Payment of Salaries of Officers and Employees in the Civil Service in United States Money
Act No. 34, enacted on October 24, 1900, mandates that all salaries for civil service officers and employees in the Philippines be paid in United States currency. It amends existing laws that previously fixed salaries in Mexican money, establishing that these amounts will now be converted to U.S. dollars at half their current value in Mexican currency. The law is set to take effect on November 1, 1900.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Act No. 34
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
October 24, 1900
ACT NO. 34
AN ACT FIXING ALL SALARIES PAID TO OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES IN THE CIVIL SERVICE IN MONEY OF THE UNITED STATES
SECTION 1. All salaries paid to officers and employees in the civil service in these Islands shall hereafter be paid in money of the United States.
SECTION 2. All general orders and laws now in force fixing such salaries in Mexican money are hereby amended so that the salaries therein provided shall, in each case, be fixed in money of the United States at one-half the number of dollars now expressed in Mexican money.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on November first, nineteen hundred. AacCIT
ENACTED, October 24, 1900.
Cite This Law
Payment of Salaries of Officers and Employees in the Civil Service in United States Money, Act No. 34, Oct 24, 1900 (Philippines)
Payment of Salaries of Officers and Employees in the Civil Service in United States Money, Act No. 34 (Phil. 1900)
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