Question & AnswerQ&A (Act No. 507)
The main purpose of Act No. 507 is to amend Act No. 467 to provide for taking a census of the Philippine Islands, specifically addressing the eligibility and compensation of personnel involved in the census.
Act No. 507 amends Act No. 467, entitled 'An Act to provide for taking a census of the Philippine Islands.'
Any person in the insular, provincial, or municipal service of the Philippine Islands, if otherwise qualified, is eligible for appointment as enumerator, special agent, clerk, or messenger.
Yes, they are entitled to receive the amount provided as compensation for their census-related work in addition to their regular salary.
An Army officer detailed as provincial governor and appointed as supervisor of the census is not entitled to the compensation provided for census supervisors but shall receive a per diem of five dollars from Insular funds, plus the per diem from the province, in lieu of all expenses incurred as supervisor.
Section eight of Act No. 467 is amended by Act No. 507.
Act No. 507 took effect immediately upon its passage on November 10, 1902.
Yes, the Act’s passage was expedited pursuant to section two of 'An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws,' passed September 26, 1900.
The Act explicitly states that persons in government service who qualify and serve as enumerators, special agents, clerks, or messengers shall be entitled to additional compensation apart from their regular salary.
Yes, their per diem payments are subject to the provisos contained in section eight of Act No. 467 regarding compensation to supervisors of the census.