Governing purpose and recognition
- Act No. 2922 grants a life pension in recognition of services rendered by General Emilio Aguinaldo to the cause of the Philippine Revolution.
- The Act bases the grant on General Emilio Aguinaldo’s illness and inability to follow his usual occupations.
- The Act states it is proper for the Government of the Philippine Islands to provide necessary means for him to live decently in view of the office he held in the Revolution.
Life pension amount and payment terms
- Section 1 grants General Emilio Aguinaldo a life pension of twelve thousand pesos.
- Section 1 requires the pension to be paid in monthly installments.
- Section 1 requires monthly installments to be paid at the end of each month.
- Section 1 directs payment to be made out of the appropriation made in section 1-D-91 of Act Numbered Twenty-eight hundred and seventy-five.
Annual appropriation requirement
- Section 2 requires that the sum necessary to pay the pension be appropriated in the General Appropriation Act each year.
Appropriation references
- Section 1 ties the initial payment source to section 1-D-91 of Act Numbered Twenty-eight hundred and seventy-five.
Full operative command
- Section 1 creates the right to receive a life pension for General Emilio Aguinaldo.
- Section 1 sets the pension amount at PHP 12,000 and mandates payment in monthly installments at the end of each month.
- Section 2 mandates the annual appropriation in the General Appropriation Act to fund the pension each year.
- Section 3 makes the Act effective on approval.