An Act Appropriating Twenty-One Thousand Three Hundred and Seventy-Five Dollars, or so much thereof as may be Necessary, in Money of the United States, to be Paid the Office of the Collector of Customs of the Islands and of the Chief Port for Certain Expenses during the Third Quarter of yhe Year Nineteen Hundred and One

August 9, 1901

ACT NO. 191

AN ACT APPROPRIATING TWENTY-ONE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS, OR SO MUCH THEREOF AS MAY BE NECESSARY, IN MONEY OF THE UNITED STATES, TO BE PAID THE OFFICE OF THE COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS OF THE ISLANDS AND OF THE CHIEF PORT FOR CERTAIN EXPENSES DURING THE THIRD QUARTER OF THE YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND ONE

SECTION 1. The sum of twenty-one thousand three hundred and seventy-five dollars, in money of the United States, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the following expenses of the office of the Collector of Customs of the Islands and of the chief port during the third quarter of the year nineteen hundred and one:

For repairs and supplies for such launches and boarding boats as are or may be assigned to the Customs Service, two thousand dollars. Coal for customs launches, four thousand dollars. For salaries and wages, as follows: Fifteen inspectors of class eight, hereby authorized, five thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; one cutter crew and necessary boarding boat crews, five thousand dollars; fifteen clerks and inspectors of subdistricts not exceeding three hundred dollars per annum each, one thousand one hundred and twenty-five dollars; temporary clerks at ports where army officers have not yet been relieved and where inspectors of subdistricts are not stationed, one thousand dollars; extra compensation for the presidents engaged in customs work, not exceeding one hundred and eighty dollars per annum for each president, two thousand dollars. Such extra compensation to the presidents over and above the compensation received by them from the proper municipal treasuries is hereby declared lawful, anything in the Municipal Code to the contrary notwithstanding. For hire of necessary land transportation for inspectors of subdistricts, two hundred dollars. For rent of offices at interior ports, eight hundred dollars.

SECTION 2. Funds appropriated by this Act shall be disbursed in local currency upon the basis of two dollars of local currency to one dollar in money of the United States.

SECTION 3. 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 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

ENACTED, August 9, 1901.