H. No. 301 / 42 OG No. 7, 1465 (July, 1946)
(a) Item A (1)-IV-1, page 8. For traveling and other expenses of Committees of the Senate when authorized by resolution of the latter to undertake studies in and outside of the Philippines....................................................................... 200,000.00
(b) Item B-IV (13), page 36. For expenses of the inauguration of the Republic of the Philippines on July fourth, nineteen hundred and forty-six, including transportation, accommodation and entertainment of official guests and other incidental, expenses........................................................... 200,000.00
(c) Item L-I (4)-2, page 440. One Director 7,200.00 Excess of actual salary ......................................................................
240.00
SEC. 3. The following sums or so much thereof as may be necessary, are appropriated for the purposes herein specified for the operation of the offices concerned in addition to the appropriation authorized for said offices in Commonwealth Act Numbered Seven hundred and twenty-three: Provided, That no amount authorized under the Department of Justice, items (a) and (b), for the People's Court and the Office of Special Prosecutors shall be available for creating new positions nor for increasing the compensations authorized for existing positions: Provided, further, That the appropriation authorized under this section shall be available for the payment of expenses incurred prior to July first, nineteen hundred and forty-six:
(d) Item 1. For covering deficits in the appropriations authorized in this Act for the Executive Branch of the Government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines which the President may authorize ..................................................................................... 375,000.00
(a) For other services, including transportation and additional secretarial services for the members of the Senate, or expenses incurred by direction of the President of the Senate......................................................... P100,000.00(b) For the alteration, repair, rental, and maintenance of the offices of the Senators in the City Hall, including furniture and equipment ....................................................... 200,000.00
a) For other services, including transportation and additional secretarial services for the members of the House of Representatives, or expenses incurred by direction of the Speaker...................................................................... P400,000.00
(a) For expenses of investigating committees or commissions as the President may authorize................. P200,000.00
A. For Department proper (Home Office) — 1. For salaries and wages.........................
P469,060.002. For sundry expenses...........................
P363,000.00(a) Traveling expenses of personnel ........
P70,000.00(b) Freight, express, and delivery service... 5,000.00(c) Postal, telegraph, telephone, radio, and cable service….................................... 10,000.00(d) Illumination and power service........ 2,000.00(e) Other services, including contributions and subscriptions to, or membership dues in, foreign services or international organizations; expenses for entertainment of foreign diplomatic representatives; and allowances for representation expenses as may be authorized by the President....... 250,000.00(f) Consumption of supplies and materials... 20,000.00(g) Printing and binding reports, documents, and publications........................................ 3,000.00(h) Maintenance and repair of equipment.... 3,000.003. For furniture and equipment..................
P50,000.004. For special purposes.............................
556,480.00(a) For salaries, traveling, representation and other expenses of delegates to the United Nations, and to International conventions and conferences ....................................
P200,000.00(b) For allowances, transportation and other expenses of trainees in foreign service...... P250,000.00(c) For salaries and other expenses of Advisers and Consultants in Foreign Affairs. P50,000.00(d) For cultural publicity, including participation in fairs and expositions of the Republic of the Philippines....................... P50,000.00(e) For reimbursement to the General Auditing Office for salaries of personnel of the accounting-auditing services................ P6,480.00B. For Embassy, Washington, D. C.—
1. For salaries, wages and post allowances ..
P278,680.002. For sundry and other expenses 150,000.00C. For Consulates General (San Francisco, New York City and Honolulu) —
1. For salaries, wages and post allowances ..
P105,200.002. For sundry and other expenses................ P120,000.00D. For other diplomatic and consular establishments that may be set up as the needs of the service may require.................
P907,580.00Total....................................................... P3,000,000.00 3,000,000.00
(c) For the payment of pensions to veterans of past Philippine revolutions or wars in accordance with the provisions of Commonwealth Act No. 605, including the operating expenses of the Board on Pensions for Veterans.. P300,000.00(d) For the payment of retirement gratuities to officers and employees of the Office of the Resident Commissioner of the Philippines to the United States, who may be separated from the service upon the establishment of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines on July fourth, nineteen hundred and forty-six, subject to the provisions of section four (b) hereof............................................................. P300,000.00
(a) Four delegates at P6,000 ………..............................
24,000.00(b) For carrying out activities in the restoration and maintenance of peace and order, and other contingent expenses as may be authorized by the Secretary of the Interior with the approval of the President...................... P500,000.00
(a) For the operating expenses, including salaries and wages, sundry expenses, and furniture and equipment, of the People's Court in carrying out the provisions of Commonwealth Act No. 682……..................................
P650,000.00(b) For the operating expenses, including salaries and wages, sundry expenses, and furniture and equipment, of the Office of Special Prosecutors in carrying out the provisions of Commonwealth Act No. 682 …..................................... P750,000.00(c) For the organization and operation of liaison offices between the United States Army, Navy, or other agencies or instrumentalities of the Government of the United States established in the Philippines and the Government of the Philippines to help veterans, widows, and orphans of Filipino citizens who served in the Armed Forces of the United States, and Filipino citizens who suffered losses and/or damages not exceeding P2,000 on account of war operations, in the enforcement of their claims by reason of such services and/or losses or damages, and for the training of personnel for the purpose......................................... P300,000.00
(a) For the purchase and production of breeding animals in connection with the campaign for increased meat production ……..................................................
P1,000,000.00(b) For the restocking of breeding stations and stock farms................................................................. P500,000.00(c) For the reconditioning, reestablishment, equipment, operation and maintenance of the Sisiman Quarantine Station and Slaughterhouse................................... P150,000.00(d) For the purchase of seeds and other planting materials, as well as the cost of their propagation and distribution to increase agricultural production............................. P600,000.00
(a) For the organization and maintenance of labor placement offices to assist unemployed persons, including demobilized personnel of the Philippine Army, unemployed USAFFES and guerrillas, members of the women's auxiliary service, volunteer guards, "bolo" battalions, and laid-off civilian employees who shall be given first priorities in the procurement of employment.................................... P250,000.00
(a) For relief and rehabilitation of indigent widows, orphans, invalids, and other indigent war victims who are not entitled to the benefits provided by existing laws, and for immediate relief to, indigent widows and orphans of members of the USAFFE, volunteer guards and members of "bolo" battalions of duly recognized guerrillas, and of unrecognized guerrillas killed by the Japanese for guerrilla activities until the United States Veterans Administration should begin payment of their claims or allowances, in which case they shall refund the amount of relief they may have received from the proceeds of their claims against the United States Veterans Administration: Provided, That not more than P40,000 hereof shall be used for salaries and wages of new or additional social workers and other employees: Provided, further, That the disposition of this appropriation shall be in accordance with rules and regulations to be promulgated by the Secretary of Health and Public Welfare with the approval of the President ………...........................................
P1,000,000.00
(1) For rates in Grade 10: P50
(2) For rates in Grade 9: P45
(3) For rates in Grade 8: P40
(4) For rates in Grade 7: P35
(5) For rates in Grade 6: P30
(6) For rates in Grade 5: P25
(7) For the first rate in Grade 4: P15
SEC. 4. Notwithstanding the provisions of section one hereof—
Provided, however, That no employee receiving salary other than any of the rates prescribed for the corresponding grade in which the said salary falls shall be given less than the salary, including bonus, of another employee in the next lower rate: Provided, further, That the bonuses to be given to employees whose salaries are chargeable against special funds shall be paid out of such funds : And provided, finally, That the President may, at any time during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and forty-seven, order the reduction of the rates of bonuses authorized herein or suspend or otherwise stop the payment thereof whenever, in his judgment, the public interest so requires, but in case of reduction, the same shall be general and the reduction shall be uniform for similar rates of bonus.............................................. P38,000,000.00