An Act Appropriating the Sum of two Hundred and Twenty-Seven Thousand and Fifty-Seven Dollars and Ninety-Two Cents, in Money of the United States, or so Much Thereof as may be Necessary, for Certain Expenses of the Insular Government During the Fiscal Year Ending June Thirtieth, Nineteen Hundred and Two

June 5, 1902

ACT NO. 415

AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN THOUSAND AND FIFTY-SEVEN DOLLARS AND NINETY-TWO CENTS, IN MONEY OF THE UNITED STATES, OR SO MUCH THEREOF AS MAY BE NECESSARY, FOR CERTAIN EXPENSES OF THE INSULAR GOVERNMENT DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWO

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, for the purposes and objects hereinafter named, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two:

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Total of appropriations for all purposes, two hundred and twenty-seven thousand and fifty-seven dollars and ninety-two 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 local currency for one dollar in money of the United States, except the sum of nine thousand dollars appropriated under the head of "Suppression and extermination of epidemic diseases and pests, Board of Health for the Philippines, nineteen hundred and two," and of one thousand dollars appropriated under the head of "Transportation, Board of Health for the Philippines, nineteen hundred and two," which shall be disbursed in money of the United States.

SECTION 3. The Chief of the Bureau of Forestry is hereby authorized to expend the sum of five hundred and eighty-five dollars, United States currency, for salaries and wages of laborers with field parties out of any funds appropriated for salaries and wages in Act Numbered Three hundred and eighty-nine, in addition to the amount heretofore appropriated for salaries and wages of laborers with field parties.

The provincial treasurer of Capiz is hereby authorized to reimburse, at the Army rate, W. O. Thornton, provincial treasurer, Thomas Leonard, provincial supervisor, and Goodwin Compton, assistant to the provincial treasurer, for loss of commutation of quarters for the month of June, nineteen hundred and one, from which allowances from military appropriations they were excluded by reason of their detail as officers of the Army to civil duty in the Province of Capiz.

The treasurer of the Province of Cebu is hereby authorized to pay out of any funds in the provincial treasury the rent of the building occupied by the governor of the province during the time the quarters assigned to the governor of the province are occupied by the Court of First Instance.

SECTION 4. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, a sum sufficient to return to the municipalities of the Province of Laguna one-half of the internal-revenue and forestry collections made from January first, nineteen hundred and one, to March thirty-first, nineteen hundred and two. Such sum shall be paid to the Collector of Internal Revenue, or to the provincial treasurer of such province when organized, to be by him distributed pro rata to the amounts paid in, to the municipalities in which the same were collected. The authority for payment hereby conferred may be exercised from time to time in partial payments to the Collector of Internal Revenue, or provincial treasurer, as the case may be, until all that is due shall be paid. The warrants for the same shall be drawn upon the application of the Collector of Internal Revenue, or the provincial treasurer, as the case may be, and the amounts certified by the Collector of Internal Revenue for the Islands, approved by the Auditor for the Philippine Archipelago.

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, June 5, 1902.