An Act Providing for the Appointment of a Disbursing Agent of the Military Government, and the Succeeding Civil Government, to be Resident in Washington, and Appropriating Fifty Thousand Dollars for Payment of the Bills for Transportation of School-Teachers and Other Employees of the Philippine Government, and Miscellaneous Expenses
Act No. 129, enacted on May 16, 1901, establishes the position of a Disbursing Agent for the Military and subsequent Civil Government of the Philippine Islands, who will be based in Washington. This agent, appointed by the Secretary of War, is responsible for managing and disbursing funds, including a $50,000 appropriation for transportation and miscellaneous expenses related to school-teachers and government employees. The agent must provide a bond and submit quarterly accounts to the Auditor of the Archipelago for auditing. The Act emphasizes the need for timely implementation, taking effect immediately upon passage.
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- Act No. 129, enacted on May 16, 1901, establishes the position of a Disbursing Agent for the Military and subsequent Civil Government of the Philippine Islands, who will be based in Washington. This agent, appointed by the Secretary of War, is responsible for managing and disbursing funds, including a $50,000 appropriation for transportation and miscellaneous expenses related to school-teachers and government employees. The agent must provide a bond and submit quarterly accounts to the Auditor of the Archipelago for auditing. The Act emphasizes the need for timely implementation, taking effect immediately upon passage.
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- An Act Providing for the Appointment of a Disbursing Agent of the Military Government, and the Succeeding Civil Government, to be Resident in Washington, and Appropriating Fifty Thousand Dollars for Payment of the Bills for Transportation of School-Teachers and Other Employees of the Philippine Government, and Miscellaneous Expenses (Act No. 129) was enacted on May 16, 1901.
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- An Act Providing for the Appointment of a Disbursing Agent of the Military Government, and the Succeeding Civil Government, to be Resident in Washington, and Appropriating Fifty Thousand Dollars for Payment of the Bills for Transportation of School-Teachers and Other Employees of the Philippine Government, and Miscellaneous Expenses, Act No. 129, May 16, 1901 (Philippines)
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May 16, 1901
ACT NO. 129
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A DISBURSING AGENT OF THE MILITARY GOVERNMENT, AND THE SUCCEEDING CIVIL GOVERNMENT, TO BE RESIDENT IN WASHINGTON, AND APPROPRIATING FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR PAYMENT OF THE BILLS FOR TRANSPORTATION OF SCHOOL-TEACHERS AND OTHER EMPLOYEES OF THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT, AND MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES
SECTION 1. There shall be a Disbursing Agent of the Military Government and of the succeeding civil government of the Philippine Islands, resident in Washington, to be appointed by the Secretary of War.
SECTION 2. Said Disbursing Agent to be appointed under section one shall give a bond in an amount to be fixed by the Secretary of War, conditioned faithfully to discharge all the duties of his office and to account for all moneys coming into his hands as such disbursing agent.
SECTION 3. The disbursing agent shall receive a salary of one thousand dollars per annum.
SECTION 4. It shall be the duty of the disbursing agent to pay all the bills of the Military Government of the Philippines, or the succeeding Civil Government, which may be, or may have been, approved by the Secretary of War, or ordered paid by the Philippine Commission.
SECTION 5. There is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of fifty thousand dollars, in money of the United States, to be paid to the disbursing agent appointed under section one, after he has given bond and otherwise qualified.
SECTION 6. The disbursing agent appointed under section one shall file quarterly accounts with the Auditor of the Archipelago, accompanied by supporting vouchers, in accordance with Act Numbered Ninety, and such further regulations as the Auditor of the Archipelago shall prescribe. The Auditor of the Archipelago shall audit such accounts.
SECTION 7. 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.
SECTION 8. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
ENACTED, May 16, 1901.
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An Act Providing for the Appointment of a Disbursing Agent of the Military Government, and the Succeeding Civil Government, to be Resident in Washington, and Appropriating Fifty Thousand Dollars for Payment of the Bills for Transportation of School-Teachers and Other Employees of the Philippine Government, and Miscellaneous Expenses, Act No. 129, May 16, 1901 (Philippines)
An Act Providing for the Appointment of a Disbursing Agent of the Military Government, and the Succeeding Civil Government, to be Resident in Washington, and Appropriating Fifty Thousand Dollars for Payment of the Bills for Transportation of School-Teachers and Other Employees of the Philippine Government, and Miscellaneous Expenses, Act No. 129 (Phil. 1901)
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