August 14, 1952

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 828

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE, AND OPERATION OF MEDICAL, FIRE-FIGHTING, CRASH, RESCUE STATIONS, EQUIPMENT AND OTHER FACILITIES NEEDED BY AIRPORTS, AND OTHER PURPOSES

SECTION 1. The following sums or so much thereof as may be necessary are hereby appropriated out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated for the acquisition, construction, maintenance and operation of fire-fighting facilities in airports under the jurisdiction of the Civil Aeronautics Administration: acd

I. For two first class airports (Manila and Cebu)

 

A.	MANILA
	1.	Equipment —
		a.	One fire crash truck	P120,000.00
		b.	One fire crash truck	50,000.00
		c.	Three asbestos clothings
			at P450 each	1,350.00
		d.	Ten sets of fireman's coats,
			helmets and boots at P500 each	P5,000.00
		e.	One ambulance	10,000.00
		f.	Office and medical equipment	1,000.00
				————
				187,350.00
				========
	2.	Personnel —
		a.	One assistant fire chief	2,400.00
		b.	Four pump operators
			at P1,800	7,200.00
		c.	Seven firemen and rescue
			nozzlemen at P1,800	12,600.00
		d.	Four driver-firemen at
			P1,800	7,200.00
		e.	One doctor	3,720.00
		f.	One nurse	2,400.00
		g.	Two driver medical-attendants
			at P1,800	3,600.00
				————
				39,120.00
				=======
	3.	Sundry expenses —
		a.	Fuel and supplies	5,040.00
				5,040.00
				————
			Total for Manila	P231,510.00
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B.	CEBU
	1.	Equipment —
		a.	One fire crash truck	P80,000.00
		b.	Two asbestos clothings
			at P450 each	900.00
		c.	Six sets of fireman's coats,
			helmets and boots at P500
			each	3,000.00
				————
				83,900.00
				=======
	2.	Buildings —
		a.	For the construction of one
			building	P5,000.00
				————
				5,000.00
				=======
	3.	Personnel —
		a.	One fire chief	2,400.00
		b.	One assistant fire chief	2,040.00
		c.	Three pump operators at P1,800	5,400.00
		d.	Four firemen and rescue nozzlemen
			at P1,800	7,200.00
		e.	One driver-first aider	1,680.00
				————
				18,720.00
				=======
	4.	Sundry expenses —
		a.	Fuel and supplies	3,000.00
				————
				3,000.00
				————
	Total for Cebu	110,620.00
				========

II. For the thirteen second class airports (Bacolod, Iloilo, Baguio, Davao, Legaspi, Daet, Cagayan, Laoag, Zamboanga, Naga, Dumaguete, Tacloban and Tagbilaran) acd

1.	Equipment —
	a.	Thirteen fire crash trucks
		at P50,000 each	P650,000.00
	b.	Thirteen asbestos clothings
		at P450 each	5,850.00
	c.	Thirty-nine sets fireman's coats,
		helmets and boots at P500 each	19,500.00
			————
			637,350.00
			========
2.	Buildings —
	a.	For the construction of thirteen
		buildings	P52,000.00
			————
			52,000.00
			=======
3.	Personnel —
	a.	Thirteen fire crew chiefs
		at P1,920	24,960.00
	b.	Thirteen driver-pump operators
		at P1,560	20,280.00
	c.	Twenty-six nozzlemen
		at P1,560	40,560.00
	d.	Thirteen driver-first aiders
		at P1,440	18,720.00
			————
			104,520.00
			========
4.	Sundry expenses —
	a.	Fuel and supplies	26,000.00
			————
			26,000.00
			=======
		Total for thirteen second
		class airports	857,870.00
			————
		Grand total	P1,200,000.00
			==========

Provided, That the Civil Aeronautics Administrator may use any savings in the appropriation for equipment, representing the difference between the amount appropriated and actual cost, to increase the appropriation for other equipment, and may use any savings in sundry expenses for any airport to augment the appropriations for sundry expenses for such other airport or airports as in his judgment shall require the use of such savings.

SECTION 2. The sum of one hundred ninety-six thousand four hundred pesos or so much thereof as may be necessary is hereby authorized to be appropriated annually commencing with the fiscal year nineteen hundred and fifty-three to nineteen hundred and fifty-four (July 1, 1953 to June 30, 1954), and every fiscal year thereafter, for the purpose of continuing the activities authorized under the provisions of this Act.

SECTION 3. The balances of the funds appropriated in this act for personnel and sundry expenses remaining unexpended on June 30, 1953, shall be reverted to the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund in the National Treasury. cd i

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved: August 14, 1952

Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 48, No. 10, p. 4272 in October 1952