Title
Appropriations for Bureau Expenses in Moro and Mountain Provinces
Law
Republic Act No. 9121
Decision Date
Apr 20, 2001
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Law Summary

Bureau of Constabulary Allocations

  • Salaries, wages, and authorized contingent expenses covered.
  • For operations in Moro Province, Mountain Province, Agusan, and Nueva Vizcaya.
  • Amount appropriated: 700,000 pesos.

Bureau of Health Appropriations and Staffing

  • Salaries for district health officers in Mountain Province (4,000 pesos) and Nueva Vizcaya (3,600 pesos).
  • Several sanitary inspectors paid 480 pesos each for various subprovinces.
  • Funds included for emergency sanitary inspectors, medicines, supplies, travel, per diems, and incidental expenses.
  • Total appropriation: 23,000 pesos.

Bureau of Agriculture Appropriations and Personnel

  • Salaries for two veterinarians in Mountain Province (3,600 pesos each) and two veterinarians in Agusan and Nueva Vizcaya (3,200 pesos each).
  • Half salary for superintendent at the Baguio Experiment Station.
  • Seed distributer salary set at 960 pesos.
  • Eight inoculators at 540 pesos each across provinces.
  • Contingent expenses allocated for serum, supplies, seeds, travel, and per diems.
  • Total appropriation: 40,000 pesos.

Bureau of Forestry Allocations

  • Salaries for one head ranger and temporary fire wardens.
  • Contingent expenses for operations in Mountain Province and Nueva Vizcaya.
  • Amount appropriated: 2,000 pesos.

Bureau of Education Appropriations

  • Salaries, wages, and contingent expenses including transportation and maintenance costs.
  • Includes wages for pupils’ clothing and building repairs for industrial schools in Alilem, Mountain Province.
  • Applies also to Agusan and Nueva Vizcaya provinces.
  • Total appropriation: 110,000 pesos.

Total Appropriations

  • Total sum allocated for all purposes under this Act: 875,000 pesos.

Preservation of Administrative Jurisdiction

  • Act does not affect the administrative jurisdiction of the Directors of Constabulary, Health, Agriculture, Forestry, and Education over their respective bureaus in the mentioned provinces.

Expedited Enactment

  • Act is expedited as a matter of public good under the procedure prescribed by law dated September 26, 1900.

Retroactive Effect

  • The Act takes retroactive effect from July 1, 1909.

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