Question & AnswerQ&A (Act No. 2909)
The title of Act No. 2909 is 'An Act Establishing and Granting a Life Pension for the Honorable Cayetano S. Arellano, Under Certain Conditions.'
The beneficiary of the life pension is the Honorable Cayetano S. Arellano, who was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippine Islands.
The life pension granted is twelve thousand pesos per annum.
The life pension shall be paid in monthly installments at the end of each month by the Insular Treasurer of the Philippine Islands.
The payment begins on the day next following the day when Honorable Cayetano S. Arellano shall have finally left his position on the Supreme Court.
Section 2 appropriates the sum of ten thousand pesos or so much thereof for the payment of the pension for the year 1920, and any unexpended portion on December 31, 1920, shall revert to the Insular Treasury.
The sum necessary for the payment of the pension shall be appropriated in the General Appropriation each year as stated in Section 3.
The Act took effect upon its approval on March 23, 1920.
The Insular Treasurer of the Philippine Islands is responsible for paying the pension.
The pension is granted in consideration of the long and meritorious services rendered to the Government and People of the Philippine Islands by Cayetano S. Arellano.