Reappropriation of Certain Unexpended Balances for Additional Public School Elementary Classes

June 14, 1947

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 149

AN ACT REAPPROPRIATING AND MAKING AVAILABLE ALL BALANCES OF THE APPROPRIATION AUTHORIZED UNDER ITEMS J-IV-2 AND J-IV-14 OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED EIGHTY REMAINING UNEXPENDED ON JUNE THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-SEVEN, FOR THE OPENING OF NEW OR ADDITIONAL ELEMENTARY CLASSES IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE PHILIPPINES

SECTION 1. The provisions of existing laws to the contrary notwithstanding, all balances of the appropriations authorized under Items J-IV-2 and J-IV-14 of Republic Act Numbered Eight, to wit:

"2.	For salaries and wages of teachers and
	other employees, sundry expenses, including
	the purchase of textbooks and supplementary
	readers, and for the acquisition of furniture
	and equipment, in connection with the operation
	and maintenance of public elementary
	schools	P31,373,460.00"
"14.	For expenses in connection with the
	organization and maintenance of additional
	elementary classes in the public schools
	throughout the Philippines	16,750,000.00"

remaining unexpended on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and forty-seven, are hereby reappropriated and made available for the opening of new or additional elementary classes in the public schools throughout the Philippines during the school year nineteen hundred and forty-seven and nineteen hundred and forty-eight, including the purchase of textbooks and supplementary readers and the payment of the bonus of teachers, to be expended by the Secretary of Instruction in accordance with the provisions of section 7-I (4) of the Budget Act. cd

SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved: June 14, 1947

Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 43, No. 7, p. 2595 in July 1947