An Act Making Appropriations for Sundry Expenses of The Provincial Governments of Agusan, Nueva Vizcaya, and The Mountain Province, for Insular Expenses In The Said Provinces and The Moro Province for The Period Ending December Thirty-First, Nineteen Hundred and Thirteen

February 1, 1913

ACT NO. 2208

AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUNDRY EXPENSES OF THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS OF AGUSAN, NUEVA VIZCAYA, AND THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE, FOR INSULAR EXPENSES IN THE SAID PROVINCES AND THE MORO PROVINCE FOR THE PERIOD ENDING DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN

SECTION 1. The following sums, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, in part compensation for the service of the provincial governments of Agusan, Nueva Vizcaya, and the Mountain Province and for Insular expenses in the said provinces and the Moro Province for the period ending December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and thirteen, and thereafter until expended:

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BUREAU OF FORESTRY.

For salaries and wages of three foresters, class five; one forester class six; one forest nurseryman, class six; one head ranger, Class C; one head ranger, Class F; two rangers, Class H; two rangers, Class I; one clerk, Class G; one clerk, Class H; for the payment of the salaries, traveling expenses, per diems and cost of field equipment of graduate students of the forest school; for hire of laborers and temporary employees; accrued leaves of absence; salary allowance to employees appointed outside of the Philippine Islands and for contingent expenses, including purchase and repair of office and field equipment and furniture; purchase of office supplies; per diems of officers and employees; traveling expenses and transportation of officers, employees and supplies; cable-grams; postage and telegrams; forage for horses to be furnished by forest officers or owned by the Bureau as means of official transportation; purchase of seeds, plants and specimen forest products; preparation and installation of a forest museum at Zamboanga; transportation and refund of traveling expenses of employees from the United States to Manila after expiration of contract service; construction of temporary and permanent buildings to be used as quarters and offices for forest officers; rents; salaries, traveling expenses and per diems of such forest officers who may from time to time be temporarily detailed to the above-mentioned provinces; and for other incidental expenses; for the salary of a forest nursery man to assist in the establishment of a forest park and to supervise tree planting in the city of Baguio, and for reimbursement of expenditures made for such purpose by the city of Baguio; and for the payment of the salaries and expenses herein authorized for the Bureau of Forestry, there is hereby appropriated an amount equal to ten per centum of the receipts from forestry products for the year ending December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and twelve.

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Total of appropriations for all purposes except for Bureau of Forestry, one million six hundred and fifty-seven thousand and five hundred pesos.

SECTION 2. Subject to approval of the head of the proper Department, provincial boards or chiefs of Bureaus or Offices may expend on permanent improvements funds appropriated for current expenses.

SECTION 3. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as removing the administrative jurisdiction of the Insular Auditor, the Director of Constabulary, the Director of Health, the Director of Lands, the Director of Forestry, the Director of Education, or the Director of Agriculture over their respective Bureaus in any of the provinces mentioned in this Act.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect as of January first, nineteen hundred and thirteen, except that one-half of the sums appropriated under each heading shall not be available until July first, nineteen hundred and thirteen.

ENACTED, February 1, 1913.