Appropriation of Additional Funds for the Operation and Maintenance of the Philippine Government During the Period 1950-1951

September 8, 1950

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 575

AN ACT APPROPRIATING ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES DURING THE PERIOD FROM JULY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED FIFTY TO JUNE THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

SECTION 1. The following sums, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are appropriated out of any funds in the Philippine Treasury not otherwise appropriated, during the period from July first, nineteen hundred fifty to June thirtieth, nineteen hundred fifty-one, for the purposes specified hereunder:

 

ORDINARY EXPENDITURES
B. — OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
II. — SUNDRY EXPENSES
6.	Additional appropriation for consumption
	of supplies and materials, for Welfareville		P70,120.00
					—————
					P70,120.00
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IV. — SPECIAL AND GENERAL PURPOSES
10.	For additional appropriation for the
	necessary expenses of the Boards
	of Examiners			P28,300.00
					—————
		To be paid out of the receipts
		of the Boards		(28,300.00)
SALARIES AND WAGES
	(a)	Item IV-10 (a), page 56, Republic Act
		No. 563 is hereby amended to read as
		follows:
			'"Fees for the chairmen and members
			of Medical, Pharmaceutical, Dental,
			Optical and Nurse Examiners; Boards
			of Examiners for Surveyors; Boards
			of Marine Examiners; Boards of
			Examiners for Engineers and Architects;
			Veterinary Examining Board; and Board
			of Accountancy, P10 per board chairman
			and member for each candidate examined;
			P5 for each candidate registered without
			examination; P5 for each candidate
			examined as midwife, master electrician,
			certified plant mechanic, druggist, harbor,
			bay, river and lake patron, and motor
			engineer and for each candidate in the
			preliminary or final physician examination:
			PROVIDED, That for each candidate
			registered without examination in any of
			these grades, each chairman and member
			shall receive a compensation of P3:
			PROVIDED, FURTHER, That, any
			provision of existing law to the contrary
			notwithstanding, only the examination
			and registration fees collected by said
			boards shall be available for the payment
			of fees to the members thereof: PROVIDED,
			FURTHERMORE, That in case of deficit in
			this and other items under this section the
			same may be covered by paying the
			chairmen, members, personnel and other
			necessary expenses of the boards from
			the unexpended balance of examination
			and registration fees collected by the
			boards — P56,820.00'"
	(b)	For adjustment of the salary of the
		Secretary of the Boards of Examiners
		from P4,200 to P6,000 as fixed under
		section 10 of Act No. 4007, as
		amended by Republic Act No. 546	P1,800.00
	(c)	For adjustment of the salary of the
		assistant secretary from P2,940
		to P3,960		1,020.00
	(d)-1	One attorney	3,300.00
	(d)-2	One researcher	2,760.00
	(f)- 1	Three assistants at P1,800	5,400.00
	(g)-1	Two clerks at P1,800	3,600.00
	(g)-2	One stenographer	1,680.00
	(g)-3	Two typists at P1,200	2,400.00
	(i)-1	Two clerks at P1,200	2,400.00
	(p)-1	One helper	1,140.00
				—————
				P25,500.00
				—————
SUNDRY EXPENSES
	(q)-1	For traveling expenses of the executive
		chairman as authorized under Republic
		Act No. 546	P1,800.00
	(u)	For additional appropriation for printing
		and binding reports, documents and
		publications and for press release of
		notices		1,000.00
				—————
				P2,800.00
				—————
			Total	P28,300.00
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16.	For additional appropriation for salaries
	of personnel and maintenance of the
	Office of the National Intelligence
	Coordinating Agency, as provided in
	Executive Order No. 235, series of 1949		150,000.00
					—————
		Total for special and general
		purposes			P150,000.00
					==========
		Total for the Office of the
		President			P220,120.00
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D. — DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
IV. — SPECIAL PURPOSES
7a.	For traveling expenses of personnel in the
	foreign service, including immediate dependent
	members of their families and their household
	effects, whose positions have been abolished
	in Republic Act No. 563: PROVIDED, That
	those who may be required to return home
	before June 30, 1950, the expenses shall be
	paid from this item: AND PROVIDED,
	FURTHER, That no portion of this
	appropriation shall be transferred to any
	other item			P200,000.00
					—————
		Total for the Department of
		Foreign Affairs		P200,000.00
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F. — DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
IV. — SPECIAL PURPOSES
4.	For additional appropriation for expenses in
	connection with the operation of the arrastre
	service at the Port of Manila and subports,
	any provision of existing law to the contrary
	notwithstanding			P69,440.00
		To be paid out of the receipts of the said
		arrastre service, Commonwealth Act
		No. 392			(69,440.00)
SALARIES AND WAGES
(g)	For temporary and emergency skilled,
	semi-skilled and unclassified laborers
	at the rate of not exceeding P4 per
	day each			P40,000.00
					—————
	Total for salaries and wages		P40,000.00
					=========
SPECIAL EXPENSES
(q)	For expenses of the accounting service:
Salaries and Wages
	1.	One accountant		P3,960.00
	2.	One examiner-bookkeeper		3,120.00
	3.	One clerk			1,800.00
	4.	One stenographer		1,560.00
	5.	One messenger-laborer		1,200.00
	6.	One janitor			1,140.00
					—————
		Total			P12,780.00
Sundry Expenses
	7.	Traveling expenses of personnel		P600.00
	8.	Postal, telegraph, telephone and
		cable service			300.00
	9.	Consumption of supplies and materials		1,000.00
	10.	Maintenance and repair of equipment		300.00
	11.	Other Services		200.00
					—————
			Total		P2,400.00
					—————
			Total for the accounting service		P15,180.00
					=========
(r)	For expenses of the auditing service:
Salaries and Wages
	1.	One auditor			P5,100.00
	2.	One senior examiner		3,960.00
	3.	One examiner		2,400.00
	4.	One clerk-typist		1,800.00
					—————
			Total		P13,260.00
					==========
Sundry Expenses
	5.	Traveling expenses of personnel		P400.00
	6.	Postal, telegraph, telephone and
		cable service			100.00
	7.	Consumption of supplies and materials		300.00
	8.	Maintenance and repair of equipment		100.00
	9.	Other services		100.00
					————
			Total		P1,000.00
					————
			Total for the auditing service		P14,260.00
					========
SUMMARY
	Total for salaries and wages		P40,000.00
	Total for special expenses:
		Accounting service		15,180.00
		Auditing service		14,260.00
					—————
			Total		P69,440.00
9.	Item F-IV-9 and sub-items (a) to (w),
	pages 146 to 148, of Republic Act No.
	563, are hereby amended to read as
	follows:
	'"9.	For the expenses of the Philippine
		Purchasing Agency in New York		133,760.00
			To be paid out of the Philippine
			Purchasing Agency Revolving
			Fund, Executive Order No. 81,
			series of 1945		(133,760.00)
SALARIES AND WAGES
	(a)	One Purchasing Agent	P7,200.00
		Supplemental salary	12,800.00
	(b)	One Assistant Purchasing Agent	6,000.00
		Supplemental salary	6,000.00
	(c)	One buyer		5,100.00
		Supplemental salary	2,100.00
	(d)	One buyer		5,100.00
		Supplemental salary	2,100.00
	(e)	One bookkeeper	2,400.00
		Supplemental salary	2,400.00
	(f)	One clerk-typist	2,400.00
		Supplemental salary	2,400.00
	(g)	One audit clerk	2,580.00
		Supplemental salary	4,020.00
	(h)	For the payment of salaries corresponding
		to the leave of absence already earned
		by officers and employees separated
		from the service by the abolition of their
		positions and for salaries and wages of
		such emergency personnel as the exigency
		of the service may require at not more
		than $8 a day each	10,000.00
	(i)	For the payment of living allowances
		equivalent to those authorized to officers
		and employees of equal rank in legations
		and embassies or in the Department of
		Foreign Affairs on foreign tour of duty,
		including unpaid claims for prior years	20,000.00
				————–
			Total for salaries and wages	P92,600.00
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SUNDRY EXPENSES
	(j)	Traveling expenses of personnel, including
		return transportation to the Philippines
		of officers and employees of the Agency
		whose positions have been abolished,
		provided the same is availed of prior to
		the expiration of their earned leave	P15,000.00
	(k)	Postal, telegraph, telephone, cable and
		radio service		4,000.00
	(l)	Rental of buildings and grounds	8,000.00
	(m)	Consumption of supplies and materials	3,000.00
	(n)	Other services	5,000.00
				————
			Total for sundry expenses	P35,000.00
				=========
SPECIAL EXPENSES
	(o)	For reimbursement to the Budget Office
		for the expenses of the accounting
		service as follows:
		1.  One bookkeeper	P2,760.00
		2.  One clerk		2,400.00
	(p)	Contribution of the Government for the
		employees' insurance premiums in the
		Government Service Insurance System	1,000.00
				—————
			Total for special expenses	P6,160.00
				=========
SUMMARY
		Total for salaries and wages	P92,600.00
		Total for sundry expenses	35,000.00
		Total for special expenses	6,160.00
				—————
			Total	P133,760.00
				=========
SPECIAL PROVISIONS
	(q)	The supplemental salaries provided for
		the positions in the Philippine Purchasing
		Agency in New York shall not be paid to
		the incumbents thereof whenever they are
		in the Philippines.
	(r)	The provisions of section 5(5) of Republic
		Act No. 563 and of all the other pertinent
		sections of the said Act shall be applicable
		to the appropriations of the New York
		Philippine Purchasing Agency as herein
		amended.'"
					—————
			Total for the Department
			of Finance
					==========

 

 

General Provisions

SECTION 2. The special and general provisions of the General Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1951 (Republic Act No. 563) not in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby made applicable to the appropriations provided in this Act.

SECTION 3. No item in this Act shall be transferred to any other item.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect as of July first, Nineteen Hundred Fifty.

Approved: September 8, 1950

Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 46, No. 12, p. 5951 in December 1950