[ Act No. 1297, February 09, 1905 ]
AN ACT MAKING ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE CURRENT EXPENSES OF THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY OF MANILA FOR THE FISCAL YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIVE.
By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that:
SECTION 1. The following sums, or so much thereof as may be respectively necessary, are hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, in part compensation for the service of the municipal government of the city of Manila for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and five, unless otherwise stated:
MUNICIPAL BOARD
Contingent expenses, Municipal Board, city of Manila, nineteen hundred and five: For payment of premiums on official bonds; refund to Faustino Lichauco of amount of fine of municipal court under the provisions of subsection (g), section seventeen, of Act Numbered One hundred and eighty-three, one hundred pesos; care of injured and sick paupers at the San Juan de Dios Hospital, under the provisions of Act Numbered Twelve hundred and sixteen, five hundred and eighty-eight pesos, in addition to the amount stated therein; and for other incidental expenses; ten thousand pesos.
DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING AND PUBLIC WORKS
Salaries and wages, Department of Engineering and Public Works, city of Manila, nineteen hundred and five: For the payment of salaries and wages under the provisions of Act Numbered Twelve hundred and sixteen, one hundred thousand pesos.
Equipment and furniture, Department of Engineering and Public Works, city of Manila, nineteen hundred and five: For the purchase of nonexpendable equipment and furniture, including draft animals, vehicles, tools, instruments, and miscellaneous supplies; miscellaneous supplies, water supply; and for office furniture; thirty-two thousand five hundred and sixty pesos.
Contingent expenses, Department of Engineering and Public Works, city of Manila, nineteen hundred and five: For contingent expenses, including purchase and transportation of material for streets and roads; repairs to bridges: repair and maintenance of vehicles, street sprinklers, excavators, launches, Scows, road rollers and scrapers, steam barge, miscellaneous tools for street construction, maintenance of city repair shop; including materials and labor; purchase of forage; construction and repair of sewers and drains; rent of buildings and market sites; construction of midden sheds; and other incidental expenses; one hundred and forty thousand pesos.
In all, for the Department of Engineering and Public Works, two hundred and seventy-two thousand five, hundred and sixty pesos.
The payment of certain vouchers of J. G. White and Company dated August thirty-first, nineteen hundred and four, covering repairs to the Jolo Bridge in the city of Manila, amounting to four thousand two hundred and thirty-nine pesos and fifty centavos, is hereby authorized: Provided, That the Auditor shall approve the disbursement of this sum, the provisions of sections thirty and thirty-one of Act Numbered One hundred and eighty-three to the contrary notwithstanding, in view of the circumstances of the case, which were that the Acting City Engineer of the city of Manila, through oversight, ordered said repairs to be made without first, securing the approval of the Municipal Board and advertising for bids therefor.
DEPARTMENT IF ASSESSMENTS AND COLLECTION'S
Tax, refunds, Department of Assessments and Collections, city of Manila, nineteen hundred and five: For refund of industrial, land, and other taxes, erroneously collected, the refund of which has been or may be duly authorized in accordance with law, one thousand five hundred pesos: Provided, That refunds made in pursuance of this appropriation shall be charged in whole to the city of Manila.
LAW DEPARTMENT
Contingent expenses, Law Department, city of Manila, nineteen hundred and five: For contingent expenses, including the purchase of distilled water, ice and postage; repairs to typewriters and other fixtures; stationery; interpreters, notaries public, registers, translators, and other authorized fees; court costs; forage for horses; for transportation of officials and employees on official business; fund for defraying the expenses of indigent witnesses and for the securing of testimony and the presence in Manila of indigent witnesses in criminal cases from outlying provinces; reimbursement to Deputy Sheriff W. E. Kilgore for necessary expenses incurred by him in bringing a prisoner from Benguet to Manila, fifty-four pesos and fifty-seven centavos; advertising, printing and binding, and other incidental expenses; two thousand three hundred pesos.
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Contingent expenses, Fire Department, city of Manila, nineteen hundred and five: The transfer of the sum of five thousand pesos from funds heretofore appropriated for "Equipment and furniture, Fire Department, city of Manila, nineteen hundred and five," for expenditure under this head for hire of labor and for other necessary expenses to complete the installation of the fire and police alarm system, is hereby authorized and directed.
DEPARTMENT OF POLICE
Salaries and cages, Department of Police, city of Manila, nineteen hundred and five: For the payment of salaries and wages authorized by Act Numbered Twelve hundred and sixteen, forty-six thousand pesos.
Contingent expenses, Department of Police, city of Manila, nineteen hundred and five: The transfer of the sum of five thousand pesos from the funds heretofore appropriated for "Equipment and furniture, Department of Police, city of Manila, nineteen hundred and five," for expenditure under this head for repairs, maintenance, and extension of the police-alarm system is hereby authorized and directed.
DEPARTMENT OF CITY SCHOOLS
Salaries and wages, Department of City Schools, city of Manila, nineteen hundred and five: One clerk, Class G, three hundred and fifty pesos.
Contingent expenses, Department of City Schools, city of Manila, nineteen hundred and five: For contingent expenses, including transportation of supervisors and teachers of special subjects, and other incidental expenses, seven hundred and twenty pesos.
In all, for the Department of City Schools, one thousand and seventy pesos.
In all, for the city of Manila, three hundred and thirty-three thousand four hundred and thirty pesos.
SEC. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.
SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, February 9, 1905.
SECTION 1. The following sums, or so much thereof as may be respectively necessary, are hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, in part compensation for the service of the municipal government of the city of Manila for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and five, unless otherwise stated:
MUNICIPAL BOARD
Contingent expenses, Municipal Board, city of Manila, nineteen hundred and five: For payment of premiums on official bonds; refund to Faustino Lichauco of amount of fine of municipal court under the provisions of subsection (g), section seventeen, of Act Numbered One hundred and eighty-three, one hundred pesos; care of injured and sick paupers at the San Juan de Dios Hospital, under the provisions of Act Numbered Twelve hundred and sixteen, five hundred and eighty-eight pesos, in addition to the amount stated therein; and for other incidental expenses; ten thousand pesos.
Salaries and wages, Department of Engineering and Public Works, city of Manila, nineteen hundred and five: For the payment of salaries and wages under the provisions of Act Numbered Twelve hundred and sixteen, one hundred thousand pesos.
Equipment and furniture, Department of Engineering and Public Works, city of Manila, nineteen hundred and five: For the purchase of nonexpendable equipment and furniture, including draft animals, vehicles, tools, instruments, and miscellaneous supplies; miscellaneous supplies, water supply; and for office furniture; thirty-two thousand five hundred and sixty pesos.
Contingent expenses, Department of Engineering and Public Works, city of Manila, nineteen hundred and five: For contingent expenses, including purchase and transportation of material for streets and roads; repairs to bridges: repair and maintenance of vehicles, street sprinklers, excavators, launches, Scows, road rollers and scrapers, steam barge, miscellaneous tools for street construction, maintenance of city repair shop; including materials and labor; purchase of forage; construction and repair of sewers and drains; rent of buildings and market sites; construction of midden sheds; and other incidental expenses; one hundred and forty thousand pesos.
In all, for the Department of Engineering and Public Works, two hundred and seventy-two thousand five, hundred and sixty pesos.
The payment of certain vouchers of J. G. White and Company dated August thirty-first, nineteen hundred and four, covering repairs to the Jolo Bridge in the city of Manila, amounting to four thousand two hundred and thirty-nine pesos and fifty centavos, is hereby authorized: Provided, That the Auditor shall approve the disbursement of this sum, the provisions of sections thirty and thirty-one of Act Numbered One hundred and eighty-three to the contrary notwithstanding, in view of the circumstances of the case, which were that the Acting City Engineer of the city of Manila, through oversight, ordered said repairs to be made without first, securing the approval of the Municipal Board and advertising for bids therefor.
Tax, refunds, Department of Assessments and Collections, city of Manila, nineteen hundred and five: For refund of industrial, land, and other taxes, erroneously collected, the refund of which has been or may be duly authorized in accordance with law, one thousand five hundred pesos: Provided, That refunds made in pursuance of this appropriation shall be charged in whole to the city of Manila.
Contingent expenses, Law Department, city of Manila, nineteen hundred and five: For contingent expenses, including the purchase of distilled water, ice and postage; repairs to typewriters and other fixtures; stationery; interpreters, notaries public, registers, translators, and other authorized fees; court costs; forage for horses; for transportation of officials and employees on official business; fund for defraying the expenses of indigent witnesses and for the securing of testimony and the presence in Manila of indigent witnesses in criminal cases from outlying provinces; reimbursement to Deputy Sheriff W. E. Kilgore for necessary expenses incurred by him in bringing a prisoner from Benguet to Manila, fifty-four pesos and fifty-seven centavos; advertising, printing and binding, and other incidental expenses; two thousand three hundred pesos.
Contingent expenses, Fire Department, city of Manila, nineteen hundred and five: The transfer of the sum of five thousand pesos from funds heretofore appropriated for "Equipment and furniture, Fire Department, city of Manila, nineteen hundred and five," for expenditure under this head for hire of labor and for other necessary expenses to complete the installation of the fire and police alarm system, is hereby authorized and directed.
Salaries and cages, Department of Police, city of Manila, nineteen hundred and five: For the payment of salaries and wages authorized by Act Numbered Twelve hundred and sixteen, forty-six thousand pesos.
Contingent expenses, Department of Police, city of Manila, nineteen hundred and five: The transfer of the sum of five thousand pesos from the funds heretofore appropriated for "Equipment and furniture, Department of Police, city of Manila, nineteen hundred and five," for expenditure under this head for repairs, maintenance, and extension of the police-alarm system is hereby authorized and directed.
Salaries and wages, Department of City Schools, city of Manila, nineteen hundred and five: One clerk, Class G, three hundred and fifty pesos.
Contingent expenses, Department of City Schools, city of Manila, nineteen hundred and five: For contingent expenses, including transportation of supervisors and teachers of special subjects, and other incidental expenses, seven hundred and twenty pesos.
In all, for the Department of City Schools, one thousand and seventy pesos.
In all, for the city of Manila, three hundred and thirty-three thousand four hundred and thirty pesos.
SEC. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.
SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, February 9, 1905.