Republic Acts - AN ACT TO INCREASE THE SALARIES OF MUNICIPAL JUDGES AND TO REQUIRE THEM TO DEVOTE FULL TIME TO THEIR FUNCTIONS AS JUDGES, TO CONVERT MUNICIPAL AND CITY COURTS INTO COURTS OF RECORD, TO MAKE FINAL THE DECISIONS OF COURTS OF FIRST INSTANCE IN APPEALED CASES FALLING UNDER THE EXCLUSIVE ORIGINAL JURISDICTION OF MUNICIPAL AND CITY COURTS EXCEPT IN QUESTIONS OF LAW, AMENDING THEREBY SECTIONS 45, 70, 75, 77 AND 82 OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY SIX, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE JUDICIARY ACT OF 1948, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES