Authorizing the Application of the Surplus Funds Appropriated for FY 1917 for Certain Necessary Expenses of the Government

February 15, 1918

ACT NO. 2734

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE APPLICATION OF THE SURPLUS OF THE FUNDS APPROPRIATED BY THE APPROPRIATION ACT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN FOR CERTAIN NECESSARY EXPENSES OF THE GOVERNMENT DURING SAID YEAR

SECTION 1. The following sums are hereby appropriated, out of the unexpended balances of the appropriations made in Act Numbered Twenty-six hundred and seventy-two, for the general expenses of the Insular Government during the fiscal year ended December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and seventeen, to cover deficiencies in the appropriations in certain Bureaus and Offices of the Insular Government for said year:

 

SUPREME COURT
For salaries of two additional associate justices, at
P15,000 per annum each, and one
stenographer, class nine	P4,612.66
For the acquisition of furniture and equipment	1,200.00
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Total for the Supreme Court	5,812.66
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EXECUTIVE BUREAU
For additional aid to the Province of Batanes	4,846.09
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Total for the Executive Bureau	4,846.09
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BUREAU OF CONSTABULARY
For salaries and wages of officers and enlisted men	P97,000.00
For consumption of supplies and materials	27,400.00
For discretional expenses in connection with the secret
service	1,000.00
For other services	6,000.00
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Total for the Bureau of Constabulary	131,400.00
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BUREAU OF CUSTOMS
For consumption of supplies and materials	185,000.00
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Total for the Bureau of Customs	185,000.00
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BUREAU OF PRINTING
For night and overtime work	10,150.65
For traveling expenses of personnel	118.26
For freight, express, and delivery service	134.05
For illumination and power service	18.00
For other services	1,854.19
For consumption of supplies and materials	45,453.82
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Total for Bureau of Printing	57,728.97
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BUREAU OF PRISONS
For traveling expenses of personnel	200.00
For consumption of supplies and materials	65,000.00
For gratuities to discharged prisoners	2,000.00
For transportation of discharged prisoners	2,000.00
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Total for Bureau of Prisons	69,200.00
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PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION
For printing and binding the records of two
cases taken in appeal to the Supreme Court
of the United States	470.00
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Total for the Public Utility Commission	470.00
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SALES AGENCY
To cover the deficit in the accounts of the Sales
Agency created by Act No. 2061 and abolished
by Act No. 2324	78,809.01
PHILIPPINE BOARD OF THE PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION
To cover the deficit in the accounts of the
Philippine Board of the Panama-Pacific
International Exposition, created by Act
No. 2163, as amended by Acts Nos. 2419
and 2421	81,095.67
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Total of appropriations by this Act	614,362.40
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SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect as if approved during the year nineteen hundred and seventeen.

Approved: February 15, 1918.