An Act to Amend Act Numbered Eighty-Two, Known as the "Municipal Code," by Authorizing Municipal Councils to Fix and Collect Reasonable Fees for Burial and Other Special Permits, and by Defining More Clearly the Area of Marine Waters within which Fishing Privileges may be Granted by Municipalities; and to Authorize the Appropriation of Moneys by Any Municipality or Township for the Use of Insular and Provincial Institutions of a Charitable, Benevolent, or Educational Character
Act No. 1530, enacted on August 27, 1906, amends the Municipal Code to empower municipal councils to establish and collect reasonable fees for burial permits and the removal of deceased bodies, capped at fifty centavos. It also clarifies the marine boundaries for fishing privileges between municipalities that are less than six marine leagues apart. Furthermore, municipalities are authorized to allocate funds to charitable, benevolent, or educational institutions, provided such appropriations receive approval from the Governor-General. Lastly, the act validates prior appropriations made by municipalities for the construction of school buildings.
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- Act No. 1530, enacted on August 27, 1906, amends the Municipal Code to empower municipal councils to establish and collect reasonable fees for burial permits and the removal of deceased bodies, capped at fifty centavos. It also clarifies the marine boundaries for fishing privileges between municipalities that are less than six marine leagues apart. Furthermore, municipalities are authorized to allocate funds to charitable, benevolent, or educational institutions, provided such appropriations receive approval from the Governor-General. Lastly, the act validates prior appropriations made by municipalities for the construction of school buildings.
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- An Act to Amend Act Numbered Eighty-Two, Known as the "Municipal Code," by Authorizing Municipal Councils to Fix and Collect Reasonable Fees for Burial and Other Special Permits, and by Defining More Clearly the Area of Marine Waters within which Fishing Privileges may be Granted by Municipalities; and to Authorize the Appropriation of Moneys by Any Municipality or Township for the Use of Insular and Provincial Institutions of a Charitable, Benevolent, or Educational Character (Act No. 1530) is a Philippine Statutes enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
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- An Act to Amend Act Numbered Eighty-Two, Known as the "Municipal Code," by Authorizing Municipal Councils to Fix and Collect Reasonable Fees for Burial and Other Special Permits, and by Defining More Clearly the Area of Marine Waters within which Fishing Privileges may be Granted by Municipalities; and to Authorize the Appropriation of Moneys by Any Municipality or Township for the Use of Insular and Provincial Institutions of a Charitable, Benevolent, or Educational Character (Act No. 1530) was enacted on Aug 27, 1906.
- What is the citation for An Act to Amend Act Numbered Eighty-Two, Known as the "Municipal Code," by Authorizing Municipal Councils to Fix and Collect Reasonable Fees for Burial and Other Special Permits, and by Defining More Clearly the Area of Marine Waters within which Fishing Privileges may be Granted by Municipalities; and to Authorize the Appropriation of Moneys by Any Municipality or Township for the Use of Insular and Provincial Institutions of a Charitable, Benevolent, or Educational Character?
- An Act to Amend Act Numbered Eighty-Two, Known as the "Municipal Code," by Authorizing Municipal Councils to Fix and Collect Reasonable Fees for Burial and Other Special Permits, and by Defining More Clearly the Area of Marine Waters within which Fishing Privileges may be Granted by Municipalities; and to Authorize the Appropriation of Moneys by Any Municipality or Township for the Use of Insular and Provincial Institutions of a Charitable, Benevolent, or Educational Character, Act No. 1530, Aug 27, 1906 (Philippines)
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August 27, 1906
ACT NO. 1530
AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED EIGHTY-TWO, KNOWN AS THE "MUNICIPAL CODE," BY AUTHORIZING MUNICIPAL COUNCILS TO FIX AND COLLECT REASONABLE FEES FOR BURIAL AND OTHER SPECIAL PERMITS, AND BY DEFINING MORE CLEARLY THE AREA OF MARINE WATERS WITHIN WHICH FISHING PRIVILEGES MAY BE GRANTED BY MUNICIPALITIES; AND TO AUTHORIZE THE APPROPRIATION OF MONEYS BY ANY MUNICIPALITY OR TOWNSHIP FOR THE USE OF INSULAR AND PROVINCIAL INSTITUTIONS OF A CHARITABLE, BENEVOLENT, OR EDUCATIONAL CHARACTER
SECTION 1. Subsection (e) of section forty of Act Numbered Eighty-two is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "including fees for the issuance of burial permits and permits for the removal of the bodies of deceased persons."
SECTION 2. Subsection (i) of section forty-three of said Act is hereby amended by substituting a comma for, the period after the words "municipal fines" and adding the words " and fees for the issuance of burial permits and permits for the removal of the bodies of deceased persons: PROVIDED, That the charge made for each such permit shall not exceed fifty centavos."
SECTION 3. Subsection (c) of section forty-three of said Act, as amended, is hereby further amended by substituting at the end of the first sentence thereof the following provision: "PROVIDED, That when municipalities are so situated on opposite shores that there is less than six marine leagues of marine waters between them the third line shall be a line equally distant from the opposite shores of the respective municipalities.
SECTION 4. It shall be lawful for any municipality or any township to appropriate moneys for the use of Insular and provincial institutions of a charitable, benevolent, or educational character out of the funds which would be available for such purposes if such institutions were owned by the municipality or township: PROVIDED, That no such appropriation shall be valid until it shall have received the approval of the Governor-General.
SECTION 5. All appropriations heretofore made by any municipality or township to assist in the construction of Insular or provincial school buildings are hereby confirmed.
SECTION 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.
SECTION 7. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
ENACTED, August 27, 1906.
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An Act to Amend Act Numbered Eighty-Two, Known as the "Municipal Code," by Authorizing Municipal Councils to Fix and Collect Reasonable Fees for Burial and Other Special Permits, and by Defining More Clearly the Area of Marine Waters within which Fishing Privileges may be Granted by Municipalities; and to Authorize the Appropriation of Moneys by Any Municipality or Township for the Use of Insular and Provincial Institutions of a Charitable, Benevolent, or Educational Character, Act No. 1530, Aug 27, 1906 (Philippines)
An Act to Amend Act Numbered Eighty-Two, Known as the "Municipal Code," by Authorizing Municipal Councils to Fix and Collect Reasonable Fees for Burial and Other Special Permits, and by Defining More Clearly the Area of Marine Waters within which Fishing Privileges may be Granted by Municipalities; and to Authorize the Appropriation of Moneys by Any Municipality or Township for the Use of Insular and Provincial Institutions of a Charitable, Benevolent, or Educational Character, Act No. 1530 (Phil. 1906)
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