An Act Providing for the Payment of Per Diems in Lieu of Expenses to Traveling Examiners and Others in the Offices of the Treasurer and Auditor for the Archipelago, who are Required to Perform Official Travel
Act No. 358, enacted on February 17, 1902, provides for the payment of per diems to traveling examiners and officials from the offices of the Treasurer and Auditor in the Philippine Archipelago. These officials are entitled to a per diem of $2.50 for each day spent traveling on official business, in addition to transportation costs, although no per diem is allowed when transportation includes subsistence. The Act also empowers the Auditor and Treasurer to detail clerks for examining accounts and performing necessary duties. Any conflicting laws are repealed, and the Act is set to take effect on March 1, 1902.
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- What is An Act Providing for the Payment of Per Diems in Lieu of Expenses to Traveling Examiners and Others in the Offices of the Treasurer and Auditor for the Archipelago, who are Required to Perform Official Travel about?
- Act No. 358, enacted on February 17, 1902, provides for the payment of per diems to traveling examiners and officials from the offices of the Treasurer and Auditor in the Philippine Archipelago. These officials are entitled to a per diem of $2.50 for each day spent traveling on official business, in addition to transportation costs, although no per diem is allowed when transportation includes subsistence. The Act also empowers the Auditor and Treasurer to detail clerks for examining accounts and performing necessary duties. Any conflicting laws are repealed, and the Act is set to take effect on March 1, 1902.
- What type of law is Act No. 358?
- An Act Providing for the Payment of Per Diems in Lieu of Expenses to Traveling Examiners and Others in the Offices of the Treasurer and Auditor for the Archipelago, who are Required to Perform Official Travel (Act No. 358) is a Philippine Statutes enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
- When was An Act Providing for the Payment of Per Diems in Lieu of Expenses to Traveling Examiners and Others in the Offices of the Treasurer and Auditor for the Archipelago, who are Required to Perform Official Travel enacted?
- An Act Providing for the Payment of Per Diems in Lieu of Expenses to Traveling Examiners and Others in the Offices of the Treasurer and Auditor for the Archipelago, who are Required to Perform Official Travel (Act No. 358) was enacted on Feb 17, 1902.
- What is the citation for An Act Providing for the Payment of Per Diems in Lieu of Expenses to Traveling Examiners and Others in the Offices of the Treasurer and Auditor for the Archipelago, who are Required to Perform Official Travel?
- An Act Providing for the Payment of Per Diems in Lieu of Expenses to Traveling Examiners and Others in the Offices of the Treasurer and Auditor for the Archipelago, who are Required to Perform Official Travel, Act No. 358, Feb 17, 1902 (Philippines)
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- Act No. 358
- Date Enacted
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- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
February 17, 1902
ACT NO. 358
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF PER DIEMS IN LIEU OF EXPENSES TO TRAVELING EXAMINERS AND OTHERS IN THE OFFICES OF THE TREASURER AND AUDITOR FOR THE ARCHIPELAGO, WHO ARE REQUIRED TO PERFORM OFFICIAL TRAVEL
SECTION 1. The traveling examiners of the Treasurer and Auditor for the Philippine Archipelago and the officers and clerks of said offices who are authorized by law and designated to perform official travel in connection with the examination of accounts, or otherwise, shall be entitled to a per diem of two dollars and fifty cents, United States currency or its equivalent in local currency at the authorized rate, for each day such examiner, officer, or clerk is actually traveling or away from Manila on official business, in addition to necessary cost of transportation. When transportation by steamship, Government transport, or otherwise, includes subsistence, no per diem shall be paid or allowed for such portion of the journey.
SECTION 2. The Auditor is hereby authorized to detail any clerk not below the grade of class nine for the purpose of examining the books and accounts of any officer required by law to render to him accounts for settlement; and the Treasurer is hereby authorized to detail any clerk in his office not below said grade to perform such duty as the Insular Treasurer is authorized and directed to perform by himself or authorized deputy.
SECTION 3. All Acts or parts of Acts in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.
SECTION 4. 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 5. This Act shall take effect on March first, nineteen hundred and two.
ENACTED, February 17, 1902.
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An Act Providing for the Payment of Per Diems in Lieu of Expenses to Traveling Examiners and Others in the Offices of the Treasurer and Auditor for the Archipelago, who are Required to Perform Official Travel, Act No. 358, Feb 17, 1902 (Philippines)
An Act Providing for the Payment of Per Diems in Lieu of Expenses to Traveling Examiners and Others in the Offices of the Treasurer and Auditor for the Archipelago, who are Required to Perform Official Travel, Act No. 358 (Phil. 1902)
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