An Act Amending the Second Paragraph of Order Number Thirty-Eight of General Orders of the Military Governor, Issued March Twenty-Fourth, Nineteen Hundred, Providing for Licensing Small Boats which have a Less Capacity than Fifteen Gross Ton Burden
Act No. 66, enacted on January 2, 1901, amends the licensing provisions for small boats under the Military Governor's General Orders. It allows owners of boats with a capacity of less than fifteen gross tons to apply for a license to engage in local trade at equipped ports. To obtain the license, owners must take an oath of allegiance to the United States and pay a fee of one peso per ton of gross tonnage, with a minimum payment of one peso. The license permits sea-coast traffic between the application port and nearby towns for one year. This act takes effect immediately upon passage.
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- Act No. 66
- Date Enacted
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- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
January 2, 1901
ACT NO. 66
AN ACT AMENDING THE SECOND PARAGRAPH OF ORDER NUMBER THIRTY-EIGHT OF GENERAL ORDERS OF THE MILITARY GOVERNOR, ISSUED MARCH TWENTY-FOURTH, NINETEEN HUNDRED, PROVIDING FOR LICENSING SMALL BOATS WHICH HAVE A LESS CAPACITY THAN FIFTEEN GROSS TON BURDEN
SECTION 1. The second paragraph of Order Number Thirty-eight of General Orders of the Military Governor, issued March twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred, is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Hereafter any owner of a small boat which has a less capacity than fifteen gross tons burden, who may wish to carry on a local trade in any of the equipped ports and near coast ports, upon application at the nearest equipped port, and on taking the oath of allegiance to the United States Government, shall be granted a license to run for one year, permitting his vessel to engage in legitimate sea-coast traffic between the port where application is made and the near or adjacent seacoast towns and villages — the owner paying for the same one peso per ton for each ton of the vessel's gross tonnage, the payment to be made in cash; the minimum payment shall be one peso."
SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
ENACTED, January 2, 1901.
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An Act Amending the Second Paragraph of Order Number Thirty-Eight of General Orders of the Military Governor, Issued March Twenty-Fourth, Nineteen Hundred, Providing for Licensing Small Boats which have a Less Capacity than Fifteen Gross Ton Burden, Act No. 66, Jan 2, 1901 (Philippines)
An Act Amending the Second Paragraph of Order Number Thirty-Eight of General Orders of the Military Governor, Issued March Twenty-Fourth, Nineteen Hundred, Providing for Licensing Small Boats which have a Less Capacity than Fifteen Gross Ton Burden, Act No. 66 (Phil. 1901)
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