REPUBLIC ACT NO. 706 - AN ACT APPROPRIATING ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES DURING THE PERIOD FROM JULY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE TO JUNE THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 706, May 29, 1952 ]

AN ACT APPROPRIATING ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES DURING THE PERIOD FROM JULY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE TO JUNE THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. The following sums, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are appropriated out of any funds in the Philippine Treasury not otherwise appropriated for the period from July first, nineteen hundred fifty-one to June thirtieth, nineteen hundred fifty-two, for the purposes specified hereunder:

ORDINARY EXPENDITURES

A.—CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES

(1) SENATE

I.—SALARIES AND WAGES

1. For supplementary force that may be employed at any time by the President of the Senate, with the concurrence of the Advisory Committee, including additional compensation for per diems to the military and police attaches of the Senate

P175,000.00

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Total for salaries and wages P175,000.00

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II.—SUNDRY EXPENSES

1. Traveling expenses of Senators

P3,000.00

2. Postal, telegraph, telephone, cable and radio service

5,000.00

3. Consumption of supplies and materials including the uniforms for pages, guards, legislative policemen and chauffeurs

45,000.00

4. Maintenance and repair of equipment

12,000.00

5. Other services, including expenses incurred by the Senate for subsistence of Senators and employees working overtime

5,000.00

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Total for sundry expenses

P70,000.00

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III.—FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT

1. For the purchase of furniture and equipment P30,000.00

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Total for furniture and equipment

P30,000.00

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IV.—SPECIAL PURPOSES

1. For traveling and other expenses of the Committees of the Senate and subordinate personnel when authorized by the President of the Senate or by resolution of the Senate to undertake studies in and outside of the Philippines

P30,000.00

2. For other services, including transportation and additional secretarial services for the Members of the Senate, or expenses incurred by direction of the President of the Senate

75,000.00

3. For expenses in connection with the alteration, maintenance and improvement of the offices of Senators, electrical installations and fixtures, installation of telephone, buzzers, etc

25,000.00

3a. For payment of overtime service of the personnel of the Senate expressly ordered by the President or the Secretary of the Senate

3,500.00

4. For salaries of one assistant at P3,120 and one clerk at Pl,800 per annum for the office of each Chairman of Committee or Committees

20,000.00

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Total for special purposes

P153,500.00

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Total amount available for the Senate

P428,500.00

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(2) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

I.—SALARIES AND WAGES

1. For supplementary force that may be employed at any time in the discretion of the Speaker, including additional compensation for per diems to the military and police attaches of the Speaker

P90,000.00

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Total for salaries and wages

P90,000.00

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II.—SUNDRY EXPENSES

1. Postal, telegraph, telephone, cable and radio service

P20,000.00

2. Consumption of supplies and materials, including the uniforms for pages, guards and chauffeurs

50,000.00

3. Maintenance and repairs of equipment

10,000.00

4. Other services, including expenses, incurred by the House of Representatives for subsistence of Members of the House and employees working overtime

20,000.00

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Total for sundry expenses

P100,000.00

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III.—FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT

For the purchase of furniture and equipment P10,000.00

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Total for furniture and equipment

P10,000.00

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Total

P200,000.00

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(a) HOUSE ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL

1. Traveling expenses of the Members of the Tribunal in connection with their attendance at the sessions including laborers to be used for hauling ballot boxes and other election matters P30,000.00

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Total for sundry expenses

P30,000.00

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Total amount available for the House Electoral Tribunal

P30,000.00

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Total amount available for the House of Representatives

P230,000.00

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D.—DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

IV.—SPECIAL PURPOSE

1. For the operation and maintenance of the Foreign Service of the Republic of the Philippines P263,000.00

a. For per diems at the rate of not exceeding P50, transportation, sundry and other expenses, including clothing allowances and shipment of effects, of Ambassadors, the Chief of Mission to the United Nations, Ministers, Foreign Affairs Officers, Attaches, Advisers and other foreign service personnel and employees whenever assigned to extended tours of duty or directed to proceed or transfer from one post to another; and for per diems at the rate of not exceeding P50, travel and other sundry expenses, including clothing allowances and representation expenses, of representatives or delegates in connection with the participation of the Philippines in International Organizations, conventions and conferences

P228,400.00

b. For the operating expenses of the Philippine Consulate in Singapore, organized under Republic Act No. 629

34,600.00

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Total for special purpose

P263,000.00

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Total amount available for the Department of Foreign Affairs

P263,000.00

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E.—DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE

II.—SUNDRY EXPENSES

2. Freight, express and delivery service, Bureau of Internal Revenue P3,300.00

3. Postal, telegraph, telephone, cable and radio service 5,500.00

Bureau of supply

P300.00

Bureau of Internal Revenue

5,200.00

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P5,500.00

4. Consumption of supplies and materials 172,400.00

Bureau of Supply

P1,500.00

Bureau of Internal Revenue

170,900.00

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P172,400.00

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5. Printing and binding reports, documents and publications, Bureau of Internal Revenue

550.00

6. Maintenance and repair of equipment, Bureau of Internal Revenue

700.00

7. Other services, Bureau of Internal Revenue

10,730.00

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Total for sundry expenses

193,180.00

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Total amount available for the Department of Finance

P193,180.00

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F.—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

II.—SUNDRY EXPENSES

1. Traveling expenses of personnel P29,900.00

Court of Industrial Relations

P9,700.00

Public Service Commission

1,500.00

National Bureau of Investigation

18,700.00

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P29,900.00

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2. Postal,."telegraph, telephone, cable and radio service 8,700.00

3. Illumination and power service, Bureau of Immigration 500.00

4. Consumption of supplies and materials 104,000.00

Justices of the Peace

P1,000.00

Courts of First Instance

2,000.00

Public Service Commission

1,000.00

Bureau of Prisons (For subsistence of prisoners only)

100,000.00

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P104.000.00

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5. Other services 4,500.00

Office of the Secretary

P500.00

National Bureau of Investigation

4,000.00

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P4,500.00

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6. For expenses in connection with the transportation and subsistence of alien detainees, Bureau of Immigration 30,000.00

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Total for sundry expenses

P177,600.00

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Total amount available for the Department of Justice P177,600.00

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G.—DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES

II.—SUNDRY EXPENSES

1. Traveling expenses of personnel Bureau of Forestry P23,660.00

2. Postal, telegraph, telephone, cable and radio service, Bureau of Forestry 3,000.00

3. Illumination and power service, Bureau of Forestry 500.00

4. Other services 5,660.00

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Total for sundry expenses P32,820.00

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(8) FIBER INSPECTION SERVICE

II.—SUNDRY EXPENSES

1. Postal, telegraph, telephone and radio service P100.00

2. Illumination and power service 80.00

3. Other services 700.00

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Total for sundry expenses

P880.00

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Total amount available for the Fiber Inspection Service

P880.00

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Amount to be paid from the Fiber Inspection Service Fund

(P880.00)

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Total amount available for the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources

P32,820.00

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H.—DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND COMMUNICATIONS

I.—SALARIES AND WAGES

(3) BUREAU OF POSTS

1. For the employment of temporary and emergency employees from time to time at rates not exceeding P4 a day

P162,000.00

(4) BUREAU OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

2. For the employment of temporary and emergency employees from time to time at rates not exceeding P6 a day

P4,000.00

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Total for salaries and wages

P166,000.00

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II.—SUNDRY EXPENSES

1. Traveling expenses of personnel, Bureau of Telecommunications P17,000.00

2. Postal, telegraph, telephone, cable and radio service, Bureau of Telecommunications 250.00

3. Illumination and power service, Bureau of Telecommunications 8,130.00

4. Rental of buildings and grounds, Bureau of Telecommunications 1,900.00

5. Consumption of supplies and materials, Bureau of Telecommunications

56,000.00

6. Maintenance and repair of equipment, Bureau of Telecommunications 3,750.00

7. Other services 76,220.00

Bureau of Posts

P58.722.00

Bureau of Telecommunications

17,498.00

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P76,220.00

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Total for sundry expenses

P163,250.00

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IV.—SPECIAL PURPOSES

1. For the transportation of foreign air mail

P1,200,000.00

2. For the payment of overtime compensation to employees of the Bureau of Posts

175,000.00

3. For the payment of overtime compensation to employees of the Bureau of Telecommunications

500,000.00

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Total for special purposes

P1,875,000.00

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Total amount available for the Department of Public Works and Communications

P2,204,250.00

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SPECIAL PROVISIONS

1. The itemization of the appropriation authorized in item H-IV-11, of Republic Act No. 673 for the installation, operation and maintenance of the Government Telephone System shall not be construed as limiting the total expenditures that may be incurred for the specific purposes provided in said item, and the Secretary of Public Works and Communications, with the approval of the President, is hereby authorized to augment any of the amounts thus itemized, provided that such additional expenditures shall not be more than P12,500 and shall be defrayed from the receipts of the System.

J.—DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

(5) INDUSTRIAL SAFETY ENGINEERING DIVISION

SALARIES AND WAGES

1. One industrial safety engineer and chief of division P6,000.00

Excess of actual salary 1,200.00

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Total for salaries and wages

P7,200.00

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Total for the Industrial Safety Engineering Division

P7,200.00

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Amount to be paid out of the Industrial Safety Engineering Revolving Fund

P7,200.00

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K.—DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENSE

IV.—SPECIAL PURPOSES

1. For intelligence, counter-intelligence, psychological warfare, contingent expenses, purchase of information, payment of rewards for the capture, dead or alive, of dissident elements, including salaries, travel expenses, miscellaneous and contingent expenses in connection with intelligence work and peace and order campaign P500,000.00

2. For the payment of gratuities and pensions of officers and enlisted men who died or are disabled as a result of wounds or injuries received or sickness or disease incurred in line of duty while in the active service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines or the Philippine Constabulary in accordance with the provisions of Republic Act No. 610 207,000.00

3. For the payment of pensions to veterans of past Philippine revolutions or wars in accordance with the provisions of Commonwealth Act No. 605, including the operating expenses of the Board of Pensions for Veterans under Republic Act No. 539 164.00

SUNDRY EXPENSES

(a) Other services

P164.00

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Total for special purposes

P707,164.00

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(a) ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES

(b) APPROPRIATIONS COMMON TO ALL MAJOR SERVICES

(General Headquarters)

SUNDRY EXPENSES

1. Gratuity, retirement, separation and pension of officers and enlisted men P600,000.00

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Total for sundry expenses

P600,000.00

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FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT

1. For the purchase of initial engineer, medical, ordnance, quartermaster and signal equipment P1,200,000.00

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Total for furniture and equipment

P1,200,000.000

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Total for the General Headquarters

P1,800,000.00

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Total amount available for the Department of National Defense

P2,507,164.00

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L.—DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

I.—SALARIES AND WAGES

(2) BUREAU OP HEALTH

1. Salary differentials for district health officers whose rates of compensation had been raised due to reclassification of provinces (one-half only, the other half being payable by the provinces concerned)

P4,110.00

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Total for salaries and wages

P4,110.00

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II.—SUNDRY EXPENSE

1. Consumption of supplies and materials Bureau of Hospitals P250,000.00

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Total for sundry expense

P250,000.00

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Total amount available for the Department of Health

P254,110.00

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Total amount available for Ordinary Expenditures

P6,290,624.00

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EXTRAORDINARY EXPENDITURES

B.—OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

SPECIAL PURPOSES

1. For the operation of the Import Control Commission

P207,000.00

Amount to be paid out of the receipts collected under the new import control law

(207,000.00)

2. For relief to victims of the eruption of Hibok-Hibok volcano and the typhoons that passed through several provinces

P300,000.00

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Total for special purposes

P300,000.00

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Total amount available for the Office of the President

P300,000.00

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D.—DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

SPECIAL PURPOSES

1. For the necessary expenses of the UNESCO, Republic Act No. 621

P5,000.00

2. For the expenses in connection with the donation of "the Philippines to the United Nations consisting of Philippine woods for the panelling of the General Assembly Auditorium and for processing and shipping the materials to the Secretariat of the said Organization

50,000.00

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Total for special purposes

P55,000.00

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Total amount available for the Department of Foreign Affairs

P55,000.00

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G.—DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES

SPECIAL PURPOSE

1. For the intensification of the campaign for the control and eradication of agricultural pests and diseases, including mosaic disease, leaf miners and kadang-kadang, the purchase of insecticides, fungicides, etc.

P150,000.00

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Total for special purpose

P150,000.00

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Total amount available for the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources

P150,000.00

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K.—DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENSE

SPECIAL PURPOSES

1. For expenses of the Philippine Veterans Board in carrying out the purposes of Republic Act No. 65, providing for a Bill of Rights for officers and enlisted men of the Philippine Army and of recognized guerrilla organizations

P10,000.00

SUNDRY EXPENSE

(a) Postal, telegraph, telephone, cable and radio service P10,000.00

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2. For the purchase of loose firearms and ammunitions; Provided, That no part of this amount shall be transferred to another item

P1,000,000.00

3. For the purchase from private individuals and dealers of firearms frozen by the Government; Provided, That payments shall be made at cost price which shall not be above current price

500,000.00

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Total for special purposes

P1,510,000.00

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Total amount available for the Department of National Defense

P1,510,000.00

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Total amount available for Extraordinary Expenditures

P2,015,000.00

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GRAND TOTAL OF THE APPROPRIATION AUTHORIZED IN THIS ACT: EIGHT MILLION, THREE HUNDRED FIVE THOUSAND, SIX HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR PESOS

P8,305,624.00

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SEC. 2. Effective date. —This Act shall take effect as of July first, nineteen hundred and fifty-one.

Approved, May 29, 1952.