General Appropriations Act of 1946-1947

July 15, 1946

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1

AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES BEGINNING JULY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX UNTIL THE GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-SEVEN IS APPROVED

SECTION 1. Pending the approval of the General Appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and forty-seven, the sums equal to the various items of appropriations on the yearly basis authorized in Commonwealth Act Numbered Seven hundred and twenty-three, as herein amended, are hereby appropriated from any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated for the operation of the Government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines beginning July first, nineteen hundred and forty-six.

SECTION 2. The following items provided in Commonwealth Act Numbered Seven hundred and twenty-three are hereby amended to read as follows:

 

CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES
SENATE
(a)	Item A (1)-IV-1, page 8. For
	traveling and other expenses of
	Committees of the Senate when
	authorized by resolution of the latter
	to undertake studies in and outside
	of the Philippines	P200,000.00
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
(b)	Item B-IV (13), page 36. For
	expenses for the inauguration of the
	Republic of the Philippines on July
	fourth, nineteen hundred and forty-six,
	including transportation, accommodation
	and entertainment of official guests
	and other incidental expenses	P200,000.00
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
PUBLIC WELFARE
(c)	Item L-I(4)-2, page 440. One
	Director	7,200.00
	Excess of actual salary	240.00
CONTINGENT FUNDS
(d)	Item 1. For covering deficits in
	the appropriations authorized in this
	Act for the Executive Branch of the
	Government of the Commonwealth
	of the Philippines which the President
	may authorize	P375,000.00

 

 

SECTION 3. The following sums or so much thereof as may be necessary, are appropriated for the purposes herein specified for the operation of the offices concerned in addition to the appropriation authorized for said offices in Commonwealth Act Numbered Seven hundred and twenty-three: Provided, That no amount authorized under the Department of Justice, items (a) and (b), for the People's Court and the Office of Special Prosecutors shall be available for creating new positions nor for increasing the compensations authorized for existing positions: Provided, further, That the appropriations authorized under this section shall be available for the payment of expenses incurred prior to July first, nineteen hundred and forty-six:

CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES
SENATE
(a)	For other services, including
	transportation and additional
	secretarial services for the members
	of the Senate, or expenses incurred
	by direction of the President of the
	Senate			P100,000.00
(b)	For the alteration, repair, rental,
	and maintenance of the offices of the
	Senators in the City Hall, including
	furniture and equipment		200,000.00
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
(a)	For other services, including
	transportation and additional secretarial
	services for the members of the House
	of Representatives, or expenses incurred
	by direction of the Speaker		400,000.00
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
(a)	For expenses of investigating
	committees or commissions as the
	President may authorize		200,000.00
DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
A.	For Department proper (Home Office)
	1.	For salaries and wages	P469,060.00
	2.	For sundry expenses	P363,000.00
		(a)	Traveling expenses of
			personnel	P70,000.00
		(b)	Freight, express, and delivery
			service	5,000.00
		(c)	Postal, telegraph, telephone,
			radio and cable service	10,000.00
		(d)	Illumination and power service	2,000.00
		(e)	Other service, including
			contributions and subscriptions
			to, or membership dues in,
			foreign services or international
			organizations; expenses for
			entertainment of foreign diplomatic
			representatives; and allowances for
			representation expenses as may be
			authorized by the President	250,000.00
		(f)	Consumption of supplies and
			materials	20,000.00
		(g)	Printing and binding reports,
			documents, and publications	3,000.00
		(h)	Maintenance and repair of
			equipment	3,000.00
	3.	For furniture and equipment	P50,000.00
	4.	For special purposes	P556,480.00
		(a)	For salaries, traveling
			representation and other expenses
			of delegates to the United Nations,
			and to international conventions
			and conferences	P200,000.00
		(b)	For allowances, transportation and
			other expenses of trainees in
			foreign service	250,000.00
		(c)	For salaries and other expenses
			of Advisers and Consultants in
			Foreign Affairs	50,000.00
		(d)	For cultural publicity, including
			participation in fairs and
			expositions of the Republic of the
			Philippines	50,000.00
		(e)	For reimbursement to the General
			Auditing Office for salaries of
			personnel of the accounting-
			auditing services	6,480.00
B.	For Embassy, Washington, D.C. —
	1.	For salaries, wages and post
		allowances	P278,680.00
	2.	For sundry and other expenses	150,000.00
C.	For Consulates General (San Francisco,
	New York City and Honolulu) —
	1.	For salaries, wages and post allowances	105,200.00
	2.	For sundry and other expenses	120,000.00
D.	For other diplomatic and consular
	establishments that may be set up
	as the needs of the service may require	907,580.00
					—————
			Total	P3,000,000.00	3,000,000.00
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(c)	For the payment of pensions to veterans
	of past Philippine revolutions or wars in
	accordance with the provisions of
	Commonwealth Act No. 605, including
	the operating expenses of the Board
	on Pensions for Veterans		P300,000.00
(d)	For the payment of retirement
	gratuities to officers and employees of the
	Office of the Resident Commissioner of
	the Philippines to the United States, who
	may be separated from the service upon
	establishment of the Government of the
	Republic of the Philippines on July fourth,
	nineteen hundred and forty-six, subject to
	the provisions of section four (b) hereof		300,000.00
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
(a)	Four delegates at P6,000		24,000.00
(b)	For carrying out activities in the
	restoration and maintenance of peace and
	order, and other contingent expenses as
	may be authorized by the Secretary of
	Interior with the approval of the President		500,000.00
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
(a)	For the operating expenses,
	including salaries and wages, sundry
	expenses, and furniture and equipment,
	of the People's Court in carrying out the
	provisions of Commonwealth Act No. 682		650,000.00
(b)	For the operating expenses, including
	salaries and wages, sundry expenses, and
	furniture and equipment, of the Office of
	Special Prosecutors in carrying out
	provisions of Commonwealth Act No. 682		750,000.00
(c)	For the organization and operation
	of liaison offices between the United States
	Army, Navy, or other agencies or
	instrumentalities of the Government of the
	United States established in the Philippines
	and the Government of the Philippines to
	help veterans, widows, and orphans of
	Filipino citizens who served in the
	Armed Forces of the United States, and
	Filipino citizens who suffered losses
	and/or damages not exceeding  P2,000
	on account of war operations, in the
	enforcement of their claims by reason
	of such services and/or losses or
	damages, and for the training of
	personnel for the purpose		P300,000.00
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
AND COMMERCE
(a)	For the purchase and production
	of breeding animals in connection with
	the campaign for increased meat production		1,000,000.00
(b)	For the restocking of breeding
	stations and stock farms		500,000.00
(c)	For the reconditioning, reestablishment,
	equipment, operation and maintenance of
	the Sisiman Quarantine Station and
	Slaughterhouse		150,000.00
(d)	For the purchase of seeds and
	other planting materials, as well as
	the cost of their propagation and
	distribution to increase agricultural production		600,000.00
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
(a)	For the organization and
	maintenance of labor placement
	offices to assist unemployed
	persons, including demobilized
	personnel of the Philippine Army,
	unemployed USAFFES and
	guerrillas, members of the
	women's auxiliary service,
	volunteer guards, "bolo" battalions,
	and laid-off civilian employees
	who shall be given first priorities
	in the procurement of employment		250,000.00
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
PUBLIC WELFARE
(a)	For the relief and rehabilitation of
	indigent widows, orphans, invalids, and
	other indigent war victims who are not
	entitled to the benefits provided by existing
	laws, and for immediate relief to, indigent
	widows and orphans of members of the
	USAFFE, volunteer guards and members
	of "bolo" battalions of duly recognized
	guerrillas, and or unrecognized guerrillas
	killed by the Japanese for guerrilla activities
	until the United States Veterans'
	Administration should begin payment
	of their claims and allowances, in
	which case they shall refund the
	amount of relief they may have received
	from the proceeds of their claims against
	the United States Veterans Administration:
	Provided, That not more than P40,000
	hereof shall be used for salaries and
	wages of new or additional social
	workers and other employees:
	Provided, further, That the disposition
	of this appropriation shall be in
	accordance with rules and regulations
	to be promulgated by the Secretary of
	Health and Public Welfare with the
	approval of the President		P1,000,000.00
CONTINGENT FUNDS
(a)	For the payment of bonuses to
	employees embraced in Grades 10
	to 5 and the first rate of Grade 4
	of the present schedule of salaries
	as follows:
	(1)	For rates in Grade 10: P50
	(2)	For the rates in Grade 9: P45
	(3)	For the rates in Grade 8: P40
	(4)	For the rates in Grade 7: P35
	(5)	For the rates in Grade 6: P30
	(6)	For the rates in Grade 5: P25
	(7)	For the first rate in Grade 4: P15
	Provided, however, That no employee
	receiving salary other than any of the
	rates prescribed for the corresponding
	grade in which the said salary falls
	shall be given less than the salary,
	including bonus, of another employee
	in the next lower rate: Provided, further,
	That the bonuses to be given to employees
	whose salaries are chargeable against
	special funds shall be paid out of such
	funds: And provided, finally, That the
	President may, at any time during the
	fiscal year nineteen hundred and forty-
	seven, order the reduction of the
	rates of bonuses authorized herein or
	suspend or otherwise stop the payment
	thereof whenever, in his judgment, the
	public interest so requires, but in case
	of reduction, the same shall be general
	and the reduction shall be uniform for
	similar rates of bonus		P38,000,000.00

 

 

SECTION 4. Notwithstanding the provisions of section one hereof. —

(a) No expenditure shall be authorized from the appropriations provided for the following purposes under Commonwealth Act Numbered Seven hundred and twenty-three: Item 5, page 35, P5,265; item 8, page 35, P160,095; item 10, page 35, P75,000; item 12, page 36, P22,500; item 18, page 40, P37,500; item 16, page 101, P17,310; item 7, page 238, P18,750; item 2, page 444, P7,035; item 4, page 445, P60,000; item 2, page 470, P5,000,000; item 2, page 475, P3,000,000; and item 3, page 475, P10,000,000.

(b) Of the appropriations authorized under Commonwealth Act Numbered Seven hundred and twenty-three for the Office of the Resident Commissioner of the Philippines to the United States, only so much thereof as corresponds to a period of one month shall be available for further expenditure beyond June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and forty-six.

Any officer or employee of the Office of the Resident Commissioner of the Philippines to the United States who, after July thirty-first, nineteen hundred and forty-six, may not be reemployed in, or reassigned to, any other branch of the Philippine Government either at home or abroad on or before August thirty-first, nineteen hundred and forty-six, shall be considered retired and may be paid gratuity chargeable against the appropriation authorized under the Office of the President in item (d), section 3 of this Act, at the rate of one-half month's pay for every year of continuous service prior to separation, but not exceeding six months, and return transportation to the Philippines in kind if availed of not later than December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and forty-six: Provided, That any officer or employee who, having received retirement gratuity under the provisions hereof, is recalled to the service prior to the expiration of the gratuity period, shall refund the gratuity corresponding to the unexpired portion of the said period from the date of such recall, irrespective of whether or not the same is accepted by such officer or employee.

SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on July first, nineteen hundred and forty-six, unless otherwise stated, and shall continue in force until the General Appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and forty-seven is approved: Provided, however, That upon the approval of the said General Appropriation Act, such expenses as may actually have been incurred by authority of this Act chargeable to appropriations for which corresponding appropriation items shall be provided in the General Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1946-1947, shall be charged against such appropriation items in the said General Appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and forty-seven.

SECTION 6. The provisions of Commonwealth Act Numbered Seven hundred and twenty-three, except Section 5(1) thereof, page 477, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, are hereby re-enacted and made parts hereof.

Approved: July 15, 1946

Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 42, No. 7, p. 1465 in July 1946