Act No. 3353
An Act to Authorize the Application of the Unexpended Balances of the Funds Appropriated By the Appropriation Act for the Fiscal Year Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-Seven, for Certain Necessary Expenses of the Government During Said Year.
[ Act No. 3353, November 19, 1927 ]
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE APPLICATION OF THE UNEXPENDED BALANCES OF THE FUNDS APPROPRIATED BY THE APPROPRIATION ACT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVEN, FOR CERTAIN NECESSARY EXPENSES OF THE GOVERNMENT DURING SAID YEAR.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Legislature assembled and by the authority of the same:
Section 1. The following sums are hereby appropriated out of the unexpended balances of the appropriations made in Act Numbered Thirty-three hundred and forty for the general expenses of the Insular Government during the fiscal year ending December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, to cover deficiencies in the appropriations of certain bureaus of the Insular Government during said year:
E. SUPREME COURT
SUNDRY EXPENSES
40. Traveling expenses of personnel | P212.00 44. Consumption of supplies and materials | 1,090.00 48. Other services | 690.00 | ------------ Total additional appropriation available for the Supreme Court | 1,992.00
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
K. --- PHILIPPINE CONSTABULARY
SALARIES AND WAGES
22. Reenlistment pay of enlisted men, as provided by section 847 of the Administrative Code | P9,500.00 171. Rental and commutation of quarters for officers: Provided, That the monthly allowances for rental and commutation of quarters shall not exceed the following rates: For officers stationed in Manila: brigadier-general, P250; colonels, P160; lieutenant-colonels, P110; majors, P90; captains, P70; and lieutenants, P50; for officers stationed outside of Manila, the actual cost of rental | P7,000. 00
SUNDRY EXPENSES
174. Postal, telegraph, telephone, and cable service | 12,700.00 175. Illumination and power service | 5,400.00 177. Consumption of supplies and materials | 30,000.00 180. Traveling expenses of persons not Government employees | 1,000.00 | ------------ Total additional appropriation available for the Philippine Constabulary | 65,600.00
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
V. --- BUREAU OF JUSTICE
SUNDRY EXPENSES
78. Postal, telegraph, telephone, and cable service | P1,100.00 82. Printing and binding reports, documents, and publications | 3,500.00 | ----------- Total available for the Bureau of Justice, to be taken from any appropriations for salaries and wages and sundry expenses of said office | 4,600.00
W. --- COURTS OF FIRST INSTANCE AND JUSTICE OF THE PEACE COURTS
SALARIES AND WAGES
386. Salaries of justices of the peace and auxiliary justices of the peace outside of the City of Manila | P43,350.00 | -------------- Total available for the Courts of First Instance and Justice of the Peace Courts to be taken from any appropriations for salaries and wages and sundry expenses of said office | P43,350.00
X. --- GENERAL LAND REGISTRATION OFFICE
SUNDRY EXPENSES
277. Postal, telegraph, telephone, and cable service | P1,428.90 280. Consumption of supplies and materials | 789.59 | ------------ Total additional appropriation available for the General Land Registration Office | 2,218.49
Y. --- PHILIPPINE LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
SUNDRY EXPENSES
103. Illumination and power service | P2,500.00 104. Consumption of supplies and materials | 200.00 106. Other services | 300.00 | ------------ Total additional appropriation available for the Philippine Library and Museum | 3,000.00
Z. --- BUREAU OF PRISONS --- PRISON DIVISION
SUNDRY EXPENSES
89. Freight, express, and delivery service | P4,500.00 92. Consumption of supplies and materials | 66,800.00 94. Traveling expenses of persons not Government employees | 5,800.00 Less-sum to be taken from any appropriations under salaries and wages, sundry expenses, furniture and equipment, and special appropriation | (26,100.00) | -------------- Total additional appropriation available for the Bureau of Prisons-Prison Division | 51,000.00
AA. --- BUREAU OF PRISONS --- INDUSTRIAL DIVISION
SUNDRY EXPENSES
27. Illumination and power service | P2,000.00 | ------------- Total available for the Bureau of Prisons-Industrial Division, to be taken from any appropriations for sundry expenses of said office | 2,000.00
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES
CC. --- BUREAU OF AGRICULTURE
SPECIAL APPROPRIATIONS
245. Organization of scouting parties to locate and fight locusts, Act No. 3163 | P10,000.00 | -------------- Total additional appropriation available for the Bureau of Agriculture | 10,000.00
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND COMMUNICATIONS
NN. --- BUREAU OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
SUNDRY EXPENSES
140. Consumption of supplies and materials | P20,000.00 | -------------- Total additional appropriation available for the Bureau of Commerce and Industry | 20,000.00 | -------------- Total additional appropriations made in this Act to be taken from the unexpended balances of appropriations made in Act No. 3340 | 153,810.49
Section 2. This Act shall take effect on its approval.
Approved, November 19, 1927, with the exception of item 245 under the Bureau of Agriculture.