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[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 245, December 31, 1939 ]

ABOLISHING THE NATIONAL INFORMATION OFFICE (BOARD) AND TRANSFERRING ITS POWERS, FUNCTIONS, AND DUTIES, AS WELL AS ITS PERSONNEL, APPROPRIATIONS, AND PROPERTIES, TO THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR; AND EFFECTING CERTAIN ADJUSTMENTS OF THE PERSONNEL OF THE SAID DEPARTMENT

The public interest so demanding, I, Manuel L. Quezon, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by Commonwealth Act Numbered Four hundred and fifty-three, do ordain and promulgate the following:

1. The National Information Office (Board) is hereby abolished, and all its powers, functions, and duties as well as its personnel, appropriations, and properties are hereby transferred to the Department of the Interior.

2. The Department of the Interior shall have the following administrative units and positions in lieu of those provided for the said Department in Commonwealth Act Numbered Four hundred and forty-six:

New Item No.	Position		Item No. C.A. No. 446
1.	One Secretary of Department	P12,000.00	D-I (1) 1
2.	One Undersecretary of Department	9,000.00	D-I (1) 1
3.	One Commissioner for Mindanao and Sulu, with the rank of Undersecretary of Department (With furnished quarters, whenever a government building is available	9,000.00	D-I (1) 1
4.	One delegate (By detail)		New
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
5.	One private secretary	6,000.00	D-I (1) 4
6.	One technical assistant	4,500.00	D-I (1) 5
7.	One special agent	1,800.00	D-I (1) 7
8.	One secret agent	720.00	D-I (1) 12
9.	One secret agent	600.00	D-I (1) 13
10.	One clerk	360.00	D-I (1) 49
OFFICE OF THE UNDERSECRETARY
11.	One clerk	2,280.00	D-I (1) 16
12.	One secret agent	1,080.00	D-I (1) 11
13.	One messenger laborer	360.00	D-I (1) 38
14.	One laborer	420.00	D-I (1) 19
ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
15.	One administrative officer	6,000.00	D-I (1) 24
16.	One investigator	5,400.00	D-I (1) 25
17.	Two technical assistants at P5,100	10,200.00	D-I (1) 20 and 69
18.	One technical assistant and researcher	3,600.00	D-I (1) 26
19.	One technical assistant	3,480.00	D-I (1) 41
20.	One clerk-translator	2,400.00	D-I (1) 6
21.	One senior clerk	2,160.00	D-I (3) 3
22.	One clerk	1,200.00	D-I (1) 77
23.	One clerk	540.00	D-I (1) 18
24.	Two clerks at P480	960.00	D-I (1) 48 and 33
25.	One laborer	420.00	D-I (1) 39
(a) Miscellaneous Section
26.	One chief of section	4,020.00	D-I (1) 28
27.	One assistant chief and property officer	2,040.00	D-I (1) 29
28.	One clerk	1,320.00	D-I (1) 30
29.	One clerk	900.00	D-I (1) 31
30.	One clerk	720.00	D-I (3) 5
31.	Two clerks at P660	1,320.00	D-I (1) 32
32.	One messenger	360.00	D-I (1) 27
33.	One messenger-laborer	360.00	D-I (3) 8
34.	One laborer	420.00	D-I (1) 23
35.	Two laborers at P360	720.00	D-I (1) 40
36.	One laborer	360.00	D-I (1) 27
Custodian Force
37.	One janitor	1,800.00	D-I (1) 35
38.	One watchman	720.00	D-I (1) 36
39.	One watchman	480.00	D-I (1) 37
40.	Four laborers at P420	1,680.00	D-I (1) 39
41.	Three laborers at P360	1,080.00	D-I (1) 82 D-I (3) 9 and 12
(b) Records Section
42.	One chief of section	3,000.00	D-I (1) 53
43.	One clerk	1,680.00	D-I (1) 42
44.	Two clerks at P1,080	2,160.00	D-I (1) 43
45.	One clerk	1,020.00	D-I (1) 44
46.	Two clerks at P840	1,680.00	D-I (1) 45
47.	Two clerks at P600	1,200.00	D-I (1) 46
48.	Three clerks at P540	1,620.00	D-I (1) 14 and 47
49.	Two clerks at P480	960.00	D-I (1) 48
50.	Two clerks at P480	960.00	D-I (1) 34 and 81
51.	Two clerks at P480	960.00	D-I (1) 79
52.	One clerk	360.00	D-I (1) 49

53.	One messenger	360.00
54.	Three messenger at P360	1,080.00
55.	One messenger-laborer	360.00
56.	Two laborers at P360	720.00
LAW DIVISION
57.	One chief of division	4,620.00
58.	One investigator	3,600.00
59.	One law clerk	1,860.00
60.	One law clerk	1,800.00
61.	One law clerk	1,560.00
62.	One law clerk	1,200.00
63.	Two secret agents at P1,080	2,160.00
64.	One clerk	1,680.00
65.	Two clerks at P1,380	2,760.00
66.	One clerk	1,140.00
67.	One clerk	780.00
68.	One messenger	360.00
69.	One messenger-laborer	360.00
PROVINCIAL DIVISION
70.	One chief of division	5,100.00
71.	One special agent	5,100.00
72.	One special agent	4,020.00
73.	One assistant chief of division	3,480.00
74.	One law clerk	2,400.00
75.	One clerk	2,040.00
76.	Two clerks at P1,560	3,120.00
77.	One clerk	1,020.00
78.	One clerk	780.00
79.	Three clerks at P660	1,980.00
80.	Two clerks at P540	1,080.00
81.	Two clerks at P360	720.00
82.	One laborer	360.00
83.	One superintendent of non-Christians	1,200.00
84.	One superintendent of non-Christians	900.00
85.	One superintendent of non-Christians	600.00
86.	One superintendent of non-Christians	540.00
87.	One superintendent of non-Christians	360.00
PUBLIC ORDER DIVISION
88.	One chief of division (By detail)
89.	One inspector	4,260.00
90.	One technical assistant	3,120.00
91.	One law clerk	1,800.00
92.	Two clerks at P720	1,440.00
93.	One clerk	480.00
94.	One messenger-laborer	360.00
OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR MINDANAO AND SULU
95.	One assistant to the Commissioner	5,580.00
96.	One law officer	8,120.00
97.	One chief clerk	2,940.00
98.	One clerk	2,040.00
99.	One clerk	1,920.00
100.	One clerk	1,800.00
101.	One clerk	1,440.00
102.	One clerk	1,320.00
103.	One clerk	960.00
104.	One clerk	720.00
105.	One clerk	600.00
106.	Two clerks at P500	1,200.00
107.	One messenger	360.00
108.	One janitor-laborer	420.00
109.	One Mohammedan Filipino special agent in Sulu	2,400.00
110.	One Mohammedan Filipino special agent in Sulu	900.00
111.	One Mohammedan Filipino special agent in Sulu	360.00
112.	One chauffeur-mechanic	720.00
DIVISION OF NATIONAL INFORMATION
113.	One chief of division Provided, That when this position is vacated by the present incumbent, the salary thereof will be reduced to P6,000 per annum.	7,200.00
114.	One confidential secretary-stenographer	720.00
115.	One laborer	360.00
(a) Publicity Section
116.	One chief of section	1,800.00
117.	Three writers and translators at P1,800	5,400.00
118.	One writer in Spanish	1,500.00
119.	One translator in Igorot	480.00
120.	One researcher	1,690.00
121.	One researcher	1,500.00
122.	One researcher	1,200.00
123.	One cameraman and photographer	1,200.00
124.	One clipping clerk	840.00
125.	One mimeograph operator	600.00
126.	One messenger-laborer	360.00
(b) Public Relations Section
127.	One chief of section	2,400.00
128.	One confidential agent and writer speaker in Visayan	3,000.00
129.	One confidential agent speaker and writer	2,400.00
130.	One confidential agent and speaker	1,800.00
131.	One confidential agent and field service investigator	1,800.00
132.	One confidential agent and writer is Visayan	1,800.00
133.	One confidential agent and writer translator and speaker	1,200.00
134.	One confidential agent and speaker	1,200.00
135.	Two confidential agents at P1,200	2,400.00
136.	Two confidential agents at P840	1,680.00
137.	Three confidential agents at P720	2,160.00
138.	Three confidential agent and Moro translator	540.00
139.	Two confidential agents at P480	960.00
140.	One skilled laborer	600.00
141.	One laborer	480.00
142.	One laborer	360.00
(c) Cinema-On-Wheels Section
LUZON PERSONNEL
143.	One chauffeur	600.00
144.	One skilled laborer	480.00
145.	One laborer	360.00
146.	Two laborers at P360	720.00
VISAYAS PERSONNEL
147.	One chauffeur	600.00
148.	One skilled laborer	480.00
149.	One laborer	360.00
150.	Two laborers at P360	720.00
BOARD OF REVIEW FOR MOVING PICTURES
151.	One assistant secretary	1,200.00
152.	One clerk	720.00
MISCELLANEOUS
153.	Supplementary personnel to be employed with the approval of the President	3,460.00
		P279,280.00

The other units and positions authorized for the Department of the Interior and the National Information Office appearing in Commonwealth Act Numbered Four hundred and forty-six which are not provided for herein shall be deemed to have been abolished.

3. The rates of compensation herein given shall be subject to adjustments in accordance with the classification and allocation of positions that may be made by the Salary Board.

Done at the City of Manila, this thirty-first day of December in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and thirty-nine, and of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, the fifth.

MANUEL L. QUEZON
President of the Philippines

By the President:

JORGE B. VARGAS
Secretary to the President