Declaring the Funds Appropriated for Current Expenses of the Assembly Available for Certain Expenses of the Assembly
Act No. 1831, enacted on May 21, 1908, authorizes the use of unexpended funds previously appropriated for the current expenses of the Philippine Assembly for specific additional expenses. These include travel expenses and per diems for Assembly members and employees on official business, additional compensation for government employees assisting the Assembly, and a per diem for members of the Committee on Appropriations during specified sessions. The Act ensures that these payments are directed and authorized, taking effect immediately upon passage.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 1831
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
May 21, 1908
ACT NO. 1831
AN ACT DECLARING THE FUNDS APPROPRIATED FOR CURRENT EXPENSES OF THE ASSEMBLY AVAILABLE FOR CERTAIN EXPENSES OF THE ASSEMBLY THAT ARE NOT SPECIFIED IN THE CURRENT APPROPRIATION BILL
SECTION 1. Any unexpended funds heretofore appropriated for current expenses of the Philippine Assembly are hereby made available for the following purposes, namely: For the payment of traveling expenses or per diems, or fractional parts thereof, of members, officers, and employees of the Assembly when absent from Manila on official business since October sixteenth, nineteen hundred and seven, in accordance with, and at the rate fixed by, section two of Act Numbered Sixteen hundred and seventy-nine; the payment of additional compensation to officers and employees in other branches of the Government who, at the request of the Assembly, or the Speaker, and with the consent of their chief, may have rendered or shall render services to the Assembly in addition to their regular duties; and for the payment of a per diem of thirty pesos to each member of the Committee on Appropriations and to the Secretary of the Assembly for each day on which said committee was in session between the fifth and twenty-fifth days of April, nineteen hundred and eight.
SECTION 2. The payments herein contemplated are hereby authorized and directed.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
ENACTED, May 21, 1908. aICcHA
Cite This Law
Declaring the Funds Appropriated for Current Expenses of the Assembly Available for Certain Expenses of the Assembly, Act No. 1831, May 21, 1908 (Philippines)
Declaring the Funds Appropriated for Current Expenses of the Assembly Available for Certain Expenses of the Assembly, Act No. 1831 (Phil. 1908)
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