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H. No. 2903 / 48 OG No. 10, 4242 (October, 1952)
[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 816, July 15, 1952 ]
AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES DURING THE PERIOD FROM JULY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-TWO TO JUNE THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-THREE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
SECTION 1. Appropriation of funds.—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 operation of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines during the period from July first, nineteen hundred and fifty-two to June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifty-three, except where otherwise specially provided:
SEC. 2. Allotment of appropriations.—The appropriations for sundry expenses, furniture and equipment, and special purposes for the Office of the President shall be allotted by the President among the bureaus and offices under his direct control; those for the Executive Departments, by the Heads of Departments among the bureaus and offices under their respective control, as the needs of the service may require.
SEC. 3. Authority to pay salaries not in conformity with the prescribed grades or rates of compensation.—Payment of salaries the rates of which are not in conformity with the schedule of grades or rates of compensation provided in section three of Commonwealth Act Numbered hundred and two, as amended, is hereby authorized: PROVIDED, That new appointments to positions not carrying the salary rates prescribed in Commonwealth Act Numbered Four hundred and two, as amended, shall be d only at the rates authorized in the said Act.
SEC. 4. Authority to use savings in appropriations for "salaries and wages," for "sundry expenses," and for "furniture and equipment" to cover deficits.—Except as otherwise provided in this Act, any savings in the regular appropriations authorized in this Act for the Executive Departments for salaries and wages, for sundry expenses, and for furniture and equipment of the bureaus and offices under any Department, may, with the approval of the President, be used to cover a deficit in any other item of the regular appropriations, except for salaries and wages, under the same Department. Likewise, any savings in the appropriations for salaries and wages, for sundry expenses, and for furniture and equipment of any item under "special purposes," may, with the approval of the President, be used to cover a deficit in any other item of appropriation, except for salaries and wages, under the same purpose. In no case, however, shall any item in the regular appropriations and appropriations for "special purposes" be augmented, pursuant to the authority granted in this section, by more than thirty per centum of the original appropriation provided in this Act for such item.
SEC. 5. Quarterly report to Congress on transfers of appropriations.—Any transfer of appropriation made in pursuance hereof to cover a deficit shall be reported to the Congress quarterly, the report to specify the items and the amounts involved.
SEC. 6. Authority to use savings for other purposes.—The President of the Philippines is authorized to use any savings in the appropriations authorized in this Act for the Executive Departments, (1) for the payment of claims under section 699 of the Revised Administrative Code and the Workmen's Compensation Act, whichever is applicable, to officers, employees and laborers who died or were injured in line of duty; (2) for the commutation of the money value of the additional leave, extended leave and accrued leave earned by American and deceased Filipino officers and employees, or by Filipino officers and employees separated from the service except for cause, for service rendered prior to November twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and thirty-six; (3) for the payment of salary increases of officials and employees of the National Government resulting from the standardization of salaries or reclassification of provinces and municipalities; (4) for the purchase of furniture and equipment to replace those that may be lost through accident, fire or other calamity, the disposal of which is deemed reasonable and neces¬sary to reduce the expenses of repairs thereof, and for the purchase with the approval of the President of furniture and equipment to replace unserviceable ones condemned by the Auditor General; (5) for the payment of salaries of suspended employees who have subsequently been exonerated; (6) for the payment of the share of the National Government in the salaries of national officials in newly created cities and provinces where no appropriation has been provided therefor; (7) for the payment to the Government Service Insurance System of the three per cent contribution of the Government for the employees' insurance premiums corresponding to the period from December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and forty-one to February twenty-eight, nineteen hundred and forty-five, pursuant to section four of Republic Act Numbered One hundred thirty-two, the provisions of section 7(c) of Commonwealth Act Numbered One hundred eighty-six, as amended, to the contrary notwithstanding; (8) for the payment of commuted sick and vacation leaves of employees who may be retired under the provisions of Republic Act No. 660; and (9) for the payment of additional compensation to government nurses assigned to public health nursing at P50 a month in lieu of quarters, subsistence and laundry allowances as provided under section 3 of Republic Act No. 649.
SEC. 7. Suspension of expenditure of appropriations.—Except as otherwise provided in this Act and whenever in his judgment the public interest so requires, the President of the Philippines is authorized to suspend or otherwise stop the expenditure of any amount herein appropriated in any item or items for the Executive Departments for any purpose, except those for salaries of positions with incumbents, and thereupon the funds affected by such action shall become available for any other expenditures authorized in this Act for the Executive Departments, except for salaries and wages, as the President may determine. In no case, however, shall any item of appropriation be augmented, pursuant to the authority granted in this section, by more than thirty per centum of the original appropriation provided in this Act for .such item: PROVIDED, That the Commissioner of the Budget and the Auditor General shall report to the Congress within a period of thirty days any suspension or transfer of funds made by the President during the previous quarter.
SEC. 8. Provision for "excess of actual salary."—The item of appropriation for "excess of actual salary" provided in this Act under "salaries and wages shall be paid to the incumbent of the position to which said "excess" pertains who is actually receiving the same "excess" as part of the salary granted to him upon his appointment to the said position before the reduction of the basic pay thereof to the amount provided herein: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That if the position be vacated and the successor to its previous incumbent shall have previously received an equal salary plus the "excess of actual salary" in the same or any other branch of the Government service, such excess shall be allowable to him.
SEC. 9. Restriction upon limit of disbursements.—Disbursements in accordance with the appropriations herein authorized may be made from any funds in the National Treasury, except the Philippine War Damage Funds and special funds derived from taxes levied for special purposes, but the total thereof for any one month shall in no case be in excess of the actual collections plus seventy-five per centum of the uncollected estimated revenues accruing to the general fund during the said month: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That in case of an emergency caused by typhoon, earthquake or any other public calamity which may seriously affect the collection of revenues during the year, the President of the Philippines may authorize the of the Philippines to continue making disbursement from any fund in his possession not exempted above in excess of the limitation herein provided; but only for such purposes and amounts provided in this Act. Any overdraft which may be incurred at the end of the fiscal year in any fund by virtue of the provisions hereof shall be covered with the first collections of the following fiscal year accruing to the general fund.
SEC. 10. Purchase of locally manufactured furniture equipment, supplies and materials.—All appropriations for the purchase of furniture, equipment, supplies and materials authorized in this Act shall be available only for locally manufactured furniture, equipment, supplies and materials except when none is available in the market: PROVIDED, That the prices, quality being: equal, for the locally manufactured furniture, equipment, supplies and materials shall not exceed the prices for the imported furniture, equipment, supplies and materials, the provisions of existing law to the contrary notwithstanding.
SEC. 11. Renting of automobiles, jitneys or trucks for a continuous period exceeding fifteen days prohibited.—No appropriation provided in this Act for the Executive Departments shall be used for renting automobiles, jitneys or trucks on the monthly basis nor on the daily basis for a continuous period exceeding fifteen days.
SEC. 12. Authority to purchase motor vehicles.—No appropriation authorized in this Act shall be used for the purchase of automobiles, jitneys, jeeps, station wagons, motorcycles and other motor vehicles unless otherwise specifically provided in this Act.
SEC. 13. Officials entitled to government motor transportation.—The following officials are entitled to use government motor transportation chargeable against the appropriations authorized in this Act:
SEC. 14. Officials entitled to transportation allowance.—The Department Heads, the Commissioner of the Budget, Chairman of the Commission on Elections and the al Welfare Administrator are hereby granted a computable transportation allowance of two hundred fifty pesos each per month; the Undersecretaries of Departments and officials with the same rank and the Presiding Judge the Court of Industrial Relations, two hundred pesos each per month; and the Directors or chiefs of bureaus and offices, one hundred pesos each per month, chargeable against the appropriations authorized in this Act for their respective offices.
SEC. 15. Bureaus and offices entitled to use, operate and maintain government motor vehicles and launches.—No bureau or office shall use, operate or maintain from the appropriations authorized in this Act government service cars, jeeps, station wagons, vans, service trucks, pick-up trucks, launches, speedboats, motorcycles, etc., except the following:
SEC. 16. Proper use of government motor vehicles.— The use of government motor vehicles by bureaus and offices or the purposes enumerated in section 15 hereof shall be authorized only through the issuance for each trip of a serially numbered ticket duly signed by the chief or the administrative officer of the bureau or office concerned These motor vehicles shall be used strictly for official business, bear government plates only and after office hours kept in the garage provided therefor by the bureau or office to which they belong, except those for essential services, such as military police, experimental, mail and health services.
SEC. 17. Use of more than one motor vehicle prohibited.—With the exception of the President, no government official or employee authorized to use any vehicle operated and maintained from the funds appropriated in this Act shall be allowed to use more than one such motor vehicle: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That the Vice-President, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives may be allowed to use two motor vehicles each: AND PROVIDED, FINALLY, That no official who has been furnished motor transportation by any government corporation shall be allowed to use motor vehicle transportation operated and maintained from funds appropriated in this Act.
The Auditor General is hereby empowered to issue rules and regulations for the proper implementation and enforcement of the provisions hereof.
SEC. 18. Disposition of motor vehicles not used by a bureau or office.—All motor vehicles owned by or assigned to the different departments, bureaus, offices and branches of the National Government not needed by the officials and for the purposes' enumerated in sections 13 and 15 of this Act shall be disposed of to the highest bidder at public auction sales announced in newspapers of general circulation at least ten days before the sale: PROVIDED, That the former user thereof shall be given preference if he offers and pays a price equal to that of the highest bid by others.
SEC. 19. Prohibition against the use of appropriations for the payment of salaries and wages of officers or employees engaged in a strike against the government.—Subject to existing civil service rules and regulations and the proper administrative proceedings, no part of the funds for available for expenditure by, any agency included in this Act shall be used to pay the salary or wages of any officer or employee who engages in a strike against the Government of the Republic of the Philippines or who is a member of an organization of government employees that in the opinion of the Secretary of Justice asserts the right to strike against the Government of the Republic of the Philippines, or who in the opinion of said Secretary of Justice advocates, or is a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines by force or violence: PROVIDED, That for the purposes hereof an affidavit shall be considered sufficient evidence that the person making the affidavit has not, contrary to the provisions of this section, engaged in a strike against the Government of the Republic of the Philippines, is not a member of any organization of government employees that asserts the right to strike against the Government of the Republic of the Philippines, or that such person does not advocate, and is not a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines by force or violence.
SEC. 20. Per diems outside of the Philippines.—No per diems in excess of fifty pesos shall be paid to any official or employee traveling outside of the Philippines.
SEC. 21. No office, bureau or Department for which appropriations are provided in this Act shall authorize or incur expenditures in excess of the corresponding appropriations authorized in this Act for the purpose. Any expenditure authorized or incurred in violation of this provision shall be deemed a personal liability of the official authorizing or incurring the same as1 if the transaction involved had been wholly between private parties.
SEC. 22. In all cases where appropriations are provided in this Act for payment of premiums covering the insurance of government buildings with the Property Insurance Fund, reinsurance shall be equitably distributed among private insurance companies doing business in the Philippines on uniform terms, conditions and rates of premiums.
SEC. 23. The provisions of section 7 of this Act to the contrary notwithstanding, no amount appropriated for the Department of National Defense shall be transferred to any other Executive Department.
SEC. 24. Effective date.—This Act shall take effect on July first, nineteen hundred and fifty-two, except where otherwise stated.
Approved, July 15, 1952, with the exception of item 1 under DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY—SPECIAL PURPOSES—Pages 706-709.
SECTION 1. Appropriation of funds.—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 operation of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines during the period from July first, nineteen hundred and fifty-two to June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifty-three, except where otherwise specially provided:
[Itemized portions on salaries and wages and other expenditures are omitted for lack of space]
SEC. 2. Allotment of appropriations.—The appropriations for sundry expenses, furniture and equipment, and special purposes for the Office of the President shall be allotted by the President among the bureaus and offices under his direct control; those for the Executive Departments, by the Heads of Departments among the bureaus and offices under their respective control, as the needs of the service may require.
SEC. 3. Authority to pay salaries not in conformity with the prescribed grades or rates of compensation.—Payment of salaries the rates of which are not in conformity with the schedule of grades or rates of compensation provided in section three of Commonwealth Act Numbered hundred and two, as amended, is hereby authorized: PROVIDED, That new appointments to positions not carrying the salary rates prescribed in Commonwealth Act Numbered Four hundred and two, as amended, shall be d only at the rates authorized in the said Act.
SEC. 4. Authority to use savings in appropriations for "salaries and wages," for "sundry expenses," and for "furniture and equipment" to cover deficits.—Except as otherwise provided in this Act, any savings in the regular appropriations authorized in this Act for the Executive Departments for salaries and wages, for sundry expenses, and for furniture and equipment of the bureaus and offices under any Department, may, with the approval of the President, be used to cover a deficit in any other item of the regular appropriations, except for salaries and wages, under the same Department. Likewise, any savings in the appropriations for salaries and wages, for sundry expenses, and for furniture and equipment of any item under "special purposes," may, with the approval of the President, be used to cover a deficit in any other item of appropriation, except for salaries and wages, under the same purpose. In no case, however, shall any item in the regular appropriations and appropriations for "special purposes" be augmented, pursuant to the authority granted in this section, by more than thirty per centum of the original appropriation provided in this Act for such item.
SEC. 5. Quarterly report to Congress on transfers of appropriations.—Any transfer of appropriation made in pursuance hereof to cover a deficit shall be reported to the Congress quarterly, the report to specify the items and the amounts involved.
SEC. 6. Authority to use savings for other purposes.—The President of the Philippines is authorized to use any savings in the appropriations authorized in this Act for the Executive Departments, (1) for the payment of claims under section 699 of the Revised Administrative Code and the Workmen's Compensation Act, whichever is applicable, to officers, employees and laborers who died or were injured in line of duty; (2) for the commutation of the money value of the additional leave, extended leave and accrued leave earned by American and deceased Filipino officers and employees, or by Filipino officers and employees separated from the service except for cause, for service rendered prior to November twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and thirty-six; (3) for the payment of salary increases of officials and employees of the National Government resulting from the standardization of salaries or reclassification of provinces and municipalities; (4) for the purchase of furniture and equipment to replace those that may be lost through accident, fire or other calamity, the disposal of which is deemed reasonable and neces¬sary to reduce the expenses of repairs thereof, and for the purchase with the approval of the President of furniture and equipment to replace unserviceable ones condemned by the Auditor General; (5) for the payment of salaries of suspended employees who have subsequently been exonerated; (6) for the payment of the share of the National Government in the salaries of national officials in newly created cities and provinces where no appropriation has been provided therefor; (7) for the payment to the Government Service Insurance System of the three per cent contribution of the Government for the employees' insurance premiums corresponding to the period from December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and forty-one to February twenty-eight, nineteen hundred and forty-five, pursuant to section four of Republic Act Numbered One hundred thirty-two, the provisions of section 7(c) of Commonwealth Act Numbered One hundred eighty-six, as amended, to the contrary notwithstanding; (8) for the payment of commuted sick and vacation leaves of employees who may be retired under the provisions of Republic Act No. 660; and (9) for the payment of additional compensation to government nurses assigned to public health nursing at P50 a month in lieu of quarters, subsistence and laundry allowances as provided under section 3 of Republic Act No. 649.
SEC. 7. Suspension of expenditure of appropriations.—Except as otherwise provided in this Act and whenever in his judgment the public interest so requires, the President of the Philippines is authorized to suspend or otherwise stop the expenditure of any amount herein appropriated in any item or items for the Executive Departments for any purpose, except those for salaries of positions with incumbents, and thereupon the funds affected by such action shall become available for any other expenditures authorized in this Act for the Executive Departments, except for salaries and wages, as the President may determine. In no case, however, shall any item of appropriation be augmented, pursuant to the authority granted in this section, by more than thirty per centum of the original appropriation provided in this Act for .such item: PROVIDED, That the Commissioner of the Budget and the Auditor General shall report to the Congress within a period of thirty days any suspension or transfer of funds made by the President during the previous quarter.
SEC. 8. Provision for "excess of actual salary."—The item of appropriation for "excess of actual salary" provided in this Act under "salaries and wages shall be paid to the incumbent of the position to which said "excess" pertains who is actually receiving the same "excess" as part of the salary granted to him upon his appointment to the said position before the reduction of the basic pay thereof to the amount provided herein: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That if the position be vacated and the successor to its previous incumbent shall have previously received an equal salary plus the "excess of actual salary" in the same or any other branch of the Government service, such excess shall be allowable to him.
SEC. 9. Restriction upon limit of disbursements.—Disbursements in accordance with the appropriations herein authorized may be made from any funds in the National Treasury, except the Philippine War Damage Funds and special funds derived from taxes levied for special purposes, but the total thereof for any one month shall in no case be in excess of the actual collections plus seventy-five per centum of the uncollected estimated revenues accruing to the general fund during the said month: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That in case of an emergency caused by typhoon, earthquake or any other public calamity which may seriously affect the collection of revenues during the year, the President of the Philippines may authorize the of the Philippines to continue making disbursement from any fund in his possession not exempted above in excess of the limitation herein provided; but only for such purposes and amounts provided in this Act. Any overdraft which may be incurred at the end of the fiscal year in any fund by virtue of the provisions hereof shall be covered with the first collections of the following fiscal year accruing to the general fund.
SEC. 10. Purchase of locally manufactured furniture equipment, supplies and materials.—All appropriations for the purchase of furniture, equipment, supplies and materials authorized in this Act shall be available only for locally manufactured furniture, equipment, supplies and materials except when none is available in the market: PROVIDED, That the prices, quality being: equal, for the locally manufactured furniture, equipment, supplies and materials shall not exceed the prices for the imported furniture, equipment, supplies and materials, the provisions of existing law to the contrary notwithstanding.
SEC. 11. Renting of automobiles, jitneys or trucks for a continuous period exceeding fifteen days prohibited.—No appropriation provided in this Act for the Executive Departments shall be used for renting automobiles, jitneys or trucks on the monthly basis nor on the daily basis for a continuous period exceeding fifteen days.
SEC. 12. Authority to purchase motor vehicles.—No appropriation authorized in this Act shall be used for the purchase of automobiles, jitneys, jeeps, station wagons, motorcycles and other motor vehicles unless otherwise specifically provided in this Act.
SEC. 13. Officials entitled to government motor transportation.—The following officials are entitled to use government motor transportation chargeable against the appropriations authorized in this Act:
- The President of Philippines,
- The Vice-President of the Philippines,
- The President of the Senate,
- The Speaker of the House of Representatives,
- The President Pro-Tempore of the Senate,
- The Majority Floor Leader of the Senate,
- The Chairman, Committee on Finance, of the Senate,
- The Chairman, Committee on Accounts, of the Senate,
- The Chairman, Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate,
- The Minority Floor Leader of the Senate,
- The Secretary of the Senate,
- The Speaker Pro-Tempore of the House of Representatives,
- The Majority Floor Leader of the House of Representatives,
- The Chairman, Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives,
- The Chairman, Committee on Accounts, of the House of Representatives,
- The Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives,
- The Minority Floor Leader of the House of Representatives,
- The Secretary of the House of Representatives,
- The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court,
- The Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeals,
- The Auditor General,
- The Ambassadors, Ministers Plenipotentiary and Consuls in charge of consulates while in their respective stations abroad, and
- The Chief of Staff and the Vice-Chief of Staff and the Commanding Officers of the other Major Services of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
SEC. 14. Officials entitled to transportation allowance.—The Department Heads, the Commissioner of the Budget, Chairman of the Commission on Elections and the al Welfare Administrator are hereby granted a computable transportation allowance of two hundred fifty pesos each per month; the Undersecretaries of Departments and officials with the same rank and the Presiding Judge the Court of Industrial Relations, two hundred pesos each per month; and the Directors or chiefs of bureaus and offices, one hundred pesos each per month, chargeable against the appropriations authorized in this Act for their respective offices.
SEC. 15. Bureaus and offices entitled to use, operate and maintain government motor vehicles and launches.—No bureau or office shall use, operate or maintain from the appropriations authorized in this Act government service cars, jeeps, station wagons, vans, service trucks, pick-up trucks, launches, speedboats, motorcycles, etc., except the following:
- The House of Representatives, for general service purposes;
- The Social Welfare Administration, for ministering relief, during military actions against dissidents, to evacuees, the injured and incapacitated and to the victims of typhoons, earthquakes, fires and other calamities; and for conducting the inmates of Welfareville to and from the Courts, hospitals and other offices, procuring materials and food supplies for their subsistence, and delivering food to the various units within the Welfareville compound, including collection and disposal of garbage;
- The Budget Commission, for the gathering from the various government offices and instrumentalities of such data and information as are essentially material or pertinent to the exercise of authority over budget operations and control, and for the performance of duties connected with the preparation of the National Budget;
- The Bureau of Printing, for the delivery and/or shipment of printed matters, books and/or forms to various offices;
- The Department of Foreign Affairs, for carrying out protocol duties in connection with the arrival or visit in the Philippines of high dignitaries and officials or accredited representatives of foreign governments, and for the delivery of diplomatic pouches to and from points of embarkation or shipment;
- The Bureau of Customs, for carrying out detective and police duties of its Secret Service and Harbor Police Division;
- The Bureau of Internal Revenue, for the strict enforcement of the Internal Revenue Laws and Regulations and detection of violations thereof;
- The National Bureau of Investigation, for detection and investigation of crimes and criminals and other law violations;
- The Bureau of Prisons, for conducting prisoners to and from the Bureau of Prisons, inspection of prison institutions and stations, procuring food supplies and materials, and delivering products and/or manufactures of the Prison Industries in Muntinlupa and in the penal colonies;
- The Bureau of Fisheries, for the collection of marine specimens, inspection of experimental fish farms and distribution of seedlings;
- The Bureau of Plant Industry, for the control of abaca mosaic and other plant pests and diseases, including demonstration and extension work;
- The Bureau of Forestry, for the distribution of seedlings and transportation of supplies and materials and cinchona barks to ports of shipment;
- The Bureau of Animal Industry, for the distribution of animal products and transportation of animals and feeds, including insemination work;
- The Bureau of Public Works, for undertaking the construction of public works projects, inspection and supervision thereof, and for the procurement of construction supplies and materials;
- The Bureau of Posts, for the transportation of strictly mail matters;
- The Bureau of Telecommunications, for the construction, repair, transfer and maintenance of telegraph, telephone and radio stations and circuits and the delivery of telegrams and radiograms;
- The Motor Vehicles Office, for the enforcement of tile provisions of the Motor Vehicles Law;
- The vocational schools, for instructional purposes requiring the use, demonstration and/or operation of motor or other powered vehicles;
- The Armed Forces of the Philippines, when on military operations or on active duty in the restoration and maintenance of peace and order;
- The Department of Health, for the use of the Division of Tuberculosis in BCG Vaccination and Traveling X-Ray Examination Units, the Division of Health Education and Information in exhibiting health films and dissemination of health information in rural areas, and the Public Health Research Laboratories in connection with health research, including the distribution of vaccines, sera and other biological preparations;
- Government hospitals, for ambulance service and procuring food supplies and materials for the subsistence of patients and personnel entitled thereto;
- The Bureau of Health, for health, sanitation and prevention and control of epidemics;
- The Bureau of Quarantine, whenever used by quarantine officers exclusively for quarantine work;
- The Civil Aeronautics Administration, for the operation and maintenance of its landing fields, including supervision and reconstruction or repair of signals equipment located thereat;
- The Bureau of Coast and Geodetic Survey, for carrying out field reconnaissance, triangulations, precise leveling and magnetic and gravity measurements;
- The Weather Bureau, for the maintenance, operation and inspection of its meteorological stations, including the Manila International Airport Forecasting Center and the Diliman Geophysical and Astronomical Station and delivery supplies thereto;
- The General Auditing Office, for the inspection of the delivery of equipment and supplies and materials to the various bureaus and offices of the Government, as well as to sites of public works constructions, and for surprise examinations of disbursing officers;
- The Bureau of Mines, for the transportation of mineral samples to and from the office for the geological mineralogical and mineral land survey parties operating the different parts of the Philippines;
- The National Food Production Campaign Office, Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, for the transportation, hauling of palay seeds, vegetable seeds and other planting materials and the delivery of chemicals, fertilizers and equipment needed in the control of plant pests and diseases;
- The Fiber Inspection Service for carrying out its work of inspection and supervision of fiber grading-baling establishments, fiber improvements and demonstration work;
- The Institute of Science and Technology, for visit and inspection of factories, for the collection of forest, plant, animal and marine by products and agricultural wastes for use in research and laboratory investigations, including survey of sources of raw materials in different regions;
- The Office of Economic Coordination, for use in inspecting projects being undertaken by government corporations, including private industrial establishments applying for tax exemption under Republic Act No. 35, and in gathering and transmitting data and information necessary for the efficient supervision and coordination of the activities of the said corporations;
- The Philippine Tourist Bureau, for use in conducting tourists to places of interest in the City of Manila and the suburbs; and
- The Wage Administration Service, for use by regional wage inspection supervisors in supervising the enforcement of the Minimum Wage Law, in the inspection of agricultural, industrial and commercial establishments, especially in out of the way locations, and in making special destinations and economic surveys necessary for the administration and enforcement of the law.
SEC. 16. Proper use of government motor vehicles.— The use of government motor vehicles by bureaus and offices or the purposes enumerated in section 15 hereof shall be authorized only through the issuance for each trip of a serially numbered ticket duly signed by the chief or the administrative officer of the bureau or office concerned These motor vehicles shall be used strictly for official business, bear government plates only and after office hours kept in the garage provided therefor by the bureau or office to which they belong, except those for essential services, such as military police, experimental, mail and health services.
SEC. 17. Use of more than one motor vehicle prohibited.—With the exception of the President, no government official or employee authorized to use any vehicle operated and maintained from the funds appropriated in this Act shall be allowed to use more than one such motor vehicle: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That the Vice-President, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives may be allowed to use two motor vehicles each: AND PROVIDED, FINALLY, That no official who has been furnished motor transportation by any government corporation shall be allowed to use motor vehicle transportation operated and maintained from funds appropriated in this Act.
The Auditor General is hereby empowered to issue rules and regulations for the proper implementation and enforcement of the provisions hereof.
SEC. 18. Disposition of motor vehicles not used by a bureau or office.—All motor vehicles owned by or assigned to the different departments, bureaus, offices and branches of the National Government not needed by the officials and for the purposes' enumerated in sections 13 and 15 of this Act shall be disposed of to the highest bidder at public auction sales announced in newspapers of general circulation at least ten days before the sale: PROVIDED, That the former user thereof shall be given preference if he offers and pays a price equal to that of the highest bid by others.
SEC. 19. Prohibition against the use of appropriations for the payment of salaries and wages of officers or employees engaged in a strike against the government.—Subject to existing civil service rules and regulations and the proper administrative proceedings, no part of the funds for available for expenditure by, any agency included in this Act shall be used to pay the salary or wages of any officer or employee who engages in a strike against the Government of the Republic of the Philippines or who is a member of an organization of government employees that in the opinion of the Secretary of Justice asserts the right to strike against the Government of the Republic of the Philippines, or who in the opinion of said Secretary of Justice advocates, or is a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines by force or violence: PROVIDED, That for the purposes hereof an affidavit shall be considered sufficient evidence that the person making the affidavit has not, contrary to the provisions of this section, engaged in a strike against the Government of the Republic of the Philippines, is not a member of any organization of government employees that asserts the right to strike against the Government of the Republic of the Philippines, or that such person does not advocate, and is not a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines by force or violence.
SEC. 20. Per diems outside of the Philippines.—No per diems in excess of fifty pesos shall be paid to any official or employee traveling outside of the Philippines.
SEC. 21. No office, bureau or Department for which appropriations are provided in this Act shall authorize or incur expenditures in excess of the corresponding appropriations authorized in this Act for the purpose. Any expenditure authorized or incurred in violation of this provision shall be deemed a personal liability of the official authorizing or incurring the same as1 if the transaction involved had been wholly between private parties.
SEC. 22. In all cases where appropriations are provided in this Act for payment of premiums covering the insurance of government buildings with the Property Insurance Fund, reinsurance shall be equitably distributed among private insurance companies doing business in the Philippines on uniform terms, conditions and rates of premiums.
SEC. 23. The provisions of section 7 of this Act to the contrary notwithstanding, no amount appropriated for the Department of National Defense shall be transferred to any other Executive Department.
SEC. 24. Effective date.—This Act shall take effect on July first, nineteen hundred and fifty-two, except where otherwise stated.
Approved, July 15, 1952, with the exception of item 1 under DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY—SPECIAL PURPOSES—Pages 706-709.