Commission Bill No. 2 was read the third time. The question then being upon its passage, the roll was called and the bill was unanimously passed and the title read and approved. Commission Bill No. 3. An Act prohibiting the sale, purchase, barter, exchange, pledge, loan, or giving away of the clothes, arms, ammunition, equipment, accouterments, stores, and other property furnished by the Government of the Philippine Islands to the Philippine Constabulary, and prescribing punishment for the unlawful disposition or the theft of any such property. Commission Bill No. 3 was read the third time. On motion by Commissioner Branagan, Further consideration of Commission Bill No. 3 was postponed until the next meeting of the Commission. Commission Bill No. 4. An Act creating the office of shipping commissioner, defining his duties, regulating the shipment and discharge of seamen in domestic vessels, and the adjudication of wage disputes in certain cases. On motion by Commissioner Araneta, Commission Bill No. 4 was passed on file. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS. Commissioner Araneta introduced the following bill: Commission Bill No. 5. An Act amending section twelve of Act Numbered One hundred and ninety, entitled "An Act providing a code of procedure in civil actions and special proceedings in the Philippine Islands," as amended, by providing for the use of the Spanish language in certain cases after the first day of January, nineteen hundred and thirteen, and for other purposes. By unanimous consent Commission Bill No. 5 was read the first time by title only and referred to the Committee on Matters Pertaining to the Department of Public Instruction for report and recommendation. Commissioner Worcester introduced the following bill for the Acting President: Commission Bill No. 6. An Act creating the crime of habitual criminality and providing punishment for the same. By unanimous consent Commission Bill No. 6 was read the first time by title only and referred to the Committee on Matters Pertaining to the Department of Finance and Justice for report and recommendation. MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL. [REPORT OF CODE COMMITTEE.] MANILA, October 19, 1912. GENTLEMEN: In accordance with the provisions of section 5, Act 1941, I have the honor to transmit to the Philippine Commission a copy of the report of the work of the Code Committee for the past year. Very respectfully, NEWTON W. GILBERT, To the PHILIPPINE COMMISSION. Acting Governor-General. MANILA, October 16, 1912. SIR: Pursuant to your letter of September 27, 1912, I have the honor herewith to present to the Office of the Governor-General the inclosed report of the work of the Code Committee, in accordance with the provisions of section 5 of Act No. 1941, for transmission to the Legislature. Pursuant to the provisions of section 5 of Act No. 1941, creating the Code Committee, it has the honor to submit the following report: The personnel of the committee is the same as that set forth in the report transmitted on the 20th of last October, all of the members of the committee being now on duty, Member W. L. Goldsborough absent at that time having since returned from the United States. The following work has been performed since said date of October 20, 1911, when the last report of the committee was submitted: 1. The proposed Code of Procedure has been completed and the committee is now engaged in the examination and discussion of same. 2. The discussion of Book I of the proposed Penal Code, which had been drafted at the time of the sending of the report of October 20 to the Legislature and which had been commenced at that time, has been postponed until the whole code shall be completed, it being the understanding that such discussion will then be easier, fuller, and more complete. Said Penal Code is now complete and only needs revision in order to embrace all penal offenses punishable under existing statutes in order that all may be codified-that is, included in one single body of laws. 3. The work of revising, compiling, and codifying all of the general laws in force of the Philippine Commission and Philippine Leg islature that is to say, the laws relating to the organization and administration of the Government of these Islands-is still going on in accordance with the provisions of Executive Order No. 113, dated November 5, 1909, for the purpose of a Political and Administrative Code, a great part of said code having been completed. 4. Books I and II of the proposed Civil Code have been drafted, the additional provisions which may be deemed necessary in relation to those of other codes being lacking, their inclusion depending on such resolutions as may be adopted after proper discussion. 5. That part of said Civil Code relating to obligations and contracts has also been completed and the necessary research has been made to begin the work of drafting the part of said code relating to successions. 6. A bill has been prepared dealing with the procedure to be followed in the cases of detention or arrest of male delinquents under 21 years of age and of females under 25, and of the manner of conducting criminal prosecutions thereof, with other provisions relating to the correction of minors who are rebellious to parental authority and arrest of all persons over said age, which was sent the Philippine Legislature on the 15th of last December, through the Chief Executive of the Islands. 7. Finally, another bill on habitual criminals is pending discussion and will be presented in due time to the Legislature for its consideration and approval. Respectfully submitted. MANUEL ARAULLO, President of the Code Committee. REPORT OF THE TREASURER OF OPERATIONS UNDER ACT NO. 2083. MANILA, October 16, 1912. GENTLEMEN: In accordance with the provisions of section 4, Act 2083, I have the honor to transmit a copy of the report of the Insular Treasurer, which has been approved by me, containing a detailed account of all transactions during the preceding year under the provisions of this Act. Very respectfully, NEWTON W. GILBERT, To the PHILIPPINE COMMISSION. Acting Governor-General. MANILA, October 14, 1912. SIR: In compliance with the provisions of section 4 of Act 2083 of the Second Philippine Legislature, I have the honor to submit the following report of the operations of the gold standard fund under the provisions of said Act, for the period December 8, 1911, to September 30, 1912. The Act above referred to provides briefly as follows: (1) That the gold standard fund shall be a sum equivalent to 35 per cent of the money of the Philippine Islands in circulation and available for that purpose, exclusive of silver certificates protected by a gold reserve. (2) That the surplus in the fund in excess of the amount fixed in the preceding paragraph, on the date of the passage of the Act above referred to, December 8, 1911, and all subsequent accretions to the fund, shall be transferred to the general fund in the Insular Treasury as miscellaneous revenue and be available for appropriation for general purposes in the same manner as other monies of the general fund. (3) Of the gold standard fund, as fixed above, not to exceed 50 per cent is made available for investment by the Insular Treasurer, with the prior approval of the Governor-General, in loans to provinces and municipalities and in temporary loans on approved securities to the Manila Railroad Company, to complete certain sections of their southern lines. On December 8, 1911, the date on which the Act above referred to became effective, the surplus in the fund in excess of the amount fixed by the Act was 2,672,329.81, which amount was transferred to the general fund of the Insular Treasury on December 12, 1911. In addition to the foregoing, subsequent accretions amounting to #1,053,202.75 have been transferred to the general fund of the Treasury, making the total amount transferred from the gold standard fund to the general fund, for the period December 8, 1911, to September 30, 1912, #3,725,532.56. Under the provisions of section 3 of the Act loans to provinces and municipalities and to the Manila Railroad Company have been made as follows: To provinces and municipalities Total #2,776,700 700,000 3,476,700 I attach hereto an operation statement of the fund for the fiscal year 1912 and the first three months of the fiscal year 1913. Very respectfully, (Sgd.) J. L. MANNING, Treasurer, Philippine Islands. His Excellency, the GOVERNOR-GENERAL. 117411-4 |