Appropriation of Funds for Sundry Expenses

November 5, 1900

ACT NO. 42

AN ACT APPROPRIATING ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND AND SEVEN HUNDRED DOLLARS AND THIRTY CENTS, IN MEXICAN MONEY, AND THREE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SEVEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN DOLLARS AND SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS, IN UNITED STATES MONEY, FOR THE PAYMENT OF SUNDRY EXPENSES INCURRED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INSULAR GOVERNMENT FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, NINETEEN HUNDRED, AND OTHER DESIGNATED MONTHS

SECTION 1. The following sums in Mexican money are appropriated out of any money in the Insular Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, for the payment of the current expenses of the Insular Government, for the month of November, nineteen hundred, and other designated months, for the purposes and objects hereinafter expressed, namely:

— (Items omitted) —

Total for appropriations in Mexican currency for the month of November and other designated months, one hundred thousand seven hundred dollars and thirty cents. cSEDTC

SECTION 2. The following sums in money of the United States are hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the payment of current expenses of the Insular Government for the month of November, nineteen hundred, and other designated months, for the purposes and objects hereinafter expressed, namely:

— (Items omitted) —

Making in all a grand total appropriation for all purposes in money of the United States of three hundred and seventy-seven thousand, two hundred and fourteen dollars and seventy-five cents. AIDSTE

SECTION 3. The moneys herein appropriated shall be paid out of the Treasury upon warrants issued by the Auditor and countersigned by the Military Governor, as provided in the rules and instructions issued by the Secretary of War to carry out into effect the Executive orders of the President for the administration of the Military Government of the Philippines. All acts heretofore passed by the Commission directing the Insular Treasurer to pay warrants of the Military Governor or any other official shall not be construed as intending to dispense with the requirement of the rules and instructions of the Secretary of War already referred to, but as indicating the officer at whose direction or request such warrant in the form provided in the rules and instructions shall be drawn.

SECTION 4. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this appropriation 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-six, nineteen hundred.

SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on its passage. AaCTcI

ENACTED, November 5, 1900.