An Act Making Appropriations for Sundry Expenses of the Municipal Government of the City of Manila for the Fiscal Year Ending June Thirtieth, Nineteen Hundred and Seven

October 20, 1906

ACT NO. 1546

AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUNDRY EXPENSES OF THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY OF MANILA FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SEVEN

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 municipal government of the city of Manila for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seven, and thereafter until expended, unless otherwise stated:

(Items Omitted)

Total of appropriations for all purposes, three million twenty-eight thousand one hundred and forty-eight pesos and eighty centavos: PROVIDED, That with the approval of the Secretary of Finance and Justice, the Municipal Board may direct the Auditor to transfer funds from the appropriation for salaries and wages to that for contingent expenses, and vice-versa, within any department when the public service so demands.

SECTION 2. 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 six, until not later than fifteen days after the passage of this Act, and any funds appropriated for salaries and wages for the department or office to which the position or employment pertains are hereby available for payment of the services rendered. HSCATc

SECTION 3. Upon the approval of the Municipal Board first had, a vacancy in a position of any class may be filled by the appointment of one person or more of a lower class: PROVIDED, That the aggregate of salaries paid is not greater than the salary authorized by law for that position.

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 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 department or office in case of discharge, stating reasons therefor: AND PROVIDED FURTHER, That unless otherwise authorized by law, no payment shall be made for overtime work.

SECTION 5. The Secretary of Finance and Justice 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 6. The appropriations hereinbefore made for each department 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 departments and offices by reason of the operations of Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and nine.

SECTION 7. Unclassified employees of the municipal government, including laborers, who are injured in clear line of duty, may, in the discretion of the Municipal Board and with the approval of the Secretary of Finance and Justice, continue to receive their regular compensation during the period of disability, not exceeding ninety days: PROVIDED, That the Secretary of Finance and Justice 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 department 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.

SECTION 8. All balances remaining unexpended when any public works or permanent improvements appropriated for by this Act are completed and accounts settled shall be returned at once to the Treasury of the Philippine Islands and shall not thereafter be available for withdrawal or disbursement under this Act.

SECTION 9. The provisions of the first paragraph of section three of Act Numbered Eight hundred and seven, providing the manner in which withdrawals of moneys appropriated in said Act shall be made, are hereby made applicable to the withdrawal of money appropriated under this Act.

SECTION 10. 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 11. This Act shall take effect on its passage. EHaASD

ENACTED, October 20, 1906.