Application of Unexpended Funds to Necessary Expenses of the Government

October 6, 1928

ACT NO. 3432

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE APPLICATION OF THE UNEXPENDED BALANCES OF THE FUNDS APPROPRIATED IN ACTS NUMBERED THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE AND THIRTY-FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN, TO ADJUST AND COVER CERTAIN NECESSARY EXPENSES OF THE GOVERNMENT DURING THE FISCAL YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHT AND PRIOR YEARS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

SECTION 1. The following sums are hereby appropriated out of the unexpended balances of the appropriations made in Acts Numbered Thirty-Three hundred and fifty-five and Thirty-four hundred and twenty-seven for the expenses of the Insular Government during the fiscal year ending December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and twenty-eight, to adjust and cover certain necessary expenses for certain bureaus of the Insular Government and for public works during said year:

 

	DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
	K. PHILIPPINE CONSTABULARY
	SALARIES AND WAGES
	Enlisted men of the line
18.	Reenlistment pay of enlisted men, as provided by
	section 847 of the Administrative Code	P15,000.00
	SUNDRY EXPENSES
161.	Traveling expenses of personnel	25,800.00
	Less - sum to be taken from the savings of the
	appropriation for salaries and wages of the
	Philippine Constabulary under Act No. 3355	(15,000.00)
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	Total additional appropriation available
	for the Philippine Constabulary	25,800.00
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	N. BOARDS OF MEDICAL, PHARMACEUTICAL, DENTAL,
	OPTICAL, AND NURSE EXAMINERS
	SUNDRY EXPENSES
20.	Consumption of supplies and materials	P300.00
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	The above sum of P300 shall be taken from the
	savings of the appropriation for said office for
	salaries and wages	(300.00)
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	DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
	O. BUREAU OF EDUCATION
	SUNDRY EXPENSES
303.	Freight, express, and delivery service	P3,000.00
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	The above sum of P3,000 shall be taken from the
	savings of the appropriation for the Bureau of
	Education for consumption of supplies and materials	(3,000.00)
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	P. PHILIPPINE HEALTH SERVICE
	SUNDRY EXPENSES
264.	Postal, telegraph, telephone, and cable service	P2,000.00
	SPECIAL APPROPRIATION
275.	Aid to specially organized provinces, to be expended at
	the discretion of the Director of Health with the approval
	of the Department Head, for sanitation and sanitary
	inspection, including allowances of subsistence, quarters,
	and laundry of hospital personnel, as follows:
	(i) Province of Palawan	5,000.00
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	The above total sum of P7,000 shall be taken from
	the savings of the appropriations for the Philippine
	Health Service for sundry expenses and special
	appropriations	(7,000.00)
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	DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
	S. BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE
	SUNDRY EXPENSES
259.	Postal, telegraph, telephone, and cable service	P1,200.00
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	The above sum of P1,200 shall be taken from the
	savings of the appropriations for the Bureau of
	Internal Revenue for salaries and wages and sundry
	expenses	(1,200.00)
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	U. BUREAU OF PRINTING
	SALARIES AND WAGES
58.	Night and overtime work and temporary employees	P5,000.00
	SUNDRY EXPENSES
61.	Freight, express, and delivery service	1,200.00
62.	Postal, telegraph, telephone, and cable service	1,500.00
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	The above total sum of P7,700 shall be taken from
	the savings of the appropriation for the Bureau of
	Printing for consumption of supplies and materials	(7,700.00)
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	DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
	V. BUREAU OF JUSTICE
	SUNDRY EXPENSES
74.	Postal, telegraph, telephone, and cable service	P1,000.00
78.	Printing and binding reports, documents, and
	publications	4,000.00
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	The above total sum of P5,000 shall be taken from
	the savings of the appropriations for the Bureau of
	Justice for salaries and wages and sundry expenses	(5,000.00)
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	X. GENERAL LAND REGISTRATION OFFICE
	SUNDRY EXPENSES
281.	Postal, telegraph, telephone, and cable service	P2,960.00
285.	Printing and binding reports, documents, and
	publications	700.00
287.	Other services	2,634.00
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	The above total sum of P6,294 shall be taken from the
	savings of the appropriation for the General Land
	Registration Office for salaries and wages	(6,294.00)
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	Z. BUREAU OF PRISONS
	SUNDRY EXPENSES
93.	Freight, express, and delivery service	P3,500.00
96a.	Subsistence, medicine, and chemical supply and
	wearing apparel	90,000.00
100.	Traveling expenses of persons not Government
	employees	4,500.00
	Less - sum to be taken from the savings of
	appropriations for the Bureau of Prisons	(18,800.00)
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	Total additional appropriation available for the
	Bureau of Prisons	79,200.00
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	DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES
	CC. BUREAU OF AGRICULTURE
	SPECIAL APPROPRIATION
249.	Control of rinderpest and other contagious and
	infectious cattle diseases, to be disbursed in the
	manner and for the purposes provided for in
	Act No. 3166	P20,000.00
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	The above sum of P20,000 shall be taken from the
	savings of the appropriations for the Bureau of
	Agriculture for salaries and wages and sundry
	expenses	(20,000.00)
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	DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND COMMUNICATIONS
	NN. BUREAU OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
	SUNDRY EXPENSES
144.	Maintenance and repair of equipment	P71,000.00
	FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT
147.	Purchase or construction of furniture and equipment	26,300.00
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	Total additional appropriation available for the
	Bureau of Commerce and Industry	97,300.00
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	PP. BUREAU OF LABOR
	SUNDRY EXPENSES
104.	Postal, telegraph, telephone, and cable service	P1,000.00
107.	Consumption of supplies and materials	1,000.00
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	The above total sum of P2,000 shall be taken from the
	savings of the appropriation for the Bureau of Labor
	for sundry expenses	(2,000.00)
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	QQ. BUREAU OF COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY
	SUNDRY EXPENSES
39.	Traveling expenses of personnel	P500.00
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	The above sum of P500 shall be taken from the savings
	of the appropriations for the Bureau of Coast and
	Geodetic Survey for salaries and wages and sundry
	expenses	(500.00)
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	SUPPLEMENT TO THE PUBLIC WORKS FUNDS, ACT NO. 3427
	E. MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT, AND INVESTIGATION
	OF PORT WORKS
(z)	For the maintenance and improvement of the Manila
	Harbor, including the dredging of the Pasig River
	and esteros and the maintenance of port works
	equipment as follows:
	2.	For the purchase, maintenance, alteration,
		reconstruction, and repair of port works
		equipment	P50,000.00
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		Total additional appropriation available for
		construction, maintenance, improvement, and
		investigation of port works	50,000.00
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SECTION 2. The following sums are hereby appropriated out of the unexpended balances of the appropriations made in Acts Numbered Thirty-three hundred and fifty-five and Thirty-four hundred and twenty-seven to cover certain expenses of the Insular Government for the year nineteen hundred and twenty-seven and prior years:

 

	DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
	K. PHILIPPINE CONSTABULARY
	SUNDRY EXPENSES
172.	Traveling expenses of personnel	P20,200.00
176.	Rental of buildings and grounds, and repair of rented
	barracks, including prior years' expenses	9,963.00
180.	Traveling expenses of persons not Government employees	400.00
183.	Other services	1,000.00
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	Total additional appropriation available for the
	Philippine Constabulary	31,563.00
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	Total additional appropriation made available in
	this Act to be taken from the unexpended balances
	of appropriations made in Acts Nos. 3355 and 3427	283,863.00
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	Total amount transferred from one appropriation to
	another of the same Bureau or Office	86,794.00
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SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on its approval.

Approved, October 6, 1928.