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extracted text: New Legislation First Congress of the Republic) of the Philippines ) F·ourth Session ) H. No. 1977 S. No. 421 [Republic Act No. 368] AN ACT TO FIX THE SA~·ARIES OF PROVINCIAL GOVERNORS, PROVINCML TREASURERS, PROVINCIAL AUDITORS, DISTRICT HEALTH OFFICERS, AND PROVINCIAL ASSESSORS. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philip. pines in Congress assembled: Section 1. The annual salaries of provincial governors, prov.incial treasurers, pro1 incial auditors, district health officers, and provincial assessors sha11 be as hereinbelow fixed: In firs.t class A provinces·: for provinicial go~ernors, eight tho:usand four hundred pesos ; for provincial . trea11urers, six thousand six hundred peso.s ; for . provincial auditors and district health officers, five thousand seven hundred pesos; and for provincial assessors, four thousand eight hundred pesos. In first class 'H provinces: for provincial goverr.ors, seven thousand eight hundred pesos; for provincial >treasurers six tho:isand three ·hundred pesos; for' p.rovincial auditors and district health officers, five thousand four hundred pesos; and for provincial assessors, four thousand five hundrec! peso~. In regular first class provinces: for provincial governors, seven thou~and two hundred pesos; for provincial treasurers six .thousand pesos; for provinci:..l a~ditors and district health officers, five thousand one hundred pesos; and for provincial assessors, four thousand two hundred perns. In second class provinces: for provincial go;crnors, six thousand six hundred pesos; for provindal treasurers, iive thousand seven hundred pesos; for provincial auditors and district health officers, fo:;r thousand eight hundred pP-sos; and for provincial assessors, three thousand six hundred pesos. In third class ·prodnces: for provincial governors. six thousann p::!SO~: for provinc'al treasur:rs, five thousand 01,e hundred pesos; for provincial audikrs and dis.1rlct health officers, four thousand fire hundred pews; and for SEPTEMBER, 1949 provincial assessors, three thousand ·~hree hundred pesos. In fourth class provinces: for provincial governors, five thousand four hu'ndrer pesos; for provincial treasurers, four thousand eight hundred pesos; for ·provincial auditors and district health officers, three thousand nine hundred sixty pesos; and for vrovincial assessors, three thousand one hundred twenty pesos. In fifth class provinces·: for provincial governors, four thousand eight hundred pesos; for provinicial .treasurers, four thousand two hundred .pesos; for provincial auditors and district health officers, three •thousand seven hundred twenty pesos; and for prodnl'ial assessors, three thousand pesos. Provided, That if after the .salary of ::t provincial governor or a provincial treasurer or a provincial auditor or a district heaJ.'.h officer or a provincial assesrnr has been increas.ed by virtue of the provisions hereof, the province concerned ir.curs an overdraft in its g-eneral fund or the opera.ting expenses thereof exceed the revenue collections, the President of the Philippines, upon recommendation of the proper dcpartc ment head shall reduce the salary of ·:hat official to ama':inrnm the rate fixed for the corresponding official in the next lower class of proYince. Sec. 2. One-half of .the salary of the ''rovincial auditor and of the district health officer Fhall he pnirl crnt of 1h0 na.tional funds anrl the othPr half shall re naid out of the general fond and }>.;>alth fund re•PP~·fivelv of the n1·o»ince "0J1C0 rne<'I: P·wn•irlPrl. hn.n<>•·p,r_ Thl'lt an jncrea~P in !"l~lwru n-f' an1v nro,7in~ial au( Continued on page 471l) Page 483 ANCIENT JUSTICE IN THE BISAYAS RAJAH BENDAHARA KlALANTIAW These are the laws which I lay at the feet of the Rajah Besar and request that they be established for the government of the Bisayas and ·their posterity. Competent men,. knowing the an· cicnt · ways of the Bisayas, were assemb!ed r.nd, af.ter consulting and advising relative to the old usages, compiled in conformity thereto this code of Und::mg Undang or Institutes. Let them be known and descend to posterity, that men may· not act according to their own .wills and inclina· tions, but that order and regularity may prevail, as well during prosperity as adversity, a:i:Jd that what is established be not done away. If these laws are attended .to, no one <'an question the authority of the datos for authority will have been conferred upon them by the Rajah lBesar. the highest authority in the land, that they may administer the law in their res:pective towns, and whoever shall not atlmit this awthority will offend against the law of the land. · THE BEGINNING OF MANILA'S LAST ROYAL DYNlASTY SULTAN-EMPEROR NAKODA RAGAM J am the Sultan Bulkeiah in Bor· nf'o where I rule from the city of peace, Dares Salam, on the river Brunei. In Magindanaw, and in Sulu, whence comes my incomparable wife, Empress Lela Men Chanei, men call me Rajah Baguindia. And now in Maynila I am Sultan and Emperor. Twice have my fleets ~!tacked Selurung, which you style Lusung, and this time I have c'onquered. The boastful Dato Gambang, your late ruler, lies de&d, and a princess from his house shall become a wife of mine to carry on the dynasty of Pasig. Our son will be your lord. and, because you es( Continued on page 489) SEPTEMBER, .1949 'PR.ONUNCIAMENTOS (Continued from page 456) conversely physical health is hard to keep unless one is happy and contented. * * * FERNANDO CALDERON-Money alone does not make life worth living. Nay, in most instances it blinds and renders him insensible to agony and suffering of his fellowmen. There can be no genuine feeling of satisfaction without the honest thought of having served faithfully and well, regardless of financial return. * * * ----«O»..---N eW Legislation ... (Continued from page 485) ditor or district health officer ·as herein fixed shall not take effect until after one·half thereof shall have been provided for in the General Appropria.tion Act. Sec. 3. All acts and regulations inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are repealed. Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect on July l, 1949. Approved, June 10, 1949. ---oOo--SU PRE ME COURT (Continued from page 474) tion to the use of the Plaza Miranda, Quiapo, for the meeting app.lied for, the respondent is ordered .to issue the corresponding permit, as requested. So ordered. Moran, C.J., Pablo, Perfecto and Bcnzon, JJ., conc·Jr. Paras, J., concurs in a separate opinion. Briones, · J., concurs in a separate opinion. Hila.do, J., dissents in a separate opL. nion. Tuason, J·., dissents in a separate opinion. . Padilla, J., takes no part. --:-o-:-Youth i!> a blunder; Manhood; a struggle ; Old Age a regret. -DisraeliIn youth the days are short and the ~·ears long; iii old age the years are short and the days long.-Panin.Page 475
Date: 1949
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