# List of executive orders by Manuel Roxas

Listed below are executive orders signed by Philippine President Manuel Roxas.

## 1946

| No. | Title | Date signed |
| 110 | Prescribing the office hours to be observed effective June 1, 1946, in all Government bureaus and offices, including the provincial, city and municipal governments | May 30, 1946 |
| 1 | Prescribing rules and regulations for the granting and issuing of passports | July 4, 1946 |
| 2 | Organizing certain barrios of the municipality of Calbiga, province of Samar, into an independent municipality under the name of Pinabacdao | July 8, 1946 |
| 3 | On the control of exports from the Philippines | July 10, 1946 |
| 4 | Fixing the salaries and allowances of the officers and enlisted men of the Philippine Army | July 11, 1946 |
| 5 | Creating a Council of State | July 12, 1946 |
| 6 | Promulgating rules and regulations governing the construction, installation and operation of radio transmitting stations, radio receiving stations for commercial purposes of television or radio broadcasting stations under temporary permits issued by the President | July 17, 1946 |
| 7 | Reorganizing the Deportation Board | July 18, 1946 |
| 8 | Amending Paragraphs (8) and (9) of Executive Order No. 161, dated August 23, 1938, entitled "Promulgating regulations to govern the administration and collection of delinquent irrigation fees from landowners under irrigation systems constructed under the provisions of Act No. 2152, as amended, fixing adjusted irrigation fees for said systems and prescribing the manner of collecting same, and revoking Executive Order No. 142, dated February 15, 1938 | July 22, 1946 |
| 9 | Amending Paragraph 1 of Executive Order No. 320, dated January 27, 1941, entitled "Regulating the maintenance and operation of race tracks and horse racing" | July 29, 1946 |
| 10 | Fixing the allowances of the flight personnel of the Philippine Army Air Force, restoring the longevity pay for the Philippine Army, and for other purposes | July 31, 1946 |
| 11 | Creating a Board of Surveys | July 31, 1946 |
| 12 | Reorganizing the Quezon Memorial Committee, created under Executive Order Numbered Seventy-Nine, dated 17 December 1945 | August 19, 1946 |
| 13 | Prohibiting the exportation of timber, lumber and logs to the United States of America | August 26, 1946 |
| 14 | Authorizing the collection of an annual membership voluntary contribution of Fifty Centavos from pupils enrolled in the public schools for the support and maintenance of school medical and dental services | August 28, 1946 |
| 15 | Amending Paragraph Numbered Twenty-Two of Executive Order Numbered One, dated July Four, Nineteen Hundred and Forty-Six, entitled "Prescribing rules and regulations for the granting and issuing of passports" | September 5, 1946 |
| 16 | Further amending the Third Paragraph of Executive Order No. 33, dated May 29, 1936, as amended by Executive Orders Nos. 257 and 7, dated March 12, 1940 and July 18, 1946, respectively, reorganizing the Deportation Board | September 5, 1946 |
| 17 | Annexing the barrios of Villa and Pagud of the municipality of Bongabon, province of Nueva Ecija, to the municipality of Laur, same province | September 5, 1946 |
| 18 | Establishing the organization and operation of the Department of Foreign Affairs and of the Foreign Service of the Republic of the Philippines and fixing the emoluments, privileges and allowances of the officers and employees thereof | September 16, 1946 |
| 19 | Organizing a certain portion of the municipality of Vallehermoso, province of Oriental Negros, into an independent municipality under the name of Canlaon | October 11, 1946 |
| 20 | Amending Executive Order Numbered Four, dated July Eleventh, Nineteen Hundred and Forty-Six, entitled "Fixing the salaries and allowances of the officers and enlisted men of the Philippine Army" | October 15, 1946 |
| 21 | Fixing Wednesday, January 1, 1947, as Census Day | October 15, 1946 |
| 22 | Amending Paragraph (d), Section 5, of Executive Order No. 6, dated July 17, 1946, entitled "Promulgating rules and regulations governing the construction, installation and operation of radio transmitting stations, radio receiving stations for commercial purposes of television or radio broadcasting stations under temporary permits issued by the President" | October 16, 1946 |
| 23 | Amending Section 2 of Executive Order No. 3, dated July 10, 1946, entitled "On the control of exports from the Philippines" | November 1, 1946 |
| 24 | Creating the National Advisory Health Council | November 12, 1946 |
| 25 | Changing the membership of the Flood Control Commission created in Executive Order No. 68, dated 1 December 1936 | November 15, 1946 |
| 26 | Amending Executive Order No. 304, dated October 8, 1940, entitled "Creating Investigating Committees on Veterans' Pension, requiring provincial, city and municipal treasurers to perform certain duties in connection with such pension and enjoining all officers and employees of the Philippine Government to render necessary assistance to applicants therefor" | November 15, 1946 |
| 27 | Creating the Surplus Property Commission to take charge of the acceptance, administration, sale and disposition of the surplus property acquired by the Government of the Republic of the Philippines from the Government of the United States of America | November 18, 1946 |
| 28 | Directing the Metropolitan Transportation Service (METRAN) to furnish transportation facilities to bureaus and offices of the National Government | November 22, 1946 |
| 29 | Providing for the administration and disposition of properties or property rights in the province and in the city of Davao transferred to the Republic of the Philippines by the United States of America under the Philippine Property Act of 1946, and other properties of the Government therein situated which are now being administered by the Bureau of Lands | November 25, 1946 |
| 30 | Extending the periods provided for in Sections 3, 5, and 6 of Republic Act No. 17, entitled "An Act to provide for the circulation of treasury certificates with the Official Seal of the Republic of the Philippines stamped, printed or superimposed thereon, and for other purposes" | November 26, 1946 |
| 31 | Creating the Shipping Commission | November 28, 1946 |
| 32 | Extending further the period provided for in Sections 3, 5, and 6 of Republic Act No. 17, entitled "An Act to provide for the circulation of treasury certificates with the Official Seal of the Republic of the Philippines stamped, printed or superimposed thereon, and for other purposes" | December 23, 1946 |
| 33 | Promulgating rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of Republic Act Numbered Thirty entitled "An Act authorizing the payment, under certain conditions, of a gratuity to the widow and/or children, and in their absence to the other heirs, of a deceased officer or member of any police force or similar Governmental organization engaged in the maintenance of peace and order, appropriating funds therefor" | December 27, 1946 |
| 34 | Designating the barrio of Baroy in the municipality of Tubod, province of Lanao, as the seat of the municipal government thereof | December 27, 1946 |

## 1947

| No. | Title | Date signed |
| 35 | Prescribing the fees for milling palay | January 3, 1947 |
| 36 | Annexing the barrio of Marco of the municipality of Allacapan, province of Cagayan, to barrio Centro, the poblacion of said municipality | January 4, 1947 |
| 37 | Reorganizing the Deportation Board | January 4, 1947 |
| 38 | Providing for the Coat of Arms, Seal, and Flag of the President and vice-president of the Philippines | January 7, 1947 |
| 39 | Increasing the number of barrios of the municipal district of Banaue, Mountain Province, from seven to twelve | January 13, 1947 |
| 40 | Creating the Council of National Defense | January 13, 1947 |
| 41 | Extending further the periods provided for in Sections 3, 5, and 6 of Republic Act No. 17, entitled "An Act to provide for the circulation of treasury certificates with the Official Seal of the Republic of the Philippines stamped, printed or superimposed thereon, and for other purposes" | January 24, 1947 |
| 42 | Waiving the additional progressive taxes for the 1945-1946 crop to be collected from and paid by the proprietors or operators of sugar mills | February 5, 1947 |
| 43 | Transferring from the General Auditing Office the function of preparing and keeping the accounts of the various departments, bureaus, offices and dependencies of the National Government, including the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, the People's Court, the Commission on Elections and the University of the Philippines, the function of acting upon requisitions or orders for supplies, materials, furniture and equipment, and the function of operating the salvage warehouse | February 7, 1947 |
| 44 | Lifting the prohibition and/or limitation against importation of cattle into the Philippines | February 17, 1947 |
| 45 | Transferring the seat of government of the municipal district of Tabuk, Mountain Province, from Naneng to Laya | February 17, 1947 |
| 46 | Extending further the periods provided for in Sections 3, 5, and 6 of Republic Act No. 17, entitled "An Act to provide for the circulation of treasury certificates with the Official Seal of the Republic of the Philippines stamped, printed or superimposed thereon, and for other purposes," as amended by Republic Act Numbered Ninety-Two | March 8, 1947 |
| 47 | Amending Section 3 of Executive Order No. 3, dated July 10, 1946, entitled "On the control of exports from the Philippines" | March 17, 1947 |
| 48 | Creating the Code Commission | March 20, 1947 |
| 49 | Fixing office hours during the hot season | March 28, 1947 |
| 50 | Authorizing officers of the Philippine Army assigned in the Victoriano Luna General Hospital to receive the same rates of rental allowance as those enjoyed by officers assigned in the City of Manila | March 28, 1947 |
| 51 | Amending Executive Order No. 172, dated October 18, 1938, entitled "Regulations governing the use of motor vehicles or other means of transportation for official purposes" | April 12, 1947 |
| 52 | Fixing the pay and allowance of students of the Philippine Military Academy | April 21, 1947 |
| 53 | Terminating the collection of tolls at the Zapote Bridge, Cavite, and turning over the administration of the bridge to the provincial board of the said province | April 21, 1947 |
| 54 | Transferring the powers, duties and functions of the Treasurer of the Philippines pertaining to insurance, mutual benefit, relief and benevolent societies and associations, and trusts for charitable uses to the Bank Commissioner, and for other purposes | April 21, 1947 |
| 55 | Extending further the periods provided for in Sections 3, 5, and 6 of Republic Act No. 17, entitled "An Act to provide for the circulation of treasury certificates with the Official Seal of the Republic of the Philippines stamped, printed or superimposed thereon, and for other purposes," as amended by Republic Act No. 92 | May 31, 1947 |
| 56 | Designating the Government boards of examiners as technical advisory committees to the Office of Private Education, and empowering the Director of Private Education to call upon technical and professional employees of the Government for advice on matters affecting technical, professional and/or vocational courses in private educational institutions, and for assistance in the inspection of said institutions offering technical, professional and/or vocational courses | June 2, 1947 |
| 57 | Creating a board of directors for the Metropolitan Transportation Service | June 7, 1947 |
| 58 | Designating the National Development Company as the Agency to accept bids and to enter into contracts with successful bidders for the collection of scrap iron, steel, copper, brass, lead and other metal products on land or under water or to collect and dispose of same | June 9, 1947 |
| 59 | Extending the period of registration and deposit of emergency currency under the provisions of Republic Act Numbered Twenty-Two | June 9, 1947 |
| 60 | Designating the Philippine National Bank as fiscal agent of the Republic of the Philippines in the United States and for other purposes | June 16, 1947 |
| 61 | Amending Executive Order No. 27, dated November 18, 1946, creating the Surplus Property Commission | June 20, 1947 |
| 62 | Regulating rentals for houses and lots for residential buildings | June 21, 1947 |
| 63 | Reducing the Appropriation "For salaries and other expenses of advisers and consultants in foreign affairs" authorized in Republic Act No. 80, Item D-IV-3, from ₱50,000.00 to ₱30,000.00, and allotting the amount of ₱20,000.00 for a fund to be expended in the discretion of the Secretary of Foreign Affairs | June 24, 1947 |
| 64 | Further amending Executive Order No. 304, dated October 8, 1940, as amended by Executive Order No. 26, dated November 15, 1946, creating Investigating Committees on Veterans' Pensions | June 24, 1947 |
| 65 | Permitting limited exportation of logs and flitches subject to certain conditions | June 27, 1947 |
| 66 | Fixing the ceiling prices of lumber and for other purposes | June 27, 1947 |
| 67 | Organizing certain portions of the barrios of San Isidro and Bugsoc, municipality of Sierra Bullones, province of Bohol, into an independent barrio under the name of La Union | July 12, 1947 |
| 68 | Establishing a National War Crimes Office and prescribing rules and regulations governing the trial of accused war criminals | July 29, 1947 |
| 69 | Requiring aliens charged before the Deportation Board with collaboration with the enemy to file bond for appearance | July 29, 1947 |
| 70 | Declaring civilian volunteers who were members of recognized guerilla units as having the equivalent training of those who have completed trainee instruction and as constituting a part of the reserve units | July 29, 1947 |
| 71 | Saving under certain conditions validly existing concessions or licenses to cut timber within the area reserved under Proclamation No. 29 from the operation thereof | July 29, 1947 |
| 72 | Organizing the municipal districts of Sudipen, San Gabriel and Pugo, province of La Union, into regular municipalities | July 30, 1947 |
| 73 | Creating the Radio Broadcasting Board to administer and operate Radio Station KZFM acquired as surplus by the Government of the Republic of the Philippines from the Government of the United States of America | August 12, 1947 |
| 74 | Physical and medical examination of proposed appointees in the unclassified service and in Government boards, agencies and instrumentalities | August 12, 1947 |
| 75 | Designating the Cebu Landing Field as a national airport | August 12, 1947 |
| 76 | Amending Executive Order No. 31, dated November 28, 1946, creating the Shipping Commission | August 12, 1947 |
| 77 | Amending Paragraph No. 1 of Executive Order No. 33, dated December 27, 1946, entitled "Promulgating rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of Republic Act Numbered Thirty entitled 'An Act authorizing the payment, under certain conditions, of a gratuity to the widow and/or children, and in their absence to the other heirs, of a deceased officer or member of any police force or similar Governmental organization engaged in the maintenance of peace and order, appropriating funds therefor'" | August 12, 1947 |
| 78 | Segregating the barrio of Aloneros from the municipality of Tagkawayan, Quezon province, and annexing said barrio to the municipality of Guinayangan, same province | August 12, 1947 |
| 79 | Organizing a portion of the municipality of Sindangan, province of Zamboanga, into an independent municipality under the name of Labason with the seat of government in the barrio of Labason | August 12, 1947 |
| 80 | Organizing certain portions of the municipalities of Talibon and Ubay, province of Bohol, into an independent municipality under the name of Trinidad | August 14, 1947 |
| 81 | Creating a Central Bank Council | August 14, 1947 |
| 82 | Organizing into ten municipalities all, except three, municipal districts in the province of Cotabato and annexing the said three municipal districts to the municipality of Cotabato | August 18, 1947 |
| 83 | Extending further the periods provided for in Sections 3, 5, and 6 of Republic Act No. 17, entitled "An Act to provide for the circulation of treasury certificates with the Official Seal of the Republic of the Philippines stamped, printed or superimposed thereon, and for other purposes" as amended by Republic Act No. 92 | August 21, 1947 |
| 84 | Transferring the seat of government of the Municipality of Sagay, Negros Occidental, from the Poblacion of Dalusan | August 26, 1947 |
| 85 | Organizing certain barrios and sitios of the municipality of Plaridel, province of Occidental Misamis, into an independent municipality under the name of Calamba with the seat of government at the barrio of Calamba | September 3, 1947 |
| 86 | Amending Executive Order No. 24, dated November 12, 1946, entitled "Creating the National Advisory Health Council" | September 3, 1947 |
| 87 | Further amending Executive Order No. 320, dated January 27, 1941, as amended by Executive Order No. 99, dated March 11, 1946, entitled "Regulating the maintenance and operation of race track and horse racing" | September 3, 1947 |
| 88 | Waiving the additional progressive taxes for the 1946-1947 crop to be collected from and paid by the proprietors or operators of sugar mills | September 3, 1947 |
| 89 | Amending Executive Order No. 89, dated August 12, 1947 | September 3, 1947 |
| 90 | Establishing the Philippine Relief and Trade Rehabilitation Administration, dissolving the Philippine Relief and Rehabilitation Administration and the National Trading Corporation, and reorganizing the National Cooperatives Administration | September 10, 1947 |
| 91 | Revoking Executive Order No. 33, dated April 22, 1913, and lifting the reservation established thereunder | September 26, 1947 |
| 92 | Authorizing provincial, chartered city and municipal governments to grant living bonus for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1948 | September 29, 1947 |
| 93 | Abolishing the National Enterprises Control Board, creating the Government Enterprises Council, transferring the Metropolitan Transportation Service to the Manila Railroad Company, dissolving and merging certain corporations owned or controlled by the Government, and for other purposes | October 4, 1947 |
| 94 | Reorganizing the different executive departments, bureaus, offices, and agencies of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines, making certain adjustments of personnel and reallotments of funds in connection therewith, and for other purposes | October 4, 1947 |
| 95 | Providing for the administration of the Turtle and Mangsee Islands | October 13, 1947 |
| 96 | Fixing the date or organization and territorial jurisdiction of the city of Dagupan | October 15, 1947 |
| 97 | Waiving the additional progressive taxes for the 1941-1942 crop to be collected from and paid by the proprietors or operators of sugar mills | October 17, 1947 |
| 98 | Fixing the clothing allowance and per diems of officers and enlisted men of the Army of the Philippines sent to the U.S. Army Service Schools | October 21, 1947 |
| 99 | Transferring to the National Abaca and Other Fibers Corporation the administration and disposition of public lands formerly held by aliens or dummy applicants | October 22, 1947 |
| 100 | Designating the Administrator of the Civil Aeronautics Administration as acting airport administrator of the international airport at Nichols Field and authorizing him to conduct negotiations for the transfer thereof to the Republic of the Philippines | October 23, 1947 |
| 101 | Restricting the carrying of firearms before, during and after the general elections on November 11, 1947 | November 4, 1947 |
| 102 | Ordering the suspension of all appointments of special agents of the Military Police Command, including those of the G-2 Service of the Military Police Command; of all special agents of the provincial governor, city or municipal mayors within the province of Cavite, and the confiscation of firearms now in their possession | November 4, 1947 |
| 103 | Adopting measures to insure peace and order and free elections in the province and city of Cavite | November 9, 1947 |
| 104 | Fixing at Fifty Pesos per month the minimum pay of employees of the National Government enjoying subsistence and/or quarters allowances | November 11, 1947 |
| 105 | Authorizing the acting air port administrator of the international air port at Nichols Field to execute and sign lease contracts | November 22, 1947 |
| 106 | Extending further the periods provided for in Sections 3, 5, and 6 of Republic Act No. 17, entitled "An Act to provide for the circulation of treasury certificates with the Official Seal of the Republic of the Philippines stamped, printed or superimposed thereon, and for other purposes," as amended by Republic Act No. 92 | November 29, 1947 |
| 107 | Prohibiting the execution of Government contracts wherein the Government is required to make advance payment for services not yet rendered and/or supplies and materials not yet delivered | December 3, 1947 |
| 108 | Reorganizing the Lighthouse Board | December 3, 1947 |
| 109 | Further amending Executive Order No. 320, dated January 27, 1941, as amended by Executive Order No. 99, dated March 11, 1946, and Executive Order No. 87, dated September 3, 1947, entitled "Regulating the maintenance and operation of race track and horse racing" | December 3, 1947 |
| 110 | Organizing the Philippine mission to the United Nations and providing for its direction and maintenance | December 12, 1947 |
| 111 | Organizing a certain portion of the municipality of Tolong, province of Oriental Negros, into an independent municipality under the name of Santa Catalina | December 17, 1947 |
| 112 | Amending Executive Order No. 65, dated June 27, 1947, so as to allow the limited exportation of sawn lumber for a period of six months | December 17, 1947 |
| 113 | Organizing certain portions of the municipalities of Cuyapo, Guimba, Muñoz, and Lupao, all of the province of Nueva Ecija, into an independent municipality under the name of Talugtug | December 20, 1947 |
| 114 | Requiring public bidding, under certain conditions, for award of contracts for repair or construction works to be entered into by the corporations owned or controlled by the Government | December 27, 1947 |
| 115 | Fixing the date of organization and the territorial jurisdiction of the city of Dagupan | December 31, 1947 |

## 1948

| No. | Title | Date signed |
| 116 | Amending Executive Order No. 85, so as to postpone the organization of the municipality of Calamba, province of Occidental Misamis | January 1, 1948 |
| 117 | Further amending Paragraph 1 of Executive Order No. 320, dated January 27, 1941, entitled "Regulating the maintenance and operation of race tracks and horse racing" | January 2, 1948 |
| 118 | Amending Executive Order Numbered Eighteen, dated September Sixteen Nineteen Hundred and Forty-Six, entitled "Establishing the organization and operation of the Department of Foreign Affairs and of the Foreign Service of the Republic of the Philippines and fixing the emoluments, privileges and allowances of the officers and employees thereof | January 9, 1948 |
| 119 | Declaring that portion of the Benguet Road (Kennon Road) from Klondyke's Spring to Camp Six within the Mountain Province a toll road and fixing a schedule of fees for the collection of tolls thereon | February 6, 1948 |
| 120 | Regulating boxing and wrestling contests or exhibitions | February 26, 1948 |
| 121 | Extending further the periods provided for in Sections 3, 5, and 6 of Republic Act No. 17, entitled "An Act to provide for the circulation of treasury certificates with the Official Seal of the Republic of the Philippines stamped, printed or superimposed thereon, for the other purposes," as amended by Republic Act No. 92 | February 28, 1948 |
| 122 | Organizing certain portion of the municipality of Mambajao, province of Oriental Misamis, into an independent municipality under the name of Mahinog | March 19, 1948 |
| 123 | Fixing office hours during the hot season | March 19, 1948 |
| 124 | Abolishing the municipal districts of Borboanan, Macopa, Pili and Tagbayani in the province of Surigao and annexing the territories thereof to the municipalities of Bislig and Surigao, same province | March 23, 1948 |
| 125 | Abolishing the municipal district of Bannagao in the province of Isabela and annexing the territories thereof to the municipal district of Aurora, same province | March 23, 1948 |
| 126 | Organizing a certain portion of the municipality of Iligan, province of Lanao, into an independent municipality under the name of Kauswagan | March 29, 1948 |
| 127 | Transferring the seat of government of the Municipality of Longos, province of Laguna, from the Poblacion of Longos to the barrio of San Juan of the same municipality | March 30, 1948 |