Title
Salaries of Philippine Government Officers Act
Law
Act No. 2668
Decision Date
Dec 14, 1916
Act No. 2668 fixes the salaries of various officers and employees of the Philippine Government, including the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Department Secretaries, and other government officials, with provisions for retirement and the filling of vacancies.
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Salaries of Executive Department Secretaries and Under Secretaries

  • Department Secretaries (except Public Instruction): ₱12,000 per annum
  • Department Under Secretaries: ₱7,500 per annum
  • Secretary to the Governor-General (Private Secretary): ₱7,500 per annum

Salaries of Directors and Assistant Directors in Various Bureaus

  • Director of Civil Service: ₱6,000
  • Assistant Director of Civil Service: ₱4,800
  • Director of the Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes: ₱6,000
  • Chief of Executive Bureau: ₱7,200
  • Assistant Chief: ₱6,000
  • Directors and Assistant Directors of Education, Health, Printing, Library and Museum, Agriculture, Lands, Forestry, Science, Public Works, Posts, Labor, among others, with salaries ranging from ₱4,000 to ₱7,200

Salaries of Philippine Constabulary Officers

  • Chief: ₱7,200
  • Colonel: ₱6,000
  • Lieutenant-Colonel: ₱4,800
  • Major: ₱3,600
  • Captain: ₱3,000
  • First Lieutenant: ₱2,400
  • Second Lieutenant: ₱2,000
  • Third Lieutenant: ₱1,800

Salaries in Public Health Service

  • Director of Health: ₱7,200
  • Chiefs of Division: ₱6,000
  • Chief Medical Inspector (non-divisional): up to ₱4,000
  • Medical Inspector: up to ₱3,000
  • Senior Surgeon: up to ₱2,400
  • Surgeon: up to ₱2,800

Customs and Revenue Collectors

  • Insular Collector of Customs: ₱7,200
  • Deputy Collector of Customs and collectors in Iloilo and Cebu: ₱6,000
  • Collectors in Zamboanga and Jolo: ₱5,000
  • Collector of Internal Revenue: ₱7,200
  • Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue: ₱6,000

Treasury and Legal Officers

  • Treasurer: ₱7,200
  • Assistant Treasurer: ₱6,000
  • Solicitor-General: ₱7,200
  • Clerk of Supreme Court: ₱5,000

Judges' Salaries

  • Court of First Instance Judges (majority): ₱8,000
  • Certain District and Auxiliary Judges: ₱7,000

Special Provisions on Salary Reductions and Retirement Benefits

  • Officers whose salaries are reduced but have retired under Act No. 2589 retain their former salary as of December 31, 1916
  • Vacancies created by such retirements are to be filled according to the salaries fixed in this Act

Temporary Contracting of Technical Personnel

  • Governor-General or Department Secretaries can contract technical personnel at higher salaries for limited periods if necessary
  • These salaries must be approved in advance by appropriation Acts

Repealed Provisions and Effectivity

  • Certain sections of the Administrative Code and inconsistent Acts are repealed
  • Act effective January 1, 1917, except members of Legislature and Department Secretaries/Under Secretaries effective upon election or appointment
  • Department Secretaries jointly may postpone salary reductions affecting Bureau and Office positions until December 31, 1918, if required for service interests
  • Such postponements must be gradual and distribute salary reductions over time

Director of Coast Survey

  • Paid daily rate of ₱10 per diem rather than annual salary

This Act comprehensively establishes fixed salary scales for government officers and employees of the Philippine Islands, offers transitional provisions for reductions and retirements, and allows flexibility in contracting critical personnel under specific conditions.


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