[ Commonwealth Act No. 674, July 24, 1945 ]

AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES BEGINNING JULY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIVE UNTIL THE GENERAL APPROPRIATION ACT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX IS APPROVED.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress Assembled:SECTION 1. Pending approval of the General Appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and forty-six, the sums necessary to pay the salaries and wages of all officers and employees who, on August fifteen, nineteen hundred and forty-five, are actually rendering service to the Commonwealth Government under this items of appropriations authorized in Commonwealth Act Numbered Six hundred and fifty-four and in Administrative Ordered Numbered Five, dated May twenty-five, nineteen hundred and forty five, and in Executive Ordered Numbered Eighteen-W, dated August thirty-first, nineteen hundred anmd forty-four, as well as the sums necessary to pay the running and incidental expenses of activities provided in said Act and Administrative and Executive Orders which, on August fifteen, nineteen hundred and forty-five, are in actual operation, are hereby appropriated for the operation of the Government of the Commonwealth of the Philippines for a period of three months beginning July first, nineteen hundred and forty-five. The following sums, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are likewise hereby appropriated, for the objects and purposes herein specified for the operation of the government branches concerned for a period of three months beginning July first, nineteen hundred and forty-five:

Special and General Purposes1. For the operating expenses of the National Board of Inquiry created by Executive Order No. 53, dated June 8, 1945; Provided, That this appropriation shall be available to cover expenditures incurred on and after June 8, 1945-------P12,500.00DEPARTMENT OF FINANCESpecial Purpose1. For aid to provinces, cities, municipalities and municipal districts to help them meet their operating expenses for essential ordinary services: Provided, That each province, city, municipality or municipal district shall receive not less than fifty per centum of its average quarterly expenditures for essential ordinary services for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1941: Provided, further, That if the data for the fiscal year 1941 are not available, the latest available data shall be used for this purpose. Any balance of this aid remaining unexpended on September 30 1945, shall revert to the General Fund of the National Government-------10,000,000.00SUPREME COURT OF THE PHILIPPINESSalaries and WagesFour Associate Justices at P15,000-----15,000.00Four Private Secretaries at P3,600-----3,600.00SUNDRY EXPENSESRentals of buildings and grounds-----7,500.00

SEC. 2. The provisions of Commonwealth Act Numbered Six hundred and fifty-four, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, are hereby reenacted and made part hereof.SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on July first, nineteen hundred and forty-five, unless otherwise stated.Approved, July 24, 1945.

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