Currency Handling and Payment Provisions
- Appropriations shall be withdrawn in local currency at the authorized ratio prevailing at the time of withdrawal.
- Existing balances from past appropriations are available for withdrawal in local currency except those specifically payable in U.S. currency.
- The Secretary of Finance and Justice can authorize currency exchanges to pay obligations legally payable only in U.S. currency.
- Contracts or obligations of the Insular Government can be made payable either in U.S. currency or in local currency equivalents at government’s option.
Refund and Special Payments
- An appropriation is made to refund duties collected from the Sultan of Jolo on goods consigned in early 1902.
- Provincial treasurers are authorized to cover specific expenses such as launch hire and per diems for government officials and military officers involved in provincial affairs.
Key Departmental and Bureaual Appropriations
- United States Philippine Commission: Funding for salaries, transportation, and contingent expenses totaling $33,580.
- Executive Bureau: Salaries and contingent expenses totaling $25,324.
- Philippine Civil Service Board: Salaries, transportation, and expenses totaling $7,762.50.
- Bureau of the Insular Purchasing Agent: Salaries, transportation, and contingent expenses totaling $51,915.
- Department of the Interior (including Board of Health, Quarantine Service, Forestry Bureau, Mining Bureau, Weather Bureau, Public Lands, Agriculture, Non-Christian Tribes, Government Laboratories).
- Department of Commerce and Police (including Bureau of Post-Offices, Signal Service, Philippines Constabulary, Bureau of Prisons, Captain of the Port, Coast Guard and Transportation, Coast and Geodetic Survey).
- Department of Finance and Justice (including Offices of Secretary, Insular Treasurer, Auditor, Customs and Immigration, Internal Revenue, Cold Storage and Ice Plant, Justice).
- Department of Public Instruction (Office of Secretary, Public Instruction, Public Printing).
- Other agencies and offices including Architecture and Construction, Archives, Statistics, Museum, American Circulating Library, Intendencia Building, District Commanders, Provincial Governments, Chief Quartermaster.
Manila City Government Appropriations
- Salaries and wages for Municipal Board, Department of Engineering and Public Works, Assessments and Collections, Fire Department, Law Department, Police Department, City Schools.
- Allocations for maintenance, equipment, contingent expenses, and special operational costs.
Detailed Salary and Wage Provisions
- Specific salaries are provided for numerous officials, clerks, inspectors, employees, and laborers across all government branches and bureaus.
- Includes compensation for officers detailed from the U.S. Army or Navy serving civil duties.
Contingent Expenses Coverage
- Contingent funds cover supplies, office furniture, transportation hire, repairs, utilities, communication expenses, per diems for officers, advertising, and other miscellaneous costs.
Operational and Maintenance Funding
- Specific allocations for hospital support, epidemic suppression, public building construction, maintenance of facilities, purchase and repair of equipment, and transport operations.
Legal and Procedural Authorizations
- Section 6 expedites the enactment process of the appropriation bill due to public good.
- The Act takes effect immediately upon passage.
Summary of Appropriations Application
- All appropriations are for the partial compensation of government services for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903.
- Appropriations cover the first quarter unless otherwise stated but are generally available for obligations throughout the fiscal year.
- Balances from previous appropriations remain available under specified conditions.
- Separate provisions address refund claims and special provincial authorizations.
- The Act repeals conflicting laws related to forestry revenue distribution.