Land Tenure, Hacienda Expansion, and Agrarian Policy (1830-1930)

1. Royal Decree sets rules for land "compositions"

   Jul 25, 1880Labels: Royal Decree, Spanish government, Land compositions

   • Cervantes Virtual
   • Lawphil GR 6878

2. Spanish Mortgage Law takes effect in Philippines

   Dec 1, 1889Labels: Spanish Mortgage, Registry system, Property registry

   • Lawphil GR 6878

3. Maura Act orders registration of agricultural lands

   Feb 13, 1894Labels: Maura Act, Royal Decree, Agricultural lands

   • Tribongtao
   • Maura Law

4. Treaty of Paris transfers sovereignty to United States

   Dec 10, 1898Labels: Treaty of, United States, Spanish American

   • Britannica
   • NHCP

5. Philippine Organic Act authorizes friar-land purchases

   Jul 1, 1902Labels: Philippine Organic, U S, Friar lands

   • Organic Act
   • Lawphil 1120 preamble

6. Land Registration Act introduces Torrens-style titling

   Nov 6, 1902Labels: Land Registration, Torrens system, Act No

   • Lawphil Act 496

7. Public Land Act organizes homesteading, sale, and lease

   Oct 7, 1903Labels: Public Land, Act No, Homesteading

   • DAR list

8. Government contracts to buy major friar estates

   Dec 22, 1903Labels: Friar estates, Insular Government, Land purchase

   • Lawphil Act 1120

9. Friar Lands Act sets resale rules and preferences

   Apr 26, 1904Labels: Friar Lands, Act No, Settler preference

   • Lawphil Act 1120

10. Payne–Aldrich Act expands U.S.–Philippine free trade

    Aug 5, 1909Labels: Payne Aldrich, U S, Export agriculture

    • SRA history
    • Payne Aldrich

11. Cadastral Act enables systematic land title adjudication

    Feb 11, 1913Labels: Cadastral Act, Act No, Cadastral survey

    • Lawphil Act 2259

12. Underwood–Simmons Tariff removes key limits on exports

    Oct 3, 1913Labels: Underwood Simmons, U S, Export markets

    • SRA history

13. Jones Law increases Filipino control over public lands policy

    Aug 29, 1916Labels: Jones Law, Philippine government, Autonomy Act

    • SET Jones Law
    • Britannica

14. Revised Administrative Code strengthens Bureau of Lands role

    Mar 10, 1917Labels: Revised Administrative, Bureau of, Act No

    • Lawphil Act 2711
    • Official Gazette

15. Public Land Act consolidates public domain disposition rules

    Jul 1, 1919Labels: Public Land, Act No, Director of

    • Lawphil Act 2874

16. Export-sugar expansion culminates in hacienda-centered economy

    Jan 1, 1920Labels: Sugar expansion, Hacienda economy, Plantations

    • SRA history

17. Great Depression pressures agrarian systems by 1930

    Jan 1, 1930Labels: Great Depression, Agrarian crisis, 1930 downturn

    • Depression PH