Report of the Philippine Commission to the Secretary of WarU.S. Government Printing Office, 1915 - Philippines Includes information by the Commission and various public officials and agencies on the economic, social, geographic and local governmental development of the Philippines. |
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administration agricultural Agusan amount appointed appropriation assistant director Baguio bank Benguet Benguet Road buildings Bukidnon bureau of education bureau of health bureau of public bureau of science calendar year 1913 Cebu cent chief city of Manila civil coast colony commercial constabulary construction copra cost Cotabato court December 31 decrease department of Mindanao district division ending December 31 expenditures expenses export Filipino fiscal year 1913 forest funds Governor hospital Ilocos Ilocos Sur Iloilo important improvement increase insular government Jolo July June 30 kilometers laborers land Legislature loans Luzon ment Mindanao and Sulu Mindanao-Sulu Mohammedan Moro Province Mountain Province municipal Naguilian non-Christian Nueva Vizcaya number of American operation organization Palawan period personnel Philippine Commission Philippine Islands ports prisoners receipts resigned revenue rinderpest salaries schools six months ending supervision supply teachers Telegraph tion total number United United States Army vessels Zamboanga
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Page 326 - An Act for preventing the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded, or poisonous, or deleterious foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors, and for regulating traffic therein, and for other purposes...
Page 326 - An act providing a code of procedure In civil actions and special proceedings In the Philippine Islands," by providing for the summary settlement of estate of deceased persons in certain cases.
Page 327 - ... organized under the municipal code in that part of the Philippine Islands Inhabited by Moros or other non-Christian tribes.
Page 3 - ... Congress included in the general deficiency bill a provision legalizing, ratifying, and confirming the act of the Philippine Legislature. Whether this was necessary or not, it had the effect of preventing extended litigation. Other important laws passed by the Philippine Legislature during the year are an act revising the insurance laws and regulating insurance business in the islands, an act reorganizing the health service, an act amending the law regulating the practice of medicine and surgery...
Page 1 - Commission in its exclusive legislative jurisdiction over all that part of the Philippine Islands inhabited by Moros or other non-Christian tribes passed Act No.
Page 106 - Foundation is an assistant to the dean of the College of Medicine and Surgery of the University of the Philippines...
Page 12 - Persons who have, under and by virtue of the treaty of Paris, acquired the political rights of natives of the Islands...
Page 326 - Nos. 1301 and 1444, and for the investment of such fund." by extending the time limit for loans to provinces and municipalities and providing for additional purposes for which such loans may be made. No.
Page 152 - JULY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1913. The work of the coast and geodetic survey in the Philippine Islands was carried on under the same general plan as has applied since January, 1902, providing for the division of expenses between the Government of the United States and the government of the Philippine Islands. Except during intervals when repairs were necessary, the parties attached to the five steamers, namely — Pathfinder, Fathomer.
Page 284 - Dumagats, Manobos, Mandayans, and Mangyans. It has been the constant aim of the bureau of education to make the policy of the schools in the non-Christian provinces coincide as closely a"s possible with the policy of those responsible for the general government of these provinces. The schools have operated to reduce tribal antagonisms, and in this way have been of assistance to provincial authorities. It is with deep regret that I report the death of Mr. John H, Finnigan, who was responsible for...