[ Act No. 1094, March 22, 1904 ]
AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF SIXTY THOUSAND PESOS. PHILIPPINE CURRENCY, OR SO MUCH THEREOF AS MAY BE NECESSARY, FOR COMMENCEMENT OF THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE RIVER FRONT ON, AND CONSTRUCTION OF A RIVER WALL ALONG, THE PASIG RIVER, AUTHORIZED BY ACT NUMBERED SIX HUNDRED AND SIXTY-NINE, AND PROVIDING FOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF THE NECESSARY ENGINEERS AND ASSISTANTS.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that:
Section 1. The sum of sixty thousand pesos. Philippine currency, or so much thereof as may be necessary is hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Treasury of the Philippine islands not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of commencing and prosecuting the work of improving the river front on the south side of the Pasig River by the tearing down of a part, of the city wall of Manila, and the erection of a river wall, and reclaiming the land behind the same, authorized by Act Numbered Six hundred and sixty-nine.
Section 2. For the proper inspection and supervision of the work-provided for by Act Numbered Six hundred and sixty-nine, the City Engineer of Manila is hereby authorized to employ, by and with the consent of the Consulting Engineer to the Commission, the following assistants, to wit: One engineer charge, at one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum: one assistant engineer and duct inspector, at one thousand two hundred dollars per annum; one assistant inspector, at one thousand dollars per annum, and one rodman at nine hundred dollars per annum, the salaries authorized herein to be paid from the funds appropriated by section of this Act: Provided, That the employment of such assistants shall not necessarily be subject to the rules and regulations of the Civil Service Act and its amendments: And provided further, That if any of such assistants are selected from the permanent personnel of the Bureau of Engineering they shall not lose their status in the classified civil service by virtue, of such temporary transfer.
Section 3. The work, appropriation for which is made by section one of this Act, shall be conducted under the regulations, limitations, and restrictions which are prescribed by Act Numbered Six hundred and sixty-nine.
Section 4.1aшphi1 The provisions of the first paragraph of section three of Act Numbered Eight hundred and seven, providing the manner in which withdrawals of moneys appropriated in said Act shall be made, are hereby made applicable to the withdrawal of moneys appropriated by this Act.
Section 5. 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 6. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, March 22, 1904.
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