Title
Uniform Salaries for Provincial Governors and Treasurers
Law
Act No. 1581
Decision Date
Dec 22, 1906
Act No. 1581 equalizes and secures uniform salaries for provincial governors and treasurers in the Philippines, specifying salary amounts for different provinces and exempting officials already receiving higher salaries until the end of their term.
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Q&A (Act No. 1581)

The title is 'An Act to Equalize and Secure Uniformity in Salaries of Provincial Governors and Treasurers,' enacted on December 22, 1906.

The Act took effect on its passage, December 22, 1906.

The purpose is to equalize and secure uniformity in the salaries of provincial governors and provincial treasurers in specified provinces of the Philippines.

The salary adjustments became effective on January 1, 1907.

The provinces of Cebu, Iloilo, and Pangasinan.

Five thousand pesos per annum each.

Four thousand five hundred pesos per annum each.

Capiz, Cavite, Ilocos Norte, La Union, Misamis, Nueva Ecija, Oriental Negros, Surigao, and Tarlac.

Three thousand pesos per annum each.

If a provincial governor or treasurer is receiving a salary greater than that fixed by the Act, the Act shall not apply to such official during his present term of office but shall take effect upon the qualification of his successor.

Its passage was expedited in accordance with section two of 'An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws,' passed September 26, 1900, due to public good requiring speedy enactment.


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