Executive Order No. 30




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 30, March 08, 1945 ] APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES AS REESTABLISHED, FOR A PORTION OF THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIVE WHEREAS, the Government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines has been reestablished on Philippine soil; and WHEREAS, it is essential that the expenses for the operation of said Government be made in accordance with a regular budget of expenditures; NOW, THEREFORE, I, SERGIO OSMEÑA, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, and pursuant to the provisions of the existing laws, do hereby ordain that: 1. So much-of the different amounts authorized in Commonwealth Act No. 654, known as the "General Appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and forty-two," enacted by the National Assembly and approved on June 21, 1941, as may correspond to the period starting from the date of the reestablishment of the Government of the Commonwealth on Philippine soil on October 23, 1944 to June 30, 1945, is hereby appropriated out of any funds of the Commonwealth Government not otherwise appropriated for the operation of the Government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines. 2. For the purpose of effecting savings from the appropriations authorized in the next preceding paragraph, each head of department shall immediately submit to the President a special budget which shall include the plantilla of personnel and such amounts for sundry expenses, furniture and equipment, etc., as may be considered absolutely indispensable for the reestablishment and operation of his department and the bureaus and offices under it up to June 30, 1945, inclusive. 3. No new position shall be created unless the salary thereof can be covered from savings effected from the appropriations for salaries and wages of the department concerned, and such position shall not be filled without the previous approval of the President. 4. The provisions of sections two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, and ten of Commonwealth Act No. 654, which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Executive Order, are hereby continued in force. Done at the City of Manila, this 8th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Forty-Five, and of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, the tenth.1âшphi1 (Sgd.) SERGIO OSMEÑA President of the Philippines By the President: (Sgd.) JOSE S. REYES Secretary to the President The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation