An Act Appropriating the Sum of One Hundred and Forty Thousand Pesos for the Operation and Maintenance of the Steamship Tablas by the Bureau of Commerce and Industry

March 23, 1920

ACT NO. 2914

AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY THOUSAND PESOS FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE STEAMSHIP TABLAS BY THE BUREAU OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY

WHEREAS the management of the steamship Tablas has been transferred to the Bureau of Commerce and Industry; and

WHEREAS the sum set aside in the General Appropriation Act for the operation and maintenance of the vessels of the Bureau of Commerce and Industry does include the amount necessary for the operation and maintenance of the steamship Tablas: Now, therefore, DHITCc

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of the same:

SECTION 1. The following appropriations are hereby made, to be added to those made for the Bureau of Commerce and Industry by sections 1-QQ-100, 101, 102, 103, 126, and 129 of Act Numbered Twenty-eight hundred and seventy-five, for the operation and maintenance of the steamship Tablas:

	SALARIES AND WAGES
Officers, at rates and subject to conditions to	P12,880.00
be fixed by agreement between the Secretaries
of the Interior, Finance, and Commerce
and Communications, in proportion to
those granted by private shipowners for
similar services
Petty officers and crew, at rates and subject	14,190.00
to conditions to be fixed by agreement between
the Secretaries of the Interior, Finance, and
Commerce and Communications,
in proportion to those granted by private
shipowners for similar services
Clothing allowance to crew	1,030.00
Subsistence of officers, petty officers, and	13,850.00
crew, at rates and subject to conditions to
be fixed by agreement between the Secretaries
of the Interior, Finance, and Commerce and
Communications, in proportion to those
granted by private shipowners for similar
services
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Total for salaries and wages	41,950.00
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	MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES
Consumption of supplies and materials	P68,050.00
Maintenance and repair of equipment	30,000.00
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Total for miscellaneous expenses	98,050.00
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	RECAPITULATION
Total for salaries and wages	41,950.00
Total for miscellaneous expenses	98,050.00
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Total of additional appropriations for
the Bureau of Commerce and Industry	140,000.00
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Provided, That in the discretion of the Secretary of Commerce and Communications, the steamship Tablas may be used by the Bureau of Labor, without any expense to the latter, for its activities in connection with inter-island migration.

SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect on its approval.

Approved, March 23, 1920.