An Act to Amend Act No. 1679

May 21, 1908

ACT NO. 1828

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT NUMBERED SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-NINE ENTITLED "AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUNDRY EXPENSES OF THE INSULAR GOVERNMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHT, AND OTHER DESIGNATED PERIODS," BY MAKING PROVISIONS FOR THE CARRYING INTO EFFECT OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS APPROVED MAY ELEVENTH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHT

SECTION 1. The second and third paragraphs of Act Numbered Sixteen hundred and seventy-nine, entitled "An Act making appropriations for sundry expenses of the Insular Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eight, and other designated periods," are hereby amended to read as follows:

"Executive.

"For salaries as follows: Governor-General, at thirty thousand pesos per annum; five secretaries of departments, at twenty-one thousand pesos each per annum; private secretary to the Governor-General, at five thousand pesos per annum; five private secretaries, at four thousand eight hundred pesos each per annum; one hundred and sixty-four thousand pesos. SaCIDT

"Philippine Commission.

"For salaries of the President and five Commissioners, at ten thousand pesos each per annum; three Commissioners, not secretaries of departments, at fifteen thousand pesos each per annum; Secretary of the Commission, at six thousand pesos per annum, which position is hereby created effective as of the date of the organization of the Philippine Legislature; three private secretaries, at two thousand eight hundred pesos each per annum; for payment of expenses incident to the work of compilation and codification of the laws of the Philippine Islands, as contemplated by a resolution of the Commission dated May ninth, nineteen hundred and seven; and for the expenses of a joint committee to serve during recess of the Philippine Legislature: Provided, That neither the President nor any Commissioner serving on such joint committee shall be entitled to additional compensation therefor; one hundred and ten thousand pesos.

"The Secretary of the Commission shall be appointed by resolution of the Commission and shall perform the duties which would properly be required of the Recorder of the Commission under existing law after the organization of the Philippine Legislature and such other duties as may be fixed by resolution of the Commission. He shall also act as chief of the division of legislative records of the Executive Bureau."

SECTION 2. The last paragraph of said section one of said Act Numbered Sixteen hundred and seventy-nine is hereby amended to read as follows: cHECAS

"Total of appropriations for all purposes, seventeen million five hundred and thirty-one thousand seven hundred and eighty pesos."

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

ENACTED, May 21, 1908.