May 29, 1952

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 706

AN ACT APPROPRIATING ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES DURING THE PERIOD FROM JULY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE TO JUNE THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

SECTION 1. The following sums, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are appropriated out of any funds in the Philippine Treasury not otherwise appropriated for the period from July first, nineteen hundred fifty-one to June thirtieth, nineteen hundred fifty-two, for the purposes specified hereunder. acd

ORDINARY EXPENDITURES

 

A. — Congress of  the Philippines
(1)   SENATE
I. — Salaries and Wages
1.	For supplementary force that may be
	employed at any time by the President of
	the Senate, with the concurrence of the
	Advisory Committee, including additional
	compensation for per diems to the military
	and police attaches of the Senate		P175,000.00
			—————
	Total for salaries and wages		P175,000.00
			=========
II. — Sundry Expenses
1.	Traveling expenses of Senators		P3,000.00
2.	Postal, telegraph, telephone, cable and
	radio service		5,000.00
3.	Consumption of supplies and materials
	including the uniforms for pages, guards,
	legislative policemen and chauffeurs		45,000.00
4.	Maintenance and repair of equipment		12,000.00
5.	Other services, including expenses
	incurred by the Senate for subsistence of
	Senators and employees working overtime		5,000.00
			————
	Total for sundry expenses		P70,000.00
			=========
III. — Furniture and Equipment
1.	For the purchase of furniture and equipment		P30,000.00
			—————
	Total for furniture and equipment		P30,000.00
			=========
IV. — Special Purposes
1.	For traveling and other expenses of the
	Committees of the Senate and subordinate
	personnel when authorized by the President
	of the Senate or by resolution of the Senate
	to undertake studies in and outside of the
	Philippines		P30,000.00
2.	For other services, including transportation
	and additional secretarial services for
	the Members of the Senate, or expenses in-
	curred by direction of the President of the
	Senate		75,000.00
3.	For expenses in connection with the
	alteration, maintenance and improvement of
	the offices of Senators, electrical installations
	and fixtures, installation of telephone,
	buzzers, etc.		25,000.00
3a.	For payment of overtime service of
	the personnel of the Senate expressly or-
	dered by the President or the Secretary of
	the Senate		3,500.00
4.	For salaries of one assistant at P3,120
	and one clerk at P1,800 per annum for the
	office of each Chairman of Committee or
	Committees		20,000.00
			—————
	Total for special purposes		P153,500.00
			—————
	Total amount available for the Senate		P428,500.00
			=========
(2)   HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
I. — Salaries and Wages
1.	For supplementary force that may be
	employed at any time in the discretion of
	the Speaker, including additional compensation
	for per diems to the military and police
	attaches of the Speaker		P90,000.00
			—————
	Total for salaries and wages		90,000.00
			=========
II. — Sundry Expenses
1.	Postal, telegraph, telephone, cable and
	radio service		P20,000.00
2.	Consumption of supplies and materials,
	including the uniforms for pages, guards and
	chauffeurs		50,000.00
3.	Maintenance and repairs of equipment		50,000.00
4.	Other services, including expenses, in-
	curred by the House of Representatives for
	subsistence of Members of the House and
	employees working overtime		20,000.00
			—————
	Total for sundry expenses		P100,000.00
			=========
III. — Furniture and Equipment
For the purchase of furniture and equipment		P10,000.00
			—————
	Total for furniture and equipment		P10,000.00
			—————
	Total		P200,000.00
			=========
(a)   House Electoral Tribunal
1.	Traveling expenses of the Members of
	the Tribunal in connection with their
	attendance at the sessions including laborers
	to be used for hauling ballot boxes and other
	election matters		P30,000.00
			—————
	Total for sundry expenses		P30,000.00
			—————
	Total amount available for the House
	Electoral Tribunal		P30,000.00
			=========
	Total amount available for the House
	of Representatives		P230,000.00
			=========
D. — Department of Foreign Affairs
IV. — Special Purpose
1.	For the operation and maintenance of
	the Foreign Service of the Republic of the
	Philippines		P263,000.00
a.	For per diems at the rate of not exceeding
	P50, transportation, sundry and
	other expenses, including clothing
	allowances and shipment of effects, of
	Ambassadors, the Chief of Mission to
	the United Nations, Ministers,
	Foreign Affairs Officers, Attaches,
	Advisers and other foreign service
	personnel and employees whenever
	assigned to extended tours of duty or
	directed to proceed or transfer from
	one post to another; and for per diems
	at the rate of not exceeding P50, travel
	and other sundry expenses, including
	clothing allowances and representation
	expenses, of representatives or
	delegates in connection with the
	participation of the Philippines in
	International Organizations, conventions
	and conferences		P228,400.00
b.	For the operating expenses of the
	Philippine Consulate in Singapore,
	organizer under Republic Act No. 629		34,600.00
			—————
	Total for special purpose		P263,000.00
			—————
	Total amount available for the
	Department of Foreign Affairs		P263,000.00
			=========
E. — Department of Finance
II. — Sundry Expenses
2.	Freight, express and delivery service,
	Bureau of Internal Revenue		P3,300.00
3.	Postal, telegraph, telephone, cable and
	radio service		5,500.00
	Bureau of Supply	P300.00
	Bureau of Internal Revenue	5,200.00
		————
		P5,500.00
4.	Consumption of supplies and materials		172,400.00
	Bureau of Supply	P1,500.00
	Bureau of Internal Revenue	170,900.00
		—————
		P172,400.00
		=========
5.	Printing and binding reports, documents
	and publications, Bureau of Internal Revenue		550.00
6.	Maintenance and repair of equipment,
	Bureau of Internal Revenue		700.00
7.	Other services, Bureau of Internal
	Revenue		10,730.00
			—————
Total for sundry expenses		P193,180.00
			—————
	Total amount available for the
	Department Finance		P193,180.00
			=========
F. — Department of Justice
II. — Sundry Expenses
1.	Traveling expenses of personnel		P29,900.00
	Court of Industrial Relations	P9,700.00
	Public Service Commission	1,500.00
	National Bureau of
	Investigation	18,700.00
		————
		P29,900.00
		========
2.	Postal, telegraph, telephone, cable
	and radio service		8,700.00
3.	Illumination and power service,
	Bureau of Immigration		500.00
4.	Consumption of supplies and materials		104,000.00
	Justices of the Peace	P1,000.00
	Courts of First Instance	2,000.00
	Public Service Commission	1,000.00
	Bureau of Prisons (For
	subsistence of prisoners
	only)	100,000.00
		P104,000.00
		========
5.	Other services		4,500.00
	Office of the Secretary	500.00
	National Bureau of
	Investigation	4,000.00
		—————
		P4,500.00
		=========
6.	For expenses in connection with the
	transportation and subsistence of alien
	detainees, Bureau of Immigration		30,000.00
			—————
	Total for sundry expenses		P177,600.00
			=========
	Total amount available for the
	Department of Justice		P177,600.00
			=========
G. — Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources
II. — Sundry Expenses
1.	Traveling expenses of personnel,
	Bureau of Forestry		P23,660.00
2.	Postal, telegraph, telephone,
	cable and radio service, Bureau of
	Forestry		3,000.00
3.	Illumination and power service,
	Bureau of Forestry		500.00
4.	Other services		5,660.00
			—————
	Total for sundry expenses		P32,820.00
			=========
(8)   Fiber Inspection Service
II. — Sundry Expenses
1.	Postal, telegraph, telephone,
	cable and radio service		P100.00
2.	Illumination and power service		80.00
3.	Other services		700.00
			———
	Total for sundry expenses		P880.00
			======
	Total amount available for the
	Fiber Inspection Service		P880.00
			————
	Amount to be paid from the Fiber
	Inspection Service Fund		(P880.00)
			=======
	Total amount available for the
	Department of Agriculture
	and Natural Resources		P32,820.00
			========
H. — Department of Public Works and Communications
I. — Salaries and Wages
(3)   BUREAU OF POSTS
1.	For the employment of temporary
	and emergency employees from time
	to time at rates not exceeding P4 a day		P162,000.00
(4)   BUREAU OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS
2.	For the employment of temporary
	and emergency employees from time to
	time at rates not exceeding P6 a day		P4,000.00
			—————
	Total for salaries and wages		P166,000.00
			=========
II. — Sundry Expenses
1.	Traveling expenses of personnel,
	Bureau of Telecommunications		P17,000.00
2.	Postal, telegraph, telephone,
	cable and radio service, Bureau of
	Telecommunications		250.00
3.	Illumination and power service,
	Bureau of Telecommunications		8,130.00
4.	Rental of buildings and grounds,
	Bureau of Telecommunications		1,900.00
5.	Consumption of supplies and materials,
	Bureau of Telecommunications		56,000.00
6.	Maintenance and repair of equipment,
	Bureau of Telecommunications		3,750.00
7.	Other services		76,220.00
	Bureau of Posts	P58,722.00
	Bureau of Telecommunications	17,498.00
		—————
		P76,220.00
		=========
			—————
	Total for sundry expenses		P163,250.00
			=========
IV. — Special Purposes
1.	For the transportation of foreign
	air mail		P1,200,000.00
2.	For the payment of overtime
	compensation to employees of the
	Bureau of Posts		175,000.00
3.	For the payment of overtime
	compensation to employees of the
	Bureau of Telecommunications		500,000.00
	Total for special purposes		P1,875,000.00
			==========
	Total amount available for the
	Department of Public Works and
	Communications		P2,204,250.00
			==========

 

 

SPECIAL PROVISIONS

1. The itemization of the appropriation authorized in item H-IV-11, of Republic Act No. 673 for the installation, operation and maintenance of the Government Telephone System shall not be construed as limiting the total expenditures that may be incurred for the specific purposes provided in said item, and the Secretary of Public Works and Communications, with the approval of the President, is hereby authorized to augment any of the amounts thus itemized, provided that such additional expenditures shall not be more than P12,500 and shall be defrayed from the receipts of the System.

 

 

J. — Department of Labor
(5)   INDUSTRIAL SAFETY ENGINEERING DIVISION
SALARIES AND WAGES
1.	One industrial safety engineer and
	chief of division	P6,000.00
	Excess of actual salary	1,200.00
		————
	Total for salaries and wages	P7,200.00
		————
	Total for the Industrial Safety
	Engineering Division	P7,200.00
	Amount to be paid out in the
	Industrial Safety Engineering
	Revolving Fund	P7,200.00
		========
K. — Department of National Defense
IV. — Special Purposes
1.	For intelligence, counter-intelligence,
	psychological warfare, contingent expenses,
	purchase of information, payment of rewards
	for the capture, dead or alive, or dissident
	elements, including salaries, travel expenses,
	miscellaneous and contingent expenses in
	connection with intelligence work and
	peace and order campaign	P500,000.00
2.	For the payment of gratuities and
	pensions of officers and enlisted men who
	died or are disabled as a result of wounds
	or injuries received or sickness or disease
	incurred in line of duty while in the active
	service of the Armed Forces of the
	Philippines or the Philippine Constabulary
	in accordance with the provisions of
	Republic Act No. 610	207,000.00
3.	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 of
	Pensions for Veterans under Republic
	Act No. 539	164.00
SUNDRY EXPENSES
(a)	Other services	P164.00
		—————
	Total for special purposes	P707,164.00
		=========
(a)   Armed Forces of the Philippines
(b)   Appropriations Common to all Major Services
(General Headquarters)
SUNDRY EXPENSES
1.	Gratuity, retirement, separation
	and pension of officers and enlisted
	men	P600,000.00
		—————
	Total for sundry expenses	P600,000.00
		=========
FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT
1.	For the purchase of initial engineer,
	medical, ordinance, quartermaster
	and signal equipment	P1,200,000.00
		——————
	Total for furniture and equipment	P1,200,000.00
		——————
	Total for the General Headquarters	P1,800,000.00
		——————
	Total amount available for the
	Department of National Defense	P2,507,164.00
		===========
L. — Department of Health
I. — Salaries and Wages
(2)   BUREAU OF HEALTH
1.	Salary differentials for district
	health officers who rates of compensation
	had been raised due to reclassification
	of provinces (one-half only, the other
	half being payable by the provinces
	concerned)	P4,110.00
		————
	Total for salaries and wages	P4,110.00
		=========
II. — Sundry Expenses
1.	Consumption of supplies and
	materials, Bureau of Hospitals	P250,000.00
		—————
	Total for sundry expenses	P250,000.00
		—————
	Total amount available for
	the Department of Health	P254,110.00
	Total amount available for
	Ordinary Expenditures	P6,290,624.00
		==========
EXTRAORDINARY EXPENDITURES
B.  — Office of the President
SPECIAL PURPOSES
1.	For the operation of the Import
	Control Commission	P207,000.00
	Amount to be paid out of the receipts
	collected under the new import
	control law	(207,000.00)
2.	For relief to victims of the eruption
	of Hibok-Hibok volcano and the typhoons
	that passed through several provinces	300,000.00
		—————
	Total for special purposes	P300,000.00
		—————
	Total amount available for the
	Office of President	P300,000.00
		=========
D. — Department of Foreign Affairs
SPECIAL PURPOSES
1.	For the necessary expenses of the
	UNESCO, Republic Act No. 621	P5,000.00
2.	For the expenses in connection with
	the donation of the Philippines to the United
	Nations consisting of Philippine woods for
	the panelling of the General Assembly
	Auditorium and for processing and
	shipping the materials to the Secretariat
	of the said Organization	50,000.00
		—————
	Total for special purposes	P55,000.00
		—————
	Total amount available for the
	Department of Foreign Affairs	P55,000.00
		=========
G. — Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources
SPECIAL PURPOSE
1.	For the intensification of the campaign
	for the control and eradication of agricul-
	tural pests and diseases, including mosaic
	disease, leaf miners and kadang-kadang,
	the purchase of insecticides, fungicides,
	etc.	P150,000.00
		—————
	Total for special purpose	P150,000.00
		—————
	Total amount available for the
	Department of Agriculture and
	Natural Resources	P150,000.00
		=========
K. — Department of National Defense
SPECIAL PURPOSES
1.	For expenses of the Philippine Veterans
	Board in carrying out the purposes of Republic
	Act No. 65, providing for a Bill of Rights for
	officers and enlisted men of the Philippine
	Army and of recognized guerrilla
	organizations	P10,000.00
SUNDRY EXPENSES
(a)	Postal, telegraph, telephone, cable
	and radio service	P10,000.00
2.	For the purchase of loose firearms and
	ammunitions; PROVIDED, That, no
	part of this amount shall be transferred
	to another item	1,000,000.00
3.	For the purchase from private
	individuals and dealers of firearms frozen by
	the Government; PROVIDED, That payments
	shall be made at cost price which shall not
	be above current price	500,000.00
		——————
	Total for special purposes	P1,510,000.00
		==========
	Total amount available for the
	Department of National Defense	P1,510,000.00
		==========
	Total amount available for
	Extraordinary Expenditures	P2,015,000.00
		==========
	GRAND TOTAL OF THE APPROPRIATION
	AUTHORIZED IN THIS ACT: EIGHT
	MILLION, THREE HUNDRED FIVE
	THOUSAND, SIX HUNDRED TWENTY-
	FOUR PESOS	P8,305,624.00
		==========

 

 

SECTION 2. Effective date. — This Act shall take effect as of July first, Nineteen Hundred and Fifty-One. aisa dc

Approved: May 29, 1952

Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 48, No. 6, p. 2104 in June 1952