WHEREAS, Republic Act No. 29, authorizing provincial, chartered city and municipal governments to grant living bonus, lapsed on June 30, 1947, by virtue of the provisions of section 2 thereof;

WHEREAS, under existing living conditions, the benefits granted under said Act should be continued after June 30, 1947;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Manuel Roxas, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution and the existing laws do hereby order:

SECTION 1. Provincial, chartered city and municipal governments are hereby authorized to grant living bonus during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, to their officers and employees not in excess of the schedule or rates fixed by the National Government for its officers and employees, if and when their financial condition shall permit payment thereof.

SECTION 2. This Order shall take effect as of July 1, 1947.

Done at the City of Manila, this 29th day of September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-seven, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the second.

(Sgd.) MANUEL ROXAS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) N. ROXAS
Acting Chief of the Executive Office