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Be it enacted by the National Assembly of the Philippines:

SECTION 1. Title of Act.—This Act shall be known as the "General Appropriation Act for nineteen hundred and thirty-nine."

SEC. 2. 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 Commonwealth of the Philippines for the fiscal year ending December thirty-first, nineteeen hundred and thirty-nine, unless otherwise stated:

A.—NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
I. Salaries and Wages
1.	Speaker of the National Assembly ................................................	P	16,000.00
2.	Ninety-seven Members of the National Assembly, at P5,000 per annum each ..............................................	P	485,000.00
xxx (Other items, omitted) x x x   II. Sundry Expenses
1.	Travelling expenses of Members .	P	20,000.00
xxx (Other items, omitted) xxx
III. Furniture and Equipment xxx (Items omitted) xxx
IV. Special Purposes xxx (Items omitted) xxx   V. SUMMARY
	Total for salaries and wages ...............	P	l,150,660.00
	Total for sundry expenses ...................		189,550.00
	Total for furniture and equipment .......		14,220.00
	Total for special purposes ...................		322,000.00
	Total amount available for the National Assembly ...................................	P	l,676,430.00

SPECIAL PROVISIONS
1.        Any unexpended balance of the funds appropriated for the National Assembly may be used to cover a   deficit in any item of the appropriation for the said Assembly, including prior years' expenses.

2.         Any Member of the National Assembly may assign his yearly salary provided in this Act or any part thereof to any banking or loan institution doing business in the Philippines, including the compensation to his family in the event of death, and upon such assignment being register­ ed with the disbursing officer of the National Assembly, such officer shall issue warrants from time to time as the salary or death compensation falls due, directly in favor of the creditor banking or loan institution.

3.         The Secretary of the National Assembly shall re­ ceive  the  compensation  herein  fixed,   the  provisions   of any existing law to the contrary notwithstanding.

4.         Any part of the appropriation for supplementary force may be expended for the payment of salaries of emplo­ yees who may serve during any period in the Office of the Secretary.

5.   The appropriations in items 3, 5, and 6 under "Sun­ dry Expenses," and that for "Purchase of Furniture and Equipment" may be spent, respectively, for postage and fees of official correspondence and telegrams of the Mem­ bers, including freight, express, and delivery service; for supplies and materials; for printing and binding reports, documents, and publications; and for equipment that may be officially used by them, the total amount not to exceed four hundred pesos per annum for each Member.

AA. NATIONAL LIBRARY   I. Salaries and Wages
xxx (Items omitted) x x x II. Sundry Expenses xxx (Items omitted) xxx III. Furniture and Equipment xxx (Ttems omitted) xxx
	IV. Special Purposes xxx (Items omitted) xxx
V. SUMMARY
	Total for salaries and wages .............				P	171,606.00
	Total for sundry expenses ..................					32,500.00
	Total for furniture and equipment......					42,970.00
	Total for special purposes ..................					32,860.00
	Less — forced savings .......................					(13,800.00)
		Total amount available for the National Library .................			P	266,136.00
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SPECIAL PROVISION
1. Upon the organization of a legislative reference division in the National Assembly, the Speaker may transfer thereto such personnel of the National Library as may be needed for the purpose, together with their corresponding appropriations if necessary.
B. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
I. Salaries and Wages
	1.	The President of the Philippines ....			P	30,000.00
		Total ........................................				30,000.00
		(1) Executive Office
	1.	Secretary to the President, with the rank of Secretary of Department ................................			P	12,000.00
	2.	One Assistant Secretary to the President ...................................				8,500.00
xxx (Other items, omitted) x x x
(2) Bureau of Civil Service
	1.	One Commissioner of Civil Service, with the rank of Undersecretary of Department .........................			P	8,500.00
xxx (Other items, omitted) xxx
(3) Budget Commission
	1.	One Commissioner of the Budget ....			P	12,000.00
xxx (Other items, omitted) xxx
(4) Institute of National Language
	1.	One President and Director ......................			P	6,000.00
xxx (Other items, omitted) xxx
(5) Philippine Sugar Administration
	1.	One Philippine Sugar Administrator .........................................			P	18,000.00
xxx (Other items, omitted) x x x
II. Sundry Expenses   xxx (Items omitted) xxx
III. Special and General Purposes
	1.	For traveling expenses of the President with personnel in his office for official trips to and from the United States or other countries, including expenses in 1938 ....			P	100,000.00
	2.	For a fund to be expended in the discretion of the President ...				30,000.00
xxx (Other items, omitted) x x x
(6) Resident Commissioner to the United States
xxx (Items omitted) xxx
SUMMARY
		Total for salaries and wages ....................			P	84,000.00
		Total for sundry and other expenses ..........				32,400.00
			Total amount available for the Resident Commissioner to the United States.................................		P	116,400.00
(7) National Information Board xxx (Items omitted) xxx
		Total for salaries and wages ...................			P	62,980.00
xxx (Other items, omitted) xxx
		Total for other expenses ..........................				37,020.00
						________
			Total amount available for the National Information Board ..............		P	100,000.00
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V—SUMMARY
		Total for salaries and wages ............			P	l,432,103.00
		Total for sundry expenses .................				374,329.00
		Total for furniture and equipment .....				30,000.00
		Total for special purposes ......................				729,140.00
			Total for the Office of the Resident Commissioner to the United States ....................			116,400.00
			Total for the National Information Board ....................			100,000.00
			Less—forced savings to be apportioned by the Secretary to the President ......		P	(133,400.00)
						__________
			Total amount available for the Office of the President ..		P	2,648,572.00
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SPECIAL PROVISIONS
1. The appropriations for the Office of the President of the Philippines provided in this Act may be used to cover expenses incurred in 1938.
2. Any deficit in the appropriations for the Office of the President of the Philippines may be covered from any unexpended balance of any other appropriation provid­ ed in this Act for the Executive Departments, the total amount to be used for covering such deficits during the year not to exceed P250,000.
(8) Philippine Army
xxx (Items omitted) x x x
SUMMARY
		Purpose I.—Personnel ...........................			P	9,174,321.00
		Purpose II.—Maintenance of Personnel ......				3,726,551.00
		Purpose III.—Transportation ..................				1,104,882.00
		Purpose IV.—Armament, Equipment, and Supplies ......				6,136,856.00
		Purpose V.—Construction .............................				10,000.00
		Purpose VI.—Miscellaneous Expenses ............				213,000.00
						_________
						P20,365,610.00
	Expected savings in 1938 to be carried over to 1939, any provision of existing law to the contrary notwithstanding ..............					3,911,110.00
						_________
		Total ................................................			P	16,454,500.00

SPECIAL PROVISIONS
1. The savings from appropriations previously made for the Army, actually remaining at the end of 1938 in the items listed heerin, will be distributed, under the authority of the President, among the several items so as to make, as nearly as may be practicable, the amount available for expenditure in-each item during 1939 identical with that indicated herein, any provision of exist­ing law to the contrary notwithstanding.

2.        The President shall have authority to transfer, at quarterly intervals during the fiscal year 1939, from Pur­poses I and II to other Purposes as titled in this Act, such portions of unexpended balances as may be necessary in order to assure balanced development of the National De­fense during that year, any provision of law to the con­trary notwithstanding.

3.        The President shall have authority to transfer and expend not to exceed twenty-five per cent of the sum appropriated for any item in Purposes I, II, and III to any other item or items included in the respective purpose.

4.        The President shall have authority to transfer and expend not to exceed fifty per cent of the amount ap­propriated for any item in Purpose IV to any other item or items in the same purpose.

5.        Officers and enlisted men who may be transferred by competent authority from  one permanent station to another permanent station shall be allowed to have trans­ ported at government  expense, personally  owned posses­sions, household effects and baggage not to exceed such allowance as may be fixed by the President for the several grades.

When expressly authorized by the President, the appropriations for equipment herein made  may be used for the purchase of armored  automobiles,  auto  jitneys,    station wagons, trucks, or other military motor vehicles.

7.        All constructions required for the national defense shall be accomplished under the direction of the Chief of Staff of the Philippine Army, any provision of existing law to the contrary notwithstanding.

8.        Funds appropriated under item  213 shall include representation  and contingent  expenses,   including those of the previous year, of the Chief of Staff and of such other army  officers  authorized  by  the   Chief  of  Staff, which expenses shall be subject to the approval of the President.

9. Expenses for unforseen contingencies which can­not be paid for lack of appropriation in other purposes may be paid for Purpose VI.

C. OFFICE OF THE VICE-PRESIDENT
1.	The Vice-President of the Philippines ...........................................			P	15,000.00
					_______
	Total for the Vice-President ........			P	15,000.00
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D. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
I. Salaries and Wages   (1) Office of the Secretary
1.	Secretary of the Department .....			P	12,000.00
xxx (Other items, omitted) xxx
II. Sundry Expenses
xxx (Items omitted) xxx
III. Furniture and Equipment
1.	For the purchase of furniture and equipment .....................................			P	3,410.00
				__________
	Total for furniture and equipment .................................			P	3,410.00
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IV. Special Purposes xxx (Items omitted) xxx
V.—SUMMARY
	Total for salaries and wages ............			P	212,609.00
	Total for sundry expenses .................				58,500.00
	Total for furniture and equipment ....				3,410.00
	Total for special purposes ...................				115,250.00
	Less—forced savings ...................................				(2,180.00)
					________
		Total amount available for the Department of the Interior ...........		P	387,589.00
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E. DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
I. Salaries and Wages
(1) Office of the Secretary
	1.	Secretary of the Department .....		P	12,000.00
		xxx (Items omitted) xxx
(a) Division of Purchase & Supply
		xxx (Items omitted) xxx
(2) Bureau of Customs
	1.	One Insular Collector of Customs ....		P	7,200.00
xxx (Other items, omitted) x x x
(3) Bureau of Internal Revenue
	1.	One Collector of Internal Revenue		P	7,200.00
xxx (Other items, omitted) xxx
(4) Bureau of the Treasury
	1.	Treasurer of the Philippines ......		P	7,200.00
xxx (Other items, omitted) xxx
(5) Bureau of Banking
	1.	One Bank Commissioner ............		P	7,200.00
xxx (Other items, omitted) xxx
II. Sundry Expenses xxx (Items omitted) xxx
V.—SUMMARY
		Total for salaries and wages .............		P	2,927,651.50
		Total for sundry expenses .................			1,142,700.00
		Total for furniture and equipment......			91,636.00
		Total for special purposes .................			481,879.00
		Less—forced savings to be apportion­ed by the Secretary of Finance ........			(90,620.00)
					_________
			Total amount available for the Department of Finance		P4,553,246.50
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(6) National Loan and Investment Board
xxx (Items omitted) xxx
SUMMARY
		Total for salaries and wages ............		P	120,355.00
		Total for sundry expenses .................			107,000.00
		Total for furniture and equipment ...............			3,608.00
		Total for special purposes .................			18,950.00
					_________
		Total amount available for the National Loan and Investment Board ..............		P	249,913.00
		Amount to be paid out of the National Loan and Investment Fund ................		P	(249,913.00)
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(7) Bureau of Printing
xxx (Items omitted) x x x
		Total amount available for the person­nel of the Bureau of Printing employed throughout the year ......		P	128,360.00
		Amount to be paid out of the Bureau of Printing Revolving Fund, Commonwealth Act No. 38 .................		P	(128,360.00)
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F. DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
I. Salaries and Wages
(1) OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
Office of the Secretary
	1.	Secretary of the Department .....		P	12,000.00
xxx (Other items, omitted) xxx
(a) Parole Office
xxx (Items omitted) xxx
(b) Anti-Usury Board
xxx (Items omitted) xxx
(c) Division of Investigation
xxx (Items omitted) xxx
(2) BUREAU OF JUSTICE ,
	1.	One Solicitor-General, with the rank of Under-Secretary of Department....		P	11,000.00
xxx (Other items, omitted) xxx
(3) COURTS OF FIRST INSTANCE DISTRICT JUDGES
	1.	Thirty-six judges, at P10,000 per annum each ...................................		P	360,000.00
	2.	Seven judges, at P9.000 per annum each ...............................................			63,000.00
	3.	Five judges, at P8,000 per annum each .............................................			40,000.00
		JUDGES-AT-LARGE
	4.	Five judges-at-large, at P8.000 per annum each ....................................			40,000.00
xxx (Other items, omitted) xxx
		(4) JUSTICES OF THE PEACE COURTS
	1.	Salaries of justices of the peace and auxiliary justice of the peace: Provided, That no appointment of a justice of the peace involving payment of any amount shall be made, unless there is sufficient appropriation therefor		P	921,160.00
		Total		P	921,160.00
(5) OFFICES OF PROVINCIAL SHERIFFS
xxx (Items omitted) x x x
(6) PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
	1.	One Public Service Commissioner ....		P	11,00.00
	2.	One Deputy Public Service Commissioner ..................................			7,500.00
xxx (Other items, omitted) xxx
(7) BUREAU OF PRISONS
	1.	One Director, with furnished quarters, laundry, and prisoners' service ......		P	5,040.00
xxx (Other items, omitted) xxx
		(8) GENERAL LAND REGISTRATION OFFICE
	1.	One Chief of the Office .............		P	7,200.00
xxx (Other items, omitted) xxx
(9) SECURITIES & EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Office of the Commissioner
	1.	One Commissioner ........................		P	11,000.00
	2.	One technical assistant to the Commissioner ..............			6,000.00
xxx (Other items, omitted) xxx
(10) COURT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
	1.	One Senior Judge ..........................		P	11,000.00
	2.	Two Judges, at P10,000 per annum each ..............................................			20,000.00
xxx (Other items, omitted) xxx
II. Sundry Expenses
xxx (Items omitted) xxx
III. Furniture and Equipment
xxx (Items omitted) xxx
IV. Special Purposes
xxx (Items omitted) x x x
V.—SUMMARY
		Total for salaries and wages .............		P	3,828,977.00
		Total for sundry expenses .................			916,250.00
		Total for furniture and equipment .....			64,465.00
		Total for special purposes ..................			130,540.00
		Less—forced savings to be apportioned by the Secretary of Justice ....			(72,980.00)
			Total amount available for the Department of Justice .....	P	4,867,252.00
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SPECIAL PROVISION
1. With the approval of the Secretary of Justice, any unexpended balance of any appropriation of the Depart­ment of Justice may be used to cover deficits in the appropriations for postage stamps for the mailing of notices of land registration cases and for publication for notices of land registration cases in the Official Gazette.
G. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE
I. Salaries and Wages
(1) OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
Office of the Secretary
	1.	Secretary of the Department......		P	12,000.00
xxx (Other items, omitted) xxx
(2) BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY
	1.	One Director ................................		P	7,200.00
xxx (Other items, omitted) xxx
(3) BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY
	1.	One Director....................................		P	7,200.00
xxx (Other items, omitted) xxx
(4) BUREAU. OF FORESTRY
	1.	One Director ................................		P	7,200.00
xxx (Other items, omitted) xxx
(5) BUREAU OF LANDS
	1.	One Director.....................................		P	7,200.00
xxx (Other items, omitted) xxx
(6) BUREAU OF SCIENCE
	1.	One Director ..............................		P	7,200.00
xxx (Other items, omitted) x x x
(7) BUREAU OF COMMERCE
	1.	One Director .................................		P	7,200.00
xxx (Other items, omitted) xxx
(8) WEATHER BUREAU
	1.	One Director ..............................		P	6,000.00
xxx (Other items, omitted) xxx
9. BUREAU OF MINES
	1.	One Director .................................		P	7,200.00
xxx (Other items, omitted) xxx
II.—Sundry Expenses
xxx (Items omitted) xxx
III.—Furniture and Equipment
xxx (Items omitted) xxx
IV.—Special Purposes
xxx (Items omitted) xxx
V.—SUMMARY
		Total for salaries and wages ............		P	3,442,019.00
		Total for sundry expenses .................			882,940.00
		Total for furniture and equipment......			112,650.00
		Total for special purposes .................			910,655.00
		Less—forced savings to be apportioned by the Secretary of Agriculture and Commerce...............................			(99,310.00)
					________
			Total amount available for the Department of Agriculture and Commerce ...............	P	5.248.954.00
(10) FIBER INSPECTION SERVICE
xxx (Items omitted) xxx
SUMMARY
		Total for salaries and wages ............		P	147,180.00
		Total for sundry expenses ...........................			23,600.00
		Total for furniture and equipment......			905.00
		Total for special purpose ...................			3,145.00
					_______
		Total amount available for the Fiber Inspection Service ..........................		P	174,830.00
			Amount to be paid from Fiber Inspection Service Fund ....		(P 174,830.00)
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SPECIAL PROVISIONS
1. Subject to the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture and Commerce, the sum appropriated for the organization of scouting parties to locate and fight locusts, as provided for in Act No. 3163, may likewise be expended by the Director of Plant Industry, if deemed necessary, to carry out the purposes of section 23 of Act No. 2472: Provided, That in the employment of locust scouts preference shall be given to graduates of Agricultural High Schools and Colleges.
2. Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstand­ ing, the appropriations for "consumption of supplies and materials" authorized for the bureaus and offices under the Department of Agriculture and Commerce may, subject to the approval of the Head of Department, be used for the purchase of galvanized iron or any other non-inflammable roofing material to be used for the construction of nursery and cutting sheds, tool rooms and seed houses in nurseries, plantations, experimental and propagation stations and seed farms: Provided, That other things being equal, local or American materials shall be preferred.
H. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND COMMUNICATIONS
I.—Salaries and Wages
(1) OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
	1.	Secretary of the Department .............		P	12,000.00
xxx (Other items, omitted) x x x
(2) BUREAU OF PUBLIC WORKS
	1.	One Director ....................................................		P	200.00
xxx (Other items, omitted) xxx
(3) BUREAU OF POSTS
	1.	One Director ....................................................		P	200.00
xxx (Other items, omitted) xxx
(4) BUREAU OF COAST AND  GEODETIC SURVEY
	1.	Per diem of P10 for the officer of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey detailed as Director ef Coast Surveys ..........		P	3,650.00
	2.	One Assistant Director...................			6,000.00
xxx (Other items, omitted) x x x
(5) BUREAU OF AERONAUTICS
Office of the Director
	1.	One Director: Provided, That in case this position is filled by detail of a U.S. Army Air Corps officer, payment of his per diem at a rate which the President shall fix may be made from this item ................................		P	7,200.00
	2.	One Assistant to the Director and chief aeronautical engineer .......................			6,000.00
xxx (Other items, omitted) xxx
II.—Sundry Expenses xxx (Items omitted) xxx
III.—Furniture and Equipment xxx (Items omitted) xxx
IV.—Special Purposes xxx (Items omitted) xxx
V.—SUMMARY
		Total for salaries and wages .................		P	3,575,459.50
		Total for sundry expenses ..................			1,067,210.00
		Total for furniture and equipment ...............			60,550.00
		Total for special purposes .................			2,208,624.00
		Less—forced savings to be apportioned by the Secretary of Public Works and Communications .................			( 165,700.00)
					________
			Total amount available for the Department of Public Works and Communications ..........................	P	6,746.143.50
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SPECIAL PROVISIONS
1. The Director of Posts is authorized to purchase home savings boxes for sale to the public out of the unexpended balance of any appropriation authorized for the Bureau of Posts in this Act in a sum not to exceed P8,000 during any year.
2. The Director of Posts is authorized to use from any unexpended balance of any appropriation authorized for the Bureau of Posts in this Act, a sum of not more than P10.000 for the prompt payment of claims arising from fraudulent encashment or wrong payment of money orders.
3. With the approval of the Head of Department, any unexpended balance not exceeding P30,000 of the appropriations authorized for the Department of Public Works and Communications in this Act may be expended to cover the cost of plates and printing of postage stamps with new designs, to replace the regular postage stamps of all denominations; and, with the approval of the President, an amount not exceeding P30,000 from the same source may also be spent for the cost of plates and printing of commemorative postage stamps.
I. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION I.—Salaries and Wages
(1) OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY Office of the Secretary
	1.	Secretary of the Department .....		P	12,000.00
xxx (Other items, omitted) x x x
(2) BUREAU OF EDUCATION
	1.	One Director ..............................		P	12,000.00
xxx (Other items, omitted) xxx
(3) BUREAU OF HEALTH
	1.	One Director ................................		P	12,000.00
xxx (Other items, omitted) xxx
(4) BUREAU OF PUBLIC WELFARE
	1.	One Director...................................		P	12,000.00
xxx (Other items, omitted) xxx (5) PHILIPPINE GENERAL HOSPITAL
	1.	One Superintendent of the Philippine General Hospital, with furnished quarters and service ......................................		P	6,000.00
	2.	Six resident physicians, additional compensation, with furnished quarters and service, at P600 per annum each........			3,600.00
xxx (Other items, omitted) xxx
(6) BUREAU OF QUARANTINE SERVICE .xxx (Items omitted) x x x
(7) OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL PHYSICAL DIRECTOR
	1.	One Director .............................		P	6,000.00
		xxx (Other items, omitted) x x x
(8) OFFICE OF PRIVATE EDUCATION
	1.	One Director ..............................		P	6,000.00
xxx (Other items, omitted) xxx
(9) OFFICE OF ADULT EDUCATTION
	1.	One Director ..............................		P	6,000.00
xxx (Other items, omitted) xxx
II.—Sundry Expenses xxx (Items omitted) xxx
II.—Furniture and Equipment   xxx (Items omitted) xxx
IV. SPECIAL PURPOSES   xxx (Items omitted) xxx
V.—SUMMARY
		Total for salaries and wages .............		P	6,830,515.40
		Total for sundry expenses ................			2,872,314.00
		Total for furniture and equipment .....			107,090.00
		Total for special purposes ................			20,017,597.00
	Less—forced savings to be apportioned by the Secretary of Public Instruction: Provided, That said savings shall not be taken from items 5, 6, and 7 of the Special Purposes hereof ............................................				(437,800.00)
					________
			Total amount available for the De­partment of Public Instruction ....	P	29.389.716.40
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SPECIAL PROVISIONS
1. Subject to the approval of the Secretary of Public Instruction, part of the sum appropriated for the item "traveling expenses of personnel" may be used to pay the passage from their official stations in the Philippines to their place of residence in the United States, of public school teachers suffering from mental aberration or phy­sical incapacity, whose separation from the service is necessary.

2. To prevent the closing of any elementary school or class for lack of funds in any chartered city or munic­ ipality   receiving   financial   aid   from   any   appropriation provided in this Act for the maintenance of its schools, the Secretary of Public Instruction may order the holding of double-single session in the elementary grades or autho­ rizes   the   employment   of   teachers   with   salaries   lower than the minimum prescribed by existing law.    For the purpose of accomodating all pupils of school age, the num­ ber of pupils in one single class may be raised to fifty. Where the double-single-session is not adopted, the num­ ber of pupils for each class may be raised to fifty.

3. Temporary officers and employees detailed for duty in Culion Leper Colony, who were appointed prior to Jan­ uary first,  nineteen hundred  and  thirty-eight,  to  carry out the purpose of Act No. 2978, may be granted, in the discretion  of the proper Head  of  Department,  28  days' vacation leave with pay for each year of service in said Colony, which vacation must be enjoyed during the year in which earned,  any provision of existing law to  the contrary notwithstanding.

4. The appropriation for the operation of the Mater­ nity  and   Children's   Hospital   and  training   of  midwives in the City of Manila shall include expenses for gradua­ tion of midwives and diplomas not to exceed F200 in any year.

5. The part of the appropriation for "other services" of the Department of Public Instruction, which may be allotted  for the  use  of  the  Philippine  General  Hospital shall be available for the purchase of pins for the graduat­ ing class of nurses  and insignia for the officers of the Hospital, and such other expenses as may be incurred in connection with the holding of graduating exercises and delivery of diplomas to the graduate nurses, the total ex­ penses not to exceed P200 in any one year.

The said allotment shall also be available for expenses not exceeding a total of P200 in any one year, of the hospital for refreshment, music and other expenses in connection with its annual hospital day celebration.

6.  When necessary due to the presence of quarantin- able diseases, any unexpended balance of the appropriation for "salaries and wages"  of the  Bureau  of  Quarantine Service may be used, with the approval of the Secretary of Public Instruction, for salaries and wages of temporary-employees, assistant disinfectors, and laborers who can assist the regular force in disinfection work or in hand­ling supplies, and for the purchase of supplies, any provi­sion of law to the contrary notwithstanding.

7. Any provision of existing law to the contrary not­withstanding, the Director of Health, with the approval of the Secretary of Public Instruction, may spend any un­expended balance of any appropriation authorized in this Act for the Bureau of Health for sundry expenses, for the maintenance, alteration and repair of the buildings for lepers in Culion and other leper stations without the intervention of the Bureau of Public Works, the total amount to be spent not to exceed P3,500.00

J. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
I. Salaries and Wages   (1) OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
	1.	Secretary of the Department ........		P	12,000.00
xxx (Other items omitted) x x x
(2) BUREAU OF LABOR
	1.	One Director ........................................		P	6,000.00
xxx (Other items omitted) xxx
II. Sundry Expenses
xxx (Items omitted) xxx
III. Furniture and Equipment xxx (Items omitted) xxx
IV.—SUMMARY
		Total for salaries and wages ..............		P	508.100.00
		Total for sundry expenses..................			179,000.00
		Total for furniture and equipment ..................			6,683.00
		Less—forced savings to be apportioned by the Secretary of Labor .....................			(26,060.00)
					________
			Total amount available for the Department of Labor ...............	P	667,723.00
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SPECIAL PROVISIONS
1. The appropriation in item II-S shall be disbursed by the Director of Labor upon understanding with the Director of Lands. No payment shall be made for expenses of homeseekers who do not take with them the necessary agricultural tools and implements to cultivate their homesteads. In the selection of homeseekers, preference shall be given to those who take with them their families. No homeseekers shall be sent to Mindanao except to specific places to be designated by the Director of Lands.
K.—GENERAL AUDITING OFFICE   I. Salaries and Wages
	1.	One Auditor General .........................		P	12,000.00
	2.	One Deputy Auditor General ..........			8,500.00
xxx (Items omitted) x x x
II. Sundry Expenses xxx (Items omitted) xxx
III. Furniture and Equipment   xxx (Items omitted) xxx
IV. Special Purpose   xxx (Item omitted) xxx
V. SUMMARY
		Total for salaries and wages ................		P	667.070.00
		Total for sundry expenses ....................			28,630.00
		Total for furniture and equipment ...........			8,480.00
					_______
		Total amount available for the General Auditing Office ...............................		P	704,180.00
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		L.—UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES
		IV.—SPECIAL PURPOSES
	1.	Contribution to the University of the Philippines, in addition to its current receipts, to be disbursed by the Board of Regents of said University, in accordance with section 6 of Act No. 1870, as amended, the provisions of paragraph 83 of section 18 of Act No. 2935, of Acts Nos. 2672, 2095, 2040, 2730, 3043, 3377, 3667, of Commonwealth Act No. 15, and of other Acts to the contrary notwithstanding, including the construction of buildings and permanent improvements. From this contribution a sum of not to exceed P11.150 shall be set aside for the purpose of reimbursing the Budget Commission for the expenses of the accounting service for the University of the Philippines .................................		P	l,317,727.00
	2.	For the transportation, salaries, and other expenses of pensionados and members of the faculty detailed abroad or enjoying sabbatical leave...........			50,000.00
					________
		Total amount available for the University of the Philippines ..............................		P	l,367,727.00
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SPECIAL PROVISIONS
1. Contribution herein provided for the University of the Philippines shall be subject to the following additional conditions and special provisions:
(a) Any provision of existing law to the contrary notwithstanding, the salary of the President of the Univer­ sity of the Philippines shall not exceed P12,000 per annum. (b) Students of the College of Agriculture, University of the Philippines shall be exempt from the payment of any matriculation or tuition fees. (c) The President of the University of the Philip­ pines may authorize the officers and employees of the University to lodge free of charge in government build­ ings situated at the Alabang Station and controlled by the University of the Philippines. This privilege shall be limited to the officers and employees of the School of Hygiene and Public Health engaged in the manufacture of anti-toxins, vaccine, sera, and other biological products at the Alabang laboratories and experiment stations whose salaries or wages are payable from the Alabang Laborato­ ries Revolving Fund: Provided, That the officers and employees herein mentioned shall not be allowed to lodge in rented buildings without requiring them to reimburse to the Government their corresponding reasonable share of the rent.
M.—SUPREME COURT OF THE PHILIPPINES
I. Salaries and Wages   OFFICE OF THE JUSTICES
	1.	One Chief Justice		P	16,000.00
	2.	Six Associate Justices, at P15,000 per annum each ..............................		P	90,000.00
xxx (Other items omitted) x x x
II. Sundry Expenses
xxx (Items omitted) xxx
III. Furniture and Equipment
xxx (Items omitted) xxx
IV. Special Purpose   xxx (Items omitted) xxx
V.—SUMMARY
		Total for salaries and wages ..............		P	212.020.00
		Total for sundry expenses .........................			15,800.00
		Total for furniture and equipment ....			12,000.00
		Total for special purposes ..................			8,850.00
		Less—forced savings ..........................			(1,000.00)
					_______
		Total amount available for the Supreme Court ................................		P	247.670.00
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N.—COURT OF APPEALS
I. Salaries and Wages OFFICE OF THE JUSTICES
	1.	One Presiding Justice .....................		P	13,000.00
	2.	Fourteen Justices, at P12.000 per annum each ...........................................			168,000.00
xxx (Other items omitted) xxx II. Sundry Expenses xxx (Items omitted) xxx
III. Furniture and Equipment xxx (Items omitted) xxx
IV.-SUMMARY
		Total for salaries and wages ................		P	304.960.00
		Total for sundry expenses ....................			26,610.00
		Total for furniture and equipment .......			11,994.00
		Total amount available for the Court of Appeals................................................			________
				P	343.564.00
					________
		TOTAL ................................................		P	75.584.403.00
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SEC. 3. Allotment of appropriations.—The approp­riations for sundry expenses, furniture and equipment, and special appropriations for the bureaus and offices un­der the direct control of the President and for the Exe­cutive Departments shall be allotted, respectively, by the President and the proper Head of Department among the bureaus and offices under their respective control as the needs of the services may require.

SEC. 4. Authority to use forced savings to restore salary rates received by employees in nineteen hundred and thirty-two.—The President of the Philippines is here­by authorized to use any part of the forced savings re­quired from the appropriations authorized in this Act to restore the salaries of employees whose positions are here­in provided to the rates they received in nineteen hundred and thirty-two, in the cases where full restoration of the ten or fifteen per cent salary reductions of nineteen hun­dred and thirty-three have not been made in their res­pective items.

In the case of employees whose salaries are paid from special or trust funds, the amount necessary to effect the restoration of salary rates herein authorized shall be charged against the special or trust funds concerned.

SEC. 5. Appropriations chargeable against coconut cil excise tax.—The amounts appropriated in items B-IV-8, G-IV-10, G-IV-17, G-IV-19, H-IV-8, I-IV-23, I-IV-25 and I-IV-27, under section two of this Act shall be charged against the portion of the unappropriated surplus of the general fund derived from the proceeds of the Philippine coconut oil excise tax collected in the United States in accordance with section 602-1/U of the Revenue Act of Congress of 1934.

SEC. 6. Appropriations to be covered by revenues to be derived from new taxes.—Any of the appropriations in items D-IV-1, G-IV-20, H-IV-16, I-IV-17, I-IV-6, I-IV-7, I-IV-8, I-IV-13, I-IV-14, I-IV-28, I-IV-29, I-IV-30, I-IV-31, and I-IV-34 hereof shall not be available for expenditure until tax laws authorizing the collection of additional re­venues sufficient in amount to cover it are enacted.

SEC. 7. Authority to fill new positions.—No new po­sitions authorized in this Act shall be filled without the previous approval of the President of the Philippines. The provision of this section shall not apply to the Nat­ional Assembly.

SEC. 8.   Suspension of expenditure of appropriation.

—Any provision of this Act to the contrary notwithstand­ing, the President is hereby authorized to suspend or otherwise stop the expenditure of any amount herein ap­propriated for any purpose, or of any portion thereof, whenever in his judgment the public interest so requires, and thereupon the funds affected by such action shall be­come available for any other expenditure authorized in this Act as the President may determine. This provi­sion shall not apply to the appropriations for the National Assembly nor to those of the Judicial Department.

SEC. 9. This Act shall take effect on January first, nineteen hundred and thirty-nine, except where otherwise stated.

APPROVED, June 9, 1938.

Annotations:    Amended by C. A. Nos. 345, 376.