Prescribing the Method of Allowance of Traveling Expenses of Provincial Officers and Employees
Act No. 1334, enacted on April 19, 1905, establishes the guidelines for the allowance of traveling expenses for provincial officers and employees in the Philippines while on official business. It provides for the reimbursement of actual transportation costs and a per diem for subsistence, with specific rates set by the provincial board. The provincial board is responsible for establishing a tariff for transportation expenses every six months, and payments are to be made from the provincial treasury upon their approval. The Act also repeals any conflicting laws and took effect on July 1, 1905.
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- What is Prescribing the Method of Allowance of Traveling Expenses of Provincial Officers and Employees about?
- Act No. 1334, enacted on April 19, 1905, establishes the guidelines for the allowance of traveling expenses for provincial officers and employees in the Philippines while on official business. It provides for the reimbursement of actual transportation costs and a per diem for subsistence, with specific rates set by the provincial board. The provincial board is responsible for establishing a tariff for transportation expenses every six months, and payments are to be made from the provincial treasury upon their approval. The Act also repeals any conflicting laws and took effect on July 1, 1905.
- What type of law is Act No. 1334?
- Prescribing the Method of Allowance of Traveling Expenses of Provincial Officers and Employees (Act No. 1334) is a Philippine Statutes enacted by the Congress of the Philippines.
- When was Prescribing the Method of Allowance of Traveling Expenses of Provincial Officers and Employees enacted?
- Prescribing the Method of Allowance of Traveling Expenses of Provincial Officers and Employees (Act No. 1334) was enacted on Apr 19, 1905.
- What is the citation for Prescribing the Method of Allowance of Traveling Expenses of Provincial Officers and Employees?
- Prescribing the Method of Allowance of Traveling Expenses of Provincial Officers and Employees, Act No. 1334, Apr 19, 1905 (Philippines)
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- Act No. 1334
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
April 19, 1905
ACT NO. 1334
AN ACT PRESCRIBING THE METHOD OF ALLOWANCE OF TRAVELING EXPENSES OF PROVINCIAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES AND REPEALING CONTRARY PROVISIONS OF LAW
SECTION 1. Provincial officers, their deputies, subordinates, and other employees shall be allowed the expenses of travel and subsistence while necessarily absent from the capital of the province on official business as herein provided:
(a) Actual and necessary cost of transportation, together with a per diem not exceeding two pesos, to be fixed by the provincial board, for subsistence, except as otherwise herein provided.
(b) Actual and necessary cost of transportation and subsistence only, while traveling by boat when subsistence is not included in the cost of transportation.
(c) Actual and necessary cost of transportation only, while traveling by boat when subsistence is included in the cost of transportation.
(d) A per diem of six pesos, for transportation and subsistence while in the city of Manila.
SECTION 2. The provincial board of each province shall, by resolution, on or before January first, and July first of each year, fix a tariff of maximum amounts which shall be allowed provincial officers and employees for expenses of transportation on official business between the various towns of the province, during the ensuing six months, and a copy thereof shall be forwarded by the provincial secretary to the Insular Auditor.
SECTION 3. Payment of transportation and subsistence expenses in accordance with the provisions of this Act shall be made from the treasury of the province for the benefit of which the official travel is performed upon the approval of the provincial board of such province.
SECTION 4. All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.
SECTION 5. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.
SECTION 6. This Act shall take effect July first, nineteen hundred and five.
ENACTED, April 19, 1905.
Cite This Law
Prescribing the Method of Allowance of Traveling Expenses of Provincial Officers and Employees, Act No. 1334, Apr 19, 1905 (Philippines)
Prescribing the Method of Allowance of Traveling Expenses of Provincial Officers and Employees, Act No. 1334 (Phil. 1905)
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