An Act Appropriating Additional Funds for the Operation of the Government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines during the Fiscal Year Nineteen Hundred and Forty

June 15, 1939

COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 467

AN ACT APPROPRIATING ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES DURING THE FISCAL YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY

SECTION 1. Appropriation of Funds. — The following sums, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are appropriated out of the General Fund in the Philippine Treasury not otherwise appropriated for the purposes indicated in the respective items to be spent during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and forty: cDAISC

		E. DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
		I. SALARIES AND WAGES
		(2) BUREAU OF CUSTOMS
		OFFICE OF THE SURVEYOR OF THE PORT
1.	Two sanitary inspectors at P600	P1,200.00
		MARINE INSPECTION AND NAVIGATION DIVISION
2.	Two inspectors of hulls and boilers at P3,960	7,920.00
		Lighthouse Service
3.	One lightkeeper with furnished quarters and
	subsistence	840.00
4.	Two lightkeepers with furnished quarters and
	subsistence at P600	1,200.00
5.	Four lightkeepers with furnished quarters and
	subsistence at P480	1,920.00
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	Total	P13,080.00
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		(3) BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE
		MISCELLANEOUS TAX DIVISION
1.	One chief of division	P5,100.00
2.	One senior law clerk	3,120.00
3.	One chief, mining section	2,760.00
4.	Two law clerks at P1,200	2,400.00
5.	Ten examiners at P960	9,600.00
6.	One clerk	900.00
7.	One clerk	720.00
8.	Two clerk-stenographers at P600	1,200.00
9.	Two clerks at P480	960.00
10.	One messenger	360.00
		LAW DIVISION
11.	Three law clerks at P2,400	7,200.00
12.	Three clerk-stenographers at P720	2,160.00
		REVENUE ACCOUNTS AND STATISTICAL DIVISION
13.	Two clerks at P960	1,920.00
14.	Five clerks at P480	2,400.00
		INCOME TAX DIVISION
15.	One law clerk	1,800.00
16.	One law clerk	1,200.00
17.	One chief of section	1,560.00
18.	Two clerk-stenographers at P720	1,440.00
19.	Ten clerks at P480	4,800.00
20.	Twenty assistant income tax examiners at P960	19,200.00
		ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
21.	One laborer (janitor)	480.00
		General Service Section
22.	One clerk	720.00
		Records Section
23.	Two clerks at P600	1,200.00
24.	One messenger	360.00
25.	One laborer	420.00
		Cash and Disbursing Section
26.	One assistant cashier	2,040.00
27.	One teller	1,200.00
28.	Three laborer-stampers at P360	1,080.00
		Property Section
29.	One clerk	480.00
30.	One laborer-stamper	360.00
		INSPECTION DIVISION
31.	Fifteen agent's assistants at P960	14,400.00
32.	Seven clerks at P600	4,200.00
33.	Ten secret service agents at P600	6,000.00
34.	Thirty storekeepers at P480	14,400.00
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	Total	P118,140.00
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	Total for salaries and wages	P131,220.00
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		II. SUNDRY EXPENSES
1.	Traveling expenses of personnel	P24,000.00
2.	Freight, express, and delivery service	500.00
3.	Postal, telegraph, telephone, cable, and radio service	1,000.00
4.	Illumination and power service	500.00
5.	Consumption of supplies and materials	4,000.00
6.	Printing and binding reports, documents,
	and publications	1,000.00
7.	Other services	500.00
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	Total for sundry expenses	P31,500.00
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		III. FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT
1.	For the purchase of furniture and equipment	P8,000.00
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	Total for furniture and equipment	P8,000.00
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		V. SUMMARY
	Total for salaries and wages	P131,220.00
	Total for sundry expenses	31,500.00
	Total for furniture and equipment	8,000.00
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	Total amount available for the
	Department of Finance	P170,720.00
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		F. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
		I. SALARIES AND WAGES
		(6) BUREAU OF PRISONS
		MEDICAL DIVISION
1.	One radiologist	P2,400.00
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	Total	P2,400.00
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	Total for salaries and wages	P2,400.00
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		V. SUMMARY
	Total for salaries and wages	P2,400.00
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	Total amount available for the
	Department of Justice	P2,400.00
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		G. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE
		I. SALARIES AND WAGES
		(8) WEATHER BUREAU
		SEISMIC AND MAGNETIC DIVISION
1.	One seismic computer	P840.00
2.	Eleven seismic observers, part time, at P180	1,980.00
		ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
3.	Two telephone clerks at P360	720.00
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	Total	P3,540.00
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	Total for salaries and wages	P3,540.00
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		III. FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT
1.	For the purchase of furniture and equipment	P12,500.00
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	Total for furniture and equipment	P12,500.00
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		V. SUMMARY
	Total for salaries and wages	P3,540.00
	Total for furniture and equipment	12,500.00
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	Total amount available for the Department
	of Agriculture and Commerce	P16,040.00
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		H. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND COMMUNICATIONS
		IV. SPECIAL PURPOSES
1.	For the additional subvention to the steamship
	company that can maintain a transportation
	service between Manila and Batanes via
	Calayan, with calls at Itbayat and Sabtang	P2,500.00
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	Total for special purposes	P2,500.00
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		V. SUMMARY
	Total for special purposes	P2,500.00
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	Total amount available for the Department
	of Public Works and Communications	P2,500.00
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		I. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
		I. SALARIES AND WAGES
		(3) BUREAU OF HEALTH
		DIVISION OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
		Mindanao Central Treatment Station
1.	One guard	P360.00
		(Leper Assistant)
2.	One guard attendant	120.00
		Lanao Sub-Treatment Station
3.	One guard	60.00
		DIVISION OF SANITATION
		Section of Industrial Hygiene
4.	One nurse	P720.00
		DIVISION OF HOSPITALS
		San Lazaro Hospital
5.	Twenty nurses at P480	9,600.00
6.	Twenty attendants at P300	6,000.00
		National Psychopathic Hospital
7.	Six medical officers at P1,200	7,200.00
		Southern Islands Hospital
8.	One medical officer (surgeon)	2,400.00
9.	One physician (obstetrician and pediatrician)	1,800.00
		Baguio Hospital
10.	One medical officer	1,200.00
11.	Two surgical nurses at P720	1,440.00
12.	Eight nurses at P480	3,840.00
13.	One chauffeur	480.00
14.	One semi-skilled laborer	480.00
15.	One seamstress	360.00
16.	One night watchman	360.00
17.	One assistant cook	360.00
18.	One messenger	240.00
19.	Sixteen helpers at P240	3,840.00
20.	For subsistence, quarters, and laundry: PROVIDED,
	That no allowance for quarters and laundry shall
	be commuted except in the case of employees who
	have, heretofore, been allowed such commutation,
	and commutation for quarters shall be allowed only
	while government quarters are not available for the
	purpose, any provision of existing law to the
	contrary notwithstanding	9,520.00
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	Total	P50,380.00
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		(4) BUREAU OF PUBLIC WELFARE
		DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATION
		Commissary and Property Unit
1.	One dietitian	P1,200.00
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	Total	P1,200.00
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	Total for salaries and wages	P51,580.00
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		IV. SPECIAL PURPOSES
1.	Additional appropriation for the operation,
	maintenance, and equipment, including the
	purchase of necessary textbooks, of existing
	primary classes and for opening new primary
	classes in the municipalities, municipal districts,
	and chartered cities, as well as for aiding
	municipalities and municipal districts which
	are unable to support their intermediate classes,
	in accordance with the provisions of
	Commonwealth Act No. 381, to be allotted by
	the Secretary of Public Instruction with the
	approval of the President	P2,770,000.00
2.	For the establishment of an R.O.T.C. unit
	in the Philippine Nautical School	11,000.00
3.	For the operation and maintenance of two
	pavilions for the accommodation of pay
	patients, one operating room pavilion for
	pay patients, nurses' home annex, and X-ray
	pavilion, and a dispensary in the Philippine
	General Hospital from January 1 to June 30,
	1940: PROVIDED, That the amount herein
	appropriated for the purchase of furniture
	and equipment shall become available for
	expenditure on July 1, 1939:
		SALARIES AND WAGES
	(a)	One general supervisor with subsistence,
		furnished quarters, laundry allowance and
		service at P1,320	P660.00
	(b)	One private operating room supervisor, with
		subsistence, furnished quarters, laundry
		allowance, and service at P1,200	600.00
	(c)	One anesthetist, with subsistence, furnished
		quarters, laundry allowance and service
		at P1,080	540.00
	(d)	Four nurse supervisors, with subsistence,
		furnished quarters, laundry allowance and
		service at P960	1,920.00
	(e)	One assistant anesthetist, with subsistence,
		furnished quarters, laundry allowance and
		service at P960	480.00
	(f)	One air-condition mechanic with subsistence
		at P900	450.00
	(g)	One pharmacist, with one-third subsistence
		at P840	420.00
	(h)	One assistant dentist with one-third subsistence
		at P840	420.00
	(i)	One cook, with subsistence at P660	330.00
	(j)	Sixty-four nurses, with subsistence, furnished
		quarters, laundry allowance and service at P720	23,040.00
	(k)	Forty-five nurses, with subsistence, furnished
		quarters, laundry allowance and service at P660	14,850.00
	(l)	One clerk at P480	240.00
	(m)	One clerk, with one-third subsistence at P480	240.00
	(n)	Thirty-three helpers, with one-third
		subsistence at P330	5,445.00
	(o)	Thirty-four attendants, with subsistence and
		quarters at P240	4,080.00
	(p)	For subsistence, quarters, and laundry	23,450.00
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		Total for salaries and wages	P77,165.00
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		SUNDRY EXPENSES
	(q)	For sundry and other necessary expenses	P108,220.00
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		Total for sundry expenses	P108,220.00
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		FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT
	(r)	For the purchase of furniture and equipment	P170,000.00
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		Total for furniture and equipment	P170,000.00
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		SUMMARY
	Total for salaries and wages	P77,165.00
	Total for sundry expenses	108,220.00
	Total for furniture and equipment	170,000.00
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		Total for special purpose No. 3	P355,385.00
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4.	For the operation and maintenance of the
	Central Luzon Leprosarium from January 1
	to June 30, 1940: PROVIDED, That the
	amount herein appropriated for the purchase
	of furniture and equipment shall become
	available for expenditure on July 1, 1939:
		SALARIES AND WAGES
	(a)	One pharmacist at P1,200	P600.00
	(b)	Three helpers at P480	720.00
	(c)	One pharmacy attendant at P360	180.00
	(d)	One janitor at P360    IcTEAD	180.00
	(e)	One mechanic-chauffeur at P840	420.00
	(f)	One chauffeur at P600	300.00
	(g)	One electrician at P840	420.00
	(h)	Ten laborers at P360	1,800.00
	(i)	One chief cook at P720	360.00
	(j)	Two cooks at P600	600.00
	(k)	Two assistant cooks at P480	480.00
	(l)	Seven kitchen attendants at P300	1,050.00
	(m)	Six mess attendants at P300	900.00
	(n)	Six watchmen at P360	1,080.00
	(o)	One assistant sanitary inspector at P720	360.00
		(Leper Assistants)
	(p)	One chief of police at P360	180.00
	(q)	Two assistant sanitary inspectors at P180	180.00
	(r)	Sixteen garbage collectors at P180	1,440.00
	(s)	Ten camineros at P180	900.00
	(t)	Ten laborers at P180	900.00
	(u)	One chief cook at P300	150.00
	(v)	Two assistant cooks at P240	240.00
	(w)	Twenty kitchen helpers at P120	1,200.00
	(x)	One storekeeper at P300	150.00
	(y)	Three cemetery caretakers at P180	270.00
	(z)	Six dishwashers at P120	360.00
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		Total for salaries and wages	P15,420.00
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		SUNDRY EXPENSES
	(a-1)	Sundry and all other necessary expenses,
		including subsistence and laundry allowance	P75,000.00
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		Total for sundry expenses	P75,000.00
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		FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT
(b-1)	For the purchase of furniture and equipment	P20,000.00
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		Total for furniture and equipment	P20,000.00
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		SUMMARY
		Total for salaries and wages	P15,420.00
		Total for sundry expenses	75,000.00
		Total for furniture and equipment	20,000.00
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		Total for the Central Luzon Leprosarium	P110,420.00
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		Total for special purposes	P3,246,805.00
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		V. SUMMARY	P51,580.00
Total for salaries and wages	3,246,805.00
Total for special purposes
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	Total amount available for the Department
	of Public Instruction	P3,298,385.00
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	GRAND TOTAL OF THE APPROPRIATIONS
	AUTHORIZED IN THIS ACT: THREE
	MILLION FOUR HUNDRED NINETY
	THOUSAND FORTY-FIVE	P3,490,045.00
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SECTION 2. Allotment of Appropriations. — The appropriation for sundry expenses, furniture and equipment, and special purposes for the Executive Departments shall be allotted by the Heads of Departments among the bureaus and offices under their respective control. The allotments shall be made as the needs of the service may require.

SECTION 3. Authority to Use Savings and Excess of Actual Collections Over Estimated Income for Adjustment of Compensations. — The President of the Philippines is authorized to use any part of the savings from the appropriations authorized in this Act, as well as any excess of actual collections over the estimated ordinary income of the National Government during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and forty, for the adjustment of the compensations of employees pursuant to the provisions of section twelve of Commonwealth Act Numbered Four hundred and two.

SECTION 4. Authority to Fill New Positions. — No new positions authorized in this Act shall be filled without the previous approval of the President of the Philippines. DHSaCA

SECTION 5. Release of Appropriations. — No appropriations provided in this Act shall be set up in the books of the Auditor General or otherwise made available for expenditures without the prior authority of the President of the Philippines.

SECTION 6. Reversion. — Any part of the appropriations authorized in this Act which may remain unexpended on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and forty, shall be reverted to the Unappropriated Surplus of the General Fund in the Philippine Treasury.

SECTION 7. Effective Date. — This Act shall take effect on July first, nineteen hundred and thirty-nine.

Approved, June 15, 1939.