INSULAR GOVERNMENT

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                    [Title] => Municipal Ordinance No. 3 of the municipality of Cebu
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When the municipality of Cebu was yet young having been established by the Americans in 1901, the Municipal Board of Cebu enacted Ordinance No. 3 on May 15, 1901, the purpose of which was to regulate the erections of buildings and houses in Cebu. Among the provisions were:

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                    [AuthorName] => Clarence Paul Oaminal
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                    [Title] => TODAY IN THE PAST
                    [Summary] => June 21, 1901, William H. Taft is appointed first civil governor of the Philippines. During his term, he undertakes the purchase, for the Insular Government the large tracts of agricultural land from the religious orders, and declares them public domain for sale to tenants.


How did these friar estates come into the possession of the colonial government? 


In 1902, President Roosevelt sent Taft to Rome to negotiate the withdrawal of the friars from the Philippines and the purchase of their landed estates. 


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                    [AuthorName] => Samson Lucero
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Municipal Ordinance No. 3 of the municipality of Cebu

By Clarence Paul Oaminal | September 21, 2014 - 12:00am

When the municipality of Cebu was yet young having been established by the Americans in 1901, the Municipal Board of Cebu enacted Ordinance No. 3 on May 15, 1901, the purpose of which was to regulate the erections...

Freeman Opinion

TODAY IN THE PAST

By Samson Lucero | June 21, 2005 - 12:00am

June 21, 1901, William H. Taft is appointed first civil governor of the Philippines. During his term, he undertakes the purchase, for the Insular Government the large tracts of agricultural land from the religious...

Freeman Opinion