[ Act No. 682, March 14, 1903 ]
AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND FIVE DOLLARS AND FORTY-FIVE CENTS, IN MONEY OF THE UNITED STATES, OR SO MUCH THEREOF AS MAY BE NECESSARY, FOR CERTAIN EXPENSES OF THE INSULAR GOVERNMENT DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THREE.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that:
EXECUTIVE.
EXECUTIVE BUREAU.
Contingent expenses, Executive Bureau, nineteen hundred and three: For contingent expenses, including purchase of furniture, stationery, office supplies, electric lighting and supplies for the Ayuntamiento Building, advertising, telegrams, cablegrams, publication of laws, per diems of five dollars to the aid-de-camp to the Civil Governor of the Philippine Islands, from October twenty-first, nineteen hundred and two, for reimbursement, not exceeding sixty-two dollars, local currency, to the master of the Coast Guard steamship Busuanga for perishable provisions purchased and not used by reason of abandonment of proposed trip of said steamer under directions of the Commission, and other incidental expenses, eleven thousand seven hundred and thirty dollars.
BUREAU OF INSULAR PURCHASING AGENT.
The Insular Purchasing Agent is hereby authorized to employ three clerks of class nine in lieu of one clerk Class A, one clerk Class D, one clerk Class H, two watchmen Class C, and two laborers at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum, heretofore authorized, and appropriations made under Act Numbered Five hundred and ninety-five for salaries and wages, Bureau of the Insular Purchasing Agent, are hereby made available for the force herein authorized for the remainder of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BOARD OF HEALTH FOR THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
Salaries and wages, Board of Health for the Philippine Islands nineteen hundred and three: Sanitary Engineer for the city of Manila at three thousand dollars per annum, one thousand dollars.
Transportation, Board of Health for the Philippine Islands, nineteen hundred and two: For allowances in lieu of traveling expenses to Liborio Silva, not exceeding twenty-nine dollars, local currency, and to Felipe Atilano, not exceeding twenty-seven dollars, local currency, while discharging the duties of public vaccinators in the Province of Cebu from April twenty-third to June eighth, nineteen hundred and two, twenty-three dollars.
Contingent expenses, Board of Health for the Philippine Islands, nineteen hundred and three: For payment to Robert V. Dell, for balance due for caskets furnished and services rendered in the burial of the remains of Bert Vanbalkenberg and G. C. Baker, employees of the Insular Government, not exceeding three hundred and twenty-seven dollars and eighty-five cents, local currency, one hundred and fifty dollars.
In all, for the Board of Health for the Philippine Islands, one thousand one hundred and seventy-three dollars.
PHILIPPINE WEATHER BUREAU.
Contingent expenses, Philippine Weather Bureau, nineteen hundred and three: For the purchase and installation of storm signals, not exceeding six hundred and ninety-two dollars, local currency, two hundred and seventy-five dollars.
BUREAU OF GOVERNMENT LABORATORIES.
Salaries and wages, Bureau of Government Laboratories, nineteen hundred and three: One librarian class eight, one clerk Class A, six hundred and twelve dollars and fifty cents.
The Superintendent of Government Laboratories is hereby authorized to employ two assistant bacteriologists, class nine, in lieu of one assistant bacteriologist at one thousand five hundred dollars per annum, and one clerk at one thousand and twenty dollars per annum as heretofore authorized, and appropriations made under Act Numbered Five hundred and ninety-five for salaries and wages, Bureau of Government Laboratories, are hereby made available for the force herein authorized for the remainder of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and three.
Contingent expenses, Bureau of Government Laboratories, nineteen hundred and three: For contingent expenses, including rent of additional laboratory building, not to exceed three hundred and fifty dollars, local currency, per month, four hundred and four dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Government Laboratories, one thousand and sixteen dollars and fifty cents.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND POLICE.
BUREAU OF PHILIPPINES CONSTABULARY.
Pay of Philippines Constabulary, nineteen hundred and three: For the difference between the pay of brigadier-general and colonels, respectively, and, that of their respective ranks in the United States Army of the officers detailed as Chief and assistant chiefs of the Philippines Constabulary pursuant to the provisions of the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled "An Act to promote the efficiency of the Philippines Constabulary, to establish the rank and pay of its commanding officers, and for other purposes," approved January thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, from the dates of the respective details of said officers to the Philippines Constabulary, two thousand three hundred and seventeen dollars and sixty-six cents.
Contingent expenses, Philippines Constabulary, nineteen hundred and three: For the purchase and transportation of telegraph and telephone supplies, construction, repair and maintenance of telegraph and telephone lines, and other incidental expenses, fifty-nine thousand four hundred and twenty-three dollars and twenty-nine cents.
The allowance for per diems of five dollars to the Chief and first assistant chief made under Act Numbered Five hundred and ninety-five shall not be paid after the dates of the respective appointments of said officers under the provisions of Act of Congress approved January thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three.
The payment of per diems of five dollars to the superintendent of the telegraph division, from the date of his service with the Bureau, is hereby authorized out of appropriations for contingent expenses, Philippines Constabulary, nineteen hundred and three.
In all, for the Bureau of Philippines Constabulary, sixty-one thousand seven hundred and forty dollars and ninety-five-cents.
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND JUSTICE.
BUREAU OF CUSTOMS AND IMMIGRATION.
Revenue launches, Bureau of Customs and Immigration, nineteen hundred and three: For the maintenance and expenses of launches and revenue cutters, including salaries and wages of officers and crews, supplies, fuel, and repairs for the same, one thousand one hundred and thirty dollars.
Contingent expenses, Bureau, of Customs and Immigration, nineteen hundred and three: For the purchase of a building at Jolo for use in the transaction of customs business and for office purposes by the different officers of the Insular Government stationed at Jolo, not to exceed forty thousand dollars, local currency, fifteen thousand four hundred dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Customs and Immigration, sixteen thousand five hundred and thirty dollars.
BUREAU OF JUSTICE.
Salaries and wages, Bureau of Justice, nineteen hundred and three:
Court, of Land Registration:
One assistant clerk at two thousand dollars per annum, one examiner of titles for the city of Manila at one thousand five hundred dollars per annum, two clerks class seven, one clerk class eight, one clerk Class D, one clerk Class E, one clerk Class F, one clerk Class G, one clerk Class H, one clerk Class I, two employees at one hundred and eighty dollars per annum, four thousand six hundred and fifty dollars.
Contingent expenses, Bureau of Justice, nineteen hundred and three: For contingent expenses, including purchase of supplies, furniture, advertising, for incidental expenses of the Court of Land Registration, six thousand five hundred dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Justice, eleven thousand one hundred and fifty dollars.
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
BUREAU OF EDUCATION.
Salaries and wages, Bureau of Education, nineteen hundred and two: For payment of salaries to teachers during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and two, not exceeding ninety dollars, local currency, thirty-five dollars.
BUREAU OF PUBLIC PRINTING.
The following Bureaus are authorized to order from the Bureau of Public Printing such printing and binding as may be approved by the Civil Governor or by the head of the Executive Department to which they respectively belong, not exceeding in cost the amount set opposite the name of the respective Bureaus:
Bureau of Justice, one thousand five hundred dollars.1aшphi1
City of Manila, eight hundred dollars.
BUREAU OF ARCHITECTURE AND CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Public works, Bureau of Architecture and Construction of Public Buildings: For maintenance, repairs to, and construction of the following public buildings, and so forth, not exceeding in cost the amounts respectively set opposite:
At Baguio, in the Province of Benguet, two thousand five hundred dollars.
Bureau of Coast Guard and Transportation, two thousand dollars.
Bureau of Architecture, five hundred dollars.
Pilot's and semaphore stations, one thousand seven hundred dollars.
In all, for public works, six thousand seven hundred dollars.
BUREAU OF ARCHIVES.
Salaries and wages, Bureau of Archives, nineteen hundred and three: Chief of Bureau at three thousand dollars per annum, two clerks class eight, three hundred and forty-one dollars and sixty-seven cents.
Contingent expenses, Bureau of Archives, nineteen hundred and three: For contingent expenses, including purchase of furniture, office supplies, and other incidental expenses, two hundred and eighty dollars.
In all, for the Bureau of Archives, six hundred and twenty-one dollars and sixty-seven cents.
THE OFFICIAL GAZETTE.
The Editor of the Official Gazette is hereby authorized to employ one clerk of Class I in addition to the force heretofore authorized, and appropriations made under Act Numbered Five hundred and ninety-five for "Salaries and wages, the Official Gazette," are hereby made available for the payment of said additional clerk.
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF LEPANTO-BONTOC.
For a fund to be expended by the provincial governor of Lepanto-Bontoc for the purchase of articles for presents to members of non-Christian tribes in said province, for the purpose of bringing said non-Christian tribes in closer contact with the Government authorities, and for purchase of seeds, plants, and so forth, for distribution among the inhabitants of said province, not to exceed four hundred and fifty dollars, local currency, two hundred and seventy-five dollars.
CITY OF MANILA.
Salaries and wages, Law Department, city of Manila, nineteen hundred and three: One Register of Deeds at two thousand dollars per annum, one deputy register of deeds Class A, two clerks Class I, two clerks Class J, and one employee at one hundred and twenty dollars per annum, one thousand seven hundred and eight dollars and thirty-three cents.
Contingent expenses, Law Department, city of Manila, nineteen hundred and three: For contingent expenses, including purchase of stationery and supplies, books, furniture, coolie hire, repairs, and hire of vehicles in Manila on official business when such transportation can not be furnished by the Insular Purchasing Agent, wit to exceed fifty dollars, for the office of the Register of Deeds, one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.
In all, for the city of Manila, two thousand nine hundred and fifty-eight dollars and thirty-three cents.
Total of appropriations for all purposes, one hundred and fourteen thousand two hundred and five dollars and forty-five cents, in money of the United States, or so much thereof as may be necessary.
Enacted, March 14, 1903.
