By virtue of the powers vested in me by law, I, Manuel L. Quezon, President of the Philippines, do hereby promulgate the following rules and regulations to govern the use of motor vehicles or other means of transportation by officials and employees of the Government, effective September first, nineteen hundred and thirty-seven:

1. Provincial board and city boards or councils may authorize, subject to the approval of the Department Secretaries concerned, those officials whose duties make it necessary or advisable for them to use special means of transportation for the purpose of supervision, inspection, or investigation, to utilize their privately owned automobiles for official purposes and to receive reimbursement for same at the rate of ten centavos (P0.10) for each kilometer of travel on official business: Provided, That the distance covered in going from residence to office and vise versa shall not be included in claims for allowances: And provided, further, That the maximum allowances to be paid during any month shall not exceed those given in the following schedules:

(A) For provinces and cities having 250 kilometers or more of designated first- and second-class roads connected with the provincial capital-

1.  Provincial governors and city mayors	P120.00
2.  Provincial treasurers, provincial auditors, division superintendents of schools, district health officers, and other officials	P80.00

(B) For provinces and cities having 150 kilometers or more of designated first and second class roads connected with the provincial capital, but less than 250 kilometers-

1.  Provincial governors and city mayors	P105.00
2.  Provincial treasures provincial auditors, division superintendents of schools, district health officers and other officials	P70.00

(C) For provinces and cities having 100 kilometers or more of designated first- and second-class roads connected with the provincial capital, but less than 150 kilometers-

1.  Provincial governors and city mayors	P90.00
2.  Provincial treasurers, provincial auditors, division superintendents of schools, district health officers, and other officials	P60.00

(D) For provinces and cities having 50 kilometers or more of designated first- and second-class roads connected with the provincial capital, but less than 100 kilometers-

1.  Provincial governors and city mayors	P75.00
2.  Provincial treasurers, provincial auditors, division superintendents of schools, district health officers, and other officials	P50.00

(E) For provinces and cities having less than 50 kilometers of improved roads

1.  Provincial governors and city mayors	P60.00
2.  Provincial treasures, provincial auditors, division superintendents of schools, district health officers, and other officials	P40.00

As above used, the terms, provincial treasurers, provincial auditors, division superintendent of schools and district health officers, shall be construed to embrace the officials of a chartered city corresponding to those positions.

2.  Employees of the National Government and of provincial and city governments, who performed field duties, may be given monthly allowances or providing other private means of transportation for official purposes when properly authorized, with the approval of the Department Secretary concerned, as follows:

(a) For motorcycles, P0.04 per kilometer, or a maximum of P20 per month.
(b) For horses, P0.05 per kilometer, or a maximum of P10 per month.
(c) For bicycles, P0.01 per kilometer or a maximum of P5 per month.

3. All motorcycle vehicles owned by a province or chartered city shall be kept in a central garage to be operated by the district or city engineer who shall rent such vehicles to officials for making designated trip for official purposes in the order in which applications are received and after taking into consideration the relative urgency of proposed trips. Exception is made of the automobile or automobiles purchased from the Road and Bridge Fund for the official use of a district or city engineer and his assistants, which shall be reserved for their exclusive use, except in cases of urgent necessity or emergencies, subject, however, to the condition that, without the prior approval of the Secretary of Public Works and Communications, the cost of official transportation thus furnished to a district or city engineer or his assistants shall be limited to the respective allowances for the provincial governor or mayor of the province or city concerned as authorized in paragraph one hereof. Engineers shall charge the offices concerned for the use of provincial or city automobiles, including those used by other public works officials and employees, at the rate of ten centavos (P0.10) for each kilometer of travel and the income from this source shall be credited to the income of the garage: Provided, That a portion of the gross income from the operation of all automobiles in the garage, not to exceed one-fourth thereof, of two and a half centavos (P0.025) per kilometer of actual travel, shall be credited to a special fund to be used for the purchase of new automobiles to replace old ones upon appropriation by the respective provincial board or city board or council.

4. Executive Orders Numbered Four hundred fifty-seven, series of nineteen hundred and thirty-three, and Eighty-nine, dated January twenty-third, nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, and all other rules and regulations which are inconsistent herewith are hereby revoked.

Done at the City of Manila, this thirty-first day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and thirty-seven, and of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, the second.


By the President:

(Sgd.) ELPIDIO QUIRINO
Secretary of the Interior