[ Act No. 2018, January 26, 1911 ]
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE MUNICIPAL COUNCILS TO APPROPRIATE AT THE BEGINNING OF. EACH YEAR A CERTAIN SUM FROM THE SCHOOL FUNDS TO PAY THE TRAVELING EXPENSES OF MUNICIPAL TEACHERS WHEN, AT A CERTAIN TIME OF THE YEAR, THEY HAVE TO GO TO MANILA OR TO PROVINCIAL CAPITALS OR ANY PLACE IN THE PROVINCES TO ATTEND THE SO-CALLED SUMMER SCHOOLS.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Legislature, that:
Section 1. Municipal councils are hereby authorized to appropriate at the beginning of each year a certain sum from the school funds for the purpose of paying the necessary traveling expenses of municipal teachers, when, at a certain time of the year, they have to go to Manila or to provincial capitals or any other place in the provinces that the superintendent may designate, to attend the so-called summer schools: Provided, That provincial teachers coming to Manila at their own choice, and with the permission of the division superintendent, and not by order of the latter, shall pay the difference between the traveling expenses from the place in the province where the summer school is to be held and those from their place of residence to Manila: And provided, finally, That in the event the superintendent shall recommend that some municipal teacher be sent to Manila, he shall give timely notice to the municipal council of his recommendation.
Section 2.1aшphi1 The vouchers for the traveling expenses of municipal teachers, as provided tor in the next preceding section, shall be approved by the municipal president and the division superintendent of the province where the teacher has his place of residence, before being paid by the municipal treasurer.
Section 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the same shall take effect on its passage, in accordance with section one of Act Numbered Nineteen hundred and forty-five of the Philippine Legislature.
Enacted, January 26, 1911.
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