Today in Philippine History (Philatelic Edition):
MARCH 16, 1900
U.S. President William McKinley established the Second Philippine Commission also known as the Taft Commission upon the recommendation of the First Philippine Commission. William Howard Taft headed it until July 4, 1901.
The commission exercised legislative and limited executive powers in the Philippine Islands.
It established a judicial system with a Supreme court, replaced Spanish ordinances, made 499 laws, organized a civil service and the Philippine Constabulary among others. It was disbanded on October 16, 1916.
Taft would later become a U.S. president.
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