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 Office of the Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Commerce, shall have the following administrative units and positions in lieu of those provided for the said office in Commonwealth Acts Numbered Four hundred and forty-six, four hundred and eighteen, and Act Numbered Three Thousand nine hundred and fifty-three:

See Table in MOP, Bk 3, v.4, 94

The positions in items 4, 16, 19, 21, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 38, 39, 40, 43, 44, 45, 52, 54, and 58 shall continue to be paid from the appropriation for the eradication and control of anthrax, rinderpest, foot-and-mouth, and other animal diseases, under Acts Numbered Thirty-one hundred and nineteen, Thirty-one hundred and sixty-six, and Thirty-eight hundred and twenty-five, and Commonwealth Act Numbered One hundred and thirty-four, as provided in items G-IV-8 (e) to (u), pages 205 to 206 of Commonwealth Act Numbered Four hundred and forty-six; items 5, 6, 7, 8, 15, and 28 from the appropriation for the personnel of the Philippine livestock promotion fund, for carrying out the provisions of Commonwealth Act Numbered One hundred and eighteen, item G-IV-8(a) to (v), pages 208 and 209 of the same Act; and item 13 from the appropriation for the personnel of the stock farms, breeding stations, slaughterhouses, and animal products fund, under Act Numbered Twenty-seven hundred and fifty-eight as amended, item G-IV-7(r), page 207 also of the same Act.
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.

5. The appropriations for certain items under sundry expenses authorized for the Department of Agriculture and Commerce in Commonwealth Act Numbered Four hundred and forty-six are hereby feed as follows:

6. The appropriations for certain items under sundry expenses authorized for the Department of Agriculture and Commerce in Commonwealth Act Numbered Four hundred and forty-six are hereby fixed as follows:

II.-SUNDRY EXPENSES
Item No.	Original Appropriation	Amount fixed in the Executive Order	Decrease
1. Traveling expenses of personnel	P400,000	P352,370	P47,630
2. Freight, express, and delivery service	24,000	21,660	2,340
6. Consumption of supplies	261,140	242,810	18,330
8. Traveling expenses of persons not government employees	1,000.00	555	445
9. Maintenance and repair of equipment	15,000	10,620	4,380
10. Other services, including prior years ™ expenses of the Weather Bureau	30,000	22,845	7,155
Total			P80,280

The reduction in the total amount of P80,280 is transferred to the appropriations for the salaries and wages to provide for the new positions and increase in salaries herein authorized, for the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture and Commerce.

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.


By the President:

JORGE B. VARGAS
Secretary to the President