Letter of Instructions No. 548

[ LETTER OF INSTRUCTION NO. 548, June 02, 1977 ]

REVERSION OF CERTAIN APPROPRIATIONS

TO: The Commissioner of the Budget The Chairman, Commission on Audit Pursuant to the provisions of Presidential Decree No. 999 authorizing the reversion of dormant or unnecessary appropriations and in order to more fully allow the rational evaluation of outstanding appropriations, it is hereby directed that (1) all remaining balances of appropriations included in the attached list be reverted to the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund, effective July 1, 1977 and (2) the Commissioner of the Budget include in the yearly budgetary proposals amounts which may otherwise need to be funded by reverted appropriations.

Done in the City of Manila, this 2nd day of June, in the year of Our Lord nineteen hundred and seventy-seven.

(Sdg.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS

President of the Philippines LIST OF CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS RECOMMENDED FOR REVERSION, AS OF MARCH 31, 1977 Department/Bureau/Office RA/PD Purpose Balance of NO. Appropriations Department of Agrarian Reform —

1. Office of the Secretary RA 1400Defining Land Tenure Policy and providing for an instrumentality to carry out the policy (Land Reform Act of 1955) P65,166,000 Department of Agriculture —

1. Office of the Secretary PD 435 Expanding the guarantee coverage of the Agricultural Guarantee Fund created under R.A. No. 6390, as amended, and appropriating additional funds therefor 40,000,000 2. Bureau of Agricultural PD 503 For the construction of city and 175,000 Economics PD 733 provincial offices data collection centers 210,000 3. Bureau of Animal Industry RA 4041For the development of the dairy 3,000,000 industry RA 4069The Cattle Dispersal Act of 1964 providing appropriation therefor 33,000,000Visayas State College of RA 700 For the construction of Agriculture permanent improvements 1,863,000 Department of Justice —

1. Bureau of Prisons RA 3682Appropriating funds for the transfer of Iwahig Penal Colony and providing for the subdivision and sale of the present site thereof. 300,000 RA 1955Making an annual appropriation of not to exceed five thousand pesos from the income derived from the operation of. the Bureau of Prison—Prison Industries and salvage warehouse revolving fund for pecuniary aid to prisoners killed or injured in the performance of duty 5,000 2. Land Registration RA 6465Establishing the office of Commission Register of Deeds of Occidental Mindoro 100,000 RA 6467Creation of a branch office of Register of Deeds of Occidental Mindoro 14,000 3. Office of the Solicitor PD 968 For the creation of a Probation 6,358,073 General Administration Department of Social Services and Development 1. Office of the Secretary RA 6399For compensation for death & injuries sustained in public demonstration, rally, protest march, assembly or mass action. P272,000 RA 6050For the construction of a sheltered workshop and guidance clinic 55,000 PD 503 For the construction of regional provincial and city offices 700,000 PD 753 For the construction of regional, 1,610,000 provincial and city offices Judicial Department 1. Supreme Court of the PD 181 Constituting the Integrated Bar of 500,000 Philippines the Philippines. PD 723 Creation of Additional Court Salas in certain cities, municipalities 1,600,000PD 828 Creation of the Office of the Court Administrator under the Supreme Court 2,000,000 ___________ Total P157,328,073