An Act Amending Act Numbered Eight Hundred and Seven, Entitled "An Act Making Appropriations for Sundry Expenses of the Insular Government for the Fiscal Year Ending June Thirtieth, Nineteen Hundred and Four, and Other Designated Periods," by Making Certain Additions to and Changes in the Personnel and Language as therein Contained

July 31, 1903

ACT NO. 813

AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED EIGHT HUNDRED AND SEVEN, ENTITLED "AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUNDRY EXPENSES OF THE INSULAR GOVERNMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FOUR, AND OTHER DESIGNATED PERIODS," BY MAKING CERTAIN ADDITIONS TO AND CHANGES IN THE PERSONNEL AND LANGUAGE AS THEREIN CONTAINED

SECTION 1. Section one of Act Numbered Eight hundred and seven, entitled "An Act making appropriations for sundry expenses of the Insular Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four, and other designated periods," enacted July twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and three, is hereby amended in the following particulars:

(a) The appropriation under the head of "Salaries and wages, installation of the pail system in the city of Manila, Board of Health for the Philippine Islands, nineteen hundred and four," is amended by inserting between the words "and for the hire of laborers, not to exceed an aggregate of fourteen thousand five hundred dollars," and the words "thirty-one thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars," the following words: "Crew of the sanitary barge Pluto, for five months: One launch master, class nine; one chief engineer, class nine; one patron, Class F; one assistant engineer, Class H; two firemen, Class J; six sailors, at fifty cents per diem each."

(b) The appropriation under the head of "Contingent expense, installation of the pail system in the city of Manila, Board of Health for the Philippine Island, nineteen hundred and four," is amended by inserting between the words "ground rent for public closet at Santa Monica" and the words "and other incidental expenses" the following words: "Coal, fittings, and supplies for sanitary barge Pluto."

(c) The appropriation under the head of "Salaries and wages Bureau of Prisons, nineteen hundred and four," is amended by inserting between the words "one baker, class nine," and the words "twenty-four guards, Class A," the following words: "One machinist, class nine; one foreman of steam laundry, at one thousand and fifty dollars per annum."

(d) The appropriation under the head of "Revenue cutters and launches, Bureau of Customs and Immigration, nineteen hundred and four," is amended by inserting between the words "repairs and incidental expenses" and the words "fifty thousand dollars" the following words: "Crews of Manila Harbor launches as follows: Two captains, Class D; one engineer, Class E; twelve engineers and captains, Class F; three employees, at three hundred dollars per annum each; fourteen firemen, at two hundred dollars per annum each; two employees, at one hundred and fifty dollars per annum each; twenty-five employees, at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum each."

SECTION 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

ENACTED, July 31, 1903. ETHIDa