EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 12
It having been brought to my attention that the provisions of Act Numbered One hundred and ninety-eight, as regards the use of official transportation, are being violated, the following instructions are issued, pursuant to the provisions of Act Numbered Three hundred and twenty-one, for the guidance of the heads of the various bureaus and offices, who are hereby held accountable for compliance with their terms:
Executive Orders Numbered Sixty-six, of nineteen hundred and two, and Fifty-nine, Ninety-three, and One hundred and four of nineteen hundred and three, and all special orders relating to official transportation are hereby revoked.
Official transportation of every nature, including automobiles, must be restricted to use only on official business and not for the personal convenience or benefit of the official or employee making use of such transportation.
Bureau chiefs are directed to formulate such rules for their Bureaus, and such written instructions for the guidance of their employees in this matter as will insure compliance with the law, and to submit them to this office for approval, after securing which they shall be promulgated.
All permissions heretofore given for the use of official transportation between the residence of any official and the office, or vice versa, and the housing of Government transportation at the home of any official or employee, are hereby revoked.
It appearing necessary and desirable for the public service, the following official of the Insular Government and city of Manila will be permitted to house at their residences the transportation assigned them, or to have official transportation call at their residences to convey them to their offices, or vice versa, such transportation to be used by them on official business only:
The Aide-de-camp to the Governor-General,
The Director of Constabulary,
The Superintendent of Information Division, Bureau of Constabulary,
The Chief Quarantine Officer,
The Chief of Police
The Assistant Chief of Police,
The Chief of secret Service,
The Chief and Deputy Chief of the Fire Department, and
The City Electrician.
W. CAMERON FORBES
Governor-General
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