In all, one thousand, three hundred and seventy-three dollars and thirty-three cents ($1,373.33), or so much thereof as may be nec

essary.

COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.

For tax refunds, one hundred and fifty-three dollars and four cents ($153.04); rents and repairs to buildings at Tibmanan and Calbayog, sixty-four dollars and seventeen cents ($64.17); for transportation for the internal revenue officers in Manila, and in the third district of Northern Luzon, fifty-eight dollars and thirty-five cents ($58.35); for miscellaneous expenses for the office at Manila, twenty dollars and seventy-five cents ($20.75); for salaries and wages at Iba, Bacoor, Tibmanan, Romblon, Palanoc, Tacloban, and Cebu, four hundred and twenty-six dollars and ninety-one cents ($426.91).

In all, for the Collector of Internal Revenue of the Philippine Islands, seven hundred and twenty-three dollars and twenty-two cents ($723.22), or so much thereof as may be necessary.

DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POSTS.

For rent of post-office buildings, twenty-four hundred dollars ($2,400); sea transportation of foreign mails, three hundred dollars ($300); miscellaneous expenses, twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500). In all, for the Director General of Posts, five thousand, two hundred dollars ($5,200), or so much thereof as may be necessary.

CAPTAIN OF THE PORT AT MANILA.

For advertising announcements for examinations for masters, mates, etc., fourteen dollars and fifty-five cents ($14.55); forage, thirty dollars ($30); ice and lights, forty dollars ($40); salary of one laborer, Class J, for the month of June, twenty dollars ($20); for office supplies, one hundred dollars ($100); for printing, one hundred dollars ($100); for salaries of members of Board of Examiners, forty dollars ($40); for salaries and wages in lighthouses and signal stations, one hundred and eight dollars ($108); for supplies for lighthouses and signal stations, twenty-seven dollars and eighty-eight cents ($27.88); for the salary of L. A. Barreto, formerly employed in the Office of the Captain of the Port, from April 1 to May 15, one hundred and fifty dollars ($150).

In all, for the Captain of the Port at Manila, six hundred and thirty dollars and forty-three cents ($630.43), or so much thereof as may be necessary.

PHILIPPINE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD.

For salaries for second quarter of the year 1901: Two members of the board at three thousand, five hundred dollars ($3,500) per annum each; one examiner, Class 4; one examiner, Class 5; three examiners, Class 8; one examiner, Class 9; one clerk, Class D; two messengers at a compensation at the rate of one hundred and fifty dollars ($150) per annum each, four thousand, three hundred and eighty-seven dollars and fifty cents ($4,387.50); for traveling expenses, three hundred and eightytwo dollars and thirteen cents ($382.13); for the payment of a driver of an official carromata from January 15 to June 30, 1901, at the rate

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of ten dollars ($10) per month, fifty-five dollars ($55); allowance for expenses of the Chief Examiner from Manila to Washington, one hundred and fifty dollars ($150).

In all, for the Philippine Civil Service Board, four thousand, nine hundred and seventy-four dollars and sixty-three cents ($4,974.63), or so much thereof as may be necessary.

MINING BUREAU.

For engineering supplies, one hundred and seventeen dollars and sixty cents ($117.60); for the temporary employment of a native draughtsman at fifty cents per day, hereby authorized, from June 10th to June 30th, ten dollars ($10).

In all, one hundred and twenty-seven dollars and sixty cents ($127.60), or so much thereof as may be necessary.

FORESTRY BUREAU.

so much

For authorized expenses for the months of May and June, six thousand, four hundred and seven dollars ($6,407), or thereof as may be necessary.

CHIEF COMMISSARY, DIVISION OF THE PHILIPPINES.

For reimbursement for subsistence for native convicts in the following provinces: Camarines, Ilocos Norte and Sur, Union, Sorsogon, Tarlac, Cavite and Pangasinan, and in the islands of Mindanao, Panay, Samar and Jolo, two thousand, nine hundred and eleven dollars and twenty-two cents ($2,911.22), or so much thereof as may be necessary.

COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS OF THE ISLANDS AND OF THE CHIEF PORT.

For salaries of two clerks, Class A, hereby authorized, for the months of May and June, 1901, three hundred dollars ($300); for the salary of one fourth-class inspector in the office of the Collector of the Port of Zamboanga, hereby authorized, for the months of May and June, one hundred and fifty dollars ($150).

In all, for the Collector of Customs of the Islands and of the Chief Port, four hundred and fifty dollars ($450), or so much thereof as may be necessary.

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF STATISTICIAN.

For salary of the Chief Statistician for the month of July, two hundred and ninety-one dollars and sixty-seven cents ($291.67); for traveling expenses of the Chief Statistician to San Francisco, thirty dollars ($30).

In all, three hundred and twenty-one dollars and sixty-seven cents ($321.67).

UNITED STATES COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY.

For completing the repairing and fitting of the steamer Research, five thousand dollars ($5,000), or so much thereof as may be necessary.

GOVERNOR OF BENGUET.

For the construction of a jail in the Province of Benguet, under the supervision of the Governor, one thousand, two hundred dollars, ($1,200); for expenses in an expedition against the Busols, seventy-one dollars and seventy-five cents ($71.75).

In all, one thousand, two hundred and seventy-one dollars and seventy-five cents ($1,271.75), or so much thereof as may be necessary.

PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF LEYTE.

For the completion of the government pier at Tacloban, one hundred and twenty-five dollars ($125), or so much thereof as may be necessary. COMMANDING OFFICER, DEPARTMENT OF MINDANAO AND JOLO.

For the purpose of settling certain claims arising between certain dattos in the Cottabato region and Filipinos, growing out of disturbances and looting which occurred before the arrival of American troops, such appropriation not conceding the liability of the United States or making a precedent in other cases, twenty-four hundred dollars ($2,400), or so much thereof as may be necessary.

MISCELLANEOUS.

For W. W. Plumb, Deputy Collector of Customs at Jolo, for reimbursement for money paid out to A. G. Keck and J. H. Stanfield, 23d Infantry, U. S. A., for actual services rendered, and in ignorance of the provisions of the United States statute making the receipt of such compensation by soldiers unlawful, three hundred and fifty dollars ($350).

For F. W. Vaille, former Director General of Posts, for allowance for expenses from Manila to Washington, one hundred and thirtynine dollars and fifty cents ($139.50).

For Lim Ponzo, attorney in fact for Lim Laosiat, for refund of money seized in October, 1899, but not condemned by any tribunal, six hundred and forty dollars ($640).

Total appropriations for all purposes, in money of the United States, one hundred and forty-three thousand, seven hundred and fortyone dollars and thirty-two cents ($143,741.32).

SEC. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this appropriation bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with Section 2 of "An Act Prescribing the Order of Procedure by the Commission in the Enactment of Laws," passed September 26, 1900.

SEC. 4. This act shall take effect on its passage.
Enacted, June 21, 1901.

[No. 144.]

AN ACT amending "An act for the reorganization of the Forestry Bureau of the

Philippine Islands.”

By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the United States Philippine Commission, that:

SECTION 1. The following additional employés are hereby authori-ed for the Forestry Bureau:

(a) Four foresters, at two hundred dollars ($200.00) per month each; (b) Three inspectors, at one hundred and fifty dollars ($150.00) per month each;

(c) One collector, at one hundred and twenty-five dollars ($125.00) per month;

(d) Four assistant inspectors, at one hundred dollars ($100.00) per month each;

Two clerks, at fifty dollars ($50.00) per month each;

(f) Twenty rangers, at thirty-five dollars ($35.00) per month each; all in money of the United States.

SEC. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with Section 2 of "An Act Prescribing the Order of Procedure by the Commission in the Enactment of Laws," passed September 26, 1900. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, June 21, 1901.

[No. 145.]

AN ACT authorizing the appointment of disbursing clerks in the various civil departments, bureaus and offices, prescribing the duties of disbursing clerks, and fixing their compensation as such.

By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the United States Philippine Commission, that:

SECTION 1. Each head of a civil department, bureau or office is hereby authorized to appoint, in accordance with law, a disbursing clerk, whose duties shall be to disburse, in accordance with law and upon approval of the head of the department, bureau or office to which his duties relate, all moneys appropriated for said department, bureau or office. Said disbursing clerks shall be appointed from among the clerks in their respective departments, bureaus or offices not below the grade of Class 7, and shall each give a bond to the Government of the Philippine Archipelago, in such amount as shall be directed by the United States Philippine Commission, for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office according to law. Each disbursing clerk shall receive, in compensation for his services in disbursing, the sum of two hundred dollars ($200) per annum in addition to his salary as a clerk of the grade held by him; provided, however, that upon the joint recommendation of the Auditor and Treasurer for the Archipelago, the Chief Executive of the Insular Government may direct that the smaller departments or bureaus may be combined for the purposes of disbursement, and one disbursing officer charged with the duty of disbursing for all departments or bureaus thus combined be appointed by the Chief Executive from one of the clerks in such departments or bureaus as heretofore provided. A disbursing officer or the head of any department, bureau or office may apply for, and the Auditor shall render, his decision upon any question involving a payment to be made by them or under them, which decision, when rendered, shall govern the Auditor in passing upon the account containing the said disbursement.

SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of every disbursing officer, including the Insular Purchasing Agent, having any public moneys intrusted to him for disbursement, to deposit the same with the Treasurer of the Islands or a designated depository, and to draw for the same as may

be required for payments to be made by him in pursuance of law, and draw for the same only in favor of the persons to whom payment is made; and all original transfers from the treasury to a disburing officer shall be by warrant on the treasury, as provided by Act No. 90. SEC. 3. Whenever any person accountable for public money neglects or refuses to pay into the treasury, when required to do so, the sum or balance certified to be due upon the adjustment of his account, the Auditor shall, as provided in Rule 30, of Act No. 90, institute suit for the recovery of the same, with interest at six per cent. per annum from the time of receiving the money until it shall be repaid into the treasury.

SEC. 4. All officers, agents or other persons receiving public moneys shall render distinct accounts to the Insular Auditor of the application thereof, according to the appropriations under which the same may have been advanced to them.

SEC. 5. Whenever any original check is lost, stolen, or destroyed, disbursing officers and agents of the Government of the Philippine Archipelago are authorized, after the expiration of three months, and within one year from the date of such check, to issue a duplicate check, and the Treasurer, or designated depositories of the government, are directed to pay such duplicate checks, upon notice and proof of the loss of the original checks, under such regulations in regard to their issue and payment, and upon the execution of such bonds, with sureties, to indemnify the Government of the Philippine Archipelago as the Auditor and Treasurer shall jointly prescribe.

SEC. 6. In case the disbursing officer or agent by whom such lost, destroyed, or stolen original check was issued, is dead, or no longer in the service of the Government of the Philippine Archipelago, it shall be the duty of the Auditor to state an account in favor of the owner of the original check for the amount thereof, and to charge such amount to the account of such officer or agent, or to the account of "outstanding liabilities," if the amount has been deposited to said account, as provided in Rule 31 of Act No. 90.

SEC. 7. The amounts of the accounts of every kind of disbursing officer, which shall have remained unchanged, or which shall not have been increased by any new deposit thereto, nor decreased by drafts or checks drawn thereon, for the space of one year, shall be covered into the treasury, as provided in Rule 31 of Act No. 90, and the amounts thereof shall, on the certificate of the Treasurer that such amount has been deposited in the treasury, be credited by the Auditor to the officer in whose name it had stood on the books of the depository, if it appears that he is entitled to such credit.

SEC. 8. The Treasurer and designated depositories shall, at the close of business on every thirtieth day of June, report to the Auditor the condition of every account standing, as in the preceding sections specified, on their books, stating the name of each depositor, with his official designation, the total amount remaining on deposit to his credit, and the dates, respectively, of the last credit, and the last debit made to each account. And each disbursing officer shall make a like return of all checks issued by him, and which may then have been outstanding and unpaid for one year and more, stating fully in such report the name of the payee, for what purpose each check was given, the depository on which drawn, the number of the voucher received therefor, the date, number and amount for which it was drawn, and, when known, the residence of the payee.

SEC. 9. The provisions of this act shall, in every case, be construed in harmony with the provisions of Act No. 90.