[ Act No. 925, October 05, 1903 ]
AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, BY PROVIDING FOR CERTAIN ADDITIONS AND INCREASES IN THE PERSONNEL AND ALLOWANCES FOR OFFICERS AND CREWS OF THE COAST GUARD FLEET.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that:
Section 1.1aшphi1 Act Numbered Five hundred and eleven, entitled "An Act fixing the salaries and wages of officers and crews of the Coast Guard fleet," enacted November tenth, nineteen hundred and two, is hereby amended as follows:
By adding to the number of employees provided in said Act under the heading of "Cutters," a carpenter at twenty dollars per month; by increasing the salary of the chief engineer, under the heading "Seagoing launches," from seven hundred and twenty to one thousand and eighty dollars per annum, that of the first assistant engineer from thirty to thirty-five dollars per month, and that of the second assistant engineer from seventeen dollars and fifty cents to thirty dollars per month: Provided, however, That these increases shall only apply to the seagoing launches Ranger, Rover, and Scout; by increasing the salary of the chief engineer, under the heading "Twin-screw launch Pickett (light-house tender)," from nine hundred to one thousand and eighty dollars per annum; by increasing the subsistence allowance for the officers of the Coast Guard fleet from thirty cents, gold, per day to a sum not exceeding fifty cents, gold, per diem, and that for the petty officers and crew from ten cents, gold, per day to fifteen cents, gold, per day; and by increasing, under the heading "Clothing allowance," the annual allowance to six suits and three hats instead of three suits and two hats.
Section 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.
Section 3. This Act shall be retroactive and take effect as of July first, nineteen hundred and three.
Enacted, October 5, 1903.
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