Act No. 2278




[ Act No. 2278, May 02, 1913 ] AN ACT AMENDING SECTION FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED TWO THOUSAND AND SIXTY-ONE, ENTITLED "AN ACT ESTABLISHING A SALES AGENCY FOR ARTICLES MANUFACTURED IN THE SCHOOLS IN THE PROVINCES INHABITED BY MOROS AND OTHER NON-CHRISTIAN TRIBES AND BY THE PEOPLE OF SAID PROVINCES, AND APPROPRIATING MONEY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SUITABLE BUILDING FOR THE SAME, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," AS AMENDED, BY PROVIDING A METHOD FOR COMPUTING THE COMPENSATION OF THE SALES AGENT AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: Section 1. Section four of Act Numbered Two thousand and sixty-one, entitled "An Act establishing a sales agency for articles manufactured in the schools in the provinces inhabited by Moros and other non-Christian tribes and by the people of said provinces, and appropriating money for the construction of a suitable building for the same, and for other purposes," as amended by Act Numbered Twenty-one hundred and eighty-three, is hereby amended so as to read as follows: "Section 4. The sales agent of the board, acting under the direction of the board, shall have charge of the operation of the agency.(awÞhi( He shall receive a compensation of seven thousand pesos for the year beginning February first, nineteen hundred and thirteen: Provided, however, That if the gross sales of the agency during that time shall exceed the sum of forty-four thousand pesos, he shall receive, in addition, a percentage to be fixed by the board on such gross sales in excess of said sum. After the said year he shall receive a salary of four thousand eight hundred pesos annually and a percentage of the gross sales of the agency, which shall be fixed by the board, and which shall accrue as sales are made: Provided further, That the commission of the sales agent shall be computed and paid monthly upon sales as shown by cash deposited in the Insular Treasury by the sales agency." Section 2. This Act shall take effect as of February first, Retroactive effect, nineteen hundred and thirteen. Enacted, May 2, 1913. The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation