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

Case Overview and Summary

Summary of Republic Act No. 425

Appropriations for the Philippine Government (July 1, 1949 - June 30, 1950)

- Congress of the Philippines
• Senate (Section 1.A.1)
• Salaries and wages: ₱220,200 for regular and supplementary force
• Sundry expenses: ₱40,000 for services, supplies, printing, equipment maintenance
• Furniture and equipment: ₱30,000 for purchases including motor vehicles
• Special purposes: ₱120,000 for travel, studies, committee expenses

• House of Representatives (Section 1.A.2)
• Salaries and wages: ₱247,929.68 for members, personnel, supplementary force
• Sundry expenses: ₱200,000 for members' travel
• Special purposes: ₱80,000 for Electoral Tribunal expenses

- Office of the President (Section 1.B)
• Sundry expenses: ₱282,195 for supplies and subsistence at Welfareville
• Special purposes: ₱657,000 for pensions, intelligence office, guerrilla listing, UNICEF contribution
• Bureau of Printing salaries and wages: ₱175,260 for standardization and adjustment

- Office of the Vice President (Section 1.C)
• Salaries and wages: ₱7,600 for the Vice President

- Department of Foreign Affairs (Section 1.D)
• Salaries and wages: ₱9,000 for telephone operators, laborers, janitors
• Special purposes: ₱411,870 for foreign service operations and maintenance
• Provisions for Philippine legations in Buenos Aires and Tokyo, including staff salaries, expenses, allowances
• ₱1,000,000 for purchase or construction of buildings for foreign representations

- Department of the Interior (Section 1.E)
• Special purposes: ₱5,628,861.55 for salaries and expenses of reactivated guerrillas and civilian volunteers in the Philippine Constabulary

- Department of Finance (Section 1.F)
• Bureau of Customs salaries: ₱15,690 for minimum laborer salaries
• Sundry expenses: ₱78,000 for building rentals
• Furniture and equipment: ₱50,000 for customs launch in Cebu
• Special purposes: ₱248,340 for secret service, claims registration, personnel for revenue collection and training

- Department of Justice (Section 1.G)
• Sundry expenses: ₱531,900 for travel, rentals, supplies for Bureau of Prisons
• Special purposes: ₱920,000 for pre-war justices of the peace salaries and General Land Registration Office personnel

- Department of Public Works and Communications (Section 1.I)
• Sundry expenses: ₱614,000 for travel, freight, supplies, printing, equipment maintenance
• Special purposes: ₱2,034,713 for postal operations, personnel, salary adjustments in Bureau of Posts, Bureau of Telecommunications, and Government Telephone System

- Department of Education (Section 1.J)
• Furniture and equipment: ₱7,875 for purchase of manuscripts
• Special purposes: ₱20,965,200 for operation of new elementary classes, agricultural high schools

- Department of National Defense (Section 1.L)
• Special purposes: ₱9,500,000 for Philippine Army bill of rights, no new positions or salary increases
• Philippine Naval Patrol: ₱2,500,000 for maintenance and operations

- Department of Health (Section 1.M)
• Sundry expenses: ₱1,051,600 for travel, supplies including vaccines and subsistence for lepers
• Special purposes: ₱8,000 for share of Basilan City health officer expenses

- Department of Commerce and Industry (Section 1.N)
• Sundry expenses: ₱89,739 for building rentals
• Special purposes: ₱109,125 for Weather Bureau stations operations

- General Auditing Office (Section 1.O)
• Sundry expenses: ₱31,830 for building rentals

- Supreme Court of the Philippines (Section 1.R)
• Special provision: Chief Justice authorized to use bar exam fees to pay examiners

- Court of Appeals (Section 1.S)
• Salaries and wages: ₱1,200 for Clerk of Court salary difference
• Sundry expenses: ₱44,800 for building rentals including arrears

- Contingent Funds (Section 1.T)
• ₱4,000,000 to cover deficits from savings in Republic Act No. 424

- Other Provisions
• Applicability of special and general provisions of Republic Act No. 320 (Section 2)
• Amendment to allow use of savings for claims, leave commutation, salary increases (Section 3)
• Effective date of July 1, 1949 (Section 4)