An Act Appropriating the Sum of Three Million Thirty-Four Thousand and Eighty-Two Dollars And Fifty-Three Cents, in Money of the United States, or so Much Thereof as may be Necessary, in Part Compensation for the Service of the Fiscal Year Ending June Thirtieth, Nineteen Hundred and Two, and for Other Purposes

April 12, 1902

ACT NO. 389

AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF THREE MILLION THIRTY-FOUR THOUSAND AND EIGHTY-TWO DOLLARS AND FIFTY-THREE CENTS, IN MONEY OF THE UNITED STATES, OR SO MUCH THEREOF AS MAY BE NECESSARY, IN PART COMPENSATION FOR THE SERVICE OF THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWO, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

SECTION 1. The following sums, in money of the United States, or so much thereof as may be respectively necessary, are hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, in part compensation for the service of the Insular Government and of the city of Manila, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, this appropriation being for the fourth quarter of said fiscal year unless otherwise stated. The appropriations herein made, except for fixed salaries for the fourth quarter of said fiscal year, shall be available for obligations of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two.

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Total of appropriations for all purposes, three million thirty-four thousand and eighty-two dollars and fifty-three cents, in money of the United States, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

SECTION 2. All funds appropriated by this Act shall be disbursed in local currency on the basis of two dollars and twenty-seven cents in local currency for one dollar in money of the United States, except the following sums, which shall be disbursed in money of the United States:

Five thousand three hundred and thirty-four dollars under "Support of hospitals, plants, and stations, Board of Health for the Philippines."

Four thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven dollars under "Transportation, Board of Health for the Philippines."

Eighty-one dollars and one cent for medical supplies for laborers on the Benguet road under "Contingent expenses, Board of Health for the Philippines."

Seven thousand dollars under "Contingent expenses, Quarantine Service."

Eight thousand five hundred and seventy-five dollars under "Contingent expenses, Bureau of Post-Offices."

Seventy-five thousand dollars under "Construction and maintenance of telegraph, telephone, and cable lines, Signal Service."

Ten thousand dollars under "Contingent expenses, Bureau of Public Printing."

Forty thousand dollars under "School furniture and supplies, Bureau of Public Instruction."

Eight hundred dollars under "Contingent expenses, Municipal Board, city of Manila."

Six thousand nine hundred and sixty-five dollars and seventy-eight cents for the completion of Quinta Market, under "Maintenance and repairs, Department of Engineering and Public Works, city of Manila."

Five thousand, seven hundred and three dollars and eighty-nine cents for the amount appropriated for final settlement for the Santa Cruz Bridge, under "Maintenance and repairs, Department of Engineering and Public Works, city of Manila."

Five thousand dollars for the construction of four scows, under "Contingent expenses, Department of Engineering and Public Works, city of Manila."

Eight thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine dollars and eight cents, under "Contingent expenses, Department of Engineering and Public Works, city of Manila."

And the amounts appropriated for the Chief Paymaster of the Division, the Union Surety and Guaranty Company, and Metclafe A. Clarke.

Act Numbered Three hundred and thirty is hereby amended so as to allow the following sums to be disbursed in United States currency: Forty thousand dollars appropriated for "Contingent expenses, Bureau of Public Printing;" two thousand six hundred and fourteen dollars and seventy-one cents for "Suppression and extermination of epidemic diseases and pests, Board of Health for the Philippines;" one hundred and sixty-one dollars and forty cents for the "support of hospitals, plants, and stations, Board of Health for the Philippines;" nine hundred and five dollars for "Contingent expenses, Civil Sanitarium at Benguet;" ten thousand three hundred and sixty-seven dollars and forty cents for "Maintenance and repairs, Department of Engineering and Public Works, city of Manila."

SECTION 3. The payment is hereby authorized of per diems of three dollars and fifty cents from February first, nineteen hundred and two, out of funds appropriated in Act Numbered Twenty-two for the improvement of the port of Manila to the officer in charge of the disbursement of said appropriation, in lieu of all expenses, except cost of official transportation, and to compensate him for all commutations and allowances from which he is excluded as an officer of the Army by reason of his detail for civil duty; cost of transportation herein provided being construed to include subsistence when the same is included in transportation by commercial steamship lines.

The sum of two thousand four hundred and ninety-three dollars and forty-four cents, appropriated in Act Numbered One hundred and forty-three, "For repairs and equipment of leper hospital at Palestina, Ambos Camarines," under the head of "Chief Quartermaster, Division of the Philippines," is hereby made available for expenditure for the same purpose during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, and authority is hereby granted to the Chief Quartermaster to turn over the unexpended balance of such appropriation to the provincial treasurer of the Province of Ambos Camarines, to be expended under the direction of the provincial board.

The treasurer of the Province of Cebu is hereby authorized to pay, out of any funds in the provincial treasury, the amount due for rent of a building occupied by the governor of the province during the months of February and March, nineteen hundred and two, while the quarters assigned to the governor of the province were occupied by the Court of First Instance.

The treasurer of the Province of Misamis is hereby authorized to pay the expenses incurred in the hire of a steam launch for the governor of the province while on a visit to the municipality of Gingo-og for the purpose of organizing the board of election judges; anything in Act Numbered One hundred and twenty-eight limiting the traveling expenses of provincial officers of the Province of Misamis to the contrary notwithstanding.

SECTION 4. All balances to the credit of appropriations made prior to Act Numbered Three hundred and thirty, on the books of the Auditor, except the balances in appropriations made by Act Numbered One for roads and bridges; in Act Numbered Twenty-two, for harbor improvements; in Act Numbered Sixty-nine, for the San Jose litigation; in Act Numbered Two hundred and twenty-nine, for Aun Tan; in Act Numbered Three hundred and eleven, "for the payment of expenses of transportation, both passenger and freight, heretofore lawfully incurred which is not otherwise specifically provided for," and the reimbursable appropriations for the Insular Purchasing Agent, and for the Philippines Constabulary, are hereby made no longer available for withdrawal, and the Auditor for the Archipelago is hereby directed to carry such balances to the credit of unappropriated general revenues in the Treasury, and all deposits hereafter made to the credit of said appropriations shall likewise revert to the credit of unappropriated general revenues. The balances of appropriations remaining available for withdrawal, as herein provided, and the balances of appropriations in Act Numbered Three hundred and thirty and subsequent Acts are hereby made available for withdrawal in local currency at the ratio for the current quarter, except such appropriations as may have been made payable in United States currency. Nothing in this paragraph is to be construed as authorizing the payment of any amount in local currency in excess of the amount originally made payable in such local currency for specific purpose by the Act appropriating the money for the payment thereof.

SECTION 5. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this appropriation 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 6. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

ENACTED, April 12, 1902.