ADJUSTING THE SALARIES OF SOLICITORS AND TRIAL ATTORNEYS IN THE OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR GENERAL AND EXEMPTING PERSONNEL FROM WAPCO COVERAGE.

WHEREAS, litigation and other legal work handled by the
Office of the Solicitor General have increased in volume, complexity and
significance;

WHEREAS, salary adjustments for personnel are necessary to
maximize efficiency, to improve the quality of its personnel, and to
maintain the effectiveness of the Office of the Solicitor General as the
law office of the Government;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E.
MARCOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of
the powers in me vested by the Constitution, do hereby order and decree
that:

SECTION 1. The provisions of existing laws to the
contrary notwithstanding, the number of positions and the annual
salaries of Solicitors and Trial Attorneys are hereby fixed as follows:

	Positions		Salaries
	Six (6) Solicitors		P28,000.00
	Six (6) Solicitors		26,500.00
	Six (6) Solicitors		25,000.00
	Six (6) Solicitors		23,500.00
	Five (5) Solicitors		22,300.00
	Three (3) Solicitors		21,200.00
	Three (3) Solicitors		20,000.00
	Three (3) Solicitors		18,800.00
	Four (4) Solicitors		17,600.00
	Three (3) Trial Attorneys		14,000.00
	Three (3) Trial Attorneys		12,500.00
	Three (3) Trial Attorneys		11,000.00
	Three (3) Trial Attorneys		10,800.00
	Three (3) Trial Attorneys		9,600.00
	Two (2) Trial Attorneys		8,400.00

 

SEC. 2. The Office of the Solicitor General shall be exempt
from the coverage and the classification and compensation plans of the
Wage and Position Classification Office (WAPCO). The salaries of members
of its Administrative Staff are hereby restored to the same amounts
provided under Republic Act No. 6458.

SEC. 3. There is
hereby appropriated out of any funds in the National Treasury not
otherwise appropriated such sums as may be necessary to pay the salary
increases provided for in Section 1 hereof and thereafter the funds
needed to implement the provisions of this Decree shall be in the annual
Appropriation Act.

SEC. 4. The salary increases herein
provided shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of
Manila, this 25th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen
hundred and seventy-five.