An Act Making Appropriations for Sundry Expenses of the Insular Government for the Fiscal Year Ending June Thirtieth, Nineteen Hundred and Eight, and Other Designated Periods

August 10, 1907

ACT NO. 1679

AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUNDRY EXPENSES OF THE INSULAR GOVERNMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHT, AND OTHER DESIGNATED PERIODS

SECTION 1. The following sums, 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 for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eight, and thereafter until expended, unless otherwise stated:

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(Items omitted)

Total of appropriations for all purposes, seventeen million four hundred and ninety-five thousand nine hundred and eighty pesos.

SECTION 2. Officers and employees of the Insular Government when traveling on official business or when absent from their permanent stations may receive, in the discretion of the chief of Bureau or head of Department, in lieu of traveling expenses other than transportation, per diems or fractional parts thereof as follows: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That chiefs of Bureau shall make such examination in passing upon per diems as may be necessary to satisfy their minds that the per diems allowed will not more than reimburse employees for necessary traveling expenses and will not constitute an increase in salary:

Officers and employees receiving a salary of less than one thousand two hundred pesos per annum, a per diem of one peso;

Those receiving one thousand two hundred pesos or more per annum, but not exceeding one thousand eight hundred pesos per annum, a per diem of two pesos;

Those receiving more than one thousand eight hundred pesos per annum, but not exceeding two thousand four hundred pesos per annum, a per diem of three pesos; HESIcT

Those receiving more than two thousand four hundred pesos per annum, but not exceeding six thousand pesos per annum, a per diem of four pesos; and

Those receiving more than six thousand pesos per annum, a per diem of five pesos: PROVIDED, That members of field parties and other officers and employees, for whom subsistence in kind or other special provision shall be made to cover traveling expenses other than transportation, shall not be paid per diem herein stated: AND PROVIDED FURTHER, That in the discretion of a chief of Bureau, employees whose compensations are stated at rates other than per annum may be given the allowances authorized by this section for employees at a corresponding per annum compensation: AND PROVIDED FURTHER, That when traveling by water transportation which does not include subsistence, officers and employees shall receive, in lieu of per diems, reimbursement of the amounts actually and necessarily expended by them for subsistence: AND PROVIDED FURTHER, That all per diems and traveling expenses of the judges of the Courts of First Instance and of the Court of Land Registration, beginning July first, nineteen hundred and seven, shall be paid from the appropriation for the judiciary, at the rates provided by this section for other officers receiving similar salaries: AND PROVIDED FURTHER, That officers of the United States Army or Navy detailed for duty with the Insular Government shall receive, when traveling on official business of this Government, the per diems corresponding to the salary of the position which the officer is filling under detail, and, if no salary be fixed by law for such position, the officer shall be considered as included in the class for which a per diem of five pesos is authorized, subject to the provisions applicable to officers of the Insular Government.

SECTION 3. Upon the approval of the Governor-General or proper head of Department first had, a vacancy in a position of any class may be filled by the employment of one person or more of a lower class: PROVIDED, That the aggregate of salaries paid is not greater than that authorized.

SECTION 4. All positions and employments authorized by this Act the compensations of which are not stated at a per annum rate shall be in the unclassified service, and no privileges provided by Act Numbered One thousand and forty shall accrue to appointees to such positions: PROVIDED, That nothing in this section shall be denied to remove craftsmen, junior craftsmen, and apprentices of the Bureau of Printing from the classified civil service: PROVIDED FURTHER, That all appointments and separations above the grade of semiskilled laborer under the provisions of this section shall be reported to the Bureau of Civil Service by the proper chief of Bureau or Office, in case of discharge stating reasons therefor: AND PROVIDED FURTHER, That unless otherwise authorized by law, no payment may be made for overtime work.

SECTION 5. Unclassified employees of the Insular Government, including laborers, who are injured in clear line of duty, may, in the discretion of the chief of the Bureau and with the approval of the head of the Department under which they are employed, continue to receive their regular compensation during the period of disability not exceeding ninety days: PROVIDED, That the Governor-General or proper head of Department may, in his discretion, authorize payment of medical attendance, necessary transportation, and hospital fees for officers and employees injured in clear line of duty, but such payment shall not be made from the appropriation for "General purposes" when the Bureau or Office concerned has an available appropriation for contingent expenses or public works, as the case may be, from which such payment can be made, nor shall the provisions of this section be construed to cover sickness as distinguished from physical wounds. caITAC

SECTION 6. The Governor-General or proper head of Department may, in his discretion, commute accrued leave of absence to persons entitled thereto, and authorize payment of the amount so accrued in a gross sum from the appropriation from which their salaries should properly be paid.

SECTION 7. The appropriations herein made each Bureau, province, or Office shall be available for payment of authorized commutations of accrued leave of absence of the officers and employees thereof, and for payment of such expenses as may accrue to such Bureaus, provinces or Offices by reason of the operations of Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and nine.

SECTION 8. In all cases in which provision for a position or employment heretofore provided by law is not made by this Act, such position or employment is hereby authorized from July first, nineteen hundred and seven, until not later than August thirty-first, nineteen hundred and seven, and any funds appropriated for salaries and wages for the Bureau or Office to which the position or employment pertains are hereby made available for payment of the services rendered.

SECTION 9. Inter-bureau transfers of property not otherwise provided for may be made by purchase or otherwise, with the approval of the Governor-General or proper head of Department.

SECTION 10. For services and supplies furnished to other branches of the Government or other persons, a chief of Bureau or Office may charge the cost of such other rate or rates as shall have been prescribed by law or approved by the proper head of Department; and may spend the proceeds of such charges for duly authorized purposes in the discretion of the head of such Department: PROVIDED, That the sums collected under this section shall be deposited in the Insular Treasury to the credit of the current account of the Bureau or Office concerned: AND PROVIDED FURTHER, That the proceeds of all fees, fines, and court costs; the net proceeds of all receipts of the Bureau of Customs, except for import, export, wharfage, and immigration dues, coastwise license fees, and customs revenue stamps; and all other receipts of Bureaus or Offices of the Insular Government and of the Judiciary, the disposition of which is not otherwise specifically provided by law shall be considered as coming within the provisions of this section the purpose of which is to require the separation of revenue receipts which may properly be termed proceeds of taxation from those funds which accrue from inter-bureau transactions and specific services to private persons.

SECTION 11. Subject to approval by the head of the proper Department upon recommendation by the Insular Auditor, refunds may be made by chiefs of Bureaus or Offices on account of receipts from sale of fabricated articles or supplies, or services rendered to other branches of the Government or private parties, when such action shall be consistent with good business practice and equity from funds to be designated in each by the Insular Auditor.

SECTION 12. Expenditures of funds appropriated by this Act shall be classified in accordance with such regulations as shall be prescribed by the Auditor with the approval of the Governor-General.

SECTION 13. 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. ICHDca

SECTION 14. This Act shall take effect as of date July first, nineteen hundred and seven.

ENACTED, August 10, 1907.