An Act Appropriating Funds for Sundry Expenses of the Insular Government for the Fiscal Year Ending December Thirty-First, Nineteen Hundred and Fourteen, and for Other Purposes

January 31, 1914

ACT NO. 2319

AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR SUNDRY EXPENSES OF THE INSULAR GOVERNMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN, 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 compensation for the service, of the Insular Government for the fiscal year ending December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and fourteen, unless otherwise stated.

LEGISLATIVETHE PHILIPPINE COMMISSION
For salaries as follows:
President, at P9,000.00 per annum	P9,000.00
Four Commissioners, at P9,000 per annum each	36,000.00
Four Commissioners not Secretaries of Departments,
at P13,500 per annum each	54,000.00
Secretary of the Commission, at P6,000 per annum	6,000.00
Four private secretaries, at P2,800 per annum each	11,000.00
	—————
Total	P116,200.00
PHILIPPINE ASSEMBLY
For salaries and wages, as follows:
Speaker of the Philippine Assembly, at P16,000 per annum	16,000.00
Secretary of the Philippine Assembly, at P6,000 per	6,000.00
annum: Provided, that in case this office becomes vacant
during the recess of the Legislature by death, resignation,
or other cause, the Speaker may fill the office by appointment
until a successor shall have been duly elected
Secretary to the Speaker, at P4,800 per annum	4,800.00
Per diems of thirty pesos each to eighty Delegates for	P222,630.00
ninety days of session, and per diems of thirty
pesos for the chairman of the Committee on Accounts,
for each day of work and service as such
during the recess of the Philippine Legislature,
in case his services are expressly required by the
Speaker of the Assembly, who shall fix the minimum
hours of work for said chairman as well as the manner
in which he shall perform his duties
OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER
One assistant private secretary, whose duties shall be
performed by the chief clerk, without additional compensation.
Another assistant private secretary, whose duties shall be
performed by the sergeant at arms without additional
compensation.
One chief clerk, class seven, at P3,400 per annum	3,400.00
One stenographer, class nine, at P2,400 per annum	2,400.00
One stenographer, class D, at P1,200 per annum	1,200.00
One clerk, Class I, at P600 per annum	P600.00
One clerk, Class K, at P360 per annum	360.00
One messenger, at P420 per annum	420.00
One messenger, at P240 per annum	240.00
OFFICE OF ACCOUNTS
One clerk, Class D, at P1,200 per annum	1,200.00
One messenger, at P300 per annum	300.00
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
Secretary's division.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Chief clerk's division.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Stenographers for the committees.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Journal division.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Bill and index division.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Records division.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Mailing section.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Disbursement division.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Supply section.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Law division.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Library section.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Janitor service.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Supplementary force.
Officers appointed in accordance with Act No. 2292;	P10,000.00
employees rendering service several days before,
during, and several days after a session
Officers and employees of other departments of the	1,440.00
Government, who, at the request of the Assembly,
of the Speaker or of the Secretary thereof, and
with the consent of their respective chiefs, shall have
rendered or shall render services to the Assembly
For such accrued leaves as may be granted to officers	P2,500.00
and employees of the Assembly, whether their
compensation be on a monthly or annual rate,
in accordance with Act Numbered Nineteen
hundred and twenty-two	——————
Total of salaries, per diems, and wages	369,238.00
Deduction on account of vacancies, etc.	3,900.00
	——————
Total available for salaries, per diems and wages	P385,338.00
CONTINGENT EXPENSES
Traveling expenses of the Speaker while on tours of	4,000.00
inspection in the provinces and transportation
expenses in Manila
Traveling expenses of Delegates and their actual and	7,100.00
necessary expenses for board and lodging in
Manila until the eve of the opening of a session
if they arrive in this capital by the steamer,
conveyance or train immediately preceding such
opening, and for such expenses of board and
lodging in Manila after the adjournment of the
session until the departure of the first steamer,
conveyance or train for return to the province
where their official residence is located
Traveling expenses of the officers and employees of	P2,500.00
the Assembly; expenses of authorized investigations
by the Assembly or committees or members thereof
on official business
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Total of contingent expenses	84,662.00
Total of salaries, per diems, and wages	365,338.00
	——————
Total for the Assembly	P450,000.00
Provided, That nothing herein provided shall be
construed as repealing all or part of any rules or
regulations in force for the Philippine Assembly
authorizing the Speaker thereof to abolish or
consolidate items in the interest of the efficiency
of the service, and as regards the positions herein
specified to exercise the same power as that
conferred upon the Governor-General by
section 20 of Act No. 1658.
PRIVATE SECRETARIES TO THE RESIDENT COMMISSIONERS TO THE UNITED STATES
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
EXECUTIVE
For salaries, as follows:
Governor-General, at P27,000 per annum	P27,000.00
Four Secretaries of executive departments, at	75,000.00
P18,000 per annum each
Three private secretaries, one each for the Secretary	P14,400.00
of Finance and Justice, the Secretary of
Commerce and Police, and the Secretary of the
Interior, at P4,800 per annum each
One private secretary for the Secretary of Public	4,000.00
Instruction, at P4,000 per annum
One assistant private secretary for the Secretary of	3,600.00
Public Instruction, at P3,600 per annum
	—————
Total	P124,600.00
EXECUTIVE BUREAU
For salaries and wages as follows:
Executive Secretary, P13,500 per annum	P13,500.00
Secretary to the Governor-General, P10,000 per annum	10,000.00
Second, Third, and Fourth Assistant Executive Secretaries,	24,000.00
who shall be appointed by the Governor-General
with the advice and consent of the Philippine
Commission, at P8,000, per annum each
One Special Agent, to be appointed by the Governor-	8,000.00
General with the advice and consent of the
Philippine Commission, at P8,000 per annum
Office of the chief clerk
Chief clerk, P6,000 per annum	P6,000.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Division of archives, patents, copyrights and trade-marks
Chief of division, whose duties shall be performed
by the Second Assistant Executive Secretary.
Two clerks, at P2,796 per annum each	5,592.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Division of legislative records
Chief of division, whose duties shall be performed
by the Secretary of the Commission without
additional compensation.
Assistant chief of division, class five, at P4,000 per annum	4,000.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Translating division
Chief of division, at P7,000 per annum	7,000.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Miscellaneous division
Chief of division, at P5,000 per annum	5,000.00
Provincial division.
Chief of division, at P5,000 per annum	5,000.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Records division
Chief of division, at P5,000 per annum	P5,000.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Custodian force
One janitor, at P1,824 per annum	1,824.00
Miscellaneous.
For per diems of ten pesos each for the officers of	7,300.00
the Army and Navy detailed as aides-de-camp to
the Governor-General
For accrued leaves and temporary employees	38,440.00
	—————
Total of salaries and wages	P355,808.00
CONTINGENT EXPENSES
Purchase and repair of office furniture, equipment	P21,830.00
and supplies
Transportation of officers, employees, and supplies;	60,000.00
hire of transportation from the city of Manila;
street-car tickets and emergency transportation
and per diems
Advertising and subscriptions to newspapers	24,916.00
Cablegrams, postage, and telegrams	15,815.00
Printing and binding	30,000.00
Janitor supplies, including ice and water; electric	6,620.00
lighting, telephone rent
For a fund to be expended in the discretion of the	30,780.00
Governor-General
For official and contingent expenses in connection	P9,000.00
with the residences of the Governor-General
Miscellaneous expenses and incidental expenses	15,000.00
(maintenance)
Provided, That any unexpended balance under
any item of contingent expense may be used to
increase the amounts under other headings of
contingent expenses, provided that the total of
such increases shall not exceed fifteen per
centum of the total amount appropriated for
contingent expenses for the Executive Bureau.	—————
Total of contingent expenses	213,961.00
Total of salaries and wages	355,808.80
	——————
Total for Executive Bureau	P569,769.80
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BUREAU OF AUDITS
For salaries and wages, as follows:
Insular Auditor, at P12,000 per annum	P12,000.00
Deputy Insular Auditor, at P7,500, per annum	7,500.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Total of salaries and wages	P346,240.00
Deduction for vacancies	28,619.20
	—————
Total available for salaries and wages	P317,620.80
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CONTINGENT EXPENSES
Purchase and repair of office furniture and equipment	P12,000.00
Traveling expenses of district auditors and sundry	26,200.00
transportation expenses
Printing and binding	14,000.00
Janitor service and office expenses, including
stationery, blanks, telegrams, streetcar tickets,
and other incidental expenses	19,800.00
	—————
Total of contingent expenses	72,000.00
Total of salaries and wages	317,620.80
	—————
Total for Bureau of Audits	P389,620.80
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BUREAU OF CIVIL SERVICE
Salaries and wages.
Director, at P7,600 per annum	P7,600.00
One Assistant Director, at P6,000 per annum	6,000.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Total available for salaries and wages	P60,980.00
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CONTINGENT EXPENSES
For office equipment and furniture, including repairs,	P1,400.00
purchase of books and office supplies
Transportation of officers, employees, and supplies,	P2,900.00
and hire of transportation from the city of
Manila, street-car tickets, cablegrams, postage,
and telegrams
Printing and binding	3,000.00
Care and maintenance of office buildings, rent of	2,200.00
telephones, and incidental expenses for any
other items not included above	—————
Total for contingent expenses	P9,500.00
Total for salaries and wages	60,980.00
	—————
Total for the Bureau of Civil Service	P70,480.00
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF HEALTH
For salaries and wages, as follows:
Office of the Director.
Director of Health, per annum	P10,800.00
One Assistant to the Director of Health, per annum	4,800.00
Clerical division.
One chief clerk, per annum	4,000.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Sanitary engineering division.
One chief sanitary engineer, per annum	6,000.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Statistical division.
One chief of division, per annum	5,000.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Property division.
One chief of division, per annum	P4,000.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Inspection and general service division.
One Assistant Director of Health, per annum	7,125.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Central Free Dispensary.
One pharmacist, in charge, at P150 per month	1,800.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Disinfecting service.
One chief disinfector, per annum	2,400.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Vaccinators.
For vaccinators at not to exceed P30 per month each	20,000.00
and chief vaccinators at not to exceed P50 per month each
Emergency employees.
For the hire of necessary employees for the	30,000.00
suppression of epidemic diseases and
for other temporary and emergency purposes
San Lazaro Hospital division.
One medical inspector, in charge (with subsistence	P4,800.00
and quarters), per annum
One house physician, per annum	2,400.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Southern Islands Hospital division.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Culion leper colony division.
One chief (with quarters only), per annum	6,000.00
One physician (with subsistence, quarters and	2,600.00
laundry), per annum
Two chaplains (with subsistence, quarters, and	3,600.00
laundry) at P150 per month each
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Prison sanitation division.
One medical inspector, per annum	4,500.00
One medical inspector, per annum	2,000.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Bontoc Hospital division.
Chief of Bontoc Hospital division and district health	5,000.00
officer, at P5,000 per annum
One resident physician and surgeon and assistant	3,600.00
district health officer, at P3,600 per annum,
with subsistence and quarters
One superintendent, cashier, and housekeeper, at	P2,400.00
P2,400 per annum, with subsistence, quarters,
and laundry
One chief nurse, at P1,920 per annum, with subsistence,	1,920.00
quarters and laundry
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Butuan Hospital division.
Chief of Butuan Hospital division and district	3,600.00
health officer, Agusan Province, at P3,600
per annum
One house doctor, at P2,400 per annum, with subsistence	2,400.00
quarters, and laundry
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Health work in Nueva Vizcaya, Mountain Province, and Agusan.
District health officer, at P3,600.00 per annum	3,600.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Sibul Springs Sanitarium division.
One physician, in charge, at P150 per month	1,800.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Hospital service, general.
Three internes, at P1,000 per annum each	3,000.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Antituberculosis campaign.
One nurse, per annum	2,400.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
PHILIPPINE GENERAL HOSPITAL DIVISION
Administration.
One superintendent (with subsistence, quarters,	P5,500.00
and laundry), per annum
Main office.
Cashier and assistant superintendent (with	3,200.00
subsistence, quarters, and laundry), per annum
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Information division.
One information clerk, at P120 per month	1,440.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Clinical record division.
Four typewriters, at P600 per annum each	2,400.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Professional care, including dispensaries.
One medical electrician, per annum	4,000.00
One inspector, obstetrical department (with subsistence,	4,000.00
quarters, and laundry), per annum
Internes (with subsistence, quarters, and laundry.)
Superintendent of training school and chief nurse,	3,200.00
at P3,200 per annum
One assistant chief nurse, at P2,040 per annum	P2,040.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Pharmacy.
One registered pharmacist, per annum	1,440.00
One assistant pharmacist (with subsistence and
quarters), per annum	960.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Free dispensary.
One typewriter, per annum	480.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Mechanical department.
One electrician and mechanical engineer, per annum	2,100.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Ambulance department.
Two ambulance drivers, at P45 per month each	1,080.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Property division.
One property clerk (with subsistence and quarters)	2,400.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Repair department.
One carpenter, at P47 per month	564.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Commissary storeroom.
One commissary clerk (with subsistence), per annum	P 960.00
Two male helpers, at P25 per month each	600.00
Main kitchen and dietist department.
One dietist (with subsistence, quarters and laundry),	1,680.00
per annum
One chief cook (with subsistence and quarters), at	840.00
P70 per month
One night cook (with subsistence), at P30 per month	360.00
Dish-washing room.
Three male helpers (with subsistence), at P17 per
month each	612.00
One female helper (with subsistence), at P14 per month	168.00
Range room.
Three male helpers (with subsistence), at P17 per month each	612.00
Two female helpers (with subsistence), at P17 per month each	408.00
Preparation room and butcher shop.
One male helper (with subsistence), at P25 per month	300.00
Three male helpers (with subsistence), at P15 per month each	540.00
Cold Storage room.
Two male helpers (with subsistence) at P17 per month each	P408.00
Physicians' dining room.
Three male helpers (with subsistence) at P20 per month each	720.00
Garbage platform.
Two male helpers (with subsistence), at P15 per month each	360.00
Taft Avenue Nurses' Home.
One assistant cook (with subsistence and quarters),	720.00
at P60 per month
Five male helpers, at P25 per month each	1,500.00
Two male helpers, at P20 per month each	480.00
Male nurses' dormitory.
Four male helpers, (with subsistence), at P15 per month each	720.00
Grounds and driveways.
Three male helpers, at P30 per month each	1,080.00
Four gardeners, at P40 per month each	1,920.00
Linen and laundry department.
One sewing woman, at P30 per month	360.00
One sewing woman, at P26 per month	312.00
Two linen checkers, at P25 per month each	600.00
Four male helpers, at P22 per month each	1,056.00
Capataz department.
One capataz (with subsistence, quarters, and laundry)	P720.00
One assistant capataz (with subsistence and quarters,	480.00
at P40 per month
Night-shift male helpers.
Five male helpers, at P22 per month each	1,320.00
Commutation of salaries.
For commutation of salaries of employees of Philippine	3,500.00
General Hospital on leave
Philippine Training School for Nurses.
Sixty pupil nurses (seniors), P20 per month each	14,400.00
Sixty pupil nurses (juniors) at P18 per month each	12,960.00
One hundred pupil nurses (probationers), at P16 per month each	19,200.00
Ten male helpers, at P17 per month each (with subsistence)	2,040.00
One matron, female pupils' dormitory (with	1,020.00
subsistence, quarters and laundry) per annum
One monitor, boys' dormitory (with subsistence,	1,020.00
quarters, and laundry), per annum
Two cooks (with subsistence and quarters), at P30	720.00
per month each
One night watchman, at P60 per month	P720.00
One night watchman, at P30 per month	360.00
	——————
Total for salaries and wages	P862,788.00
Deduction for vacancies	174,159.20
	——————
Total available for salaries and wages	P688,628.80
CONTINGENT EXPENSES.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Total contingent expenses	P1,045,839.54
Total salaries and wages	688,628.80
	——————
Total for the Bureau of Health	P1,734,468.34

 

 

Amounts received on account of transfer of medical and surgical supplies at cost to other branches of the Government shall be credited to this appropriation and shall be available for the purposes thereof.

The Director of Health shall have the following powers in expending the sums made available in this and other appropriation Acts:

For the payment of gratuities in the discretion of the Director of Health to inmates of leper hospitals or colonies to provide subsistence and quarters for inmates of hospitals, plants, or camps for communicable diseases, and for other persons entitled thereto; for the commutation of subsistence, quarters, or laundry at rates to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior, in lieu of subsistence, quarters, or laundry in kind; and to require the city of Manila to pay, at rates to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior, for the maintenance of all insane persons committed after the date of this Act who shall have resided in Manila for a period of one or more years prior to the date of application for commitment, so long as the number of insane maintained at the expense of the Insular Government on account of the city of Manila shall exceed the latter's pro rata share of such persons on a basis of population; to furnish transportation and subsistence to Sisters of Charity and chaplains to and from Culion; that in the event of the marriage of any female inmate of a charitable institution who is maintained at the expense of the Government, a dowry equal to the expense of maintenance for two years may be paid to her from this appropriation, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior; to furnish subsistence and quarters to medical officers and employees when assigned to duty by the Director of Health in institutions maintained by the Bureau of Health; the Director of Health, subject to the approval of the proper head of department of the Board of Regents of the University of the Philippines, as the case may be, may require the services, without additional compensation, of any medical officer or employee in the Government service: the Director of Health, after competitive examination to be prescribed by him, may employ internes, and the provisions of Act Numbered Sixteen hundred and ninety-eight shall not apply to such positions, and the actual and necessary traveling expenses of such internes may be paid from place of residence to Manila, and after two years' satisfactory service, the actual and necessary traveling expenses may be paid from Manila to place of appointment; any medical officer or employee, when detailed by the Director of Health for duty in any hospital of the Bureau of Health, may be allowed subsistence and quarters and laundry; all persons serving in any hospital of the Bureau of Health are under the direction of the Director of Health; the charges of the Baguio Hospital, as fixed by law prior to November first, nineteen hundred and five, may hereafter be changed by the Director of Health with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior; the Director of Health is hereby authorized, under such regulations and conditions as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, to establish, and until specifically repealed by statute, to maintain a general store for the purpose of furnishing merchandise required by the residents of the Culion leper colony, and for the purchase of supplies, and the reimbursement of services which such residents may, under the authority of the Secretary of the Interior, supply or render such colony; upon the request of the Director of Health, medical officers and employees rendering services in hospitals of the Insular Government shall be furnished subsistence, quarters, and laundry in kind at the expense of the hospital or other institution where said medical officer or employee may be assigned to duty; the sanitary inspectors of the Bureau of Health shall be on the same basis as to pay and promotion as patrolmen and firemen of the police and fire departments of the city of Manila: entrance salary P1,800 per annum; after one year's service, P1,992; after two years' service, P2,160; after three years' service, P2,280; to pay the actual and necessary traveling expenses of indigent persons transferred to or from hospitals of the Bureau of Health; the salaries and wages that are advanced for officials and employees when reimbursed to the Bureau of Health shall not be regarded as receipts but shall be deposited to the credit of the salaries and wages account of the Bureau of Health.

 

BUREAU OF LANDS
For salaries and wages, as follows:
Office of the Director.
One Director, at P10,800 per annum	P10,800.00
One Clerk, class six, at P3,600 per annum	3,600.00
Office of the Assistant Director.
Assistant Director, at P7,125 per annum	7,125.00
One clerk, class eight, at P2,800 per annum	2,800.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Total salaries and wages	P815,425.00
Deduction on account of vacancies	81,542.50
	——————
Total available for salaries and wages	P733,882.50
CONTINGENT EXPENSES
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Total for contingent expenses	341,800.00
Total salaries and wages	733,882.50
	——————
Total for the Bureau of Lands	P1,075,682.50
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BUREAU OF SCIENCE
For salaries and wages, as follows:
Director, at P10,800 per annum	P10,800.00
One chief of the biological laboratory, at P8,000
per annum	8,000.00
One chief of the division of organic chemistry
and assistant to the Director, at P7,000 per annum	7,000.00
One chief of the division of general, inorganic
chemistry, at P6,000 per annum	6,000.00
One chief of the division of mines, class one,
at P6,000 per annum	6,000.00
Superintendent of museum, at P4,500 per annum	4,500.00
One botanist, class one, at P6,000 per annum	6,000.00
One bacteriologist, class one, at P6,000 per annum	6,000.00
One pathologist, class one, at P6,000 per annum	P6,000.00
One protozoologist, class one, at P6,000 per annum	6,000.00
One mining engineer, class three, at P5,000 per annum	5,000.00
Two bacteriologists, class three, at P5,000 per annum each	10,000.00
One bacteriologist, class three (in charge of
serum laboratory), at P5,000 per annum	5,000.00
Two chemists, class three, at P5,000 per annum each	10,000.00
One helminthologist, class three, at P5,000 per annum	5,000.00
One geologist, class three, at P5,000 per annum	5,000.00
One entomologist, class three at P5,000 per annum	5,000.00
One chemist, in charge of laboratory at Iloilo,
class four, at P4,500 per annum	4,500.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Total for salaries and wages	283,760.00
Deduction of ten per cent for vacancies	28,376.00
	——————
Total available for salaries and wages	P255,384.00
CONTINGENT EXPENSES
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Total contingent expenses	P125,700.00
Total salaries and wages	255,384.00
	——————
Total for the Bureau of Science	P281,084.00
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Provided, that the Bureau of Science library
fund created by Act Numbered Fourteen hundred
and sixteen, is hereby abolished, and all assets
pertaining thereto including the net appropriated
surplus shall be transferred to the appropriation
for the Bureau of Science.
BUREAU OF FORESTRY
For salaries and wages, as follows:
One Director of Forestry, at P7,600 per annum	P7,600.00
One Assistant Director of Forestry, at P6,650 per annum	6,650.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Total salaries and wages	212,605.00
Deduction for vacancies	24,409.50
	——————
Total available for salaries and wages	P188,409.50
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CONTINGENT EXPENSES
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Total contingent expenses	P74,975.00
Total salaries and wages	188,409.50
	——————
Total for the Bureau of Forestry	P263,385.50
	===========
BUREAU OF QUARANTINE SERVICE
For salaries and wages, as follows:
For the salaries and allowances, and commutation
of quarters of officers of the United States
Public Health Service as provided for by
the Regulations of said service	44,173.00
One chief clerk, cashier, and pharmacist at P4,400
per annum	4,400.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Total for salaries and wages	97,493.33
Less 10 per cent for vacancies	9,749.33
	—————
Total available for salaries and wages	P87,744.00
CONTINGENT EXPENSES
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Total contingent expenses	34,530.00
Total salaries and wages	87,744.00
	—————
Total for the Bureau of Quarantine Service	P122,274.00
Provided, That commutation of subsistence,
fuel, and ice, at rates to be approved
by the Secretary of the Interior, may
be paid in lieu of subsistence, fuel,
and ice in kind.
WEATHER BUREAU
For salaries and wages, as follows:
One Director, at P5,000 per annum	P5,000.00
One assistant director and chief, seismic division,
at P3,600 per annum	3,600.00
One chief of meteorological division	3,600.00
One chief of astronomical division	3,600.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Total for salaries, and wages	88,080.00
CONTINGENT EXPENSES
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Total for contingent expenses	106,925.00
Total for salaries and wages	88,080.00
	——————
Total for Weather Bureau	P195,005.00
	===========
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND POLICE.
PHILIPPINE CONSTABULARY
For salaries and wages:
For difference between pay and allowances of
brigadier-general and colonels, respectively,
on foreign service and that of their respective
ranks in the United States Army of the officers
detailed as Chief and Assistant Chiefs of the
Philippine Constabulary, pursuant to the
provisions of Act of Congress of the United
States, entitled "An Act to promote the
efficiency of the Philippine Constabulary, to
establish the rank and pay of its commanding
officers, and for other purposes," approved
January 30, 1903, notwithstanding the
provisions to the contrary contained in Act No. 1407	P27,568.08
For payment of ten per cent on the base pay and
for commutation of quarters and allowances
of Army officers detained on duty with the
Constabulary from July 1, 1912, to December 31, 1913	13,088.09

 

 

Provided, That, in the event of the vacation of the position of Chief of Constabulary by an Army officer, the Governor-General may fill the position by the appointment of a civilian, at a salary not greater than P12,000: And provided further, That upon the vacation of the positions of assistant chiefs now occupied by Army officers, the Governor-General may fill the positions by the appointment of civilians at P7,000 per annum each.

 

Field officers.
Two colonels and assistant chiefs, at P7,000 per
annum each	P14,000.00
Four lieutenant-colonels and assistant chiefs, at
P6,000 per annum each	24,000.00
Nineteen majors, at P4,000 per annum each	76,000.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Total of salaries and wages	P2,378,484.44
Deduction for vacancies	123,374.22
	——————
Total available for salaries and wages	P2,254,810.22
CONTINGENT EXPENSES
Purchase of material and manufacture of clothing
and equipage, including allowances to enlisted
men for clothing not drawn in kind	237,600.00

Provided, That articles of clothing, equipage and equipment may be sold to officers and enlisted men for their personal use, at cost price, under such restrictions as the Chief of Constabulary may prescribe, with the approval of the Secretary of Commerce and Police.

xxx xxx xxx

(Other Items Omitted)

Provided, That the subsistence and traveling expenses of officers and the traveling expenses of enlisted men on escort duty shall be paid by the Philippine Constabulary, and not by the bureau or province at whose request the escort is furnished, notwithstanding the provisions to the contrary contained in section one of Act Numbered Four hundred and four: And provided further, That the Philippine Constabulary shall pay the cost of transportation of prisoners from the place of arrest to the place where they are turned over to the province or to a court official for trial, and that thereafter, and until turned over to the Bureau of Prisons, all necessary transportation shall be paid by the province concerned: And provided further, That forage in kind and shoeing for one private animal used in the public service may be furnished the officer owning it, on his certificate, approved by his senior inspector and district chief: And provided further, That forage may be sold at cost price to any officer of the Constabulary on his certificate that it is for his personal use.

xxx xxx xxx

(Items Omitted)

Provided, That all collections, at rates fixed by the Chief of Constabulary, for the treatment of employees of the Government and employees and members of the United States Army, excepting enlisted men of the Constabulary, shall be deposited in the Insular Treasury as a credit to the general funds: And provided further, That, when subsistence of enlisted men is lost through unavoidable causes, the Secretary of Commerce and Police may authorize upon proper evidence being submitted, reimbursement to the company sustaining such loss.

xxx xxx xxx

(Items Omitted)

Provided, That the Chief of Constabulary is hereby authorized to appoint from amongst candidates who have graduated from the University of the Philippines or a college of higher institute approved by the Government, officer-students or cadets, the number of which shall not exceed one hundred, with a pension of not to exceed thirty-five pesos a month each, and free transportation from Manila to Baguio and return, who shall be obliged to follow a course of probational instruction in the Constabulary Academy for a period of six months, obtaining thereafter the appointment of third lieutenant of Constabulary those students who shall be approved in this competition, which shall comprehend proficiency in their studies, conduct, physical condition, and military aptitude and efficiency: Provided further, That the right to nominate such cadets shall be apportioned as follows: one by each member of the Philippine Assembly; three by the Governor-General, and two by each member of the Philippine Commission, with the exception of the President. For each cadetship the person having the right of nomination shall propose three eligibles, from amongst whom the Chief of Constabulary shall select-the one he deems most suitable.

Total of contingent expenses	P1,259,333.43
Total of salaries and wages	2,254,810.22
	———————
Total for Bureau of Constabulary	P3,514,143.65
	=============
BUREAU OF PUBLIC WORKS
For salaries and wages, and other expenses as follows:
Administrative division.
One Director of Public Works, per annum	P13,000.00
One Assistant to the Director, per annum	7,000.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Total of salaries and wages	P774,636.00
	==========

Provided, That on the vacation thereof by the present incumbents the salary of the position of Director of Public Works shall be P12,000 per annum and those of the positions of chief designing engineer and chief constructing engineer shall be P11,000 per annum each.

CONTINGENT EXPENSES

xxx xxx xxx

(Items Omitted)

 

Total for contingent expenses	P283,200.00
Total for salaries and wages	774,636.00
	——————
Total for salaries and wages, and contingent
expenses for Bureau of Public Works	P1,057,836.00

 

 

DIRECT CHARGES

For direct operating charges, including superintendence, labor, materials, and all other items properly entering into the direct cost of authorized projects undertaken by the Bureau of Public Works, not to exceed four million pesos; Provided, That the total herein appropriated for administrative expenses and direct charges shall be offset by the automatic reversion to the general unappropriated surplus of all income and receipts of whatever nature resulting from the correct allocation of costs to each project: Provided, however, That when the services of the Bureau of Public Works in connection with any provincial or municipal project are purely administrative or supervisory, the charges for said services shall be computed upon the basis of not to exceed three per centum of the total cost of said project: And provided further, That in case the amount thus derived is insufficient to cover the cost of said services, the difference shall be borne by the appropriation for the Bureau of Public Works.

MISCELLANEOUS

All Insular and provincial public works projects shall be carried out under the supervision of the Bureau of Public Works unless otherwise directed by the secretary of Commerce and Police.

Officers and employees of the Bureau of Public Works assigned to duty outside of the city of Manila who have heretofore been entitled to quarters and subsistence may, during a period of such assignment, be allowed quarters in kind and subsistence, in accordance with the following schedule; those receiving a salary of less than one thousand eight hundred pesos per annum under temporary appointment, thirty pesos per month, those receiving a salary of one thousand eight hundred pesos or more per annum under regular appointment, one peso and eighty-three centavos per day; those receiving a salary of one thousand eight hundred pesos or more per annum under temporary appointment, sixty pesos per month.

Employees of the Bureau of Public Works shall be entitled to medicines and medical attendance while engaged on any authorized public works at places where usual medical attendance is not accessible and the Director of Public Works may, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Commerce and Police, appoint such physicians at fixed monthly salaries as may be, in his judgment, for the best interest of the service, when such medical attendance and supplies cannot be furnished by the Bureau of Health or the Bureau of Constabulary.

The subsistence and traveling expenses of district engineers assigned to provinces and projects, as well as medicine and medical attendance for such personnel, supplying them with suitable office quarters, office furniture, supplies and other local office expenses, shall be paid from the funds available for authorized work within the province, under accounting regulations to be prescribed by the Insular Auditor.

Maintenance of port works and navigation channels.

xxx xxx xxx

 

Maintenance of port works and navigation channels.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Total	P360,000.00
	========
SUMMARY
Salaries, wages, and contingent expenses	P1,057,836.00
Port works and navigation channels	360,000.00
Public buildings	130,000.00
Panay automobile line	15,000.00
Registration and regulation of motor vehicle traffic	17,000.00
	——————
Total	P1,580,636.00
BUREAU OF POSTS
For salaries and wages, as follows:
Office of the Director.
Director of Posts : Provided, That the Director
of Posts shall act as postmaster of Manila
ex officio, per annum	10,800.00
Assistant Director of Posts, at P7,125 per annum	7,125.00
Superintendent postal division, at P6,175 per annum	6,175.00
Superintendent telegraph division, at P6,000 per annum	6,000.00
Chief, postal savings bank division, at P6,000 per annum	6,000.00
One chief clerk, class two, at P5,500 per annum	6,500.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
District inspectors.
One district inspector, class three, at P5,000
per annum	P5,000.0,0
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Post offices.
One superintendent, Manila post office, class two,
at P5,500 per annum	5,500.00
One cashier, Manila post office, class two,
whose duties shall include the receipt and
accounting in the name of the postmaster
for all money which may be received in
transaction of the postal, money order,
telegraph, telephone, and postal savings,
banks business at said post office, and who
shall sign, in the name of the postmaster,
such accounts and official papers, including
money orders, as the Director of Posts may
direct, at P5,500 per annum	5,500.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Mail transportation.
Postal clerks on mail trains and mail steamers
at not exceeding P2,400 per annum each	12,000.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Construction and maintenance of
telegraph and telephone lines.
Ten linemen, class eight, at P2,800 per annum each	P 28,000.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Free delivery service.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Miscellaneous.
For hire of temporary employees, including twenty
stamp and registry agents in Manila at not
exceeding P10 per month each, per annum	20,000.00
For accrued leaves of absence	25,000.00
For salary allowance to employees appointed outside
the Philippine Islands, in accordance with Act
Numbered Sixteen hundred and ninety-eight	900.00
	———————
Total for salaries and wages	P1,477,120.00
Deductions:
Vacancies	P123,911.00
Charge to Postal Savings Bank	67,000.00
Charge to permanent improvements	10,000.00
	——————
Total deductions	200,911.00
	———————
Total available for salaries and wages	P1,276,209.00
	============
CONTINGENT EXPENSES.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Total of contingent expenses	P649,200.00
Total for salaries and wages	1,276,209.00
	———————
Total for Bureau of Posts	P1,925,409.00
	============
BUREAU OF COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY
For salaries, wages and other expenses as follows:
Per diems of P10 for the officer of the United
States Coast and Geodetic Survey detailed
as Chief of Bureau	P3,650.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Total of salaries and wages	P125,630.00
CONTINGENT EXPENSES
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Total contingent expenses	70,600.00
Total salaries and wages	125,630.00
	——————
Total for Bureau of Coast and Geodetic Survey	P106,230.00
	===========
BUREAU OF LABOR
For salaries and wages as follows:
Office of the Director.
Director, at P6,650 per annum	6,650.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
CONTINGENT EXPENSES
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Total contingent expenses	P17,012.00
Total salaries and wages	37,312.00
	——————
Total for the Bureau of Labor	P54,324.20
	==========
CONSULTING ARCHITECT
For the salary of the Consulting Architect, at
P12,000 per annum until February 15, 1914	P1,500.00
For his accrued leave and allowances	6,300.00
	——————
Total for the Consulting Architect	P7,800.00
	===========
SUPERVISING RAILWAY EXPERT
For salaries of the Supervising Railway Expert
and personnel of his office for the month
of January, 1914, at their present rates of
compensation and for accrued leave and
allowances as may be due them in accordance
with law	P15,000.00
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND JUSTICE
BUREAU OF JUSTICE.
For salaries and wages, as follows:
Attorney-General, at P11,000 per annum	11,000.00
Solicitor-General, at P9,000 per annum: Provided,
That in case this office is abolished in
accordance with any law, the amount
corresponding to said office shall be
available for use by the Attorney-General,
with the approval of the Secretary of
Finance and Justice, in the creation and
maintenance of two or more assistant attorneys	P9,000.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Total of salaries and wages	P142,340.00
Deduction for vacancies	3,042.80
	——————
Total available for salaries and wages	P139,297.20
	===========
CONTINGENT EXPENSES
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Total contingent expenses	19,140.00
Total of salaries and wages	139,297.20
	—————
Total for the Bureau of Justice	P158,437.20
	===========
BUREAU OF CUSTOMS
For salaries and wages as follows:
Office of the Insular Collector of Customs.
Insular Collector of Customs, at P10,800 per annum	10,800.00
One supervising engineer, at P7,500 per annum	P7,500.00
Cashier's division.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Board of protests and appeals.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Revenue cutters section.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Interior ports.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Office of the Insular Deputy Collector of Customs.
Insular Deputy Collector of Customs at P7,600 per annum	7,600.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Marine division.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Appraiser's division.
Appraiser of the port, class one, at P6,000 per annum	6,000.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Immigration division.
Chief of division, class three, at P5,000 per annum	P5,000.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
License division.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Hull and boiler section.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Office of the surveyor of the port.
Surveyor of the port, at P7,125 per annum	7,125.00
Semaphore section.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Inspectors' division.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Shipping division.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Correspondence and records division.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Statistical division.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Property, division.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Harbor launch division.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Superintendent of building section.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Iloilo Customhouse.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Cebu Customhouse.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Balabac Customhouse.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Miscellaneous.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Total available for salaries and wages	P677,107.75
Division of vessels.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Commissioned force.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Enlisted force.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Unassigned crew, commissioned force.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Miscellaneous.
Cargadores	P2,000.00
For temporary employees	5,000.00
For accrued leave	10,000.00
	——————
Total for salaries and wages	424,185.80
Less twenty percent for vacancies	84,837.16
	——————
Total available for salaries and wages	P339,348.64
	===========
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Lighthouse division.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Miscellaneous.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Total for salaries and wages	P146,268.00
	=========
Arrastre division.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Total of salaries and wages	P205,278.00
	===========
CONTINGENT EXPENSES
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Total of salaries, all divisions of Bureau of Customs	P1,368,002.39
Total contingent expenses, all divisions of the
Bureau of Customs	904,892.00
	——————
Grand total for the Bureau of Customs	P2,272,894.39
	=========
BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE
For salaries and wages, as follows:
One collector of Internal Revenue, per annum	10,800.00
One Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue, per annum	7,125.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
CONTINGENT EXPENSES
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Total contingent expenses	157,900.00
Total salaries and wages	434,605.50
	——————
Total for the Bureau of Internal Revenue	P592,505.50
	============
Provided, That minor and emergency repairs may be made at the nearest available point when vessels are away from Manila.
BUREAU OF THE TREASURY
Insular Treasurer, at P12,000 per annum	P12,000.00
Assistant Insular Treasurer, at P7,500 per annum	7,500.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Total salaries and wages	P106,354.00
Deduction for vacancies	3,748.37
	——————
Total available for salaries and wages	P102,605.63
	==========
CONTINGENT EXPENSES
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Total for the Bureau of Treasury	117,605.63
	============

Provided, That hereafter, and until specifically otherwise provided by law, the payment of additional compensation, upon the approval of the Governor-General, to such persons as shall be designated to count and verify mutilated currency not fit for further circulation in the Treasury prior to the destruction thereof as required by law shall be paid from the gold standard fund.

 

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
BUREAU OF EDUCATION.
For salaries and wages, as follows:
Director of Education, per annum	10,800.00
Assistant Director, per annum	7,000.00
Second Assistant Director, per annum	6,000.00
Offices of division superintendents.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
General and division offices.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
General teaching force.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Total available for salaries and wages	P2,631,990.50
	==============
MISCELLANEOUS
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Total for miscellaneous	P598,743.00
	==============
CONTINGENT EXPENSES
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Total for contingent expenses	P847,300.00
Total for miscellaneous	598,743.00
Total for salaries and wages	2,631,990.50
	——————
Grand total	P4,078,033.50
	============
BUREAU OF AGRICULTURE
For salaries and wages, as follows:
Director of Agriculture, at P10,000 per annum	10,000.00
Assistant Director, at P7,000 per annum	7,000.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Total available for salaries and wages	P490,540.00
	=========
CONTINGENT EXPENSES
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Total contingent expenses	234,830.00
Total salaries and wages	490,540.00
	——————
Total for Bureau of Agriculture	P775,370.00
	===========
BUREAU OF PRISONS
For salaries and wages, as follows:
Director of Prisons, at P7,500 per annum	7,500.00
Assistant Director of Prisons, at P6,000 per annum	6,000.00
Second Assistant Director of Prisons, at P4,000 per annum	4,000.00
Clerical division.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Record division.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Identification section.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Religious section.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Guards section.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Kitchen and bakery.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Band division.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Iwahig penal colony division.
One superintendent, at P5,000 per annum	P5,000.00
One assistant superintendent, at P4,000 per annum	4,000.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Total available for salaries and wages	P196,979.40
	============

 

 

The industrial division of the Bureau of Prisons will be conducted on its present reimbursable basis until otherwise provided by law.

 

CONTINGENT EXPENSES
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Total contingent expenses	P510,680.00
Total salaries and wages	196,979.40
	——————
Total for Bureau of Prisons	P707,659.40
	===========
PHILIPPINE LIBRARY
For salaries and wages, as follows:
One Librarian	P6,000.00
Chief Filipiniana division	3,600.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Total available for salaries and wages	46,887.00
	=========
CONTINGENT EXPENSES
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Total of contingent expenses	23,860.00
Total of salaries and wages	46,887.00
	——————
Total for Philippine Library	P70,747.86
	===========
BUREAU OF SUPPLY
For salaries and wages, as follows:
Purchasing Agent, at P10,000 per annum	P10,000.00
Assistant Purchasing Agent, at P6,500 per annum	6,500.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Total available for salaries and wages	243,633.60
	========
CONTINGENT EXPENSES
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Total contingent expenses	89,600.00
Total salaries and wages	243,633.60
	——————
Total for the Bureau of Supply	P333,233.60
	===========
BUREAU OF PRINTING
For salaries and wages, as follows:
Office of the Director of Printing.
Director, at P9,000 per annum	P9,000.00
One messenger, at one peso twenty-five centavos
per diem, per annum	375.00
Office of the Assistant Director of Printing.
Assistant Director and superintendent of work, at
P6,000 per annum	6,000.00
Office of the receiver of work.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Accounting division.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Files section.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Cost accounting section.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Composing division (including proof section).
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Bindery division.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Photo-engraving division.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Foundry division.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Press division.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Power division.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Stores division.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Delivery division.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Stables division.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Building division.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Total available for salaries and wages	P356,253.00
	=============
CONTINGENT EXPENSES
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Total contingent expenses	P810,300.00
Total of salaries and wages	356,253.53
	——————
Total for the Bureau of Printing	P666,553.53
	===========

Provided, That the product of the Bureau of Printing shall be sold to bureaus and offices at cost and the amount thus derived shall automatically revert to the general unappropriated surplus as an offset to the amount hereby appropriated: And Provided Further, That the net surplus pertaining to the reimbursable appropriation for the Bureau of Printing as of December 31, 1913, exclusive of supplies and materials, shall revert to the general unappropriated surplus.

UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES
For the University of the Philippines for the period
July first, nineteen hundred and fourteen, to December
thirty-first, nineteen hundred and fourteen, to be
expended by the Board of Regents of said University,
for the end specified by law, in accordance with
section six, letter (a), of Act Numbered Eighteen
hundred and seventy: Provided, That the Board of
Regents is hereby authorized, with the consent and
approval of the Director of Bureau and Secretary
of Department concerned, to appoint officers and
employees of the Departments and Bureaus of the
Government to positions in the University of the
Philippines at such compensation as may be fixed
by said Board of Regents, which compensation
shall be paid to such officers and employees from the
appropriation for the University of the Philippines, Act
Numbered One hundred and forty-eight notwithstanding,
said appropriation to be disbursed in accordance with
section thirteen of Act Numbered Eighteen hundred and
seventy	P300,000.00
SUPREME COURT
For salaries and wages, as follows:
Chief Justice, at P20,000 per annum	20,000.00
Six associate justices, at P20,000 per annum each	120,000.00
Reporter, at P5,000 per annum	5,000.00
Clerk of court, at P6,000 per annum	6,000.00
Deputy clerk, at P4,000 per annum	4,000.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Total available for salaries and wages	P238,407.00
	===========
CONTINGENT EXPENSES
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Total contingent expenses	15,500.00
Total salaries and wages	238,407.00
	——————
Total for the Supreme Court	P253,907.00
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Provided, That the Supreme Court Library fund created by Act Numbered Sixteen hundred and sixty is hereby abolished and all assets pertaining thereto, including the net appropriated surplus shall be transferred to the appropriation for the Supreme Court.

 

COURTS OF FIRST INSTANCE, COURT OF LAND REGISTRATION, AND JUSTICE OF THE PEACE COURTS
For salaries and wages, as follows:
Courts of First Instance, Manila.
Three judges, at P11,000 per annum	P33,000.00
One clerk, at P4,000 per annum	4,000.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Courts of First Instance, First District.
One judge, at P9,000 per annum	9,000.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Courts of First Instance, Second District.
One judge, at P9,000 per annum	9,000.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Courts of First Instance, Third District.
One judge, at P10,000 per annum	10,000.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Courts of First Instance, Fourth District.
One judge, at P10,000 per annum	10,000.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Courts of First Instance, Fifth District.
One judge, at P10,000 per annum	P10,000.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Courts of First Instance, Sixth District.
One judge, at P10,000 per annum	10,000.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Courts of First Instance, Seventh District.
One judge, at P10,000 per annum	10,000.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Courts of First Instance, Eight District.
One judge, at P10,000 per annum	10,000.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Courts of First Instance, Ninth District.
One judge, at P10,000 per annum	10,000.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Courts of First Instance, Tenth District.
One judge, at P10,000 per annum	10,000.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Courts of First Instance, Eleventh District.
One judge, at P10,000 per annum	10,000.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Courts of First Instance, Twelfth District.
One judge, at P10,000 per annum	10,000.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Courts of First Instance, Thirteenth District.
One judge, at P9,000 per annum	9,000.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Courts of First Instance, Fourteenth District.
One judge, at P9,000 per annum	9,000.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Courts of First Instance, Fifteenth District.
One judge, at P9,000 per annum	9,000.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Courts of First Instance, Sixteenth District.
One judge, at P9,000 per annum	9,000.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Courts of First Instance, Mountain Province.
One judge, at P9,000 per annum	9,000.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Judges of First Instance and employees at large.
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Court of Land Registration.
One judge, at P10,000 per annum	10,000.00
Four associate judges, at P9,000 per annum each	36,000.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Justices of the peace.
Two justices of the peace, at P2,400 per annum each	4,800.00
Eight justices of the peace, at P1,800 per annum each	14,400.00
Eight justices of the peace, at P1,500 per annum each	12,000.00
Thirteen justices of the peace, at P1,200 per annum each	15,600.00
Twenty-five justices of the peace, at P1,011.60 per annum each	25,290.00
Twelve justices of the peace, at P960 per annum each	11,520.00
Thirty-seven justices of the peace, at P840 per annum each	31,080.00
One hundred and sixty-three justices of the peace,
at P720 per annum each	117,360.00
Four hundred and forty justices of the peace, at
P600 per annum each	P264,000.00
Hire of emergency employees	10,000.00
Accrued leave	10,000.00
	——————
Total of salaries and wages	1,165,498.00
Deduction of ten per centum for vacancies	116,549.80
	——————
Total available for salaries and wages	P1,048,948.20
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CONTINGENT EXPENSES
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Items Omitted)
Total of contingent expenses	119,088.00
Total of salaries and wages	1,048,948.20
	——————
Total for Courts of First Instance, Court of Land
Registration, and justices of the peace	P1,168,036.20
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BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSIONERS
Salaries and wages.
Chairman, at P12,600 per annum	12,600.00
Two members of the Board, at P12,000 per
annum each	24,000.00
Secretary of the Board, at P6,500 per annum	6,500.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Total available for salaries and wages.	P67,735.00
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Contingent expenses.
For contingent expenses, including inspections of
railway materials outside of the Philippine
Islands	30,000.00
	——————
Total for contingent expenses	30,000.00
Total for salaries and wages	67,735.00
	——————
Total for Board of Public Utility Commissioners	P97,735.00
The appropriation of P40,000 made by section 5 of
Act No. 2307 is hereby reverted to the Insular Treasury.
CODE COMMITTEE
For salaries and wages, as follows:
President, at P13,000 per annum	13,000.00
Four members, at P12,000 per annum each	48,000.00
xxx                    xxx                    xxx
(Other Items Omitted)
Total salaries and wages	71,200.00
Contingent expenses.
Equipment	300.00
Office expenses	1,400.00
Rental of offices	1,800.00
Transportation	100.00
Repairs	300.00
Expenses of personnel	500.00
Incidental expenses	1,000.00
	————
Total contingent expenses	P 5,400.00
Total salaries and wages	71,200.00
	—————
Total for the Code Committee	P76,600.00
So much of Act Numbered Nineteen hundred and
forty-one as provides for a continuing annual appropriation
of ninety thousand pesos per annum for the Code Committee
is hereby repealed as of January first, nineteen hundred and
fourteen; all unexpended funds standing to the credit of said
appropriation on that date are hereby reverted to the Treasury
and all expenses of the Code Committee pertaining to the
new fiscal year nineteen hundred and fourteen shall be
charged to this appropriation.
MISCELLANEOUS
PROVINCE OF MINDORO
For salaries, wages, and other expenses as follows:
Provincial governor, at three thousand six hundred
and fifty pesos per annum; provincial treasurer, at
three thousand six hundred pesos per annum; provincial
fiscal, at two thousand four hundred pesos per annum;
per diems not to exceed six pesos for the third member
of the provincial board; for salaries and wages of such
employees as may be authorized by resolution of the
provincial board with the approval of the Executive
Secretary; for general provincial expenses, including
the actual and necessary traveling expenses of officers
and employees, under the provisions of Act Numbered
Thirteen hundred and ninety-six; for the purposes
contemplated by Act Numbered Eighteen hundred and
forty-five; for the transportation of supplies; purchase
and repair of office equipment and furniture, and
purchase of office supplies; cablegrams, postage,
and telegrams; printing and binding; hire and
maintenance of official transportation; sheriff's fees;
court fees; premium on surety bonds; maintenance
of prisoners; permanent equipment; for a fund to be
expended by the provincial governor as provided in Act
Numbered Six hundred and eighty-two under the head
of "Provincial Government of Lepanto Bontoc;" and
for other incidental expenses.	P33,000.00
PROVINCE OF PALAWAN
For salaries, wages, and other expenses, as follows:
Provincial governor, at four thousand eight hundred
pesos per annum: Provided, That the salary authorized
for the provincial governor of Palawan is hereby made
retroactive, to take effect on July thirteenth, nineteen
hundred and ten; provincial secretary-treasurer, at
four thousand pesos per annum; per diems not to
exceed six pesos for the third member of the provincial
board; salaries and wages of such employees as may be
authorized by resolution of the provincial board approved
by the Executive Secretary; accrued leaves; temporary
employees; for general provincial expenses, including
the actual and necessary traveling expenses and per
diems of officers and employees, under the provisions
of Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and ninety-six;
transportation of supplies; purchase and repair of
office equipment, furniture, and supplies; for the
purposes contemplated by Act Numbered Eighteen
hundred and forty-five; for a fund to be expended by
the provincial governor as provided in Act Numbered
Six hundred and eighty-two under the head of "Provincial
Government of Lepanto-Bontoc;" for cablegrams,
postage, and telegrams; maintenance, repairs, and
fuel for launch; permanent equipment; repairs to
buildings; sheriff's fees; maintenance of prisoners;
premiums on surety bonds, and other incidental expenses	P24,110.00
PROVINCE OF BATANES
For salaries, wages, and other expenses, as follows:
Provincial governor, at three thousand two hundred
pesos per annum; provincial secretary treasurer, at two
thousand four hundred pesos for the third member of
the provincial board for each session at which he is
actually present; salary of not less than two thousand
five hundred pesos nor more than three thousand pesos
per annum for the provincial fiscal; health officer, at
not to exceed two thousand four hundred pesos per
annum; salaries and wages of employees as may be
authorized by resolution of the provincial board with
the approval of the Executive Secretary; actual and
necessary traveling expenses and per diems of officers
and employees, under the provisions of Act Numbered
Thirteen hundred and ninety-six; transportation of
supplies; purchase and repair of office equipment and
furniture; purchase of office supplies; cablegrams,
postage and telegrams; insurance; repair and maintenance
of provincial launch; maintenance of prisoners; repair
and construction of buildings; maintenance of official
transportation; and other incidentals	P15,000.00
PROVINCE OF SAMAR
For salary of the lieutenant-governor, at four thousand
pesos per annum, and for his per diems and travel
expenses and other official expenses, as intended by
Act Numbered Seventeen hundred and fifty-nine	6,000.00
PROVINCE OF SURIGAO
For work among the non-Christian inhabitants of the
Province of Surigao, including extra compensation at
the rate of fifty pesos per month to the officer of the
Philippine Constabulary assigned to assist the
provincial governor, the provisions of Act Numbered
One hundred and forty-eight to the contrary
notwithstanding; salaries of two teachers at not to
exceed thirty pesos per month each; construction
of schoolhouses, purchase of animals, implements,
weaving equipment and materials, badges and other
ornaments, sewing machines, school equipment,
books, papers, seeds, medicines, and other incidentals,
to be expended by the provincial board with the advance
approval of the Secretary of the Interior	P2,575.00
CHIEF OF POLICE OF CAVITE
For the salaries of the chief and assistant chief of
police of the municipality of Cavite, as provided
by Act Numbered Twelve hundred and eighty-one
and for the salaries of substitutes when necessary,
and allowance of forty pesos per month in lieu of
official transportation in kind: Provided, That the
salary of the chief of police of Cavite shall not exceed
three thousand pesos per annum	4,000.00
PUBLIC CHARITY
For the care and treatment of poor requiring medical
or surgical treatment, one hundred thousand pesos,
which shall be expended in accordance with such
regulations as the Secretary of Public Instruction
may prescribe, not incompatible with existing law.
Total for public charity	100,000.00
GENERAL PURPOSES
For general purposes, including the commutation and
payment of claims for salary, part salary, leave,
traveling expenses, and transportation and expenses
of personnel; miscellaneous general expenses of the
Government, and expenditures authorized by the
Secretary of War including payment to the law officer
of the Bureau of Insular Affairs for legal services
rendered the Government of the Philippine Islands
at the rate of P3,000 per annum, payment to the
disbursing officer of the Philippine revenues in
Washington at the rate of P4,000 per annum and
payment of the employee of the Bureau of Insular
Affairs designated by the Chief of said Bureau for
special services rendered in the United States in
relation to the Philippine Islands at the rate of
P2,000 per annum Provided, That this fund shall
be reimbursable for such payments from the funds
of the Bureau, office, province, or municipality in
interest, when practicable	P40,000.00
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON INFANT MORTALITY
For publication and distribution in English and Spanish
of the report of the Committee for the Investigation of
Excessive Infant Mortality in the Philippine Islands	P6,525.00
TREASURER OF ISABELA
The Insular Auditor is hereby authorized under the
provisions of section forty-nine of Act Numbered
Seventeen hundred and ninety-two to close out the
account of Manuel Perez, late treasurer of the
Province of Isabela, on account of the defalcation
in excess of his bond, amounting to P9,097.81; and
for the purpose of reimbursing the Province of Isabela
for the loss incurred through said defalcation there is
hereby appropriated the sum of	9,097.81
REIMBURSEMENT TO THE AGRICULTURAL BANK
For the purpose of reimbursing the Agricultural
Bank the principal and interest on loan to Mariano
Padilla, which was secured by a mortgage on
certain real property in San Miguel, Pangasinan,
subsequently reserved by the Government for
public purposes	488.11

 

 

Grand total of appropriations for all purposes for the new fiscal year nineteen hundred and fourteen P24,703,225.72; Provided, That the reduction of salaries made in this Act shall affect and modify the provisions of law to the contrary contained in Acts Nos. 1407, 140, 867, 496, 1699, and 2038, or any other law heretofore enacted until however provided by then Philippine Legislature.

SECTION 2. There is hereby created an emergency board, which shall consist of the Insular Auditor, the Insular Treasurer, the Attorney-General, the chairman of the Committee on Appropriations of the Philippine Assembly, and the senior member in point of service of the Philippine Commission with the latter as chairman whose duty it shall be, whenever application is made by any officer of the Government in charge of any work of construction or repair, or by the Director of any Bureau or Office of the Government, certifying that the needs of the work, Bureau, or Office concerned require the expenditure of a sum of money greater than the amount appropriated by the Legislature for such purpose, to hear such evidence as may be presented in support of such application and submit its report with its recommendation thereon to the Governor-General. The Governor-General with the concurrence of the Speaker of the Philippine Assembly, upon recommendation of a majority of the emergency board aforesaid, may authorize the expenditure of additional funds not specifically appropriated, in such amount as may be deemed necessary for the purposes of the work, Bureau, or Office concerned. The Governor-General, within thirty days after the opening of the next regular session of the Philippine Legislature, shall send to each body thereof a statement of the amount or amounts of the expenditures authorized under the provisions of this section.

For the purposes of this section, there is hereby appropriated from funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated such sum or sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions hereof, not exceeding one million pesos.

Provided, That no funds shall be set up on the books of the Auditor under this section until the same shall have been allotted by the Governor-General and the Speaker.

This authority shall exist only until October sixteenth, nineteen hundred and fourteen.

SECTION 3. All sums appropriated by this Act for the various bureaus, offices, and provinces shall be expended solely for the specific purposes for which appropriated, and for no others, and no amount appropriated for salaries and wages shall be available for the payment of contingent expenses nor shall any amount appropriated for contingent expenses be available for the payment of salaries and wages: Provided, However, That the appropriations herein made for each Bureau, Office, or province shall be available for payment of such expenses as may accrue to said Bureaus, Offices, or provinces by reason of the operations of Acts Numbered Fifteen hundred and nine, Sixteen hundred and ninety-eight, and Seventeen hundred and thirty-nine: And Provided Further, That the funds herein appropriated for the various branches of the Government are hereby made available for the payment of salaries and allowances of officers and employees for services rendered from. January first, nineteen hundred and fourteen, to date of passage of this Act at the rates of compensation they would have received had this Act not been passed, and Act Numbered Twenty-three hundred and four is hereby modified accordingly.

SECTION 4. Unless otherwise provided by this Act, all income accruing to Bureaus and Offices by virtue of the provisions of existing law shall revert to the general unappropriated surplus of the Insular Government.

SECTION 5. The net surplus of all appropriations herein and heretofore made for the current expenses of Bureaus and Offices of the Insular Government shall revert to the general fund as of December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and fourteen, and shall not thereafter be available for expenditure except by subsequent legislative enactment.

SECTION 6. During the new fiscal year of nineteen hundred and fourteen no Department head or chief of Bureau shall increase or decrease the salary appropriated for each office or employment, any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided, That this section shall not affect the provisions of section eighteen of Act Numbered Sixteen hundred and ninety-eight.

SECTION 7. Hereafter no allowance shall be paid to any employee for the maintenance of means of transportation owned by him but used on official business, in excess of twenty pesos per month in the case of a horse, or thirty pesos per month in the case of motor vehicles or vessels.

SECTION 8. This Act shall take effect as of January first, nineteen hundred and fourteen.

ENACTED, January 31, 1914.