An Act Appropriating Additional Funds for the Necessary Expenses of the Government of the Philippine Islands during the Fiscal Year Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-Six and Previous Fiscal Years, and for Other Purposes

December 4, 1926

ACT NO. 3325

AN ACT APPROPRIATING ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THE NECESSARY EXPENSES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS DURING THE FISCAL YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX AND PREVIOUS FISCAL YEARS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

SECTION 1. The following sums, or so much thereof as may be respectively necessary, are hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, in additional compensation of the service of the Philippine Government for the fiscal year ending December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and twenty-six:

	A. THE EXECUTIVE
	SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS
1.	Three per centum of all sums appropriated for salaries
	of commissioner, superintendents, and supervisors of
	private schools, in accordance with the provisions of
	Section 8 of Act No. 3050	P1,038.00
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		Total available for The Executive, to be taken
		from any appropriations for salaries and wages
		and miscellaneous expenses of said Office	1,038.00
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	B. SUPREME COURT
	MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES
1.	Traveling expenses of personnel	P50.00
2.	Postal, telegraph, telephone, and cable service	372.00
3.	Illumination and power service	25.00
4.	Maintenance and repair of equipment	25.00
5.	Other services	453.00
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		Total available for the Supreme Court, to be
		taken from any appropriations for salaries and
		wages, miscellaneous expenses, and purchase
		of equipment	925.00
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	BUREAUS UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL
	C. BUREAU OF CIVIL SERVICE
	MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES
1.	Maintenance and repair of equipment	P100.00
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		Total available for the Bureau of Civil Service,
		to be taken from any appropriations for
		miscellaneous expenses of said Bureau	100.00
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	DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR
	D. PHILIPPINE CONSTABULARY
	SALARIES AND WAGES
	QUARTERMASTER DIVISION, PROPERTY SUBDIVISION,
	BODEGA SECTION
1.	Unskilled laborers employed as mozos in the bodegas
	at general headquarters, in the Gagalangin corral, in
	various provinces as launch engineers, for the care of
	animals, transportation of supplies, and construction
	and repair of provisional buildings	P3,000.00
	MISCELLANEOUS
2.	Rental and commutation of quarters for officers	17,000.00
	MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES
3.	Illumination and power service	1,500.00
4.	Consumption of supplies and materials	10,000.00
5.	Rental of buildings and grounds	2,500.00
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		Total available for the Philippine Constabulary,
		to be taken from any appropriations for salaries and
		wages and miscellaneous expenses of said Bureau	34,000.00
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	E. PHILIPPINE GENERAL HOSPITAL
	SALARIES AND WAGES
	ALLOWANCES
1.	Subsistence of personnel in Manila	P6,800.00
	MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES
2.	Consumption of supplies and materials	27,000.00
	Less - sum to be taken from any appropriations for
	salaries and wages and miscellaneous expenses of
	said Hospital	(20,520.00)
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		Total additional appropriation available for
		the Philippine General Hospital	13,280.00
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	F. OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WELFARE COMMISSIONER
	SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS
1.	Education, care, and maintenance of children not
	infected with leprosy from Culion	P25,000.00
	Less - sum to be taken from any appropriations for
	salaries and wages and miscellaneous expenses
	of said Office	(10,000.00)
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		Total additional appropriation available for
		the Office of the Public Welfare Commissioner	15,000.00
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	G. BOARDS OF MEDICAL, PHARMACEUTICAL, DENTAL,
	OPTICAL, AND NURSE EXAMINERS
	SALARIES AND WAGES
1.	Fees for the chairmen and members of the Boards of
	Medical, Dental, Optical, and Nurse Examiners	P4,000.00
	MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES
2.	Traveling expenses of personnel	60.00
3.	Consumption of supplies and materials	110.00
4.	Maintenance and repair of equipment	50.00
	Less - sum to be taken from any appropriations for salaries
	and wages and miscellaneous expenses of said Office	(220.00)
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		Total additional appropriation available for the
		Boards of Medical, Pharmaceutical, Dental,
		Optical, and Nurse Examiners	4,000.00
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	DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
	H. PHILIPPINE HEALTH SERVICE
	SALARIES AND WAGES
	DIVISION OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
1.	Vaccinators, including one medical inspector in charge
	at P4,000 per annum, and chiefs and assistant chiefs of
	parties at a rate of compensation not to exceed P1,800
	per annum each	P6,750.00
	SAN LAZARO HOSPITAL
	General Service Section
2.	For servants, laundrymen, and other attendants and
	laborers; for emergency employees in case of epidemics;
	and for commutation of subsistence, quarters, and laundry	2,940.00
	CULION LEPER COLONY
3.	For servants, laundrymen, musicians, policemen,
	attendants, and other temporary employees	18,000.00
	MISCELLANEOUS
4.	Non-medical temporary employees for emergency
	cases and epidemics, laborers, and allowances herein
	authorized for subsistence, quarters, and laundry	4,200.00
	MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES
5.	Traveling expenses of personnel, including those of
	local medical officers specifically approved and
	payable from this fund by the Director and the
	Secretary of Public Instruction	4,400.00
6.	Illumination and power service	1,000.00
7.	Consumption of supplies and materials, including first
	uniform for newly appointed sanitary inspectors and for
	employees of hospitals and the Culion Leper Colony	113,000.00
	Less - sum to be taken from any appropriations for
	salaries and wages and miscellaneous expenses of
	said Office	(51,390.00)
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		Total additional appropriation available for
		the Philippine Health Service	98,900.00
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	I. BUREAU OF QUARANTINE SERVICE
	MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES
1.	Traveling expenses of personnel	P1,500.00
2.	Freight, express, and delivery service	200.00
3.	Postal, telegraph, telephone, and cable service	350.00
4.	Other services	150.00
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		Total available for the Bureau of Quarantine
		Service, to be taken from any appropriations for
		miscellaneous expenses of said Bureau	2,200.00
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	DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
	J. BUREAU OF CUSTOMS
	MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES
1.	Traveling expenses of personnel	P500.00
2.	Postal, telegraph, telephone, and cable service	1,000.00
3.	Sundry expenses in connection with the secret service	2,000.00
4.	Other services	4,000.00
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		Total available for the Bureau of Customs, to be
		taken from any appropriations for miscellaneous
		expenses of said Bureau	7,500.00
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	K. BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE
	SALARIES AND WAGES
	MISCELLANEOUS
1.	Temporary employees and storekeepers	P4,800.00
	MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES
2.	Illumination and power service	200.00
3.	Miscellaneous expenses in connection with the secret service	150.00
4.	Other services	2,300.00
5.	For expenses in connection with the return to the Internal
	Revenue Commissioner of the United States of obsolete
	United States internal-revenue stamps for cigars	24,000.00
	Less - sum to be taken from any appropriations for
	salaries and wages and miscellaneous expenses of
	said Office	(17,450.00)
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		Total additional appropriation available for
		the Bureau of Internal Revenue	14,000.00
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	L. BUREAU OF THE TREASURY
	SALARIES AND WAGES
	MISCELLANEOUS
1.	Temporary employees	P300.00
	MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES
2.	Printing and binding reports, documents, and publications	100.00
	FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT
3.	Purchase of furniture and equipment	100.00
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	Total available for the Bureau of the Treasury, to be
	taken from any appropriations for salaries and wages
	and miscellaneous expenses	500.00
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	M. BUREAU OF PRINTING
	SALARIES AND WAGES
	MISCELLANEOUS
1.	Night and overtime work and temporary employees	P9,000.00
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		Total additional appropriation available for the
		Bureau of Printing	9,000.00
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	DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
	N. BUREAU OF JUSTICE
	MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES
1.	Postal, telegraph, telephone, and cable service	P1,420.00
2.	Illumination and power service	700.00
3.	Consumption of supplies and materials	1,260.00
4.	Maintenance and repair of equipment	790.00
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		Total available for the Bureau of Justice, to be
		taken from any appropriations for miscellaneous
		expenses of said Bureau	4,170.00
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	O. COURTS OF FIRST INSTANCE AND JUSTICE OF THE
	PEACE COURTS
	SALARIES AND WAGES
	JUSTICE OF THE PEACE COURTS
1.	Salaries of justices of the peace and auxiliary justices
	of the peace outside of the City of Manila	P52,000.00
	MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES
2.	Consumption of supplies and materials	P3,130.00
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		Total available for Courts of First Instance and
		Justice of the Peace Courts, to be taken from any
		appropriations for salaries and wages and
		miscellaneous expenses of said Office	55,130.00
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	P. GENERAL LAND REGISTRATION OFFICE
	MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES
1.	Postal, telegraph, telephone, and cable service	P900.00
2.	Illumination and power service	600.00
3.	Maintenance and repair of equipment	800.00
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		Total available for the General Land Registration
		Office, to be taken from any appropriations for
		miscellaneous expenses of said Office	2,300.00
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	Q. PHILIPPINE LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
	MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES
1.	Postal, telegraph, telephone, and cable service	P200.00
2.	Maintenance and repair of equipment	9.00
3.	Other services	170.00
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		Total available for the Philippine Library and
		Museum, to be taken from any appropriations
		for miscellaneous expenses of said Office	379.00
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	R. BUREAU OF PRISONS-PRISON DIVISION
	MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES
1.	Freight, express, and delivery service	P5,000.00
2.	Consumption of supplies and materials including meals
	for prisoners, families of penal colonists, and officers
	and employees of the Prison rendering not less than 12
	hours service daily: Provided, That the amount for
	such subsistence shall not exceed the sum allowed by
	section 300 of the Revised Administrative Code	48,000.00
3.	Traveling expenses of persons not Government employees	7,500.00
	Less - sum to be taken from any appropriations for
	salaries and wages and miscellaneous expenses	(10,000.00)
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		Total additional appropriation available for
		the Bureau of Prisons	50,500.00
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	S. PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION
	MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES
1.	Postal, telegraph, telephone, and cable service	P440.00
2.	Maintenance and repair of equipment	330.00
	FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT
3.	Purchase of furniture and equipment	1,010.00
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		Total available for the Public Utility Commission,
		to be taken from any appropriations for miscellaneous
		expenses of said Office	1,780.00
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	DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES
	T. BUREAU OF AGRICULTURE
	SALARIES AND WAGES
	MISCELLANEOUS
1.	Temporary and emergency employees, skilled and
	semi-skilled laborers, including laborers for rice,
	corn, sugar-cane, cocoa, coffee, coconut, rubber,
	and lanzones cultivation stations, commercial citrus
	orchards, hemp experimental stations, breeding and
	testing experimental stations, immunizing and quarantine
	stations, and for the extermination of agricultural pests	P6,000.00
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		Total available for the Bureau of Agriculture, to
		be taken from any appropriations for salaries and
		wages and miscellaneous expenses of aid Bureau	6,000.00
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	U. BUREAU OF FORESTRY
	MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES
1.	Traveling expenses of personnel	P2,000.00
2.	Consumption of supplies and materials	6,350.00
3.	Maintenance and repair of equipment	150.00
4.	Other services	1,500.00
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		Total available for the Bureau of Forestry, to be
		taken from any appropriations for salaries and
		wages and miscellaneous expenses of said Bureau	10,000.00
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	V. BUREAU OF LANDS
	SPECIAL APPROPRIATION
1.	Homestead investigation and survey, Act No. 2874	P20,000.00
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		Total additional appropriation available for the
		Bureau of Lands	20,000.00
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	W. BUREAU OF SCIENCE
	MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES
1.	Traveling expenses of personnel	P1,500.00
2.	Freight, express, and delivery service	500.00
3.	Illumination and power service	200.00
4.	Maintenance and repair of equipment	1,000.00
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		Total available for the Bureau of Science, to be
		taken from any appropriations for salaries and
		wages and miscellaneous expenses of said Bureau	3,200.00
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	DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND COMMUNICATIONS
	X. BUREAU OF PUBLIC WORKS
	SALARIES AND WAGES
	MISCELLANEOUS
1.	Skilled and semi-skilled laborers	P650.00
	MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES
2.	Traveling expenses of personnel	4,000.00
3.	Postal, telegraph, telephone, and cable service	3,300.00
4.	Illumination and power service	600.00
5.	Maintenance and repair of equipment	3,500.00
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		Total available for the Bureau of Public Works, to
		be taken from any appropriations for salaries and
		wages and miscellaneous expenses of said Bureau	12,050.00
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	Y. BUREAU OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
	MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES
1.	Freight, express, and delivery service	P600.00
2.	Consumption of supplies and materials	1,000.00
3.	Traveling expenses of persons not Government employees	400.00
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		Total available for the Bureau of Commerce and
		Industry, to be taken from any appropriations for
		miscellaneous expenses of said Bureau	2,000.00
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	Z. BUREAU OF LABOR
	MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES
1.	Postal, telegraph, telephone, and cable service	P200.00
2.	Illumination and power service	300.00
3.	Printing and binding reports, documents, and publications	500.00
4.	Maintenance and repair of equipment	200.00
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		Total available for the Bureau of Labor, to be
		taken from any appropriations for salaries and
		wages and miscellaneous expenses of said Bureau	1,200.00
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	AA. BUREAU OF SUPPLY
	MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES
1.	To cover repayment of penalty imposed upon the
	Philippine Education Company, Incorporated, for
	delay in delivering certain supplies requisitioned by
	the Bureau of Education, through the Bureau of Supply	P7,000.00
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		Total additional appropriation available for
		the Bureau of Supply	7,000.00
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SECTION 2. The following additional sums, or so much thereof as may be respectively necessary, are hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to cover certain expenses of the Insular Government for the years nineteen hundred and twenty-two, nineteen hundred and twenty-three, and nineteen hundred and twenty-five:

 

	A. THE EXECUTIVE
	SPECIAL APPROPRIATION
1.	For scholarships in the United States or abroad
	during the year 1925	P10,000.00
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		Total available for the Executive, to be taken
		from any appropriations for salaries and wages
		and miscellaneous expenses of said Office for 1926	10,000.00
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	B. PHILIPPINE HEALTH SERVICE
	SPECIAL APPROPRIATION
1.	Consumption of supplies and materials during
	1922 and 1923 in the Culion Leper Colony	P33,680.00
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		Total additional appropriation available for
		the Philippine Health Service	33,680.00
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SECTION 3. The following sum, or as much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be at the disposition of the Director of Public Works, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Commerce and Communications, as a supplement to the public works funds appropriated in Act Numbered Thirty-two hundred and fifty-eight:

 

	A. COMPLETION AND MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS
	AND OTHER UNCLASSIFIED PROJECTS
(a)	For the maintenance, alteration, improvement, and
	repair of public buildings, including adjacent grounds	47,200.00
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		Total additional appropriation for the
		completion and maintenance of public
		buildings and other unclassified projects	47,200.00
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		Total of appropriations made in this Act	312,560.00
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SECTION 4. All unexpended balances of the appropriations for public works made in Acts Nos. 2736, 2786, 2898, 2980, 3044, 3113, 3145, 3213, and 2935 are hereby made available for expenditure up to December 31, 1927, any provision of existing law to the contrary notwithstanding.

SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on its approval.

Approved, December 4, 1926.