An Act Providing that All Salaries Paid to Officers and Employees in the Civil Service shall be Paid in Insular Currency or in Money of the United States as the Appropriating Authority shall Determine, and Repealing Act Numbered Thirty-Four
Act No. 260, enacted on October 8, 1901, mandates that all salaries for civil service officers and employees in the Philippines be paid in either local currency or United States money, as determined by the appropriating authority. If local currency is used, its exchange rate against the U.S. dollar will be set quarterly by the Civil Governor. The Act also repeals any conflicting provisions from Act No. 34. This legislation was expedited for immediate effect to serve the public good.
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- Act No. 260
- Date Enacted
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- Statutes
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- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
October 8, 1901
ACT NO. 260
AN ACT PROVIDING THAT ALL SALARIES PAID TO OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES IN THE CIVIL SERVICE SHALL BE PAID IN INSULAR CURRENCY OR IN MONEY OF THE UNITED STATES AS THE APPROPRIATING AUTHORITY SHALL DETERMINE, AND REPEALING ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-FOUR
SECTION 1. All salaries and wages to be paid to officers and employees in the civil service of these Islands, insular, provincial, or municipal, shall hereafter be paid in money of the United States or in local currency, as shall be provided in the Act making appropriation for such payment. In case the appropriating authority shall order payment to be made in local currency, the ratio of local currency to money of the United States shall be that fixed for the quarter for which the appropriation are made, by proclamation of the Civil Governor at the beginning of the quarter.
SECTION 2. Act Numbered Thirty-four, so far as it is in conflict with section one of this Act, is hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. 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 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
ENACTED, October 8, 1901.
Cite This Law
An Act Providing that All Salaries Paid to Officers and Employees in the Civil Service shall be Paid in Insular Currency or in Money of the United States as the Appropriating Authority shall Determine, and Repealing Act Numbered Thirty-Four, Act No. 260, Oct 8, 1901 (Philippines)
An Act Providing that All Salaries Paid to Officers and Employees in the Civil Service shall be Paid in Insular Currency or in Money of the United States as the Appropriating Authority shall Determine, and Repealing Act Numbered Thirty-Four, Act No. 260 (Phil. 1901)
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