Pursuant to the authority vested in me by law, I, Sergio Osme a, President of the Philippines, do hereby order:

1. The sum of P80,000 out of the appropriation authorized in item B-IV-8, of Commonwealth Act No. 723, is hereby transferred to and made part of and in addition to the appropriation authorized in item B-(7) of said Act for the Office of the Resident Commissioner of the Philippines to the United States.

2. The Office of the Resident Commissioner of the Philippines to the United States, item B-(7), of Commonwealth Act No. 723, is hereby reorganized as follows:

(7) RESIDENT COMMISSIONER TO THE UNITED STATES

Item No.	Details	Amount (Oct. 1, 1945-June 30, 1946)
	SALARIES AND WAGES
1.	Resident Commissioner at P20,000	P15,000.00
	PRIVATE OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER
2.	One congressional assistant at P12,000	9,000.00
3.	One special assistant at P10,000	7,500.00
4.	One editorial assistant at P6.000	4,500.00
5.	One public relations assistant at P7,200	5,400.00
6.	One public relations assistant at P6,400	4,800.00
7.	One secretary at P6,000	4,500.00
8.	One clerk-stenographer at P4,800	3,600.00
	EXECUTIVE OFFICE
9.	One executive officer at P15,000	11,250.00
10.	One assistant executive officer at P9,000	6,750.00
11.	One secretary at P6,000	4,500.00
12.	One clerk at P6,000	4,500.00
13.	One clerk-stenographer at P5,200	3,900.00
14.	One property and records officer at P7,200	5,400.00
15.	One clerk at P4,800	3,600.00
16.	One clerk at P4,200	3,150.00
17.	One clerk at P4,200	3,150.00
18.	One receptionist-typist at P3,840	2,880.00
19.	One telephone operator at P3,600	2,700.00
20.	One messenger at P3,600	2,700.00
21.	One caretaker at P3,600	2,700.00
22.	One bookkeeper at P6,400	4,800.00
23.	One clerk-at P5,200	3,900.00
24.	One file clerk at P3,600	2,700.00
25.	One caretaker-chauffeur at P3,600	2,700.00
26.	Miscellaneous and emergency employees, including chairmen and charwomen	14,630.00
	Technical Section
27.	One law officer at P10,000	7,500.00
28.	One clerk-stenographer at P4,800	3,600.00
29.	One economist at P12,000	9,000.00
30.	One statistical clerk at P6,000	4,500.00
31.	One clerk-stenographer at P5,200	3,900.00
32.	One cultural relations assistant at P10,000	7,500.00
33.	One immigration assistant at P7,200	5,400.00
34.	One clerk-stenographer at P5,200	3,900.00
35.	One information officer at P10,000	7,500.00
36.	One press relations assistant at P6,000	4,500.00
37.	One news-analyst-writer at P6,400	4,800.00
38.	One reference assistant and secretary at P4,800	3,600.00
39.	One typist at P3,600	2,700.00
40.	One librarian at P6,400	4,800.00
41.	One clerk at P3,600	2,700.00
	Philatelic Section
42.	One philatelic agent and special disbursing officer at P7,200	5,400.00
43.	One clerk at P4,800	3,600.00
	Total for salaries and wages	P225,110.00
	SUNDRY EXPENSES
44.	For actual and necessary traveling expenses of the Resident Commissioner and his secretarial staff within the United States and to and from the United States	15,000.00
45.	Allowance in lieu of transportation expenses	4,500.00
46.	Allowance in lieu of rental of the official residence of the Resident Commissioner	9,000.00
47.	Allowance in lieu of representation expenses	7,500.00
48.	Stationery, postage, telegraph service, tolls for long distance calls, etc	18,000.00
49.	Miscellaneous expenses, including printing of reports, pamphlets, and documents, building maintenance, office materials and supplies, etc.	45,000.00
	Total for sundry expenses	P99,000.00
	SPECIAL PURPOSES
50.	For salaries of personnel, sundry expenses, and purchases of furniture and equipment for the offices in San Francisco and other cities	P75,000.00
51.	For expenses for the sale of Philippine postage stamps at a surcharge	3,750.00
	To be paid out of the income from surcharges for the sale of postage stamps	(3,750.00)
	Total for special purposes	P75,000.00
	SUMMARY
	Total for salaries and wages	P225,110.00
	Total for sundry expenses	99,000.00
	Total for special purposes	75,000.00
	Total amount available for the Resident Commissioner to the United States	P399,110.00

3. This Order shall take effect as of October 1, 1945.

Done at the City of Manila, this 6th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-six, and of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, the eleventh.


By the President:
(Sgd.) JOSE S. REYES
Secretary to the President