[ Act No. 1248, October 14, 1904 ]
AN ACT MAKING ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR SUNDRY EXPENSES OF THE INSULAR GOVERNMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FOUR, AND OTHER DESIGNATED PERIODS.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that:
BUREAU OF THE INSULAR PURCHASING AGENT.
Salaries and wages, Bureau of the Insular Purchasing Agent, nineteen hundred and four: Any unexpended balance of funds appropriated under this head is hereby made available for the payment of one stock tender at one thousand dollars per annum from February twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and four; one foreman, at nine hundred dollars per annum, from May first, nineteen hundred and four; and one foreman, at two hundred and forty dollars per annum, from March first, nineteen hundred and four.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
BUREAU OF HEALTH.
Salaries and wages, Bureau of Health, nineteen hundred and four: Any unexpended balance of funds appropriated under this head is hereby made available for the payment of salary of the president of the board of health of Abra from June first, nineteen hundred and four, at nine hundred dollars per annum.
Support of hospitals, plants, and slat inns. Bureau of Health, nineteen, hundred and four: The unexpended balance of funds appropriated by Act Numbered One thousand and ten for the repair of the leper hospital building at Cebu and made available by Act Numbered Eleven hundred and eighty-eight for construction of nipa barracks and a fence for the housing and detention of lepers at Cebu, is hereby made available for the equipment of a. leper hospital at that point and for expenditure until exhausted. The funds heretofore appropriated under this head for repairs to buildings on Lolomboy estate and aqueduct for bringing water to same, for hospital for insane, not to exceed ten thousand pesos, is hereby made available for withdrawal until expended.
QUARANTINE SERVICE.
Transportation, Quarantine Service nineteen hundred and four: The funds appropriated under this head by Act Numbered Eleven hundred and eighty-eight, for launch repairs and supplies, are hereby made available for expenditure until exhausted.
BUREAU SERVICE.
Transportation, Bureau of Forestry, nineteen hundred and four: For expenditure under the provisions of Act Numbered One thousand and forty-nine, three thousand five hundred pesos.
BUREAU OF PUBLIC LANDS.
Contingent expenses, Bureau of Public Lands, nineteen hundred and three: The unexpended balance of funds appropriated under this head is hereby made available for reimbursement of the Chief of the Bureau of Public Lands for cost of transportation in Manila mi official business, not to exceed fourteen pesos; and for reimbursement of the Chief of the Bureau of Public Lands for hire of necessary laborers and cost of supplies, not to exceed twenty-seven pesos.
BUREAU OF GOVERNMENT LABORATORIES.
Transportation, Bureau of Government Laboratories, nineteen hundred and four: For expenditure under the provisions of Act Numbered One thousand and forty-nine, five hundred pesos.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND POLICE.
SIGNAL SERVICE.
Construction, maintenance, and operation of telegraph, telephone, and cable lines, signal Service, nineteen hundred and four: The funds heretofore appropriated under this head are hereby made available for the payment of wages of not to exceed five cooks for the Signal Corps mess in lieu of detailing enlisted operators and linemen.
BUREAU OF PHILIPPINES CONSTABULARY.
Pay of Philippines Constabulary, nineteen hundred and four: For expenditure as provided in Act Numbered One thousand and forty-nine, eighty-seven thousand pesos.
Transportation, Philippines Constabulary, nineteen hundred and four: The unexpended balance of funds appropriated under this head is made available for expenditure in the repair of the road between Baoang and Naguilian, not to exceed fifty pesos; and for official transportation from the coast or nearest railway station to Baguio for all Government supplies except for Benguet road and improvements: Provided, however, That this section shall not be construed to provide for any transportation covered by this paragraph which has already been paid for by other Bureaus.
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND JUSTICE.
BUREAU OF CUSTOMS AND IMMIGRATION.
Salaries and wages, Bureau of Customs and Immigration, nineteen hundred and four: The unexpended balance of funds appropriated under this head is hereby made available for compensation of a temporary Chinese interpreter and translator, Class II, at the port of Job, from January first to March fifteenth, nineteen hundred and four.
Revenue cutters and launches, Bureau of Customs and Immigration, nineteen hundred and four: For disbursement as provided in Act Numbered One thousand and forty-nine, three thousand nine hundred and fifty pesos.
Revenue cutlers and launches, Bureau of Customs and Immigration, nineteen hundred and three: The unexpended balance of funds appropriated under this head is hereby made available for the purchase of ice for use on customs butters.
Transportation, Bureau of Customs and Immigration, nineteen hundred and three: For reimbursement of Vernon H. Petre for necessary expenses incurred while on temporary duty at the Cebu custom-house, from December fifteenth, nineteen hundred and two, to April thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, under orders from the Collector of Customs for the Philippine Islands; two hundred and seventy-nine pesos and fifty-four centavos.
In all, for the Bureau of Customs and Immigration, four thousand two hundred and twenty-nine pesos and fifty-four centavos.
BUREAU OF JUSTICE.
Salaries and wages, Bureau of Justice, nineteen hundred and four: For disbursement as provided in Act Numbered One thousand and forty-nine; and for extra compensation to Custavus A. Ohlinger for special services in the preparation of Volume I of the Opinions of the Attorney-General, not to exceed two hundred pesos, the provisions of existing law to the contrary notwithstanding; twelve thousand five hundred pesos.
Transportation, Bureau of Justice, nineteen hundred and four: For disbursement as provided in Act Numbered One thousand, and forty-nine, and for traveling expenses in the United States when authorized by resolution of the Commission, one thousand seven hundred pesos.
In all, for the Bureau of Justice, fourteen thousand two hundred pesos.1aшphi1
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
BUREAU OF EDUCATION.
Transportation, Bureau of Education, nineteen hundred and four: For disbursement as provided in Act Numbered One thousand and forty-nine, and for actual and necessary traveling expenses of teachers from the United States to their respective stations, nine thousand pesos.
School furniture and supplies, Bureau of Education, nineteen hundred and four: For the purchase of school books, furniture, and supplies, including cartage, customs duties, packing, storage, and transportation of same, fifteen thousand four hundred pesos.
In all, for the Bureau of Education, twenty-four thousand four hundred pesos.
PHILIPPINE EXPOSITION BOARD.
Any unexpended funds appropriated on account of the Philippine exhibit at the Saint Louis Purchase Exposition are, hereby made available for the payment oil extra compensation of fifteen dollars per month to each member of the Constabulary Hand from the date of the arrival of said band at Saint Louis until and including the date of its departure therefrom en route to Manila, the provisions of existing laws to the contrary notwithstanding; for purchase and gratuitous distribution oil woolen uniforms to the enlisted men of the Philippines Constabulary on duty at the Exposition, not to exceed six thousand pesos; and for reimbursement on account of advances from other appropriations, not to exceed fifteen thousand pesos, as provided in resolution of the Commission, dated July eighteenth, nineteen hundred and four.
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF MINDORO.
Contingent expenses, provincial government of Mindoro, nineteen hundred and three: For payment of court fees in criminal cases, two hundred and eighty pesos.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The following sums, or so much thereof as may be found to be clue on settlement of the respective claims by the Auditor, are hereby appropriated for the purposes specified:
For reimbursement to the Province of Bataan of salary paid the acting provincial governor for the months of May and June, nineteen hundred and four, five hundred pesos.
For suitable rewards to the officers and members of the crew of the British steamer Landaura in recognition of their bravery at sea in rescuing the passengers and crew of the disabled Philippine steamer Alarta on November twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and one, eight hundred and ninety pesos: Provided, That the funds hereby appropriated shall be expended under the direction of the Chief of Coast Guard and Transportation.
For the payment to R. V. Dell, undertaker, for coffin furnished and services rendered in connection with the burial of Ed Magner, the proceeds of the estate having been deposited in the Insular Treasury in accordance with law, forty pesos.
For the clerk of the Court of First instance, Province of Mindoro for court fees in criminal cases due by the former Province of Marinduque, from May first to October thirty-first, nineteen hundred and two, three hundred and seventy-two pesos.
INSULAR SALARY AND EXPENSE FUND.
Any unexpended balance appropriated under this head is hereby made available for the payment of medical attendance, necessary transportation, and hospital fees of officers and employees injured in clear line of duty, when authorized by the Civil Governor or proper head of Department, but such payment shall not be made from this appropriation when the Bureau or Office concerned has an available appropriation for contingent expenses or public works, as the case may be, from which such payment can be made.
Total of appropriations for all purposes, one hundred and thirty-five thousand nine hundred and eleven pesos and fifty-four centavos, or so much thereof as may be necessary.
Enacted, October 14, 1904.
