An Act Appropriating the Sum of One Thousand Dollars, in Money of the United States, for the Salary and Expense Fund of the Municipal Government of the City of Manila
Act No. 892, enacted on September 19, 1903, appropriates $1,000 from the Insular Treasury for the salaries and expenses of civil officials and employees in Manila. This funding covers salaries, travel expenses for U.S. employees relocating to Manila, and payments to the estates of deceased employees for unpaid leave. The act stipulates that disbursements will be managed by the Auditor through settlement warrants. It emphasizes the urgency for prompt enactment and takes effect immediately upon passage.
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- Act No. 892
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
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- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
September 19, 1903
ACT NO. 892
AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS, IN MONEY OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR THE SALARY AND EXPENSE FUND OF THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY OF MANILA
SECTION 1. The sum of one thousand dollars, in money of the United States, is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the payment of salaries and expenses of civil officials and employees of the city of Manila, which are properly chargeable to the city of Manila and not otherwise specially provided for, including half salary and traveling expenses of employees from the United States to Manila, and for the payment to the estates of deceased employees of salaries due such employees for the leaves of absence to which they were entitled at the time of their deaths, in accordance with the provisions of Act Numbered Four hundred and forty-eight.
Payment of sums due under the appropriation herein made shall be by the Auditor by settlement warrants.
SECTION 2. The provisions of the first paragraph of section three of Act Numbered Eight hundred and seven, providing the manner in which withdrawals of moneys appropriated under said Act shall be made, are hereby made applicable to the withdrawal of moneys appropriated under this Act.
SECTION 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
ENACTED, September 19, 1903.
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An Act Appropriating the Sum of One Thousand Dollars, in Money of the United States, for the Salary and Expense Fund of the Municipal Government of the City of Manila, Act No. 892, Sep 19, 1903 (Philippines)
An Act Appropriating the Sum of One Thousand Dollars, in Money of the United States, for the Salary and Expense Fund of the Municipal Government of the City of Manila, Act No. 892 (Phil. 1903)
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