REPORT OF COMMITTEE. [Committee Report No. 56.] MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Taxation and Revenue, to which was referred on December 6, 1912, Assembly Bill No. 197, entitled "An Act to exempt newspaper enterprises in the Philippines from every impost or tax," has examined the same and has the honor to report it back to the Commission with the following recommendation, viz: That the bill pass with the following amendment: Strike out section 1, and insert in lieu thereof the following: "SECTION 1. Section one hundred and forty-two of the Internal Revenue Law of Nineteen hundred and four is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following subsection: "(j) Persons engaged in the publication or printing and publication of any newspaper, review or bulletin having a fixed date of publication and having fixed prices for subscription and sale, on receipts derived from the sale of, subscriptions to, or advertisements in such newspaper, review or bulletin: Provided, however, That this provision shall not be applicable to persons engaged in the publication or printing and publication of any newspaper, review, or bulletin having for its principal purpose the publication of advertisements.'” Respectfully submitted. To the Honorable, FRANK A. Branagan, NEWTON W. GILBERT, RAFAEL PALMA, Committee on Taxation and Revenue. the PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINE COMMISSION. The report was accepted. Assembly Bill No. 197 was thereupon read the second time and referred to the Committee of the Whole, together with the report of the Committee on Taxation and Revenue thereon. It was considered in committee and reported back to the Commission with the recommendation that the amendment recommended by the Committee on Taxation and Revenue be concurred in with the following further amendment: After the word "newspaper" wherever the same occurs, insert the word "magazine." The amendment as recommended by the Committee of the Whole was adopted and the bill ordered on file for third reading. ADJOURNMENT. Thereupon, at 11 o'clock and 10 minutes antemeridian, On motion by Commissioner Sumulong, The Commission adjourned to meet at 10 o'clock and 30 minutes antemeridian on Wednesday, December 18, 1912. Third Philippine Legislature. First Session. JOURNAL OF THE COMMISSION. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1912. The Commission met pursuant to adjournment. Present: Commissioners Worcester, Luzuriaga, Araneta, Palma, Sumulong, Branagan, and the Acting President. Absent: The President (on leave). READING OF JOURNAL. The Journal for Tuesday, December 17, 1912, was read and approved. COMMUNICATION FROM THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL. The Secretary submitted a communication from the Insular Collector of Customs of December 14, 1912, referred to the Commission by the Governor-General, recommending that Congress be requested to repeal that portion of the Philippine Tariff Act of 1909, which requires that all export duties upon articles exported from the Philippine Islands into and consumed in the United States shall be refunded. Referred to the Committee on Matters Pertaining to the Department of Finance and Justice for report and recommendation. THIRD READING OF BILL. Assembly Bill No. 197. An Act to exempt newspaper enterprises in the Philippines from every impost or tax. Assembly Bill No. 197 was read the third time. The Acting President moved the following amendment: Section 1, insert after the word "Section one hundred and fortytwo of" the words "Act Numbered Eleven hundred and eighty-nine, entitled." The motion prevailed. The question then being upon its passage, the roll was called and the bill was unanimously passed. Commissioner Araneta moved to amend the title to read as follows: An Act amending section one hundred and forty-two of Act Numbered Eleven hundred and eighty-nine, entitled "The Internal Revenue Law of Nineteen hundred and four," by providing further exemptions from the taxes imposed by section one hundred and thirty-nine of said Act. The motion prevailed and the title as amended was read and approved. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. [Committee Report No. 57.] MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Matters Pertaining to the Department of Public Instruction, to which was referred on December 12, 1912, Assembly Bill No. 154, entitled "An Act providing for the adoption of military instruction in the public schools of the Philippine Islands," has examined the same and has the honor to report it back to the Commission with the following recommendation, viz: That this bill be laid on the table. Military training could be introduced in the public schools only at the expense of subjects now included in the course of study, which is already somewhat overcrowded. Your committee does not, therefore, deem it advisable to enlarge this course by the addition of the subject in question, which might tend to tax the efficiency of our public school system. MR. PRESIDENT: Your select committee of one, to which was referred on December 16, 1912, Commission Bill No. 52, entitled "An Act to amend section six of Act Numbered Two thousand and ninety-five of the Philippine Legislature to authorize reimbursements to holders of fellowships appointed under said Act of expenses for implements necessary to carry on their studies and for surgical and hospital attendance in case of necessity," has examined the same and has the honor to report it back to the Commission with the following recommendation, viz: That the bill be passed. Act No. 2095 is amended so that fellowship appointees may be reimbursed, not only for textbooks, but also for stationery, implements, instruments, etc., that may be required in the pursuit of their courses of study, and moreover for medical fees, hospital attendance and nurse hire in certain cases. The purpose of the amendment introduced and the form in which it is presented in the bill are entirely satisfactory to your committee. In its opinion, it is only fair for the Government to provide the fellowship appointee with all the necessary means incidental to his studies and to take care of him in case of serious and continuous illness while fulfilling his contract with the Government. Respectfully submitted. To the Honorable, RAFAEL PALMA, Committee. the PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINE COMMISSION. The report was accepted. Commission Bill No. 52 was thereupon read the second time and referred to the Committee of the Whole. It was considered in committee and reported back to the Commission with the recommendation that it pass with the following amendment: Section 1, page 2, line 3, strike out the word "long" before the words "continued illness." The amendment recommended by the Committee of the Whole was adopted and the bill ordered on file for third reading. [Committee Report No. 59.] MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Matters Pertaining to the Department of the Interior, to which was referred on December 7, 1912, Assembly Bill No. 77, entitled "An Act granting duly registered dentists the right granted by Act Numbered Seventeen hundred and sixty-one to physicians, for dental purposes only," has examined the same and has the honor to report it back to the Commission with the following recommendation, viz: That the bill be passed. |