An act appropriating funds for the construction of a school building in the town of San Sebastian, and for other purposes, approved December 5, 1917.

An act to provide additional revenue and to authorize and regulate the importation, manufacture, and sale of intoxicating drinks and drugs for medicinal, sacramental, industrial, and scientific purposes, and to amend sections 12 and 23 of Chapter II of an act entitled "An act to amend Chapter II, Title IX, of the Political Code and to repeal certain sections of the Penal Code, and for other purposes," approved March 9, 1905, and to repeal Act No. 48, approved April 13, 1916, and for other purposes, approved December 5, 1917.

An act defining public service companies; and providing for their regulation: prescribing, defining, regulating, and limiting their rights, powers, and duties: prescribing and defining the powers and duties of the public service commission and its officers; prescribing and regulating the practice and procedure before such commission and upon appeal, and for other purposes, approved December 6, 1917.

An act to reorganize the sanitation service of Porto Rico; to amend "an act making appropriations for the necessary expenses of carrying on the government of Porto Rico for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1918, and for other purposes," approved April 12, 1917, insomuch as relates to the department of health, and for other purposes, approved December 6, 1917.

An act for an additional budget for payment to employees of the insular government rendering services to the senate of Porto Rico outside of office hours during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1918, and for other purposes, approved December 6, 1917. An act to include the island of Culebra among the organized municipalities of Porto Rico, and for other purposes, approved December 6, 1917.

An act to regulate the public-charity medical service; to fix minimum salaries therein, and for other purposes, approved December 6, 1917.

An act to declare an insular road a section of road of the municipality of Jayuya; to appropriate the necessary funds for the macadamizing thereof, and other works that may be nesessary, and for other purposes, approved December 6, 1917.

An act appropriating the sum of $20,000 for the completion of the Lajas-Guanica road, in accordance with the survey made by the department of the interior, and for other purposes, approved December 6, 1917.

An act to provide for the construction of one concrete bridge over the Caguitas River on road No. 5 from Caguas to Aguas Buenas, approved December 6, 1917.

An act appropriating the sum of $15,000 for the construction of a reinforced concrete submersible bridge over the Grande de Loiza River on the road between Caguas and Las Piedras, near the town of San Lorenzo, approved December 6, 1917.

An act for the repair of the pier situate at the Port of Mulas in the island of Vieques, approved December 6, 1917.

An act placing under the department of the interior the Yaurel River defensive works, in the Municipality of Arroyo, and for other purposes, approved December 6, 1917.

An act appropriating the sum of $6,000 for the construction of a municipal hospital in Comerio, and for other purposes, approved December 6, 1917.

An act for the survey and construction of an artesian well in the island of Vieques; making the necessary appropriation therefor, and for other purposes, approved December 6, 1917.

An act appropriating the sum of $4,000 for the completion of the school building in the town of Barros, and for other purposes, approved December 5, 1917.

An act providing that road No. 1, from the town of Toa Baja to insular road No. 2, joining the latter between kilometers 18 and 19, be included in the general plan of roads of Porto Rico, and for other purposes, approved December 6, 1917.

An act appropriating the sum of $3,000 for the reconstruction of the Culebra Pier, and for other purposes, approved December 7, 1917.

An act providing that the road from Fajardo to the port thereof, from the place known as "rambla," be recorded in the department of the interior as an insular road, approved December 7, 1917.

An act to provide for the construction of two municipal hospitals, one each in the towns of Rio Grande and Aguadilla; appropriating the sum of $10,000, and for other purposes, approved December 7, 1917.

An act providing for the construction of a municipal hospital in the municipality of Vega Baja; appropriating the necessary funds therefor, and for other purposes, approved December 7, 1917.

An act making appropriations for the necessary expenses of carrying on the Government of Porto Rico for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1919, and for other purposes, approved December 7, 1917.

JOINT RESOLUTIONS.

Joint resolution prescribing the number, duties, and compensation of the officers and employees of the house of representatives of Porto Rico, authorizing a transfer of funds, and for other purposes, approved September 26, 1917.

Joint resolution prescribing the number, duties and compensation of the officers and employees of the senate, approved September 26, 1917.

Joint resolution authorizing the transfer to the senate appropriation for incidentals for the fiscal year 1917-18 of the balance in the appropriation for salaries of the extinguished executive council for the fiscal year 1917-18, and for other purposes, approved October 5, 1917.

Joint resolution authorizing municipal corporations of Porto Rico to contract indebtedness, borrow money, and issue bonds for the exclusive purpose of executing works tending to supply water, construct and repair roads, and other conveniences to facilitate and aid the Federal Government of the United States in the establishment and maintenance of military camps, approved October 31, 1917.

Joint resolution making a deficiency appropriation to cover a deficit in the appropriation "Expenses of election in Porto Rico, no fiscal year," approved November 2, 1917.

Joint resolution directing the commissioner of education to allot additional teachers to certain municipalities, appropriating funds to pay their salaries, and for other purposes, approved November 2, 1917.

Joint resolution providing for the assignment of the charity schools of Santurce to the department of health, approved November 9, 1917.

Joint resolution authorizing the commissioner of the interior and the attorney general to make a settlement in the name of The People of Porto Rico with Juan Fernández Gómez and Cristóbal Fernández Díaz, and for other purposes, approved November 13, 1917.

Joint resolution to create a joint commission to compile the insular laws, approved November 17, 1917.

Joint resolution concerning aid requested by Matilde Millín to finish her studies in Porto Rico, approved November 22, 1917.

Joint resolution directing the commissioner of the interior to begin the construction of the road from Guayanabo to La Muda, approved November 22, 1917.

Joint resolution appropriating the sum of $600,000, payable in annual installments of $50,000, on the 1st day of July of each year subsequent to the termination of the work of dredging the harbor of San Juan and reclaiming the mangrove swamps adjacent thereto, for the purpose of reimbursing the Government of the United States in said amount as part payment of the expenditures to be made by the United States in said work, and for other purposes, approved November 22, 1917.

Joint resolution authorizing municipalities to amend their budgets in force on the basis of 100 per cent of the full assessed valuation of all property, in accordance with act No. 24, approved April 12, 1917, amending section 83 of the Municipal Law, approved November 23, 1917.

Joint resolution to include in the classified civil service of Porto Rico such principal, graded and rural teachers of public instruction as shall have taught in the public schools of Porto Rico for three or more years subsequent to 1899, approved November 23, 1917.

Joint resolution to include in the classified civil service of Porto Rico the employees of the board of commissioners of agriculture and of the insular experiment station at Rio Piedras, approved November 27, 1917.

Joint resolution authorizing the municipality of Manatí to sell at public auction a building belonging to said municipality, and to use the proceeds of said sale, together with the surplus remaining in closed appropriations, for the construction of a public market; and to contract an indebtedness of $3,000 to be also used in the construction of the said market, approved November 28, 1917.

Joint resolution to grant a gratuity to Gerardo Quiñónes and his wife, Francisca Ortiz, on account of the death of their son, Clotilde Quiñones y Ortiz, and for other purposes, approved November 30, 1917.

Joint resolution to organize the services of the insular experiment station of Porto Rico, approved November 30, 1917.

Joint resolution to settle a suit which The People of Porto Rico has instituted in the district court of Ponce against Juan Aquilino González relative to a rural property, and directing the commissioner of the interior, and the attorney general to make said settlement, approved November 30, 1917.

Joint resolution to reimburse the school board of Ponce for satisfaction of a judgment, approved November 30, 1917.

Joint resolution making necessary provision to settle land claims in the barrio of Cataño, Municipality of Bayamón, approved, December 3, 1917.

Joint resolution to appropriate the necessary additional funds for the reconstruction of the building belonging to The People of Porto Rico used for customhouse purposes at Fajardo, approved December 4, 1917.

Joint resolution to authorize the municipality of Caguas to expand in the fiscal year 1917-18 the 75 per cent surplus of the liquidation of regular funds in the fiscal year 1916-17, approved December 4, 1917.

Joint resolution appropriating the sum of $4,000 to contribute toward the construction of a municipal hospital in the town of Carolina, and for other purposes, approved December 6, 1917.

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Joint resolution appropriating the sum of $4,000 or such part thereof as may be necessary for the construction of a submersible bridge over the Trigo ford of the Río Piedras River, and for other purposes, approved December 6, 1917.

Joint resolution appropriating the sum of $10,000, or such part thereof as may be necessary, for the construction of a submersible bridge over the ford of the Grande de Loíza River at the entrance to the town of Trujillo Alto, and for other purposes, approved December 7, 1917.

Joint resolution providing for the construction of a hospital in Toa Alta; appropriating the necessary funds, and for other purposes, approved December 7, 1917.

LIST OF ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF PORTO RICO NINTH ASSEMBLY, SPECIAL SESSION, FEBRUARY 6 το 16, 1918.

An act appropriating the sum of $5,000 for the printing and binding of the laws of Porto Rico in the fiscal years, 1917-18 and 1918-19, approved February 18, 1918. An act authorizing the temporary increase of the insular police force during the existence of the war, and making appropriation therefor, approved February 18, 1918. An act to amend section 3 of "An act to amend section 553 of the Penal Code, repeal section 554 of the said code, and for other purposes," approved November 23, 1917, approved February 18, 1918.

An act to authorize the commissioner of education to issue temporary licenses to certain persons, approved February 19, 1918.

An act making deficiency appropriations for temporary employees for the house of representatives, employees of the insular government working extra hours, legislative printing, and per diem and traveling expenses of representatives during the special session of the ninth assembly, and for other purposes, approved February 19, 1918.

An act to extend the time for the taking effect of act No. 14, of the legislative assembly of Porto Rico, approved April 12, 1917, approved February 21, 1918.

An act appropriating the sum of $5,000 for making the necessary survey and estimate for a determination of the most suitable place for the construction of a bridge over the Grande River of Arecibo to connect the city of Arecibo with the insular system of roads, approved February 21, 1918.

An act appropriating the sum of $8,000 to continue the study of the irrigation of the lands in the valley of Lajas and in the vicinity of Isabela, and for other purposes, approved February 21, 1918.

An act to make uniform the law of warehouse receipts; to authorize persons, firms or corporations engaged in the business of storing goods for profit, to issue warehouse receipts on the goods so stored; to regulate the issuance, negotiation and transfer of such receipts, and to provide punishment for violation of said regulation, and for other purposes, approved February 21, 1918.

An act to promote the welfare of the inhabitants of Porto Rico in regard to accidents causing death or injuries to workmen while engaged in their work; establishing the duty of employers, to compensate their employees or heirs, as defined in this act, for injuries or death irrespective of negligence, and to provide ways and means for the inforcement of this duty; creating an insurance fund to secure employers against such liability and providing for the management and regulation of such insurance; creating a workmen's relief commission and determining its powers and duties; establishing the liability of The People of Porto Rico with regard to their laborers for injuries or death of such laborers in works performed by administration, and for other purposes, approved February 25, 1918.

An act authorizing the executive secretary of Porto Rico to employ temporarily one additional clerk, approved February 25, 1918.

An act to amend section 1 of act 89 of the ninth regular session of the Legislature of Porto Rico, approved December 7, 1917, and for other purposes, approved February 25, 1918.

An act authorizing the municipality of Naguabo to expend a surplus existing in the municipal treasury, and amounting to $5,078, for a hospital, and for other purposes, approved February 25, 1918.

An act to amend section 1 of act No. 89 of the ninth regular session of the Legislative Assembly of Porto Rico, approved December 7, 1917, and for other purposes, approved March 1, 1918.

An act to amend section 5, Article I, and sections 3 and 12, Article II, of an act entitled "An act to provide additional revenues and to authorize and regulate the importation, manufacture, and sale of intoxicating drinks and drugs for medicinal, sacramental, industrial, and scientific purposes, and to amend sections 12 and 23 of Chapter II of an act entitled 'An act to amend Chapter II, Title IX, of the Political Code, and to repeal certain sections of the Penal Code, and for other purposes,' approved March 9, 1905, and "to repeal act No. 48, approved April 13, 1916, and for other purposes, approved December 5, 1917; and to amend paragraph 9, section 1, of an act entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to amend Chapter II, Title IX, of the amend Chapt Political Code of Porto Rico, and to repeal certain sections of the Penal Code, and for f the other purposes,' approved March 9, 1905, and March 9, 1911," approved March 13, 1913; and to amend article 288, Chapter I, Title IX, of the Political Code, approved March 1, 1918.

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An act to amend act No. 14, approved March 12, 1914, "To regulate the automobile service of The People of Porto Rico, and for other purposes," appropriating the sum of $5,000 for the automobile of the Resident Commissioner in Washington, and for other purposes, approved March 8, 1918.

An act authorizing the municipality of Toa Alta to expend for the construction of a municipal hospital 25 per cent of its surplus on June 30, 1917, and any other existing surplus funds from the work on the slaughterhouse and meat shop now under construction, and for other purposes, approved March 11, 1918.

An act providing for the registration of births of children and suspending for one year any act in conflict herewith, approved March 11, 1918.

An act to amend paragraph (d) of section 8 of the "Act to regulate the operation of motor vehicles in Porto Rico, and for other purposes," approved April 13, 1916, approved March 11, 1918.

An act determining cases in which decisions of approval in ex parte proceedings shall immediately become final, approved March 11, 1918.

An act to amend section 1 of an act entitled "An act to provide for the appointment of jury commissioners for the district courts of Porto Rico, and for other purposes, and to repeal sections 191 and 192 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, and all other laws, orders, and decrees in conflict herewith," approved March 10, 1904, and to amend sections 194 and 197 of the aforesaid code, and for other purposes, approved March 11, 1918.

An act to amend "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to amend 1 Chapter II, Title IX, of the Political Code and to repeal certain sections of the Penal Code, and for other purposes,' approved March 9, 1905, and for other purposes," approved March 11, 1911, approved March 11, 1918.

An act to amend section 374 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, approved March 15, 1918.

An act to provide for the construction of a concrete school building in the town of San German, appropriating the necessary funds, and for other purposes, approved March 16, 1918.

An act to authorize the issuance of bonds of The People of Porto Rico to the amount of $300,000, to provide funds for and to authorize the construction and equipment of a high-school building in the city of San Juan, the completion of the high school in the city of Ponce, and for other purposes, approved March 16, 1918.

JOINT RESOLUTIONS.

Joint resolution for the construction of 4,600 meters of road running from the town of Ceiba to the port of Ensenada Honda of said municipality; appropriating the sum of $10,000 for said work, and for other purposes, approved February 25, 1918.

Joint resolution to amend joint resolution No. 12 of the ninth regular session of the Legislature of Porto Rico, approved November 30, 1917, and for other purposes, approved March 9, 1918.

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION.

Concurrent resolution praying the Congress of the United States to extend to Porto Rico the laws commonly known as the rural credits and vocational education acts.

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EXHIBIT В.

LIST OF APPOINTMENTS BY THE GOVERNOR DURING THE FISCAL YEAR 1917-18.

JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS.