[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 891, June 19, 1953 ]
AN ACT APPROPRIATING ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 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. 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 period from July first, nineteen hundred and fifty-two to June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifty-three, for the purposes specified hereunder:
ORDINARY EXPENDITURES
A.—CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES
(2) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
I.—Salaries and Wages
| 1. 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 |
P75,000.00 |
| 2. For supplementary force that may be employed at any time in the discretion of the Speaker, including additional compensation for per diems to the military and police attaches of the Speaker |
P75,000.00 |
| Total for salaries and wages |
P150,000.00 |
II.—Sundry Expenses
| 1. For payment of the cash commutation of the accumulated vacation and/or sick leaves of secretarial and clerical personnel of the Members of the House of Representatives |
P100,000.00 |
| Total for sundry expenses |
P100,000.00 |
| Total amount available for the House of Representatives |
P250,000.00 |
H-DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND COMMUNICATIONS
IV.—Special Purposes
| 1. For the transportation of foreign airmail, Bureau of Posts |
P1,500,000.00 |
| Total amount available for the Department of Public Works and Communication |
P1,500,000.00 |
I.—DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
IV.—Special Purposes
| 1. For the operation and maintenance of 3,000 additional public elementary classes including salaries of teachers, salary adjustments for 1950—1951, sundry expenses,purchase of equipment and for the purchase of textbooks, Bureau of Public Schools |
P6,103,000.00 |
| Total amount available for the Department of Education |
P6,103,000.00 |
L.—Department op Health
II.—Sundry Expenses
| 1. Consumption of supplies and materials, Bureau of Hospitals |
P230,000.00 |
| North General Hospital |
P100,000.00 |
| National Orthopedic Hospital |
100,000.00 |
| National Indigent Children's Hospital |
30,000.00 |
|
P230,000.00 |
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| Total amount available for the Department of Health |
|
P230,000.00 |
| Total amount available for Ordinary Expenditures |
|
P8,083,900.00 |
EXTRAORDINARY EXPENDITURES
K.—Department of National Defense
Special Purpose
| 1. For payment of family subsistence allowance to officers and enlisted men of the Armed Forces of the Philippines assigned to overseas duty, authorized in Republic Act No. 815 |
P1,500,000.00 |
| Total amount available for the Department of National Defense |
P1,500,000.00 |
| Total amount available for Extraordinary Expenditures |
P1,500,000.00 |
| GRAND TOTAL OF THE APPROPRIATIONS AUTHORIZED IN THIS ACT: NINE MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED EIGHTY-THREEE THOUSAND, NINE HUNDRED PESOS |
P9,583,900.00 |
Section 2. The provisions of Republic Act Numbered Eight hundred and sixteen to the contrary notwithstanding, any savings from the appropriations authorized in the said Act for the Department of Justice and the Department of National Defense may be used to cover the following additional expenses of said departments, respectively, not exceeding the amounts specified hereunder:
F.—Department of Justice
II.—Sundry Expenses
| 1. Traveling expenses of personnel, Court of Industrial Relations |
P10,000.00 |
| 2. Postal, telegraph, telephone, cable and radio service, Bureau of Immigration |
3,700.00 |
| 3. Illumination and power service, Bureau of Immigration |
2,500.00 |
| 4. Rental of buildings and grounds. Bureau of Immigration |
100.00 |
| 5. Consumption of supplies and materials, Bureau of Immigration |
14,000.00 |
| 6. Traveling expenses of persons not government employees, including subsistence of alien detainees which in no case shall exceed Pl.50 per day, Bureau of Immigration |
27,500.00 |
| 7. Maintenance and repair of equipment, Bureau of Immigration |
460.00 |
| 8. Other services, Bureau of Immigration |
1,740.00 |
| Total for sundry expenses |
P60,000.00 |
| Total amount available for the Department of Justice |
P60,000.00 |
K.—Department of National Defense
ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES
I.—Salaries and Wages
| 1. For the implementation of the Minimum Wage Law |
P1,369,005.00 |
| General Headquarters | 1a⍵⍴h!1
P110,000.00 |
| Philippine Constabulary |
160,000.00 |
| Philippine Army |
930,005.00 |
| Philippine Air Force |
82,000.00 |
| Philippine Navy |
87,000.00 |
|
P1,369,005.00 |
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| Total amount available for the Department of national Defense |
P1,369,005.00 |
Section 3. The special and general provisions of Republic Act Numbered Eight hundred and sixteen are hereby made applicable to the appropriations provided in this Act: Provided, That no portion of the different items of the appropriations contained in this Act shall be transferred to any other item.
Section 4. Effective date.—This Act shall take effect as of July first, nineteen hundred and fifty-two.
Approved, June 19, 1953.
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