of June of each year thereafter, until the total of fifty thousand
pesos shall have been provided and expended, as above prescribed.

SEC. 2. The amount due from the Province of Nueva Ecija to

the Government of the Philippine Islands, to the extent of fifteen
thousand pesos, is hereby transferred to the school fund of Nueva
Ecija on condition that the provincial government shall provide
and pay into said school fund, in addition thereto, the sum of five
thousand pesos, making a total of twenty thousand pesos, which
shall be paid into said school fund in four annual installments of five
thousand pesos each, the first installment to be made available on
or before the thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred and eight, and
each of the remaining three installments to be made available on or
before the thirtieth day of June of each year thereafter, and shall
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be used for the construction and preparation of suitable buildings in

said province for school purposes until the total of twenty thousand
pesos shall have been provided and expended.

SEC. 3. The indebtedness of the Province of Sorsogon to

the Government of the Philippine Islands arising from the loan of
twenty thousand pesos granted to the Province of Sorsogon by Act
Numbered Twelve hundred and eighty-nine is hereby canceled:
Provided, That the provincial government shall expend from its
revenues prior to January first, nineteen hundred and nine, an
amount equal thereto in the acquisition of land, construction of
permanent school buildings, and the purchase of equipment for
provincial school purposes.

SEC. 4 The several installments of the funds provided for in

sections, one, two, and three hereof, as they become available, shall
be paid into the Insular Treasury as special deposits to be added
to the special provincial school fund of the province concerned, and
shall constitute with it, in each case, one total fund under the
control of the Secretary of Public Instruction, to be disbursed by
the Bureau of Education in accordance with the provisions of Act
Numbered Thirteen hundred and eighteen. Should the Province
of La Union or the Province of Nueva Ecija, as the case may be,
fail to make the said special deposits in the Insular Treasury on or
before the dates prescribed by this Act, the Insular Auditor shall
make suitable deduction from any funds which may be due the
province, to cover the same.

SEC. 5. The Insular Auditor shall require, as evidence of

compliance with the conditions set forth in section three of this Act,
for the Province of Sorsogon, the certificate of the Secretary of Public
Instruction to the effect that he has personally, or by authorized
representative, satisfied himself to that effect.

SEC 6. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance
with section two of “An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws,” passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.

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SEC. 7. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, March 12, 1907.

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ACT NO. 1632

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE GRADUATES OF THE PHILIPPINE

MEDICAL SCHOOL WHO RECEIVE THEREFROM THE
DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF MEDICINE TO PRACTICE
MEDICINE AND SURGERY IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
WITHOUT TAKING THE EXAMINATION PRESCRIBED
BY ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND TEN, AND
TO ESTABLISH CERTAIN FREE SCHOLARSHIPS IN
THE PHILIPPINE MEDICAL SCHOOL TO BE AWARDED
UPON COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Commission, that:

SECTION 1. Any graduate of the Philippine Medical School,

established by Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and fifteen, entitled
“An Act establishing a medical school and defining the manner
in which it shall be controlled and conducted,” who shall receive
therefrom the degree of Doctor of Medicine shall, upon presenting
his diploma from said school to the Board of Medical Examiners for
the Philippine Islands, be entitled to receive from said Board, and
said Board shall issue to him, without examination, a certificate of
registration, and upon duly recording the same in the office of the
register of deeds in the province or provinces within which he may
practice, or in the city of Manila, as the case may be, he shall be
entitled to practice medicine and surgery in the Philippine Islands.

SEC. 2. Persons practicing medicine or surgery in the

Philippine Islands under the terms of section one of this Act shall,
in all other respects, be subject to the provisions and liable to the
penalties provided in Act Numbered Three hundred and ten.

SEC. 3. There is hereby established for each province of the

Philippine Islands one free scholarship in the Philippine Medical
School, to be awarded under the following terms and conditions:

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(a) There shall be held in each province, on June first, nineteen

hundred and seven, under the general supervision of the Director of
Education and the immediate control of the division superintendent
of schools, a competitive examination, to be prescribed by the
Secretary of Public Instruction, which shall be at least equal to the
examinations required for graduation from the high schools in the
Philippine Islands, and the competitor in each province obtaining
the highest general percentage above seventy-five per centum in
each subject shall be awarded the Medical School scholarship
corresponding to the province.

(b) The successful competitors shall be certified by the Director

of Education to the board of control of the Philippine Medical School,
and upon the approval of that board shall be duly matriculated in
said school.

(c) Successful competitors shall thereupon become Government

students, and shall be allowed the expenses of their transportation
to Manila, their board, subsistence, and maintenance while in
Manila attending the Philippine Medical School, not exceeding five
hundred pesos per annum each, and their transportation returning
to their provinces upon their receiving the degree of Doctor of
Medicine: Provided, That any student failing to pass the prescribed
examinations for entrance into the next higher year of the Medical
School, or who shall violate any rule or regulation of said school
resulting in expulsion, shall be denied the further privileges of
scholarship and shall be forthwith returned to his province at
Government expense.

(d) Each scholarship student who shall graduate from the

Medical School with the degree of Doctor of Medicine, unless he shall
accept appointment under the Government of the Philippine Islands
or one of its branches, shall return to his province and practice
medicine and surgery therein for a period at least equal to the time of
his scholarship tuition, unless permission to do otherwise be granted
by the Secretary of the Interior. Failure to comply with the terms of
this section shall be deemed sufficient grounds for revocation of his
license to practice medicine and surgery in the Philippine Islands in

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the same manner as are other offenses described by section eight of

Act Numbered Three hundred and ten.

(e) No tuition, laboratory, or other fees shall be charged

scholarship students in the Philippine Medical School.

SEC. 4. The sum of fifteen thousand peso’s, or so much thereof

as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in
the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for carrying out
the purposes of the preceding section of this Act. Said sum shall
he expended by the Bureau of Education under the same general
conditions as are the moneys appropriated for the education and
maintenance of Philippine Government students in the United
States.

SEC. 5. All Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with the

provision of this Act are hereby repealed.

SEC. 6. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance
with section two of “An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws,” passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.

SEC. 7. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, April 25, 1907.

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ACT NO. 1651

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE GRADUATES OF CERTAIN SCHOOLS

OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY IN THE PHILIPPINE
ISLANDS TO PRACTICE MEDICINE AND SURGERY AND
PHARMACY WITHOUT TAKING THE EXAMINATIONS
PRESCRIBED BY ACTS NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED
AND TEN AND FIVE HUNDRED AND NINETY-SEVEN,
RESPECTIVELY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Commission, that:

SECTION 1. Any graduate of a school of medicine or of

a school of pharmacy in the Philippine Islands who shall receive
therefrom the degree of Doctor of Medicine or of Licentiate of
Pharmacy shall, upon presenting his diploma from said school to
the Board of Medical Examiners for the Philippine Islands or to
the Board of Pharmaceutical Examiners, as the case may be, be
entitled to receive from the proper board, and the proper board
shall issue to him, without examination, a certificate of registration,
entitling him to practice medicine and surgery or pharmacy,
and upon duly recording the same in the office of the register of
deeds in the province or province within which he may intend to
practice, or in the city of Manila, be shall be entitled to practice
medicine and surgery or pharmacy, as the case may be, in the
Philippine Islands: Provided, however, That such school of medicine
or pharmacy, as aforesaid, shall have been duly incorporated as
a university, college, or school in accordance with Act Numbered
Fourteen hundred and fifty-nine, entitled “An Act providing for the
formation and organization of corporations, defining their powers,
fixing the duties of directors and other officers thereof, declaring the
rights and liabilities of shareholders and members, prescribing the
conditions under which such corporations may transact business,
and repealing certain articles of the Code of Commerce and all laws
or parts of laws in conflict or inconsistent with this Act,” and shall
also previous to the matriculation of said graduate in such school of
medicine or pharmacy, as the case may be, have been empowered

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in writing by the Secretary of Public Instruction, under such terms

and conditions as he may prescribe, to grant diplomas and confer
degrees in medicine and pharmacy pursuant to section one hundred
and sixty-eight of said Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and fifty-
nine: And provided further, That such school or schools shall, in the
judgment of the board of control of the Philippine Medical School,
have brought its instruction in medicine and surgery or pharmacy
to the standards prescribed for obtaining the degree of Doctor of
Medicine in said Philippine Medical School, or to the standards of
instruction fixed by said board of control for granting the degree of
Licentiate of Pharmacy, as the case may be: And provided further,
That the board of control of the Philippine Medical School shall
have been permitted, directly or through its agents, to make such
inspections of the curriculum, text-books, laboratory work, methods
of instruction, and student work of any such school of medicine
or pharmacy, and to exercise such general supervision over the
examinations given in such schools as to said board of control may
seem necessary and proper to carry out the purposes of this Act.

SEC. 2. Persons practicing medicine and surgery or pharmacy

in the Philippine Islands under the terms of section one of this Act
shall, in all other respects, be subject to the provisions and liable to
the penalties prescribed in Acts Numbered Three hundred and ten
and Five hundred and ninety-seven, respectively.

SEC. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance
with section two of “An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws,” passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.

SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, May 18, 1907.

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ACT NO 1704

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED FOURTEEN HUNDRED

AND FIFTEEN, ENTITLED “AN ACT ESTABLISHING A
MEDICAL SCHOOL AND DEFINING THE MANNER IN
WHICH IT SHALL BE CONTROLLED AND CONDUCTED,”
BY PROVIDING- THAT THE PHILIPPINE MEDICAL
SCHOOL SHALL BE A BODY CORPORATE.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Commission, that:

SECTION 1. Sections one and two of Act Numbered Fourteen

hundred and fifteen, entitled “An Act establishing a Medical
School and defining the manner in which it shall be controlled and
conducted.’’ are hereby amended so as to read as follows:

“SECTION 1. There is hereby established in the city of Manila

a medical school for the purpose of giving medical instruction to
qualified students. It shall be known as the Philippine Medical
School. This school is hereby made a body corporate, under the
name and designation of the Philippine Medical School.

“SEC. 2. The powers of the corporation are hereby vested in

a body to be known as the board of control of the Philippine Medical
School, which shall consist of the Secretary of Public Instruction, the
Secretary of the Interior, one member of the Philippine Commission,
and one other member to be designated by the Governor-General.
The dean of the faculty of the school, after the establishment of said
faculty, also shall be a member of the board of control.”

SEC. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance
with section two of “An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws,” passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.

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SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, August 31, 1907.

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ACT NO. 1795

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE COMPENSATION OF STUDENTS

IN INDUSTRIAL AND AGRICULTURAL SCHOOLS FOR
WORK DONE THEREIN OUTSIDE OF REGULAR SCHOOL
HOURS AND NOT CONNECTED WITH THEIR REGULAR
SCHOOL WORK.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Commission, that:

SECTION 1. Subject to the approval of the Secretary of Public

Instruction, regular students in Insular industrial and agricultural
schools may be employed outside of regular school hours upon
work not connected with the regular school work of such students,
with compensation at rates to be fixed by the Secretary of Public
Instruction, not exceeding thirty centavos per hour, payment of such
compensation to be made from the appropriation for contingent
expenses of the Bureau of Education. All moneys collected as the
result of any such work shall be deposited as miscellaneous receipts
of the Bureau of Education.

SEC. 2. Under similar authority, and with the previous

approval of the provincial board, regular students in any provincial
industrial or agricultural school may be employed outside of regular
school hours upon work not connected with the regular school work
of such students, with compensation at rates to be fixed by the
Secretary of Public Instruction, not exceeding thirty centavos per
hour, payment of such compensation to be made from the funds of
the province in which said school is located. All moneys collected
as the result of any such work shall be deposited in the provincial
treasury as miscellaneous receipts of the province.

SEC. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance
with section two of “An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws,” passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.

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SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, October 12, 1907.

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ACT NO. 1801

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR AN APPROPRIATION OF ONE

MILLION PESOS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF SCHOOLS
IN THE BARRIOS UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Legislature, that:

SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated, out of any

funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
construction of schoolhouses of strong materials in the barrios,
the sum of one million pesos, from which there shall be available
for expenditure on the first day of January, nineteen hundred and
eight, the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand pesos, and an
additional two hundred and fifty thousand pesos shall likewise be
available for expenditure on the first day of January of each of the
three years immediately following thereafter, under the following
conditions:

(a) All barrios belonging to a municipality that shall guarantee

a daily attendance in their schools of not less than sixty pupils, duly
certified to by the division superintendent of schools and by the
supervising teacher of the schools of the municipality, shall have
the right or option to participate in the funds appropriated by this
Act for the purpose indicated: Provided, however, That the sum shall
not exceed in each case four thousand pesos.

(b) The municipality, either by making an appropriation from

its funds or by means of voluntary contributions of funds, materials,
or labor, shall contribute a sum not less than fifty per centum of the
total amount which may be granted in accordance with this Act, and
shall forward the application of the municipal council through the
provincial board to the Secretary of Public Instruction, who shall
have charge of and approve the distribution of said funds.

(c) The buildings above mentioned shall be erected only upon

lands of the exclusive ownership of the municipality, or which shall

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be donated for such end: Provided, however, That the title must be
in each case registered in the Court of Land Registration, but the
Secretary of Public Instruction may authorize the beginning of the
construction work upon the filing of the application for registration
in the said Court of Land Registration: And provided further, That
the drawing up of the plans and specifications and the execution
of the work, and payment for the latter, shall be carried out in
accordance with the laws and regulations now in force.

SEC. 2. All unexpended balance, after the completion of

any of the works authorized by this Act, shall at once be covered
into the Insular Treasury to the credit of this appropriation and
shall not be withdrawn from it nor expended except for the purposes
herein indicated.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, December 20, 1907.

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ACT NO. 1813

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL TO

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

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Legislature, that:

SECTION 1. The Governor-General is hereby authorized, in

his discretion, to convey, for a valuable consideration or as a gift,
to any province or municipality in the Philippine Islands, any land
belonging to the Government of the Philippine Islands, together
with the buildings and improvements thereon, on condition that
the same shall be used only for public-school purposes: Provided,
however, That the said conveyance shall contain an express condition
that in the event that the property so conveyed ceases to be used
by such province or municipality for public-school purposes, said
property shall immediately thereupon revert to the Government of
the Philippine Islands.

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, March 24, 1908.

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ACT NO. 1829

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR POPULAR CIVICO-EDUCATIONAL

LECTURES IN THE MUNICIPALITIES AND PRINCIPALLY
IN THE BARRIOS OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Legislature, that:

SECTION 1. In each municipality of the Philippine Islands,

where possible, principally in the barrios of the same, popular
civico-educational lectures shall be delivered in any of the dialects
of the locality.

SEC. 2. Municipal teachers shall have charge of said lectures,

the number of which for each quarter shall be determined by the
Bureau of Education; and said lectures shall be delivered on non-
workdays.

SEC. 3. The lectures shall treat of the rights and duties of

the citizen, the Municipal Code and Provincial Government Act,
the organization of the Central Government, of knowledge or
popular notions of certain common crimes and of any laws which
are important in the judgment of the Director of Education, as
well as of industry and commerce, especially the mining industry,
manufacturing, the breeding and care of animals, and the care and
irrigation of plants and trees; and in addition of a varied knowledge
of geography and history.

SEC. 4. For the purposes of the next preceding section the

Director of Education shall divide and classify the subjects of which
the lectures are to treat in a programme which he shall furnish to
division superintendents of schools.

SEC. 5. The Director of Education, in determining the

number of lectures to be delivered during each quarter, shall
likewise determine the order in which private citizens authorized
by the local school board shall lecture, without prejudice to such

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private citizens taking the place of any ex officio lecturer, in case of

his absence for just cause.

SEC. 6. When there is a sufficient number of teachers for

said purposes the lectures in the barrios of a municipality shall be
delivered simultaneously on the established days. And when there
is not a sufficient number of teachers, the barrios shall be grouped
in sections, and each section shall consist of a number of barrios
equal to that of the teachers, in order that in all sections lectures
may be delivered at one time, according to the established turns.

SEC. 7. The knowledge of the most learned residents of the

pueblo may be availed of whenever such residents apply to the
local school board for a turn or turns to deliver lectures, which may
also be given on the invitation of said board regardless of who the
lecturer may be, provided, that his learning and his fidelity to the
Government of the United States are known or are guaranteed.

SEC. 8. Municipal teachers are hereby declared ex-officio

lecturers.

SEC. 9. When a private citizen applies for a turn or turns

in lecturing, or when the lectures are promoted by the local school
board, the said board shall assign the subject of his lecture to such
applicant or invited person, as the ease may be, in accordance
with the numbers of the programme determined by the Director of
Education.

SEC. 10. The municipal council of each municipality on the

recommendation of the division superintendent of schools shall fix
the compensation to be received by the lecturers for each lecture
delivered by teachers as well as by authorized private citizens,
and their traveling expenses shall be paid to said lecturers by the
municipal treasurer, out of the school funds, whenever the distance
from the house or residence of the lecturer to the place where the
lecture is to be delivered shall exceed two kilometers.

SEC. 11. When the municipal president sees that, on account

of lack of information on the part of the residents of the barrios they

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fail to attend lectures, on motion of the teacher whose turn it is to

lecture, or on his own initiative, he shall cause to be made public,
by the town crier and by notice to the public posted in the most
conspicuous places in the locality, the announcement for the lecture
two days before its delivery.

SEC. 12. All Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with this Act
are hereby repealed.

SEC. 13. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, May 21, 1908.

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ACT NO. 1857

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CREATION OF SPECIAL CLASSES

OF SUPERIOR INSTRUCTION FOR MUNICIPAL TEACHERS
AND APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF FIFTY THOUSAND
PESOS FOR SUCH PURPOSE

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Legislature, that:

SECTION 1. The Director of Education is hereby authorized,

subject to the conditions which the Secretary of Public Instruction
may require, to establish in the city of Manila special classes to
furnish, in one or more courses, superior instruction to municipal
teachers, municipal or Insular, who may be selected under the
provisions of this Act.

SEC. 2. As soon as possible after the Director of Education

shall certify that the classes provided for in the next preceding
section are ready to begin, the division superintendents of schools
of the provinces organized under Act Numbered Eighty-three,
entitled “The Provincial Government Act,” shall select from
among the male and female teachers in the municipalities of their
provinces those who, in the judgment of said superintendents,
possess the best qualifications to receive the superior instruction
hereinbefore provided for, to sign a contract by which they shall
hind themselves to serve, upon the completion of the special and
proper course or courses of study, as municipal or Insular teachers
in any of the municipalities of the province of their origin and
faithfully to discharge the duties of the office for the salary which
may be fixed by competent authority during a period of time equal
to that employed by them in study under the privileges of this Act:
Provided, notwithstanding, That teachers who have served as such
for a period of time less than two school years may not be selected.

SEC. 3. The total number of teachers which may be selected

for said special classes may not exceed for the first year one hundred,
and thereafter said number shall be determined in the appropriation

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Acts. The Director of Education shall distribute said number among

the provinces organized under Act Numbered Eighty-three, taking
into account the number of scholars in the public schools of each
province during the term next preceding that when the selection is
made: Provided, notwithstanding, That at least one teacher shall he
chosen from each province.

SEC. 4. Teachers selected shall be entitled to traveling and

subsistence expenses from their place of residence to Manila and vice
versa, and shall receive during the trip and their stay in Manila for
attendance at said special classes, as compensation of all expenses,
an amount at least equal to that which they received as municipal
or Insular teachers on leaving their municipalities, or the sum of
forty pesos a month at their option.

SEC. 5. The sum of fifty thousand pesos is hereby appropriated,

out of the funds of the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
to be expended by the Director of Education in the establishment
and operation of the course or courses of special classes herein
authorized, in traveling expenses and compensation of the teachers
selected for the purpose and in other expenditures that the said
Director of Education may consider necessary to carry out the
purposes of this Act.

SEC. 6. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, June 13, 1908.

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ACT NO. 1866

AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF SEVENTY-FIVE

THOUSAND PESOS FOR SALARIES OF TEACHERS
IN BARRIO SCHOOLS WHEN ESTABLISHED UNDER
CERTAIN CONDITIONS.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Legislature, that:

SECTION 1. The sum of seventy-five thousand pesos is hereby

appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, for salaries of teachers during the next school year, in
barrio schools, which, on account of the precarious conditions of the
municipalities to which they belong, it has not been possible to open,
or are about to be closed for like reasons, under certain conditions.

SEC. 2. The benefits of this Act may be enjoyed only by those

barrios belonging to a municipality—

(a) Which shall guarantee, by means of a certified report of

the proper division superintendent, a daily average attendance of
at least sixty students:

(b) Which shall, moreover, guarantee, by means of a certificate

of said superintendent, the existence and maintenance of good
highways of communications to facilitate the access of children to
schools at all seasons of the year.

SEC. 3. Those barrios that are in any of the following

circumstances, though having the conditions specified in the next
preceding section, shall have no right to the benefits of this Act:

(a) Barrios whose schools are situated at a distance of

two Kilometers or less from the central school or schools of the
municipality;

(b) Barrios whose schools are at a distance of two kilometers

or less from any school of an adjoining barrio.
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SEC. 4. The failure to comply with any of the provisions of

subsections (a) and (b) of section two of this Act shall constitute
sufficient reason for the division superintendent to withdraw the
benefit conferred.

SEC. 5. Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding

section, the division superintendent, before adopting the said
measure, shall call the attention of the proper municipality to the
compliance with the provisions of section two, and if, in spite of
ibis warning, it shall be proved by the next two reports subsequent
to the advice given by the division superintendent that neither
the average daily attendance of sixty students or more, nor the
arrangement and maintenance of good highways of communication
has been obtained, the said measure shall be enforced, except in
those cases in which failure to comply is due to the existence of
epidemics, or to any other force majeure.

SEC. 6. Provision for the necessary appropriation for the

salary of a barrio teacher shall be made upon the application by his
municipality, through the division superintendent to the Director of
Education who shall make such provision with the approval of the
Secretary of Public Instruction.

SEC. 7. The salary to be assigned under this Act to a barrio

teacher shall not be less than ten nor more than twenty pesos a
month.

SEC. 8. If a barrio be unable to furnish a daily average

attendance of sixty students or more a barrio school may be
established by the division superintendent of schools, by and with
the approval of the Director of Education, for such barrio and one or
more adjacent barrios, and the school so established shall be entitled
to the benefits of this Act,

SEC. 9. If, within the period designated by section one of this,

Act, it shall appear that a municipality receiving the benefits thereof
has sufficient funds to pay the salary or salaries of one or more barrio
teachers, authorized by this Act, the division superintendent shall so
notify the Director of Education, who, after necessary investigation,

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in which the municipal council shall be heard, and with the prior
approval of the Secretary of Public Instruction, shall declare
withdrawn the subsidy assigned to the above-mentioned barrios.

SEC. 10. All Acts or parts of Acts in conflict with the provisions
of this Act are hereby repealed.

SEC. 11. This Act shall take effect on July first, nineteen
hundred and eight.

Enacted, June 18, 1908.

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ACT NO. 1870

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.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Legislature, that:

SECTION 1. The Governor-General is hereby authorized,

within the powers and limitations hereinafter specified, to establish
in the city of Manila, or at the point he may deem most convenient,
a university which shall be known by the designation of “University
of the Philippines,’’ the same being organized as a corporation under
that name.

SEC. 2. The purpose of said university shall be to provide

advanced instruction in literature, philosophy, the sciences, and
arts, and to give professional and technical training.

SEC. 3. No student shall be denied admission to the university

by reason of ages, sex, nationality, religious belief, or political
affiliation.

SEC. 4. The government of said university is hereby vested

in a board of regents to be known as the “Board of Regents of
the University of the Philippines.” The Board of Regents shall be
comprised of the Secretary of Public Instruction, the Director of
Education, the chairman of the Committee of Public Instruction of
the Philippine Assembly, the president of the university, and five
additional members to be appointed by the Governor-General, by
and with the advice and consent of the Philippine Commission. The
president of the university shall be selected and his compensation
shall be fixed by the Board of Regents, of which of board he shall be
ex officio chairman. The members of the Board of Regents appointed

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by the Governor-General shall hold office for a term of five years:

Provided, however, That the regents first appointed by the Governor-
General shall hold office as follows: One for one year, one for two
years, one for three years, one for four years, and one for five years,
the term of office of each to be specified in his appointment by the
Governor-General. In case of a vacancy among the members of the
Board of Regents appointed by the Governor-General, such vacancy
shall be filled by appointment by the Governor-General, by and
with the advice and consent of the Philippine Commission, and such
appointees shall hold office for the unexpired term. All members of
the Board of Regents shall be citizens of the Philippine Islands or of
the United States, and shall be residents of the Philippine Islands.
Members shall serve without compensation other than actual and
necessary traveling expenses incurred either in attendance upon
meetings of Board, or upon other official business authorized by
resolution of the Board.

SEC. 5. The University of the Philippines shall have the

general powers set out in section thirteen of Act Numbered Fourteen
hundred and fifty-nine, and the administration of said university
and the exercise of its corporate powers are hereby vested in the
Board of Regents.

SEC. 6. The Board of Regents shall have the following powers

and duties, in addition to its general powers of administration and
the exercise of the powers of the corporation :

(a) To receive and appropriate to the ends specified by law such

sums as may be provided by law for the support of the university;

(b) To provide for the establishment of a College of Philosophy,

Science, and Letters; a College of Law and of Social and Political
Science; a College of Medicine and Surgery; a College of Pharmacy;
a College of Dentistry; a College of Veterinary Science; a College
of Engineering; a College of Mines; a College of Agriculture; and
a School of Fine Arts: Provided, That the Board of Regents may
establish these colleges or any of them as soon as in its judgment
conditions shall favor their opening and funds shall be available
for their maintenance: And provided further, That the Board of

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Regents, by and with the approval of the Governor-General, shall

have power to combine two or more of the colleges authorized by
this Act, in the interests of economy and efficiency: And provided
further, That the Philippine Medical School, as established by Act
Numbered Fourteen hundred and fifteen, as amended, shall become
the College of Medicine and Surgery of the Philippine University as
soon as two or more colleges of the University of the Philippines
shall have been established and in actual operation ;

(c) To confer the usual honorary degrees upon persons

other than graduates of the university in recognition of learning,
statesmanship, or eminence in literature, science, or art: Provided,
That such degrees shall not be conferred in consideration of the
payment of money or other valuable consideration;

(d) To establish chairs in the colleges hereinbefore mentioned,

and to provide for the maintenance or endowment of such chairs, as
well as to provide for such other professors, assistant professors,
instructors, tutors, and lecturers as the progress of instruction may
make necessary, and to fix the compensation pertaining to such
positions:

(e) To appoint, on recommendation of the president of the

university, professors, instructors, lecturers, and other employees
of the university, to fix their compensation and to remove them for
cause after an investigation and hearing shall have been had;

(f) To approve the courses of study and rules of discipline

drawn up by the university council as hereinafter provided; to fix
the tuition fees required of students, as well as matriculation fees,
graduation fees and fees for laboratory courses, and all special fees;
and to remit the same in special cases;

(g) To provide fellowships and scholarships and to award the

same to students giving special evidence of merit;

(h) To prescribe rules for its own government, and to enact

for the government of the university such general ordinances and
regulations, not contrary to law, as are consistent with the purposes
of the university as defined in section two of this Act.
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SEC. 7. A quorum of the Board of Regents shall consist of a

majority of all the members holding office at the time the meeting of
the Board is called. All process against the Board of Regents shall
be served on the president or secretary thereof.

SEC. 8. On or before the tenth day of August of each year the

Board of Regents shall file with the Governor-General a detailed
report, setting forth the progress, condition, and needs of the
university.

SEC. 9. There shall be a university council, consisting of the

president of the university and of all instructors in the university
holding the rank of professor, associate professor, or assistant
professor. The council shall have power to prescribe the courses of
study and rules of discipline, subject to the approval of the Board of
Regents. It shall fix the requirements for admission to any college
of the university, as well as for graduation and the receiving of
a degree. The council alone shall have the power to recommend
students or others to be recipients of degrees. Through its president
or committees it shall have disciplinary power over the students
within the limits prescribed by the rules of discipline, approved by
the Board of Regents. The powers and duties of the president of
the university, in addition to those specifically provided for in this
Act, shall be those usually pertaining to the office of president of a
university.

SEC. 10. The body of instructors of each college shall constitute

its faculty, and as presiding officer of each faculty there shall be a
dean elected by the faculty to which he belongs. In the appointment
of professors or other instructors of the university, no religious test
shall be applied, nor shall the religious opinions or affiliations of
the instructors of the university be made a matter of examination
or inquiry: Provided, however, That no instructor in the university
shall inculcate sectarian tenets in any of the teachings, nor attempt,
either directly or indirectly, under penalty of dismissal by the Board
of Regents, to influence students or attendants at the university for
or against any particular church or religious sect.

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SEC. 11. Professors and other regular instructors in the

university shall be exempt as such from any civil-service examination
or regulation as a requisite to appointment.

SEC. 12. There shall he a secretary of the university,

appointed by the Board of Regents. He shall be the secretary of such
Board and also of the university, and shall keep such records of the
university as may be designated by the Board.

SEC. 13. The Treasurer of the Philippine Islands shall be ex

officio treasurer of the university, and all accounts and expenses
thereof shall be audited by the Insular Auditor, and all disbursements
shall be made in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed
by him.

SEC. 14. Heads of Bureaus and Offices of the Insular

Government are hereby authorized to loan or transfer, upon request
of the president of the university, such apparatus or supplies as
may be needed by the university and to detail employees for duty
therein, when in the judgment of the head of the Bureau or Office
such supplies or employees can be spared without serious detriment
to the public service. Employees so detailed shall perform such duty
as is required under such detail, and the time so employed shall
count as part of their regular official service.

SEC. 15. The President of the Commission, the Speaker of

the Philippine Assembly, and the justices of the Supreme Court
shall constitute a board of visitors of the university, whose duty it
shall be to attend the commencement exercises of the university,
and to make visits at such other times as they may deem proper,
to examine the property, courses of study, discipline, the state of
finances of the university, to inspect all books and accounts of the
institution, and to make report to the Governor-General upon the
same, with such recommendations as they favor.

SEC. 16. The sum of one hundred thousand pesos is hereby

appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise

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appropriated, to be expended in the discretion of the Board of Regents

for the establishment of a college or colleges authorized by this Act
the establishment of which may be considered most urgent.

SEC. 17. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, June 18, 1908.

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ACT NO. 1871

AN ACT MAKING AVAILABLE FOR EXPENDITURE DURING

THE FISCAL YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND NINE
AND THEREAFTER, THE BALANCE REMAINING FROM
FUNDS APPROPRIATED BY ACT NUMBERED SIXTEEN
HUNDRED AND THIRTY-TWO, FOR EXAMINATIONS
FOR SCHOLARSHIPS IN THE PHILIPPINE MEDICAL
SCHOOL.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Legislature, that:

SECTION 1. The unexpended balance of the amount

appropriated by section four of Act Numbered Sixteen hundred
and thirty-two for the holding of a competitive examination on
June first, nineteen hundred and seven, for scholarships in the
Philippine Medical School, is hereby made available for carrying
out the purposes of section three of Act Numbered Sixteen hundred
and thirty-two in the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen
hundred and nine, and thereafter; said balance shall be expended
by the Bureau of Education under the same general conditions as
are the amounts appropriated for the education and maintenance of
Philippine Government students in the United States.

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, June 19, 1908.

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ACT NO. 1914

AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED EIGHTEEN HUNDRED

AND ONE, ENTITLED “AN ACT PROVIDING FOR AN
APPROPRIATION OF ONE MILLION PESOS FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION OF SCHOOLS IN THE BARRIOS UNDER
CERTAIN CONDITIONS” BY REDUCING THE REQUIRED
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, AND PROVIDING THAT
BUILDINGS SHALL BE ERECTED UNDER RULES AND
REGULATIONS PRESCRIBED BY THE SECRETARY OF
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Legislature, that:

SECTION 1. Paragraph (a) of section one of Act Numbered

Eighteen hundred and one is hereby amended to read as follows:

“(a) All barrios belonging to a municipality that shall

guarantee a daily attendance in their schools of not less than forty
pupils, duly certified to by the division superintendent of schools and
by the supervising teacher of the schools of the municipality, shall
have the right of option to participate in the funds appropriated by
this Act for the purpose indicated: Provided, however, That the sum
shall not exceed in each case four thousand pesos.”

SEC. 2. Paragraph (c) of section one of Act Numbered Eighteen

hundred and one is hereby amended to read as follows:

“(c) The buildings above mentioned shall be erected only upon

lands of the exclusive ownership of the municipality, or which shall
be donated for such end: Provided, however, That the title must be
in each case registered in the Court of Land Registration, but the
Secretary of Public Instruction may authorize the beginning of the
construction work upon the filing of the application for registration
in the said Court of Land Registration : And provided further, That
the-drawing up of the plan and specifications and the execution of the

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work, shall be carried out in accordance with rules and regulations

which shall be prescribed by the Secretary of Public Instruction.”

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, May 19, 1909.

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ACT NO. 1918

AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED SEVENTY-FOUR, BY

MAKING WOMEN ELIGIBLE AS MEMBERS OF THE
LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD AND PROVIDING THAT TWO
POSITIONS AT LEAST SHALL BE HELD BY WOMEN.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Legislature, that:

SECTION 1. Section ten of Act Numbered Seventy-four of the

Philippine Commission is hereby amended to read as follows:

“SEC. 10. There shall be established in each municipality

organized under existing Jaw or under any law which may be
hereafter enacted, a local school board, consisting of four or six
members, as the division superintendent may determine, in .addition
to the president or alcalde of the municipality, who shall be a member
ex officio. One-half of the members, except the member ex officio,
shall be elected by the municipal council, and the remaining half
shall be appointed by the division superintendent, and the term of
office of all members, holding by appointment or election, shall be
two years and until their successors shall have been duly elected or
appointed. One of the elective and one of the appointive members
shall be women, so that two of the members of the local school
board shall be women, and it shall be discretionary with the division
superintendent of schools to increase the appointments, and with
the municipal council to increase the elections, of women, provided
that the total number of members shall not exceed four or six, as
hereinbefore provided.”

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on its passage,

Enacted, May 19, 1909.

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ACT NO. 1924

AN ACT EXTENDING THE BENEFITS OF ACT NUMBERED

EIGHTEEN, HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SEVEN TO MALE
AND FEMALE TEACHERS OF MUNICIPALITIES AND
OF TOWNSHIPS INHABITED BY CHRISTIAN TRIBES IN
MINDORO AND PALAWAN, AND IN THE SUBPROVINCE
OF ABRA.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Legislature, that:

SECTION 1. The benefits of Act Numbered Eighteen

hundred and fifty-seven are hereby extended to male and female
teachers of municipalities and of townships inhabited by Christian
tribes in to, Palawan, Mindoro and Palawan, and in the subprovince
of Abra, subject to the same conditions as those established by the
Act referred to.

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, May 20, 1909.

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ACT NO. 1931

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CLASSES

FOR TRAINING IN NURSING IN THE PHILIPPINE
NORMAL SCHOOL, AND APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF
TWENTY THOUSAND PESOS FOR SUCH PURPOSE.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Legislature, that:

SECTION 1. The Director of Education is hereby authorized,

subject to the conditions which the Secretary of Public Instruction
may impose, to establish classes of Filipino women students to receive
instruction and training in nursing, said instruction to be given in
the Philippine Normal School, and to be supplemented by practical
nursing in such hospital or hospitals as he may designate.

Students in order to be eligible to appointment under the

provisions of this Act must be holders of certificates of completion of
the intermediate course in the public schools, and must be at least
nineteen years of age.

SEC. 2. As soon as possible after the Director of Education

shall certify that the classes provided for in the last preceding section
are ready to begin, the division superintendent of schools of the
provinces organized under Act Numbered Eighty-three, entitled “The
Provincial Government Act,” and those of the Provinces of Palawan
and Mindoro, shall select in accordance with rules prescribed by
the Director of Education from among the female students in the
municipalities of their province those who, in the judgment of said
superintendents, are best qualified to receive the instruction and
training hereinbefore provided for, and shall recommend them to
the Director of Education for appointment.

SEC. 3. The total number of students which may be selected

for said classes may not exceed for the first year twenty, which
number shall be in addition to the thirty scholarships provided for in
Act Numbered Eighteen hundred and seventy-three, the appointees

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to which arc hereby declared to come within the provisions of this

Act, and whose expenses for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and
ten shall be paid from the sum herein appropriated; thereafter the
students already selected, or others in their places, and twenty new
students each year shall be provided for in the appropriation Acts.
The Director of Education shall distribute the appointments among
the provinces organized under Act Numbered Eighty-three, and
the municipalities and townships of the Provinces of Palawan and
Mindoro, as widely as may be practicable: Provided, That the total
number of students who may participate in the benefits of this Act
shall not exceed eight at any time.

SEC. 4. The students selected shall be entitled to traveling

and subsistence expenses From their places of residence to Manila,
and shall receive during the trip and their stay in Manila for
attendance at said classes, as compensation of all other expenses,
the sum of two hundred and eighty-eight pesos per annum.

SEC. 5. A vacation of not to exceed two months per annum,

the length of the vacation to be determined by the Director of
Education, may be allowed the students selected at such time and
for such period as may be granted by the person in charge of the
classes in nursing.

SEC. 6. The sum of twenty thousand pesos is hereby

appropriated, out of the funds of the Insular Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, to be expended by the Director of Education in the
establishment and operation of the classes of instruction and
training herein authorized, in traveling expenses and compensation
of the student selected for the purpose, and in other expenditures
that the said Director of Education may consider necessary to carry
out the purposes of this Act.

SEC. 7. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, May 20, 1909.

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ACT NO. 1938

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN HIGH

SCHOOL STUDENTS AS GOVERNMENT PUPILS WHILE
PURSUING A COURSE OF TRAINING FOR TEACHING,
AND AUTHORIZING EXPENDITURE FOR SUCH PUPILS
FROM FUNDS DESIGNATED BY SECTION TWENTY-SIX
OF ACT NUMBERED SEVENTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-
ONE, AS AMENDED.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Legislature, that:

SECTION 1. The Director of Education is hereby authorized,

subject to the conditions which the Secretary of Public Instruction
may require, to appoint Government students to receive the benefit
of the provisions of this Act while pursuing a course in training for
teaching in the Philippine Normal School. Students so appointed
shall have completed at least the studies of the second year of a
high-school course, except as elsewhere provided in this Act, and
shall not be over twenty-one years of age.

SEC. 2. The division superintendents of schools of the

provinces organized under Act Numbered Eighty-three, entitled
“The Provincial Government Act.” and those in the Provinces
of Palawan and Mindoro, shall select from among the male and
female students in the municipalities and townships inhabited by
Christian tribes in their provinces those who, in the judgment of
said superintendents, possess the best qualifications to receive the
instruction hereinbefore provided for, and shall recommend them
to the Director of Education for appointment. Those appointed
shall sign a contract by which they shall bind themselves to serve,
upon the completion of the term of study, as municipal or Insular
teachers in any of the municipalities of the province of their origin
and faithfully to discharge the duties of the office for the salary
which may be fixed by competent authority during a period of time
equal to that employed by them in study under the privileges of this
Act; Provided, That in case no student possessing the qualifications

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specified in section one of this Act resides in a province and desires

to accept appointment, selection may be made of the best qualified
students residing in the province, who hold certificates of completion
of the intermediate course and are enrolled as students in any public
secondary school.

SEC. 3. The total number of students which may be appointed

under this Act shall not exceed one hundred for the first year, and
thereafter said number shall be determined in the appropriation
Acts. The Director of Education shall distribute said number among
the provinces organized under Act Numbered Eighty-three, and
among the municipalities and townships of the Provinces of Palawan
and Mindoro, taking into account the number of pupils in the public
schools of each province during the term next preceding that when
the selection is made: Provided, That at least one student shall be
chosen from each province.

SEC. 4. Students selected shall be entitled to traveling and

subsistence expenses from their place of residence to Manila and
vice versa, and shall receive during the trip and their stay in Manila
for attendance at said classes, as compensation of all expenses, the
sum of twenty-five pesos a month.

SEC. 5. The Governor-General is hereby directed to authorize

the expenditure of a sum necessary for carrying out the provisions
of this Act, not exceeding thirty thousand pesos, from the funds
which have accumulated under the provisions of section twenty-six
of Act Numbered Seventeen hundred and sixty-one, as amended;
such amount to be expended by the Director of Education for such
traveling and other expenses of students appointed as hereinbefore
provided and the Director of Education may consider necessary for
the purposes of this Act.

SEC. 6. This Act shall not be construed to repeal or supersede

any of the provisions of subsection (1) of section forty of Act Numbered
Eighty-two, as amended, but shall be in addition thereto.

SEC. 7. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, May 20, 1909.

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ACT NO. 1972

AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED FOURTEEN HUNDRED

AND SEVEN, KNOWN AS “THE REORGANIZATION
ACT,” AS AMENDED, BY TRANSFERRING THE BUREAU
OF AGRICULTURE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF
THE INTERIOR TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Legislature, that:

SECTION 1. Section twenty-nine of Act Numbered Fourteen

hundred and seven, entitled “The Reorganization Act,” as amended,
is hereby amended to read as follows:

“SEC. 29. The Department of the Interior shall have under

its executive control and supervision the Bureau of Health, the
Bureau of Lands, the Bureau of Science, the Bureau of Forestry, the
Bureau of Quarantine Service, and the Weather Bureau. It shall
have general supervision of non-Christian tribes, except those of the
Moro Province, and of fisheries.’’

SEC. 2. Section thirty-two of said Act, as amended, is hereby

further amended to read as follows:

“SEC. 32. The Department of Public Instruction shall

have under its executive control and supervision the Bureau of
Education, the Bureau of Agriculture, the Bureau of Supply, the
Bureau of Prisons, and the Bureau of Printing. It shall have general
supervision of public charities not under the supervision of the
Secretary of the Interior at the time of the passage of this Act, and
of museums.”

SEC. 3. The funds made available for the Bureau of

Agriculture under the Department of the Interior shall be understood
to be available for said Bureau under the Department of Public
Instruction.

Enacted, April 11, 1910.

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ACT NO. 1973

AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED AND

FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS, OUT OF ANY FUNDS IN THE
INSULAR TREASURY NOT OTHERWISE APPROPRIATED,
TO INCREASE THE APPROPRIATION FOR CURRENT
EXPENSES OF THE BUREAU OF EDUCATION FOR THE
FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE THIRTIETH, NINETEEN
HUNDRED AND TEN.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Legislature, that:

SECTION 1. The sum of one hundred and fifty thousand pesos

is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, to increase the appropriation for current
expenses of the Bureau of Education for the fiscal year ending June
thirtieth, nineteen hundred and ten.

SEC 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the same shall take effect on its passage, in accordance
with section one of Act Numbered Nineteen hundred and forty-five
of the Philippine Legislature.

Enacted, April 13, 1910.

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ACT NO. 1974

AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED EIGHTEEN HUNDRED

AND ONE, ENTITLED “AN ACT PROVIDING FOR AN
APPROPRIATION OF ONE MILLION PESOS FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION OF SCHOOLS IN THE BARRIOS
UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS,” AS AMENDED BY ACT
NUMBERED NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN,
BY PROVIDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF SUCH
SCHOOLS UPON PUBLIC LANDS OR LANDS OF THE
MUNICIPAL, PROVINCIAL, OR INSULAR GOVERNMENT
AND BY PROHIBITING THEIR SALE OR USE FOR OTHER
THAN SCHOOL PURPOSES.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Legislature, that:

SECTION 1. Paragraph (c) of section one of Act Numbered

Eighteen hundred and one, as amended by Act Numbered Nineteen
hundred and fourteen, is hereby amended to read as follows:

“(c) The buildings above mentioned shall be erected upon

lands of the ownership of the municipal, provincial, or Insular
Government, or which shall be donated for such end, or upon public
lands which have been reserved for such purpose in accordance
with the provisions of the Public Land Act: Provided, however, That
the titles to all except public lands must be in each case registered
in the Court of Land Registration, but the Secretary of Public
Instruction may authorize the beginning of the construction work
upon the filing of the application for registration in the said Court
of Land Registration: And provided further, That the drawing up of
the plan and specifications and the execution of the work shall be
carried out in accordance with the rules and regulations which shall
be prescribed by the Secretary of Public Instruction: And provided
further, That no building erected wholly or in part from the funds
appropriated by this Act may be sold or used for other than school
purposes except with the approval of the Governor-General.”

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SEC. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the same shall take effect on its passage, in accordance
with section one of Act Numbered Nineteen hundred and forty-five
of the Philippine Legislature.

Enacted, April 13, 1910.

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ACT NO. 1983

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN HIGH

SCHOOL STUDENTS AS GOVERNMENT PUPILS WHILE
PURSUING A COURSE OF TRAINING FOR TEACHING,
AND AUTHORIZING EXPENDITURE FOR SUCH PUPILS
FROM FUNDS DESIGNATED BY SECTION TWENTY-SIX
OF ACT NUMBERED SEVENTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-
ONE, AS AMENDED.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Legislature, that:

SECTION 1. The Director of Education is hereby authorized,

subject to the conditions which the Secretary of Public Instruction
may require, to appoint Government students to receive the benefit
of the provisions of this Act while pursuing a course in training for
teaching in the Philippine Normal School or in the Philippine School
of Arts and Trades. Students so appointed shall have completed at
least the studies of the second year of a high-school course, except
as elsewhere provided in this Act, and shall not be over twenty-one
years of age.

SEC. 2. The division superintendents of schools of the

provinces organized under Act Numbered Eighty-three, entitled
“The Provincial Government Act,” and those in the Provinces of
Palawan, Mindoro, and Batanes, shall select from among the male
and female students in the municipalities and townships inhabited
by Christian tribes in their provinces those who, in the judgment
of said superintendents, possess the best qualifications to receive
the instruction hereinbefore provided for, and shall recommend
them to the Director of Education for appointment. Those appointed
shall sign a contract by which they shall bind themselves to serve,
upon the completion of the term of study, as municipal or Insular
teachers in any of the municipalities of the province of their origin
and faithfully to discharge the duties of the office for the salary
which may be fixed by competent authority during a period of time

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equal to that employed by them in study under the privileges of this

Act: Provided, That in case no student possessing the qualifications
specified in section one of this Act resides in a province and desires
to accept appointment, selection may be made of the best qualified
students residing in the province who hold certificates of completion
of the intermediate course and are enrolled as students in any public
secondary school.

SEC. 3. The total number of students which may be appointed

under this Act shall not exceed one hundred during the fiscal year
nineteen hundred and eleven. The Director of Education shall
distribute said number among the provinces organized under
Act Numbered Eighty-three, and among the municipalities and
townships of the Provinces of Palawan, Mindoro, and Batanes,
taking into account the number of pupils in the public schools of each
province during the term next preceding that when the selection is
made: Provided, That at least one student shall be chosen from each
province. The Director of Education shall from time to time file a
report with the Secretary of Public Instruction regarding the total
number of students selected, and said report shall be transmitted to
the Philippine Legislature at the beginning of each session.

SEC. 4. Students selected shall be entitled to traveling and

subsistence expenses from their place of residence to Manila and
vice versa, and shall receive during the trip and their stay in Manila
for attendance at said classes, as compensation of all expenses, the
sum of twenty-five pesos a month.

SEC. 5. The Governor-General is hereby directed to authorize

the expenditure of a sum necessary for carrying out the provisions
of this Act, not exceeding thirty thousand pesos, from the funds
which have accumulated under the provisions of section twenty-six
of Act Numbered Seventeen hundred and sixty-one, as amended;
such amount to be expended by the Director of Education for such
traveling and other expenses of students appointed as hereinbefore
provided and the Director of Education may consider necessary for
the purposes of this Act.

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SEC. 6. This Act shall not be construed to repeal or supersede

any of the provisions of subsection (l) of section forty of Act Numbered
Eighty-two, as amended, but shall be in addition thereto.

SEC. 7. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the same shall take effect on its passage, in accordance
with section one of Act Numbered Nineteen hundred and forty-five
of the Philippine Legislature.

Enacted, April 19, 1910.

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ACT NO. 1984

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CREATION OF SPECIAL CLASSES

OF SUPERIOR INSTRUCTION FOR MUNICIPAL OR
INSULAR TEACHERS AND APPROPRIATING THE SUM
OF FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS FOR SUCH PURPOSE.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Legislature, that:

SECTION 1. The Director of Education is hereby authorized,

subject to the conditions which the Secretary of Public Instruction
may require, to establish in the city of Manila special classes to
furnish, in one or more courses, superior instruction to municipal
teachers, municipal or Insular, who may be selected under the
provisions of this Act.

SEC. 2. As soon as possible after the Director of Education

shall certify that the classes provided for in the next preceding
section are ready to begin, the division superintendents of schools
of the provinces organized under Act Numbered Eighty-three,
entitled “The Provincial Government Act,” shall select from
among the male and female teachers in the municipalities of their
provinces those who, in the judgment of said superintendents,
possess the best qualifications to receive the superior instruction
hereinbefore provided for, to sign a contract by which they shall
bind themselves to serve, upon the completion of the special and
proper course or courses of study, as municipal or Insular teachers
in any of the municipalities of the province of their origin and
faithfully to discharge the duties of the office for the salary which
may be fixed by competent authority during a period of time equal
to that employed by them in study under the privileges of this Act:
Provided, notwithstanding, That teachers who have served as such
for a period of time less than two school years may not be selected.

SEC. 3. The total number of teachers which may be selected

for said special classes may not exceed one hundred. The Director
of Education shall distribute said number among the provinces
organized under Act Numbered Eighty-three, and the special
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Provinces of Mindoro, Palawan, and Batanes, taking into account

the number of scholars in the public schools of each province during
the term next preceding that when the selection is made: Provided,
notwithstanding, That at least one teacher shall be chosen from
each province. The Director of Education shall from time to time
Reports, file a report with the Secretary of Public Instruction
regarding the total number of teachers selected, and said report
shall be transmitted to the Philippine Legislature at the beginning
of each session.

SEC. 4. Teachers selected shall be entitled to traveling and

subsistence expenses from their place of residence to Manila and vice
versa, and shall receive during the trip and their stay in Manila for
attendance at said special classes, as compensation of all expenses,
an amount at least equal to that which they received as municipal
or Insular teachers on leaving their municipalities, providing the
sum shall not exceed forty pesos per month.

SEC. 5. The sum of fifty thousand pesos, or so much thereof

as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of the funds of
the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended
by the Bureau of Education in the establishment and operation
of the course or courses of special classes herein authorized, in
traveling expenses and compensation of the teachers selected for
the purpose, and in other expenditures that the said Bureau of
Education may consider necessary to carry out the purposes of this
Act, and it is hereby directed that the unexpended balance of the
funds appropriated by Act Numbered Eighteen hundred and fifty-
seven shall remain at the disposition of the Director of Education
and accrue to the appropriation made in this Act.

SEC. 6. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the same shall take effect on its passage in accordance with
section one of Act Numbered Nineteen hundred and forty-five of the
Philippine Legislature.

Enacted, April 19, 1910.

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ACT NO. 1987

AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR SUNDRY EXPENSES OF

THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES DURING THE
FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE THIRTIETH, NINETEEN
HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Legislature, that:

SECTION 1. The following sums, or so much thereof as may be

respectively necessary, are hereby appropriated, out of any funds in
the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the University
of the Philippines, to be expended by the Board of Regents of said
University, for the ends specified by law, in accordance with section
six, letter (a), of Act Numbered Eighteen hundred and seventy,
during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and
eleven:

For the office of the Board of Regents, one thousand five

hundred pesos; for the College of Agriculture, sixty-eight thousand
eight hundred pesos; for the School of Fine Arts, twenty-eight
thousand and ten pesos; for the College of Veterinary Science,
eighteen thousand one hundred pesos; for the College of Philosophy,
Science, and Letters, sixty-seven thousand six hundred pesos; for the
College of Civil Engineering, six thousand pesos; in all, one hundred
and ninety thousand and ten pesos: Provided, That the Board of
Regents may, in its discretion, transfer the whole or any part of the
appropriation for any college, school, or office of the University of the
Philippines to any other college, school, or office of the University
of the Philippines and expend the same in the manner which the
said Board shall deem most necessary and expedient: And provided
further, That the Board of Regents is hereby authorized to appoint
employees of the Departments and Bureaus of the Government to
positions in the University of the Philippines at such compensation
as may be fixed by said Board of Regents, which compensation shall
be paid to such employees from the appropriation for the University

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of the Philippines, Act Numbered One hundred and forty-eight to

the contrary notwithstanding.

SEC. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the same shall take effect on its passage, in accordance
with section one of Act Numbered Nineteen hundred and forty-five
of the Philippine Legislature.

Enacted, April 19,1910.

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ACT NO. 1996

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ADMISSION OF STUDENTS FROM

NUEVA VIZCAYA, AGUSAN, THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE
AND THE MORO PROVINCE TO THE CLASSES FOR THE
INSTRUCTION AND TRAINING OF MALE AND FEMALE
NURSES, PROVIDED FOR IN ACT NUMBERED ONE
THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIVE.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Commission, that:

SECTION 1. The Director of Health is hereby authorized to

admit to the classes for the instruction and training of male and
female nurses provided for in Act Numbered One thousand nine
hundred and seventy-five, students from Nueva Vizcaya, Agusan,
the Mountain Province and the Moro Province, subject to the
conditions prescribed in said Act: Provided, That applicants shall
be eligible to admission after giving evidence by examination, or
in any other manner satisfactory to the Director of Health, that
they have received sufficient preliminary training to qualify them
advantageously to enter upon such course of study.

SEC. 2. The number of students selected under the provisions

of this Act shall not exceed four each year of each sex, nor twelve
in all of each sex; and these numbers shall be in addition to the
numbers authorized in Act Numbered One thousand nine hundred
and seventy-five.

SEC. 3. Four thousand pesos, or so much thereof as may

be necessary, are hereby appropriated, out of Insular funds not
otherwise appropriated, for carrying out the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 4. In carrying out the provisions of this Act, the Director

of Health is authorized to spend such sums as may be available from
the appropriation for contingent expenses of his Bureau in Agusan,
Nueva Vizcaya, the Mountain Province and the Moro Province.

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SEC. 5. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance
with section two of “An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the
Commission in the enactment of laws,” passed September twenty-
sixth, nineteen hundred.

SEC. 6. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, September 8, 1910.

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ACT NO. 2002

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE PURCHASE, OUT OF THE FUNDS

APPROPRIATED FOR THE BUREAU OF EDUCATION BY
ACT NUMBERED NINETEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-
TWO, OF ADDITIONAL LAND FOR THE INDUSTRIAL
SCHOOL RESERVATION AT BAGUIO.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Commission, that:

SECTION 1. The funds appropriated by Act Numbered

Nineteen hundred and ninety-two for the Bureau of Education are
hereby made available in an amount not to exceed one thousand
pesos for the purchase of additional land for the industrial school
reservation in the city of Baguio, subprovince of Benguet, Mountain
Province.

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, December 8, 1910.

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ACT NO. 2009

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE MUNICIPALITY OF CEBU,

PROVINCE OF CEBU, TO INCUR AN INDEBTEDNESS
OF ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND
DOLLARS IN MONEY OF THE UNITED STATES, AND
TO ISSUE BONDS COVERING THE AMOUNT OF SAID
INDEBTEDNESS, PAYABLE IN GOLD COIN OF THE
UNITED STATES, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING
FUNDS TO CONSTRUCT NECESSARY SEWER AND
DRAINAGE FACILITIES, TO SECURE A SUFFICIENT
SUPPLY OF WATER AND NECESSARY BUILDINGS FOR
PRIMARY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN SAID MUNICIPALITY,
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS SIXTY-
SIX, SIXTY-SEVEN, SIXTY-EIGHT, AND SIXTY-NINE
OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS APPROVED JULY FIRST,
NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWO, ENTITLED “AN ACT
TEMPORARILY TO PROVIDE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION
OF THE AFFAIRS OF CIVIL GOVERNMENT IN THE
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES,” AS
AMENDED BY THE ACT APPROVED FEBRUARY SIXTH,
NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIVE, ENTITLED “AN ACT
TO AMEND AN ACT APPROVED JULY FIRST, NINETEEN
HUNDRED AND TWO, ENTITLED ‘AN ACT TEMPORARILY
TO PROVIDE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE
AFFAIRS OF CIVIL GOVERNMENT IN THE PHILIPPINE
ISLANDS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES,’ AND TO AMEND
AN ACT APPROVED MARCH EIGHTH, NINETEEN
HUNDRED AND TWO, ENTITLED ‘AN ACT TEMPORARILY
TO PROVIDE REVENUE FOR THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS,
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES,’ AND TO AMEND AN ACT
APPROVED MARCH SECOND, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND
THREE, ENTITLED ‘AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A STANDARD
OF VALUE AND TO PROVIDE FOR A COINAGE SYSTEM
IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS,’ AND TO PROVIDE FOR
THE MORE EFFICIENT ADMINISTRATION OF CIVIL
GOVERNMENT IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES.

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By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Legislature, that:

SECTION 1 In pursuance of the provisions of sections sixty-

six, sixty-seven, sixty-eight, and sixty-nine of the Act of Congress
approved July first, nineteen hundred and two, entitled “An Act
temporarily to provide for the administration of the affairs of civil
government in the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes,” as
amended by the Act approved February sixth, nineteen hundred
and five, entitled “An Act to amend an Act approved July first,
nineteen hundred and two, entitled ‘An Act temporarily to provide
for the administration of the affairs of civil government in the
Philippine Islands, and for other purposes,’ and to amend an Act
approved March eighth, nineteen hundred and two, entitled ‘An
Act temporarily to provide revenue for the Philippine Islands, and
for other purposes,’ and to amend an Act approved March second,
nineteen hundred and three, entitled ‘An Act to establish a standard
of value and to provide for a coinage system in the Philippine
Islands,’ and to provide for the more efficient administration of civil
government in the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes,” the
municipality of Cebu, Province of Cebu, is hereby authorized to incur
an indebtedness of one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars in
gold coin of the United States, and the Secretary of War is hereby
authorized to issue, in the name and on behalf of the municipality
of Cebu, Province of Cebu, its bonds covering the said indebtedness
for the purpose of providing funds to construct necessary sewer
and drainage facilities, to secure a sufficient supply of water, and
necessary buildings for primary public schools in said municipality
of Cebu. The bonds thus authorized shall be issued and dated
January first, nineteen hundred and eleven, shall bear interest at
the rate of four per centum per annum payable quarterly in gold
coin, and shall be redeemable at the pleasure of the municipality
of Cebu after ten years from date of issue, and payable thirty years
after date of issue in said gold coin. Both principal and interest
shall be payable at the Treasury of the United States. The said
bonds shall be in registered form, in denominations of one thousand
to ten thousand dollars, in proportions to suit the purchasers
thereof, and shall be registered and transferable at the office of the
Treasury Department of the United States at Washington, District

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of Columbia. The said bonds are declared, by section one of said Act
of Congress approved February sixth, nineteen hundred and five, to
be exempt from the payment of all taxation by the Government of
the United States, or by the Government of the Philippine Islands,
or of any political or municipal subdivision thereof, or by any State,
or by any county, municipality, or other municipal subdivision of
any State or Territory of the United States, or by the District of
Columbia, pursuant to which Act, as well as to said Act of Congress
approved July first, nineteen hundred and two, and to this Act these
bonds are issued; which facts shall be stated upon their face.

XXX XXX XXX

SEC. 8. The Director of Public Works of the Philippine Islands

shall have exclusive charge and control of all work to be done and
improvements to be made under the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 9. This Act shall take effect upon the approval of the
President of the United States

Enacted, December 27, 1910.

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ACT NO. 2018

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE MUNICIPAL COUNCILS TO

APPROPRIATE AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH YEAR A
CERTAIN SUM FROM THE SCHOOL FUNDS TO PAY THE
TRAVELING EXPENSES OF MUNICIPAL TEACHERS
WHEN, AT A CERTAIN TIME OF THE YEAR, THEY HAVE
TO GO TO MANILA OR TO PROVINCIAL CAPITALS OR ANY
PLACE IN THE PROVINCES TO ATTEND THE SO-CALLED
SUMMER SCHOOLS.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Legislature, that:

SECTION 1. Municipal councils are hereby authorized to

appropriate at the beginning of each year a certain sum from the
school funds for the purpose of paying the necessary traveling
expenses of municipal teachers, when, at a certain time of the year,
they have to go to Manila or to provincial capitals or any other place
in the provinces that the superintendent may designate, to attend
the so-called summer schools: Provided, That provincial teachers
coming to Manila at their own choice, and with the permission of
the division superintendent, and not by order of the latter, shall pay
the difference between the traveling expenses from the place in the
province where the summer school is to be held and those from their
place of residence to Manila: And provided, finally, That in the event
the superintendent shall recommend that some municipal teacher
be sent to Manila, he shall give timely notice to the municipal council
of his recommendation.

SEC. 2. The vouchers for the traveling expenses of municipal

teachers, as provided for in the next preceding section, shall be
approved by the municipal president and the division superintendent
of the province where the teacher has his place of residence, before
being paid by the municipal treasurer.

SEC. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the same shall take effect on its passage, in accordance

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with section one of Act Numbered Nineteen hundred and forty-five

of the Philippine Legislature.

Enacted, January 26, 1911.

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ACT NO 2021

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE BOOKS

AND OTHER DOCUMENTS OF DOCTOR RIZAL AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THAT PURPOSE.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Legislature, that:

SECTION 1. The librarian, Philippine Library, is hereby

authorized, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Public
Instruction, to purchase the original manuscript of the novel “Noli
Me Tangere,” by Doctor Rizal, and all the books, pamphlets, papers,
and other documents that remain of his private library, to form part
of the Philippines Library.

SEC. 2. For the purposes of the next preceding section, the

sum of thirty-two thousand pesos, or so much thereof as may be
necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the Insular
Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

SEC. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the same shall take effect on its passage, in accordance
with section one of Act Numbered Nineteen hundred and forty-five
of the Philippine Legislature.

Enacted, January 26, 1911.

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ACT NO. 2022

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO OF ACT NUMBERED

SEVENTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-FIVE, ENTITLED
“AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE COMPENSATION OF
STUDENTS IN INDUSTRIAL AND AGRICULTURAL
SCHOOLS FOR WORK DONE THEREIN OUTSIDE OF
REGULAR SCHOOL HOURS AND NOT CONNECTED WITH
THEIR REGULAR SCHOOL WORK,” BY PROVIDING FOR
THE CREATION OF REIMBURSABLE FUNDS.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Legislature, that:

SECTION 1. Section two of Act Numbered Seventeen hundred

and ninety-five is hereby amended to read as follows:

“SEC. 2. Under similar authority, and with the previous

approval of the provincial board, regular students in any provincial
industrial or agricultural school may be employed outside of regular
school hours upon work not connected with the regular school work
of such students, with compensation at rates to be fixed by the
Secretary of Public Instruction, not exceeding thirty centavos per
hour, payment of such compensation to be made from the funds of
the province in which said school is located. All moneys collected
as the result of any such work shall be deposited in the provincial
treasury, and to maintain the work provided for by this section the
Insular Auditor shall establish a reimbursable fund to an amount to
be fixed by the provincial board, with the approval of the Governor-
General. Any collections in excess of this amount shall be deposited in
the provincial treasury as miscellaneous receipts of the province.”

Enacted, January 28, 1911.

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ACT NO. 2024

AN ACT AMENDING SECTION FOUR, PARAGRAPH (B) OF

SECTION SIX, AND SECTION TEN OF ACT NUMBERED
EIGHTEEN 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.”

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Legislature, that:

SECTION 1. Section four of Act Numbered Eighteen hundred

and seventy is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

“SEC. 4. The government of said university is hereby

vested in a board of regents to be known as the ‘Board of Regents
of the University of the Philippines.’ The Board of Regents shall
be comprised of the Secretary of Public Instruction, who shall be
ex officio chairman of the board, the Secretary of the Interior, the
Director of Education, the chairman of the Committee on Public
Instruction of the Philippine Assembly, the president of the
university, and a justice of the Supreme Court to be designated by
the Governor-General, and five additional members to be appointed
by the Governor-General, by and with the advice and consent of the
Philippine Commission. The president of the university shall be
elected and his compensation shall be fixed by the Board of Regents.
The members of the Board of Regents appointed by the Governor-
General shall hold office for a term of five years: Provided, however,
That the regents first appointed by the Governor-General shall hold
office as follows: one for one year, one for two years, one for three
years, one for four years, and one for five years, the term of office
of each to be specified in his appointment by the Governor-General.
In case of a vacancy among the members of the Board of Regents
appointed by the Governor-General, such vacancy shall be filled by

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appointment by the Governor-General, by and with the advice and

consent of the Philippine Commission, and such appointees shall
hold office for the unexpired term. All members of the Board of
Regents shall be citizens of the Philippine Islands or of the United
States, and shall be residents of the Philippine Islands. Members
shall serve without compensation other than actual and necessary
traveling expenses incurred either in attendance upon meetings of
the Board or upon other official business authorized by resolution
of the Board.”

SEC. 2. Paragraph (b), section six, of the same Act is hereby

amended so as to read as follows:

“(b) To provide for the establishment of a College of Liberal

Arts; a College of Law; a College of Social and Political Science; a
College of Medicine and Surgery; a College of Pharmacy; a College of
Dentistry; a College of Veterinary Science; a College of Engineering;
a College of Mines; a College of Agriculture; and a School of Fine Arts;
and colleges which the Legislature may provide for by appropriation:
Provided, That the Board of Regents may establish these colleges
or any of them as soon as in its judgment conditions shall favor
their opening and funds shall be available for their maintenance:
And provided further, That the Board of Regents, by and with the
approval of the Governor-General, shall have power to combine two
or more of the colleges authorized by this Act, in the interests of
economy and efficiency: And Provided Further, That the Philippine
Medical School, as established by Act Numbered Fourteen hundred
and Fifteen, as amended, shall become the College of Medicine and
Surgery of the Philippine University as soon as two or more colleges
of the University of the Philippines shall have been established and
in actual operation.”

SEC. 3. Section ten of the same Act is hereby amended so as

to read as follows:

“SEC. 10. The body of instructors of each college shall

constitute its faculty, and as presiding officer of each faculty there
shall be a dean elected from the members of such faculty by the Board
of Regents on nomination by the president of the university. In the

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appointment of professors or other instructors of the university, no

religious test shall be applied, nor shall the religious opinions or
affiliations of the instructors of the university be made a matter of
examination or inquiry: Provided, however, That no instructor in the
university shall inculcate sectarian tenets in any of the teachings,
nor attempt, either directly or indirectly, under penalty of dismissal
by the Board of Regents, to influence students or attendants at the
university for or against any particular church or religious sect.”

SEC. 4. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the same shall take effect on its passage, in accordance
with section one of Act Numbered Nineteen hundred and forty-five
of the Philippine Legislature.

Enacted, January 30, 1911.

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ACT NO. 2025

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF TWENTY THOUSAND

PESOS FROM INSULAR FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSES OF
ACT NUMBERED NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-
FIVE, ENTITLED “AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF CLASSES FOR THE INSTRUCTION
AND TRAINING OF MALE AND FEMALE NURSES UNDER
THE SUPERVISION OF THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH.”

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Legislature, that:

SECTION 1. The sum of twenty thousand pesos is hereby

appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, to carry out the purposes of Act Numbered Nineteen
hundred and seventy-five of the Philippine Legislature.

SEC. 2. The Director of Health may expend said sum for

the maintenance of the classes authorized by said Act Numbered
Nineteen hundred and seventy-five and for all other purposes
related therewith as he shall deem necessary.

SEC. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the same shall take effect on its passage, in accordance
with section one of Act Numbered Nineteen hundred and forty-five
of the Philippine Legislature.

‘Enacted, January 31, 1911.

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ACT NO. 2029

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR AN APPROPRIATION OF ONE MILLION

PESOS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF SCHOOLS IN THE
MUNICIPALITIES AND BARRIOS OF THE PHILIPPINE
ISLANDS UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Legislature, that:

SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in

the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the construction
of schoolhouses of strong materials in the municipalities and barrios,
the sum of one million pesos, from which there shall be available
for expenditure on the first day of January, nineteen hundred and
twelve, the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand pesos, and an
additional two hundred and fifty thousand pesos shall likewise be
available for expenditure on the first day of January of each of the
three years immediately following, under the following conditions:

(a) All municipalities and barrios to the schools of which

the municipality to which they belong shall guarantee a daily
attendance of not less than forty pupils, duly certified to by the
division superintendent of schools and by the supervising teacher
of the schools of the municipality, shall have the right of option to
participate in the funds appropriated by this Act for the purpose
indicated: Provided, That the sum shall not exceed in each case five
thousand pesos.

(b) The municipality, either by making an appropriation from

its funds or by means of voluntary contributions of funds, materials,
or labor, shall contribute a sum not less than fifty per centum of the
total amount which may be granted in accordance with this Act, and
shall forward an application’ of the municipal council through the
provincial board to the Secretary of Public Instruction, who shall
have charge of and approve the distribution of said funds.

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(c) The buildings above mentioned shall be erected upon land of

the ownership of the municipal, provincial, or Insular governments,
or which shall be donated for such end, or upon public land reserved
for such end under the provisions of the Public Land Act: Provided,
however, That the titles to all land, except to public land, must in
each case be registered in the Court of Land Registration, but the
Secretary of Public Instruction may authorize the beginning of the
construction work upon the filing of the application for registration
in the said Court of Land Registration: And provided further, That
the drawing up of the plans and specifications and the execution
of the work shall be carried out in accordance with the rules and
regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Public Instruction: And
provided further, That no building erected entirely or in part with
funds appropriated by this Act may be sold or used for other than
school purposes, except with the approval of the Governor-General.

SEC. 2. All unexpended balances, after the completion of any

of the works authorized by this Act, shall at once be covered into the
Insular Treasury to the credit of this appropriation and shall not
be withdrawn from it nor expended except for the purposes herein
indicated.

SEC. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the same shall take effect on its passage, in accordance
with section one of Act Numbered Nineteen hundred and forty-five
of the Philippine Legislature.

Enacted, February 2, 1911.

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ACT NO. 2033

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF VIGAN,

ILOCOS SUR, TO GIVE UP THE POSSESSION OF CALLE
CORTA, SITUATED WEST OF THE VIGAN HIGH SCHOOL
BUILDING, BETWEEN CALLES BURGOS AND LINCOLN,
AND TO CEDE THE SAME TO THE PROVINCE OF ILOCOS
SUR AS A LOT FOR THE PROVINCIAL HIGH SCHOOL.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Legislature, that:

SECTION 1 The municipal council of Vigan, Ilocos Sur,

is hereby authorized to close Calle Corta, situate between Calles
Burgos and Lincoln, west of the building known as Vigan High
School, to public use and cede the same to the Province of Ilocos Sur
to be used as a lot for the aforesaid provincial high school.

SEC. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the same shall take effect on its passage, in accordance
with section one of Act Numbered Nineteen, hundred and forty-five
of the Philippine Legislature.

Enacted, February 3, 1911.

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ACT NO. 2040

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF THREE THOUSAND

FIVE HUNDRED PESOS FOR THE CREATION OF
GOVERNMENT SCHOLARSHIPS IN THE COLLEGE
OF VETERINARY SCIENCE OF THE PHILIPPINE
UNIVERSITY

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Legislature, that:

SECTION 1. Twenty-five Government scholarships for

Filipinos are hereby created in the College of Veterinary Science of
the Philippine University, to be filled subject to rules prescribed by
the Board of Regents of said university: Provided, That there shall
not be more than ten of these scholarships for the first year of the
said college.

SEC. 2. The sum of three thousand five hundred pesos is

hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury
not otherwise appropriated, to carry out the provisions of this Act
mentioned in the preceding section during the first year.

SEC. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the same shall take effect on its passage, in accordance
with section one of Act Numbered Nineteen hundred and forty-five
of the Philippine Legislature.

Enacted, February 3. 1911.

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ACT NO. 2048

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE SELECTION OF ADDITIONAL

TEACHERS TO RECEIVE THE BENEFITS OF ACT
NUMBERED NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FOUR,
PROVIDING THAT THE CLASSES THEREBY PROVIDED
FOR MAY BE HELD AT OTHER POINTS THAN THE CITY
OF MANILA, AND MAKING AN ANNUAL APPROPRIATION
FOR CARRYING OUT THE PROVISIONS OF SAID ACT.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Legislature, that:

SECTION 1 Authority is hereby given for the selection of

thirty additional teachers to receive the benefits of Act Numbered
Nineteen hundred and eighty-four, entitled “An Act authorizing the
creation of special classes of superior instruction for municipal or
Insular teachers and appropriating the sum of fifty thousand pesos
for such purpose,” and for carrying out the purposes of said Act there
is hereby appropriated, beginning with the fiscal year nineteen
hundred and twelve, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, the sum of fifty thousand pesos.

SEC. 2. The special classes provided for by said Act Numbered

Nineteen hundred and eighty-four may in future be held in the city of
Manila or elsewhere in the Philippine Islands, subject to conditions
which the Secretary of Public Instruction may require.

Enacted, February 3, 1911.

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ACT NO. 2049

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE APPOINTMENT FOR THE FISCAL

YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWELVE OF CERTAIN
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF
ACT NUMBERED NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-
THREE, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR CARRYING
OUT THE PURPOSES OF SAID ACT.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Legislature, that:

SECTION 1. For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and

twelve, authority is hereby given for the appointment of one
hundred students to pursue a course in training for teaching in the
Philippine Normal School or in the Philippine School of Arts and
Trades, under the provisions of Act Numbered Nineteen hundred
and eighty-three, entitled “An Act authorizing the appointment of
certain’ high school students as Government pupils while pursuing
a course of training for teaching, and authorizing expenditure for
such pupils from funds designated by section twenty-six of Act
Numbered Seventeen hundred and sixty-one, as amended,” and for
the purpose of continuing the work provided for by said Act there is
hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, the further sum of thirty thousand pesos.

Enacted, February 3, 1911.

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ACT NO. 2050

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR SCHOLARSHIPS IN THE SCHOOL

OF FORESTRY, APPROPRIATING FIFTEEN THOUSAND
SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY PESOS THEREFOR, AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Legislature, that:

SECTION 1. Thirty-five scholarships, one for each of the

provinces organized under the Provincial Government Act, Numbered
Eighty-three, and the special provinces of Palawan, Mindoro, and
Batanes, are hereby created in the Government School of Forestry
established at Los Baños, La Laguna. Such scholarships shall be
awarded to students who have completed at least the second year
of a highschool course and who shall be appointed by the Director
of Forestry, upon recommendation of the Director of Education.
Appointment to these scholarships shall be made subject to the
following conditions:

(a) The Director of Education shall, by means of an

examination of students who have completed the second year of
the high-school course, select the one best qualified to carry on the
studies provided for in the School of Forestry and so certify to the
Director of Forestry, who shall order that each student he duly
matriculated in said school;

(b) The Government shall pay the traveling expenses of the

student from his home to Los Baños, La Laguna, and return after
the completion of his studies. Each student shall receive twenty-five
pesos monthly during the time he is studying and until he receives
the certificate of graduation in the course pursued by him: Provided,
That any student who shall fail to pass the examinations prescribed
for the completion of the course in the School of Forestry, or who
shall violate any rule or regulation of said school in such manner as
to make himself liable to expulsion, shall forfeit his scholarship and
shall be immediately sent back to his province at the expense of the
Government;
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(c) The holder of a scholarship who shall be graduated from

the School of Forestry shall be employed according to the needs of
the Bureau of Forestry for a period at least equal to the time he
has received instruction, unless he accept some position in some
other branch of the Government of the Philippine Islands or that
the Secretary of the Interior grant him permission to act otherwise.
Failure to comply with the conditions of this section shall be
sufficient reason for disqualifying him from any employment in the
Government of the Islands for a period of time double that which he
should have served.

SEC. 2. The Director of Forestry shall render a report from

time to time to the Secretary of the Interior regarding the filling of
scholarships and the standing of the students, which report shall be
transmitted to the Philippine Legislature at the beginning of each
session.

SEC. 3. The Director of Forestry is authorized to enlarge the

temporary buildings devoted to the School of Forestry at Los Baños,
La Laguna, and to increase the equipment thereof, in an amount
not to exceed one thousand five hundred pesos.

SEC. 4. The sum of fifteen thousand six hundred and fifty

pesos, or so much thereof as may be necessary to carry out the
purposes of the foregoing sections, is hereby appropriated out of any
funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provided,
That five hundred pesos of the sum thus appropriated may be
spent for traveling expenses and per diems of the students holding
scholarships on their visits to some forestry reserve, or in order to
increase their knowledge, during vacation periods. The unexpended
balance of this appropriation shall constitute a separate fund which
shall be added to appropriations in future years for the purposes of
this Act, until the Philippine Legislature shall provide otherwise.

SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect on the first day of June of
nineteen hundred and eleven or on the beginning of the next school
year.

Enacted, February 3, 1911.

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ACT NO. 2061

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A SALES AGENCY FOR ARTICLES

MANUFACTURED IN THE SCHOOLS IN THE PROVINCES
INHABITED BY MOROS AND OTHER NON-CHRISTIAN
TRIBES AND BY THE PEOPLE OF SAID PROVINCES, AND
APPROPRIATING MONEY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A
SUITABLE BUILDING FOR THE SAME, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Commission, that:

SECTION 1. There is hereby established an agency, to

be known as “The Sales Agency,” for the following purposes: The
distribution of products and manufactures of the schools under the
direction of the Government, and of articles produced or manufactured
by the people, in the provinces inhabited by Moros and other non-
Christian tribes: to assist the inhabitants of said provinces to find
market for their labor; to stimulate the interest of persons outside
of the Philippine Islands in products, and values of articles the
product, of Moro and other non-Christian provinces; to ascertain the
designs, forms, methods of manufacture, and selection of material
most likely to obtain a ready market for such articles as are or can
be manufactured in the schools and by the people of the said Moro
and other non-Christian provinces; and to give such information to
the Bureau of Education as will enable it to standardize and direct
its instruction toward the production and manufacture of articles of
a readily saleable nature; to maintain an office at which pertinent
information may be given to tourists or visitors to the Philippine
Islands: to make public practical information in regard to the
business of the agency; and to buy and sell such articles as may be
necessary to carry out the intentions of this Act.

SEC. 2. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in

the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of sixty
thousand pesos, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the
construction and equipment of a suitable building for the agency, to
be located at some point designated by the Governor-General.
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SEC. 3. The administration of this agency shall be vested in

a Sales Agency Board of five members, composed of the Secretary of
Public Instruction, who shall be ex officio chairman, the Secretary
of the Interior, the Secretary of Commerce and Police, one other
member of the Philippine Commission, and one other person to
be designated by the Governor-General, who shall be known as
the Sales Agent. It shall be the duty of the Board to prepare and
promulgate necessary rules and regulations for carrying out the
purposes of this Act; to authorize the employment of such traveling
agents, clerical force, and other labor as may be necessary; to
authorize the expenditure of funds herein designated as available
for the establishment, maintenance, and operation of the agency;
to fix and regulate the rates of commission which the agency shall
charge upon the different classes of transactions; to exercise general
supervision over the affairs of the agency.

SEC. 4. The Sales Agent of the Board, acting under the

direction of the Board, shall have charge of the operation of the
agency. He shall receive a compensation of four thousand eight
hundred pesos annually, and a percentage of the gross business of
the agency, to be fixed by the Board.

SEC. 5. There is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the

Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of fifteen
thousand pesos or so much thereof as the Sales Agency Board shall
deem necessary, which shall constitute a reimbursable fund. The
receipts resulting from the operation of the agency shall accrue
to the benefit of this fund and shall be deposited with the Insular
Treasury. All expenses and other charges in connection with the
operation of the Agency shall be paid out of this fund.

Enacted, April 10, 1911.

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ACT NO. 2078

AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF TWENTY-FIVE

THOUSAND PESOS FOR PROVIDING THE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS WITH COPIES OF AN ADEQUATE BIOGRAPHY
OF JOSE RIZAL

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Legislature, that:

SECTION 1. The sum of twenty-five thousand pesos is hereby

appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, to be available at the beginning of the fiscal year
nineteen hundred and thirteen, and to be expended under direction
of the Secretary of Public Instruction, for providing the public
schools, as textbooks, with copies of a suitably written biography
of Jose Rizal which, without excluding other necessary facts, shall
give especial attention to details of his childhood, school life, travels,
and work as agriculturist and teacher while in banishment at
Dapitan, together with selections from his writings in English and
creditable translation of his principal poems and of such other parts
of his literary work as would be most likely to interest children, all
illustrated as fully as may be with reproduction of his paintings,
drawings, carvings and modelings, with photographs from his
album of scenes in his travels and maps of his journeys, and with
such other authentic and historically accurate photographs of
himself, his wife, his parents, and other persons, and places and
incidents notable in his life, including the representation in color
of his Luna and Hidalgo portraits, as may be available, the whole
in paper, engraving, printing and binding to be of a high quality
calculated to attract and interest children and to impress them the
importance of learning about and emulating the hero whose memory
the Government of the Philippine Islands in representation of its
grateful people has in so many different ways sought to perpetuate
and honor: Provided, however, That this sum shall not be expended
for the purchase of said biography of Jose Rizal without the prior
recommendation, in due form, of the committee hereby created,
composed of the Secretary of Public Instruction, the Chairman of

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the Committee on Public Instruction of the Assembly, and a third

member selected by them for the purpose.

Enacted, November 9, 1911.

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ACT NO. 2095

AN ACT TO PROVIDE GOVERNMENT FELLOWSHIPS FOR

PERSONS WHO SHALL HAVE STUDIED AND COMPLETED
SOME PROFESSIONAL, TECHNICAL, SCIENTIFIC,
ARTISTIC, OR INDUSTRIAL COURSE IN CERTAIN
INSTITUTIONS AND RECEIVED A DEGREE THEREFROM
IN ORDER THAT THEY MAY CONTINUE THEIR STUDIES
IN THE HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS OF
AMERICA OR EUROPE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Legislature, that:

SECTION 1. Twenty permanent Government fellowships

are hereby authorized to be awarded to persons who have the
qualifications prescribed in section two, in order that they may
continue their studies in the universities or other educational
institutions of America or Europe. As vacancies occur in these
fellowships, they shall be filled in the manner hereinafter
provided.

SEC. 2. An appointee under this Act shall be a citizen of

the Philippine Islands of sound physical constitution and good
character, and shall have studied and completed some professional,
technical, scientific, artistic., or industrial course in the University
of the Philippines and received a degree therefrom, or in some other
educational institution of standing in the United States, Europe, or
the Philippine Islands.

SEC. 3. Five of these fellowships shall be assigned to qualified

members of the teaching staff of the University of the Philippines
below the rank of associate professor, for the purpose of developing a
permanent faculty of Filipino scholars in that institution. Candidates
for the fellowships assigned to the University of the Philippines
shall be appointed by the Board of Regents of the University of
the Philippines on the recommendation of the president of the
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the Governor-General upon the recommendation of the Secretary of

Public Instruction after an examination has been held to determine
the qualifications of the candidates for appointment.

SEC. 4. Candidates appointed to the five fellowships from the

teaching staff of the University of the Philippines shall be granted
leave of absence without pay from the university, and shall pursue
their studies under such direction as the Board of Regents shall
require. They shall sign a contract binding themselves to return to
the Philippines upon expiration of their fellowship appointments
and to continue their duties in the university for a time equal to
their period of study as Government students. Appointees to other
fellowships shall pursue their studies under such direction as the
Secretary of Public Instruction may require. They shall sign a
contract binding themselves to return to the Philippines when their
fellowship appointments have expired, and to render service in the
Bureaus of the Government for a term equal to their period of study
as Government students at salaries which shall not be less than
those paid to other employees for similar work.

SEC. 5. The holders of fellowships attending educational

institutions in America shall be subject to the supervision of the
superintendent of Government students in the United States for
their care, protection, and welfare; those attending educational
institutions of Europe will be placed under the supervision of the
diplomatic representatives of the United States or of agents selected
and authorized by the Secretary of Public Instruction, for their care,
protection, and welfare.

SEC. 6. The holders of fellowships under this Act shall each

receive, in monthly or quarterly installments one thousand two
hundred pesos a year; and they shall be entitled to tuition fees
and to reimbursement of actual and necessary expenses for travel
and subsistence to and from their homes in the Philippine Islands
and their respective places of study in America or Europe and for
textbooks.

SEC. 7. A continuing annual appropriation of sixty thousand

pesos or so much thereof as may be necessary, beginning with the

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fiscal year nineteen hundred and thirteen, is hereby appropriated,

out. of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
for carrying out the purposes of this Act.

Enacted, January 12, 1012.

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ACT NO. 2105

AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF SEVEN THOUSAND

PESOS FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE TWENTY
GOVERNMENT SCHOLARSHIPS NOW EXISTING IN
THE COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SCIENCE OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES, BY VIRTUE OF ACT
NUMBERED TWO THOUSAND AND FORTY.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Legislature, that:

SECTION 1. The sum of seven thousand pesos is hereby

appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, for the maintenance of the twenty scholarships now
existing in the College of Veterinary Science of the University of the
Philippines, by virtue of section one of Act Numbered Two thousand
and forty.

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, January 27. 1912.

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ACT NO. 2110

AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED

THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND
MAINTENANCE IN THE CITY OF MANILA OF A SCHOOL
OF HOUSEHOLD INDUSTRIES.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Legislature, that:

SECTION 1. The sum of one hundred thousand pesos is

hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, to be expended by the Director of Education
subject to the approval of the Secretary of Public Instruction for
the establishment, equipment, and maintenance of a School of
Household Industries for women in the city of Manila, as hereinafter
specified.

SEC. 2. The Director of Education is hereby authorized to

appoint and fix the compensation of a superintendent, instructors,
and such other employees as may be necessary in the school hereby
established. He is further authorized to incur such expenditures
as may be necessary for the proper administration and conduct
of this school. He is also authorized to incur expenses for rental
of buildings, purchase of materials, furniture, and other essential
equipment. The action of the Director of Education in making these
appointments and incurring these expenses shall be subject to the
approval of the Secretary of Public Instruction.

SEC. 3. Three hundred scholarships are hereby established

in the School of Household Industries. These scholarships shall be
apportioned to the various provinces by the Director of Education
subject to the approval of the Secretary of Public Instruction,
and appointments to scholarships shall be made by him or his
representatives in a manner best suited to the promotion of
the purposes of this Act. Each of a scholarship shall be entitled
to reimbursement of traveling expenses from place of residence
to Manila on appointment and return from Manila to place of

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residence on completion of her course, and while pursuing a course

of instruction in the school hereby authorized shall be entitled to
subsistence and other living expenses. All such expenditures shall
be payable from the sum appropriated by this Act.

SEC. 4. Each scholarship appointee shall sign an agreement

to return, upon completion of the prescribed course of instruction,
to her home town or such other municipality as may be agreed upon
by herself and the Director of Education for the purpose of training
other women in the industry or industries in which she has been
instructed.

SEC. 5. The facilities of the Sales Agency created by Act

Numbered Two thousand and sixty-one are made available for the
promotion of the purposes of this Act throughout all the provinces
in the Philippine Islands.

SEC. 6. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the same shall take effect on its passage, in accordance
with section one of Act Numbered Nineteen hundred and forty-five
of the Philippine Legislature.

Enacted, January 30, 1912.

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ACT NO. 2112

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTORS OF FORESTRY,

DURING THE PERIOD FROM APRIL FIRST, NINETEEN
HUNDRED AND TWELVE, TO JUNE THIRTIETH,
NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWELVE, TO PROVIDE
FOR THE SALARIES, TRAVELING EXPENSES, AND PER
DIEMS OF THE STUDENTS WHO HAVE COMPLETED THE
COURSE IN THE FOREST SCHOOL, AND APPROPRIATING
THE SUM OF FOUR THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND
SIXTY PESOS FOR SUCH PURPOSE.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Legislature, that:

SECTION 1. During the period from April first, nineteen

hundred and twelve, to June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and
twelve, the Director of Forestry is authorized to provide for the
salaries, traveling expenses, and per diems of the students who
have completed the course in the Forest School in an amount not
to exceed four thousand five hundred and sixty pesos, which sum is
hereby appropriated out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not
otherwise appropriated.

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on the first day of April,
nineteen hundred and twelve.

Enacted, February 1, 1912.

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ACT NO. 2138

AN ACT APPROPRIATING INSULAR FUNDS NOT OTHERWISE

APPROPRIATED, FOR THE PURPOSES MENTIONED IN
ACT NUMBERED NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-
FIVE, ENTITLED “AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF CLASSES FOR THE INSTRUCTION
AND TRAINING OF MALE AND FEMALE NURSES UNDER
THE SUPERVISION OF THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH”

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Legislature, that:

SECTION 1. The sum of twenty thousand pesos is hereby

appropriated out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, to be devoted to the purposes mentioned in Act
Numbered Nineteen hundred and seventy-five of the Philippine
Legislature.

SEC. 2. The Director of Health may expend said sum, oF such

part thereof as may be necessary, for the operation of the classes
authorized by said Act Numbered Nineteen hundred and seventy-
five, and for such other purposes connected therewith as he may
deem advisable and necessary.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on the first day of the fiscal
year nineteen hundred and thirteen.

Enacted, February 5, 1912

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ACT NO. 2144

AN ACT AUTHORIZING AN APPROPRIATION OF FIVE HUNDRED

AND SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE FISCAL
YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN FOR THE
UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Legislature, that:

SECTION 1. The sum of five hundred and seventy-five

thousand pesos is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the
Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year
nineteen hundred and thirteen, for the University of the Philippines,
to be expended by the Board of Regents of said university, for the
ends specified by law, in accordance with section six, letter (a), of Act
Numbered Eighteen hundred and seventy: Provided, That the Board
of Regents is hereby authorized, with the consent and approval of
the Director of Bureau and Secretary of Department concerned, to
appoint officers and employees of the Departments and Bureaus of
the Government to positions in the University of the Philippines at
such compensation as may be fixed by said Board of Regents, which
compensation shall be paid to such officers and employees from the
appropriation for the University of the Philippines, Act Numbered
One hundred and forty-eight notwithstanding.

SEC. 2. This appropriation shall be disbursed in accordance

with the provisions of section thirteen of Act Numbered Eighteen
hundred and seventy.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on July first, nineteen

hundred and twelve.

Enacted, February 5, 1912.

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ACT NO. 2146

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PROVINCES AND SUBPROVINCES

OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS TO APPROPRIATE FROM
THEIR FUNDS CERTAIN SUMS FOR THE PURPOSE
OF GRANTING ALLOWANCES TO YOUNG FILIPINOS
IN THEIR RESPECTIVE JURISDICTIONS TO ENABLE
THEM TO FOLLOW A CAREER IN THE UNIVERSITY OF
THE PHILIPPINES OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION IN MANILA.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Legislature, that:

SECTION 1. Any provincial board, or any lieutenant-

governor with the consent of the provincial board, in the Philippine
Islands may appropriate from the general funds of the province or
subprovince, not otherwise appropriated, the amount necessary for
one or two permanent allowances, at the rate of not to exceed forty
pesos a month, payable monthly through the Bureau of Education,
for one or two students of the province or subprovince in the
University of the Philippines or in any governmental educational
institution of Manila to enable them to follow a professional career.
In addition to the allowance, a student selected shall be entitled to
reimbursement once only of the actual and necessary traveling and
subsistence expenses from his residence to his place of study and
vice versa; to matriculation and graduation fees, if any; and to be
admitted into and cured in the Philippine General Hospital free of
charge, in case of illness.

SEC. 2. To be entitled to the allowance a person must be (a) a

resident of the province or subprovince granting the allowance; (b)
not over twenty-one years of age; (c) the possessor of a certificate of
having studied and satisfactorily completed an entire official course
in the high school; and (d) of good conduct and physical constitution;
(e) and whose parents or guardians are unable to meet the expenses
of a higher education.

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SEC. 3. Whenever a province or subprovince, being in

condition to make one or more allowances as herein provided, shall
determine to grant them subject to the needs of the public service
in such province or subprovince, it shall determine the profession
or professions to the preparation for which such allowances shall be
devoted, and shall advertise a general convocation, to which it shall
give the widest publicity throughout its territorial jurisdiction, during
the first fortnight in the month of April in the year in which such
allowances are to be granted or renewed, in order that applicants
therefor may make application in writing to the provincial board or
lieutenant-governor, within thirty days following such first fortnight
of the aforesaid month of April.

The application, the blanks for which shall be prepared,

printed, and distributed, subject to the reimbursement of the
cost thereof, to the provinces and subprovinces by the Director
of Education, shall be accompanied by the requisites exacted by
section two hereof, and subscribed and sworn to by the applicant
and his father, or, in default thereof, his legal guardian.

SEC. 4. After the applications have been presented and

received the superintendent of schools of the province shall, in the
presence of the provincial board or the lieutenant-governor of the
subprovince as the case may be, proceed to hold an examination of
such applicants and the applicants obtaining the highest general
average in such examination, or, if such averages are equal, those
having the highest average for the subjects necessary for the career
proposed to be followed shall be designated.

SEC. 5. Students, on finishing their studies, shall be obliged

to perform the duties, in the province or subprovince granting them
their allowance, of the office for which they have been prepared,
for a period of time equal to that during which they have received
their allowance: Provided, However, That this obligation shall be
considered suspended in order to give such students an opportunity
to compete in the examinations for scholarships in America and
Europe created by Act Numbered Two thousand and ninety-five.

Enacted, February 6, 1912.

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ACT NO. 2161

AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED NINETEEN HUNDRED

AND SEVENTY-FIVE, ENTITLED “AN ACT TO PROVIDE
FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CLASSES FOR THE
INSTRUCTION AND TRAINING OF MALE AND FEMALE
NURSES UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE DIRECTOR
OF HEALTH,” BY REMOVING THE RESTRICTION AS TO
THE NUMBER OF NURSES OF EACH SEX THAT MAY BE
ADMITTED DURING ANY ONE YEAR.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Legislature, that:

SECTION 1. The first paragraph of section two of Act

Numbered Nineteen hundred and seventy-five is hereby amended
to read as follows:

“SEC. 2. The Director of Health, so far as consistent with

the interest of the public service, shall select from amongst those
persons jointly recommended by district health officers and division
superintendents of schools, or in default thereof by provincial
boards, students for the aforesaid classes from provinces organized
under the Provincial Government Act and from the Provinces
of Palawan, Mindoro, and Batanes, and the number of students
selected shall not exceed one hundred in all of each sex: Provided,
That in the admission of said students the highest average obtained
in the examinations referred to in subsections (a) and (b) of the next
preceding section, shall be taken into account.”

SEC. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the same shall take effect on its passage, in accordance
with section one of Act Numbered Nineteen hundred and forty-five
of the Philippine Legislature.

Enacted, February 6, 1912.

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ACT NO. 2168

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE CREATION OF SEVENTY

SCHOLARSHIPS, AT LEAST ONE FOR EACH OF THE
PROVINCES AND SUBPROVINCES ORGANIZED UNDER
ACT NUMBERED EIGHTY-THREE, KNOWN AS THE
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT ACT, AND FOR THE SPECIAL
PROVINCES OF PALAWAN, MINDORO, AND BATANES, IN
THE GOVERNMENT FOREST SCHOOL ESTABLISHED AT
LOS BANOS, LA LAGUNA, AND APPROPRIATING TWENTY-
FOUR THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SEVEN
PESOS AND FIFTY CENTAVOS FOR SUCH PURPOSE.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Legislature, that:

SECTION 1. Seventy scholarships for two school courses,

on the basis of thirty-five scholarships for each course, at least one
for each of the provinces and subprovinces organized under the
Provincial Government Act, Numbered Eighty-three, and the special
Provinces of Palawan, Mindoro, and Batanes, are hereby created in
the Government Forest School established at Los Banos, La Laguna.
Such scholarships shall be awarded to students who have completed
at least the second year of a high-school course and who shall be
appointed by the Director of Forestry, upon recommendation of the
Director of Education. Appointment to these scholarships shall be
made subject to the following conditions :

(a) The Director of Education shall, by means of an examination

of students who have completed the second year of the high-school
course, select the one best qualified to carry on the studies provided
for in the Forest School and so certify to the Director of Forestry, who
shall order that each student be duly matriculated in said school;

(b) The Government shall pay the traveling expenses of the

student from his home to Los Banos, La Laguna, and return after
the completion of his studies. Each student shall receive twenty-five
pesos monthly during the time he is studying and until he receives

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the certificate of graduation in the course pursued by him: Provided,

That any student who shall fail to pass the examinations prescribed
in the Forest School, or who shall violate any rule or regulation of
said school in such manner as to make himself liable to expulsion,
shall forfeit his scholarship and shall be immediately sent back to
his province at the expense of the Government;

(c) The holder of a scholarship who shall be graduated from the

Forest School shall be employed according to the needs of the Bureau
of Forestry for a period at least equal to the time he has received
instruction, unless he accept some position in some other branch
of the Government of the Philippine Islands or that the Secretary
of the Interior grant him permission to act otherwise. Failure to
comply with the conditions of this section shall be sufficient reason
for disqualifying him for any employment in the Government of the
Philippine Islands for a period of time double that which he would
have served.

SEC. “2. The Director of Forestry shall render a report from

time to time to the Secretary of the Interior regarding the filling of
scholarships and the standing of the students, which report shall be
transmitted to the Philippine Legislature at the beginning of each
session.

SEC. 3. The Director of Forestry is authorized to enlarge and

repair the temporary buildings devoted to the Forest School at Los
Banos, La Laguna, and to increase the equipment thereof in an
annual amount not to exceed five thousand three hundred pesos.

SEC. 4. An appropriation of twenty-four thousand six hundred

and eighty-seven pesos and fifty centavos, or so much thereof as may
be necessary to carry out the purposes of the foregoing sections is
hereby made out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise
appropriated: Provided, That no appropriation shall be set up by
the Insular Auditor for this purpose until the balance of funds
heretofore appropriated shall have been expended for the purpose
herein authorized: And provided further, That one thousand pesos
of the sum thus appropriated may be spent for traveling expenses,
equipment, and per diems of the students holding scholarships on

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their visits to some forest reserve or the seat of some modern logging
or lumbering operations, or in order to increase their knowledge,
during vacation period.

SEC. 5. Act Numbered Two thousand and fifty is hereby

repealed effective on the first day of April, nineteen hundred and
twelve.

SEC. 6. This Act shall take effect on the first day of April,
nineteen hundred and twelve.

Enacted, February 6, 1912.

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ACT NO. 2182

AN ACT APPROPRIATING- THE SUM OF TWENTY THOUSAND

PESOS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND FURNISHING OF A
DORMITORY FOR FILIPINO SCHOOL TEACHERS AT THE
TEACHERS’ CAMP, BAGUIO, MOUNTAIN PROVINCE.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Commission, that:

SECTION 1. The sum of twenty thousand pesos, or so much

thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any
funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be
expended under the direction of the Secretary of Public Instruction,
for the construction and furnishing of a dormitory for Filipino school
teachers at the Teachers’ Camp, Baguio, Mountain Province.

Enacted, May 20, 1912.

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ACT NO. 2183

AN ACT AMENDING SECTION FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED

TWO THOUSAND AND SIXTY-ONE, ENTITLED “AN
ACT ESTABLISHING A SALES AGENCY FOR ARTICLES
MANUFACTURED IN THE SCHOOLS IN THE PROVINCES
INHABITED BY MOROS AND OTHER NON-CHRISTIAN
TRIBES AND BY THE PEOPLE OF SAID PROVINCES, AND
APPROPRIATING MONEY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A
SUITABLE BUILDING FOR THE SAME, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES,” BY PROVIDING FOR THE COMPENSATION
OF THE SALES AGENT.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Commission, that:

SECTION 1. Section four of Act Numbered Two thousand and

sixty-one, entitled “An Act establishing a Sales Agency for articles
manufactured in the schools in the provinces inhabited by Moros
and other non-Christian tribes and by the people of said provinces,
and appropriating money for the construction of a suitable building
for the same, and for other purposes,” is hereby amended so as to
read as follows:

“SEC. 4. The Sales Agent of the Board, acting under the

direction of the Board, shall have charge of the operation of the
Agency. He shall receive a compensation of seven thousand pesos
for the first year beginning February first, nineteen hundred and
twelve: Provided, however, That if the gross sales of the Agency
during that time shall exceed the sum of forty-four thousand pesos,
he shall receive, in addition, a percentage to be fixed by the Board
on such gross sales in excess of said sum. After the first year he shall
receive a salary of four thousand eight hundred pesos annually and
a percentage of the gross sales of the Agency, which shall be fixed by
the Board, and which shall accrue as sales are made.”

Enacted, June 11, 1912.

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ACT NO. 2198

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE SECRETARY OF PUBLIC

INSTRUCTION TO MAKE AN ALLOTMENT FROM
THE AMOUNT APPROPRIATED IN ACT NUMBERED
TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY-NINE FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION OF A SCHOOL ON LAND BELONGING
TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE
NAVAL RESERVATION AT OLONGAPO.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Legislature, that:

SECTION 1. The Secretary of Public Instruction is hereby

authorized to allot from the amount appropriated by Act Numbered
Two thousand and twenty-nine a sum to be used for the purpose of
constructing a public school on land the property of the Government
of the United States in the naval reservation at Olongapo, the
provisions of subsection (c) of section one of Act Numbered Two
thousand and twenty-nine to the contrary notwithstanding.

SEC. 2. The expenditure of any sum allotted under the

preceding section shall in all other respects be governed by the
provisions prescribed in Act Numbered Two thousand and twenty-
nine aforesaid.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect upon its passage.

Enacted, December 6, 1912.

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ACT NO. 2217

AN ACT AUTHORIZING MUNICIPAL COUNCILS TO

APPROPRIATE AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH YEAR A
CERTAIN SUM OUT OF THE SCHOOL FUNDS FOR THE
CREATION AND MAINTENANCE OF NIGHT SCHOOLS
IN ENGLISH IN THEIR RESPECTIVE MUNICIPALITIES,
UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Legislature, that:

SECTION 1. Municipal councils are hereby authorized to

appropriate at the beginning of each year a certain sum out of the
school funds for the maintenance of night schools in English to be
created by virtue of this Act in their respective municipalities, under
the following conditions:

(a) That one hundred pupils at least, with the assent of the
school superintendent of the province, petition the municipal council
for their creation.

(b) That the salary of any teacher who is to attend and teach
in said schools shall not be greater than twenty pesos.

SEC. 2. The superintendent shall appoint a teacher for

each school, giving preference to the public school teachers of each
municipality, and shall fix the salary in accord with the respective
municipal council and subject to the limitation contained in
paragraph (b) of section one.

SEC. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the same shall take effect on its passage, in accordance
with section one of Act Numbered Nineteen hundred and forty-five
of the Philippine Legislature.

Enacted, February 3, 1913.

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ACT NO. 2218

AN ACT APPROPRIATING FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE

SCHOOL OF HOUSEHOLD INDUSTRIES

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Legislature, that:

SECTION 1. Fifty thousand pesos are hereby appropriated,

out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
for the support of the School of Household Industries, created by
Act Numbered Twenty-one hundred and ten of the Philippine
Legislature.

Enacted, February 3, 1913.

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ACT NO. 2219

AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE SUPPORT OF

PENSIONADOS IN INSULAR SCHOOLS.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Legislature, that:

SECTION 1. The sum of thirty thousand pesos is hereby

appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, for the support of the pensionados in the Insular
schools, to be expended in accordance with existing law.

Enacted, February 3, 1913.

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ACT NO. 2239

AN ACT AMENDING SECTION TWELVE OF ACT NUMBERED

ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY, AS AMENDED, BY
PROVIDING THAT UNTIL JANUARY FIRST NINETEEN
HUNDRED AND TWENTY, BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH
SHALL BE OFFICIAL LANGUAGES, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Legislature, that:

SECTION 1. Section twelve of Act Numbered One hundred

and ninety, as amended, is hereby further amended so as to read
as follows:

“SEC. 12. Official language.—Until otherwise provided by

the Philippine Legislature, the official language of all courts and their
records shall be the English language: Provided, That until January
first, nineteen hundred and twenty, Spanish shall be also an official
language of the courts and their records; that the Supreme Court,
any Court of First Instance, the Court of Land Registration, any
justice of the peace court, the municipal court, or any other court of
similar jurisdiction which may hereafter be established, may order
its records to be made in either English or Spanish as it may deem
best for the public convenience and the interests of the parties; and
that any party or his counsel may examine witnesses and make
oral argument in English or Spanish, which shall then and there be
interpreted into other language by a court interpreter whenever the
other party or his counsel does not understand the language in which
the examination or argument is made, and so requests, and may
submit any petition, motion, pleading, brief, document or evidence
either in English or Spanish without an accompanying translation.
into the other language: Provided, however, That in cases in which
all the parties or counsel stipulate in writing, or the accused in a
criminal action requests, the language used in the record shall be in
accordance with such stipulation or request; and that proceedings
in justice of the peace courts shall be in the Spanish language unless

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the justice speaks English and there is an official interpreter or all

the parties or their counsel speak English.”

SEC. 2. This Act shall be retroactive and take effect as of

January first, nineteen hundred and thirteen, and all records,
judgments, orders and proceedings which, if this Act had not been
passed, would have been null and void, are hereby ratified and
confirmed.

Enacted, February 11, 1913.

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ACT NO. 2253

AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF FORTY-FIVE

THOUSAND PESOS; PROVIDING FOR THE CREATION
OF TWENTY SCHOLARSHIPS, FOR THE MAINTENANCE
OF THIRTY-THREE SCHOLARSHIPS ALREADY CREATED
BY ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED AND
SIXTY-EIGHT, AND FOR THE SALARIES, TRAVELING
EXPENSES, AND EQUIPMENT OF THE GRADUATES OF
THE GOVERNMENT FOREST SCHOOL AT LOS BAÑOS,
LAGUNA.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Legislature, that;

SECTION 1. Twenty scholarships are hereby created in the

Government Forest School at Los Baños, Laguna. Such scholarships
shall be awarded to students who have completed at least the second
year of the high-school course and who shall be appointed by the
Director of Forestry upon the recommendation of the Director of
Education. They shall be distributed, so far as practicable, in the
proportion of one to each province or subprovince organized under
the Provincial Government Act Numbered Eighty-three and one
to each of the Special Government Provinces of Palawan, Mindoro
and Batanes. The appointment of these scholarships shall be made
subject to the following conditions :

(a) The Director of Education shall, by means of an examination

of students who have completed the second year of the high school
course, select the one best qualified to carry on the studies provided
for in the Forest School and so certify to the Director of Forestry, who
shall order that each student be duly matriculated in said school;

(b) The Government shall pay the traveling expenses of the

student from his home to Los Baños, Laguna, and return after the
completion of his studies. Each student shall receive twenty-five
pesos monthly during the time he is studying and until he receives
the certificate of graduation in the course pursued by him: Provided,

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That any student who shall fail to pass the examination prescribed
in the Forest School, or who shall violate any rule or regulation of
said school in such manner as to make himself liable to expulsion,
shall forfeit his scholarship and shall be immediately sent back to
his province at the expense of the Government;

(c) The holder of a scholarship who shall be graduated from

the Forest School shall be employed according to the needs of the
Bureau of Forestry for a period at least equal to the time he has
received instruction, unless he be relieved from this obligation by
the Secretary of the Interior or with the approval of the Secretary
of the Interior first had he accept a position in some other branch
of the Government of the Philippine Islands. Failure to comply
with the conditions of this section shall be sufficient reason for
disqualifying him for any employment in the Government of the
Philippine Islands for a period of time double that which he should
have served.

SEC. 2. The Director of Forestry shall render a report from

time to time to the Secretary of the Interior regarding the filling of
scholarships and the standing of the students, which report shall be
transmitted to the Philippine Legislature at the beginning of each
session.

SEC. 3. There are hereby appropriated out of any funds in the

Insular Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, forty-five thousand
pesos, to be expended as follows:

Fifty-three scholarships at twenty-five pesos per month each;

for the construction, maintenance and repair of light material
buildings and for the improvement and care of the grounds in their
vicinity; for salaries of eighteen probational and graduate rangers at
sixty pesos per month each, seven probational and graduate rangers
at sixty-five pesos per month each, three probational and graduate
rangers at seventy pesos per month each; for the equipment of the
students holding scholarships and for their traveling expenses from
their homes to Los Baños, Laguna, and return, and for their visits to
forest reserves or seats of modern logging or lumbering operations;

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and for the traveling expenses, per diems and equipment of twenty-
eight probational and graduate rangers.

SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect on the first day of April,
nineteen hundred and thirteen.

Enacted, February 11, 1913.

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ACT NO. 2260

AN ACT AUTHORIZING AN APPROPRIATION OF SIX HUNDRED

AND TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE FISCAL
YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN FOR THE
UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Legislature, that:

SECTION 1 The sum of six hundred and twenty-five thousand

pesos is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year nineteen
hundred and fourteen, for the University of the Philippines, to be
expended by the Board of Regents of said University, for the end
specified by law, in accordance with section six, letter (a), of Act
Numbered Eighteen hundred and seventy: Provided, That the Board
of Regents is hereby authorized, with the consent and approval of
the Director of Bureau and Secretary of Department concerned, to
appoint officers and employees of the Departments and Bureaus of
the Government to positions in the University of the Philippines at
such compensation as may be fixed by said Board of Regents, which
compensation shall be paid to such officers and employees from the
appropriation for the University of the Philippines, Act Numbered
One hundred and forty-eight notwithstanding.

SEC. 2. This appropriation shall be disbursed in accordance

with the provisions of section thirteen of Act Numbered Eighteen
hundred and seventy.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on July first, nineteen

hundred and thirteen.

Enacted, February 11, 1913.

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ACT NO. 2271

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE MUNICIPALITY OF ZAMBOANGA

TO INCUR AN INDEBTEDNESS OF ONE HUNDRED AND
FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS IN MONEY OF THE
UNITED STATES, AND TO ISSUE BONDS COVERING THE
AMOUNT OF SAID INDEBTEDNESS, PAYABLE IN GOLD
COIN OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR THE PURPOSE OF
PROVIDING FUNDS TO CONSTRUCT NECESSARY SEWER
AND DRAINAGE FACILITIES, TO SECURE A SUFFICIENT
SUPPLY OF WATER, AND NECESSARY BUILDINGS FOR
PRIMARY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN SAID MUNICIPALITY,
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS SIXTY-
SIX, SIXTY-SEVEN, SIXTY-EIGHT, AND SIXTY-NINE
OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS APPROVED JULY FIRST,
NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWO, ENTITLED “AN ACT
TEMPORARILY TO PROVIDE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION
OF THE AFFAIRS OF CIVIL GOVERNMENT IN THE
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES,”
AS AMENDED.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Commission, that:

SECTION 1. In pursuance of the provisions of sections sixty-

six, sixty-seven, sixty-eight, and sixty-nine of the Act of Congress
approved July first, nineteen hundred and two, entitled “An Act
temporarily to provide for the administration of the affairs of civil
government in the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes,” as
amended by the Act approved February sixth, nineteen hundred and
five, entitled “An Act to amend an Act approved July first, nineteen
hundred and two, entitled ‘An Act temporarily to provide for the
administration of the affairs of civil government in the Philippine
Islands, and for other purposes,’ and to amend an Act approved March
eighth, nineteen hundred and two, entitled ‘An Act temporarily to
provide revenue for the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes,’
and to amend an Act approved March second, nineteen hundred and
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for a coinage system in the Philippine Islands,’ and to provide for the
more efficient administration of civil government in the Philippine
Islands, and for other purposes,” the municipality of Zamboanga, in
the Moro Province, is hereby authorized to incur an indebtedness of
one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars in gold coin of the United
States, and the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to issue, in
the name and on behalf of the municipality of Zamboanga, Moro
Province, its bonds covering the said indebtedness for the purpose of
providing funds to construct necessary sewer and drainage facilities,
to secure a sufficient supply of water, and necessary buildings for
primary public schools in said municipality of Zamboanga. The bonds
thus authorized shall be issued and dated January first, nineteen
hundred and thirteen; shall bear interest at the rate of four per
centum per annum payable quarterly in said gold coin; and shall be
redeemable at the pleasure of the municipality of Zamboanga after
ten years from date of issue, and payable thirty years after date of
issue in said gold coin. Both principal and interest shall be payable
at the Treasury of the United States. The said bonds shall be in
registered form, in denominations of one thousand to ten thousand
dollars, in proportions to suit the purchasers thereof, and shall be
registered and transferable at the office of the Treasury Department
of the United States at Washington, District of Columbia. The said
bonds are declared, by section one of the Act of Congress approved
February sixth, nineteen hundred and five, aforesaid, to be exempt
from the payment of all taxation by the Government of the United
States, or by the Government of the Philippine Islands, or by any
political or municipal subdivision thereof, or by any State, or by any
county, municipality, or other municipal subdivision of any State
or Territory of the United States, or by the District of Columbia,
pursuant to which Act, as well as to said Act of Congress approved
July first, nineteen hundred and two, and to this Act these bonds
are issued; which facts shall be stated upon their face.

SEC. 2. The Secretary of War is further authorized to sell

said bonds on such terms as are most favorable to the municipality
of Zamboanga, and to deposit the proceeds of such sale or sales
with an authorized depository of the Government of the Philippine
Islands: Provided, That no bond or bonds shall be sold at less than
par or face value.

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SEC. 3. Upon report being made by the Secretary of War to

the Auditor and Treasurer of the Philippine Islands of the amount
of bonds so issued and sold by him, the amount realized from such
sale or sales, and the numbers and denominations of said bonds
so sold, the date of such deposit and the name of such depository,
the same shall be made a matter of record by said Insular officials
in their respective offices, and immediately thereafter shall be
reported by said Auditor to the municipal council of the municipality
of Zamboanga.

SEC. 4. The proceeds of the sale of said bonds shall be placed

by the Treasurer of the Philippine Islands to the credit of the “public
works bond issue of the municipality of Zamboanga,” and shall only
be withdrawn therefrom by appropriation by the municipal council
of Zamboanga, approved by the Governor-General of the Philippine
Islands, for the purposes mentioned in this Act.

SEC. 5. Commencing with the fiscal year ending June

thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, and each succeeding year
thereafter until said bonds shall have been paid, there is hereby
appropriated a continuing annual appropriation, authorized to
be paid out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, of such sum as may be necessary to meet the annual
interest payments upon the bonds issued in accordance with this
Act.

SEC. 6. Commencing with the fiscal year ending June

thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifteen, and each succeeding year
thereafter until said bonds shall have been paid, there is hereby
appropriated a continuing annual appropriation, authorized to
be paid out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, of one thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven
dollars, money of the United States, for each one hundred thousand
dollars, and proportionally for each fraction thereof, of bonds issued
in accordance with this Act. Said sum so appropriated and the
interest thereon shall be invested by the Insular Treasurer in such
manner as may be approved by the Governor-General, and shall
constitute a sinking fund for the payment of said bonds.

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SEC. 7. The funds so appropriated shall be reimbursed by

the municipality of Zamboanga from the current revenues of the
municipality within ninety days after same shall have been so
paid as interest or placed in said sinking fund by the said Insular
Treasurer. In case the municipal council of the municipality of
Zamboanga shall fail to make such reimbursement, the provincial
treasurer of the Moro Province is hereby authorized and directed to
withhold from the revenues of the municipality of Zamboanga that
may come into his possession an amount sufficient to make the,
or any, reimbursement above provided for, and shall deposit same
with the Treasurer of the Philippine Islands as and for the, or any,
reimbursement aforesaid.

SEC. 8. This Act shall take effect upon the consent and
approval of the President of the United States.

Enacted, March 3, 1913.

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ACT NO. 2278

AN ACT AMENDING SECTION FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED

TWO THOUSAND AND SIXTY-ONE, ENTITLED “AN
ACT ESTABLISHING A SALES AGENCY FOR ARTICLES
MANUFACTURED IN THE SCHOOLS IN THE PROVINCES
INHABITED BY MOROS AND OTHER NON-CHRISTIAN
TRIBES AND BY THE PEOPLE OF SAID PROVINCES, AND
APPROPRIATING MONEY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A
SUITABLE BUILDING FOR THE SAME, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES,” AS AMENDED, BY PROVIDING A METHOD
FOR COMPUTING THE COMPENSATION OF THE SALES
AGENT AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Commission, that:

SECTION 1 Section four of Act Numbered Two thousand and

sixty-one, entitled “An Act establishing a sales agency for articles
manufactured in the schools in the provinces inhabited by Moros
and other non-Christian tribes and by the people of said provinces,
and appropriating money for the construction of a suitable building
for the same, and for other purposes,” as amended by Act Numbered
Twenty-one hundred and eighty-three, is hereby amended so as to
read as follows:

“SEC. 4. The sales agent of the board, acting under the

direction of the board, shall have charge of the operation of the
agency. He shall receive a compensation of seven thousand pesos for
the year beginning February first, nineteen hundred and thirteen:
Provided, however, That if the gross sales of the agency during
that time shall exceed the sum of forty-four thousand pesos, he
shall receive, in addition, a percentage to be fixed by the board on
such gross sales in excess of said sum. After the said year he shall
receive a salary of four thousand eight hundred pesos annually and
a percentage of the gross sales of the agency, which shall be fixed
by the board, and which shall accrue as sales are made: Provided
further, That the commission of the sales agent shall be computed

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and paid monthly upon sales as shown by cash deposited in the

Insular Treasury by the sales agency.”

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect as of February first, nineteen

hundred and thirteen.

Enacted, May 2, 1913.

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ACT NO. 2288

AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED

AND SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND PESOS PHILIPPINE
CURRENCY FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Legislature, that:

SECTION 1 The sum of one hundred and seventy-five

thousand pesos Philippine currency is hereby appropriated, out of
any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for
the support of public schools in the provinces subject to the control
of the Philippine Legislature.

SEC. 2. Any sum left over from the funds appropriated by

this Act at the close of the present fiscal year shall be turned into
the Insular Treasury and accrue to the general fund.

Enacted, October 31, 1913.

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ACT NO. 2302

AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF SEVEN THOUSAND

PESOS FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF TWENTY
GOVERNMENT STUDENTS AT THE COLLEGE OF
VETERINARY SCIENCE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE
PHILIPPINES.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Legislature, that:

SECTION 1. The sum of seven thousand pesos is hereby

appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, for the maintenance of twenty scholarships now
existing in the College of Veterinary Science of the University of the
Philippines, in accordance with the provisions of section one of Act
Numbered Two thousand and forty.

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, December 12, 1913.

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ACT NO. 2388

AN ACT REORGANIZING THE NAUTICAL DEPARTMENT OF THE

PHILIPPINE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND TRADES, MANILA,
AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR ITS CONTINUANCE
AS THE PHILIPPINE NAUTICAL SCHOOL.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Legislature, that:

SECTION 1. Provision is hereby made for the reorganization

in the city of Manila of the nautical department of the Philippine
School of Arts and Trades and the establishment of a nautical school
to be known as the Philippine Nautical School which shall be subject
to the control of the Department of Public Instruction.

SEC. 2. The Director of Education is authorized to establish,

formally, the Philippine Nautical School and to appoint, with
the approval of the Secretary of Public Instruction, all necessary
teachers and personnel with such rates of compensation as may be
approved by the Secretary of Public Instruction.

SEC. 3. Applicants for the course in this school must be between

sixteen and twenty-one years of age, must have completed at least
the intermediate course of the public schools or its equivalent, must
be able to pass a physical examination, must signify their intention
to follow the sea after finishing their course, and must furnish a
recommendation from the division superintendent of schools or
other person of good reputation certifying to the good character and
ability of the candidate for admission: Provided, That the present
students of navigation of the Philippine School of Arts and Trades
may continue their studies in the school created by this Act.

SEC. 4. The course of study, the internal regulations, vacations

of students, qualifications for degrees, granting of diplomas or
certificates, and other requisites necessary under the several sections
of this Act shall be prescribed by the Director of Education subject
to the approval of the Secretary of Public Instruction: Provided,

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That the curriculum shall include the practice of navigation on a

vessel of the Government, if there be one, and in default thereof
on a merchant vessel, for the period of at least one and one-half
years, prior to the issuance of the graduation diploma: And provided
further, That said diploma shall qualify its holder to ship as third
navigating officer without previous examination.

SEC. 5. The sum of fifteen thousand pesos, or so much thereof

as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the
Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the reorganization
and maintenance of the Philippine Nautical School during the year
nineteen hundred and fourteen.

SEC. 6. The provisions of Act Numbered Seventy-four of

the Philippine Commission and amendments thereof are hereby
declared applicable for the purposes of this Act in so far as they are
not inconsistent with its provisions, and all Acts or parts of Acts
inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed.

SEC. 7. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, February 28, 1914.

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ACT NO. 2424

AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED EIGHTEEN HUNDRED

AND TWENTY-NINE ENTITLED “AN ACT PROVIDING FOR
POPULAR CIVICO-EDUCATIONAL LECTURES IN THE
MUNICIPALITIES AND PRINCIPALLY IN THE BARRIOS
OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS”.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Legislature, that:

SECTION 1. Section two of Act Numbered Eighteen hundred

and twenty-nine is hereby amended to read as follows:

“SEC. 2. Municipal teachers shall have charge of said lectures,

the number of which for each quarter shall be determined by the
Bureau of Education.”

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its passage.

Enacted, December 4, 1914.

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ACT NO. 2467

AN ACT TO REORGANIZE THE PHILIPPINE TRAINING SCHOOL

FOR NURSES, TO ESTABLISH A SCHOOL OF MIDWIFERY,
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Legislature, that:

SECTION 1. The organization known as the Philippine

Training School for Nurses shall hereafter be known as the
Philippine General Hospital School of Nursing and, subject to the
approval of the Secretary of the Interior and the Director of Health,
its administration shall be under Administration. the supervision
and direction of the director of the Philippine General Hospital,
with the concurrence of the Board of Regents of the University of
the Philippines, as hereinafter provided.

SEC. 2. The school shall have a superintendent who shall be

a registered nurse of experience to be appointed by the director of
the hospital, with the approval of the Director of Health and the
Secretary of the Interior, and who shall be in immediate charge of all
the activities of the school, except in so far as instruction in midwifery
is concerned. The faculty shall consist of the superintendent and
such instructors and tutors as the progress of instruction may make
necessary, who shall be appointed by the director of the hospital with
the approval of the Director of Health upon the recommendation
of the superintendent: Provided, That the instruction in midwifery
shall be in charge of the obstetrical department of the College of
Medicine and Surgery of the University of the Philippines.

SEC. 3. The requirements for admission, courses of study,

places of study and instruction, period of probation, length
of time required for graduation, granting of diplomas upon
satisfactory completion of courses of instruction, rules of discipline,
announcements and catalogues, proportion of male and female
students, uniforms, subsistence and rates of compensation therefor,
quarters and laundry, and all other regulations incident to the proper

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conduct of a school of nursing not in conflict with law, shall be as

prescribed by the director of the hospital, upon recommendation of
the faculty and with the approval of the Director of Health: Provided,
That the annual announcement and catalogue shall be approved by
the Secretary of the Interior.

SEC. 4. The Board of Regents of the University of the

Philippines shall, upon application by the Director of Health, with
the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, have authority to confer
the degree of graduate nurse, or of graduate nurse and midwife, or of
graduate midwife, or such other degree as they may establish upon
students whose qualifications for entrance and graduation have been
approved by the university council and who have finished courses
of instruction approved by the Board of Regents.SEC. 5. Students
admitted to this school shall receive subsistence and quarters in
addition to such other allowances and compensation as are provided
for by law: Provided, That the director of the hospital may, with
the approval of the Director of Health, withhold such portion of a
student’s compensation not to exceed one-sixth thereof and deposit
same in the Postal Savings Bank to the credit of the student, from
which amount deductions may be made for the purpose of purchasing
such books and student’s equipment as may be necessary, and any
unexpended balance shall be paid to the student upon resignation
or honorable separation from the school.

SEC. 6. This Act contemplates that the advantages of this

school shall extend proportionately to all parts of the Archipelago,
and to this end students shall be selected, according to procedure to
be established by the Secretary of the Interior, with the concurrence
of the Board of Regents of the University of the Philippines, in so far
as possible, from every province of the Philippine Islands, whether
organized under general or special laws: Provided, That the number
of students admitted from the special government provinces during
any semester may not exceed fifteen per centum of the total
number.

SEC. 7. The Secretary of the Interior shall provide that

students admitted under the terms of this Act shall, prior to
matriculation, sign a contract agreeing to serve the Government

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for a period of at least one year after graduation, at an equitable

compensation which shall be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior,
with the concurrence of the Board of Regents of the University of
the Philippines.

SEC. 8. Acts Numbered Nineteen hundred and seventy-five,

Nineteen hundred and ninety-six and Twenty-one hundred and
sixty-one, and all other Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with the
provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

SEC. 9. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, February 5, 1915.

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ACT NO. 2482

AN ACT AMENDING SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED

TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX, ENTITLED “AN
ACT AUTHORIZING THE PROVINCES AND SUBPROVINCES
OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS TO APPROPRIATE FROM
THEIR FUNDS CERTAIN SUMS FOR THE PURPOSE
OF GRANTING ALLOWANCES TO YOUNG FILIPINOS
IN THEIR RESPECTIVE JURISDICTIONS TO ENABLE
THEM TO FOLLOW A CAREER IN THE UNIVERSITY OF
THE PHILIPPINES OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION IN MANILA,” BY PROVIDING
THAT PROVINCIAL TREASURERS SHALL MAKE THE
PAYMENT OF THE ALLOWANCES PROVIDED IN SAID
ACT.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Legislature, that:

SECTION 1 Section one of Act Numbered Twenty-one

hundred and forty-six is hereby amended to read as follows:

“SECTION 1. Any provincial board, or any lieutenant-

governor with the consent of the provincial board, in the Philippine
Islands may appropriate from the general funds of the province or
subprovince, not otherwise appropriated, the amount necessary for
one or two permanent allowances, at the rate of not to exceed forty
pesos a month, for one or two students of the province or subprovince in
the University of the Philippines or in any governmental educational
institution in Manila to enable them to follow a professional career.
In addition to the allowance, a student selected shall be entitled
to reimbursement once only of the actual and necessary traveling
and subsistence expenses from his residence to his place of study
and vice versa; to matriculation and graduation fees, if any; and to
be admitted into and cured in the Philippine General Hospital free
of charge, in case of illness. Provincial treasurers shall make the
payments direct of all allowances and other actual and necessary
expenses, as provided in this section.”

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SEC. 2. The public good requiring the prompt enactment of

this law, the same shall take effect upon its passage.

Enacted, February 5, 1915.

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ACT NO. 2511

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION TO

FURNISH SUBSISTENCE AND OTHER LIVING EXPENSES
TO PUPILS OF CERTAIN PUBLIC SCHOOLS UNDER
CERTAIN CONDITIONS.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Legislature, that:

SECTION 1. Subject to the approval of the Secretary of

Public Instruction, the Director of Education is hereby authorized to
furnish to pupils of the School for the Deaf and Blind, Manila; of the
School of Agriculture of Northern Luzon, Batac, Ilocos Norte; and
of the Central Luzon Agricultural School, Munoz, Nueva Ecija, the
necessary subsistence and other living expenses while in attendance
at such schools, subject to the limits of the funds available, payment
to be effected from funds provided by the current appropriation of
the Bureau of Education.

SECTION. 2. This Act shall take effect as of January first,

nineteen hundred and fifteen.

Enacted, February 5, 1915.

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ACT NO. 2531

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE ONE MILLION PESOS FOR PRIMARY

SCHOOLS AND PURPOSES RELATED THEREWITH IN
THE TERRITORY INHABITED BY MOHAMMEDANS OR
OTHER NON-CHRISTIAN/FILIPINOS.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Legislature, that:

SECTION 1 There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds

in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one
million pesos for expenses of the Bureau of Education necessary
for the construction, establishment, organization, and operation of
additional free Insular primary schools in the territory inhabited
by Mohammedans or other non-Christian Filipinos, and to make
the necessary provisions for normal training of teachers for said
primary schools. The funds hereby appropriated shall be available
for expenditure from and after January first, nineteen hundred and
sixteen, as the public service may require, in the discretion of the
Governor-General, with the approval of the Philippine Commission,
and shall continue to be so available until January first, nineteen
hundred and eighteen.

Enacted, October 26, 1915

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ACT NO. 2572

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE, IN THE INTEREST OF THE EFFICIENCY

AND UNIFORMITY OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE, THE
CONSOLIDATION OF THE PHILIPPINE LIBRARY, THE
DIVISION OF ARCHIVES, PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS, AND
TRADEMARKS OF THE EXECUTIVE BUREAU, AND THE
LAW AND LIBRARY DIVISION OF THE PHILIPPINE
ASSEMBLY, TO FORM AN ORGANIZATION TO BE KNOWN
AS “PHILIPPINE LIBRARY AND MUSEUM,” UNDER THE
ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL OF THE SECRETARY OF
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the ; Philippine

Legislature, that:

SECTION 1. Whenever, in the judgment of the Governor-,

General the requirements of the efficiency and uniformity of the
public service demand it, said Governor-General is hereby authorized,
subject to the limitations and powers hereinafter specified, to direct
that the Philippine Library, the division of the Executive Bureau
known as “division of archives, patents, copyrights, and trade-
marks,” and the division of the Philippine Assembly known as the
law and library division,” be consolidated into one Bureau, to be
known as the Philippine Library and Museum. Said Philippine
Library and Museum shall be placed for administrative purposes
under the control of the Secretary of Public Instruction except as
otherwise provided in section five of this Act.

SEC. 2. The Philippine Library and Museum shall have a

Director and such assistants as may be necessary and authorized
by the Governor-General, all of whom shall be appointed by the
Governor-General, by and with the consent of the Upper House
of the Philippine Legislature, at such compensations as may be
assigned to them, to be in force and effect until otherwise provided
by the Philippine Legislature.

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SEC. 3. The Philippine Library and Museum shall have the

following powers, duties, functions and aims:

(a) The preservation, increase, extension in Manila and the

provinces, and improvement of the present Philippine Library, so
that it may respond to the growing needs of the culture and the
people of the Philippine Islands;

(b) The organization, preservation, equipment, and

maintenance of a special administrative and legislative reference
library, taking as basis the library of the Philippine Assembly and
the law division of the Philippine Library, to be of aid to the several
departments of the Government and especially to both Houses of
the Philippine Legislature, their committees or members, in the
consideration, preparation, and drafting of their bills;

(c) The acquisition, organization, preservation, administration,

and increase, as the resources of the Treasury may allow, of a museum
containing pictures, paintings, sculptures, portraits, photographs,
maps, geographical charts, and all objects which, by reason of their
archeological, artistic, scientific or commemorative value should be
permanently preserved as a memento of, and out of veneration for
the great men of the country, as a testimony of the national history
and culture, or for the benefit of culture in general;

(d) The preparation, printing, and publication, or the printing,

reprinting, and publication of prints, pamphlets, bibliographic
catalogues, manuscripts, monographs, or any literary or scientific
work deserving to be published in the interest of the Government,
of the public welfare, of the history of the Philippines, or of science
and art in general;

(e) The preservation, administration, classification, and

registration of all public papers and documents of the Government,
letters patent, copyrights, and trade-marks, and, in general, all
functions, powers, and duties, at present vested in the division of
archives, patents, copyrights, and trade-marks of the Executive
Bureau;

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(f) The organization of a system of filing, distributing, and

exchanging publications and objects of art and natural history with
such foreign countries as may wish to exchange such objects or
publications.

SEC. 4. In case the Governor-General should decide to effect

the consolidation herein prescribed, said Governor-General shall
be authorized to direct all unexpended appropriations for salaries
and wages and contingent expenses a of the Philippine Library, the
Second Assistant Executive Secretary and the division of archives,
patents, copyrights, and trade-marks of the Executive Bureau, and
the law and library division of the Philippine Assembly, as well as the
unexpended balances of the appropriations for printing, except those
for the Diario de Sesiones and the Journal, and for the additional
personnel appointed under Act Numbered Twenty-two hundred and
ninety-two of said Philippine Assembly, to be placed at the disposal
of and be available for expenditure by the Director of the Philippine
Library and Museum for any and all of the purposes of this Act, as if
such appropriations had been made for the Philippine Library and
Museum. Said Governor-General is authorized, further, to direct
that all the books, archives, papers, documents, furniture, shelving,
filing cases, stationery, and other utensils, objects, and property of
any kind of the Philippine Library, the division of archives, patents,
copyrights, and trade-marks of the Executive Bureau, and the
law and library division of the Philippine Assembly shall become
the property and be destined to the use of the Philippine Library
and Museum, and all the present powers, duties, obligations and
functions of the Library Board and the Librarian, as regards the
Philippine Library, of the Committee on Accounts and the Secretary
of the Philippine Assembly, as regards the law and library division
of said Philippine Assembly, and of the Executive Secretary and
the chief of the division of archives, patents, copyrights, and trade-
marks, as regards the said division shall be vested in and exercised
by the Philippine Library and Museum.

SEC. 5. As soon as the Director of the Philippine Library and

Museum has been appointed and the transfers provided for in this
Act have been made, the Philippine Library, the division of archives
of the Executive Bureau, and the law and library division of the

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Philippine Assembly shall be abolished and the Director of the

Philippine Library and Museum shall, subject to the approval of
the Secretary of Public Instruction, organize his office, appoint the
necessary personnel, and apportion the appropriations available as
the necessities of the service may require. The present necessary
personnel of the Philippine Library and the divisions consolidated
shall be available for appointment to the Philippine Library and
Museum.

SEC. 6. As soon as the Philippine Library and Museum is

organized as herein authorized, the Governor-General a! shall be
empowered to direct that the pictures, paintings, photographs,
books, documents, manuscripts, pamphlets, monographs, maps,
and all objects of artistic, historical, or scientific value of any kind,
of any Bureau, Office, or dependency of the Government, which are
not absolutely necessary for the work and current official use of the
office, bureau, or dependency concerned, shall be transferred, with
an inventory, to the Philippine Library and Museum, to be preserved
and administered in the manner provided by this Act.

SEC. 7. It shall be the duty of all Departments, Bureaus,

Offices, and dependencies of the Government, and all municipalities
and provinces to furnish without charge to the Director of the
Philippine Library and Museum all data or information that may
be necessary for the performance of the duties prescribed by this
Act and to send to said Philippine Library and Museum at least fifty
copies of all printed reports or documents published relative to their
official work. And the printing establishments of the country shall
also be obliged to send without charge to the Philippine Library and
Museum at least two copies of. each book, newspaper, or pamphlet
printed or published by them, except in case of the registration of
copyrights, in which the provisions of the law shall be complied
with.

SEC. 8. All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act are
hereby repealed.

SEC. 9. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, February 4, 1916.

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ACT NO. 2578

AN ACT CREATING A SCHOOL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF

THE PHILIPPINES TO BE KNOWN AS “THE FOREST
SCHOOL.”

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the p Philippine

Legislature, that:

SECTION 1 There is hereby created a school of the University

of the Philippines to be known as “The Forest School”, which shall
embrace all work hitherto carried on in the Forest School of the
College of Agriculture, University of the Philippines.

SEC. 2. The Director of Forestry shall be ex-officio Dean

of the Forest School, serving in such capacity without additional
compensation. He is hereby also authorized to detail to the Forest
School for part time such regular members of the Bureau of Forestry
as may be necessary for the giving of instruction to the students
of the Forest School, it being understood that all such members
detailed shall serve without additional compensation.

SEC. 3. All expenses incurred in the maintenance of the

Forest School shall be paid from the regular appropriations of the
Bureau of Forestry.

SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect April first, nineteen hundred
and sixteen.

Enacted, February 4, 1916.

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ACT NO. 2605

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE CREATION IN THE PHILIPPINE

ISLANDS OF AN ACADEMY FOR OFFICERS FOR THE
PHILIPPINE CONSTABULARY.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Legislature, that:

SECTION 1. A cadet academy is hereby created in the

Philippine Islands for the purpose of educating and training the
students thereof for service as officers in the Philippine Constabulary
or in any other similar institution which may hereafter be created.
This academy shall be under the direct control of the Chief, Philippine
Constabulary, subject to the general supervision of the Secretary of
Commerce and Police.

SEC. 2. This school shall be denominated “Academy for

officers of the Philippine Constabulary.”

SEC. 3. The academy hereinbefore referred to shall be

established at Baguio, capital of the subprovince of Benguet,
Mountain Province, in such Insular Government building or
buildings as the Governor-General shall designate for the purpose.

SEC. 4. The establishment and administration of the academy

shall be under the charge of a superintendent.

SEC. 5. The personnel of the academy shall be composed of:

(a) One superintendent, who shall be a major of Constabulary

or other officer;

(b) One assistant superintendent and instructor with the

rank of captain of Constabulary;

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(c) One adjutant and instructor with the rank of first

lieutenant of Constabulary;

(d) One supply officer and instructor with the rank of first
lieutenant of Constabulary;

(e) One instructor and surgeon with the rank of first lieutenant
of Constabulary;

(f) Such additional instructors as may from time to time be

necessary; and such enlisted men of the Constabulary and employees
as may, in the discretion of the superintendent, with the approval of
the Chief of Constabulary, be necessary for service at the academy:
Provided, That when suitable officers of the above rank are not
available, others may be detailed from the Philippine Constabulary:
And provided further, That officers of the Philippine Constabulary
on duty at the academy shall receive an additional compensation of
three hundred pesos per annum.

SEC. 6. The superintendent, assistant superintendent and

instructors of the academy shall be appointed by the Chief, Philippine
Constabulary, with the consent of the Secretary of Commerce and
Police, and may be either officers of the Philippine Constabulary or
graduates of military academies or colleges, provided such persons
have the legal status required to hold positions under the Government
of the Philippine Islands at the time of their appointment: Provided,
however, That in case of appointment of instructors who are not
members of the Philippine Constabulary or who are aliens, they
shall be considered officers with the rank corresponding to the
positions they hold in the academy.

SEC. 7. There shall be appointed, annually, not to exceed

sixty cadets to be selected, after an examination, from -amongst
nominees named as hereinafter provided. Such nominees shall
be unmarried graduates of the University of the Philippines,
or of a college or higher institute approved by the Government:
Provided, That the right to name such cadets shall be apportioned
as follows: Three -by the Governor-General; three by the Speaker
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of the Philippine Assembly; two by each member of the Upper

House of the Philippine Legislature; and one by each member of
the Philippine Assembly: Provided further, That if the full quota
of candidates is not nominated thirty days before the examination,
the Chief of Constabulary may designate a number of candidates at
large sufficient to secure sixty cadets: And Provided further, That
the Chief of Constabulary may detail for actual service as cadets,
not to” exceed five non-commissioned officers of the Philippine
Constabulary of more than two years’ service, who, while so detailed,
shall receive a cadet’s pension, but shall not receive an enlisted
man’s pay and allowances.

SEC. 8. The training of cadets shall extend over a period d of

two years, the studies to be determined by the Chief of Constabulary,
with the approval of the Secretary of Commerce and Police; the
arrangement of the studies in the courses to be determined by the
faculty, with the approval of the Chief of Constabulary: Provided,
however, That the two-year course of study may be shortened,
according to the requirements and needs of the service, whenever in
the judgment of the Secretary of Commerce and Police, such can be
done without detriment to the knowledge, experience and practice
required of the students for the officer’s examination : Provided
further, That cadets who fail to satisfactorily pass the examinations
at the close of the first year “may, upon recommendation of the
faculty, with the approval of the Chief of Constabulary be turned
back to the next succeeding class: And provided, further, That the
superintendent may, upon recommendation of the majority of the
faculty, approved by the Chief of Constabulary, discharge cadets for
misconduct or deficiency in studies.

The course of study at the academy shall include the following

:

1. Military art.

2. Constabulary manual; criminal law of the Philippines;

military law; international law.

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3. Municipal, provincial and Insular Governments.

4. Topography.

SEC. 9. The superintendent and the heads of the departments

of instruction shall constitute the faculty.

SEC. 10. Upon the completion of the two years’ course and
satisfactory examination, cadets shall be appointed to fill vacancies
in the grade of third lieutenant, Philippine Constabulary, or, in the
lowest commissioned grade in any other similar organization which
may hereafter be created, being commissioned by the Governor-
General in the order of their final class standing.

SEC. 11. Cadets shall live in barracks during the annual

courses of instruction, and shall receive such pension and allowances
as may be provided by the Legislature, said pension to be disbursed
by the superintendent of the academy: Provided, That the Chief of
Constabulary may authorize vacations, with pay and allowances,
not to exceed two and one-half months during the calendar year.

“SEC. 12. The arms, ammunition, military equipment needed

by the students for their practical instruction shall be furnished by
the Chief of the Philippine Constabulary by order of the Governor-
General. The equipment of the existing Constabulary academy, or
so much as may be necessary, shall be turned over to the academy
created by this Act.

SEC. 13. The Government property and funds of the academy

shall be accounted for through the Bureau of Constabulary.

SEC. 14. The funds necessary for the enforcement of this Act,
shall be made available by legislative enactment, upon estimates
submitted from time to time by the Chief of Constabulary, approved
by the Secretary of Commerce and Police.

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SEC. 15. All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with the

provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

SEC. 16. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, February 4, 1916.

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ACT NO. 2623

AN ACT APPROPRIATING TEN THOUSAND PESOS FOR

THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A
CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Legislature, that:

SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds

in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of ten
thousand pesos, to be expended for the establishment, installation,
and maintenance in the city of Manila of a school of music, which
shall be a department of the University of the Philippines.

SEC. 2. The Board of Regents of the University of the

Philippines is hereby authorized to appoint a director, who shall at
the same time to be the dean, and such professors as may be necessary
for the school hereby established, and to fix their salaries.

SEC. 3. Subsection (b) of section six of Act Numbered Eighteen

hundred and seventy, as amended, is hereby further amended to
read as follows:

“(b) To provide for the establishment of a college of Liberal

Arts; a College of Law; a College of Social and Political Science; a
College of Medicine and Surgery; a College of Pharmacy; a College of
Dentistry; a College of Veterinary Science; a College of Engineering;
a College of Mines; a College of Agriculture; A School of Fine Arts;
and a Conservatory of Music; and colleges which Legislature may
provide for by appropriation: Provided, That the Board of Regents
may establish these colleges or any of them as soon as in its judgment
conditions, shall favor their opening and the funds shall be available
for their maintenance: And provided further, That the Board of
Regents, by and with the approval of the Governor-General, shall
have power to combine two or more of the colleges authorized by
this Act, in the interest of economy and efficiency: And provided
further, That the Philippine Medical School , as established by Act

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Numbered Fourteen hundred and fifteen, as amended, shall become

the College of Medicine and Surgery of the Philippine University
as soon as two or more colleges of the University of the Philippines
shall have been established and in actual operation.”

SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, February 4, 1916.

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ACT NO. 2629

AN ACT CONFERRING CERTAIN POWERS UPON THE

DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF
STIMULATING AND ENCOURAGING THE MANUFACTURE
OF HANDICRAFT PRODUCTS IN THE PHILIPPINE
ISLANDS, AND PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT
OF PROVINCIAL INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENTS TO
COOPERATE WITH THE BUREAU OF EDUCATION, AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine

Legislature, that:

SECTION 1. The Director of Education is hereby authorized,

under rules and regulations, prescribed by the Secretary of Public
Instruction, to distribute and to sell the products and manufactures
of the public schools and of household workers engaged in the
production of handicraft products similar to those manufactured
in the public schools of the Philippine Islands; to purchase and
receive on consignment handicraft products from provincial
industrial departments and schools; also to purchase and receive on
consignment industrial products directly from household workers
and to take such steps as may be appropriate or necessary to
encourage and to stimulate the manufacture of handicraft products
in the Philippine Islands by organizing such household workers into
cooperative associations and by assisting in finding markets for
such products and by directing the energies of industrial workers
along lines of production most highly profitable, and by assisting in
providing suitable materials and models: Provided, That nothing in
this section contained shall be construed as authorizing the Bureau
of Education to limit the general academic educational activities
of teachers and pupils: And provided further, That the Bureau of
Education shall, under no circumstances, take up any activity that
will bring it in unnecessary competition with private business or
industry, nor shall it make any unfair or unjust discrimination in
favor of or against any seller or buyer.

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SEC. 2. The expenses of the Bureau of Education incident

to carrying out the provisions of this Act shall be met from funds
provided, by the current appropriations for that bureau: Provided,
That the amount of sales stock to be carried by the Bureau of
Education shall at no time exceed in value the sum of thirty thousand
pesos.

SEC. 3. The Bureau of Supply is hereby authorized to furnish,

subject to the approval of the Secretary of Public Instruction, to the
Bureau of Education, out of any funds available for the purchase of
supplies, such sums not exceeding one hundred thousand pesos in
all as may from time to time be required to pay in advance the cost
of materials and the expense of production in household industries.
All advances of funds and extension of credit shall be considered on
the same basis as purchases of supplies.

SEC. 4. A provincial industrial department is hereby to

authorized to be established by the provincial board in each province
for the purchase of industrial products for cash from schools and
household workers and for the sale of same to individuals, firms, or
to any branch of the Insular, provincial, or municipal governments
and for the purchase of quantities of materials for retail to household
workers, municipalities, and schools in maintaining and establishing
industries where such materials cannot readily be secured in the
local markets. The respective division superintendent of the schools
or his authorized representative shall have administrative control
of each provincial industrial department.

SEC. 5. The provincial board of each province is hereby

authorized, upon the approval of the Executive Secretary, to
appropriate a sum not to exceed five thousand pesos during any
one year for the purpose of creating and continuing a fund, which
shall be accounted for by the provincial treasurer, to be devoted
to the purchase of materials and articles as herein provided, the
payment of freight, and other incidental expenses of the industrial
department of such province. The expenses of provincial industrial
departments shall be met, in so far as possible; from the receipts
from sales.

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SEC. 6. Whenever in the judgment of the Secretary of Public

Instruction any household industry is sufficiently developed in any
locality and in condition to operate without official assistance, and
private persons or firms are reasonably interested to carry on its
development, the Bureau of Education shall cease its connection
therewith.

SEC. 7. The Bureau of Education is authorized to make a

reasonable discount on sales at wholesale and shall keep a detailed
account of all business transacted by each provincial industrial
department, taking into account with respect to sales and purchases,
the expenses actually incurred.

Enacted, February 4, 1916.

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ACT NO. 2693

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF TWENTY-FIVE

THOUSAND PESOS TO AID IN THE MAINTENANCE OF
PRIMARY SCHOOLS ESTABLISHED IN MUNICIPALITIES
WHERE THERE ARE LANDS COMMONLY KNOWN AS
FRIAR ESTATES AND OF THOSE WHICH MAY HEREAFTER
BE ESTABLISHED IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of
the same:

SECTION 1. The sum of twenty-five thousand pesos is

hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, to aid in the maintenance of the primary
schools established in the municipalities where there are lands
commonly known as friar estates, and of those which may hereafter
be established in the Philippine Islands and the expenses of the
maintenance of which are paid by voluntary contributions or out of
funds of the municipalities.

SEC. 2. All books required in the grades from the fifth to the
seventh, inclusive, shall be furnished free of charge to the pupils,
and the Director of Education is directed to set aside the necessary
sum for the purchase of said books out of the funds appropriated by
this Act.

SEC. 3. This sum shall be disbursed in the discretion of the

Secretary of Public Instruction.

SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect on its approval.

Approved, March 9, 1917.

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ACT NO. 2706

AN ACT MAKING THE INSPECTION AND RECOGNITION OF

PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES OBLIGATORY FOR
THE SECRETARY OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of
the same:

SECTION 1 It shall be the duty of the Secretary of Public

Instruction to maintain a general standard of efficiency in all private
schools and colleges of the Philippine Islands so that the same shall
furnish adequate instruction to the public, in accordance with the
class and grade of instruction given in them, and for this purpose
said Secretary shall be authorized to inspect and watch said schools
and colleges in order to determine the efficiency of the instruction
given in the same and to make the necessary regulations for carrying
out the purposes of this Act.

SEC. 2. For the purposes of this Act, a private school or college

shall be any private institution for teaching managed by private
individuals or corporations, which is not subject to the authority and
regulations of the Bureau of Education, and which offers courses of
primary, intermediate, or secondary instruction, or superior courses
in technical, professional, or special schools, for which diplomas are
to be granted or degrees conferred.

SEC. 3. Any person or group of persons desiring to open or

establish a private school or college in order to be recognized by the
Government, shall incorporate under the provisions of Act Numbered
Fourteen hundred and fifty-nine, known as the Corporation Law,
and shall file with the Secretary of Public Instruction a petition
setting forth:

1. The name and location of the college or school.

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2. The names and addresses of all officers, directors,

governing boards and faculties.

3. The date of the organization.

4. The date of the incorporation.

5. The total amount of money actually invested in the

college or school, and such other information relative
to the financial condition of the college or school, as the
Secretary of Public Instruction may require.

6. A description of the buildings occupied or to be occupied

by the college or school, with full details regarding the
number and dimensions of the rooms, plumbing and
sanitary arrangements, and facilities for the proper
lighting and ventilation.

7. A list of the teachers and assistants, showing their academic

degrees, profession, experience, and qualifications, and
the subjects taught by each.

8. Complete information concerning the curriculum

established or to be established, with full details regarding
the amount of instruction to be given on each subject.

9. Full information relative to laboratories and laboratory

equipment.

10. All other details and data which the Secretary of Public
Instruction may request for the purpose of passing upon
the application.

SEC. 4. Whenever the Secretary of Public Instruction is

satisfied, in view of the data and information furnished him, that
the petitioning school or college is sufficiently equipped to give
adequate instruction to the public, he shall grant to the petitioning
corporation the necessary authority for opening such school or
college, but such authority shall be subject to revocation at any time

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when it can be proved that such school or college is not properly

managed or does not carry out its curriculum, or that the teachers
and assistant instructors of said institution do not maintain the
standards hereinafter provided for or are incompetent in their work,
or that fraud has been committed in making the application.

It shall be the duty of the Secretary of Public Instruction from

time to time to inspect, either himself or through his duly authorized
agent, all schools or colleges to which he has granted permits to
open, and to see that the same are properly maintained and kept up
to the standards hereinafter provided in this Act.

SEC. 5. One year after the date of the opening of the school
or college, if the Secretary of Public Instruction is satisfied that
the school or college is managed in a satisfactory manner and
furnishes the public adequate instruction in any or all of its courses
of instruction, he shall issue to such school or college a certificate
granting it Government recognition with respect of any or all of its
courses, which shall entitle such school or college to give to students
having completed the course for which Government recognition has
been granted, a certificate setting forth that they have completed
the particular course of studies prescribed by the Government of the
Philippine Islands, which certificate shall entitle students having
graduated from the course or courses recognized by the Government
in Said school or college to all the benefits and privileges enjoyed by
graduates in similar courses of studies in the public or Government
schools.

SEC. 6. The Secretary of Public Instruction shall from time to

time prepare and publish in pamphlet form the minimum standards
required of primary, intermediate, and high schools and colleges
granting the degrees of bachelor of arts, bachelor of science, or any
other academic degrees. He shall also from time to time prepare
and publish in pamphlet form the minimum standards required of
law, medical, dental, pharmaceutical, engineering, and agricultural
schools or colleges and other special schools giving instruction of a
technical or professional character.

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SEC. 7. Government recognition shall not be granted to any

school or college failing to maintain approved courses of study,
unless such school or college observe otherwise all the requisites
and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Public Instruction.

SEC. 8. Government recognition shall not be granted to

any school or college unless the corporation managing the same
has furnished bond in a penal sum to be fixed by the Secretary of
Public Instruction, conditioned upon the adequate and efficient
administration of said school or college and the observance of all
regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Public Instruction and
compliance with all other obligations required of such school or
college by said Secretary.

SEC. 9. The Secretary of Public Instruction may at any time

revoke the Government recognition granted to any school if it can
be shown to his satisfaction that such school or college has failed
to keep up to the standards . prescribed for it by the Secretary of
Public Instruction. Whenever it can be shown to the Secretary of
Public Instruction that any school or college has granted diplomas
a or conferred degrees upon students who have not completed
the necessary work prescribed for such diplomas, or degrees, the
Secretary of Public Instruction shall revoke the Government
recognition and shall also deny to such school or college the right to
continue to exist as an unrecognized school.

SEC. 10. Subject to the provisions of this Act, the graduates

of any recognized course in a private school shall be entitled to the
same benefits and privileges as graduates from the same course in
the Government schools and shall be free to enter, should they so
desire, the next higher course in a Government school, provided
there be room for them in the school they wish to enter.

SEC. 11 The Secretary of Public Instruction shall be

authorized to appoint a Commissioner of Private Education, who
shall —

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1. Inspect all schools applying for permission to open or for

Government recognition.

2. Propose standard courses of study for primary, inter

mediate, and secondary and collegiate grades and for
technical, professional, or special schools or colleges.

3. Report to the Secretary of Public Instruction on the

organization, financial arrangements, buildings, faculty
and teaching staff, curriculum, and general conditions
of all schools applying for permission to open or for
Government recognition.

4. Report and make recommendations to the Secretary of

Public Instruction concerning the fitness of any school
or college for Government recognition and, in case of
schools already recognized, recommend the revocation
of said recognition if the required standards are not
maintained.

5. Under the direction of the Secretary of Public Instruction,

cause to be published from time to time, for the information
of the public, a list of the approved private schools or
colleges, setting forth what courses have been recognized
in each school or college.

6. Under the direction of the Secretary of Public Instruction,

prescribe the rules under which the diplomas and school
records and papers or any printed matter of the school
or advertisements of the school or college may bear the
legend “Officially recognized by the Government,” or
words to that effect.

The Commissioner of Private Education shall be under the

direct authority of the Secretary of Public Instruction, and besides
the powers and duties herein provided for shall be subject to such
other regulations concerning his powers and rights as the Secretary
of Public Instruction may prescribe.

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The Commissioner of Private Education shall receive

compensation at the rate fixed in the Appropriation Act and shall
have the necessary personnel authorized by said Act.

Approved, March 10, 1917.

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ACT NO. 2725

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR TO

ESTABLISH A SCHOOL OF NURSING IN THE SOUTHERN
ISLANDS HOSPITAL DIVISION, AS A DEPENDENCY
OF THE SCHOOL OF NURSING OF THE PHILIPPINE
GENERAL HOSPITAL, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of
the same:

SECTION 1. With a view to preparing the greatest number

possible of nurses in the Philippine Islands for the hospital service
and the improvement of public health conditions, the Secretary
of the Interior is hereby authorized to establish and create in the
Southern Islands Hospital Division a School of Nursing subject
and subordinate to the School of Nursing of the Philippine General
Hospital. The School of Nursing of the Southern Islands Hospital
hereby established shall be under the executive control and
supervision of the Director and the Superintendent of Nurses of
the Philippine General Hospital, in the same manner as the School
of Nursing of said General Hospital, and the provisions of existing
law not incompatible herewith, applicable to the School of Nursing
of the General Hospital, shall be applicable also to the School of
Nursing of the Southern Islands Hospital, as a dependency of the
School of Nursing of said Philippine General Hospital. The funds
necessary for the purposes of this Act shall be appropriated in the
appropriation acts.

SEC. 2. In order to facilitate the carrying out of the purposes of

this Act, it is necessary and it is hereby provided, that the Southern
Islands Hospital Division be transferred from the Philippine Health
Service to the Philippine General Hospital, so that hereafter the
said Southern Islands Hospital shall constitute a dependency of the
Philippine General Hospital.

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SEC. 3. All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with the

provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect on January first, nineteen

hundred and eighteen.

Approved, December 18, 1917.

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ACT NO. 2730

AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED

AND TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AT LOS BAÑOS, FOR THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF AN EXPERIMENTAL STATION
ANNEXED THERETO.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of
the same:

SECTION 1 The sum of one hundred and twenty-five thousand

pesos is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the College of Agriculture
at Los Baños, for such expenses as may be deemed necessary for the
establishment of an experimental station annexed to said college.

SEC. 2. The sum herein appropriated shall be at the disposal

of the Board of Regents of the University of the Philippines and shall
be expended by resolution of the same for the purpose indicated in
this Act.

SEC. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of

this bill, the same shall take effect on its approval.

Approved, February 15, 1918.

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ACT NO. 2735

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE TEACHING OF THE

SPANISH LANGUAGE IN THE HIGH SCHOOLS OF THE
GOVERNMENT.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of
the same:

Only Section. Beginning with the school year nineteen

hundred and eighteen, the Spanish language shall be one of the
subjects of study in the last two years in the high schools of the
Government: Provided, however, That said language shall be taught
only to pupils making application therefor.

Approved, February 15, 1918.

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ACT NO. 2746

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF JUSTICE TO

GRANT SCHOLARSHIPS TO GRADUATES OF THE
COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
THE PHILIPPINES TO SPECIALIZE IN THE UNITED
STATES IN BIBLIOGRAPHY AND LIBRARY SCIENCE.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of
the same:

SECTION 1. The Secretary of Justice is authorized to appoint

every two years, upon the recommendation of the Board of Regents
of the University of the Philippines, not more than five students who
shall have successfully completed the course of library science in
the College of Liberal Arts, to complete their studies in said science
and in bibliographic science in a university of the United States
designated by said Secretary of Justice.

SEC. 2. The sum of twelve thousand pesos is hereby

appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, to carry out the purposes of this Act during the year
nineteen hundred and eighteen.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on its approval.

Approved, February 18, 1918.

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ACT NO. 2759

AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED EIGHTEEN 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.”

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of
the same:

SECTION 1. Section four of Act Numbered Eighteen 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, is hereby further amended so as to
read as follows:

“SEC. 4. The government of said University is hereby

vested in a board of regents to be known as the ‘Board of Regents
of the University of the Philippines. The Board of Regents shall
be comprised of the Secretary of Public Instruction, who shall be
ex officio chairman of the board, the Secretary of the Interior, the
chairman of the Committee on Public Instruction of the Senate, the
chairman of the Committee on Public Instruction of the House of
Representatives, the Director of Education, the President of the
University, one member of the University Council of the University
of the Philippines elected by said council, an alumnus of the
University of the Philippines elected by the alumni of the University
under such rules and regulations as may be promulgated by the
Board of Regents, and three additional members to be appointed by
the Governor-General, by and with the consent of the Senate. The
president of the University shall be elected and his compensation

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shall be fixed by the Board of Regents. The member elected by

the University Council and the one elected by the alumni of the
University shall hold office for a term of three years or until their
successors are elected or appointed. Beginning with October sixteen,
nineteen hundred and nineteen, the members of the Board of Regents
appointed by the Governor-General shall hold office for a term of
three years: Provided, however, That the regents first appointed
after said date shall hold office as follows: One for one year, one for
two years and one for three years, the term of office of each to be
specified in his appointment by the Governor-General. In case of a
vacancy among the members of the Board of Regents appointed by
the Governor-General, such vacancy shall be filled by appointment
by the Governor-General, by and with the advice and consent of
the Philippine Senate, and such appointee shall hold office for
the unexpired term. All members of the Board of Regents shall be
citizens of the Philippine Islands or of the United States, and shall
be residents of the Philippine Islands. Members shall serve without
compensation other than actual and necessary traveling expenses
incurred either in attendance upon meetings of the Board or upon
other official business authorized by resolution of the Board.”

SEC. 2. Section five of the same Act is hereby amended to

read as follows:

“SEC. 5. The University of the Philippines shall have the

general powers set out in section thirteen of Act Numbered Fourteen
hundred and fifty-nine, and the administration of said University
and the exercise of its corporate powers are hereby vested exclusively
in the Board of Regents and the president of the University in so far
as authorized by said Board.

SEC. 3. Subsection (b) of section six of the same Act, as

amended, is hereby amended to read as follows:

“(b) To provide for the establishment of one or more Colleges,

of Liberal Arts; a College of Law; a College of Social and Political
Science; a College of Medicine and Surgery; a College of Pharmacy;
a College of Dentistry; a College of Veterinary Science; a College
of Engineering; a College of Mines; a College of Agriculture; a

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College of Education; a School of Fine Arts; a School of Forestry; a

Conservatory of Music, and such other colleges and schools as the
Board of Regents may deem necessary: Provided, That the Board
of Regents may establish these colleges, or any of them, in Manila
or in any other place in the Archipelago, as soon as in its judgment
conditions shall favor their opening and funds shall be available for
their maintenance: And provided further, That the Board of Regents
shall have power to combine two or more of the colleges authorized
by this Act, in the interests of economy and efficiency: And provided
finally, That the Philippine Medical School, as established by Act
Numbered Fourteen hundred and fifteen, as amended, shall become
the College of Medicine and Surgery of the Philippine University
as soon as two or more colleges of the University of the Philippines
shall have been established and in actual operation.”

SEC. 4. Subsection (e) of section six of the same Act is hereby

amended to read as follows:

“(e) To appoint, on the recommendation of the president of the

University, professors, instructors, lecturers, and other employees
of the University, to fix their compensation, hours of service, and
such other duties and conditions as it may deem proper, to apply to
them in its discretion the Leave Law, any other provision of law to
the contrary notwithstanding, and to remove them for cause after
an investigation and hearing shall have been had.”

SEC. 5. Section fifteen of the same Act is hereby amended to

read as follows :

“SEC. 15. The Governor-General, the President of the Senate,

and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall constitute a
board of visitors of the University, whose duty it shall be to attend
the commencement exercises of the University, and to make visits at
such other times as they may deem proper, to examine the property,
course of study, discipline, the state of finances of the University,
to inspect all books and accounts of the institution, and to make
report to the Philippine Legislature upon the same, with such
recommendations as they favor.”

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SEC. 6. This Act shall take effect on its approval.

Approved, February 23, 1918.

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ACT NO. 2782

AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF THIRTY MILLION SEVEN

HUNDRED AND FIVE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND
TWENTY-FOUR PESOS FOR THE EXTENSION OF FREE
ELEMENTAL INSTRUCTION TO ALL CHILDREN OF
SCHOOL AGE.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of
the same:

SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in

the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of thirty
million seven hundred and five thousand eight hundred and twenty-
four pesos, or such part thereof as may be necessary, for the purpose
of extending the facilities of free elemental instruction to all the
children of school age of the Archipelago. Of this sum there shall be
available for investment on the first of January, nineteen hundred
and nineteen, the sum of seven hundred and thirty-five thousand
pesos; on the first of January, nineteen hundred and twenty, the
sum of three million nine hundred and nineteen thousand pesos;
on the first of January, nineteen hundred and twenty-one, the sum
of six million three hundred and five thousand four hundred pesos;
on the first of January, nineteen hundred and twenty-two, the sum
of eight million seven hundred and ten thousand four hundred
and- forty pesos; and on the first of January, nineteen hundred and
twenty-three, the sum of eleven million thirty-five thousand nine
hundred and eighty four pesos.

The sums so appropriated shall be in addition to the sums

appropriated in the annual appropriations for the Bureau of
Education and shall be expended with the approval of the Council
of State. The unexpended balances at the end of each one of the
aforesaid years shall revert to the general funds of the Insular
Treasury.

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on its approval.

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Approved, December 6, 1918.

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ACT NO. 2787

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-

SIX HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-TWO, AUTHORIZING THE
BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE
PHILIPPINES TO CONTRACT FOR TECHNICAL SERVICES,
UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of
the same:

SECTION 1. The provision of section one of Act Numbered

Twenty-six hundred and seventy-two, fixing the salaries of the
officers, professors, instructors, and other employees of the
University of the Philippines is hereby declared to be of permanent
character; Provided, That whenever the needs of the University
may require it, the services of professors, instructors, lecturers,
and other technical employees from the United States or foreign
countries may be contracted for temporarily, with the approval of
the presiding officers of both Houses of the Legislature, concurred in
by the Governor-General, at salaries in excess of those fixed in said
Act; but no professor, instructor, lecturer, or technical employee at
present in the service at a salary in excess of that fixed by section one
of Act Numbered Twenty-six hundred and seventy-two shall receive
a compensation, whether under contract or otherwise, greater than
that which he may receive at present.

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on its approval.

Approved, January 31, 1919.

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ACT NO. 2830

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWELVE OF ACT NUMBERED ONE

HUNDRED AND NINETY, AS AMENDED, BY PROVIDING
THAT UNTIL JANUARY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED
AND THIRTY, BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH SHALL BE
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of
the same:

SECTION 1. Section twelve of Act Numbered One hundred

and ninety, as amended by Acts Numbered Eleven hundred and
twenty-three, Fourteen hundred and twenty-seven, Nineteen
hundred and forty-six, and Twenty-two hundred and thirty-nine, is
hereby further amended to read as follows:

“SEC. 12. Official language of the courts.—Until otherwise

provided by the Philippine Legislature, the official language of
all courts and their records shall be English: Provided, That until
January first, nineteen hundred and thirty, Spanish shall be also an
official language of the courts and their records; that the Supreme
Court and any Court of First Instance, justice of the peace court,
municipal court, or other court of similar jurisdiction which may
hereafter be established, may order its records to be made in either
English or Spanish as it may deem best for the public convenience
and the interests of the parties; and that any party or his counsel may
examine witnesses and make oral argument in English or Spanish,
which shall then and there be interpreted into other language by a
court interpreter whenever the other party or his counsel does not
understand the language in which the examination or argument
is made, and so requests, and may submit any petition, motion,
pleading, brief, document or evidence either in English or Spanish
without an accompanying translation into the other language:
Provided, however, That in cases in which all the parties or counsel
stipulate in writing, or the accused in a criminal action requests,
the language used in the record shall be in accordance with such

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stipulation or request; and that proceedings in justice of the peace

courts shall be in the Spanish language unless the justice speaks
English and there is an official interpreter or all the parties or their
counsel speak English.”

Approved, March 6, 1919.

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ACT NO. 2896

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION NINE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-

FIVE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, AUTHORIZING
THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION TO
DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF THE EXPENSES OF
TEACHERS SELECTED AS PENSIONADOS, SUBJECT TO
CERTAIN LIMITATIONS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of
the same:

SECTION 1. Section nine hundred and thirty-five of the

Administrative Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

“SEC. 935. Travel expenses, subsistence en route, and monthly

stipend.—Teachers selected shall be entitled to travel and subsistence
expenses from their place of residence to Manila and vice versa, and
shall receive during the trip and their stay in Manila for attendance
at said special classes, as compensation of all expenses, an amount
to be determined from time to time by the Director of Education,
with the approval of the Secretary of Public Instruction: Provided,
however, That when so fixed, the total expense of all pensionados
shall not exceed the amount appropriated by the Legislature for
that purpose.”

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on its approval.

Approved, February 25, 1920.

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ACT NO. 2937

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF THIRTY THOUSAND

PESOS FOR THE PURCHASE, PUBLICATION, AND
DISTRIBUTION OF THE MANUSCRIPT ENTITLED “THE
JUNIOR CITIZEN,” OWNED BY LEANDRO H. FERNANDEZ,
TO PROVIDE FOR THE TEACHING OF CIVICS AND THE
DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH IDEALS OF PATRIOTISM, AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of
the same:

SECTION 1. The sum of thirty thousand pesos is hereby

appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, for the purchase, publication, and distribution
of the manuscript entitled “The Junior Citizen,” by Leandro H.
Fernandez.

SEC. 2. Said manuscript shall be printed and published under

the direction and supervision of the Director of Education, subject
to the final approval of the Secretary of Public Instruction. Copies
of said book shall be distributed free of charge to the pupils of the
public schools enrolled in such grade of elementary instruction as
the Director of Education may designate.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on its approval.

Approved, January 28, 1921.

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ACT NO. 2948

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE DISBURSEMENT OF SUCH SUM

AS MAY BE NECESSARY OF THE UNEXPENDED BALANCE
OF THE FUNDS OF THE MAGELLAN CENTENNIAL
COMMISSION CREATED BY ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-
EIGHT HUNDRED AND TEN, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION
OF A SCHOOLHOUSE ON THE ISLAND OF MACTAN,
PROVINCE OF CEBU.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority
of the same:

SECTION 1. The sum of ten thousand pesos, or so much

thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of the
unexpended balance of the funds of the Magellan Centennial
Commission created by Act Numbered Twenty-eight hundred and
ten, to be disbursed for the construction of a schoolhouse on the
Island of Mactan, Province of Cebu, the plan and cost whereof shall
be designated by the Bureau of Education, upon agreement with the
Provincial Board of Cebu.

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on its approval.

Approved, February 16, 1921.

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ACT NO. 2957

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.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of
the same:

SECTION 1. A board is hereby created which shall be known

as the Board on Textbooks and shall have charge of the selection
and approval of the textbooks to be used in all colleges and schools
of the Government.

SEC. 2. This Board shall be composed of the following

members:

First. The Chairman of the Committee on Public Instruction

of the Senate;
Second. The Chairman of the Committee on Public Instruction
of the House of Representatives;
Third. The President of the University of the Philippines;
Fourth. The Director of Education, and
Fifth. A member appointed by the Governor-General.

SEC. 3. It shall also be the duty of the Board to investigate

the curriculum of the colleges and schools of the Government and
make recommendations to the Secretary of Public Instruction.

It shall further be the duty of the Board to revise the textbooks

on history and civics used in the private colleges and schools
recognized by the Government, for adoption in the same by the
Secretary of Public Instruction.

SEC. 4. The Board on Textbooks created by this Act shall have

power to appoint such technical employees as may be necessary to

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advise it, and, subject to the approval of the Council of State, to fix
their compensation.

SEC. 5. All acts and legal provisions inconsistent herewith

are hereby repealed.

SEC. 6. This Act shall take effect on its approval.

Approved, February 19, 1921.

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ACT NO. 3001

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-NINE

HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SEVEN, ENTITLED “AN ACT
TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF THIRTY THOUSAND
PESOS FOR THE PURCHASE, PUBLICATION, AND
DISTRIBUTION OF THE MANUSCRIPT ENTITLED ‘THE
JUNIOR CITIZEN,’ OWNED BY LEANDRO H. FERNANDEZ,
TO PROVIDE FOR THE TEACHING OF CIVICS AND THE
DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH IDEALS OF PATRIOTISM, AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES.”

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of
the same:

SECTION 1. Sections one and two of Act Numbered Twenty-

nine hundred and thirty-seven are hereby amended to read as
follows:

“SECTION 1. The sum of thirty thousand pesos is hereby

appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, for the purchase and distribution of copies of the book
entitled ‘The Junior Citizen,’ by Leandro H. Fernandez.

“SEC. 2. Said copies shall be distributed free of charge to the

pupils of the public schools enrolled in such grades of intermediate
instruction as the Director of Education may designate.”

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on its approval.

Approved, February 17, 1922.

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ACT NO. 3029

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE MEDICAL INSPECTION OF THE

CHILDREN OF THE PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS OF
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of
the same:

SECTION 1. Beginning with the month of June, nineteen

hundred and twenty-two, it shall be the duty of the Director of
Health to provide for the medical inspection of the children in all
Government elementary schools at least once each year.

SEC. 2. The Director of Health shall detail any surgeon or

officer of the Health Service to make such inspection without
additional remuneration: Provided, however, That the traveling
expenses and per diems of surgeons or health officers so detailed
shall be paid out of the funds of the Bureau of Education.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on its approval.

Approved, March 8, 1922.

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ACT NO. 3037

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO OF ACT NUMBERED

TWENTY-SIX HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE, ENTITLED
“AN ACT CONFERRING CERTAIN POWERS UPON THE
DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF
STIMULATING AND ENCOURAGING THE MANUFACTURE
OF HANDICRAFT PRODUCTS IN THE PHILIPPINE
ISLANDS, AND PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT
OF PROVINCIAL INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENTS TO
COOPERATE WITH THE BUREAU OF EDUCATION, AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES.”

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of
the same:

SECTION 1. Section two of Act Numbered Twenty-six

hundred and twenty-nine is hereby amended to read as follows:

“SEC. 2. The expenses of the Bureau of Education incident

to carrying out the provisions of this Act shall be met from funds
provided by the current appropriations for that bureau: Provided,
That the amount of sales stock to be carried by the Bureau of
Education shall at no time exceed in value the sum of sixty thousand
pesos.”

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on its approval.

Approved, March 9, 1922.

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ACT NO. 3050

AN ACT TO PROVIDE ANNUAL PENSIONS FOR TEACHERS

EMPLOYED IN THE PHILIPPINE PUBLIC SCHOOLS;
TO APPROPRIATE MONEY AND REGULATE THE
DISBURSEMENT THEREOF.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of
the same:

SECTION 1. Beginning on the first day of April next following

the date of the approval of this Act, all teachers, principals,
supervisors, inspectors, superintendents, and other persons
employed in supervising and directing the school work of teachers
in the public school service of municipalities, provinces, and the
Insular government of the Philippine Islands, whose positions are
not classified as purely clerical, without regard as to status in the
classified civil service of the Philippine Islands, who have on that
day, or who shall have on any date thereafter, rendered at least
twenty years of service as computed in section seven of this Act, shall
be eligible for retirement on an annuity as provided in section two
hereof: Provided, That lecturers and other special instructors who
render provisional service shall not be eligible for pension nor shall
such services be counted as teaching service in computing the length
of service of a teacher; Provided, further, That the provisions of this
Act shall not include persons who are not citizens of the Philippine
Islands or of the United States of America.

SEC. 2. For the purpose of determining the amount of

annuity which a retired employee shall receive the following
classifications and rates shall be established upon the basis of the
annuity consisting of a fractional part of the average pay, salary
or compensation, for the three years of service rendered prior to
the granting of the pension with maximum average pay, salary or
compensation in no case exceeding four thousand pesos per annum.
The annual annuity as computed under this Act shall be four-tenths
of the average salary for twenty years of service; five-tenths of the

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average salary for twenty-three years of service; six-tenths of the

average salary for twenty-six years of service; seven-tenths of the
average salary for twenty-nine years of service; eight-tenths of the
average salary for thirty-two or more years of service.

SEC. 3. All eligible persons shall be automatically insured

and shall upon their own volition apply for the pension status
under the provisions of this Act, advising the Director of Education
of their intention to retire with pension at least three months
prior to the effective date, and shall render service until the close
of a school year unless retired at the expiration of such accrued
leave*of absence with pay as entitled to, or for reasons of unfitness
for service: Provided, That the Director of Education may require
continued service until the retiring employee can be relieved by a
competent person, making the effective date of retirement not later
than six months after the date requested.

SEC. 4. An employee to whom this Act applies who has

rendered not less than fifteen years of service as computed in this
Act, and who becomes totally disabled for useful and efficient service
regardless of the age of the employee upon his own application
approved by the Director of Education or upon the request of the
Director of Education, may be retired for unfitness for service due
to total physical or mental disability, on an annuity of two-tenths
of his computed average salary under the provisions of this Act if
the disability has not been due to vicious habits, intemperance,
or wilful misconduct of the employee: Provided, That the unfitness
shall be certified to by both the Director of Education and a
government health officer, and the person so retired shall present
himself personally during the months of January and July of each
calendar year to a public health officer during the period he receives
a pension for unfitness for service to determine his fitness to return
to the service and to cease receiving the pension benefit. Pension
for unfitness for service shall not be granted for a longer period
than ten years and shall cease when the employee returns to the
service or neglects to return to the service when requested to do
so, or engages in another gainful occupation with compensation
equal to the amount of pension. In all cases where the annuity
is discontinued by causes other than death or the return of the

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employee to the service before the annuitant has received a sum

equal to the total amount of his or her contributions with accrued
interest, the difference shall be paid to the retired employee, upon
application therefor in such form and manner as the “Pension and
Investment Board” may direct.

SEC. 5. Upon death of an employee entitled to the provision

of this Act who is rendering service at time of death or who is
retired on pension, he shall have fifty per cent of the pension to
which the employee would be entitled if alive, paid to surviving
acknowledged children of his or her issue for a period of not to exceed
ten years, or to the surviving lawful husband or wife if there are
no children eligible under the provisions of this Act to receive the
same: Provided, That pension funds shall not be paid to children
over eighteen years of age or to married children, or to a remarried
surviving wife or husband.

SEC. 6. All employees eligible for the provisions of this Act

shall receive full credit for service rendered in the Philippine public
school system prior to the date this Act shall become operative,
and the date of the first day of service shall be the date when such
service first began and continuity of service shall not be required
in computing the length of service except for the last three years
prior to the granting of the pension.

SEC. 7. In computing the length of service for the purposes

of this Act all periods of separation from the service and so much of
any leave as is without pay, except regular school vacation periods
for classroom teachers with temporary civil service status, shall be
excluded.

SEC. 8. Beginning on the first day of the fiscal year following

the approval of this Act and annually thereafter there shall be
included in the total sums appropriated for pay or compensation
of employees to whom this Act applies a sum equal to three
per centum of the total sum for pay or compensation made by
Insular, provincial, or municipal legislation, and the said sum
shall be transferred on the books of the Insular Treasurer to the
credit of a special fund to be known as the “Teachers Retirement

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and Disability Fund,” and said fund is hereby appropriated for

the payment of annuities, allowances, and expenses as provided
in this Act, and for investment by the “Pension and Investment
Board” created in section twelve of this Act. The “Pension and
Investment Board” is hereby directed to invest from time to time
in interest-bearing securities of the government of the Philippine
Islands or of the United States of America such portion of the fund
as cannot be immediately required for the payment of annuities
and other expenses incident to carrying on the provisions of this
Act.

SEC. 9. The Insular Treasurer is hereby authorized and

empowered in carrying out the provisions of this Act to supplement
the direct government contribution with moneys resulting from fines,
leaves of absence without pay, unfilled positions, and other salary
savings for positions the holders of which are or will be entitled to
the provisions of this Act, and with donations, gifts, legacies, or
bequeathes of individuals, corporations, or organizations.

SEC. 10. Beginning on the first day of the third month next
following the approval of this Act and monthly thereafter there
shall be deducted and withheld from each monthly basic salary,
pay or compensation of each employee to whom this Act applies a
sum equal to three per centum of such employee’s monthly basic
salary, pay or compensation. The Insular Treasurer shall cause the
said deductions to be withheld from all specific appropriations for
the particular salaries or compensations from which the deductions
are made and from all allotments out of lump sum appropriations
for payment of such salaries or compensations for each fiscal year,
and said sums shall be transferred on the books of the Insular
Treasurer to the credit of the “Teachers Pension and Disability
Fund” created in this Act.

SEC. 11 In the case of an employee to whom this Act applies

becoming absolutely separated from the service by death or
otherwise before becoming eligible for retirement on an annuity
the total amount of deductions of salary, pay, or compensation,
with accrued interest computed at four per cent per annum, and
compounded on June thirtieth of each fiscal year, shall, upon

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application, be returned to such employee or his heirs in one lump

sum: Provided, That in case of death, if there has been no demand
upon the Director of Education or the Insular Treasurer by a duly
appointed executor or administrator, the payment shall be made
after the expiration of three months from date of death, to such
person or persons as may appear to be entitled to the proceeds of
the estate and such payment may be a bar to recovery by another
person.

SEC. 12. There is hereby constituted for the enforcement

of this Act a “Pension and Investment Board,” composed of the
Secretary of Public Instruction, who shall be chairman, ex-officio, the
Director of Education, the Insular Treasurer, the Insular Auditor,
and three persons appointed by the Governor-General, two of whom
shall be persons entitled to the benefits of this Act. The “Pension
and Investment Board” shall during the month of July of each fiscal
year submit to the Governor-General a report of operations under
the provisions of this Act and shall recommend to the Governor-
General for including in the Insular budget for the fiscal year to
follow, a sum sufficient to pay the retirement allowances and other
expenses for that fiscal year whenever the funds made available
by the operation of sections eight, nine, and ten of this Act are
insufficient.

SEC. 13. All pensions shall be paid in quarterly installments

on January first, April first, July first, and October first of
every fiscal year by government warrant or other means which
will guarantee safe delivery with no reduction in the pension for
exchange or for transmitting the same.

Persons receiving lifelong annual pensions from the Philippine

Government or from any branch of the United States Federal
Government shall have the amount of the same deducted from the
pension they receive through the operation of this Act. Persons
reemployed in the Government service and receiving salary, pay or
compensation for services rendered as an employee of any branch
of the Government of these Islands, including municipalities and
provinces in the Philippines shall have the pension discontinued
for such periods of employment in each case where the pay, salary

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or compensation is equal to or greater than fifty per centum of the

pension received under the provisions of this Act.

All records of manipulations of the “Teachers Pension and

Disability Fund” and disbursements from the same and all accounts
of payments made out of said fund shall be kept and made by the
Director of Education, under the supervision of the “Pension and
Investment Board.”

The term “basic salary, pay or compensation” whenever

used in this Act shall be so construed as to exclude from the
operation of this Act the provisions of Act Numbered Twenty-five
hundred and eighty-nine, all bonus, allowances, overtime pay, or
other compensation given in addition to the basic pay or other
compensation of the position as fixed by law or regulation.

SEC. 14. All eligibles who have attained the age of sixty- five
years or who shall attain that age, and who have rendered eighteen
years or more of service as computed under the provisions of this Act
shall have the retirement made compulsory at the age of sixty-five
except when the teacher requests to remain in the service and the
Director of Education specifically recommends favorable action.

SEC. 15. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this Act
are hereby repealed.

SEC. 16. This Act shall take effect on its approval.

Approved, March 10, 1922.

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ACT NO. 3053

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF EIGHTEEN MILLION

SEVEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-NINE THOUSAND
PESOS TO EXTEND THE FACILITIES OF UNIVERSITY
EDUCATION.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of
the same:

SECTION 1. The sum of eighteen million seven hundred

and sixty-nine thousand pesos is hereby appropriated, out of any
funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to extend
the educational facilities in the University of the Philippines; of
this sum there shall be available for expenditure on January first,
nineteen hundred and twenty-three, the sum of eight hundred
and sixteen thousand pesos; on January first, nineteen hundred
and twenty-four, the sum of one million one hundred and sixteen
thousand pesos; on January first, nineteen hundred and twenty-five,
the sum of one million five hundred and thirty-one thousand pesos;
on January first, nineteen hundred and twenty-six, the sum of one
million eight hundred and twelve thousand pesos; on January first,
nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, the sum of two million one
hundred and fifty-one thousand pesos; on January first, nineteen
hundred and twenty-eight, the sum of two million four hundred and
twenty-two thousand pesos; on January first, nineteen hundred and
twenty-nine, the sum of two million seven hundred and twenty-nine
thousand pesos; on January first, nineteen hundred and thirty, the
sum of three million and sixteen thousand pesos; and on January
first, nineteen hundred and thirty-one, the sum of three million one
hundred and seventy-six thousand pesos.

The sums so appropriated shall be additional to the sums

set aside in the annual appropriations for the University of the
Philippines and shall be disbursed in the discretion of the Board of
Regents

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SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on its approval.

Vetoed with the exception of the item set forth in the following letter
of March 15, 1922.

OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL

OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS

Manila, March 15, 1921.

GENTLEMEN: I have the honor to return herewith House

Bill No. 1331, “An Act to appropriate the sum of eighteen million
seven hundred and sixty-nine thousand pesos to extend the facilities
of university education.”

I appreciate and am fully in sympathy with the importance of

the extension of university work in the Philippine Islands and will
be glad to cooperate to the fullest extent consistent with the public
interests in the worthy efforts of the President of the University to
extend university education and place it on a sound basis, but I do not
feel that I can properly approved all the items of this appropriation
bill, as the present financial condition of the Government and the
outlook for the immediate future do not warrant the assumption
of an obligation of this magnitude, imposing, as it does, upon the
Government heavy outlays for nine years.

I am informed by the Attorney-General, and his opinion is

concurred in by the Secretary of Justice, that this bill is, within
the meaning of the Organic Act known as the Jones Law, Act of
Congress approved August 29, 1916, an appropriation bill, and
that the Governor-General, under the provisions of said law, may
disapprove any item or items ; and I therefore feel constrained to
disapprove all the items of appropriation in said bill (House Bill No.
1334) excepting the appropriation of the sum of P816,000 available
for expenditure January 1, 1923. This item alone I approved. All
other items involving appropriation in this bill are disapproved.

I trust, however, that during the coming year conditions will

so improve that it may be possible to give favorable consideration
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to a bill of this character or some other appropriate measure with

a view to providing for the university of definite income. In this
connection, I would respectfully suggest that a bill of this character
be presented early in the coming session and that it embody some
definite and suitable measure for raising the additional revenue
necessary to meet the increased outlay. I shall be glad to approve
such a bill.

Very respectfully,

LEONARD WOOD.
Governor-General.

The Honorable,
THE PRESIDENTS OF BOTH HOUSES,
PHILIPPINE LEGISLATURE.

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ACT NO. 3075

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FOUR AND ADD A NEW SECTION

TO ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND
SIX, ENTITLED “AN ACT MAKING THE INSPECTION AND
RECOGNITION OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES
OBLIGATORY FOR THE SECRETARY OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES”.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of
the same:

SECTION 1. Section four of Act Numbered Twenty-seven

hundred and six is hereby amended to read as follows:

“SEC. 4. Whenever the Secretary of Public Instruction is

satisfied, in view of the data and information furnished him, that
the petitioning school or college is sufficiently equipped to give
adequate instruction to the public, he shall grant to the petitioning
corporation the necessary authority for opening such school or
college, but such authority shall be subject to revocation at any
time when the Secretary of Public Instruction is satisfied that such
school or college is not properly managed or does not carry out its
curriculum, or that the teachers and assistant instructors of said
institution do not maintain the standards hereinafter provided for
or are incompetent in their work, or that fraud has been committed
in making the application.

“It shall be the duty of the Secretary of Public Instruction

from time to time to inspect, either himself or through his duly
authorized agent, all schools or colleges to which he has granted
permits to open, and to see that the same are properly maintained
and kept to the standards hereinafter provided in this Act.”

SEC. 2. A new section is hereby added after section eleven of

said Act, which shall be known as section twelve and shall read as
follows:

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“SEC. 12. Any person or group of persons who shall open

direct, maintain, or manage a private school or college as defined
by this Act, and shall advertise, publish, or otherwise announce,
verbally or by means of signs, cards, letterheads, or advertisements
or through any other form of publicity, that such person or group of
persons has applied for authority to open a private school or college,
or for the recognition of such school or college, when he has not
actually so applied, or that such private school or college has been
duly authorized, when in reality the same has not been so authorized,
or such authority has been cancelled; or that it is recognized, when
in reality it has not been recognized or such recognition has been
withdrawn, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall,
upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not exceeding five hundred
pesos, or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both, in the
discretion of the court: Provided, That in the case of corporations
or partnership, the president, secretary, director, administrator, or
manager shall be held responsible for the violation.”

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on its approval.

Approved, March 16, 1923.

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ACT NO. 3095

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED

AND SEVENTY-EIGHT CREATING A SCHOOL OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES KNOWN AS ‘’THE
FOREST SCHOOL”.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of
the same:

SECTION 1. Act Numbered Twenty-five hundred and

seventy-eight is hereby amended to read as follows:

“SECTION 1. There is hereby created a school of the University

of the Philippines to be known as ‘The School of Forestry.’ It shall
embrace all work hitherto carried on in the Forest School of the
University of the Philippines.

“SEC. 2. The Director of Forestry shall be ex-officio Dean of

the School of Forestry, serving in such capacity without additional
compensation. He is hereby also authorized to detail to the School
of Forestry for part time such regular members of the Bureau of
Forestry as may be necessary for the giving of instruction to the
students of the School of Forestry.”

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on its approval.

Approved, March 16, 1923.

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ACT NO. 3100

AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTIONS OF ACT NUMBERED

THREE THOUSAND AND FIFTY, ENTITLED “AN ACT
TO PROVIDE ANNUAL PENSIONS FOR TEACHERS
EMPLOYED IN THE PHILIPPINE PUBLIC SCHOOLS;
TO APPROPRIATE MONEY AND REGULATE THE
DISBURSEMENT THEREOF.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of
the same:

SECTION 1. Section one of Act Numbered Three thousand

and fifty is hereby amended to read as follows:

“SECTION 1. Beginning on the first day of April next

following the date of the approval of this Act, all teachers, principals,
supervisors, inspectors, superintendents, and other persons
employed in supervising and directing the school work of teachers
in the public school service of municipalities, provinces, and the
Insular Government of the Philippine Islands, whose positions are
not classified as purely clerical, without regard as to status in the
classified civil service of the Philippine Islands, who have on that
day, or who shall have on any date thereafter, rendered at least
twenty years of service as computed in section seven of this Act,
and who have not been removed from the service for cause, shall
be eligible for retirement on an annuity as provided in section two
hereof: Provided, That teachers, principals, supervisors, inspectors,
and superintendents detailed or serving in, the Department of
Public Instruction and engaged principally in the inspection and
supervision of private schools, in accordance with Act Numbered
Twenty-seven hundred and six, shall also be entitled to a pension
under the terms and conditions herein established: Provided,
further, That lecturers and other special instructors who render
provisional service shall not be eligible for pension nor shall such
services be counted as teaching service in computing the length of

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service of a teacher: And provided, finally, That the provisions of this

Act shall not include persons who are not citizens of the Philippine
Islands or of the United States of America.”

SEC. 2. Section five of Act Numbered Three thousand and

fifty is hereby amended to read as follows:

“SEC. 5. Upon death of an employee entitled to the provision

of this Act who is rendering service at time of death or who is retired
on pension, he shall have fifty per cent of the pension to which the
employee would be entitled if alive, paid to surviving acknowledged
children of his or her issue for a period of not to exceed ten years,
or to the surviving lawful husband or wife if there are no children
eligible under the provisions of this Act to receive the same, or
to his or her surviving parents, father or mother, if there are no
children or lawful husband or wife eligible under the provisions
of this Act to receive the benefits thereof: Provided, That pension
funds shall not be paid to children over eighteen years of age or to
married children, or to a remarried surviving wife or husband, nor
to parents under the age of sixty years.”

SEC. 3. Section eight of Act Numbered Three thousand and

fifty is hereby amended to read as follows:

“SEC. 8. Beginning on the first day of the fiscal year following

the approval of this Act and annually thereafter there shall be
included in the total sums appropriated for pay or compensation
of employees to whom this Act applies a sum equal to three per
centum of the total sum for pay or compensation made by Insular,
provincial, or municipal legislation, and the said sum shall be
transferred on the books of the Insular Treasurer to the credit of a
special fund to be known as the ‘Teachers Retirement and Disability
Fund,’ and said fund is hereby appropriated for the payment of
annuities, allowances, and expenses as provided in this Act, and
for investment by the ‘Tension and Investment Board’ created in
section twelve of this Act. The ‘Pension and Investment Board”
is hereby directed to invest from time to time such portions of the
‘Teachers Pension and Disability Fund’ as shall not be required to

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meet the current payments, in the form of annuities or otherwise,

and expenses, incident to the carrying on of the provisions of this
Act, in any or all of the following ways and in no others:

“(a) In interest-bearing bonds or securities of the Government

of the United States or of the Philippine Islands, or bonds or securities
of said countries for the payment of the interest and principal of
which the faith and credit of said countries is pledged.

“ (b) In interest-bearing deposits, under security approved

by the Board, in any bank doing business in the United States or
in the Philippine Islands having an unimpaired paid-up capital
and surplus equivalent to one million five hundred thousand pesos
or over: Provided, That said bank shall first have been designated
as a depository for this purpose by the Governor-General, upon the
recommendation of the insular Treasurer.

“(c) In first liens upon improved, productive, and

unencumbered real estate in the City of Manila with a title duly
registered under Act Numbered Four hundred and ninety-six, as
amended: Provided, That no loan shall be made upon the security
of real estate in excess of fifty per centum of the fair appraised
value thereof, to be determined in such manner as the Board shall
prescribe, subject to the rule that the durable income from such
real estate shall constitute the main factor in the determination
of value: And provided, further, That no loan shall be made for
a period exceeding three years, and that not more than thirty per
centum of the total investments made by the Board shall be on the
security of real estate.

“The Board shall have the right to foreclose any loan in the
event of any material depreciation of the value of the security or if
the terms of the loan contract are not complied with. It shall also
make proper provision for the insurance of all property, subject to
damage by fire, which shall be held by it as security. The Board
shall also have the right to hold, for a period not exceeding five
years, such real estate as may come into its possession on account
of money loaned.

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“(d) In commuting installment payments due from the

Government of the Philippine Islands to individuals upon the
proper assignment of the individual’s claim to the Board. “(e) No
loan shall be made by the Board from the ‘Teachers’ Pension and
Disability Fund,’ directly or indirectly, to any member of said Board,
and any member of said Board receiving such a loan or authorizing
or making any such loan shall be guilty of a felony and be punished
by imprisonment for not less than five years or by a fine of not less
than two thousand nor more than twenty thousand pesos, or both,
in the discretion of the Court.

“(f) Whenever the current surplus of the ‘Teachers’ Pension

and Disability Fund’ shall fall below the amount of fifty thousand
pesos, no new real-estate loan shall be made by the Board.

“(g) The Board is authorized, in making investments pursuant

to this section, to fix the terms thereof in such a way as shall
preserve the funds from any loss due to depression in the medium
of payment and to take any other precautions which in its judgment
are deemed necessary for the adequate conservation of said Pension
Fund.”

SEC. 4. Section twelve of Act Numbered Three thousand and

fifty is hereby amended to read as follows:

“SEC. 12. There is hereby constituted for the enforcement of

this Act a ‘Pension and Investment Board’ composed of the Secretary
of Public Instruction, who shall be chairman, ex-officio, the Director
of Education, the Insular Treasurer, the Insular Auditor, and the
Director of Civil Service, none of whom shall receive additional
compensation, and of three other persons appointed by the
Governor-General, with the advice and consent of the Senate. Said
three persons shall not receive any compensation. The ‘Pension and
Investment Board’ shall during the month of July of each fiscal
year submit to the Governor-General a report of operations under
the provisions of this Act and shall recommend to the Governor-
General for including in the Insular budget for the fiscal year to
follow, a sum sufficient to pay the retirement allowances and other
expenses for that fiscal year whenever the funds made available

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by the operation of sections eight, nine, and ten of this Act are
insufficient.”

SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect on its approval.

Approved, March 16, 1923.

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ACT NO. 3102

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE PROVINCIAL BOARD OF BATANES

TO SPEND THE AMOUNT OF THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND
PESOS ALLOTTED TO THAT PROVINCE AS AN INSULAR
AID FOR THE RELIEF OF EARTHQUAKE SUFFERERS,
UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF ACT NUMBERED TWO
THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FOUR,
FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR OF PUBLIC
SCHOOL BUILDINGS OR OTHER NECESSARY PUBLIC
IMPROVEMENTS IN SAID PROVINCE.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of
the same:

SECTION 1. The Provincial Board of the Province of Batanes

may, with the approval of the Secretary of Public Instruction,
spend the amount of thirty-five thousand pesos, which was allotted
to the Province of Batanes as an Insular aid for the relief of
earthquake sufferers in said province, under the provisions of
Act Numbered Two thousand eight hundred fifty-four, and which
is now deposited in the Philippine National Bank to the official
credit of the Provincial Secretary-Treasurer of Batanes, for the
construction or repair of public school buildings in that province, or
the Provincial Board may, with the approval of the Secretary of the
Interior, spend said amount in the construction or repair of other
necessary permanent public improvements, the provisions of Act
Numbered Two thousand eight hundred fifty-four to the contrary
notwithstanding.

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on its approval.

Approved, March 16, 1923.

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ACT NO. 3124

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE

UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES TO GRANT SALARY
INCREASES TO ANY PERSON IN THE REGULAR OR
CONTRACT SERVICE OF SAID UNIVERSITY.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of
the same:

SECTION 1. Any provision of law to the contrary

notwithstanding, the Board of Regents of the University of the
Philippines is hereby authorized to grant any increase of salary,
compensation or emolument that it may deem necessary to any
person in the regular or contract service of the University of the
Philippines, subject to the provisions of Act Numbered Twenty-six
hundred and seventy-two, as amended by Acts Numbered Twenty-
seven hundred and eighty-seven and Twenty-nine hundred and
thirty-five.

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on its approval.

Approved, February 21, 1924.

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ACT NO. 3162

AN ACT TO CREATE A BOARD OF EDUCATIONAL SURVEY

TO MAKE A STUDY AND SURVEY OF EDUCATION IN
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND OF ALL EDUCATIONAL
INSTITUTIONS, FACILITIES, AND AGENCIES THEREOF,
AND TO APPROPRIATE NOT TO EXCEED FORTY
THOUSAND PESOS TO DEFRAY ALL EXPENSES OF SAID
SURVEY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

WHEREAS the Secretary of Public Instruction and the

Director of Education have requested that there be a comprehensive
study and survey of education in the Philippine Islands, and of the
educational institutions, facilities and agencies thereof in order that
there may be secured an adequate evaluation of the educational
progress already made and information for guidance in the future
development of education in these Islands; Now, therefore,

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority
of the same:

SECTION 1. A Board of Educational Survey composed

of three members to be appointed by the Secretary of Public
Instruction is hereby created and empowered to make a complete
and comprehensive study and survey of education in the Philippine
Islands and of all educational institutions, facilities and agencies
of said Islands, including public and private institutions of every
kind and grade. To assist it in said study and survey the Board is
authorized to employ such technical assistants and advisers and
such clerical and other help as it may find necessary. The Board
shall forward to the Legislature, through the Secretary of Public
Instruction, a full report of said study and survey, together with
recommendations for the future administration, organization,
development and improvement of education in these Islands.

SEC. 2. There is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the

Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of not to exceed

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forty thousand pesos, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be

expended under the direction of the Board with the approval of the
Secretary of Public Instruction for the payment of all expenses of
every nature and kind which may be incurred in making said study
and survey herein authorized.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on its approval.

Approved, March 8, 1924.

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ACT NO. 3196

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO OF ACT NUMBERED

THIRTY-ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-TWO, ENTITLED “AN
ACT TO CREATE A BOARD OF EDUCATIONAL SURVEY
TO MAKE A STUDY AND SURVEY OF EDUCATION IN
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND OF ALL EDUCATIONAL
INSTITUTIONS, FACILITIES, AND AGENCIES THEREOF,
AND TO APPROPRIATE NOT TO EXCEED FORTY
THOUSAND PESOS TO DEFRAY ALL EXPENSES OF SAID
SURVEY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.”

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of
the same:

SECTION 1 Section two of Act Numbered Thirty-one hundred

and sixty-two is hereby amended to read as follows:

“SEC. 2. There is hereby appropriated out of any funds in

the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of not to
exceed one hundred thousand pesos, or so much thereof as may
be necessary, to be expended under the direction of the Board with
the approval of the Secretary of Public Instruction for the payment
of all expenses of every nature and kind which may be incurred in
making said study and survey herein authorized: Provided, That
the funds hereby appropriated shall be exempt from the effects of
Joint Resolution Numbered One of the Philippine Legislature, dated
March sixteenth, nineteen hundred and twenty-three.”

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on its approval.

Approved, December 2, 1924.

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ACT NO. 3197

AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED EIGHTEEN 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.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of
the same:

SECTION 1. Section four of Act Numbered Eighteen 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, is hereby amended so as to read as
follows:

“SEC. 4. The government of said University is hereby vested

in a board of regents to be known as the ‘Board of Regents of the
University of the Philippines.’ The Board of Regents shall be
comprised of the Secretary of Public Instruction, who shall be ex-
officio chairman of the board, the Chairman of the Committee on
Public Instruction of the Senate, the Chairman of the Committee
on Public Instruction of the House of Representatives, the President
of the University, the Director of Education, one member of the
University Council of the University of the Philippines elected by
said Council, two alumni of the University of the Philippines elected
by the alumni of the University under such rules and regulations as
may be promulgated by the Board of Regents, and three additional
members to be appointed by the Governor-General, by and with the
consent of the Philippine Senate. The President of the University
shall be elected and his compensation shall be fixed by the Board

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of Regents. The member elected by the University Council and

the members elected by the alumni of the University shall hold
office for a term of three years or until their successors are elected
or appointed. Beginning with October sixteenth, nineteen hundred
and nineteen, the members of the Board of Regents appointed by
the Governor-General shall hold office for a term of three years:
Provided, however, That the regents first appointed after said
date shall hold office as follows: One for one year, one for two
years, and one for three years, the term of office of each to be
specified in his appointment by the Governor-General. In case of a
vacancy among the members of the Board of Regents appointed by
the Governor-General, such vacancy shall be filled by appointment
by the Governor-General, by and with the consent and advice of
the Philippine Senate, and such appointee shall hold office for the
unexpired term. All members of the Board of Regents shall be
citizens of the Philippine Islands or of the United States, and shall
be residents of the Philippine Islands. No person in the employ of the
University in any capacity whatsoever, whether as dean, professor,
instructor, lecturer, or otherwise, shall be eligible to membership
on the Board, whether by appointment by the Governor-General or
by election of the alumni, with the exception of the regent elected
by the University Council: Provided, further, That any person now
holding office as member of the Board of Regents at the time of
the approval of this Act who is or may be a member of the faculty
of the University of the Philippines or in the employ of the same,
except the member elected by the University Council, shall continue
to hold office until the expiration of his term.

“Members shall serve without compensation other than

actual and necessary expenses incurred either in attendance upon
meetings of the Board or upon other official business authorized
by resolution of the Board.”

SEC. 2. As soon hereafter as may be practicable, but not later

than sixty days after the approval of this Act, the Board of Regents
of the University of the Philippines shall provide for the election of
the additional member of the Board of Regents of the University
herein provided for, which shall take place not later than sixty days
after such election has been ordered held by the Board of Regents.

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SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on its approval.

Approved, December 2, 1924.

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ACT NO. 3271

AN ACT APPROPRIATING SIX THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE

PRINTING OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE REPORT ON
EDUCATION IN THE PHILIPPINES, PROVIDING FOR THE
DISPOSITION OF PRINTED COPIES, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES.

WHEREAS, the Joint Committee on Education of the

Philippine Legislature created by Concurrent Resolution No. 15,
has submitted its report to the Philippine Legislature;

WHEREAS, the report is of general interest to the country

and to education in general; and

WHEREAS, it is highly important that the result of the labors

of this Committee be in permanent form; Now therefore,

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of
the same:

SECTION 1. That the amount of six thousand pesos be

appropriated out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise
appropriated for the printing of the Joint Committee Report on
Education in the Philippines in sufficient numbers to furnish each
member of the Legislature a copy and such other entities, offices,
and individuals as ought to be furnished copies, the distribution
to be made at the discretion of the President of the Senate and the
Speaker of the House of Representatives.

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, October 6, 1926.

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ACT NO. 3285

AN ACT TO CREATE SPECIAL CLASSES DURING THE LONG

VACATION AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of
the same:

SECTION 1. That whenever there are twenty or more

elementary pupils or secondary students in the schools under
the supervision of the Department of Public Instruction of the same
grade or year who failed applying, and who satisfy the conditions
specified in the next section, the school authorities may organize
special classes for them during the period of long vacation for
not less than six weeks nor more than eight weeks, as hereinafter
provided.

SEC. 2. To these classes will be admitted the pupils and

students who have failed with a general average of not less than
sixty-five per cent or its equivalent, during the regular course
immediately preceding.

SEC. 3. Satisfactory completion of the required work in

these classes during the period mentioned will entitle pupils and
students to be promoted from the grade or year attended during the
previous year to the next higher grade or year.

SEC. 4. The organization, management, administration,

and supervision of these classes may be undertaken by public
educational institutions where funds are available, and private
educational institutions duly recognized by the Government.

SEC. 5. The Director of Education in the case of public

schools, and the directors or heads in the case of private schools
recognized by the Government may subject to the approval of the
Secretary of Public Instruction draw up the necessary rules and

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regulations governing the special classes created in accordance with

this Act.

SEC. 6. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, December 1, 1926.

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ACT NO. 3288

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE USE OF PUBLIC SCHOOL

BUILDINGS OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL HOURS FOR THE
INSTRUCTION OF ILLITERATES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of
the same:

SECTION 1. The Director of Education is hereby authorized

to issue regulations for the use, free of charge, for the instruction
of illiterates, of the buildings used for public elementary and
high schools by the municipalities and provinces of the Philippine
Islands, including the City of Manila.

SEC. 2. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this Act are
hereby repealed.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on its approval.

APPROVED, December 1, 1926.

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ACT NO. 3290

AN ACT APPROPRIATING FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS TO

ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
TO DEVELOP BETTER EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP, AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

WHEREAS the public interest demands the steady

development of educational leadership among those educational
representatives of the Filipino people who have proven their
worth and merit through actual service.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of
the same:

SECTION 1. The sum of fifty thousand pesos is hereby

appropriated out of any funds from the Insular Treasury not otherwise
appropriated for the purpose of enabling the Department of Public
Instruction to meet the amount of salaries or per diems in lieu thereof,
traveling expenses, and other incidental expenses incurred in
sending and maintaining not more than six representatives during
any one year to pursue advanced professional training or special
study and investigation for the benefit of Philippine educational
work in America or other foreign countries.

SEC. 2. The Secretary of Public Instruction is hereby

authorized to select, appoint, and maintain such representatives
from personnel actually employed by the Department in educational
work.

SEC. 3. At least one representative shall be assigned to

each of the vocational fields or investigations to wit: agricultural
education, trade or other industrial education, and teacher-training
work. Others may be assigned to specialize in administration,
tests, and measurements, child accounting, and such other lines of
educational activities as may be particularly deemed advisable and
necessary in educational leadership.

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SEC. 4. The persons selected in accordance with the

provisions of this Act shall serve the Government at least four years
for every year of stay abroad.

SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, December 2. 1926.

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ACT NO. 3308

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF THIRTY THOUSAND

PESOS CONTINUING THE TEACHING OF HOME CANNING
AND FOOD PRESERVATION IN THE PHILIPPINES AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of
the same:

SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated out of any funds

in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of
thirty thousand pesos to continue the work of developing and
encouraging home canning and food preservation as an industry in
the Philippines.

SEC. 2. To carry out the purposes of this Act, a Division of

Food Preservation is hereby created in the Bureau of Science with the
following personnel and compensation per annum, respectively:

For additional compensation for the

chief of division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P1,100.00
One assistant chief of division . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,800.00
One Inspector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,440.00
Six senior demonstrators at P960 . . . . . . . . . 5,760.00
Eight junior demonstrators at P720 . . . . . . . 5,760.00
Laborers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600.00

Provided, however, That the chemist actually in charge of

the activities as provided in Act Numbered Thirty-two hundred
and thirty-one and in this Act shall be designated as chief of this
division.

SEC. 3. The sum appropriated herein shall be expended

for theoretical and practical instruction and demonstration in
every province in the Philippine Islands under the direction of the
Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, and shall be
distributed as follows:
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Salaries and wages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P16,460.00

Traveling expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,000.00
Equipment and supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,500.00
Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000.00
Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,040.00

SEC. 4. Any act or section thereof inconsistent with this Act

or any section thereof, is hereby declared null and void.

SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, December 2, 1926.

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ACT NO. 3347

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF THREE HUNDRED

THOUSAND PESOS AS AN EMERGENCY INSULAR AID
TO THE MUNICIPALITIES FOR FREE ELEMENTARY
EDUCATION AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of
the same:

Section 1. The sum of three hundred thousand pesos is hereby

appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, as an emergency insular aid to municipalities for free
elementary education, to be distributed by the Director of Education
with the approval of the Secretary of Public Instruction as follows:

(a) The sum of one hundred and ninety-six thousand three

hundred and ten pesos to be allotted to cover fifty per centum of the
difference of insular aid received by the municipalities in nineteen
hundred and twenty-six and in nineteen hundred and twenty-
seven.

(b) The sum of fifty-four thousand one hundred and eighteen

pesos to be distributed to those municipalities where classes failed
to reopen at the beginning of the school year 1927-1928, due to
the cancellation of permissions to take up voluntary contributions
as of January first, nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, and the
impossibility of making sufficient transfers from general or other
funds to school funds, without crippling important functions and
essential activities.

(c) The sum of twenty-seven thousand three hundred and

ninety-four pesos to be distributed to those municipalities which are
financially unable to reopen the classes operated during the school
year 1926-1927 after receiving the aid specified under subsections
(a) and (b), and could not effect sufficient transfers from their general

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or other funds to school funds, without crippling their important

functions and essential activities.

(d) The balance of twenty-two thousand one hundred and

seventy-eight pesos shall be allotted by the Director of Education
to such municipalities as in his opinion are deserving of assistance
during the remainder of the present calendar year.

Sec. 2. Any part of the amount appropriated in subsections

(b) and (d) of section one not used or expended during the calendar
year nineteen hundred and twenty-seven shall be available for
distribution and expenditure in nineteen hundred and twenty-eight
for the same purposes.

Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, August 2, 1927.

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ACT NO. 3349

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE TRAINING AND APPOINTMENT

OF SPECIAL TEACHERS IN THE SPECIAL PROVINCES OF
MINDANAO, SULU, PALAWAN, NUEVA VIZCAYA, AND
THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, AND TO APPROPRIATE
THIRTY THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE PURPOSE.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of
the same:

Section 1. The Director of Education is hereby authorized

and directed to select thru competitive examination students from
among the Mohammedan and non-Christian Filipinos in the special
provinces of Mindanao, Sulu, Palawan, Nueva Vizcaya, and the
Mountain Province, to study in any insular or provincial normal
school in the Philippine Islands to be later appointed as teachers in
the public schools in the said provinces. The students passing the
examination shall, before being definitely selected, sign a contract
binding themselves to teach for such time as may be required by the
Director of Education and to refund to the Government such sums as
they may have received, or such portion thereof as the Director may
fix, if without sufficient cause they should refuse to teach during
said time. The Director of Education is also hereby authorized
to promulgate rules and regulations to govern the selection and
training of such students and their assignment as teachers.

Sec. 2. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the

Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of thirty
thousand pesos to carry out the purposes of this Act.

Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, October 18, 1927.

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ACT NO. 3359

AN ACT TO PROVIDE A MINIMUM SALARY OF FORTY PESOS

A MONTH FOR MUNICIPAL-SCHOOL TEACHERS IN THE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of
the same:

SECTION 1. No permanently appointed municipal or

provincial-school teacher shall receive a compensation of less than
forty pesos a month.

SEC. 2. Division superintendents of schools are required to

carry out the provisions of the preceding section.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect in January, nineteen

hundred and twenty-eight.

Approved, December 3, 1927.

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ACT NO. 3377

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 SUBJECTS; TO
APPROPRIATE FUNDS AND REGULATE THEIR
EXPENDITURES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of
the same:

SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated out of the funds

in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated the total sum
of five hundred thousand pesos to be apportioned among, and paid
to, such provinces, cities, and municipalities as may desire to take
advantage of, and comply with, the provisions of this Act, for the
purpose of cooperating with them in constructing agricultural and
vocational school buildings for vocational schools to be established or
already established and purchasing equipment therefor, in paying
the salaries of teachers, supervisors, and directors of agricultural
subjects, and teachers of trade, commercial, home economics, and
industrial subjects, in preparing teachers for the said subjects,
and for the use of the Bureau of Education in the administration
of this Act and in making studies, investigations, and reports to
aid in the organization and efficient administration of agricultural
and vocational education, which sum shall be expended as herein
provided.

SEC. 2. The said sum shall be available for the fiscal year
ending December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and twenty-eight,

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and shall be apportioned among the various purposes of this Act, as

follows:

(a) Aid in constructing school buildings

And purchasing equipment therefor . . . . . . P100,000.00

(b) Payment of salaries of teachers, super

visors or directors of agricultural
subjects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150,000.00

(c) Payment of salaries of teachers of

trade, commercial, home economics,
and industrial subjects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150,000.00

(d) Aid to the College of Agriculture,

University of the Philippines, for the
establishment of a Department of
Agricultural Education for the training
of teachers and supervisors of secondary
agricultural instruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,000.00

(e) Aid to provinces, cities, and municipalities

in preparing teachers, supervisors, or
directors of agriculture and teachers of
trade, commercial, home economics,
and industrial subjects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,000.00

(f) To the Bureau of Education for the creation

of a division of agricultural and vocational
education, the administration of this Act,
and the making of studies, investigations
and reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,000.00

The Director of Education, subject to the approval of the

Secretary of Public Instruction, shall pay out of the funds specified
in subsections (b), (c), and (e) of the preceding paragraph of this
section and for the purposes therein enumerated, such amounts
as are needed in this appropriation. The allotment shall be made
on a per capita basis for the average number of pupils enrolled
in the agricultural and vocational schools of the provinces, cities,
and municipalities during the months of August, September, and
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October of the preceding year. Of the sum specified in subsection (a)

an amount equal to two times the sum the appropriated and made
available by a province, city, or municipality petitioning for aid, shall
be allotted: Provided, however, That if the sum herein appropriated is
not sufficient for all provinces, cities, and municipalities petitioning
for aid, the following order of preference shall be observed, provinces,
municipalities, cities: And provided, further, That among each class,
the date and time of filing applications shall govern in determining
such preference.

SEC. 3. Any province, city, or municipality desiring to take

advantage of the provisions of this Act and receive the aid for the
purposes herein specified, shall approve in due form a resolution
stating: (a) its desire to take advantage of the provisions of this Act;
(b) its conformity with the conditions imposed in this Act for the
grant of aid; (c) the nature and character of the work or instruction
established or to be established for which aid is sought; and (d)
the amount of money available for the project from local funds,
and the lands, equipment, and other necessary materials, and
their corresponding value, properly certified to by the provincial
treasurer of the province requesting the aid, or in which the city or
municipality is situated.

The resolution shall be forwarded through channels to the

Director of Education, and if approved by him, a recommendation
shall be made to the Secretary of Public Instruction for the
necessary authority to allot the funds to which the province, city,
or municipality petitioning may be entitled to receive under the
provisions of this Act.

SEC. 4. The sum made available in subsection (d) of section

two of this Act shall be given as a contribution to the University
of the Philippines to be spent by the Board of Regents of the said
University in the establishment and maintenance of agricultural
education courses in the College of Agriculture, which shall give
practical training to teachers in agriculture to be employed in the
agricultural schools created in accordance with the provisions of
this Act.

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SEC. 5. The sum made available in subsection (e) of a

section two of this Act shall be given as aid to provinces, cities, and
municipalities in preparing or pensioning teachers, supervisors, or
directors of agriculture and teachers of trade, commercial, home
economics, and industrial subjects: Provided, however, That no
province, city, or municipality shall receive any sum or sums from
the said amount unless the persons preparing or being pensioned
satisfy all the requirements of the Director of Education, both as
to qualifications and as to the courses to be studied, and obligate
themselves to serve as teachers in the province, city, or municipality
pensioning them for a period at least equal to the number of years
during which they had received help or pension in accordance with
the provisions of this section.

SEC. 6. A division to be known as the Division of Vocational

Education is hereby created in the Bureau of Education to consist of
a Superintendent of Vocational Education and a force of specialists
and supervisors who shall make studies, investigations, and reports
with particular reference to their use in aiding the provinces, cities,
and municipalities in the establishment of vocational schools
and classes and in giving instruction in agriculture, trades and
industries, commerce and commercial pursuits and home economics.
Such studies, investigations, and reports shall include agriculture
and agricultural processes and requirements upon agricultural
workers; trades, industries, and industrial requirements upon
industrial workers, and classification of industrial processes and
pursuits; commerce, commercial pursuits, and requirements upon
commercial workers; home management, domestic science, and the
study of related facts and principles and problems of administration
of vocational schools and of courses of study and instruction in
vocational subjects. When the Director of Education deems it
advisable, such studies, investigations, and reports concerning
agriculture for the purpose of agricultural education may be made in
cooperation with or through the Bureau of Agriculture; such studies,
investigations, and reports concerning trades and industries for the
purpose of trade and industrial education may be made in cooperation
with or through the Bureau of Labor; such studies, investigations,
and reports concerning commerce and commercial pursuits for
the purpose of commercial education may be made in cooperation

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with or through the Bureau of Commerce and Industry; and such

studies, investigations, and reports concerning the administration
of vocational schools, courses of study and instruction and science
subjects in vocational schools may be made in cooperation with or
through the College of Agriculture, University of the Philippines.
The Director of Education may have other powers to employ such
assistance as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this
Act.

SEC. 7. The sums made available annually for the Bureau of

Education from and after the passage of this Act shall be used for
the purpose of cooperating and making studies, investigations, and
reports provided for in section six of this Act, and for the purpose
of paying the salaries of the superintendent, his assistant and such
officers and other expenditures as the Bureau may deem necessary
for the execution and administration of this Act.

SEC. 8. All schools established under the provisions of this

Act shall be of the secondary grade, that is, that shall be less than
college grade. The controlling purpose of the education to be given in
said schools shall be to fit pupils for useful employment and to meet
the needs of persons over fourteen years of age who have entered
upon or are preparing to enter upon the work of the farm or the
farm home, or who are preparing for a trade or industrial pursuit or
who have actually entered upon a trade or industrial pursuit.

The Director of Education is hereby authorized and directed

to determine the standard equipment to be used, and to prescribe
the courses of study, the methods of instruction, the qualifications
of teachers, supervisors and directors, the amount of arable land
available for field work in the agricultural schools, and the nature
and character of the shops and equipment necessary for instruction
in the trades and industrial schools.

SEC. 9. All schools originally established or continued under

the provisions of this Act shall be free schools, and no tuition fees
or charges of any kind whatsoever shall be collected from students
attending them.

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SEC. 10. Provinces, cities, and municipalities are hereby

authorized to request the Governor-General to set aside and reserve
such portions of public lands located within the province as may be
necessary and convenient for the establishment of school sites and
farm sites.

SEC. 11. The Director of Education is hereby authorized to

promulgate such rules and regulations, with the approval of the
Secretary of Public Instruction, as may be necessary to carry out
the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 12. This Act shall take effect on its approval.

Approved, December 3, 1927.

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ACT NO. 3414

AN ACT AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE DIRECTOR

OF EDUCATION AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES TO ISSUE RULES
AND REGULATIONS FOR THE USE OF UNIFORMS IN
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND IN THE UNIVERSITY OF THE
PHILIPPINES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of
the same:

SECTION 1. The Director of Education with the approval

of the Secretary of Public Instruction, and the President of the
University of the Philippines with the approval of the Board of
Regents, are hereby empowered and directed to issue rules and
regulations prescribing the use of uniforms by students of the public
high schools, secondary trade, agricultural and normal schools
and the University of the Philippines respectively. Provided, That
preference shall be given to uniforms of Philippine made material
whenever possible.

SEC. 2. The superintendents of schools in their respective

divisions shall be given wide discretion in the choice of material
and style for such uniform and in the enforcement of the rules and
regulations prescribed under the authority of section one hereof to
the end that economy may be effected among the students.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect from the school year
beginning June, nineteen hundred and twenty-eight.

Approved, December 7, 1927.

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ACT NO. 3454

AN ACT TO AMEND SUBSECTION (C) OF SECTION EIGHT

OF ACT NUMBERED THREE THOUSAND AND FIFTY,
ENTITLED “AN ACT TO PROVIDE ANNUAL PENSIONS
FOR TEACHERS EMPLOYED IN THE PHILIPPINE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS; TO APPROPRIATE MONEY AND REGULATE
THE DISBURSEMENT THEREOF,” AS AMENDED BY ACT
NUMBERED THREE THOUSAND AND ONE HUNDRED.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of
the same:

SECTION 1. The first paragraph of subsection (c) of section

eight of Act Numbered Three thousand and fifty, as amended by Act
Numbered Three thousand and one hundred, is hereby amended to
read as follows:

“ (c) In first liens upon improved, productive, and

unencumbered real estate in the City of Manila and adjacent
municipalities, with a title duly registered under Act Numbered
Four hundred and ninety-six, as amended: Provided, That no loan
shall be made upon the security of real estate in excess of fifty per
centum of the fair appraised value thereof, to be determined in
such manner as the Board shall prescribe, subject to the rule that
the durable income from such real estate shall constitute the main
factor in the determination of value: And provided, further, That no
loan shall be made for a period exceeding five years, and that not
more than fifty per centum of the total investments made by the
Board shall be on the security of real estate.”

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on its approval.

Approved, December 3, 1928.

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ACT NO. 3462

AN ACT TO CREATE A BOARD OF CONTROL FOR THE

AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOL KNOWN AS “LUIS
PALAD RURAL HIGH SCHOOL,” ESTABLISHED IN THE
MUNICIPALITY OF TAYABAS, PROVINCE OF TAYABAS,
AND TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-TWO
HUNDRED AND THIRTY-TWO ACCORDINGLY.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of
the same:

SECTION 1. Act Numbered Thirty-two hundred and thirty-

two is hereby amended so that said Act shall read as follows:

“SECTION 1. An agricultural high school is hereby established

in the municipality of Tayabas, Province of Tayabas, Philippine
Islands, which shall be known as Luis Palad Rural High School. The
expense of the establishment and maintenance of this school shall
be paid out of the funds left by the late Luis Palad and any other
funds which the Government or any of its dependencies or any other
person may donate.

“SEC. 2. The direction and technical supervision of this

school shall be under the control of the Director of Education, as
in the case of the other schools of the Government; but its funds
shall be disbursed subject to approval by a board of three members,
who shall be the Director of Education or his representative, the
provincial governor of the Province of Tayabas, and the municipal
president of the town of Tayabas, in the same province.

“SEC. 3. The curriculum for this school shall be prepared

by the Director of Education, with the approval of the Secretary of
Public Instruction. The Director of Education shall have authority
to appoint the principal of said school and all teachers or instructors
required in the same.

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“SEC. 4. The Director of Education is hereby authorized to

receive, in the name and behalf of the Government of the Philippine
Islands, from the provincial governor of Tayabas, as trustee of
the estate of Luis Palad, such sums as may be necessary for the
proper operation of this school, the construction and upkeep of the
permanent buildings necessary for carrying out the purposes of the
same, and the purchase or acquisition of land whereon to erect such
buildings.”

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on its approval.

Approved, December 7, 1928.

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ACT NO. 3496

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SIX HUNDRED

AND FIVE, ENTITLED “AN ACT PROVIDING FOR
THE CREATION IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS OF
AN ACADEMY FOR OFFICERS FOR THE PHILIPPINE
CONSTABULARY.”

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of
the same:

SECTION 1. Act Numbered Twenty-six hundred and five

entitled “An Act providing for the creation in the Philippine Islands
of an Academy for officers for the Philippine Constabulary” is hereby
amended in certain particulars so that hereafter the said act shall
read as follows:

“SECTION 1. A Cadet Academy is hereby created in the

Philippine Islands for the purpose of training and instructing cadets
and preparing them for service as commissioned officers of the
Philippine Constabulary or of any other armed force of the Philippine
Government which may hereafter be created. This Academy shall
be a collegiate institution under the control of the Chief of the
Philippine Constabulary, subject to the general supervision of the
Secretary of the Interior.

“SEC. 2. This institution shall be denominated ‘The Philippine

Constabulary Academy.’

“SEC. 3. The seat of the Philippine Constabulary Academy

shall be at Camp Henry T. Allen, in the City of Baguio, Mountain
Province.

“SEC. 4. The Government and administration of the Academy

shall be vested in a Superintendent, subject to the supervision of
the Chief of Constabulary.

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“SEC. 5. The administrative, executive, and instructional

staff of the Academy, and the enlisted personnel, shall be:

“(a) One Superintendent, who shall be an Assistant Chief of

Constabulary, or another officer of Constabulary of not lower than
field rank;

“(b) One commandant of cadets, instructor, with rank not

lower than that of Captain of Constabulary;

“(c) One adjutant with rank not lower than First Lieutenant
of Constabulary;

“(d) One Supply and Finance officer, instructor, with rank

not lower than First Lieutenant of Constabulary;

“(e) One assistant to the commandant, instructor, with rank

not lower than that of First Lieutenant of Constabulary;

“ (f) One Medical officer, instructor, with rank not lower than
that of First Lieutenant of Constabulary;

“(g) One engineer officer, instructor, with rank not lower than
that of Second Lieutenant of Constabulary;

“ (h) Such additional instructors or assistant instructors as

may from time to time become necessary or expedient in the interests
of the service, and such enlisted men of the Constabulary or such
civil employees as may, in the discretion of the Superintendent, with
the approval of the Chief of Constabulary, be necessary for service
at the Academy : Provided, That officers on duty at the Academy
shall receive additional compensation for their services at the rate
of three hundred pesos per annum.

“SEC. 6. The Superintendent and all members of the

Staff of the Academy shall be assigned as such by the Chief of
Constabulary.

“SEC. 7. There shall be appointed annually, by competitive

examination, not exceeding twenty-five cadets from among qualified
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candidates as hereinafter provided. Such candidates shall be

graduates of an accredited university or college or other institutions
of learning equivalent in its academic requirements to that of a high
school approved by the Government: Provided, That authority to
nominate such candidates shall be apportioned as follows: Five by
the Governor-General; three by the President of the Senate; three by
the Speaker of the House of Representatives; two by each member
of the Senate; one by each member of the House of Representatives:
Provided, further, That if the full quota of candidates shall not have
been nominated thirty days prior to the preliminary examination,
the Chief of Constabulary may designate such number of candidates
at large as will complete the quota necessary to qualify not exceeding
fifty new cadets: And provided, finally, That enlisted men of the
Constabulary who may qualify for admission to the Academy as
cadets shall, while undergraduates of the Academy, receive the
pension and allowances of a cadet but shall not receive the pay or
allowances of an enlisted man.

“SEC. 8. The academic instruction and military training of

cadets shall extend over a period of three years, the curriculum to
be determined and systemized by the Superintendent and academic
staff, under the supervision of the Chief of Constabulary, subject to
the approval of the Department Head: Provided, That the period
of instruction and training may be curtailed whenever in the
judgment of the Chief of Constabulary, with the prior approval of the
Department Head, the public interest so requires: Provided, further,
That cadets who fail to qualify in class or in examinations may be
required by the Superintendent, with the approval of the Chief of
Constabulary, to revert to the next su cceeding class: And provided,
further, That the Chief of Constabulary may, upon recommendation
of a majority of the faculty and the approval of the Superintendent,
discharge any cadet for misconduct or deficiency in his studies: And
provided, finally, That cadets in good standing at the Academy at the
time of the passage of this Act may be graduated at the termination
of a two-year course if in the opinion of the Superintendent and
Faculty they have shown themselves proficient, and if appropriate
vacancies exist in the commissioned service of the Constabulary.

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“The curriculum for cadets at the Academy shall be as

follows:

I. MILITARY SCIENCE:

Infantry Drill and Field Service Regulations;

Military map reading and sketching;
Interior guard duties;
Military documents and reports;
Musketry, including the use of the pistol;
Elementary field engineering.

II. ADMINISTRATIVE AND STAFF DUTIES

Constabulary Regulations ;
Finance, bookkeeping, accounting, etc.;
Official correspondence;
Special services for other Departments or Bureaus.

III. LAW

Elements of International Law;

Elements of Constitutional Law (the Administrative
Code) ;
Elements of Military Laws;
Penal Code (as amended; and special law);
Medical Jurisprudence.

IV. MEDICAL SCIENCE

Hygiene and Sanitation;

First Aid to the Wounded.

V. HISTORY AND ENGLISH:

General, United States, and Philippine History;

English Language and Composition.

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VI. LANGUAGES:

The Spanish Language (compulsory) ;

Other foreign languages (optional).

VI. MATHEMATICS:

Algebra, Geometry and Trigonometry.

VII. SWORDSMANSHIP AND ATHLETICS:

“SEC. 9. The Superintendent and the heads of the several

departments of instruction shall constitute the Faculty.

“SEC. 10. Upon the satisfactory completion of the three year’s

course cadets of the Academy shall be graduated and appointed
officers of the Philippine Constabulary in the lowest commissioned
grade, or in any other armed force of the Government which may
hereafter be created, in the order of their final class standing.

“SEC. 11. Except as hereinafter provided cadets shall reside

in the Academy barracks during the three-year period of instruction,
and shall receive such pension, transportation, clothing, and other
allowances as may be provided by the Legislature, said pension to be
disbursed by the Supply and Finance officer under the supervision of
the Superintendent: Provided, That the Chief of Constabulary may
authorize vacations of not exceeding thirty days in each calendar
year, with pay and allowances.

“SEC. 12. The arms, munitions, and military and other

-equipment necessary for the proper training and instruction of
cadets shall be supplied by the Chief of Constabulary: Provided,
That the equipment of the existing Constabulary Academy shall be
assigned and delivered to the Academy created by this Act: Provided,
further, That a Library shall be established at the Academy for the
benefit of instructors and cadets, which shall be under the direction
and control of the Superintendent, and which shall be granted by the

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Legislature a special appropriation, annually, of not to exceed four

hundred pesos for the purchase of suitable books and periodicals.

“SEC. 13. The Government property and funds of the Academy

shall be accounted for through the Philippine Constabulary.

“SEC. 14. All Acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the

provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.”

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on its approval.

Approved, December 8, 1928.

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ACT NO. 3528

AN ACT TO AMEND ITEMS 0-276 AND 0-286 OF ACT NUMBERED

THREE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY-NINE
AND TO APPROPRIATE THIRTY THOUSAND PESOS FOR
FREE ELEMENTARY INSTRUCTION.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of
the same:

SECTION 1. Item 0-276 of Act Numbered Three thousand

four hundred and fifty-nine is hereby amended by increasing
the amount specified therein from P9,047,828 to P9,077,828, the
increase of P30,000 being hereby appropriated out of any funds in
the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

SEC. 2. Item 0-286 is hereby amended to read as follows: “286.

The appropriation made in item 276 shall be distributed among all
the provinces on the following basis: fifty per centum of the entire sum
shall be distributed in accordance with the population, and the other
fifty per centum in accordance with the average daily attendance in
the public schools of the provinces during the month of September
of the preceding year. The sum allotted to each province shall be
distributed among its municipalities on the same basis: Provided,
however, That no province nor municipality shall receive less than
what it received during the year 1928: Provided, further, That from
this fund there shall first be deducted the sum of P70,705.36 to be
distributed among the provinces hereinafter named as follows:

Bukidnon .........................................P22,012.29
Cotabato ............................................. 10,830.20
Davao ................................................... 8,102.87
Ilocos Norte .......................................... 4,000.00
Lanao ................................................ 14,233.93
Mountain Province ............................ 11,526.07

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And provided, further, That from this fund there shall also be
deducted the sum of P330,000 to be distributed by the Director of
Education, with the approval of the Secretary of Public Instruction,
using the same basis of distribution as that given in Act Numbered
Three thousand three hundred and forty-seven, the difference of
P30,000 between this sum and the sum appropriated by said Act
to be distributed in accordance with the provisions of section one,
paragraph (d), thereof: Provided, further, That from this fund there
shall be deducted the sum of P700,000 which shall be distributed
by the Director of Education, with the approval of the Secretary
of Public Instruction, to be used only for the establishment and
maintenance of new classes in the barrio schools, but no portion of
the said sum shall be expended to increase the salaries of teachers
who are at present in the public school service: Provided, further,
That any provision of existing law to the contrary notwithstanding,
no unexpended balance of the amounts appropriated from this
fund for salaries of teachers shall be transferred to the credit of the
‘Teachers’ Pension and Disability Fund’, nor any saving obtained
from regular appropriations of the Bureau of Education for the salary
of a teacher whose position became vacant on account of his having
been appointed to another position of teacher the salary of which
is paid from this fund: And provided, finally, That no municipality
shall receive aid from this fund, unless the same appropriates from
its own funds, for school purposes, at least an amount equal to that
appropriated by it in the previous year.”

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect as of January first, nineteen

hundred and twenty-nine.

Approved, February 21, 1929.

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ACT NO. 3568

AN ACT EMPOWERING THE SECRETARY OF PUBLIC

INSTRUCTION TO PRESCRIBE RULES FOR THE HOLDING
OF SINGLE SESSION IN THE PRIMARY, INTERMEDIATE,
AND HIGHSCHOOL CLASSES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of
the same:

SECTION 1. The Secretary of Public Instruction is hereby

authorized and empowered to prescribe rules and regulations for the
holding of one session a day instead of two sessions in the primary,
intermediate, and high school classes in the public schools and in
the private schools recognized by the Government.

SEC. 2. Any Director or Head of any private primary,

intermediate, or high school recognized by the Government, who
shall maintain or conduct a school, institute, course or class in
violation of the rules and regulations prescribed in accordance with
section one of this Act, shall be punished by the withdrawal of the
Government’s recognition.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect at the beginning of the

school year nineteen hundred and thirty-nineteen hundred and
thirty-one.

Approved, November 26, 1929.

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ACT NO. 3628

AN ACT AUTHORIZING AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION

OF FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS AS AID FOR
THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF NEW
CLASSES IN PRIMARY EDUCATION.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of
the same:

SECTION 1. The sum of five hundred thousand pesos is

hereby appropriated out of any funds in the Insular Treasury, not
otherwise appropriated, for salaries of teachers of new classes in the
barrio schools of the Philippine Islands.

SEC. 2. The amount herein appropriated shall be distributed

by the Director of Education with the approval of the Secretary of
Public Instruction but no portion of the said sum shall be expended
to increase the salaries of teachers who are at present in the public
school service: Provided, That any provision of the existing law to
the contrary notwithstanding, no unexpended balance of the amount
appropriated herein for salaries of teachers shall be transferred
to the credit of the Teachers’ Pension and Disability Fund: And
provided, further, That no municipality shall receive aid from this
fund unless the same appropriates from its own funds for operating
expenses at least an amount equal to that appropriated by it in the
previous year.

SEC. 3. The funds appropriated in this Act shall be allotted

to the provinces in accordance with the general basis of distribution:
fifty per centum on the basis of population and the other fifty per
centum in accordance with the average daily attendance in the
elementary schools during the month of September of the preceding
year, provided the barrios in the provinces to which these funds
are allotted have adequate sites, suitable buildings and meet
the ordinary requirements for attendance. In the event that the
ordinary requirements are not met by June first, nineteen hundred

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and thirty, the funds may be re-allotted to barrios in other provinces

at the discretion of the Director of Education with the approval of
the Secretary of Public Instruction.

SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect on January first, nineteen

hundred and thirty.

Approved, December 5, 1929.

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ACT NO. 3629

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO OF ACT NUMBERED THREE

THOUSAND AND FIFTY, KNOWN AS THE “TEACHERS’
PENSION LAW.”

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of
the same:

SECTION 1. Section two of Act Numbered Three thousand

and fifty is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

“SEC. 2. For the purpose of determining the amount of

annuity which a retired employee shall receive, the following
classifications and rates shall be established upon the basis of the
annuity consisting of a fractional part of the average pay, salary,
or compensation, for the three years of service rendered prior to
the granting of the pension with maximum average pay, salary, or
compensation, in no case exceeding six thousand pesos per annum.
The annual annuity as computed under this Act shall be four-tenths
of the average salary for twenty years of service; five-tenths of the
average salary for twenty-three years of service; six-tenths of the
average salary for twenty-six years of service; seven-tenths of the
average salary for twenty-nine years of service; eight-tenths of the
average salary for thirty-two or more years of service.”

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

APPROVED, December 6, 1929.

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ACT NO. 3667

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF THIRTY-SIX

THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE OPERATING EXPENSES OF
THE BRANCH COLLEGE OT LIBERAL ARTS CREATED BY
ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-
SIX, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of
the same:

SECTION 1. The sum of thirty-six thousand pesos is hereby

appropriated out of any funds in the Insular Treasury, not otherwise
appropriated, for the initial operating expenses of the branch college
of Liberal Arts created by Act Numbered Twenty-nine hundred
and fifty-six. The operating expenses of this branch college in the
succeeding years shall be included in the annual appropriation
for the University of the Philippines in the General Appropriation
Law.

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, December 8, 1929.

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ACT NO. 3694

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED

AND ELEVEN, KNOWN AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE,
BY INSERTING A NEW SECTION AFTER SECTION
TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN OF SAID ACT TO
BE KNOWN AS SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED AND
ELEVEN AND A HALF, PROVIDING FOR A PROVINCIAL
SCHOOL FUND.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of
the same:

SECTION 1. Section twenty-one hundred and eleven and a

half, is hereby inserted after section twenty-one hundred and eleven
of Act Numbered Twenty-seven hundred and eleven, known as the
Administrative Code, to read as follows:

“SEC. 2111 1/2. School fund.—There shall be maintained in

the provincial treasury a special fund to be known as the provincial
school fund, to which shall be credited all amounts that the provincial
board may from time to time, by resolution, transfer thereto from
the provincial general fund; all income or profits from operation of
provincial schools; and all tuition fees which may be collected under
the provisions of section twenty-one hundred and twenty-four of this
Act. Said fund shall be available exclusively for the maintenance of
provincial schools, and disbursements therefrom shall be made by
the provincial treasurer upon properly executed vouchers, pursuant
to the school budget approved by the provincial board and the
division superintendent of schools.”

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, November 20, 1930.

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ACT NO. 3745

AN ACT TO AMEND SUBSECTION (C) OF SECTION SIX OF

ACT NUMBERED EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY
AS AMENDED BY SECTION FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED
TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-NINE, FOR THE
PURPOSE OF EMPOWERING THE BOARD OF REGENTS TO
GRANT IN ITS DISCRETION LEAVE OF ABSENCE UNDER
SUCH REGULATIONS AS IT MAY PROMULGATE.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of
the same:

SECTION 1. Subsection (e) of section six of Act Numbered

Eighteen hundred and seventy, as amended by section four of Act
Numbered Twenty-seven hundred and fifty-nine, is hereby further
amended, so as to read as follows:

“(e) To appoint, on the recommendation of the President of the

University, professors, instructors, lecturers and other employees
of the University; to fix their compensations, hours of service, and
such other duties and conditions as it may deem proper; to grant
to them in its discretion leave of absence under such regulations
as it may promulgate, any other provisions of law to the contrary
notwithstanding, and to remove them for cause after an investigation
and hearing shall have been had.”

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, November 24, 1930.

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ACT NO. 3768

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWELVE OF ACT NUMBERED

THREE THOUSAND AND FIFTY, ENTITLED “AN ACT
TO PROVIDE ANNUAL PENSIONS FOR TEACHERS
EMPLOYED IN THE PHILIPPINE PUBLIC SCHOOLS,
TO APPROPRIATE MONEY AND REGULATE THE
DISBURSEMENT THEREOF,” AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of
the same:

SECTION 1. Section twelve of Act Numbered Three thousand

and fifty, is hereby amended to read as follows:

“SEC. 12. There is hereby constituted for the enforcement

of this Act a ‘Pension and Investment Board,’ consisting of seven
members who shall be appointed by the Governor-General with the
consent of the Senate. Three of the members shall be appointed
for a period of three years; two members for a period of two years;
and two members for a period of one year. Upon the expiration
of their terms of office, their successors shall be appointed for a
period of three years. In case of a vacancy, the person that shall
be appointed to occupy the vacancy shall hold office only for the
unexpired term of his predecessor. The ‘Pension and Investment
Board’ shall during the month of July of each fiscal year submit to
the Governor-General a report of operations under the provisions of
this Act and shall recommend to the Governor-General for inclusion
in the Insular Budget for the fiscal year to follow, a sum sufficient
to pay the retirement allowances and other expenses for that fiscal
year whenever the funds made available by the operation of sections
eight, nine, and ten of this Act are insufficient.”

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on its approval.

Approved, November 28, 1930.

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ACT NO. 3769

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION THIRTEEN OF ACT NUMBERED

THREE THOUSAND AND FIFTY, COMMONLY KNOWN AS
THE TEACHERS’ PENSION LAW.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of
the same:

SECTION 1. Section thirteen of Act Numbered Three

thousand fifty, commonly known as the Teachers’ Pension Law, is
hereby amended to read as follows:

“SEC. 13. All pensions shall be paid in quarterly installments

on January first, April first, July first, and October first of every fiscal
year by Government warrant or other means which will guarantee
safe delivery with no reduction in the pension for exchange or for
transmitting the same.

“Persons receiving lifelong annual pensions from the Philippine

Government shall have the amount of the same deducted from the
pension they receive through the operation of this Act. Persons
reemployed in the Government service and receiving salary, pay or
compensation for services rendered as an employee of any branch
of the Government of these Islands, including municipalities and
provinces in the Philippines shall have the pension discontinued
for such periods of employment in each case where the pay, salary
or compensation is equal to or greater than fifty per centum of the
pension received under the provisions of this Act.

“All records of manipulations of the ‘Teachers’ Pension and

Disability Fund’ and disbursements from the same and all accounts
of payments made out of said fund shall be kept and made by the
Director of Education, under the supervision of the ‘Pension and
Investment Board.’ “

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“The term ‘basic salary, pay or compensation’ whenever used

in this Act shall be so construed as to exclude from the operation
of this Act the provisions of Act Numbered Twenty-five hundred
and eighty-nine, all bonus, allowances, overtime pay, or other
compensation given in addition to the basic pay or other compensation
of the position as fixed by law or regulation.”

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on its approval.

Approved, November 28, 1930.

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ACT NO. 3772

AN ACT TO AMEND 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 ACTS
NUMBERED THIRTY-ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FIVE
AND THIRTY-FOUR HUNDRED AND TWO.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of
the same:

SECTION 1. Section one of Act Numbered Twenty-nine

hundred and fifty-seven, as amended by Acts Numbered Thirty-one
hundred and eighty-five and Thirty-four hundred and two, is hereby
further amended to read as follows:

“SECTION 1. A board is hereby created which shall be known

as the Board on Textbooks and shall have charge of the selection
and approval of textbooks to be used in the public schools. The
first adoption of textbooks under this Act shall take place not later
than December thirty-one, nineteen hundred and thirty-one, and
the textbooks selected shall be used commencing the school year
nineteen hundred and thirty-two to nineteen hundred and thirty-
three. The textbooks selected and approved shall be used for a period
of at least six years from the date of their adoption.

“The textbooks to be used in the private schools recognized

by the Government shall be submitted to said Board which shall
have the power to prohibit the use of any of said textbooks which
it may find to be against the law or to offend the dignity and honor
of the Government and people of the Philippine Islands or of the
Government and people of the United States of America.”

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SEC. 2. Section two of Act Numbered Twenty-nine hundred

and fifty-seven is hereby amended to read as follows:

“SEC. 2. The Board on Textbooks shall be composed of five

members, to be appointed by the Governor-General with the advice
and consent of the Philippine Senate. The members of the Board
shall hold office for a period of six years, and shall serve without
compensation. In making the appointment of the first Board, one
member shall be appointed for a period of two years; two members
for a period of four years, and two members for a period of six years.
Every two years the Board shall select a Chairma n from among its
members.

“All members of said Board shall be citizens of the Philippine

Islands or of the United States.

“It shall be unlawful for the Board to consider for adoption or

to adopt any treatise, textbook, or manuscript in whose authorship,
editorship, or preparation a member of the Board may have direct
or indirect interest. It shall likewise be unlawful for any member
of the Board, during the period of his incumbency, to own, directly
or indirectly, any interest whatsoever in any firm, partnership, or
corporation publishing or dealing in school textbooks.”

SEC. 3. The second paragraph of section three of Act Numbered

Twenty-nine hundred and fifty-seven and all acts or parts of acts
inconsistent with the provisions hereof are hereby repealed.

SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect on its approval.

Approved, November 28, 1930.

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ACT NO. 3773

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION SEVEN OF ACT NUMBERED

THREE THOUSAND AND FIFTY, ENTITLED “AN ACT
TO PROVIDE ANNUAL PENSIONS FOR TEACHERS
EMPLOYED IN THE PHILIPPINE PUBLIC SCHOOLS;
TO APPROPRIATE MONEY AND REGULATE THE
DISBURSEMENT THEREOF.”

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of
the same:

SECTION 1. Section seven of Act Numbered Three thousand

and fifty is hereby amended to read as follows:

“SEC. 7. In computing the length of service for the purposes

of this Act, all periods of separation from the service and so much
of any leave as is without pay, except leave granted to teacher-
pensionados attending insular schools or schools or colleges in the
United States, whose appointments had been authorized or may
hereafter be authorized by the Philippine Legislature, and regular
school vacation periods for classroom teachers with temporary civil
service status, shall be excluded.”

SEC. 2. All acts or parts of any act inconsistent with the

provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, November 28, 1930.

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ACT NO. 3797

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE BUREAU OF SUPPLY TO PURCHASE

TEXTBOOKS FOR PRIVATE SCHOOLS, FOR SALE TO THE
SAME AT THE SAME PRICE AT WHICH SAID BUREAU
SELLS THEM TO THE BUREAU OF EDUCATION.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of
the same:

SECTION 1. The Bureau of Supply is hereby authorized and

directed, at the request of the directors of private schools recognized
by the Government, to purchase textbooks for said schools, provided
they are the same used in the public schools. The Bureau of Supply
shall purchase said books and shall sell them to the private schools at
the same price at which it sells them to the Bureau of Education, for
use by the pupils of the public schools, with a reasonable additional
sum, which shall be fixed by said Bureau, with the approval of
the Department head concerned, to cover all necessary expenses
incurred by said Bureau in connection with the purchase and sale of
said books, so that the Government shall not lose any money.

SEC. 2. The directors of private schools recognized by the

Government shall make their requisitions to the Bureau of Supply
through the Commissioner of Private Schools, whose duty it shall
be to see that the retail price at which the directors of private
schools sell said books to their pupils is not greater than the price
charged by the Bureau of Supply and a small additional sum to
cover transportation expenses, fixed by said Commissioner.

SEC. 3. No director or administrative officer of any private

school shall sell books so purchased from the Bureau of Supply at a
price greater than that fixed in accordance with the preceding two
sections, and the violation of the provisions of this section shall be
sufficient cause to deprive the school guilty thereof of the privilege
authorized by this Act.

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SEC. 4. Before acting upon requisitions made in accordance

with this Act, the Purchasing Agent shall require directors of private
schools to deposit the price of their respective requisitions with the
Bureau of Supply.

SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect on its approval.

Approved, December 4, 1930.

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ACT NO. 3823

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE AN EXPENDITURE OF THE

SUM OF TWO HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND
PESOS FOR EMERGENCY INSULAR AID TO VARIOUS
MUNICIPALITIES FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES OUT OF
THE APPROPRIATION AUTHORIZED FOR THE BUREAU
OF EDUCATION BY ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-EIGHT
HUNDRED AND THREE.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of
the same:

SECTION 1. Authority is hereby granted the Director of

Education to expend, with the approval of the Secretary of Public
Instruction, an amount not to exceed the sum of two hundred forty-
five thousand pesos out of the appropriation authorized for the
Bureau of Education by Act Numbered Thirty-eight hundred and
three for emergency Insular aid to various municipalities for salaries
of teachers to enable the reopening of elementary classes therein
which were in operation at the close of the school year in March
nineteen hundred and thirty-one, and which were not reopened on
July first, nineteen hundred and thirty-one, or which, having been
opened on or before such date, cannot continue on account of lack
of funds.

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, August 11, 1931.

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ACT NO. 3840

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION THIRTEEN OF ACT NUMBERED

THREE THOUSAND AND FIFTY, ENTITLED “AN ACT
TO PROVIDE ANNUAL PENSIONS FOR TEACHERS
EMPLOYED IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS; TO APPROPRIATE
MONEY AND REGULATE THE DISBURSEMENTS
THEREOF,” AS AMENDED.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of
the same:

SECTION 1. Section thirteen of Act Numbered Three thousand

and fifty, as amended by Act Numbered Thirty-seven hundred and
sixty-nine, is hereby further amended to read as follows:

“SEC. 13. All pensions shall be paid monthly by Government

warrant or other means which will guarantee safe delivery with no
reduction in the pension for exchange or for transmitting the same.

“Persons receiving lifelong annual pensions from the Philippine

Government shall have the amount of the same deducted from the
pension they receive through the operation of this Act. Persons
reemployed in the Government service and receiving salary, pay, or
compensation for services rendered as an employee of any branch
of the Government of these Islands, including municipalities and
provinces in the Philippines shall have the pension discontinued
for such periods of employment in each case where the pay, salary,
or compensation is equal to, or greater than fifty per centum of the
pension received under the provisions of this Act.

“All records of manipulations of the ‘Teachers Pension and

Disability Fund’ and disbursements from the same and all accounts
of payments made out of said fund, shall be kept and made by the
Director of Education, under the supervision of the ‘Pension and
Investment Board.’

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“The term ‘basic salary, pay, or compensation’ whenever

used in this Act, shall be so construed as to exclude from the
operation of this Act the provisions of Act Numbered Twenty-five
hundred and eighty-nine, all bonus, allowances, overtime pay,
or other compensation given in addition to the basic pay or other
compensation of the position as fixed by law or regulation.”

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on its approval.

Approved, November 9, 1931.

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ACT NO. 3859

AN ACT AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE DIRECTOR OF

EDUCATION TO ISSUE REGULATIONS FOR THE USE OF
DRESSES AND CLOTHING OF ECONOMICAL MATERIAL
BY THE STUDENTS OF THE PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS,
SECONDARY TRADE, AGRICULTURAL, VOCATIONAL
AND NORMAL SCHOOLS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES,
AND REPEALING ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-FOUR
HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN, COMMONLY KNOWN AS
THE UNIFORM LAW.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of
the same:

SECTION 1. The Director of Education is empowered and

directed to issue rules and regulations prescribing the kind of
dress or clothing to be used by the student of all schools under its
jurisdiction and control. Such rules shall provide for the use of
dresses or uniforms made only of simple and economical material
giving preference to native products. The Director of Education in
prescribing such rules and regulations shall take into consideration
the general financial condition of the parents of the students of each
school so that no uniform or dress shall be prescribed which shall
not be within the reach of the financial ability of such parents and
that in no case shall uniforms or dresses made of silk, wool or other
expensive material be prescribed.

SEC. 2. Act Numbered Thirty-four hundred and fourteen

entitled “An Act authorizing and directing the Director of Education
and the President of the University of the Philippines to issue rules
and regulations for the use of uniforms in the public schools and in
the University of the Philippines and for other purposes,” is hereby
repealed.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect from the school-year

beginning June, nineteen hundred and thirty-two.

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Approved, November 13, 1931.

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ACT NO. 3939

AN ACT AUTHORIZING TEACHERS AND OTHER PERSONS

CONTRIBUTING TO THE “TEACHERS’ PENSION AND
DISABILITY FUND” TO SECURE LOANS THEREFROM
UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, THUS AMENDING
SECTION EIGHT OF ACT NUMBERED THREE THOUSAND
AND FIFTY, AS AMENDED BY ACT NUMBERED THREE
THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED, ENTITLED “AN ACT TO
AMEND CERTAIN SECTIONS OF ACT NUMBERED THREE
THOUSAND AND FIFTY, ENTITLED ‘AN ACT TO PROVIDE
ANNUAL PENSIONS FOR TEACHERS EMPLOYED IN THE
PHILIPPINE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, TO APPROPRIATE MONEY
AND REGULATE THE DISBURSEMENT THEREOF.’”

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of
the same:

SECTION 1. Section eight of Act Numbered Three thousand

and fifty, as amended by Act Numbered Three thousand one
hundred, is hereby further amended by inserting a new subsection
after subsection (g) which shall read as follows:

“(h) The Board is authorized to grant loans to persons

contributing to or receiving pension from the ‘Teachers’ Pension and
Disability Fund’ on the basis of not more than forty per cent of the
total sum contributed by the applicant at the time his application
is filed with the Pension and Investment Board: Provided, That the
person actually receiving pension who has heirs shall be allowed
to borrow from the ‘Teachers’ Pension and Disability Fund’ at any
time from the forty per centum of the total amount contributed to
the fund by the applicant or from the thirty per centum of the total
amount of pensions accruing to said applicant for a period of one
year and that in no case shall exceed three hundred pesos: Provided,
further, That after the death of the pensioner such obligation shall
be paid from the pension to be received by his successors in interest.
The total sum contributed by the applicant shall be accepted as

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sufficient security for the loan and in case of separation from the
service, the loan plus interest thereon shall be deducted from the
three per centum contribution which would otherwise be refunded
to the teacher so separated from the service. All loans made under
this paragraph shall be paid within a period of one year, and the
officer in charge of paying the salary of the borrower, is hereby
authorized to deduct from such salary or pension a proportionate
amount in monthly installments to cover the amount of the loan
and interest within such period: Provided, finally, That the loans
to be granted under the provisions hereof shall be taken from the
portion of the ‘Teachers Pension and Disability Fund’ available for
investment under the provisions of subsection (c) of this section.”

SEC. 2. All acts or parts of acts in conflict with this Act are
hereby repealed.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect immediately upon its

approval.

Approved, November 29, 1932.

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ACT NO. 3943

AN ACT DECLARING THE FIRST WEEK OF JANUARY, NATIONAL

THRIFT WEEK AND DIRECTING THE DIRECTOR OF
EDUCATION AND THE DIRECTOR OF POSTS EACH TO
CONDUCT A THRIFT CAMPAIGN DURING SAID WEEK,
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of
the same:

SECTION 1. The first week of January of each year shall be

known as the National Thrift Week.

SEC. 2. The Director of Posts, through the different post

offices, and the Director of Education, through the public schools,
shall each direct a campaign during said week to inculcate the
habit of thrift and encourage the pupils and the general public to
make deposits in savings banks or institutions duly established in
accordance with the laws of the Philippine Islands.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on its approval.

Approved, November 29, 1932.

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ACT NO. 4010

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS ONE AND TWO OF ACT

NUMBERED THREE THOUSAND AND FIFTY, COMMONLY
KNOWN AS THE “TEACHERS PENSION LAW”, AS
AMENDED BY ACTS NUMBERED THIRTY-ONE HUNDRED
AND THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE, BY
PROVIDING A MINIMUM AGE LIMIT FOR RETIREMENT,
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of
the same:

SECTION 1. Section one of Act Numbered Three thousand

and fifty, as amended by Act Numbered Thirty-one hundred, is
hereby further amended to read as follows:

“SECTION 1. Beginning on the first day of April next

following the date of the approval of this Act all teachers, principals,
supervisors, inspectors, superintendents, and other persons
employed in supervising and directing the school work of teachers
in the public school service of municipalities, provinces, and the
Insular Government of the Philippine Islands, whose positions are
not classified as purely clerical, without regard as to status in the
classified civil service of the Philippine Islands, who have on that
day, or who shall have on any date thereafter, rendered at least
twenty years of service as computed in section seven of this Act,
and who have not been removed from the service for cause, shall
be eligible for retirement on an annuity as provided in section two
hereof: Provided, That teachers, principals, supervisors, inspectors,
and superintendents detailed or serving in the Department of
Public Instruction and engaged principally in the inspection and
supervision of private schools, in accordance with Act Numbered
Twenty-seven hundred and six, shall also be entitled to pension
under the term and conditions herein established: Provided, further,
That lecturers and other special instructors who render provisional
service shall not be eligible for pension nor shall such service be

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counted as teaching service in computing the length of service of a

teacher: And provided, finally, That the provisions of this Act shall
not include persons who are not citizens of the Philippine Islands
or of the United States of America, and that no person appointed
from and after June first, nineteen hundred and thirty-five, shall
be given retirement if, at the date of filing his or her application for
retirement, he or she has not completed the age of fifty years.”

SEC. 2. Section two of the said Act, as amended by Act

Numbered Thirty-six hundred and twenty-nine, is hereby further
amended to read as follows:

“SEC. 2. For the purpose of determining the amount of

annuity which a retired employee shall receive, the following
classifications and rates shall be established upon the basis of the
annuity consisting of a fractional part of the average pay, salary
or compensation, for the three years of service rendered prior to
the granting of the pension with maximum average pay, salary, or
compensation in no case exceeding six thousand pesos per annum:
Provided, That all teachers, principals, supervisors, inspectors,
superintendents and others who are now included in the provisions
of Act Numbered Three thousand and fifty, as amended by Acts
Numbered Thirty-one hundred, Thirty-four hundred and fifty-
four, Thirty-six hundred and twenty-nine, Thirty-seven hundred
and sixty-nine, and Thirty-seven hundred and seventy-three, who
are in the government service on January first, nineteen hundred
and thirty-three, may be retired upon completion of twenty or more
years of service, on the basis of their average salary for the last
three years of service prior to retirement, which shall in no case
be less than their average salary for the three years immediately
preceding nineteen hundred and thirty-three nor be more than
six thousand pesos per annum, on the condition that the persons
specified above shall contribute to the teachers’ pension fund a
sum equal to three per centum of their basic salaries which shall
in no case be less than three per centum of their basic salaries as
of December, nineteen hundred and thirty-two, until such a time as
they are retired from the service. The annual annuity as computed
under this Act shall be four-tenths of the average salary for twenty
years of service; live-tenths of the average salary for twenty-three

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years of service; six-tenths of the average salary for twenty-six years

of service; seven-tenths of the average salary for twenty-nine years
of service; eight-tenths of the average salary for thirty-two or more
years of service.”

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on January first, nineteen

hundred and thirty-four.

Approved, December 5, 1932.

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ACT NO. 4013

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE

UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES TO DISPOSE OF THE
MATRICULATION FEES ACCRUING TO THE UNIVERSITY
FOR THE CURRENT OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE
INSTITUTION.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of
the same:

SECTION 1. The provisions of law to the contrary

notwithstanding, the Board of Regents of the University of the
Philippines is hereby authorized to spend all matriculation fees
accruing or which have already accrued to the University, including
all such sums of the building fund as have not been heretofore
obligated, for the current operating expenses of the corresponding
colleges and schools thereof.

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, December 6, 1932.

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ACTS NO. 4044

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED

EIGHTEEN 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.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives Philippines

in Legislature assembled and by the authority of the same:

SECTION 1. Section four of Act Numbered Eighteen hundred

and seventy, as amended, is hereby further amended to read as
follows:

“SEC. 4. The government of said university is hereby vested

in a board of regents to be known as the ‘Board of Regents of the
University of the Philippines.’ The Board of Regents shall be
comprised of the Secretary of Public Instruction, who shall be ex
officio chairman of the board, the Chairman of the Committee on
Public Instruction of the Senate, the Chairman of the Committee on
Public Instruction of the House of Representatives, the President
of the University, the Director of Education, two alumni of the
University of the Philippines elected by the Alumni Association of
the University under such rules and regulations as may be adopted
by the Association and approved by the Board of Regents, and four
additional members to be appointed by the Governor-General, by
and with the consent of the Philippine Senate. The President of the
University shall be elected and his compensation shall be fixed by the
Board of Regents. The members appointed by the Governor-General
and those elected by the Alumni Association of the University shall
hold office for a term of three years or until their successors are
elected or appointed. In case of a vacancy among the members of
the Board of Regents appointed by the Governor-General, such

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vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the Governor-General, by

and with the consent of the Philippine Senate, and such appointee
shall hold office for the unexpired term. All members of the Board
of Regents shall be residents of the Philippine Islands. No person in
the employ of the University in any capacity whatsoever, whether as
dean, professor, instructor, lecturer, or otherwise, shall be eligible
to membership on the Board, whether by appointment by the
Governor-General or by election of the alumni: Provided, however,
That any person now holding office as member of the Board of
Regents at the time of the approval of this Act who is or may be a
member of the faculty of the University of the Philippines or in the
employ of the same, or who may be serving by appointment by the
Governor-General shall continue to hold office until the expiration
of his term.

“Members shall serve without compensation other than

actual and necessary expenses incurred either in attendance upon
meetings of the Board or upon other official business authorized by
resolution of the Board.”

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on its approval.

Approved, February 18, 1933.

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ACTS NO. 4139

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE RENTING OF TEXTBOOKS TO

INTERMEDIATE AND SECONDARY PUPILS IN THE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of
the same:

SECTION 1. The Director of Education is hereby authorized

to rent textbooks to intermediate and secondary school pupils in such
public schools as in his opinion have the necessary facilities for the
safekeeping and preservation of such textbooks and count with the
necessary personnel to attend to the renting of the same as soon as
textbooks are purchased in accordance with the provisions of section
two of this Act. The rate of rental to be charged for each term which
shall not exceed twenty-five per centum of the value of the books for
one year or fifteen per centum for one semester shall be decided by
the Secretary of Public Instruction upon the recommendation of the
Director of Education. The rent shall be payable in advance before
such term or semester: Provided, That pupils desiring to purchase
instead of rent textbooks may be allowed to do so: And provided,
further, That if in the opinion of the Director of Education, the funds
available for the purchase of textbooks to be rented in accordance
with the provision of this Act are not enough to acquire textbooks
for the intermediate and secondary pupils, preference shall be given
to the purchase of textbooks for the lower grades.

SEC. 2. The books to be rented shall be purchased by the

Bureau of Education out of the reimbursable funds provided
under the authority of section six hundred and four of the Revised
Administrative Code. All income from the renting or sale of these
books shall accrue to that fund.

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SEC. 3. When textbooks rented shall become unserviceable

through ordinary wear and tear, they should be condemned by the
Insular Auditor or his authorized representative.

SEC. 4. The Secretary of Public Instruction is hereby

empowered to promulgate rules and regulations governing the
operation of the system of renting textbooks as provided in this Act,
including the guaranty to be given for the return of the books or the
value thereof and to cover any damage not occasioned by ordinary
wear and tear.

SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect on its approval.

Approved, November 23, 1934.

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ACTS NO. 4160

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF ONE MILLION PESOS

FOR THE RELIEF OF INDIGENT SUFFERERS FROM THE
TYPHOONS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FOUR
AND NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIVE, FOR
ATTENDING TO URGENT REPAIRS OF PUBLIC SCHOOL
BUILDINGS DAMAGED BY TYPHOONS AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of
the same:

SECTION 1. The sum of one million pesos, or so much thereof

as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in
the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the relief of
indigent sufferers from the typhoons of nineteen hundred and thirty-
four and of indigent sufferers from any typhoons that may occur in
nineteen hundred and thirty-five, and to attend to urgent repairs of
public school buildings destroyed or damaged by a typhoon.

SEC. 2. The Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Public

Works and Communications, and the Commissioner of Health and
Public Welfare, acting as a Board of Relief, shall investigate and
report without delay to the Governor-General the extent of the
damage caused by typhoons and shall recommend the necessary
relief, and in view of such recommendation, the Governor-General
shall make the necessary allotments.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on its approval.

Approved, December 1, 1934.

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COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 15

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF THIRTY THOUSAND

PESOS FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
OF THE JUNIOR COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS OF
THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES IN THE
MUNICIPALITY OF CEBU, PROVINCE OF CEBU, DURING
THE FISCAL YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-
SIX AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

Be it enacted by the National Assembly of the Philippines:

SECTION 1. The sum of thirty thousand pesos is hereby

appropriated out of any funds in the Philippine Treasury, not
otherwise appropriated, as a contribution for the operation and
maintenance of the Junior College of Liberal Arts of the University
of the Philippines in the municipality of Cebu, Province of Cebu,
during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and thirty-six.

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on January first, nineteen

hundred and thirty-six.

Approved, December 31, 1935.

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COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 64

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED

EIGHTEEN 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.

Be it enacted by the National Assembly of the Philippines:

Section 1. Section four of Act Numbered Eighteen hundred

and seventy, as amended, is hereby further amended to read as
follows:

"Sec. 4. The government of said university is hereby vested in a

board of regents to be known as the 'Board of Regents of the University
of the Philippines'. The Board of Regents shall be composed of the
Secretary of Public Instruction, who shall be ex officio chairman of
the Board, the Chairman of the Committee on Public Instruction of
the National Assembly, the President of the University, the Director
of Education, three alumni of the University of the Philippines
elected by the Alumni Association of the University under such
rules and regulations as may be adopted by the Association and
approved by the Board of Regents, and four additional members to
be appointed by the President of the Philippines, with the consent
of the Commission on Appointments of the National Assembly. The
President of the University shall be elected and his compensation
shall be fixed by the Board of Regents. The members appointed by
the President of the Philippines and those elected by the Alumni
Association of the University shall hold office for a term of three
years or until their successors are elected or appointed. In case of
a vacancy among the members of the Board of Regents appointed
by the President of the Philippines, such vacancy shall be filled by
appointment by the President of the Philippines, with the consent
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of the Commission on Appointments of the National Assembly, and

such appointee shall hold office for the unexpired term. All members
of the Board of Regents shall be residents of the Philippines. No
person in the employ of the University in any capacity whatsoever,
whether as dean, professor, instructor, lecturer, or otherwise, shall
be eligible to membership on the Board, whether by appointment
by the President of the Philippines or by election of the alumni:
Provided, however, That any person now holding office as member
of the Board of Regents at the time of the approval of this Act shall
continue to hold office until the expiration of his term.

“Members shall serve without compensation other than

actual and necessary expenses incurred either in attendance upon
meetings of the Board or upon other official business authorized by
resolution of the Board."

Sec. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, October 21, 1936.

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COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 80

AN ACT CREATING THE OFFICE OF ADULT EDUCATION,

ENUMERATING ITS DUTIES, DEFINING ITS OBJECTIVES,
AND PROVIDING FUNDS FOR ITS OPERATION.

Be it enacted by the National Assembly of the Philippines:

SECTION 1. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of

the Constitution regarding adult education, there is hereby created
under the Department of Public Instruction an office to be known as
the Office of Adult Education.

SEC. 2. This office shall:

a) Initiate and conduct surveys to determine the extent and

distribution of illiteracy among adults;

b) Enlist the interest and cooperation of organizations on

adult education activities;

c) Prepare a comprehensive program for adult education

work;

d) Organize and supervise schools and classes for adults;

e) Disseminate instructive cultural and vocational

information;

f) Secure lecturers, demonstrators, extension and follow-up

workers for adult education;

g) Train teachers and community organizers for adult

education;

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h) Cooperate with the Bureaus of Education, Health, Science,

Plant Industry, Commerce and Labor in undertakings concerned with
vocational training and the improvements of living conditions;

i) Cooperate with the Philippine Library Association for

the establishment of public libraries which can better serve the
educational needs of adults;

j) Prepare statistics and reports on its activities and the

means for carrying out its objectives.

SEC. 3. The objectives of adult education shall be to eliminate

illiteracy and to give vocational and citizenship training.

SEC. 4. The Chief of the Office of Adult Education shall

be known as the Director of Adult Education. He shall receive an
annual compensation not exceeding five thousand pesos to be fixed
by the President of the Commonwealth, and shall have subordinate
personnel, whose aggregate salaries, to be fixed by the Secretary of
Public Instruction, shall not exceed ten thousand pesos per annum.

The Director of Adult Education shall be appointed by the

President of the Philippines, with the consent of the Commission
on Appointments of the National Assembly, and the subordinate
personnel shall be appointed by the Director of Adult Education
with the approval of the Secretary of Public Instruction.

SEC. 5. No salary shall be paid from the funds which may be

appropriated by the National Government for the promotion of adult
education, to teachers or other persons engaged in adult education
work: Provided, however, That the Director of Adult Education may,
in his discretion, authorize the payment of moderate allowances to
persons who regularly hold classes from month to month.

SEC. 6. Any amount which may be set aside by the National

Assembly for this purpose shall be spent mainly for the printing
of charts, books, pamphlets and other school materials and for

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defraying the traveling and other necessary expenses of persons

who may engage in this work.

SEC. 7. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this

Act, there is hereby appropriated out of any funds of the Philippine
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one hundred
thousand pesos.

SEC. 8. The publications of the Office of Adult Education

such as charts, books, pamphlets, circulars, diplomas and leaflets
shall have free use of the mails.

SEC. 9. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, October 26, 1936.

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COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 121

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE PURCHASE

OF PRIMARY TEXTBOOKS FOR THE BUREAU OF
EDUCATION.

Be it enacted by the National Assembly of the Philippines:

SECTION 1. The sum of two hundred thousand pesos is

hereby appropriated out of any funds in the Philippine Treasury
not otherwise appropriated, for the purchase of primary textbooks
for use in the public schools under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of
Education. This sum shall be in addition to any amount that may be
spent for the same purpose from the appropriation for the Bureau of
Education for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and thirty-seven.

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on January first, nine-teen

hundred and thirty-seven.

Approved, November 3, 1936.

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COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 127

AN ACT TO PROVIDE AN EMERGENCY FUND FOR ELEMENTARY

CLASSES AND TO REGULATE THE EXPENDITURE
THEREOF.

Be it enacted by the National Assembly of the Philippines:

SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds

in the National Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of
one million one hundred thousand pesos to be expended for the
maintenance of all elementary classes which were in operation in the
various municipalities during the month of June, nineteen hundred
and thirty-six. This sum shall be distributed in the discretion of
the Secretary of Public Instruction to the various municipalities
concerned: Provided, That no municipality shall receive from this
sum any amount in excess of what is actually required to put its
elementary classes into full operation until December thirty-first,
nineteen hundred and thirty-six.

SEC. 2. Any balance of the amount authorized in the preceding

section remaining unallotted on December thirty-first, nineteen
hundred and thirty-six, shall revert to the Philippine Treasury.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, November 5, 1936.

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COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 180

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS ONE, TWO, THREE, FIVE,

SIX, AND TWELVE OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-
SEVEN HUNDRED AND SIX, AS AMENDED BY ACT
NUMBERED THIRTY HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIVE;
TO REPEAL SECTION SEVENTEEN OF ACT NUMBERED
FOUR THOUSAND AND SEVEN, KNOWN AS "THE
REORGANIZATION LAW OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND
THIRTY-TWO"; AND TO ESTABLISH THE OFFICE OF
PRIVATE EDUCATION TO BE HEADED BY THE DIRECTOR
OF PRIVATE EDUCATION.

Be it enacted by the National Assembly of the Philippines:

SECTION 1. Section one of Act Numbered Twenty-seven

hundred and six is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SECTION 1. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of Public

Instruction to maintain a general standard of efficiency in all
private schools and colleges of the Philippines so that the same shall
furnish adequate instruction to the public, in accordance with the
class and grade of instruction given in them, and for this purpose
said Secretary or his duly authorized representatives shall have
authority to supervise and regulate said schools and colleges in
order to determine the efficiency of instruction given in the same."

SEC. 2. Section two of Act Numbered Twenty-seven hundred

and six is hereby amended to read as follows:

“SEC. 2. For the purposes of this Act, the term private school
or college shall be deemed to include any private institution for
teaching managed by individuals or corporations, which is not subject
to the authority and regulations of the Bureau of Education or of the
University of the Philippines, or of the Bureau of Public Welfare,
and which offers courses of kindergarten, primary, intermediate or
secondary instruction or superior courses in vocational, technical,

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professional or special schools by which diplomas or certificates are

to be granted or titles and degrees conferred.”

SEC. 3. Section three of Act Numbered Twenty-seven hundred

and six is hereby amended to read as follows:

“SEC. 3. Any person or group of persons desiring to open or

establish a private school or college must first secure the permission
of the Secretary of Public Instruction before opening or establishing
the same, and shall file with the Secretary of Public Instruction a
petition setting forth:

“1. The name and location of the school or college.

“2. The names and addresses of all officers, directors,

governing boards, and faculties.

“3. The date of the organization.

“4. The total amount of money actually invested and other

information relative to the financial condition of the school or
college.

“5. A description of the buildings occupied or to be occupied

by the college or school, with full details regarding the number and
dimensions of the rooms, plumbing and sanitary arrangements and
facilities for the proper lighting and ventilation.

“6. A list of teachers, and assistants, showing their academic

degrees, profession, experience, and qualifications, and the subjects
to be taught by each.

“7. Complete information concerning the curriculum to be

established with full details regarding the amount of instruction to
be given on each subject.

“8. Full information relative to laboratories, equipment and

libraries.

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“9. All other details and data which the Secretary of Public
Instruction may request for the purpose of passing upon the
application.

“If the Secretary of Public Instruction is satisfied that the

opening or establishment of said school or college is warranted by
public interest and that satisfactory instruction can be given by
it, the said Secretary of Public Instruction may grant a temporary
permit.

“No institution shall call itself or be called a University,

unless and until it shall have fulfilled the following requisite in
addition to those that may be prescribed by the Secretary of Public
Instruction:

“1. The operation of a recognized post-graduate course in

liberal arts and sciences or in education, leading to the master’s
degree;

“2. The operation of a four-year under-graduate courses in

liberal arts and sciences;

“3. The operation of at least three professional colleges;

“4. The possession and maintenance of a professionally

administered library of at least ten thousand bound volumes
of collegiate books; Provided, however, That the operation of a
recognized post-graduate course in liberal arts and sciences or in
education, leading to the master’s degree shall not be required of
universities recognized as such prior to the approval of this Act.

“All private schools and colleges already opened or established

before the approval of this Act which do not come under the
supervision of the Secretary of Public Instruction shall meet all the
requirements of this Act before June, nineteen hundred and thirty-
eight. Failure to do so will subject the person or persons directing
or managing the same to the penalties provided in section twelve of

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this Act in addition to the closure of the school, college or institution

concerned.

SEC. 4. Section five of Act Numbered Twenty-seven hundred

and six is hereby amended to read as follows:

“SEC. 5. If one year after the effective date of the issuance

of a permit to open, the Secretary of Public Instruction is satisfied
that the school or college is managed in a satisfactory manner and
furnishes the public adequate instruction in any or all its courses
of instruction, he shall issue to such school or college a certificate
granting it Government recognition with respect to any or all of its
courses. The certificate of recognition shall entitle the course for
which Government recognition shall entitle such school or college to
give to students having completed the course for which Government
recognition has been granted, a certificate setting forth that they
have completed the particular course of studies prescribed by the
Secretary of Public Instruction, which certificate shall entitle the
students having graduated from the course or courses recognized
by the Government in said school or college to all the benefits and
privileges enjoyed by graduates in similar courses of studies in the
public or Government schools.

“Unless exempted for special reasons by the Secretary of

Public Instruction, any private school or college recognized by
the Government shall be incorporated under the provision of
Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and fifty-nine, known as the
Corporation Law, within ninety days after the date of recognition,
and shall file with the Secretary of Public Instruction a copy of its
incorporation papers and by-laws.”

SEC. 5. Section six of Act Numbered Twenty-seven hundred

and six is hereby amended to read as follows:

“SEC. 6. The Department of Public Instruction shall from

time to time prepare and publish in pamphlet form the minimum
standards required of primary, intermediate and high schools, and
colleges granting the degrees of bachelor of arts, bachelor of science,

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or any other academic degrees. It shall also from time to time prepare
and publish in pamphlet form the minimum standards required of
law, medical, dental, pharmaceutical, engineering, agricultural and
other special or vocational schools or colleges giving instruction of a
technical, vocational or professional character.”

SEC. 6. Section twelve of Act Numbered Twenty-seven

hundred and six, as amended by Act Numbered Thirty hundred and
seventy-five, is hereby further amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 12. Any person or group of persons who shall open,

direct, maintain, or manage a private school or college as defined
by this Act, without the prior approval of the Secretary of Public
Instruction or who shall advertise, publish, or otherwise announce,
verbally or by means of signs, cards, letterheads, or advertisements,
or through any other form of publicity, that such person or group
of persons has applied for authority to open a private school or
college, or for the recognition of such school or college when he
has not actually so applied, or that such private school or college
has been duly authorized, when, in reality, the same has not been
so authorized, or such authority has been cancelled; or that it is
recognized, when, in reality, it has not been recognized or such
recognition has been withdrawn; or that it permits itself to be called
a university, when, in fact, it has not fulfilled the requirements set
forth in section three of this Act, or that it has not been granted
authority to do so, shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor and shall,
upon conviction, be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred
pesos, or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both, in the
discretion of the court: Provided, That in the case of corporations
or partnerships, the president, secretary, director, administrator or
manager shall be held responsible for the violation."

SEC. 7. Section seventeen of Act Numbered Four thousand

and seven known as the "Reorganization Law of nineteen hundred
and thirty-two" abolishing the Office of the Commissioner of
Private Education is hereby repealed. Hereafter the Division of
Private Schools and Colleges shall be known as the Office of Private
Education and the Chief of the said Office shall be known as the

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Director of Private Education and shall receive a compensation of

five thousand one hundred pesos per annum.

SEC. 8. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, November 13, 1936.

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COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 184

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A NATIONAL LANGUAGE INSTITUTE

AND DEFINE ITS POWERS AND DUTIES.

Be it enacted by the National Assembly of the Philippines:

SECTION 1. There is hereby created a National Language

Institute which shall be composed of a president and six members,
each of whom shall represent one of the principal linguistic groups
of the Philippines.

SEC. 2. The President and members of the National Language

Institute shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines, with
the consent of the Commission on Appointments of the National
Assembly, and shall each receive a per diem of ten pesos for each
session they attend.

SEC. 3. The Department of Public Instruction shall provide

the National Language Institute with a suitable office and the
necessary clerical personnel.

SEC. 4. The National Language Institute shall adopt its -own

rules of procedure, shall hold sessions at least once a week, and shall
submit a. monthly report of its work and activities to the President
of the Philippines, through the Secretary of Public Instruction.

SEC. 5. The National Language Institute shall make a study

of the Philippine dialects in general for the purpose" of evolving and
adopting a common national language based on one of the existing
native tongues. For this purpose, it shall be the special duty of the
National Language Institute:

1) To make a study and survey of each of the chief tongues

of the Philippines spoken at present by at least half a million
inhabitants.

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2) To select from said native tongues and arrange in separate

groups:

a) Words and phrases used in all or in the majority of

said tongues, with common sound and meaning.

b) Words used in all or in the majority of said tongues,

with the same sound but with different meanings.

c) Words used in all or in the majority of said tongues,

with similar sound but with the same or different
meanings.

3) To study and determine the Philippine phonetics and

orthography.

4) To make a comparative critical study of all Philip pine

prefixes, infixes and suffixes.

5) To choose the native tongue which is to be used as a basis

for the evolution and adoption of the Philippine national language.
In proceeding to such election, the Institute shall give preference
to the tongue that is the most developed as regards structure,
mechanism, and literature and is accepted and used at the present
time by the greatest number of Filipinos.

SEC. 6. Not later than a year after the date of its establishment,
the National Language Institute shall prepare the lists of words and
phrases provided for in paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of subsection (2)
of section five of this Act, the Philippine phonetics and orthography;
and the comparative critical study of Philippine prefixes, infixes
and suffixes.

SEC. 7. Immediately upon publication of the work enumerated

in the preceding section, it shall be the duty of the National Language
Institute to state which native tongue it has chosen as basis for
the national language and to recommend to the President of the

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Philippines the adoption of the national language based on the native

tongue chosen. The President of the Philippines shall, by executive
order, proclaim such national language based on the native tongue
chosen by the National Language Institute, as national language of
the Philippines, effective two years thereafter.

SEC. 8. Upon the proclamation of the national language by

the President of the Philippines, it shall be the duty of the National
Language Institute to prepare a dictionary and a grammar of the
national language. Special attention shall be given to the purification
and enrichment of the national language in accordance with the
following procedure :

1) To purify the vocabulary of the national language, the

National Language Institute shall safeguard the proper meaning
and use of the words and expressions of the national language and
shall cleanse the same of unnecessary foreign terms, words and
constructions.

2) To enrich said vocabulary, the Institute shall use as a

source primarily the Philippine tongues and then, if necessary, to
Spanish and English, adopting from these languages such terms
as are already familiar to the Philippine tongues, having been
accepted and being in general use in the same. Whenever it shall be
indispensable to form new words, these shall be taken principally
from the classical languages, such as Greek and Latin, especially
for scientific, literary and technical uses. Foreign words thus newly
formed shall be assimilated to Philippine phonetics and orthography:
Provided, however, That the current spelling of family names of
foreign origin and form used by Filipinos shall be preserved in order
not to render the identification of persons difficult.

SEC. 9. Not later than two years after the proclamation of the
national language by the President of the Philippines, the National
Language Institute shall publish the dictionary and grammar of
the national language prepared as provided for in the preceding
section, and the President of the Philippines shall issue orders to the
Department of Public Instruction to the effect that, beginning with

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a day to be fixed by the President of the Philippines, said national

language shall be used and taught in all public and private schools
of the Philippines, in accordance with the dictionary and grammar
prepared and published by the National Language Institute.

SEC. 10. The decisions of the National Language Institute

on all linguistic matters, when approved by the Secretary of Public
Instruction, shall be adopted as literary, standard in all official
publications and school texts.

SEC. 11. The National Language Institute, subject to the

approval of the Secretary of Public Instruction, shall have authority
to correct, alter or amend the linguistic form of any or all text books
written in the Philippine national language intended for adoption
as official texts in the schools.

SEC. 12. The existence of the National Language Institute

shall be of indefinite duration unless otherwise provided by law,
and its members shall hold office during good behavior.

SEC. 13. The sum of fifty thousand pesos is hereby

appropriated, out of any funds in the Philippine Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, to carry out the provisions of this Act
and defray the necessary expenses incurred in the administration
thereof until December 31, 1937.

SEC. 14. The President of the Philippines, on recommendation

of the National Language Institute approved by the Secretary of
Public Instruction, shall order the disbursement of the sum or sums
required for the publications provided for in this Act.

SEC. 15. This Act shall take effect on its approval.

Approved, November 13, 1936.

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COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 187

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE LIQUIDATION OF THE

TEACHERS' RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY FUND,
ESTABLISHED BY ACT NUMBERED THIRTY HUNDRED
AND FIFTY, AS AMENDED, FOR THE DISPOSITION OF
THE PROCEEDS THEREOF, AND THE PAYMENT OF A
REDUCED PENSION IN LIEU OF THE PENSION THEREIN
PROVIDED.

Be it enacted by the National Assembly of the Philippines:

SECTION 1. The Teachers' Retirement and Disability Fund as

established by Act Numbered Thirty hundred and fifty, as amended,
is hereby liquidated as of November first, nineteen hundred and
thirty-six, and the provisions of said Act, as amended, are hereby
declared inoperative as of November first, nineteen hundred and
thirty-six.

SEC. 2. The Government Service Insurance Board constituted

under the provisions of the Government Insurance Act is hereby
authorized and directed to effect forthwith the liquidation of the
Teachers' Retirement and Disability Fund so as to determine the
actual net worth thereof on November first, nineteen hundred and
thirty-six, taking into account only all current liabilities up to said
date. From and after November first, nineteen hundred and thirty-
six, the pensions payable from the said Fund shall continue in
the same amounts as at present, only until December thirty-first,
nineteen hundred and thirty-six, and thereafter they shall be for
the reduced amount as may be fixed under the provisions of this
Act.

SEC. 3. For the purpose of determining the reduced pensions

that shall be payable from and after January first, nineteen hundred
and thirty-seven, from the Fund herein liquidated, the Government
Service Insurance Board shall first charge against the net worth
of the Fund as determined according to section two hereof after

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deducting therefrom the pensions payable until December thirty-

first, nineteen hundred and thirty-six, the following:

(a) The payment to contributors to the said Fund who are still
in the service of an amount equivalent to the full amount contributed
by them plus interest up to November first, nineteen hundred and
thirty-six, at the rate of four per centum per annum, compounded
annually, together with the Government contributions, without
interest, corresponding thereto: Provided, however, That from the
amount which such contributors are entitled to receive hereunder,
there shall be deducted, if they remain in the service, such amount
as may be necessary to pay in advance one year premium on the
compulsory membership insurance corresponding to them under
the provisions of the Government Service Insurance Act: And
provided, further, That any excess of said amount over and above
the premiums above stated, shall be paid to the contributor in cash,
either in full or in installments to be determined by the Board, and
in the latter case all deferred payments shall earn interest at the
rate of four per centum per annum, compounded annually, but the
same may be commuted and cashed in any financial institution
owned or controlled by the Government by discounting the principal
thereof at a rate not to exceed one per centum per annum.

(b) The payment to contributors to the said Fund who are

already out of the service on account of retirement or to their
beneficiaries, in case of death, of an amount equivalent to the
difference between the total pensions received by them prior to
November first, nineteen hundred and thirty-six, together with the
reduced pensions to be received by them hereunder, and the total of
their contributions up to said date, with interest at the rate of four
per centum per annum, compounded annually, together with the
Government contribution corresponding thereto, without interest,
or the payment of the whole amount of such contributions (in case
of resignation or death), if the contributor is entitled to such refund
under the provisions of the Teachers' Retirement and Disability Act,
even though no claim has been filed therefor: Provided, however,
That the Government Service Insurance Board, after considering
the financial situation of the party concerned, shall determine

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whether such refund shall be paid in full upon such liquidation, or

in installments to be fixed by said Board, and in the latter event, all
deferred payments shall earn interest at the rate of four per centum
per annum compounded annually, but the same may be commuted
and cashed by any financial institution owned or controlled by the
Government by discounting the principal thereof at a rate not to
exceed one per centum per annum.

The balance of the net worth of the Fund after deducting the
charges provided in the preceding paragraphs shall constitute the
Pension Reserve, which shall be entitled to proportionate earnings
of the system. It shall form the basis for the determination of the
amount of the reduced pensions to be paid from and after January
first, nineteen hundred and thirty-seven: Provided, however, That
if upon a referendum to be submitted by the Government Service
Insurance Board to all the beneficiaries of the said Fund on or before
December fifteenth, nineteen hundred and thirty-six, seventy-five
per centum of the number of said beneficiaries should approve the
continuation of the pensions in their present amount for a period
not exceeding one year, and the balance of said Fund applicable to
the payment of said pensions should still be sufficient therefor, the
reduction of the pensions to be received by the said beneficiaries
may be deferred to such later date, not later than November first,
nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, and the pensions payable
thereafter shall be subjected to reductions on account of such
deferment

Such reduced pensions shall be fixed at the same rate as the

pensions heretofore in force less the following percentages thereof for
every calendar year a retired member has been receiving pensions
up to December thirty-first, nineteen hundred thirty-six:Two per
centum for monthly pensions over one hundred pesos;

a) One per centum for monthly pensions of thirty-one pesos

to one hundred pesos;

b) None for monthly pensions of thirty pesos or less; Provided,

however, That no retired member shall be paid pensions for a period

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longer than twenty years from the date of his retirement except
indigents in which case they shall continue to receive after such
period a monthly pension not to exceed thirty pesos.

The dependents of a retired member who dies before the

expiration of twenty years from the date of his retirement shall
continue to receive a pension under the same conditions and in the
amount to be computed on the same basis as in the case of dependents
of members who died before the approval of this Act. The basis of the
computation shall be the original pension received by the deceased
member before the reduction authorized in this Act, and the amount
of monthly pensions to those retired for disability shall not suffer
any reduction: Provided, further, That the payments of said pension
shall not extend over a period of ten years and shall not be made
to children over eighteen years of age or to married children, or to
a remarried surviving wife or husband, nor to parents under the
age of sixty years. If such reduced pensions should be such as to
become less than thirty per centum of the monthly salary on which
the present pension is based, the beneficiaries shall have the right
to elect to the payment of said pension either in one lump sum or in
larger monthly pensions for reduced period, as may be computed by
the Board in accordance with Hunter's Semi-Tropical Table at the
rate of four per centum which is hereby adopted as the standard
for such computation: Provided, further, That no pension shall be
reduced to less than thirty pesos per month if the Board shall find,
upon investigation, that the beneficiary thereof is totally dependent
for his maintenance upon the pension heretofore received from said
Fund, it being expressly understood that such reduced pensions to
indigents shall be considered as of preferred nature over the others:
Provided, further, That the Board with the approval of the Secretary
of Finance may, at any time, suspend or cancel the payment of any
pension whenever, after due investigation, it shall have found that
the amount of pensions already received by the retired teacher or
employee or his beneficiaries is more than three times the amount
of his contributions to the fund plus four per cent interest per
annum compounded annually and that the said retired teacher or
employee or his beneficiaries are not dependent upon their pensions
for their maintenance; in case, however, that they are indebted to

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the fund, on the security of their pensions receivable, the suspension

or cancellation of the pensions shall take effect only after said
indebtedness has been fully satisfied by applying automatically
said pensions in full towards its liquidation: And provided, finally,
That any resolution or order of the Board shall be appealable to the
President of the Philippines.

SEC. 4. Every contributor to the Fund who is entitled to retire

under the provisions of the Teachers' Retirement and Disability
Act, on or before November first, nineteen hundred and thirty-six,
shall be entitled to the benefits under section three (a) hereof plus a
gratuity at the rate of two per centum of the average annual salary
received during the last three years of service preceding December
thirty-first; nineteen hundred thirty-six for every year of service up
to the said date, payable under the same conditions as the refund of
the contributions prescribed herein.

SEC. 5. If any beneficiary of the Teachers' Retirement and

Disability Fund at present receiving a pension therefrom should
desire to be reinstated in the service instead of receiving the reduced
pension provided for in this Act, the chief of the office, if the exigencies
of the service so permit, shall give preferred consideration to such
reinstatement when filling vacancies corresponding to the position of
said beneficiary upon retirement, likewise giving due consideration
to the record and respective qualifications of the applicants. The
pension of any retired member who is now receiving pensions as
provided in this Act shall be suspended upon his reinstatement to
active service or when he is employed by the National, provincial,
or municipal governments, the compensation of which is equal to or
more than the amount of his pension but if his compensation from
such employment is less than his pension, then he shall be paid the
difference from the pension reserve.

SEC. 6. All the funds, properties and assets, and all personnel,
facilities equipment, leases, contracts and other obligations and
instruments as well as all records, files, correspondence, and other
papers belonging or appurtenant to the Teachers' Retirement and
Disability Fund as created and established by Act Numbered Thirty
hundred and fifty, as amended, are hereby transferred, for the
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purposes of liquidation as provided in this Act, to the Government

Service Insurance Board, which shall hereafter exercise full
control and authority over the same. The said Board is hereby
authorized to promulgate the necessary rules and regulations for
the accomplishment of the purposes of this Act. Nothing herein
contained shall be construed as taking away the power of the National
Loan and Investment Board to invest the funds belonging to the
Teachers' Retirement and Disability Fund should the Government
Service Insurance Board elect to place in its hands the investment
of said funds under such terms and conditions as may be agreed
upon by the two Boards.

SEC. 7. For the purpose of providing for the payment of

reduced pensions and gratuities in section three of this Act, the
Treasurer of the Philippines is hereby authorized to transfer from
time to time such amounts as may be necessary not to exceed in the
aggregate the sum of two million pesos to the Government Service
Insurance System which shall carry said amounts to the credit of
the pension reserve created in section three hereof, and said sums
are hereby appropriated out of the funds of the Philippine Treasury
not otherwise appropriated: Provided, however, That the Board is
hereby empowered to appropriate from the Teachers' Retirement
and Disability Fund the necessary sum or sums to cover the
expenditures, including salaries of personnel, it may incur incidental
to its functions under the provisions of this Act.

The benefits mentioned in this Act shall not be subject to tax,

levy or attachment.

SEC. 8. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, November 14, 1936.

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COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 234

AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF ONE MILLION

TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS AS AID FOR THE
ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF NEW
ELEMENTARY CLASSES.

Be it enacted by the National Assembly of the Philippines:

SECTION 1. The sum of one million two hundred thousand

pesos is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the National
Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, for the salaries of teachers
and purchase of equipment and textbooks for new elementary classes
opened or to be opened to accommodate children who have sought
admission into the public schools from June, nineteen hundred and
thirty-seven, but who could not be enrolled due to lack of school
facilities.

SEC. 2. This amount shall be expended by the Director of

Education with the approval of the Secretary of Public Instruction.
The rates of salaries to be paid from this appropriation shall not
exceed the minimum rates received by teachers of the same class
actually in the service on the date of the approval of this Act, and
no part of the same appropriation shall be used for increasing the
salaries of teachers already employed on the said date.

SEC. 3. Any part of said appropriation remaining unexpended

at the end of the year nineteen hundred and thirty-seven shall be
reverted to the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund in the
Philippine Treasury.

SEC. 4. Within the month of January, nineteen hundred

and thirty-eight, the Secretary of Public Instruction shall submit
to the President of the Philippines and to the National Assembly a
report giving a detailed information as to the manner the amount
herein appropriated has been spent as well as the results thereby
accomplished.

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SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, September 15, 1937.

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COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 240

AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF FIVE MILLION

FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BUILDINGS.

Be it enacted by the National Assembly of the Philippines:

SECTION 1. The sum of five million fifty thousand pesos or

so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of
the funds accruing to the Philippine Treasury from the excise tax
on coconut oil (Philippine Coconut Oil Trust Fund), to be released
by and expended under the supervision of the Secretary of Public
Works and Communications, for the construction, reconstruction,
improvement, alteration, repair, extension and/or completion of
elementary school buildings in the Philippines.

A. The following sums, or so much thereof as may be

necessary, are hereby allotted to the elementary school buildings
specified hereunder:

(Names of schools and corresponding allotments, omitted.)

B. For increasing such appropriations provided in this Act as

the President of the Philippines may authorize . . . . . . P 50,000.00

SEC. 2. In case an amount appropriated under any item of

this Act is insufficient to accomplish the purpose for which it is
intended, or the project for which it is appropriated is found not
feasible, the President may consolidate such appropriation with any
other appropriation herein authorized for the same province.

SEC. 3. All balances of the appropriations made by this Act

remaining unexpended on December thirty-first, nineteen hundred
and thirty-nine, shall revert to the Philippine Coconut Oil Trust
Fund and thereafter shall not be available for expenditure except
upon appropriation by the National Assembly.

SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

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Approved, December 8. 1937.

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COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 281

AN ACT TO FURTHER AMEND SECTION SIX HUNDRED AND

EIGHTY-TWO OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN
HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, AS AMENDED BY SECTION
SIXTEEN OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE
HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SEVEN, SO AS TO EXTEND
THE TEMPORARY APPOINTMENT OF TEACHERS UNTIL
THE END OF THE SCHOOL SEMESTER.

Be it enacted by the National Assembly of the Philippines:

SECTION 1. Section six hundred and eighty-two Numbered

Twenty-seven hundred and eleven, as amended by section sixteen
of Commonwealth Act Numbered One hundred and seventy-seven,
is further amended so as to read as follows:

"SEC. 682. Temporary and emergency employees.—

Temporary appointment without examination and certification
by the Commissioner of Civil Service or his local representative
shall not be made to a competitive position in any case, except
when the public interests so require, and then only upon the
prior authorization of the Commissioner of Civil Service; and any
temporary appointment so authorized shall continue only for such
period not exceeding three months as may be necessary to make
appointment through certification of eligibles, and in no case shall
extend beyond thirty days from receipt by the chief of the bureau
or office of the Commissioner's certification of eligibles: Provided,
That in the case of teachers, such temporary appointment may
be authorized to continue for a period not exceeding one school
semester, or until eligibles who meet the desired qualifications are
certified for employment, but not sooner than the beginning of a
school semester. Violation of these provisions will render such chief
of the bureau or office responsible for the payment of salary to such
person employed contrary to law as hereinafter provided. It shall be
the duty of the Commissioner of Civil Service to provide a register of

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eligibles as soon as practicable prior to the expiration of the period

of temporary employment."

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, June 3, 1938.

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COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 313

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF REGIONAL

NATIONAL VOCATIONAL TRADE SCHOOLS OF THE
PHILIPPINE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND TRADES TYPE AND
REGIONAL NATIONAL VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURAL
HIGH SCHOOLS OF THE CENTRAL LUZON AGRICULTURAL
HIGH SCHOOL TYPE AND THE PROPER SUPPORT AND
EXPANSION OF SUCH SCHOOLS AFTER THEY HAVE
BEEN ESTABLISHED.

Be it enacted by the National Assembly of the Philippines:

SECTION 1. With the approval of the Secretary of Public

Instruction, the Director of Education is authorized to operate and
maintain regional national vocational trade schools of the Philippine
School of Arts and Trades type and regional national vocational
agricultural high schools of the Central Luzon Agricultural
High School type either by converting existing trade schools and
agricultural schools at suitable localities to the type of the Philippine
School of Arts and Trades and the Central Luzon Agricultural High
School, respectively, or by establishing new schools.

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, June 9, 1938.

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COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 333

AN ACT TO AMEND COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED ONE

HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FOUR, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO
ESTABLISH A NATIONAL LANGUAGE INSTITUTE AND
DEFINE ITS POWERS AND DUTIES."

Be it enacted by the National Assembly of the Philippines:

SECTION 1. Sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 of Commonwealth Act

Numbered One hundred eighty-four, entitled "An Act to establish a
National Language Institute and define its powers and duties," are
hereby amended so as to read as follows:

"SECTION 1. There is created an Institute of National

Language which shall be composed of one Director, seven members,
and one secretary and executive officer each of which shall represent
one of the principal linguistic groups of the Philippines.

"SEC. 2. The Director, members and the Secretary and

executive officer of the Institute of National Language shall be
appointed by the President of the Philippines with the consent of
the Commission on Appointment of the National Assembly. The
Director shall receive a salary of six thousand pesos per annum,
and each member shall receive a per diem of fifteen pesos for each
session he attends or has attended beginning with the organization
of the Institute, authorizing the payment of the compensation to
any member or members who are in the service of the Government
of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, its subdivisions, agencies
and instrumentalities. The secretary and executive officer shall
receive a salary of five thousand and forty pesos per annum in place
of per diem.

"SEC. 3. The Institute of National Language shall be under

the direct control and supervision of the President of the Philippines,
and shall have the power to appoint its technical and other personnel
in accordance with law.

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"SEC. 4. The Institute of National Language shall adopt

its own rules of procedure, and shall hold sessions at least once a
week."

SEC. 2. The phrase "National Language Institute" used in

the English text of Commonwealth Act Numbered One hundred
and eighty-four is hereby substituted with the phrase "Institute of
National Language."

SEC. 3. Sections 10 and 11 of Commonwealth Act Numbered

One hundred and eighty-four are amended so as to read as follows:

"SEC. 10. The decisions of the Institute of National Language

on all linguistic matter, when approved by the President of the
Philippines, shall be adopted as literary standard in all official
publications and school texts.

"SEC. 11. Subject to the approval of the President of the

Philippines, the Institute of National Language shall have authority
to correct, alter, or amend the linguistic forms and expressions of any
or all textbooks written in the national language of the Philippines
which are intended for adoption as official texts in the school."

SEC. 4. New section, to be known as section 11-A, is inserted

between sections 11 and 12, which shall read as follows:

"SEC. 11-A. The publications of the Institute of National

Language such as dictionaries, vocabularies, grammars, pamphlets,
circulars, diplomas, leaflets, and prints shall enjoy the use of the
mails free of postage.

SEC. 5. Sections 13 and 14 of Commonwealth Act Numbered

One hundred and eighty-four are amended so as to read as follows:

“SEC. 13. The sum of one hundred thousand pesos is

appropriated out of any funds in the Philippine Treasury not
otherwise appropriated to carry out the provisions of this Act and

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defray the necessary expenses incurred in the administration

thereof until December 31, 1938.

“SEC. 14. The President of the Philippines, on recommendation

of the Institute of National Language, shall order the disbursement
of the sum or sums required for the publication provided for in this
Act.”

SEC. 6. This Act shall take effect on its approval.

Approved, June 18, 1938.

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COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 353

AN ACT AUTHORIZING AND EMPOWERING THE BOARD OF

REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES TO
FIX THE COMPENSATION AND SALARIES OF MEMBERS
OF THE FACULTIES, OFFICERS, AND EMPLOYEES OF
SAID INSTITUTION.

Be it enacted by the National Assembly of the Philippines:

SECTION 1. The Board of Regents of the University of the

Philippines is authorized to fix the compensation and salaries of
members of the faculties, officers, and employees of said institution:
Provided, however, That when a professor or official is employed
under contract for a compensation of eight thousand pesos, or more,
per annum, said contract shall be subject to the approval of the
President of the Philippines.

SEC. 2. Any officer or employee of the Government engaged

as lecturer in the University of the Philippines, may receive a
compensation in addition to his salary at the rate to be fixed by the
Board, subject to the approval of the President of the Philippines:
Provided, That, his duties as such lecturer are performed outside
of the regular office hours. The provisions of this section shall be
effective beginning with the school year which was opened on June
second, nineteen hundred thirty-eight.

SEC. 3. Act Numbered Two thousand seven hundred and

eighty-seven, entitled "An Act to amend section one of Act Numbered
Twenty-six hundred and seventy-two, authorizing the Board of
Regents of the University of the Philippines to contract for technical
services, under certain conditions" and all other Acts and parts of
Acts inconsistent with this Act are repealed.

SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect on its approval.

Approved, August 22. 1938.

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COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 367

AN ACT TRANSFERRING THE NATIONAL LIBRARY FROM THE

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
INSTRUCTION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

Be it enacted by the National Assembly of the Philippines:

SECTION 1. The National Library is hereby transferred from

the National Assembly to the Department of Public Instruction, and
the administrative supervision and control now being exercised by
the Speaker of the National Assembly over the National Library
pursuant to the provisions of section thirty-five of Act Numbered
Four thousand and seven, otherwise known as "The Reorganization
Law of 1932," shall hereafter be vested in the Secretary of Public
Instruction: Provided, however, That for the purpose of organizing a
division of bill drafting and research work in the National Assembly,
the Speaker is hereby authorized to retain the necessary personnel,
furniture and equipment, and books of the National Library,
together with the corresponding appropriations.

SEC. 2. Section thirty-five of Act Numbered Four thousand

and seven, and all other Acts or parts of Acts which are inconsistent
with the provisions of this Act are hereby amended or repealed
accordingly.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, August 23, 1938.

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COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 381

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE SUPPORT OF PRIMARY

AND INTERMEDIATE EDUCATION AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES.

Be it enacted by the National Assembly of the Philippines:

SECTION 1. Public primary education (Grade I to Grade IV,

inclusive) shall be supported by the National Government: Provided,
That the City of Manila shall continue to appropriate for school
purposes, including the construction of primary school buildings not
less than the average amount appropriated for school purposes for
the last three years: And provided, further, That sites for primary
schools shall be acquired by the municipal, municipal district or city
governments through purchase or donation.

SEC. 2. Instruction in the intermediate grades shall be

supported by the chartered cities, municipalities, and municipal
districts with the funds derived from the real estate tax, from the
internal revenue allotment, and from other sources of revenue that
now or may hereafter accrue to the regular municipal school fund:
Provided, That, upon certification of the Secretary of Finance that a
municipal district is unable to support its intermediate schools and
an appropriation is available for the purpose, the President may
authorize the granting to such municipal district of the necessary
aid from the National Treasury.

SEC. 3. To provide additional funds either for the improvement

or the extension of intermediate instruction, the chartered cities,
municipalities, and municipal districts are hereby empowered to levy
a school tax of not more than two pesos per capita on all inhabitants
of both sexes from the age of eighteen to sixty, inclusive.

SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect at the beginning of the

school year nineteen hundred and thirty-nine-nineteen hundred
and forty: Provided, That in case of inability of any chartered city,

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municipality, or municipal district, due to a justifiable cause, to

provide the full amount required for the support of its intermediate
schools or classes, the National Government may continue to grant
the necessary financial aid but only up to the end of the school year
nineteen hundred and thirty-nine-nineteen hundred and forty.

Approved, August 23, 1938.

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COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 401

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT

OF POSTGRADUATE COURSES AND FELLOWSHIPS IN
MEDICINE IN THE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES.

Be it enacted by the National Assembly of the Philippines:

SECTION 1. The sum of one hundred thousand pesos is

appropriated out of any funds in the Philippine Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, for the establishment of post graduate
courses and fellowships in medicine in the college of medicine of
the University of the Philippines: Provided, That not more than
twenty-five per centum of the amount herein appropriated shall be
expended for said fellowships.

SEC. 2. Graduated fellowships in medicine may be granted

by the Board of Regents of the University of the Philippines to poor
but deserving medical practitioners, including those connected with
the Government who have practiced their profession for a period
of at least five years in the Philippines. Such fellowships shall be
awarded through competitive tests.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, September 12, 1938.

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COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 442

AN ACT TO DIRECT THE TRANSFER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF

THE PHILIPPINES TO A SITE OUTSIDE THE CITY OF
MANILA, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR.

Be it enacted by the National Assembly of the Philippines:

SECTION 1. The Board of Regents is directed to transfer all

the colleges, schools and units of the University of the Philippines,
located in Manila, to a site outside of said city, to be chosen by
said Board with the approval of the President of the Philippines.
Upon the transfer of any or all of said colleges, schools or units,
the grounds, buildings and other improvements pertaining thereto,
exclusive of furniture and equipment, shall become the property of
the National Government.

SEC. 2. To carry out the purposes of this Act, including the

acquisition, improvement, and conditioning of the land or lands
to which the University shall be transferred, the construction,
maintenance, and repair of buildings and improvements, and the
acquisition of fixtures and equipment, the sum of seventeen million
five hundred thousand pesos is appropriated out of the proceeds
of the excise tax on coconut oil. Said sum shall be released for
expenditure in amounts and on the dates herein below set forth,
upon certification of the availability of funds by the Secretary of
Finance and upon approval by the President of the Philippines:

Upon approval of this Act, for the purposes above mentioned,

including the construction of a hospital P 8,500,000.00

On July 1, 1940 1,500,000.00

On July 1, 1941 1,500,000.00
On July 1, 1942 1,500,000.00
On July 1, 1943 1,500,000.00
On July 1, 1944 1,500,000.00
On July 1, 1945 300,000.00

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On July 1, 1946 300,000.00

On July 1, 1947 300,000.00
On July 1, 1948 300,000.00
On July 1, 1949 300,000.00
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P17,500,000.00

SEC. 3. The style of architecture of the buildings and

improvements to be constructed in the new site of the University
shall be expressive of the culture, characteristics, and ideals of
the Philippine Nation. To secure this end, the Board of Regents
is authorized to open and prescribe the rules for a contest for the
selection of the best plan for said buildings, improvements, and
grounds. The sum of twenty-five thousand pesos is set aside from
the funds herein appropriated, to be awarded as a prize for the
winner. The Board of judges of this contest shall be composed of
three members to be named by the President of the Philippines.

SEC. 4. The Board of Regents shall make an annual report to

the President of the Philippines and to the National Assembly of the
progress of said transfer.

SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, June 3, 1939.

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COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 443

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED

EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY, AS AMENDED,
COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE CHARTER OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES.

Be it enacted by the National Assembly of the Philippines:

SECTION 1. Section four of Act Numbered Eighteen hundred

and seventy, as amended, is further amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 4. The government of said university is vested in a board

of regents to be known as the Board of Regents of the University
of the Philippines. The Board of Regents shall be composed of the
Secretary of Public Instruction, who shall be ex-officio chairman of
the Board, the Chairman of the Committee on Instruction of the
National Assembly, the President of the University, the Director of
Education, and seven additional members to be appointed by the
President of the Philippines, with the consent .of the Commission
on Appointments of the National Assembly: Provided, That at least
four of the additional members shall be selected from among the
alumni of the University of the Philippines. The President of the
University shall be elected and his compensation shall be fixed by
the Board of Regents.

"Of the seven additional members first appointed as above

provided, the President shall designate one to serve for one year,
one to serve for two years, one to serve for three years, one to
serve for four years, one to serve for five years, one to serve for six
years, and one to serve for seven years. Thereafter the successors
of such members shall hold office for a term of seven years or until
their successors are appointed. In case of a vacancy among the
members of the Board of Regents, such vacancy shall be filled by
appointment by the President of the Philippines, with the consent
of the Commission on Appointments of the National Assembly, and
such appointee shall hold office for the unexpired term. All members

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of the Board of Regents shall be residents of the Philippines. No

person in the employ of University or in any educational institution
in any capacity whatsoever, whether as dean, professor, instructor,
lecturer, or otherwise, shall be eligible to membership on the Board:
Provided, however. That any person now holding office as member
of the Board of Regents at the time of the approval of this Act shall
continue to hold office until the expiration of his term.

"Members shall serve without compensation other than

actual and necessary expenses incurred either in attendance upon
meetings of the Board or upon other official business authorized by
resolution of the Board."

SEC.2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, June .3, 1939.

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COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 493

AN ACT APPROPRIATING TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED

AND FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS FOR PUBLIC PRIMARY
CLASSES THROUGHOUT THE PHILIPPINES.

Be it enacted by the National Assembly of the Philippines:

SECTION 1 There is appropriated, out of any funds in the

Philippines Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of two
million five hundred and fifty thousand pesos for the immediate
opening of new public primary classes throughout the Philippines or
as aid for the operation and maintenance of public primary classes
existing at the time of the approval of this Act, as may be authorized
by the President of the Philippines.

SEC. 2. Any balance of the amount authorized in this Act

remaining unexpended on June thirty, nineteen hundred and forty,
shall revert to the unappropriated General Fund in the Philippine
Treasury.

SEC. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, September 30, 1939.

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COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 509

AN ACT APPROPRIATING ONE MILLION THREE HUNDRED

SEVENTY-ONE THOUSAND AND ONE HUNDRED FIFTY
PESOS AS ADDITIONAL FUND FOR THE IMMEDIATE
OPENING AND MAINTENANCE OF NEW PUBLIC
PRIMARY CLASSES THROUGHOUT THE PHILIPPINES.

Be it enacted by the National Assembly of the Philippines:

SECTION 1. There is appropriated, out of any funds in the

Philippine Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one
million three hundred seventy-one thousand and one hundred fifty
pesos as additional fund for the immediate opening and maintenance
of new public primary classes throughout the Philippines as may be
authorized by the President of the Philippines.

SEC. 2. Any balance of the amount authorized in this Act

remaining unexpected on June thirty, nineteen hundred and forty,
shall revert to the unappropriated General Fund in the Philippine
Treasury.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, November 10, 1939.

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COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 513

AN ACT APPROPRIATING FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS

TO BE ADVANCED TO MUNICIPALITIES AND MUNICIPAL
DISTRICTS FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF INTERMEDIATE
SCHOOLS.

Be it enacted by the National Assembly of the Philippines:

SECTION. 1. There is appropriated, out of any funds in the

Philippine Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of five
hundred thousand pesos or so much thereof as may be necessary,
to be advanced to municipalities and municipal districts, upon
recommendation of the Secretary of Public Instruction and with the
approval of the President of the Philippines, for use in connection
with the operation and maintenance of their public intermediate
classes during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and forty, the
amounts thus advanced to be repaid by the municipalities and
municipal districts concerned to the National Government as soon
as collections accruing to their respective school funds become
available. Any municipality or municipal district that receives
an advance from this appropriation shall not establish any new
intermediate class until it shall have repaid in full the amount of
said advance.

No municipality or municipal district shall, without the

previous authority of the President of the Philippines, be entitled to
receive any advance from the appropriation herein authorized unless
it has transferred from its general fund to, its school fund during
the fiscal year nineteen hundred and forty at least an amount equal
to that it had transferred from its general fund to its school fund
during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and thirty-eight: Provided,
That in case of a decrease in the income for the general fund during
the fiscal year nineteen hundred and forty a proportional reduction
in the amount to be transferred to the school fund may be made.

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, February 8, 1940.

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COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 570

AN ACT MAKING THE FILIPINO NATIONAL LANGUAGE AN

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE FROM THE FOURTH OF JULY,
NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX.

Be it enacted by the National Assembly of the Philippines:

SECTION 1. The Filipino national language is declared as

one of the official languages of the Philippines, effective the fourth
day of July, nineteen hundred and forty-six.

SEC. 2. For the purpose of this Act, all textbooks for the
primary schools written in the national language or which are
necessary for the propagation thereof, by the medium of public and
private schools and other agencies and methods of popularization,
shall be prepared under the supervision of the Bureau of Education,
subject to the approval of the Institute of National Language in so
far as its language form is connected.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, June 7, 1940.

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COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 578

AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO

OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE, SO AS TO INCLUDE
TEACHERS, PROFESSORS, AND PERSONS CHARGED
WITH THE SUPERVISION OF PUBLIC OR DULY
RECOGNIZED PRIVATE SCHOOLS, COLLEGES, AND
UNIVERSITIES, WITHIN THE TERM "PERSONS IN
AUTHORITY."

Be it enacted by the National Assembly of the Philippines:

SECTION 1. Article one hundred fifty-two of Act Numbered

Three thousand eight hundred and fifteen, known as the Revised
Penal Code, is amended to read as follows:

"ART. 152. Persons in authority - Who shall be deemed as

such. - In applying the provisions of the preceding and other articles
of this Code, any persons directly vested with jurisdiction, whether
as an individual or as a member of some court or governmental
corporation, board or commission, shall be deemed a person in
authority.

"In applying the provisions of articles one hundred forty-eight

and one hundred fifty-one of this Code, teachers, professors, and
persons charged with the supervision of public or duly recognized
private schools, colleges, and universities, shall be deemed persons
in authority."

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect on its approval.

Enacted, without Executive approval, June 8, 1940.

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COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 586

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE REVISION OF THE SYSTEM OF

PUBLIC ELEMENTARY EDUCATION IN THE PHILIPPINES
INCLUDING THE FINANCING THEREOF.

Be it enacted by the National Assembly of the Philippines:

SECTION 1. This Act shall be known as the Educational Act

of 1940.

SEC. 2. In order to meet the increasing demand for public

elementary instruction and at the same time comply with the
constitutional mandate on public education, a complete revision of
the public elementary school system is imperative. Such a revision
shall have the following objectives: (a) to simplify, shorten, and render
more practical and economical both the primary and intermediate
courses of instruction so as to place the sane within the reach of the
largest possible number of school children; (b) to afford every child
of school age adequate facilities to commence and complete at least
the primary course of instruction; (c) to give every child completing
the primary course an adequate working knowledge of reading and
writing, the fundamentals of arithmetic, geography, Philippine
history and government, and character and civic training; and (d)
to insure that all children attending the elementary schools shall
remain literate and become useful, upright and patriotic citizens.

SEC. 3. The Department of Public Instruction shall forthwith

make a revision of the elementary school curriculum so as to
effectuate the objectives set forth in section two of this Act, and shall
likewise so adjust the academic school year that the school vacations
would coincide as much as possible with the working seasons in
the Philippines. The revised elementary school curriculum once
approved by the President of the Philippines shall be adopted in
all the public schools as soon as practicable but not later than the
commencement of the school year 1941-1942.

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SEC. 4. With the approval of the President of the Philippines,

the required age for admission to the public elementary schools
may be raised to not more than nine years and the length of time
required for the completion of the elementary instruction comprising
both the primary and intermediate courses reduced to not less than
five years. Any increase that may be approved in accordance with
this section regarding the minimum age of school children shall not
affect those already enrolled before the school year 1940-1941.

SEC. 5. No child shall be admitted into the public elementary

schools except on condition that he shall remain in school until
he shall have completed at least die primary course. Compulsory
attendance as herein required may be waived in any one of the
following cases: first, when the distance from the home of the child
to the nearest school exceeds three, kilometers and the said school
is not conveniently accessible to the child, considering the means
of transportation available; second, where such child is mentally
defective or is physically unable to enter said school, of which fact a
certificate of a duly licensed physician should be sufficient evidence;
third, where on account of the economic condition of his parents, the
child cannot afford to continue in school; and fourth, when the child
transfers to a private school.

The parents or guardians or those having control of children

herein required to attend school who fail to keep said children in
school without justification as prescribed in this section shall be
liable to a fine of not less than twenty nor more than fifty pesos.

SEC. 6. To accommodate all children qualified to attend

the elementary schools as herein provided, the Secretary of Public
Instruction may, with the approval of the President, authorize the
holding of two or more complete single sessions a day, or adopt other
measures calculated to take care of the largest number of school
children.

SEC. 7. Commencing with the school year 1940-1941, public

elementary education (comprising the primary and intermediate
courses) shall be supported by the National Government: Provided,

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That the chartered cities shall continue to support all the

intermediate classes within their respective jurisdictions, except
that, with the approval of the President,. the National Government
may grant aid to such chartered cities as may not be financially
able to provide fully for the support of their intermediate schools or
classes.

Sites for school houses, for primary and for intermediate

classes, shall be acquired by the municipalities, municipal districts,
or chartered cities, as the case may be, through purchase or
conditional or absolute donation: Provided, That the Department
of Public Instruction may, with the approval of the President, of
the Philippines, waive any requirement for the acquisition of school
sites of standard size whenever the same are not available.

Matriculation fees in an amount to be determined by the

President, but not exceeding two pesos for each pupil enrolled in
the intermediate grades, may be collected in municipalities and
municipal districts, the proceeds thereof to accrue to the funds of
the national Government to be expended primarily for the purchase
of library books and equipment, and for financing athletic activities
in the intermediate classes.

SEC. 8. To enable the National Government to properly

finance the public elementary schools and meet the burden of their
operation as provided in this Act, from and after July first, nineteen
hundred and forty, the disposition of the proceeds of the taxes under
Commonwealth Act Numbered Four hundred and sixty-five, known
as the Residence Tax Law, shall be as follows:

Of all the taxes collected and remitted to the Collector of

Internal Revenue as provided in section eight of Commonwealth Act
Numbered Four hundred and sixty-five, fifty per centum shall be
allotted in the following proportions by the said Collector among the
provinces, chartered cities, municipalities, and municipal districts
on the basis of population as shown by the latest official census:

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One-half to the general funds of the provinces. A subprovince

shall receive its proportionate share of the proceeds allotted to the
province; and

The other half to the general funds of the chartered cities,

municipalities, and municipal districts.

Out of the remaining fifty per centum of the proceeds of said

taxes, chartered cities shall continue to receive the corresponding
share in the school fund of cities, municipalities, and municipal
districts to which they were entitled under the provisions of law in
force prior to July first, nineteen hundred and forty. The balance
shall accrue to the National Government.

Similarly, the disposition of the proceeds of certain taxes

under Commonwealth Act Numbered Four hundred and sixty-six,
known as the National Internal Revenue Code, as referred to in
sections three hundred and fifty-eight three hundred and sixty, and
three hundred and sixty-three thereof shall be as follows:

a) Three-sevenths of the proceeds of the internal revenue

percentage taxes on agricultural products prescribed in sections
one hundred aid eighty-seven and one hundred and eighty-eight
as well as the taxes due from proprietors or operators of rope
factories, sugar centrals, rice mills, corn mills, coconut oil mills,
and desiccated coconut factories prescribed in section one hundred
and eighty-nine said Code shall accrue to the provinces and the
remaining four sevenths shall accrue to the National Government.
The apportionment of the provincial allotment shall be based on
population as shown by the latest official census.

b) Two and one-half per centum of the proceeds of the tax on

income shall accrue to the provinces. The remainder shall accrue to
the National Government.

c) Two and one-half per centum of the tax on estate,

inheritance legacies, and other acquisitions mortis causa as well as
on gifts, shall accrue to the provinces, two and one-half per centum

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shall accrue to the municipalities, and the remaining ninety-five

per centum shall accrue to the National Government. The proceeds
accruing to the provinces and municipalities shall be apportioned
on the basis of population as shown by the latest official census.

Of the national internal revenue accruing to the National

Treasury under section three hundred and sixty-two of the National
Internal Revenue Code, there shall be set apart ten per centum as
allotment to provinces, to be divided equally between their general,
and road and bridge funds: Provided, however, That instead of ten
per centum only nine per centum shall be set apart as provincial,
and road and bridge allotments, in the same proportion as specified
herein, during the fiscal year 1940-1941; and ten per centum during
the fiscal years thereafter.

The foregoing modified allotments of the proceeds of certain

taxes under Commonwealth Act Numbered Four hundred and
sixty-six, known as the National Internal Revenue Code, to the
contrary notwithstanding, chartered cities shall continue to receive
the corresponding shares in the municipal allotment to which they
were entitled under the provisions of law in force prior to July first,
nineteen hundred and forty.

SEC. 9. Effective July first, nineteen hundred and forty,

the school fund in all the municipalities and municipal districts is
disestablished and any amount therein remaining unexpended and
unobligated on the date of the approval of this Act shall form part of
the municipal general fund, and all moneys hitherto accruing to the
municipal school by operation of law and not specifically transferred
to the National Government, shall, after June thirtieth, nineteen
hundred and forty, accrue to the municipal general fund.

No tuition fees for intermediate instruction by municipalities

and municipal districts shall be collected. My tuition fees
collected during the school year 1940-1941 for the maintenance
of the intermediate classes shall be returned to the respective
contributors.

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SEC. 10. Commonwealth Act Numbered Three hundred and

eighty-one, section eight of Commonwealth Act Numbered Four
hundred and sixty-five, and sections three hundred and fifty-eight,
three hundred and sixty, and three hundred and sixty-three of
Commonwealth Act Numbered Four hundred and sixty-six and so
much of section three hundred and sixty-six of the last mentioned
Act, and of other Acts as are in conflict with the provisions of this
Act, are repealed.

SEC. 11. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, August 7, 1940.

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COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 587

AN ACT APPROPRIATING NINE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED

THOUSAND PESOS FOR PRIMARY AND INTERMEDIATE
SCHOOLS.

Be it enacted by the National Assembly of the Philippines:

SECTION 1. There is appropriated out of any funds in the

Philippine Treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of nine
million five hundred thousand pesos for the maintenance and
operation of existing intermediate classes, for the opening of new
classes in the intermediate grades in all the municipalities and
municipal districts and for the opening of new primary classes
throughout the Philippines, during the school year 1940-1941.

Any part of the amount herein appropriated may, with the

approval of the President, be also available for aid to such chartered
cities as may not be financially able to provide fully for the support
of intermediate education.

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, August 7, 1940.

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COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 589

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A SCHOOL RITUAL IN ALL PUBLIC AND

PRIVATE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

Be it enacted by the National Assembly of the Philippines:

SECTION. 1. The Department of Public Instruction is

authorized to prepare and prescribe a school ritual which shall be
observed in all public and private elementary and secondary schools
in the Philippines.

SEC. 2. The school ritual shall consist of solemn and patriotic

ceremonies and shall mainly include the singing of the Philippine
National Hymn, and the recitation by the pupils or students
assembled of a patriotic pledge prepared by a committee provided
for in this Act. The ceremonies shall be held in. the school or college
premises as often as may be practicable under the direction of the
respective school or college authorities.

SEC. 3. The patriotic pledge shall be prepared by a committee

composed of the Secretary of Public Instruction as chairman, and
the President of the University of the Philippines, the Director of
Education, and the Director of Private Education, as members.
The patriotic pledge shall, before its adoption, be approved by the
President of the Philippines.

SEC. 4. This Act shall lake effect beginning with the school
year nineteen hundred and forty-nineteen hundred and forty-one.

Approved, August 19, 1940.

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COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 656

AN ACT AMENDING PARAGRAPH THREE OF SECTION SEVEN

OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED
EIGHTY-SIX, KNOWN AS THE EDUCATIONAL ACT OF
NINETEEN HUNDRED FORTY.

Be it enacted by the National Assembly of the Philippines:

SECTION 1. Paragraph three, section seven of Commonwealth

Act Numbered Five hundred eighty-six, is amended to read as
follows:

"Matriculation fees in an amount to be determined by the

President, but not exceeding two pesos for each pupil enrolled in
the intermediate grades, may be collected in municipalities and
municipal districts, the proceeds thereof to constitute a special pupils'
fund to be deposited with the municipal or provincial treasurer
concerned and to be expended by the local school officials for the
purchase of supplementary readers and other library books which
had been previously approved by the Board of Text Books or by the
Director of Education, and for financing athletic activities in the
intermediate classes: Provided, That books which are a contribution
to Philippine literature shall be preferred."

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, June 21, 1941.

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COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 714

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A BONUS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL

TEACHERS AND OTHER LOW-SALARIED EMPLOYEES
EMBRACED IN GRADES 10-7 OF THE SALARY SCALE
AND SETTING ASIDE THE NECESSARY AMOUNT FOR
THE PURPOSE.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress

assembled:

SECTION 1. A monthly bonus in addition to their basic

salaries shall be given to public school teachers and other low-
salaried employees embraced in Grades 10-7 of the present scale of
salaries, as follows:

(a) For rates in Grades 10, 9, and 8:30.

(b) For rates in Grade 7: P25 for rate P80; P15 for rate P90;
P5 for rate P100: Provided, however, That a teacher or employee in
this grade receiving salary other than any of the said rates shall be
given a monthly compensation of P105, including bonus.

SEC. 2. No teacher or employee in any grade shall receive

a salary, including bonus, less than the salary, including bonus of
another teacher or employee in the next preceding grade.

SEC. 3. To carry out the purpose of this Act there is hereby

appropriated sixteen million seven hundred thousand pesos out of
any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated or
such part thereof as may be necessary to carry out the provisions
of this Act until the termination of the current fiscal year ending
on June thirty, nineteen hundred and forty-six: Provided, however,
That any savings in salaries and wages of the Department concerned
may be used to supplement the amount herein appropriated.

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SEC. 4. The funds herein appropriated shall not be released

unless and until the Secretary of Finance and the Auditor General
shall have certified to the President that there are existing and
available funds in the National Treasury in excess of the sums
appropriated in the General Appropriation Law for the fiscal year
ending June thirty, nineteen hundred and forty-six, and the priority
appropriations established by law: Provided, That the President
may order the release in full or in installments of the funds herein
authorized as the Secretary of Finance and the Auditor General
may certify to their existence and availability.

SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect on October first, nineteen

hundred and forty-five.

Approved, November 1, 1945.

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BATAS PAMBANSA

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BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 12

AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHEASTERN

PHILIPPINES

Be it enacted by the Batasang Pambansa in session assembled:

SECTION 1. There is hereby established in Region XI

a university to be known as the University of Southeastern
Philippines, hereinafter referred to in this Act as the University. The
main campus of the University shall be located at the site presently
occupied by the Mindanao State University branch in Davao City.

SEC. 2. The University shall have a minimum of six degree-

granting courses and one graduate school and such degree courses,
post-graduate courses and special courses as the Board of Trustees
may deem necessary to support national objectives in Mindanao.

SEC. 3. The University shall have the following functions :

a) To provide programs of instruction and professional

training primarily in the fields of science and technology, especially
in medicine, agriculture, forestry, fisheries, engineering and
industrial fields;

b) To promote advanced studies, research and extension

services and progressive leadership in science, agriculture, forestry,
fisheries, engineering and industrial fields and other courses needed
in the socio-economic development of Mindanao;

c) To develop courses at the graduate level along its fields of

specialization to respond to the needs of development workers in the
academic community in the region;

d) To provide non-formal education and undertake vigorous

extension and research programs in food production, nutrition,
health and sports development; and

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e) To offer scholarship and/or part-time job opportunities to

deserving students from low-income families.

SEC. 4. The University shall have the general powers of a

corporation set forth in the Corporation Law, as amended, and the
administration of such University and the exercise of its corporate
powers are vested exclusively in the Board of Regents and in the
President of the University insofar as authorized by said Board.

SEC. 5. The head of the University shall be known as the

President of the University of Southeastern Philippines. He shall be
appointed by the President of the Philippines upon recommendation
of the Board of Regents for a term of six years with compensation to
be determined under the provisions of Presidential Decree Numbered
Nine hundred eighty-five. The powers and duties of the President of
the University, in addition to those specifically provided for in this
Act, shall be those usually pertaining to the office of a president of
a university.

SEC. 6. The governing body of the University shall be the

Board of Regents of the University of Southeastern Philippines,
hereinafter referred to as the Board, whose composition shall be in
accordance with Presidential Decree Numbered Fourteen hundred
and thirty-seven.

The Members of the Board shall serve without compensation

other than actual and necessary expenses incurred either in
attendance upon meetings of the Board, or upon other official
business related to his position as regent as authorized by the
Board.

SEC. 7. In addition to its general powers of administration,

the Board shall have the following powers and duties:

a) To appoint, upon the recommendation of the President, the

following:

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(1) The Secretary of the University, and administrative

officers;

(2) The deans, directors, or heads of colleges, schools,

institutes and other principal units of the University, academic
or non-academic, which are not supervised by or attached to such
units;

(3) Faculty members with the rank of associate professor

or higher, professorial lecturers, visiting or exchange faculty; and
other officers and employees whose starting salaries are at least
equal to that of associate professor, insofar as the following personnel
actions are involved: original appointments; re-appointments/
renewal/transfer with change in rank or salaries; and promotion
or salary increases, subject to Presidential Decree Numbered Nine
hundred eighty-five and other pertinent budget and compensation
laws.

b) To plan and provide for the establishment of schools,

colleges, and departments for the professional degrees in science,
agriculture, engineering, home economics, education, industrial
education, forestry, fishery, animal and veterinary medicine sciences,
architecture and other such schools, colleges, and departments as
deemed necessary; and advanced or graduate degrees along the
foregoing fields.

c) To manage funds for the operation and management of all

university income-producing projects and to promulgate rules and
regulations for the operation and management of the same and for
the accounting and auditing of their funds, income and expenses,
subject to Presidential Decree Numbered Eleven hundred and
seventy-seven and to the rules and regulations implementing Section
three (h) of Presidential Decree Numbered Fourteen hundred and
thirty-seven.

d) To admit to the University, public institutions of learning

in Region XI which may desire to affiliate as schools or colleges or

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branches of the University, subject to the approval of the President of

the Philippines upon recommendation of the Minister of the Budget
and the Chairman, Presidential Commission on Reorganization.

e) To authorize the construction and repair of all university

buildings and other permanent improvements under the
direct administration and supervision of the University, upon
recommendation of the President.

f) To enter into a consortium agreement with the University

of the Philippines System for the program, staff, and physical
development of the University.

g) To promulgate policies, rules and regulations necessary

for the effective and efficient governance of the University, delegate
certain authorities and responsibilities to the President as deemed
appropriate, and prescribe rules under which the President can
enter into contracts without prior approval of the Board, for the
acquisition of properties and services, and purchase of equipment
and supplies not exceeding certain cost or value: Provided, That all
such contracts shall be reported to the Board.

SEC. 8. The President shall be the chief executive

of the University and shall have the following powers and
responsibilities:

a) To provide leadership for the University and preserve

and protect its academic integrity and ensure the observance and
implementation of the policies laid down by the Board.

b) To exercise within the framework of University policies

primary authority and responsibility over the following areas:
development planning and resource allocations; grants, endowments
and fund raising; external relations and public affairs; and University
policy relating to regional development programs, curricula, and
matters affecting the rights, privileges, responsibilities and welfare
of the University constituency.

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c) To formulate integrated and comprehensive plans for

the University, including academic, research, extension, physical
development, and fiscal plans.

d) To coordinate the activities and programs of the University

with the other component units and institutions, and have under
review goals and objectives of the various units and institutions,
appraise their performance in relation to goals, and recommend
appropriate action by the Board.

e) To appoint officers, faculty members, and other employees in

the University, subject to Section seven of this Act; and to designate
officers-in-charge of the units therein for a period not exceeding
two months, without prejudice to the authority granted deans and
directors to designate officers-in-charge in their respective units.

f) To appoint, transfer or promote personnel of the University

as herein below provided; fix their work schedules; grant leaves of
absence; and approve their special detail, additional assignments,
additional compensation, designation and retirement in accordance
with the policies approved by the Board, subject to Presidential
Decree Numbered Nine hundred eighty-five and other pertinent
budget and compensation laws.

g) To set up machinery for review of all disciplinary actions

appealable to the Office of the President, and for the consideration
of position for redress of grievances.

h) To submit to the Board the courses of study and academic

programs, rules of discipline, and conferment of degrees and
diplomas as recommended by the University Council.

i) To award fellowships, assistantships and scholarships to

students, faculty members and other personnel, in accordance with
the policies prescribed by the Board

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j) To plan, prepare and implement a University program

for the training and education of adult citizens and out-of-school
youth.

k) To negotiate and obtain grants for specific projects, gifts

and donations of real or personal property of all kinds, subject to
the confirmation of the Board, and to administer the same for the
benefit of the University, its units, departments, or students in
accordance with the directions and instructions of the donor, and in
default thereof, in such manner as the Board may in its discretion
determine.

l) To maintain links with other academic and research

institutions so as to ensure fruitful academic and technical
interchange and maximize the use of human and physical
resources.

m) To prepare for approval of the Board the budget of the

University.

n) To submit to the Board annual reports on the operation of

the University, and such other reports as the latter may require.

o) To prescribe rules and regulations not contrary to law for

the governance of the University consistent with its purposes and
the policies laid down by the Board.

p) To exercise such other powers and discharge such other

responsibilities as may be delegated to him by the Board: Provided,
That he shall institute or effect an appropriate and efficient exercise
or discharge of such powers or responsibilities as may be necessary
for the expeditious administration of the University.

SEC. 9. A quorum of the Board shall consist of a majority

of all the members holding office at the time the meeting is called.
All processes against the Board shall be served on the President or
secretary thereof.

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SEC. 10. There shall be a secretary of the University, who

shall serve concurrently as the Secretary of the Board.

SEC. 11. There shall be a University Council consisting of the

President, Vice-President/s, Deans, Heads of Academic Departments,
Assistant Professors, Associate Professors, and Professors. The
President shall be the Chairman of the Council.

Subject to the approval of the Board, upon the recommendation

of the President in accordance with the policies and standards
established by the Board, the University Council shall:

a) Prescribe the course of study, curricula and rules of

discipline of students;

b) Fix the requirements for admission to any College or unit

of the University and for graduation and the conferring of degrees;

c) Recommend recipients of degrees or diplomas;

d) Exercise disciplinary powers over the students through the

President or its appropriate committees pursuant to the rules of
discipline prescribed by the Board; and

e) Create committees as it may deem necessary for the

performance of its functions.

SEC. 12. The instructors and professors of each College

shall constitute its faculty to be presided by a Dean who shall
be selected from among the members of such faculty for a term
fixed by the University Council and confirmed by the Board, upon
recommendation of the President of the University.

SEC. 13. In the appointment of instructors or professors to

the University, religious opinions or affiliations shall not be made a
matter of inquiry or explanation.

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SEC. 14. Professors or instructors seeking appointments in

the University shall be exempt from Civil Service Examinations or
regulations: Provided, however, That copies of their appointments
shall be furnished the Civil Service Commission for notation and
record purposes.

SEC. 15. A student shall not be denied admission to the

University by reason of sex, ethnic consideration, religious belief or
affiliation.

SEC. 16. On or before the fifteenth day of January of each

calendar year, the Board shall file with the Prime Minister of the
Philippines a detailed report setting forth the progress, condition
and needs of the University.

SEC. 17. Heads of bureaus and offices of the national

government are hereby authorized to loan or transfer, upon request
of the President of the University, such apparatus, equipment or
supplies as may be needed by the University and to detail employees
for duty therein, when in the judgment of the head of the Bureau
or Office, such apparatus, equipment, supplies or services of such
employees can be spared without serious detriment to the public
service. Employees so detailed shall perform such duties as required
under such detail; the time so employed shall be counted as part of
their official service.

SEC. 18. The branches of the Mindanao State University and

of the University of the Philippines in Region XI, the Davao School
of Arts and Trades, and the Mampising National Agricultural
School are hereby transferred to the University of Southeastern
Philippines together with their functions, appropriations, records,
equipment, property and personnel.

SEC. 19. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Enacted without Executive approval, December 15, 1978.

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BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 87

AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF BATAS PAMBANSA

BLG. 12.

Be it enacted by the Batasang Pambansa in session assembled:

SECTION 1. Section 2 of Batas Pambansa Blg. 12 is hereby

amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 2. The University shall have a minimum of six degree-

granting courses and one graduate school and such degree courses,
post-graduate courses and special courses as the Board of Regents
may deem necessary to support national objectives in Mindanao."

SEC. 2. Section 5 of the same Act is likewise amended to read

as follows:

"SEC. 5. The head of the University shall be known as

the President of the University of Southeastern Philippines. He
shall be appointed by the Prime Minister of the Philippines upon
recommendation of the Board of Regents for a term of six years with
compensation to be determined under the provisions of Presidential
Decree Numbered Nine hundred eighty-five. The powers and duties
of the President of the University, in addition to those specifically
provided for in this Act, shall be those usually pertaining to the
office of a president of a university."

SEC. 3. Subparagraph (d), Section 7 of the same Act is

likewise amended to read as follows:

"d) To admit to the University, public institutions of learning

in Region XI which may desire to affiliate as schools or colleges or
branches of the University, subject to the approval of the Prime
Minister of the Philippines upon recommendation of the Minister of
the Budget and the Minister of Education and Culture."

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SEC. 4. The portion of the paragraph preceding the

enumeration of powers and responsibilities of Section 8 of the same
Act is likewise amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 8. The President of the University shall be the chief

executive of the University and shall have the following powers and
responsibilities."

SEC. 5. Section 18 of the same Act is likewise amended to

read as follows:

"SEC. 18. The branch of the University of the Philippines in

Region XI, the Davao School of Arts and Trades, the Mampising
National Agricultural School, and the branches of Mindanao State
University in Region XI, excluding the Mindanao State University
General Santos Unit or branch, are hereby transferred to the
University of Southeastern Philippines together with their functions,
appropriations, records, equipment, property and personnel."

SEC. 6. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, October 14, 1980.

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BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 87

AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF BATAS PAMBANSA

BLG. 12.

Be it enacted by the Batasang Pambansa in session assembled:

SECTION 1. Section 2 of Batas Pambansa Blg. 12 is hereby

amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 2. The University shall have a minimum of six degree-

granting courses and one graduate school and such degree courses,
post-graduate courses and special courses as the Board of Regents
may deem necessary to support national objectives in Mindanao."

SEC. 2. Section 5 of the same Act is likewise amended to read

as follows:

"SEC. 5. The head of the University shall be known as

the President of the University of Southeastern Philippines. He
shall be appointed by the Prime Minister of the Philippines upon
recommendation of the Board of Regents for a term of six years with
compensation to be determined under the provisions of Presidential
Decree Numbered Nine hundred eighty-five. The powers and duties
of the President of the University, in addition to those specifically
provided for in this Act, shall be those usually pertaining to the
office of a president of a university."

SEC. 3. Subparagraph (d), Section 7 of the same Act is

likewise amended to read as follows:

"d) To admit to the University, public institutions of learning

in Region XI which may desire to affiliate as schools or colleges or
branches of the University, subject to the approval of the Prime
Minister of the Philippines upon recommendation of the Minister of
the Budget and the Minister of Education and Culture."

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SEC. 4. The portion of the paragraph preceding the

enumeration of powers and responsibilities of Section 8 of the same
Act is likewise amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 8. The President of the University shall be the chief

executive of the University and shall have the following powers and
responsibilities."

SEC. 5. Section 18 of the same Act is likewise amended to

read as follows:

"SEC. 18. The branch of the University of the Philippines in

Region XI, the Davao School of Arts and Trades, the Mampising
National Agricultural School, and the branches of Mindanao State
University in Region XI, excluding the Mindanao State University
General Santos Unit or branch, are hereby transferred to the
University of Southeastern Philippines together with their functions,
appropriations, records, equipment, property and personnel."

SEC. 6. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, October 14, 1980.

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BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 189

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A STATE COLLEGE IN THE

PROVINCE OF IFUGAO TO BE KNOWN AS THE IFUGAO
STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY,
PROVIDING A CHARTER FOR THIS PURPOSE, AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR.

Be it enacted by the Batasang Pambansa in session assembled:

SECTION 1. The present Ifugao Agricultural and Technical

College at Nayon, Municipality of Lamut, Province of Ifugao shall
be converted and established as a state college of higher learning in
agriculture and forestry to be known as the Ifugao State College of
Agriculture and Forestry, and integrating therewith as its branches
or units therein, the (1) Bunhian Barangay High School at Barangay
Bunhian, Municipality of Aguinaldo, Province of Ifugao; (2) Hapao
Barangay High School at Barangay Hapao, Municipality of Banaue,
Province of Ifugao (3) Tinoc Barangay High School at Barangay
Tinoc, Municipality of Hungduan, Province of Ifugao; (4) Amduntug
Barangay High School at Barangay Amduntug Municipality of
Kiangan, Province of Ifugao, and (5) Potia Agricultural High School
in the Municipality of Potia, Province of Ifugao, which high schools
shall thenceforth be maintained and operated as units or branches
of the aforesaid State College, hereinafter referred to in this Act as
the College.

SEC. 2. The College shall specialize in the fields of agriculture

and forestry and shall offer the various courses therein for the
undergraduate and graduate levels: Provided, That the College
may be allowed to offer other related courses as the circumstances
warrant in accordance with the requirements and procedures
provided by law. In the pursuit of such specialization the College
shall undertake scientific researches in the fields of agriculture and
forestry and for this purpose the College may create commissions,
committees or bodies to undertake such researches, financing them
accordingly within the limits of the power of the Board of Trustees.

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SEC. 3. The government of said College is hereby vested in

a Board of Trustees, to be composed of the Minister of Education
and Culture as ex-officio Chairman of the Board, the President
of the College, a representative of the National Economic and
Development Authority (NEDA), the Provincial Agriculturist of
Ifugao, the District Forester of Ifugao, and two (2) prominent citizens
who have distinguished themselves in the professions or fields of
specialization, one representing the Alumni Association, the other
chosen from prominent citizens in the Province of Ifugao, both to be
appointed by the President of the Philippines upon recommendation
of the Minister of Education and Culture: Provided, however, That
the non-ex-officio members of the Board, except the President of the
College who shall serve during the duration of his incumbency, shall
hold office as follows: one to serve for two (2) years, and the other
to serve for four (4) years, the term of office of each to be specified
in his appointment by the President of the Philippines. Thereafter,
persons appointed to succeed such members shall hold office for a
term of four (4) years and until their successors shall have been
appointed and qualified.

Permanent vacancy in the Board shall be filled by appointment

by the President of the Philippines with the recommendation of the
Minister of Education and Culture, and such appointee shall hold
office for the unexpired term only.

In the absence or inability of the Minister of Education and

Culture, the Deputy Minister of Education and Culture or when
these positions are vacant, the President of the College shall act as
Chairman.

The members of the Board of Trustees shall serve without

compensation, but shall be entitled to reimbursement for actual and
necessary expenses incurred either in attendance upon meetings of
the Board or upon other official business authorized by resolutions
of the Board subject to existing budget laws on honoraria and
allowances.

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SEC. 4. The Board of Trustees shall have the following powers

and duties in addition to its general powers of administration:

(a) To receive and appropriate for the ends specified by law

such sums as may be provided for by law for the support of the
college;

(b) To confer the usual honorary degrees upon persons in

recognition of learning, statesmanship, or eminence in the fields of
agriculture and forestry;

(c) To appoint, upon recommendation of the President of the

College, the registrar, the deans of the College of Agriculture and
that of Forestry, deans of other colleges established pursuant to
Section two of this Act, the heads of the various branches of the
College, professors, instructors, lecturers, and other employees of
the College and to fix their compensation subject to Presidential
Decree No. 985 and other pertinent budget and compensation laws,
prescribe the hours of service, duties and the conditions of work
as it may deem proper, to grant to them, in its discretion, leave of
absence in accordance with the rules that it might promulgate, and
to remove them for cause after proper investigation and hearing
pursuant to Civil Service laws governing disciplinary action;

(d) To approve the curricula and rules of discipline drawn up

by the Academic Council as hereinafter provided;

(e) To provide fellowship and scholarship for deserving faculty

members and students of the College;

(f) To prescribe rules for its own government, and to enact

for the government of the College such rules and regulations, not
contrary to law, as may be necessary; and

(g) To receive in trust legacies, gifts, and donations of real

and personal property of all kinds and to administer the same for
the benefit of the College, or of a department thereof, or for aid
to any student or students in accordance with the directions and

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instructions of the donor, and, in default thereof, in such manner as

the Board of Trustees may in its discretion determine.

SEC. 5. A quorum of the Board of Trustees shall consist of a

majority of all the members holding office at the time the meeting of
the Board is called. All processes for or against the Board of Trustees
shall be served on the President or Secretary thereof.

SEC. 6. On or before the 15th day of the month following the

opening of£ regular classes each year, the Board of Trustees shall
file with the office of the Prime Minister through the Minister of
Education and Culture, a detailed report setting forth the progress,
conditions and needs of the College.

SEC. 7. The head of the College shall be known as the

President of the College. He shall be appointed for a term of six
(6) years by the President of the Philippines upon recommendation
of the Minister of Education and Culture upon consultation with
the members of the Board: Provided, That the said President of the
College may be reappointed after his term shall have expired upon
same recommendation aforestated.

The powers and duties of the President of the College shall be

those pertaining to the office of the president of a state college.

SEC. 8. There shall be a vice president to be appointed by the

President of the Philippines upon recommendation of the Minister
of Education and Culture. He shall be vested with all the powers
and duties of the President upon assumption of such function in
the absence or incapacity of the latter for any case, and shall also
perform such other duties as the Board of Trustees may from time
to time assign to him.

SEC. 9. There shall be an Administrative Council consisting

of the President of the College as chairman, the vice president,
deans, and heads of branches of the College as members. It shall
have the duty and authority to implement policies governing the
administration, management, and development planning of the

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College. All formulated plans and programs for the College shall be
subject to the approval of the Board.

SEC. 10. There shall be an Academic Council, consisting

of the President of the College as chairman, and all the members
of the faculty as members. The Academic Council shall have the
power and duty to prescribe the curricula and rules of discipline,
subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees. It shall fix the
requirements for admission to the College, as well as, for graduation
and the conferral of titles and degrees. The Council shall likewise
have the power to recommend students or others to be recipients
of titles or degrees. Through the President or his duly authorized
representative, it shall have disciplinary power over the students
of the College within the limits prescribed by the rules of discipline
approved by the Board of Trustees.

SEC. 11. The body of instructors and professors of the College

shall constitute the faculty thereof.

In the appointment of professors and instructors of the

College, no religious test shall be applied, nor shall religious
opinions or affiliations of the faculty of the College be made a matter
of examination or inquiry: Provided, That no member of the faculty
shall inculcate sectarian tenets in any of his/her teachings, nor
attempt either directly or indirectly under penalty of dismissal by
the Board of Trustees, to influence students or attendants at the
College for or against any particular church or religious sect.

SEC. 12. There shall be a Secretary of the College who shall

be appointed by the Board of Trustees. He shall be the Registrar
of the College and also be the Secretary of the Board of Trustees.
He shall keep the records of the College, and shall exercise such
powers, and perform such duties as may be designated by the Board
of Trustees.

SEC. 13. The Treasurer of the Philippines shall be ex-officio

treasurer of the College. All accounts and expenses thereof shall
be audited by the Commission on Audit, or its duly authorized
representative.
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SEC. 14. All personnel, assets, records, and appropriations of

the Bunhian Barangay High School, Hapao Barangay High School,
Tinoc Barangay High School, Amduntug Barangay High School and
the Potia Agricultural High School are thereby transferred to the
herein Ifugao State College of Agriculture and Forestry.

SEC. 15. Heads of bureaus and offices of the National

Government operating in Ifugao as well as heads of departments in
the Provincial Government of said province are hereby authorized
to loan or transfer, upon request of the President of the College,
such apparatuses, equipment, and supplies as may be needed by
the College, and to detail employees for duty therein when in the
judgment of the head of the bureau or department or office, such
employee/s can be spared therefor, without serious detriment to
the public service. Employees so detailed shall perform such duty
as required under such detail and the time so employed shall be
conducted and considered as part of their regular official service.

SEC. 16. The Minister of Education and Culture is hereby

directed to take such steps as are necessary for the immediate
implementation of this Act. For this purpose, he is hereby authorized
to create a technical committee within one (1) month after the Board
of Trustees shall have been duly constituted, to advise the Board
toward the proper adjustment of the College so constituted to the
new status of a state college, as well as to guide them in the making
of program for the development and expansion of the College.

SEC. 17. The existing appropriations for the Ifugao

Agricultural and Technical College and the Potia Agricultural
High School are hereby transferred to the Ifugao State College of
Agriculture and Forestry, to be disbursed in accordance with the
provisions of this Act. Starting Calendar Year 1983, the necessary
sum for the operation and maintenance of the College shall be
provided for in the annual General Appropriations Act.

SEC. 18. All laws or parts thereof inconsistent with this Act
are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

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SEC. 19. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, March 16, 1982.

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BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 198

AN ACT CONVERTING THE PRESENT CAMARINES SUR

AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF
PILI, PROVINCE OF CAMARINES SUR, UNDER THE
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND CULTURE INTO A
CHARTERED STATE COLLEGE TO BE KNOWN AS THE
CAMARINES SUR STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.

Be it enacted by the Batasang Pambansa in session assembled:

SECTION 1. The present Camarines Sur College in the

Municipality of Pili, Province of Camarines Sur, is hereby converted
into a state college to be known as the Camarines Sur State
Agricultural College hereinafter referred to in this Act as State
College.

SEC. 2. The State College shall primarily provide higher

vocational, professional, technical instruction and in agricultural
and industrial fields.

SEC. 3. In addition to its present secondary agricultural course

curricular offering and undergraduate course leading to Four-year
Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Education, Five-year Bachelor of
Science in Agricultural Engineering, Four-year Bachelor of Science
in Agriculture, Two-year Agricultural Technician Course, Four-
year Secondary Agricultural Curriculum, the College shall offer
undergraduate courses leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science
in Home Technology, Bachelor of Science in Veterinary Medicine,
Bachelor of Science in Sugar Technology, Bachelor of Science in
Forestry, post-graduate courses leading to the degree of Master of
Science in Agricultural Education, Master of Science in Agriculture,
Master of Science in Home Technology, and other courses as the
Board of Trustees may deem necessary.

SEC. 4. The aim of the College shall be to provide technical

and professional training and to promote research and extension

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services, and enhance progressive leadership in the field of

agriculture, agricultural engineering, home technology, forestry
and veterinary sciences.

SEC. 5. The head of the College shall be known as the

President of the Camarines Sur State Agricultural College. He
shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines upon the
recommendation of the Board of Trustees as hereinafter provided.

SEC. 6. The governing body of the College shall be the Board

of Trustees of the Camarines Sur State Agricultural College. It shall
be composed of the following:

(a) The Minister, Ministry of Education and Culture,

Chairman;

(b) The Director, Bureau of Higher Education, Member;

(c) The Regional Director, Ministry of Education and Culture,

Region V, Member;

(d) The President, Camarines Sur State Agricultural College,

Member;

(e) The Provincial Governor, Member; and

(f) The President, Camarines Sur State Agricultural College

Alumni Association, Member.

In the absence or inability of the Minister of Education

and Culture to exercise the powers as Chairman of the Board of
Trustees, the Deputy Minister of Education and Culture shall act
as Chairman of the Board of Trustees, or in the inability of both, the
members of the Board present, constituting a majority, may elect
from among themselves a temporary chairman.

Members of the Board of Trustees shall serve without

compensation other than actual and necessary expenses incurred in

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attending meetings of the Board or other official business authorized

by the Board.

SEC. 7. The Board of Trustees shall have the following powers

and duties, in addition to its general powers of administration:

(a) To receive and appropriate to the end specified by law

such sum as may be provided by law for the support of the College;

(b) To confer degrees upon successful candidates for graduation

of the College. It may also confer annual honorary degrees upon
persons in recognition of learning, statesmanship or eminence in
science, agriculture, forestry, industry or public service related to
such fields;

(c) To appoint upon recommendation of the President, subject

to Civil Service Law, rules and regulations, the dean, the registrar,
the heads of departments, professors, instructors, lecturers,
administrative and supervisory officials, and other employees of
the College as may be necessary for the effective implementation of
the college program; to fix their compensation and salaries subject
to P.D. No. 985 and other pertinent budget and compensation
laws; to prescribe hours of service and other duties and conditions
as it may deem proper; to grant to them in its discretion, leave of
absence under regulations as it may promulgate, other provisions
of laws notwithstanding; to prescribe rules of academic discipline
for educational and professional growth of the faculty members and
other personnel; and to remove them for cause, after an investigation
and hearing shall have been held pursuant to Civil Service Law
governing disciplinary action.

(d) To approve the curricular offerings and rules of discipline

drawn up by the Council as hereinafter provided;

(e) To provide fellowships and scholarships for deserving

faculty members and students;

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(f) To prescribe rules for its government and to enact for the
government of the College such general ordinances and regulations,
not contrary to law, as are consistent with purposes of the College,
as defined in Section 4 of this Act;

(g) To receive in trust legacies, gifts and donations of real and

personal property of all kinds and to administer the same for the
benefit of the College or of a department thereof, or for the aid to
any student in accordance with the directions and instructions of
the donor, and, in default thereof, in such manner as the Board of
Trustees may, in its discretion, determine; and

(h) To provide vocational training to adult citizens and out-

of-school youths.

SEC. 8. A quorum of the Board of Trustees shall consist of a

majority of all the members holding office at the time the meeting
of the Board is called. All processes against the Board of Trustees
shall be served on the President or Secretary thereof.

SEC. 9. On or before the fifteenth clay of December of each

year, the Board of Trustees shall submit to the President of the
Philippines a detailed report, setting forth the progress, condition,
and needs of the College.

SEC. 10. There shall be a College Council consisting of the

President of the Camarines Sur State Agricultural College , as
presiding officer, and all professors and instructors of the College,
as members. The Council shall have the power to prescribe the
curricula and the rules of discipline, and recommend appointments
of personnel subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees. It shall
fix the requirements for admission to the College, as well as for the
graduation and conferring of titles or degrees, subject to review by
the Board of Trustees. The Council alone shall have the power to
recommend students or others to be recipients of degrees. Through
the President of the College or a duly authorized Committee, the
Council shall have disciplinary power over the students within the
limits prescribed by the rules on discipline as approved by the Board
of Trustees.
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SEC. 11. The body of instructors and professors of the College

shall constitute the faculty of the College with the President of the
College as presiding officer.

SEC. 12. In the appointment of professors or instructors,

no religious test shall be applied nor shall religious opinions or
affiliations of the appointee be made a matter of examination or
inquiry.

SEC. 13. There shall be a Secretary of the College, appointed

by the Board of Trustees upon recommendation of the President
of the College. He shall be the Secretary of the Board and also he
shall be Secretary of the College and shall keep such records of the
College as may be determined by the Board of Trustees.

SEC. 14. To help the Camarines Sur State Agricultural

College achieve its educational, research and extension aims, the
College is hereby empowered to negotiate or make arrangements
with sister government colleges and universities, semi-government
or private organizations for cooperative projects in instruction,
research and extension; and to seek the assistance of educational
foundations in promoting the programs of instruction, research and
extension

SEC. 15. The requirements provided in this Act as may prove

adverse to the present faculty and employees of the Camarines Sur
Agricultural College who may be absorbed by the State Agricultural
College shall not apply to them. The present officials, faculty and
employees of the Camarines Sur Agricultural College shall be
absorbed by the Camarines Sur State Agricultural College and shall
be given priority in promotion to the different positions created as
a result of this Act. But future appointees to the said State College
shall be subject to all requirements provided in this Act.

SEC. 16. In order not to disrupt the smooth functioning of the

College upon the effectivity of this Act, the incumbent Superintendent
shall assume office as President of the College.

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SEC. 17. All buildings, equipment and facilities owned by the

Camarines Sur Agricultural College shall become the property of
the Camarines Sur State Agricultural College.

All the parcels of land covered by Original Certificate of

Title Nos. 1029, 1057, 872 and 697 in the name of the Province of
Camarines Sur which had been appropriated by the said province
for the use of the then Camarines Sur Agricultural School, are
hereby transferred to the Camarines Sur State Agricultural College
and the Register of Deeds shall issue to the Camarines Sur State
Agricultural College the corresponding Transfer Certificate of Title
for the aforementioned parcels of land.

Likewise, such portions of the public domain embraced in

Proclamation No. 568 dated March 30, 1935 , and Proclamation
No. 626 dated October 18, 1933, which had been reserved by the
government for agricultural school purposes are hereby transferred
to the Camarines Sur State Agricultural College . The Register of
Deeds shall issue to the Camarines Sur State Agricultural College
the corresponding Title to such lands.

SEC. 18. All existing appropriations for the Camarines Sur

Agricultural College are hereby transferred to the Camarines Sur
State Agricultural College, to be disbursed in accordance with the
provisions of this Act. Starting Calendar Year 1983, such sum as
may be necessary for the operation and maintenance of the State
College shall be provided for in the annual General Appropriations
Act.

SEC. 19. All provisions of law inconsistent with this Act are
hereby repealed.

SEC. 20. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, March 16, 1982.

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BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 208

AN ACT CONVERTING THE JOLO COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND

THE DAYANG-DAYANG HADJI-PIANDAO MEMORIAL
HIGH SCHOOL, BOTH IN THE PROVINCE OF SULU, INTO
A STATE COLLEGE TO BE KNOWN AS THE SULU STATE
COLLEGE.

Be it enacted by the Batasang Pambansa in session assembled:

SECTION 1 The Jolo Community College and the Dayang-

Dayang Hadji Piandao Memorial High School, both in the Province
of Sulu, are hereby converted into a state college to be known as the
Sulu State College, hereinafter referred to in this Act as the State
College.

SEC. 2. The State College shall primarily provide higher

technological, professional, and vocational instruction and training
in science, agricultural and industrial fields, as well as short-term
technical or vocational courses. It shall promote research, advance
studies, and progressive leadership in its areas of specialization.

SEC. 3. In addition to its present secondary and collegiate

curricular offerings, the State College shall offer undergraduate and
graduate courses in the fields of science, agriculture and industrial
fields as the Board of Trustees may deem necessary. It shall also
offer opportunity or short-term technical or vocational courses
within its areas of specialization to meet the needs of the region.

SEC. 4. No student shall be denied admission to the State

College by reason of sex, ethnic considerations, or religious belief or
affiliation.

SEC. 5. The head of the State College shall be known as

the President of the Sulu State College. He shall be appointed
by the President of the Philippines upon recommendation of
the Board of Trustees. His salary shall be fixed by the Board of

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Trustees comparable to that being received by presidents of similar

educational institutions of like enrolment and standing, subject
to Presidential Decree No. 985 and other pertinent budget and
compensation laws.

The powers and duties of the President of the State College, in

addition to those specifically provided for in this Act, shall be those
usually pertaining to the office of a president of a state college or
university.

SEC. 6. The governing body of the State College shall be the

Board of Trustees of the Sulu State College. It shall be composed of
the Minister of Education and Culture as chairman, the Regional
Director of the National Economic and Development Authority, the
President of the State College, and four (4) prominent citizens of
Region IX to be appointed by the President of the Philippines as
members.

Of the four appointed members, one shall be an authority

on science, one on agriculture, one on arts and trades, and one
on technology: Provided, That at least one of the four appointed
members shall be an alumnus of the former Jolo Community College
or the Dayang-Dayang Hadji Piandao Memorial High School. Of the
first group appointed, the President shall designate one to serve for
one year; one to serve for two years; one to serve for three years; and
one to serve for four years. Thereafter, persons appointed to succeed
such members shall hold office for a term of four years and until
their successors who should be an expert in the same field shall
have been appointed and qualified. In case of permanent vacancy,
the position shall be filled by appointment by the President of the
Philippines . Such appointee shall hold office for the unexpired term
only.

When the Minister of Education and Culture is unable to

perform his duties as chairman of the Board due to illness, absence
or other cause, or in case of a vacancy in the office, the Deputy
Minister of Education and Culture shall temporarily perform the
functions of the chairman of the said Board. The chairman may

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assign qualified officials to represent him with full authority in the

Board.

SEC. 7. A quorum of the Board of Trustees shall consist of a

majority of all the members holding office at the time a meeting is
called. All processes against the Board of Trustees shall be served
on the President or Secretary thereof.

SEC. 8. The members of the Board of Trustees shall be

entitled to an allowance of one hundred pesos, per meeting actually
attended but not more than three hundred pesos a month: Provided,
That they shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses
incurred either in attendance upon meetings of the Board or upon
other official business authorized by resolution of the Board, subject
to existing budget laws on honoraria and allowances.

SEC. 9. The Board of Trustees shall have the following powers

and duties in addition to its general powers of administration, and
the exercise of all the powers of a corporation as provided in Section
Thirty-six of Batas Pambansa Blg. 68, otherwise known as The
Corporation Code of the Philippines.

To receive and appropriate for the purposes specified by law

such sums as may be provided for the support of the State College;

To confer degrees upon successful candidates for graduation of

the State College. It may also confer honorary degrees upon persons
in recognition of learning, statesmanship or eminence in any of
the fields of specialization of the State College, or in recognition of
public service: Provided, That such degrees shall not be conferred in
consideration of or to reciprocate some personal favor;

To authorize the President of the State College to award

proficiency certificates or diplomas to students who have completed
non-degree courses;

To appoint, on recommendation of the President of the State

College, a vice-president, cleans, directors, secretary of the State

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College, registrar, heads of departments, professors, instructors,

lecturers and other officials and employees of the State College; to
fix their compensations and salaries subject to Presidential Decree
No. 985 and other pertinent budget and compensation laws, hour of
service, and such other duties and conditions as it may deem proper;
to grant to them, in its discretion, leaves of absence under such
regulations as it may promulgate, any provisions of existing law
to the contrary notwithstanding; to remove them for cause after an
investigation and hearing; to establish Chairs in the State College,
and to provide for the maintenance or endowment of such Chairs as
may be necessary;

To approve the curricula and rules of discipline drawn by the

College Council as hereinafter provided;

To provide fellowship for qualified faculty members and

scholarships for deserving students;

To prescribe rules for its own government and to enact for

the government of the State College such rules and regulations, not
contrary to law, as may be necessary to carry out the purposes and
functions of the State College;

To receive in trust legacies, gifts, and donations of real and

personal property of all kinds, to administer the same for the
benefit of the State College, or the departments thereof, or for aid
to any student or students, in accordance with the directions and
instructions of the donor, and in default thereof, in such manner
as the Board of Trustees may in its discretion determine. All sum
donations shall be exempt from all taxes and be considered as
deductible items from the income tax of the donors.

SEC. 10. On or before the fifteenth day of the second month

after the opening of regular classes each year, the Board of Trustees
shall file with the Office of the President of the Philippines a detailed
report, setting forth the progress, conditions and needs of the State
College.

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SEC. 11. There shall be a College Council consisting of the

President of the State College and all members of the faculty with
the rank of professors. The Council shall have the power to prescribe
the curricula and rules of discipline, subject to the approval of the
Board of Trustees. It shall fix the requirements for admission to
the State College, as well as for graduation and the conferring of
degrees, subject to review by the Board of Trustees. The Council
alone shall have the power to recommend students or others to be
recipients of degrees. Through the President of the State College or
its duly authorized committee, the Council shall have disciplinary
power over the students within the limits prescribed by the rules of
discipline.

SEC. 12. The body of instructors and professors of the State

College shall constitute the faculty of the State College .

SEC. 13. No member of the faculty of the State College shall

attempt directly or indirectly, under penalty of dismissal by the
Board of Trustees, to influence students or any person in the State
College towards any ideology, political or otherwise, which preaches
the overthrow of the government through violence or subversion.

SEC. 14. There shall be a secretary of the State College who

shall be appointed by the Board of Trustees upon recommendation
of the President of the State College. He shall also be the Secretary
of the Board and shall keep such records of the State College as may
be determined by the Board of Trustees.

SEC. 15. The Treasurer of the Philippines shall be ex-officio

treasurer of the State College, and all accounts and expenses
therefor shall be audited by the Commission on Audit or its duly
authorized representative.

SEC. 16, Heads of bureaus and offices of the National

Government are hereby authorized to lend or transfer, upon request
of the President of the State College, such apparatus, equipment
or supplies as may be needed by the State College and to detail
employees for duty therein, when in the judgment of the head of

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the bureau or office, such apparatus, equipment, supplies or the

services of such employees can be spared without serious detriment
to the public service. Employees so detailed shall perform such duty
as required under such detail and the time so employed shall be
counted as part of their regular official service.

SEC. 17. All assets of the Jolo Community College and the
Dayang-Dayang Hadji Piandao Memorial High School whether
fixed or movable, records and personnel, are hereby transferred to
the Sulu State College.

SEC. 18. All existing appropriations for the Jolo Community

College and the Dayang-Dayang Hadji Piandao Memorial High
School are hereby transferred to the Sulu State College, to be
disbursed in accordance with the provisions of this Act, Starting
Calendar Year 1983, the necessary sum for the operation and
maintenance of the State College shall be provided for in the annual
General Appropriations Act.

SEC. 19. The Minister of Education and Culture is hereby

directed to take such steps as are necessary for the immediate
implementation of this Act.

SEC. 20. All laws inconsistent with the provisions of this Act
are hereby repealed or amended accordingly.

SEC. 21. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, March 25, 1982.

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BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 232

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND

MAINTENANCE OF AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM OF
EDUCATION.

Be it enacted by the Batasang Pambansa in session assembled:

I. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Chapter 1

PRELIMINARY MATTERS

SECTION 1. Title. – This Act shall be known as the "Education

Act of 1982."

SEC. 2. Coverage. – This Act shall apply to and govern both

formal and non-formal systems in public and private schools in all
levels of the entire educational system.

Chapter 2

DECLARATION OP BASIC STATE POLICY AND OBJECTIVES

SEC. 3. Declaration of Basic Policy. – It is the policy of the

State to establish and maintain a complete, adequate and integrated
system of education relevant to the goals of national development.
Toward this end, the government shall ensure, within the context
of a free and democratic system, maximum contribution of the
educational) system to the attainment of the following national
developmental goals:

1. To achieve and maintain an accelerating rate of economic

development and social progress;

2. To assure the maximum participation of all the people in

the attainment and enjoyment of the benefits of such growth; and
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3. To achieve and strengthen national unity and consciousness

and preserve, develop and promote desirable cultural, moral and
spiritual values in a changing world.

The State shall promote the right of every individual to

relevant quality education, regardless of sex, age, creed, socio-
economic status, physical and mental conditions, racial or ethnic
origin, political or other affiliation. The State shall therefore
promote and maintain equality of access to education as well as the
enjoyment of the benefits of education by all its citizens.

The State shall promote the right of the nation's cultural

communities in the exercise of their right to develop themselves
within the context of their cultures, customs, traditions, interests
and belief, and recognizes education as an instrument for their
maximum participation in national development and in ensuring
their involvement in achieving national unity.

SEC. 4. Declaration of Objectives. – The educational system

aims to:

1. Provide for a broad general education that will assist each

individual in the peculiar ecology of his own society, to (a) attain
his potentials as a human being; (b) enhance the range and quality
of individual and group participation in the basic functions of
society; and (c) acquire the essential educational foundation of his
development into a productive and versatile citizen;

2. Train the nation's manpower in the middle-level skills

required for national development;

3. Develop the professions that will provide leadership for the

nation in the advancement of knowledge for improving the quality
of human life; and

4. Respond effectively to changing needs and conditions of the

nation through a system of educational planning and evaluation.

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Towards the realization of these objectives, and pursuant to

the Constitution, all educational institutions shall aim to inculcate
love of country, teach the duties of citizenship, and develop moral
character, personal discipline, and scientific, technological, and
vocational efficiency.

Furthermore, the educational system shall reach out to

educationally deprived communities, in order to give meaningful
reality to their membership in the national society, to enrich their
civic participation in the community and national life, and to unify
all Filipinos into a free and just nation.

II. THE EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY

Chapter 1

PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS

SEC. 5. Declaration of Policy and Objectives. – It is likewise

declared government policy to foster, at all times, a spirit of shared
purposes and cooperation among the members and elements of the
educational community, and between the community and other
sectors of society, in the realization that only in such an atmosphere
can the true goals and objectives of education be fulfilled.

Moreover, the State shall:

1. Aid and support the natural right and duty of parents in

the rearing of the youth through the educational system.

2. Promote and safeguard the welfare and interests of the

students by defining their rights and obligations, according them
privileges, and encouraging the establishment of sound relationships
between them and the other members of the school community.

3. Promote the social and economic status of all school

personnel, uphold their rights, define their obligations, and improve
their living and working conditions and career prospects.

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4. Extend support to promote the viability of those institutions

through which parents, students and school personnel seek to attain
their educational goals.

SEC. 6. Definition and Coverage. – "Educational community"

refers to those persons or groups of persons as such, or associated in
institutions involved in organized teaching and learning systems.

The members and elements of the educational community

are:

1. "Parents" or guardians or the head of the institution or

foster home which has custody of the pupil or student.

2. "Students," or those enrolled in and who regularly attend

an educational institution of secondary or higher level or a person
engaged in formal study. "Pupils" are those who regularly attend a
school of elementary level under the supervision and tutelage of a
teacher.

3. "School personnel," or all persons working for an educational

institution, which includes the following:

a. "Teaching or academic staff," or all persons engaged in

actual teaching and/or research assignments, either on full-time or
part-time basis, in all levels of the educational system.

b. "School administrators," or all persons occupying policy

implementing positions having to do with the functions of the school
in all levels.

c. "Academic non-teaching personnel," or those persons

holding some academic qualifications and performing academic
functions directly supportive of teaching, such as registrars,
librarians, guidance counselors, researchers, research assistants,
research aides, and similar staff.

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d. "Non-academic personnel," or all other school personnel

not falling under the definition and coverage of teaching and
academic staff, school administrators and academic non-teaching
personnel.

4 "Schools," or institutions recognized by the State which

undertake educational operations.

SEC. 7. Community Participation. – Every educational

institution shall provide for the establishment of appropriate
bodies through which the members of the educational community
may discuss relevant issues, and communicate information and
suggestions for assistance and support of the school and for the
promotion of their common interest.

Representatives from each subgroup of the educational

community shall sit and participate in these bodies, the rules
and procedures of which must be approved by them and duly
published.

Chapter 2

RIGHTS

SEC. 8. Rights of Parents. – In addition to other rights under

existing laws, all parents who have children enrolled in a school
shall have the following rights:

1. The right to organize by themselves and/or with teachers

for the purpose of providing a forum for the discussion of matters
relating to the total school program, and for ensuring the full
cooperation of parents and teachers in the formulation and efficient
implementation of such programs.

2. The right to access to any official record directly relating to

the children who are under their parental responsibility.

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SEC. 9. Rights of Students in School. – In addition to

other rights, and subject to the limitations prescribed by law and
regulations, students and pupils in all schools shall enjoy the
following rights:

1. The right to receive, primarily through competent

instruction, relevant quality education in line with national goals
and conducive to their full development as persons with human
dignity.

2. The right to freely choose their field of study subject

to existing curricula and to continue their course therein up to
graduation, except in cases of academic deficiency, or violation of
disciplinary regulations.

3. The right to school guidance and counseling services for

making decisions and selecting the alternatives in fields of work
suited to his potentialities.

4. The right of access to his own school records, the

confidentiality of which the school shall maintain and preserve.

5. The right to the issuance of official certificates, diplomas,

transcript of records, grades, transfer credentials and other similar
documents within thirty days from request.

6. The right to publish a student newspaper and similar

publications, as well as the right to invite resource persons during
assemblies, symposia and other activities of similar nature.

7. The right to free expression of opinions and suggestions, and

to effective channels of communication with appropriate academic
and administrative bodies of the school or institution.

8. The right to form, establish, join and participate in

organizations and societies recognized by the school to foster their
intellectual, cultural, spiritual and physical growth and development,

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or to form, establish, join and maintain organizations and societies

for purposes not contrary to law.

9. The right to be free from involuntary contributions, except

those approved by their own organizations or societies.

SEC. 10. Rights of all School Personnel. – In addition to other

rights provided for by law, the following rights shall be enjoyed by
all school personnel:

1. The right to free expression of opinion and suggestions, and

to effective channels of communication with appropriate academic
and administrative bodies of the school or institution.

2. The right to be provided with free legal service by the

appropriate government office in the case of public school personnel,
and through the school authorities concerned in the case of private
school personnel, when charged in an administrative, civil and/or
criminal proceedings by parties other than the school or regulatory
authorities concerned for actions committed directly in the lawful
discharge of professional duties and/or in defense of school policies.

3. The right to establish, join and maintain labor organizations

and/or professional and self-regulating organizations of their choice
to promote their welfare and defend their interests.

4. The right to be free from involuntary contributions except

those imposed by their own organizations.

SEC. 11. Special Rights and/or Privileges of Teaching or

Academic Staff. – Further to the rights mentioned in the preceding
Section, every member of the teaching or academic staff shall enjoy
the following rights and/or privileges :

1. The right to be free from compulsory assignments

not related to their duties as defined in their appointments or
employment contracts, unless compensated therefor, conformably
to existing law.

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2. The right to intellectual property consistent with applicable

laws.

3. Teachers shall be deemed persons in authority when in the

discharge of lawful duties and responsibilities, and shall, therefore,
be accorded due respect and protection.

4. Teachers shall be accorded the opportunity to choose

alternative career lines either in school administration, in classroom
teaching, or others, for purposes of career advancement.

SEC. 12. Special Rights of School Administrators. – School

administrators shall, in accordance with existing laws, regulations
and policies of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports, be
accorded sufficient administrative discretion necessary for the
efficient and effective performance of their functions.

School administrators shall be deemed persons in authority

while in the discharge of lawful duties and responsibilities, and
shall therefore be accorded due respect and protection.

SEC. 13. Rights of Schools. – In addition to other rights

provided for by law, schools shall enjoy the following:

1. The right of their governing boards or lawful authorities

to provide for the proper governance of the school and to adopt and
enforce administrative or management systems.

2. The right for institutions of higher learning to determine on

academic grounds who shall be admitted to study, who may teach,
and what shall be the subjects of the study and research.

Chapter 3

DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS

SEC. 14. Duties of Parents. – In addition to those provided for

under existing laws, all parents shall have the following duties and
obligations:
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1. Parents, individually or collectively, through the school

systems, shall help carry out the educational objectives in accordance
with national goals.

2. Parents shall be obliged to enable their children to obtain

elementary education and shall strive to enable them to obtain
secondary and higher education in the pursuance of the right
formation of the youth.

3. Parents shall cooperate with the school in the implementation

of the school program curricular and co-curricular

SEC. 15. Duties and Responsibilities of Students. – In addition

to those provided for under existing laws, every student shall:

1. Exert his utmost to develop his potentialities for service,

particularly by undergoing an education suited to his abilities, in
order that he may become an asset to his family and to society.

2. Uphold the academic integrity of the school, endeavor to

achieve academic excellence and abide by the rules and regulations
governing his academic responsibilities and moral integrity.

3. Promote and maintain the peace and tranquility of the

school by observing the rules of discipline, and by exerting efforts to
attain harmonious relationships with fellow students, the teaching
and academic staff and other school personnel.

4. Participate actively in civic affairs and in the promotion

of the general welfare, particularly in the social, economic and
cultural development of his community and in the attainment of a
just, compassionate and orderly society.

5. Exercise his rights responsibly in the knowledge that he is

answerable for any infringement or violation of the public welfare
and of the rights of others.

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SEC. 16. Teachers' Obligations. – Every teacher shall:

1. Perform his duties to the school by discharging his

responsibilities in accordance with the philosophy, goals and
objectives of the school.

2. Be accountable for the efficient and effective attainment of

specified learning objectives in pursuance of national development
goals within the limits of available school resources.

3. Render regular reports on performance of each student

and to the latter and the latter's parents or guardians with specific
suggestions for improvement.

4. Assume the responsibility to maintain and sustain his

professional growth and advancement and maintain professionalism
in his behavior at all times.

5. Refrain from making deductions in students' scholastic

ratings for acts that are clearly not manifestations of poor
scholarship.

6. Participate as an agent of constructive social, economic,

moral, intellectual, cultural and political change in his school and
the community within the context of national policies.

SEC. 17. School Administrators' Obligations. – Every school

administrator shall:

1. Perform his duties to the school by discharging his

responsibilities in accordance with the philosophy, goals and
objectives of the school.

2. Be accountable for the efficient and effective administration

and management of the school.

3. Develop and maintain a healthy school atmosphere

conducive to the promotion and preservation of academe freedom and

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effective teaching and learning, and to harmonious and progressive

school-personnel relationship.

4. Assume and maintain professional behavior in his work

and in dealing with students, teachers, academic non-teaching
personnel, administrative staff, and parents or guardians

5. Render adequate reports to teachers, academic non-teaching

personnel and non-academic staff on their actual performance in
relation to their expected performance and counsel them on ways of
improving the same.

6. Observe due process, fairness, promptness, privacy,

constructiveness and consistency in disciplining his teachers and
other personnel.

7. Maintain adequate records and submit required reports to

the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports.

SEC. 18. Obligations of Academic Non-Teaching Personnel. –

Academic non-teaching personnel shall:

1. Improve himself professionally by keeping abreast of the

latest trends and techniques in his profession.

2. Assume, promote and maintain a professional attitude

towards his work, students, teachers, administrators and
administrative staff and relate with them in a supportive and
cordial manner.

3. Promote and maintain an atmosphere conducive to service

and learning.

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III – THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS

Chapter 1

FORMAL EDUCATION

SEC. 19. Declaration of Policy. – The State recognizes that

formal education, or the school system, is society's primary learning
system, and therefore the main instrument for the achievement of
the country's educational goals and objectives.

SEC. 20. Definition. – "Formal Education" refers to the

hierarchically structured and chronologically graded learnings
organized and provided by the formal school system and for
which certification is required in order for the learner to progress
through the grades or move to higher levels. Formal education shall
correspond to the following levels:

1. Elementary Education – the first stage of compulsory,

formal education primarily concerned with providing basic education
and usually corresponding to six or seven grades, including pre-
school programs.

2. Secondary Education – the stage of formal education

following the elementary level concerned primarily with continuing
basic education and expanding it to include the learning of employable
gainful skills, usually corresponding to four years of high school.

3. Tertiary Education – post-secondary schooling is higher

education leading to a degree in a specific profession or discipline.

SEC. 21. Objectives of Elementary Education. – The objectives

of elementary education are:

1. To provide the knowledge and develop the skills, attitudes,

and values essential to personal development and necessary for
living in and contributing to a developing and changing social
milieu;

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2. To provide learning experiences which increase the

child's awareness of and responsiveness to the changes in and just
demands of society and to prepare him for constructive and effective
involvement;

3. To promote and intensify the child's knowledge of,

identification with, and love for the nation and the people to which
he belongs; and

4. To promote work experiences which develop the child's

orientation to the world of work and creativity and prepare himself
to engage in honest and gainful work.

SEC. 22. Objectives of Secondary Education. – The objectives

of secondary education are:

1. To continue to promote the objectives of elementary

education; and

2. To discover and enhance the different aptitudes and

interests of the student so as to equip him with skills for productive
endeavor and/or prepare him for tertiary schooling.

SEC. 23. Objectives of Tertiary Education. – The objectives of

tertiary education are:

1. To provide a general education program that will promote

national identity, cultural consciousness, moral integrity and
spiritual vigor;

2. To train the nation's manpower in the skills required for

national development;

3. To develop the professions that will provide leadership for

the nation; and

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4. To advance knowledge through research work and apply

new knowledge for improving the quality of human life and
responding effectively to changing societal needs and conditions.

Chapter 2

NON-FORMAL EDUCATION AND SPECIALIZED

EDUCATIONAL SERVICES

SEC. 24. Specialized Educational Service. – The State further

recognizes its responsibility to provide, within the context of the
formal education system, services to meet special needs of certain
clientele. These specific types, which shall be guided by the basic
policies of the State embodied in the General Provisions of this Act,
include:

1. "Work Education," or "Practical Arts," as a program of

basic education which aims to develop the right attitudes towards
work; and "technical-vocational education," post-secondary but non-
degree programs leading to one - two, or three-year certificates in
preparation for a group of middle-level occupations.

2. "Special Education," the education of persons who are

physically, mentally, emotionally, socially, or culturally different
from the so-called "normal" individuals that they require
modification of school practices/services to develop them to their
maximum capacity; and

3. "Non-formal Education," any organized school-based

educational activities undertaken by the Ministry of Education,
Culture and Sports and other agencies aimed at attaining specific
learning objectives for a particular clientele, especially the illiterates
and the out-of-school youth and adults, distinct from and outside
the regular offerings of the formal school system.

The objectives of non-formal education are as follows:

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1. To eradicate illiteracy and raise the level of functional

literacy of the population;

2. To provide unemployed and underemployed youth and

adults with appropriate vocational/technical skills to enable them
to become more productive and effective citizens; and

3. To develop among the clientele of non-formal education

proper values and attitudes necessary for personal, community and
national development.

Chapter 3

ESTABLISHMENT OF SCHOOLS

SEC. 25. Establishment of Schools. – All schools shall be

established in accordance with law. The establishment of new
national schools and the conversion of existing schools from
elementary to national secondary schools or from secondary to
national secondary or tertiary schools shall be by law: Provided, That
any private school proposed to be established must incorporate as a
non-stock educational corporation in accordance with the provisions
of the Corporation Code of the Philippines. This requirement to
incorporate may be waived in the case of family-administered pre-
school institutions.

Government assistance to such schools for educational

programs shall be used exclusively for that purpose.

SEC. 26. Definition of Terms. – The terms used in this Chapter

are denned as follows:

1. "Schools" are duly established institutions of learning or

educational institutions.

2. "Public Schools" are educational institutions established

and administered by the government.

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3. "Private Schools" are educational institutions maintained

and administered by private individuals or groups.

SEC. 27. Recognition of Schools. – The educational

operations of schools shall be subject to the prior authorization of
the government, and shall be effected by recognition. In the case of
government operated schools, whether local, regional, or national,
recognition of educational programs and/or operations shall be
deemed granted simultaneously with establishment.

In all other cases the rules and regulations governing

recognition shall be prescribed and enforced by the Ministry of
Education, Culture and Sports defining therein who are qualified to
apply, providing for a permit system, stating the conditions for the
grant of recognition and for its cancellation and withdrawal, and
providing for related matters.

SEC. 28. Effects of Recognition; Punishable Violations. – The

issuance of a certificate of recognition to a school shall have the
following effects:

1. It transforms the temporary permit to a permanent

authority to operate;

2. It entitles the school or college to give the students who have

completed the course for which recognition is granted, a certificate,
title or diploma; and

3. It shall entitle the students who have graduated from said

recognized course or courses to all the benefits and privileges enjoyed
by graduates in similar courses of studies in all schools recognized
by the government.

Operation of schools and educational programs without

authorization, and/or operation thereof in violation of the terms of
recognition, are hereby declared punishable violations subject to the
penalties provided in this Act.

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SEC. 29. Voluntary Accreditation. – The Ministry shall

encourage programs of voluntary accreditation for institutions which
desire to meet standards of quality over and above the minimum
required for State recognition.

Chapter 4

INTERNAL ORGANIZATION OF SCHOOL

SEC. 30. Organization of Schools. – Each school shall

establish such internal organization as will best enable it to carry
out its academic and administrative functions, subject to limitations
provided by law.

Each school shall establish such arrangements for the

peaceful settlement of disputes between or among the members of
the educational community.

SEC. 31. Governing Board. – Every government college or

university established as a tertiary institution and every private
school shall have a governing board pursuant to its charter or to the
Corporation Code of the Philippines, as the case may be.

SEC. 32. Personnel Transactions. – The terms and conditions

of employment of personnel in government schools shall be governed
by the Civil Service, budgetary and compensation laws and rules.

In private schools, disputes arising from employer-employee

relations shall fall under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Labor
and Employment as provided for by law and regulations: Provided,
That in view of the special employment status of the teaching and
academic non-teaching personnel, and their special roles in the
advancement of knowledge, standards set or promulgated jointly by
the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports and by the Ministry
of Labor and Employment shall be applied by the Ministry of Labor
and Employment: Provided, further, That every private school shall

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establish and implement an appropriate system within the school

for the prompt and orderly settlement of personnel disputes at the
school level, subject to the provisions of Articles 262 and 263 of the
Labor Code.

Chapter 5

SCHOOL FINANCE AND ASSISTANCE

SEC. 33. Declaration of Policy. – It is hereby declared to be

the policy of the State that the national government shall contribute
to the financial support of educational programs pursuant to the
goals of education as declared in the Constitution. Towards this
end, the government shall:

Adopt measures to broaden access to education through

financial assistance and other forms of incentives to schools,
teachers, pupils and students; and

Encourage and stimulate private support to education

through, inter alia, fiscal and other assistance measures.

A. FUNDING OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS

SEC. 34. National Funds. – Public schools shall continue

to be funded primarily from national funds: Provided, That local
governments shall be encouraged to assume operation of local public
schools on the basis of national fund participation and adequate
revenue sources which may be assigned by the national government
for the purpose.

SEC. 35. Financial Aid and Assistance to Public Secondary

Schools. – The national government shall extend financial aid and
assistance to public secondary schools established and maintained
by local governments, including barangay high schools.

SEC. 36. Share of Local Government. – Provinces, cities

and municipalities and barangays shall appropriate funds in

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their annual budgets for the operation and maintenance of public

secondary schools on the, basis of national fund participation.

SEC. 37. Special Education Fund. – The proceeds of the

Special Education Fund accruing to local governments shall be used
exclusively for the purposes enumerated in Section 1 of Republic
Act No. 5447, and in accordance with rules and regulations issued
by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports and the Ministry
of the Budget. Said proceeds shall be considered a local fund and
shall be subject to Presidential Decree No. 477, Presidential Decree
No. 1375 and other applicable local budget laws and regulations.

SEC. 38. Tuition and other School Fees. – Secondary and

post-secondary schools may charge tuition and other school fees, in
order to improve facilities or to accommodate more students.

SEC. 39. Income from other Sources. – Government-supported

educational institutions may receive grants, legacies, donations and
gifts for purposes allowed by existing laws.

Furthermore, income generated from production activities

and from auxiliary enterprises may be retained and used for schools
concerned in accordance with rules and regulations jointly issued
consistently with pertinent appropriation and budgetary laws by
the Ministry of the Budget, the Ministry of Education, Culture and
Sports and the Commission on Audit.

B. Funding Of Private Schools

SEC. 40. Funding of Private Schools. – Private schools may

be funded from their capital investments or equity contributions,
tuition fees and other school charges, grants, loans, subsidies,
passive investment income and income from other sources.

SEC. 41. Government Assistance. – The government, in

recognition of their complementary role in the educational system,
may provide aid to the programs of private schools in the form

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of grants or scholarships, or loans from government financial

institutions: Provided, That such programs meet certain defined
educational requirements and standards and contribute to the
attainment of national development goals.

SEC. 42. Tuition and Other School Fees. – Each private school
shall determine its rate of tuition and other school fees or charges.
The rates and charges adopted by schools pursuant to this provision
shall be collectible, and their application or use authorized, subject
to rules and regulations promulgated by the Ministry of Education,
Culture and Sports.

SEC. 43. Income from. Other Sources. – Any private school duly
recognized by the government, may receive any grant and legacy,
donation, gift, bequest or devise from any individual, institution,
corporation, foundation, trust or philanthropic organization, or
research institution or organization as may be authorized by law.

Furthermore, private schools are authorized to engage in

any auxiliary enterprise to generate income primarily to finance
their educational operations and/or to reduce the need to increase
students' fees.

SEC. 44. Institutional Funds. – The proceeds from tuition fees

and other school charges, as well as other income of schools, shall be
treated as institutional funds. Schools may pool their institutional
funds, in whole, or in part, under joint management for the purpose
of generating additional financial resources.

C. Incentives to Education

SEC. 45. Declaration of Policy. – It is the policy of the State in

the pursuit of its national education development goals to provide an
incentive program to encourage the participation of the community
in the development of the educational sector.

SEC. 46. Relating to School Property. – Real property, such

as lands, buildings and other improvements thereon used actually,

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directly and exclusively for educational purposes shall be subject to

the real property tax based on an assessment of fifteen percent of
the market value of such property: Provided, That all the proceeds
from the payment thereof shall accrue to a special private education
fund which shall be managed and disbursed by a local private school
board which shall be constituted in each municipality or chartered
city with private educational institutions with the mayor or his
representative as chairman and not more than two representatives
of the institutional taxpayers, and, likewise, not more than two
residents of the municipality or chartered city who are alumni of any
of the institutional taxpayers as members: Provided, further, That
fifty percent of the additional one percent tax on real estate property
provided for under Republic Act 5447, shall accrue to the special
private education fund: Provided, finally, That in municipalities or
chartered cities wherein the number of private institutions with
individual enrollment of pupils and students over five thousand
exceeds fifteen, the members of the private school board shall
be increased to not more than fourteen members determined
proportionately by the Minister of Education, Culture and Sports.
The private school board shall adopt its own rules which shall enable
it to finance the annual programs and projects of each institutional
taxpayer for the following purposes; student-pupil scholarships;
improvement of instructional, including laboratory, facilities and/or
equipment; library books and periodicals acquisition; and extension
service in the community, in that order of priority.

SEC. 47. Relating to Gifts or Donations to Schools. – All gifts

or donations in favor of any school, college or university recognized
by the Government shall not be subject to tax: Provided, That
such gifts or donations shall be for improvement of classrooms and
laboratory or library facilities, and shall not inure to the benefit of
any officer, director, official, or owner or owners of the school, or
paid out as salary, adjustments or allowance of any form or nature
whatsoever, except in support of faculty and/or professorial chairs.

SEC. 48. Relating to Earnings from Established Scholarship

Funds. – All earnings from the investment of any duly established
scholarship fund of any school recognized by the government,

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constituted from gifts to the school, and/ or from contributions or

other resources assigned to said fund by the school, if said earnings
are actually used to fund additional scholarship grants to financially
deserving students shall be exempt from tax until the scholarship
fund is fully liquidated, when the outstanding balance thereof shall
be subject to tax.

SEC. 49. School Dispersal Program. – All gains realized

from the sale, disposition or transfer of property, real or personal,
of any duly established private school, college or university, in
pursuance of a school dispersal program of the government or of
the educational institution as approved by the government, shall
be considered exempt from tax if the total proceeds of the sale are
reinvested in a new or existing duly established school, college, or
university located in the dispersal site, within one (1) year from the
date of such sale, transfer or disposition; otherwise, all taxes due on
the gains realized from the transaction shall immediately become
due and payable.

SEC. 50. Conversion to Educational Foundations. – An

educational institution may convert itself into a non-stock, non-
profit educational foundation, in accordance with the implementing
rules to be issued jointly by the Ministry of Education, Culture and
Sports and the Ministry of Finance.

In the case of stock corporations, if for any reason its corporate

existence as an educational institution ceases and is not renewed, all
its net assets after liquidation of the liabilities and other obligations
may be conveyed and transferred to any non-profit educational
institution or successor non-profit educational institution or to be
distributed by a court to another organization to be used in such
manner as in the judgment of said court will best accomplish the
general purposes for which the dissolved organization was organized,
or to the State.

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D. ASSISTANCE TO STUDENTS

SEC. 51. Government Assistance to Students. – The government

shall provide financial assistance to financially disadvantaged and
deserving students. Such assistance may be in the form of State
scholarships, grants-in-aid, assistance from the Educational Loan
Fund, or subsidized tuition rates in State colleges and universities.

All the above and similar assistance programs shall provide

for reserve quotas for financially needed but academically qualified
students from the national cultural communities.

SEC. 52. Grant of Scholarship Pursuant to Existing Laws. –

Educational institutions shall be encouraged to grant scholarships
to students pursuant to the provisions of existing laws and such
scholarship measures as may hereafter be provided for by law.

SEC. 53. Assistance from the Private Sector. – The private

sector, especially educational institutions, business and industry,
shall be encouraged to grant financial assistance to students,
especially those undertaking research in the fields of science and
technology or in such projects as may be necessary within the
context of national development.

IV. THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, CULTURE AND SPORTS

Chapter 1

GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 54. Declaration of Policy. – The administration of the

education system and, pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution,
the supervision and regulation of educational institutions are hereby
vested in the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports, without
prejudice to the provisions of the charter of any state college and
university.

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SEC. 55. Organization. – The Ministry shall be headed by the

Minister of Education, Culture and Sports who shall be assisted by
one or more Deputy Ministers.

The organization of the Ministry shall consist of (a) the Ministry

Proper composed of the immediate Office of the Minister, and the
Services of the Ministry, (b) the Board of Higher Education, which
is hereby established, (c) the Bureau of Elementary Education, the.
Bureau of Secondary Education, the Bureau of Higher Education,
the Bureau of Technical and Vocational Education, and the
Bureau of Continuing Education, which are hereby established,
(d) Regional offices and field offices, (e) the National Scholarship
Center and such other agencies as are now or may be established
pursuant to law, and (f) the cultural agencies, namely: the National
Library, the National Historical Institute, the National Museum,
and the Institute of National Language. Such of the above offices
as are created or authorized to be established under this provision,
shall be organized and staffed and shall function, subject to the
approval of the President, upon recommendation of the Minister of
Education, Culture and Sports in consultation with the Presidential
Commission on Reorganization.

SEC. 56. The National Board of Education is hereby abolished,

and its appropriations, personnel, records, and equipment are hereby
transferred to the Office of the Minister of Education, Culture and
Sports.

SEC. 57. Functions and Powers of the Ministry. – The Ministry

shall:

1. Formulate general education objectives and policies, and

adopt long-range educational plans;

2. Plan, develop and implement programs and projects in

education and culture;

3. Promulgate rules and regulations necessary for the

administration, supervision and regulation of the educational
system in accordance with declared policy;
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4. Set up general objectives for the school system;

5. Coordinate the activities and functions of the school system

and the various cultural agencies under it;

6. Coordinate and work with agencies concerned with the

educational and cultural development of the national cultural
communities; and

7. Recommend and study legislation proposed for adoption.

SEC. 58. Report to the Batasang Pambansa. – The Minister of

Education, Culture and Sports shall make an annual report to the
Batasang Pambansa on the implementation of the national basic
education plan, the current condition of the education sector, the
effectiveness of the education programs, the adequacy or deficiency
of the appropriations and status of expenditures, the impact of
education on the different regions, the growth of enrollment, the
adequacy of academic facilities, the concentration of low income
groups, or the supply of teaching and non-teaching personnel, with
such comments and appropriate recommendations thirty (30) days
before the opening of its regular session.

Chapter 2

BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION

SEC. 59. Declaration of Policy. – Higher education will

be geared towards the provision of better quality education,
the development of middle and high-level manpower, and the
intensification of research and extension services. The main thrust
of higher education is to achieve equity, efficiency, and high quality
in the institutions of higher learning both public and private, so
that together they will provide a complete set of program offerings
that meet both national and regional development needs.

SEC. 60. Organization of the Board of Higher Education. –

The Board of Higher Education is reconstituted as an advisory body

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to the Minister of Education, Culture and Sports. The Board shall

be composed of a Deputy Minister of Education, Culture and Sports
designated as Chairman and four other members to be appointed by
the President of the Philippines upon nomination by the Minister
of Education, Culture and Sports for a term of four years. The four
members shall have distinguished themselves in the field of higher
education and development either in the public or private sector.
In the initial appointment of the non-ex officio members, the first
appointee shall serve for a term of four years; the second for a term
of three years; the third for a term of two years, and the fourth for
a term of one year. The Director of the Bureau of Higher Education
shall participate in the deliberation of the Board but without the
right to vote. The Bureau of Higher Education shall provide the
Board with the necessary technical and staff support: Provided,
That the Board may create technical panels of experts in the various
disciplines as the need arises.

SEC. 61. Functions of the Board of Higher Education. – The

Board shall:

1. Make policy recommendations regarding the planning and

management of the integrated system of higher education and the
continuing evaluation thereof.

2. Recommend to the Minister of Education, Culture and

Sports steps to improve the governance of the, various components
of the higher education system at national and regional levels.

3. Assist the Minister of Education, Culture and Sports in

making recommendations relative to the generation of resources
and their allocation for higher education.

Chapter 3

THE BUREAUS

SEC. 62. Bureau of Elementary Education. – The Bureau

shall perform the following functions:

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1. Conduct studies and formulate, develop, and evaluate

programs and educational standards for elementary education;

2. Undertake studies necessary for the preparation of

prototype curricular designs, instructional materials, and teacher
training programs for elementary education; and

3. Formulate guidelines to improve elementary school

physical plants and equipment, and general management of these
schools.

SEC. 63. Bureau of Secondary Education. – The, Bureau shall

perform the following functions:

1. Conduct studies and formulate, develop and evaluate

programs and educational standards for secondary education;

2. Develop curricular designs, prepare instructional materials,

and prepare and evaluate programs to upgrade the quality of the
teaching and non-teaching staff at the secondary level;

3. Formulate guidelines to improve the secondary school

physical plants and equipment, and general management of these
schools.

SEC. 64. Bureau of Technical mid Vocational Education. –

The Bureau shall perform the following:

1. Collaborate with other agencies in the formulation of

manpower plans;

2. Conduct studies, formulate, develop and evaluate

post-secondary vocational-technical programs and recommend
educational standards for these programs;

3. Develop curricular designs and prepare instructional

materials, prepare and evaluate programs to upgrade the quality
of teaching and non-teaching staff, and formulate guidelines to

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improve the physical plant and equipment of post-secondary

vocational-technical schools.

SEC. 65. Bureau of Higher Education. – The Bureau of

Higher Education shall perform the following functions:

1. Develop, formulate and evaluate programs, projects and

educational standards for a higher education;

2. Provide staff assistance to the Board of Higher Education

in its policy formulation and advisory functions;

3. Provide technical assistance to encourage institutional

development programs and projects;

4. Compile, analyze and evaluate data on higher education;

and

5. Perform other functions provided for by law.

SEC. 66. Bureau of Continuing Education. – As the main

implementing arm of the non-formal education programs of the
Ministry, the Bureau shall provide learning programs or activities
that shall:

1. Serve as a means of meeting the learning needs of those

unable to avail themselves of the educational services and programs
of formal education;

2. Provide opportunities for the acquisition of skills necessary

to enhance and ensure continuing employability, efficiency,
productivity, and competitiveness in the labor market;

3. Serve as a means for expanding access to educational

opportunities to citizens of varied interests, demographic
characteristics and socio-economic origins or status.

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Chapter 4

REGIONAL OFFICES

SEC. 67. Functions. – A regional office shall:

1. Formulate the regional plan of education based on the

national plan of the Ministry taking into account the specific needs
and special traditions of the region;

2. Implement education laws, policies, plans, programs, rules

and regulations of the Ministry or agency in the regional area;

3. Provide economical, efficient and effective education

services to the people in the area.

V. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Chapter 1

PENAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE SANCTIONS

SEC. 68. Penalty Clause. – Any person upon conviction for an

act in violation of Section 28, Chapter 3, Title. III above, shall be
punished with a fine of not less than two thousand pesos (P2,000.00)
nor more than ten thousand pesos (P10,000.00) or imprisonment for
a maximum period of two (2) years, or both, in the discretion of the
court.

If the act is committed by a school corporation, the school

head together with the person or persons responsible for the offense
or violation shall be equally liable.

SEC. 69. Administrative Sanction. – The Minister of

Education, Culture and Sports may prescribe and impose such
administrative sanctions as he may deem reasonable and appropriate
in the implementing rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to
this Act for any of the following causes:

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1. Mismanagement of school operations;

2. Gross inefficiency of the teaching or non-teaching

personnel;

3. Fraud or deceit committed in connection with the application

for Ministry permit or recognition;

4. Failure to comply with conditions or obligations prescribed

by this Code or its implementing rules and regulations; and

5. Unauthorized operation of a school, or course, or any

component thereof, or any violation of the requirement governing
advertisements or announcements of educational institutions.

Sanctions against the schools shall be without prejudice to the

interest of the students, teachers and employees.

CHAPTER 2

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

SEC. 70. Rule-making Authority. – The Minister of Education,

Culture and Sports charged with the administration and enforcement
of this Act, shall promulgate the necessary implementing rules and
regulations.

SEC. 71. Separability Provision. – Any part or provision of

this Act which may be held invalid or unconstitutional shall not
affect its remaining parts or provisions.

SEC. 72. Repealing Clause. – All laws or parts thereof

inconsistent with any provision of this Act shall be deemed repealed
or modified, as the case may be.

SEC. 73. Effectivity. – This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.

Approved, September 11, 1982.

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BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 400

AN ACT AMENDING SECTION FORTY-SIX OF BATAS PAMBANSA

BILANG 232.

Be it enacted by the Batasang Pambansa in session assembled:

SECTION 1. Section forty-six of Batas Pambansa Bilang 232

is amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 46. Relating to School Property. – Real property, such

as lands, buildings and other improvements thereon used actually,
directly and exclusively for educational purposes, shall be subject to
the real property tax based on an assessment of fifteen percent of
the market value of such property: Provided, That all the proceeds
from the payment thereof shall accrue to a special private education
fund which shall be managed and disbursed by a local private school
board which shall be constituted in each municipality or chartered
city with private educational institutions with the mayor or his
representative as chairman and not more than two representatives
of the institutional taxpayers, and, likewise, not more than two
residents of the municipality or chartered city who are alumni of
any of the institutional taxpayers as members: Provided, finally,
That in municipalities or chartered cities wherein the number
of private institutions with individual enrolment of pupils and
students over five thousand exceeds fifteen, the members of the
private school board shall be increased to not more than fourteen
members determined proportionately by the Minister of Education,
Culture and Sports The private school board shall adopt its own
rules which shall enable it to finance the annual programs and
projects of each institutional taxpayers for the following purposes:
student-pupil scholarships; improvement of instructional, including
laboratory, facilities, and/or equipment; library books and periodicals
acquisition; and extension service in the community, in that order
of priority."

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, June 3, 1983.

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BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 467

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE NEGROS ORIENTAL NATIONAL

AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF
BAYAWAN, PROVINCE OF NEGROS ORIENTAL, TO
OFFER VARIOUS POST-SECONDARY COURSES IN
AGRICULTURE.

Be it enacted by the Batasang Pambansa in session assembled:

SECTION 1. The Negros Oriental National Agricultural

School in the Municipality of Bayawan, Province of Negros Oriental,
shall offer post-secondary courses leading to the degrees of Bachelor
in Agricultural Technology and Bachelor of Science in Agriculture
major in agricultural education, agricultural extension, agricultural
economics, or agro-forestry.

SEC. 2. The Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports

is directed to take such steps as are necessary for the immediate
implementation of this Act.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved, June 10, 1983.

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BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 803

AN ACT CORRECTING CERTAIN ERRORS IN BATAS PAMBANSA

NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR ENTITLED
"AN ACT INTEGRATING AND CONVERTING CERTAIN
SCHOOLS IN THE PROVINCE OF SURIGAO DEL SUR
INTO A NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY TO
BE KNOWN AS THE SURIGAO DEL SUR INSTITUTE OF
TECHNOLOGY"

Be it enacted, by the Batasang Pambansa in session assembled:

SECTION 1. Section one of Batas Pambansa Bilang 544 is

corrected to read as follows:

"SECTION 1. The Cantilan National School of Arts and

Trades, the Cantilan Municipal High School and the Cantilan
Barangay High School, all in the Municipality of Cantilan, the
Lanuza Municipal High School in the Municipality of Lanuza, the
Burgos Barangay High School in the Municipality of Cortes, the
Panikian Barangay High School in the Municipality of Carrascal and
the Carmen Barangay High School in the Municipality of Carmen,
all in the Province of Surigao del Sur, are hereby integrated and
converted into a national institute of technology under the Ministry
of Education, Culture and Sports to be known as the Surigao del
Sur Institute of Technology. The principal office of the Institute
shall be at the present site of the Cantilan National School of Arts
and Trades and the other schools integrated hereunder shall be
maintained and operated as branches of the Institute."

SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Enacted without executive approval, April 27, 1984.

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