[ Commonwealth Act No. 19, January 02, 1936 ]
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION TWO, LETTER B, OF ACT .NUMBERED FOUR THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-SEVEN AS AUTHORIZED AND AMENDED BY SECTION ONE OF ACT NUMBERED FOUR THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
Be it enacted by the National Assembly of the Philippines:
SECTION 1. Section two, letter B, of Act Numbered Four thousand one hundred eighty-seven as authorized and amended by section one of Act Numbered Four thousand two hundred thirty-one is hereby amended so as to read as follows :
B.—NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
I.—SALARIES AND WAGES VI.—SPECIAL PROVISIONS
Approved, January 2, 1936.
SECTION 1. Section two, letter B, of Act Numbered Four thousand one hundred eighty-seven as authorized and amended by section one of Act Numbered Four thousand two hundred thirty-one is hereby amended so as to read as follows :
I.—SALARIES AND WAGES
1. Speaker of the National Assembly 2. Ninety-seven Members of the National Assembly 3. Secretary of the National Assembly 4. Sergeant-at-arms of the National Assembly 5. One secretary to the Speaker 6. One private secretary to the Speaker 7. One stenographer 8. One stenographer 9. One stenographer 10. One clerk 11. Two clerks 12. Two messengers 13. One chauffeur 14. One chief clerk and assistant secretary 15. One disbursing officer and cashier 16. Two chiefs of divisions 17. Three chiefs of divisions 18. One chief of division 19. One chief of division 20. One assistant disbursing officer and collecting agent 21. One debate stenographer 22. One debate stenographer 23. Two debate stenographers 24. Two debate stenographers. 25. One debate stenographer 26. One debate stenographer 27. Two debate stenographers 28. Four debate stenographers 29. One stenographers 30. Two stenographers 31. One stenographer 32. Two stenographers 33. One stenographer 34. Two stenographers 35. One stenographer 36. Four stenographers 37. Eight stenographers 38. One translator 39. Two translators 40. One proof-reader 41. One proof-reader 42. One assistant sergeant-at-arms 43. One assistant sergeant-at-arms 44. One clerk 45. One clerk 46. One clerk 47. One clerk 48. One clerk 49. Four clerks 50. One clerk 51. Four clerks 52. Two clerks 53. One clerk 54 Seven clerks 55. Three clerks 56. One clerk 57. One clerk 58. One clerk 59. Seven clerks 60. Four clerks 61. Fifteen clerks 62. Two clerks 63. One messenger 64. Ten messengers 65. One messenger 66. One messenger 67. One messenger 68. Four messengers 69. One messenger 70. Three messengers 71. Five messengers 72. Six messengers 73. One janitor and chief watchman 74. Four watchmen 75. Four elevator operators 76. Two porters 77. One laborer 78. Six laborers 79. Seventeen laborers 80. Ten laborers 81. One chauffeur 82. 83. Supplementary force Total for salaries and wages 1. Traveling expenses of Members, including prior years expenses 2. 3. Postal, telegraph, telephone and cable service 4. Illumination and power service 5. Consumption of supplies and materials 6. 7. Maintenance and repair of equipment 8. 9. Other services, including prior years expenses Total for sundry expenses 1. Purchase of furniture and equipment Total for furniture and equipment
1. 2. Total for special appropriations Total for salaries and wages Total for sundry expenses Total for furniture and equipment Total for special appropriations Total available for the National Assembly
- Any unexpended balance of the funds appropriated for the National Assembly may be used to cover deficit in any item of the appropriation for the said Assembly.
- Any Member of the National Assembly may assign his yearly salary or any part thereof to any banking institution doing business in the Philippines, including the compensation to his family in the event of death, and upon such assignment being registered with the disbursing officer of the National Assembly, such officer shall issue warrants from time to time as the salary or death compensation falls due, directly in favor of the creditor banking institution.
- The Secretary of the National Assembly shall receive the compensation herein fixed from the date of his election, the provisions of any existing law to the contrary notwithstanding.
- Any part of the appropriation for supplementary force may be expended for the payment of salaries of employees who may serve during any period in the office of the Secretary.
- A part of the item for other services not exceeding two thousand pesos may be spent for subsistence of Members and officers and clerks working overtime.
- The appropriations in items 3 and 5 under Sundry Expenses may be spent for the postage and fees of official correspondence and telegrams of the Members, and for supplies and materials that may be officially used by them, the total amount not to exceed two hundred pesos per annum for each Member.
Approved, January 2, 1936.