Question & AnswerQ&A (Act No. 1416)
Act No. 1416 appropriates funds for sundry expenses of the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1906, including compensation for public officers and operational costs of various bureaus and departments.
Salaries are explicitly provided for the President and seven Commissioners of the Philippine Commission, Governor-General, Secretaries of key departments (Interior, Commerce and Police, Finance and Justice, Public Instruction), members of the Bureau of Civil Service, and judges among others.
Each member of the Philippine Commission, including the President and seven Commissioners, is authorized a salary of ten thousand pesos per annum.
Yes, the Act authorizes contingent expenses for various bureaus and departments including expenses for office furniture, supplies, printing, travel per diems, maintenance, and other necessary incidental costs.
The Act allows compensation for temporary services such as translators, expert employees, and the commutation of accrued leave of absence for officers and employees who die or resign, with immediate replacement provisions.
Per diem rates vary based on annual salary: one peso for those under 1,200 pesos; two pesos for 1,200-1,800 pesos; three pesos for 1,800-2,400 pesos; four pesos for 2,400-6,000 pesos; and five pesos for those above 6,000 pesos per annum.
No. Positions without stated per annum compensation are excepted from the Civil Service Act and classified service privileges, though appointments and separations above semiskilled labor must still be reported to the Bureau of Civil Service.
The Director of the Weather Bureau, with Secretary of the Interior’s approval, may reduce, suppress, or transfer any weather station maintained by the bureau.
The Act provides authorized salaries for judges and employees in the Supreme Court and Courts of First Instance, specifies their clerks and support staff, and allows per diems for judges traveling between provinces and for official business.
The Act appropriates funds for the maintenance, alteration, and repair of various public buildings with detailed specifications, including construction of additions, repairs to windows, roofs, furniture, and electric lighting systems.
Unclassified Insular Government employees injured in clear line of duty may receive regular compensation up to 90 days and, with approval, payment for medical attendance, hospital fees, and necessary transportation, not payable from the salary and expense fund if other funds are available.
The Director of Education is authorized a salary of twelve thousand pesos per annum.
The Act appropriates not to exceed three million two hundred ninety-two thousand pesos for salaries, wages, clothing, camps, barracks, transportation, secret service, telegraph, and other expenses of the Bureau of Constabulary.
Yes, officers of the Bureau of Constabulary, subject to Act No. 1394, may receive additional compensation of one hundred pesos per annum, and supply officers may receive extra compensation totaling twenty thousand pesos, subject to specific limits.
Yes, the Act appropriates forty thousand pesos as a contingent fund for secret-service purposes including payment of rewards for apprehending deserters and criminals, subject to certain conditions and approvals.