[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 62, June 24, 1947 ]

REDUCING THE APPROPRIATION œFOR SALARIES AND OTHER EXPENSES OF ADVISERS AND CONSULTANTS IN FOREIGN AFFAIRS  AUTHORIZED IN REPUBLIC ACT NO. 80, ITEM D-IV 3, FROM P50,000 to P30,000, AND ALLOTING THE AMOUNT OF P20,000 FOR A FUND TO BE EXPENDED IN THE DISCRETION OF THE SECRETARY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS.



By virtue of the powers vested in me by Republic Act No. 51, I, Manuel Roxas, President of the Philippines, do hereby order-

1. The appropriation of P50,000  œfor salaries and other expenses of advisers and consultants in foreign affairs,  authorized in Republic Act No. 80, item D-IV-3, is reduced from P50,000 to P30,000;

2. The amount of P20,000 which is available from the said reduction is allotted for the following item:

œFor a fund to be expended in the discretion of the Secretary of Foreign Affairs, including representation and other expenses in connection with the quartering, accommodation and entertainment of foreign delegations, dignitaries and diplomatic representatives P20.000.00 

3. This Order shall take effect as of April 16, 1947.

Done at the City of Manila, this 24th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-seven, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the first.

(Sgd.) MANUEL ROXAS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) EMILIO ABELLO
Chief of the Executive Office