WHEREAS, after the reconstitution of the Commonwealth Government, it became necessary to extend new appointments to all government employees;

WHEREAS, on account of the large number of employees for whom new appointments had to be issued and the delay caused by the present state of transportation and communication, the appointment papers are oftentimes not received by the office which issues the appointments within the six-month period allowed in Executive Order Numbered Sixty-six, dated September fourteen, nineteen hundred and forty-five; and

WHEREAS, on account of the limitations set forth above many government employees in distant provinces cannot receive their salaries after the expiration of the six-month period provided in Executive Order Numbered Sixty-six, dated September fourteen, nineteen hundred and forty-five;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, SERGIO OSME A, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution and existing laws of the Philippines, do hereby extend to twelve months the period of six months provided in Executive Order Numbered Sixty-six, dated September fourteen, nineteen hundred and forty-five, for which payment may be authorized of; the salaries or wages of newly appointed or transferred officers and employees of the National, provincial, city, and municipal governments while their appointments are pending action by the proper authorities: Provided, That the designations, salary rates, and dates of effectivity specified in the corresponding appointments shall conform to the plantillas as authorized by the Department heads concerned based on the approved budgets and to the corresponding grade allocations of the positions concerned: And provided, further, That the appointing officers shall be held personally liable for reimbursing the Government for payments that might be improperly made on account of appointments illegally issued or otherwise in contravention of existing laws, rules and regulations.

Done at the City of Manila, this 1st day of April, 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