EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 240, July 08, 1949

CONTINUING THE APPROPRIATIONS AUTHORIZED BY THE CONGRESS FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF CERTAIN EXISTING ACTIVITIES OR SERVICES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PH…

Executive Orders July 8, 1949
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WHEREAS, the first Congress of the Philippines in its Fourth Session failed to provide appropriations for the period from July 1,1949 to June 30, 1950 for the operation and maintenance of certain existing activities or services of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines authorized by special laws; and

WHEREAS, the absence of such appropriations will paralyze or discontinue said activities or services of the Government;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution and existing laws, particularly Commonwealth Act No. 671, do hereby order:

SECTION. 1. The following sums appropriated by the Congress of the Philippines for the operation and maintenance of certain existing activities or services of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1949, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby continued for the same purposes, services, and activities for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1950:

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1. For the operation and
maintenance of the national agricultural school in the
Province of Occidental Negros, Republic Act No. 43

P289,500.00

2. For additional personnel of the
Bureau of Commerce needed in the enforcement of the Bonded Warehouse Act,
etc., Republic Act No. 247

10,000.00

3. For canvassing, locating and
evaluating deposits of minerals needed in the development of Philippine
industries, Republic Act No. 249

200,000.00

4. For the
establishment and operation of the customs service at the
port of San Fernando, Province of La Union, Republic Act No. 284

25,000.00

5. Judiciary Act of 1948, Republic
Act No. 296

305,513.33

6. To establish, organize and
maintain one national junior agricultural high school in Bunawan, Agusan,
Republic Act No. 301

50,000.00

7. For the maintenance
of various agricultural schools, Republic Act No. 303

400,000.00

8. For the registration
of the claims of all officers and employees of the Government of the
Commonwealth, etc., to salaries and wages during the enemy occupation,
Republic Act No. 304

50,000.00

9. For the establishment of a
school of fisheries in Catbalogan,
Samar, Republic Act No. 313

50,000.00

10. For the increase in pay and
allowances of enlisted men of the Philippine Constabulary, Republic Act No.
315

1,960,000.00

11. For the increase in pay and
allowances of enlisted men of the Armed Forces of the
Philippines, Republic Act No. 315

1,640,000.00

12. For salaries and wages and
other expenses of the Office of Special Attorneys, Republic Act No. 311, as
amended by Republic Act No. 324

375,000.00

13. Reorganizing the Office of the
Solicitor General, Republic Act No. 335

29,400.00

14. For salaries and wages and
other expenses of the Capital City Planning Commission in accordance with the
provisions of section 5 of Republic Act No. 333

150,000.00

15. Regulating the practice of
chemical engineering, Republic Act No. 318

2,000.00

16. For the operation and
maintenance of additional classes in the Philippine Normal School, Republic
Act No. 336

99,500.00

17. For the operation and
maintenance of the
Pangasinan Normal School, Republic Act No. 336

57,800.00

18. For the operation and
maintenance of existing elementary classes, Republic Act No. 346

P33,698,988.00

19. For the adjustment of the
salaries of public school officials, teachers and other school personnel of
the Bureau of Public Schools, Republic Act No. 347

12,000,000.00

20. For expenses in connection with
the establishment of a municipal maternity and charity clinic in every
municipality and municipal district in accordance with the provisions of
Republic Act No. 185

1,000,000.00

21. For the adjustment of the
salaries of teachers and other school personnel in the Social Welfare
Commission in accordance with the provisions of Republic Act No. 312

19,440.00

Less—Amount to be paid out of the
receipts under section 6 of Act No. 3203, as amended

(7,560.00)

Total

P52,404,581.33

SEC. 2. The special and general provisions of Republic Act No. 320 are hereby made applicable to the appropriations provided in this Executive Order.

SEC 3. This Order shall take effect as of July 1, 1949.

Done in the City of Manila, this 8th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty-nine, and of the Independence of the Philippines the fourth.

(SGD.) ELPIDIO QUIRINO
President of the Philippines

By the President:
(SGD.) TEODORO EVANGELISTA
Executive Secretary