Rural Council [Provincial circulars]

Title

Language

English

Source

I (10&11) October-November 1949

Year

1949

Subject

Rural development projects

Rural planning

Government programs

Rural council

Philippines. Department of Interior and Local Government

Public officials

Baluyot, Sotero

Rights

In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Abstract

Rural Council is one of the programs of the Local Government that functions are to organize civic lectures concerning the duties and rights of citizenship and to offer to the Government the cooperation necessary for the success of the public. The purpose of this program is to bring the government to the people and the people to the government.

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PROVINCIAL . .. (Continued from pnge 496) do you recommend to check !:he epidemic? 3. What means of waste disposal are used by the people? Are they in good condition? If not or if they are wanting, please indicate your plans on the matter. 4. Is garbage collection and disposal properJy attended to? If not, what remedial measures should be adopted? PUBLIC EDUCATION 1. Are all children of primary school age in school? If not, please find out the cause and suggest a remedy to place them in school. 2. Is adult education being undertaken in your lQcality? If not, and you are aware of the clamor for it, what step do you plan to encourage such activity? AGRICULTURE AND NATUR1AL RESOURCES 1. What is the food situation in your province or municipality? In case of shortage of the staple food, what relief measures do you intend to adopt or recommend? 2. Are you cooperating in the food production campaign? How? What means do you suggest to intensify it? 3. Do you own any irrigation sys· tern? If none, is there need of such a system and if so, what steps do you intend to take? 4. Are there plants and animal pests? Are you prepared to take immediate means to put out such pests? Page 522 5. How. is fishing done in your jurisdiction? If any dynamite is used, what steps do you intend to follow in case there is real need of such service? GAMBLING AND OTHER VICES 1. Is gambling indulged in your locality? Is it being eradicated? 2. Are mendicancy, prostitution and keeping of disorderly houses practiced in your territory? In the affirmative what steps are being taken or will be undertaken to stop all these evils? PROTECTIVE SERVICE 1. Has your city or municipality established an efficient police department and adequate municipal jail? In the negative, what are your plans on the matter? 2. Have you organized a fire department with adequate firefighting apparatus? 3. Have you adopted a to,,·n or eity plan? If not, when are you ready to submit such a plan to the proper authorities? 4. Is there any zonification ordinance in force in your jurisdiction? In the absence of such ordinance, would it not be advisable now to adopt one for populous centers? RUR'AL COUNCIL Is this body functioning in your jurisdic'tion as provided in section 2219 1/2 of the _.l dministrative Code? The last two function,; of the Rural Council enumerated in said law are: "(f) to organize at least three times a year ci 1 ic lectures tending to generalize information concerning the duties and rights of citizenship; and (g) to THE LOCAL GOVERN;\IENT REVIEW offer to the Government the coope· peration necessary locally for the success of measures of general interest". The"e two purposes behind the creation of the Rural Council will be significant in bringing the government to the people and the people to the government. We cannot, therefore, but be em· phatic in urging that, if such a body is not yet organized in your municipality, the matter be included in your program of administra.tion. TO all SOTERO BALUYUT Secretary of the Interior Provincial Boards Municipal Boards/City Councils Municipal Councils FEES ON FOODSTCFFS (Collection of import or export taxes or fees on foodstuffs and other goods and merchandise.) Complaints have been received in this Department to t·he effect that man~- city and municipal treasurers are collecting taxes or fees on foodstuffs and other goods and merchandise carried into or out of the city or municipality, or mere!~- passing through the same, presumably in pursuance of ordinances approved by the municipal boards or cit~· or municipal councils providing for the collection of such taxes or fees. In the case of the municipalities, such ordinances, if any, are null and void ab initio because of the express prohibition in section 2287 of the Revised Administrative Code. In the case of the chartered cities, such ordinances are ultm vil'es because there is no provision in their charters expressly or impliedly authorizing them to impose such kind of taxes or fees. Moreover, the imposition by the local governments of import or export taxes or fees on goods and commodities carried through, into, or out of their respective territories would obviously deter the free flow of commerce in the country and cause considerable increase in OCTOBER-~OVEMBER, 1949 the prices of commodities, ti) the prejudice of the consuming public. In view of the foregoing, the city and municipal treasurers are hereby instructed to refrain from collecting municipal taxes and fees of the nature stated above, eveni if there is a municipal or city ordinance authorizing the rnme. In case there is any doubt as to "·hether or not a certain tax or fee comes within the purview of this circular, the matter should be brought immediately to the attention of this De])artment, and in the meantime, no collection o" the tax or fee provided in the ordinance shall be made by the city or munici])al treasurer. - PROVINCIAL CIRCULAR (Unnumbered), dated April 17, 1947, of Secrntary of Finance. ---oOo--EFFECT OF RESIGNATION BEFORE RETIREMENT Opinion is requested on whether or not Mr. Ceferino Difio may be granted the benefits under Act No. 2589, as amended, under the following facts and circumstances: On June 15, 1938, Mr. Difio resigned from the position of Provincial Treasurer and Assessor of Alba~·. after having previous!~· established his right to retire under Act No. 2589, as amended. The records of the Bureau of Civil Service show that his resignation was due to various irregularities committed by him in office. After the liberation, Mr. Difio was reappointed as Acting Provincial Trea~urer and Assessor of La Union, first, at 1'3,600 and, later, at 1'4,200 per annum. It further appears that on a date undisclosed in the within papers he presented a so-called "courtes~· resignation" which was accepted b,, the President on October 19, 1946, effective on the date following his last day of service. This Office has previously ruled that an officer or employee who resigns without being retired under Act No. 2589, as amended, thereby "forfeits his right to retire thereunder on the strength of his services prior to the resignation." (Op. Sec. of Justice, Sept. 23, 1946.) Upon reappointment, he is considered to have joined the govern( Conti11 ued on page 562) Page 523

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