WHEREAS, whatever balance remaining in the Revolving Fund of the Alabang Laboratories created under Commonwealth Act No. 245 had disappeared or has now become worthless as a result of Japanese occupation; and

WHEREAS, it is deemed imperative to continue the activities of this institution to meet the need for vaccines and sera to prevent any possible outbreak of epidemics in the country;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, SERGIO OSME A, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution and pursuant to the provisions of the Emergency Powers Law, do hereby order that:

1. The sum of ?138,718.56, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby set aside from any fund in the Philippine Treasury not otherwise appropriated for the operation of the Alabang Laboratories as authorized in Commonwealth Act No. 245, for the period from February 27 to June 30, 1945, to be distributed as follows:

SALARIES AND WAGES

Epidemiology, Statistics and
Public Health Administration

1. One epidemiologist at P1,800	P610.71
2. One biometrician at P1,800	610.71
3. One helper at P540	183.21

Sanitary Bacteriology and
Immunology

4. One scientist at P5,000	1,696.40
5. One bacteriologist at P3,600	1,221.43
6. Two scientists at P3,600	2,442.86
7. One assistant scientist at P3,000	1,017.86
8. Three junior scientists at P2,400	2,442.87
9. One junior scientist at P1,800	610.71
10. Two junior scientists at P1,200	814.28
11. One assistant veterinarian at P960	325.71
12. One assistant technician at P900	305.36
13. One laboratory technician at P720	244.29
14. One technician at P600	203.57
15. One technician at P486	164.89
16. One helper at P540	183.21
17. Four helpers at P480	651.44
18. Eighteen helpers at P360	2,198.52
19. Miscellaneous labor service in connection with the manufacture of vaccines and sera, analysis of foods, drugs etc. and general up-keep of the Alabang Laboratories compound	15,773.41

Power Plant

20. One plant engineer at P2,400	814.29
21. One assistant engineer at P1,200	407.14
22. One assistant engineer at P840	285.00
23. One machinist at P720	244.29
24. One machinist at P540	183.21
25. Three helpers at P420	427.50
26. One oiler at P480	162.86
27. One helper at P360	122.14

Parasitology

28. One junior scientist at P2,400	814.29
29. Two junior scientists at P1,800	1,221.42
30. Two helpers at P360	244.28

Sanitary Engineering,
Industrial, Physiology and Chemistry

31. One scientist at P4,000	1,357.13
32. One junior scientist at P1,800	610.71
33. Two junior scientists at P1,200	814.28
34. Three junior chemists at P720	732.87
35. Two helpers at P360	244.28
36. One technician at P720	244.29

Clerical Unit

37. One clerk and cashier at P1,200	407.14
38. One property clerk at P720	244.29
39. Two helpers at P420	285.00
40. One helper at P360	122.14
41. One artist-photographer at P600	203.57
Total for salaries and wages	P41,893.56

SUNDRY EXPENSES

42. Traveling expenses of personnel	P400.00
43. Freight, express, and delivery service	650.00
44. Postal, telegraph, telephone, cable and radio service	50.00
45. Illumination and power service	650.00
46. Consumption of supplies and materials	30,000.00
47. Maintenance and repair of equipment	3,000.00
48. Other services	1,000.00
Total for sundry expenses	P35,750.00

FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT

49. For the purchase of furniture and equipment	P32,075.00
Total for furniture and equipment	P32,075.00

SPECIAL PURPOSE

50. For improving the compound at Alabang	P30,000.00
Total for special purpose	P30,000.00
Total appropriation	P139,718.56

2. Any and all receipts that may be realized from the operation of the services herein provided shall revert to the unappropriated surplus of the Philippine Treasury to reimburse the General Fund of the appropriations herein made.

Done at the City of Manila, this 26th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Forty-Five, and of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, the tenth.


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