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

May 20, 1909

ACT NO. 1955

AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUNDRY EXPENSES OF THE INSULAR GOVERNMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TEN, 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 compensation for the service of the Insular Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and ten, unless otherwise stated.

(Items omitted)

Total of appropriations for all purposes, sixteen million six hundred and twenty-seven thousand four hundred and four pesos.

SECTION 2. Sections three, five, six, and eight of Act Numbered Eighteen hundred and seventy-three shall be considered permanent general legislation until specifically amended or repealed.

SECTION 3. The appropriations herein made for 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 4. After payment of all obligations actually incurred in the fiscal year nineteen hundred and nine and prior years, whether or not the supplies have been delivered or services rendered prior to the conclusion of said year, including completion of permanent improvements duly authorized, all balances of appropriations heretofore made for the current expenses of Bureaus and Offices of the Insular Government shall revert to the general fund: Provided, That, subject to approval by the head of the proper Department, chiefs of Bureaus or Offices may expend on permanent improvements funds appropriated for current expenses: And Provided Further, That, upon the recommendation of the Secretary of the Department concerned, the Governor-General may direct the restoration of any part of the funds hereby reverted to the credit of the Bureau or Office for which such funds were originally appropriated: And Provided Further, That nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent transfer of funds by order of the Governor-General under the provisions of Act Numbered Nineteen hundred and two.

SECTION 5. The appropriations for current expenses of the various Bureaus and Offices of the Government shall be available for the payment, to the credit of the Fidelity Bond Premium Fund, of two-thirds of the premium fixed, in pursuance of section three of Act Numbered Seventeen hundred and thirty-nine, on behalf of Insular officials and employees pertaining to the respective Bureaus and Offices. CAIHTE

SECTION 6. Collections by the Bureau of Customs as fees for the use of the two Insular Government docks at Manila, after the payment therefrom by the Bureau of Customs of the expense of operation of said Government docks, shall be available for use by the Bureau of Navigation under the direction of the Secretary of Commerce and Police.

SECTION 7. The Governor-General is hereby authorized to transfer personnel and appropriated funds from the Bureau of Internal Revenue to the Bureau of Audits, not exceeding the sum of seven thousand five hundred pesos, to direct the permanent reversion of not exceeding twenty-four thousand pesos of the funds appropriated by this Act for the Bureau of Internal Revenue, and to reduce the cost of the personnel of the division of accounts of the Bureau of Supply nine thousand pesos, all of which has been recommended by Messrs. Haskins and Sells in their report upon the accounting system of this Government, if after investigation such action is found to be for the good of the service.

SECTION 8. The fines imposed and collected through the efforts of the Philippine Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, its members or its agents, for violations of the laws enacted for the prevention of cruelty to animals and for their protection, shall belong to said society, and shall be used to promote its objects, the provisions of section five of Act Numbered Twelve hundred and eighty-five to the contrary notwithstanding.

SECTION 9. In view of the extraordinary service requirements which have rendered impracticable the granting of vacation leave of absence corresponding to the calendar year nineteen hundred and eight to policemen and firemen employed by the city of Manila within the period prescribed by law, the Governor-General is hereby authorized to grant such leave at any time during the calendar year nineteen hundred and nine that the requirements of the public service may permit, the provisions of existing law to the contrary notwithstanding.

SECTION 10. This Act shall take effect as of date July first, nineteen hundred and nine.

ENACTED: May 20, 1909.