Title:

Acts Passed by the Legislature, Republic of Liberia During the Sessions: 1914, 1915

Collection:

Liberian Law Collection

Creator:

Legislature, Republic of Liberia

Date:

{1914, 1915}

Subject:

Liberian Law Collection

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74 300dpi JPEG page images

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Government Printing Office

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Monrovia, Liberia

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Book

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Acts and Resolutions

• Acts Passed by The Legislature Of The Republic Of Liberia, During The Session 1913-1914. Published by Authority. Monrovia: Liberia, Government Printing Office, 1914.
• Acts
  • JOINT RESOLUTION INCORPORATING THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, FENDAL, MONTSERRADO COUNTY.
  • AN ACT INSTITUTING THE LIBERIAN ORDER OF MILITARY SERVICE AND MERIT.
  • JOINT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF LIBERIA TO ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS WITH MR. F. P. McMULLEN FOR THE EXPLORATION OF THE HARDWOODS IN AND ABOUT THE (continued on the next page)
  • (.. See previous page) ANGLO-LIBERIAN FRONTIER AND CONCERNING THE BUILDING OF A RAILWAY TO THE ANGLO-LIBERIAN FRONTIER THROUGH MONTSERRADO COUNTY.
  • AN ACT PROVIDING FOR UNIFORM AND PAY OF THE OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS OF THE MILITIA OF LIBERIA IN THE TIME OF WAR.
  • AN ACT AMENDATORY TO AN AC T RELATING TO DIVORCE, APPROVED JANUARY 30TH, 1907.
  • JOINT RESOLUTION RESTORING D. A. BROWN, OF SINOE COUNTY TO CITIZENSHIP.
  • JOINT RESOLUTION RESTORING JAMES DUDLEY AND CLEVELAND KIEZAR OF MONTSERRADO COUNTY TO CITIZENSHIP.
  • JOINT RESOLUTION INCORPORATING THE APOLLO CIRCLE NO. 1, OF HARPER CITY, MARYLAND COUNTY.
  • A RESOLUTION TO EXPRESS THE THANKS OF THE GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE OF THE REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA TO PROF. FREDERICK STARR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, U. S. A. FOR HIS INTEREST MANIFESTED IN BEHALF OF THE REPUBLIC.
  • AN ACT RELATING TO THE SECOND REGIMENT, LIBERIA MILILITIA.
  • JOINT RESOLUTION GRANTING THE WIDOW AND HEIRS OF THE LATE THOMAS HENRY PERRY OF MARYLAND COUNTY THIRTY ACRES OF LAND
  • AN ACT FORBIDDING THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR AND ALL NATIVE AFRICAN AND DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS IN THE LOCAL TOWNS AND VILLAGES WITHIN THE REPUBLIC FROM CLAIMING OR DEMANDING FROM PARTIES APPEARING IN THEIR COURTS FOR TRIAL, FEE OR FEES OTHER THAN THOSE PROVIDED BY LAW.
  • AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE APPOINTMENT OF A NATIONAL RELIEF COMMITTEE.
  • JOINT RESOLUTION DIRECTING HOW THE PAY OF THE FRONTIER FORCE SHALL BE DISBURSED.
  • JOINT RESOLUTION INCORPORATING THE HALF CRAWAY BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF MARYLAND COUNTY.
  • AN ACT GRANTING TO RICHARD BROWN OF PAVNESVILLE THE RIGHT TO CONSTRUCT AND I OPERATE A LIGHT RAILWAY ON THE OLDFIED (continued on the next page)
  • (see previous page) BETWEEN PAYNESVILLE AND HEAD-WATERS OF THE JUNK RIVER.
  • JOINT RESOLUTION INCORPORATING THE SILVER STAR LODGE NUMBER 9, I. O. G. T, OF HARTFORD GRAND BASSA COUNTY.
  • JOINT RESOLUTION GRANTING TO THE CHRISTIAN WOMAN'S BOARD OF MISSIONS FIVE HUNDRED ACRES OF LAND IN OR NEAR THE SETTLEMENT OF SCHIEFFELIN IN THE COUNTY OF MONTSERRADO FOR MISSIONARY AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES.
  • AN ACT MAKING REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT, REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA.
  • AN ACT CREATING AND ESTABLISHING A BUREAU OF INTERNAL TELEGRAPHY, TO BE CONNECTED, SUPERVISED, AND CONTROLED BY THE GENERAL POSTAL DEPARTMENT OF LIBERIA.
  • AN ACT AMENDATORY TO AN ACT INCORPORATING THE COAST AND HINTERLAND RAILROAD COMPANY PASSED BY LIMITATION, A. D. 1911.
  • AN ACT GRANTING THOMAS SERGEANT THE EIGHT OF PEARL FISHING IN THE TERRITORIAL WATERS OF THE REPUBLIC.
  • AN ACT LEGALIZING THE REVISED CRIMINAL CODE, THE CRIMINAL CODE OF PROCEEDURE AND THE CIVIL CODE OF PROCEEDURE.
  • JOINT RESOLUTION, AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF LIBERIA TO OPEN A CIVILIZED SETTLEMENT OR TOWNSHIP AT RIVER CESS AND ELSEWHERE IN THE REPUBLIC AS HE MAY DEEM PRACTICABLE, AND AT SUCH TIME AS HE MAY SEE FIT.
  • AN ACT FORBIDDING THE ORDERING OR IMPORTATION OF GOODS AND MERCHANDISE INTO THIS REPUBLIC, BY PERSONS IN GOVERNMENT EMPLOY OVER THEIR OFFICIAL SIGNATURE, WHEN SUCH GOODS ARE NOT FOR GOVERNMENT USE AND BY FICTITIOUS FIRMS OR NAMES NOT LEGALLY RECOGNIZED IN THE REPUBLIC.
  • JOINT RESOLUTION RELATING TO THE RECRUITMENT OF LABOURERS FOR SERVICE BEYOND THE REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA.
  • JOINT RESOLUTION INCORPORATING THE UNION BAPTIST CHURCH OF FORTSVILLE, GRAND BASSA COUNTY.
  • AN ACT AMENDATORY TO AN ACT REGULATING TOWNS AND VILLAGES.
  • AN ACT AMENDING THE SEVERAL EXISTING ACTS RELATING TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE OF THE REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA.
  • JOINT RESOLUTION INCORPORATING THE DAUGHTERS OF ARTEMIS, OF HARPER, MARYLAND COUNTY.
  • AN ACT AMENDING AN ACT, ENTITLED "AN ACT, AMENDING AND ENLARGING THE RIGHTS AND POWERS OF THE EXCELSIOR MINING COMPANY, LIMITED OF MARYLAND COUNTY, LIBERIA APPROVED JANUARY 19th 1914.”
  • jOINT RESOLUTION RESPECTING THAT PORTION OF THE JOINT RESOLUTION DISPOSING OF HOFFMAN STATION, BIGTOWN AND BUBETOR, THE SITES FORMERLY HELD AND OCCUPIED BY THE CAPE PALMAS GREBOES IN MARYLAND COUNTY AS APPROVED JANUARY 11th 1911.
  • JOINT RESOLUTION APPROVING OF THE ACTION OF HIS EXCELLENCY PRESIDENT D. E. HOWARD OF THE REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA IN SUSPENDING THE ACT FORBIDDING THE CIRCULATION OF FOREIGN COLONIAL SILVER IN THE REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA PASSED DURING THE SESSION OF 1913, 1914.
  • JOINT RESOLUTION INCORPORATING THE hU- CllANAN CITY LODGE NO 7. INTERNATIONAL (continued on the next page)
  • (see previous page) ORDER OF GOOD THEMPLARS OF UPPER BUCHAN AN GRAND BASSA COUNTY.
  • AN ACT AMENDATORY TO AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE REGISTRATION OF ALL BANKING (continued on the next page)
  • INSTITUTIONS IN LIBERIA, AND REQUIRING THEM TO PAY A LICENSE, APPROVED JANUARY 22nd. 1914.
  • JOINT RESOLUTION GRANTING TO THE MUHLEN. BURG MISSION, OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. ONE HUNDRED ACRES OF LAND NEAR DOBLEY ISLAND, COUNTY OF MONTSERRADO, FOR MISSIONARY AND INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES.
  • JOINT RESOLUTION INCORPORATING THE BAPTIST INDUSTRAL ACADEMY OF FORTSYILLE GRAND BASSA COUNTY, R. L.
  • AN ACT AMENDATORY TO THE ACTS RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY, APPROVED DECEMBER 7th, 1911 AND JANUARY 11th, 1913.
  • JOINT RESOLUTION IMCORPORATING THE DISTRICT GRAND LODGE No-37. OF THE GRAND UNITED ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS OF THE REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA.
  • JOINT RESOLUTION INCORPORATING THE KROOTOWN PIONEER LODGE No .3 INTERNATIONAL ORDER OF GOOD TEMPLERS OF THE REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA.
  • AN ACT AMENDING THE CUSTOMS TARIFF OF 1916.
  • AN ACT AMENDATORY TO AN ACT CONSOLIDATING, AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE SEVERAL EXISTING ACTS RELATIVE TO PUBLIC INSTRUCTION AND COMMON SCHOOLS, APPROVED FEBRUARY 5th, 1912.
  • JOINT RESOLUTION INCORPORATING THE TUCKER'S LODGE No. 137, U. B. F. of CAREYSBURG, MONTSERRADO COUNTY.
  • JOINT RESOLUTION MAKING THE SETTLEMENTS OF OLD CONGOTOWN AND WHITE PLAINS MONTSERRADO COUNTY NANNA KROO COUNTY VOTING PRECINCIS.
  • JOINT RESOLUTION AMENDATORY TO A JOINT RESOLUTION FIXING THE TIME FOR MEETING OF THE NATIONAL LEGISLATURE.
  • JOINT RESOLUTION CREATING THE DISTRICT OF MARSHALL A TERRITORY AND PROVIDING FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF SAME.
  • AN ACT GRANTING THE CITY CORPORATION OF MONROVIA ALL TAXES ON REAL PROPERTY.
  • JOINT RESOLUTION THE McCANIS STEWART ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COUNT FROM OFFICE.
  • AN ACT EXTENDING THE BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL PERIOD ENDING JUNE 30th, 1915, TO COVER THE QUARTERS ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, AND DECEMBER 31, A. D. 1915.
  • AN ACT FELATING TO CASH COLLECTION OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE.
  • JOINT RESOLUTION RESPECTING THE CELEBRATION OF LIBERIA'S NATAL DAY, THE TWENTY-SIXTH OF JULY.
• INDEX
• Acts Passed by The Legislature Of The Republic Of Liberia, During The Session 1914-1915. Published by Authority. Monrovia: Liberia, Government Printing Office, 1915.
• Acts
  • EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND ACT.
  • EMERGENCY MODE OF PROCEDURE ACT.
  • AN ACT EXTENDING THE TIME FOR THE EXCELSIOR MINING COMPANY LIMITED OF MARYLAND COUNTY. LIBERIA TO COMMENCE THE SURVEYS OF THE RAILROAD ROUTES AND THE TIME WITHIN WHICH TO COMMENCE THE CONSTRUCTION OF SAID RAILROAD, AS APPROVED SEPTEMBER 2OTH, 1914.
  • AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 6 OF THE CUSTOM CODE. (TONAGE AND EIGHT DOES.)
  • AN ACT SUPPEEMENTARY TO AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A STAMP DUTY ON DEEDS. AGREEMENTS, RECEIPTS AND CERTAIN OTHER DOCUMENTS APPROVED FEBRUARY 1st, 1906.
  • AN ACT TO PREVENT THE RESTRAIXT OF TRADE AND MONOPOLIES IN THE REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA.
  • JOINT RESOLUTION FOR THE RELIEF OF OFFICIALS, PUBLIC SERVANTS AND CREDITORS OF THE REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA.
  • AN ACT SUPPLEMENTARY TO THE EMERGENCY MODE OF PROCEDURE ACT.
  • JOINT RESOLUTION FIXING THE DAY OF ADJOURNMENT OF THE CALL SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE. MARCH 1915.