dred and seven, anything in existing laws to the contrary notwithstanding. The resolution of the provincial board of Cagayan of October thirty-first, nineteen hundred and six, authorizing the employment of two foremen, at five pesos per diem each, from July first, nineteen hundred and six, is hereby confirmed, anything in existing laws to the contrary notwithstanding. The salary of the lieutenant-governor of the subprovince of Abra, Province of Ilocos Sur, is hereby fixed at three thousand pesos per annum effective as of date January first, nineteen hundred and seven, and the provisions of Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and six are accordingly amended. The payment of Dr. Manuel Llora of fees earned as justice of the peace while president of the municipal board of health of Baybay, Leyte, is hereby authorized and confirmed, as contemplated by a resolution of the Commission dated March thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seven, anything in existing laws to the contrary notwithstanding. The action of the provincial board of Oriental Negros in appropriating for payment to W. J. Wood and L. Rovira for legal services is hereby authorized and confirmed, as contemplated by a resolution of the Commission dated March eleventh, nineteen hundred and seven. The resolution of the Commission dated February fifteenth, nineteen hundred and seven, authorizing the payment to the governor of Samar of his actual and necessary traveling expenses in addition to the salary and allowance provided by Act Numbered Four hundred and nineteen, is hereby authorized and confirmed. The payment of the sum of one hundred and thirty-four pesos and eighty-eight centavos to Washington Corn, chief of provincial police of Samar, on account of fees and per diems as sheriff, is hereby authorized and confirmed, as contemplated by a resolution of the Commission dated March eleventh, nineteen hundred and seven, anything in existing laws to the contrary notwithstanding. The payment to Andres Atega of fees earned as justice of the peace while municipal treasurer of Čabarbaran, Surigao, is hereby authorized and confirmed, as contemplated by a resolution of the Commission dated December thirteenth, nineteen hundred and six, anything in existing laws to the contrary notwithstanding. Total of appropriations for all purposes, five hundred and sixty thousand five hundred and sixty-three pesos and ninety-three centavos. SEC. 2. Subject to approval by the head of the proper Department upon recommendation by the Insular Auditor, refunds may be made by Chiefs of Bureaus or independent offices on account of receipts from sale of fabricated articles or supplies, or services rendered to other branches of the Government or private parties, when such action shall be consistent with good business practice and equity, from funds to be designated in each case by the Insular Auditor. SEC. 3. The provisions of the first paragraph of section three of Act Numbered Eight hundred and seven, providing the manner in which withdrawals of moneys appropriated in said Act shall be made, are hereby made applicable to the withdrawal of moneys appropriated under this Act. SEC. 4. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this appropriation bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred. SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect on its passage. Enacted, June 27, 1907. [No. 1661.] AN ACT Making additional appropriations for sundry expenses of the government of the city of Manila for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seven, and for other related purposes. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. The following sums, or so much thereof as may be respectively necessary, are hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, in part compensation for the service of the municipal government of the city of Manila for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seven. and thereafter until expended, unless otherwise stated: MUNICIPAL BOARD. Contingent expenses, Municipal Board: The unexpended balance of funds heretofore appropriated under this head is hereby made available for the payment of six hundred pesos as authorized by a resolution of the Commission dated March eleventh, nineteen hundred and seven. LAW DEPARTMENT. Salaries and wages, office of the prosecuting attorney: The resolution of the Commission dated May fourteenth, nineteen hundred and seven, transferring the sum of six hundred pesos to this head from that of" Salaries and wages, Municipal Board," is hereby confirmed. Contingent expenses, office of the prosecuting attorney: The resolution of the Commission dated May fourteenth, nineteen hundred and seven, transferring the sum of one thousand three hundred pesos to this head from that of "Salaries and wages, Municipal Board," for expenditure in accordance with the provisions of Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and forty-six, is hereby confirmed. DEPARTMENT OF CITY SCHOOLS. Contingent expenses, department of city schools: The unexpended balance of funds heretofore appropriated under this head is hereby made available for alterations and otherwise fitting up for school purposes the premises formerly occupied by the United States Army quartermaster shops, as authorized by a resolution of the Commission dated March twentieth, nineteen hundred and seven. DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING AND PUBLIC WORKS. Salaries and wages, department of engineering and public works: The unexpended balance of funds heretofore appropriated under this head is hereby made available for the employment in the division of "water supply and sewers" of one clerk, at five hundred and forty pesos per annum, in lieu of one clerk, Class J, and in the division of "city repair shops" two mechanics, at two thousand one hundred and sixty pesos per annum each, in lieu of two mechanics, class ten, from July first, nineteen hundred and six. The resolution of the Commission dated December twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and six, authorizing the continuance of the city repair shops to April first, nineteen hundred and seven, is hereby confirmed. DEPARTMENT OF SANITATION AND TRANSPORTATION. Salaries and wages, department of sanitation and transportation: The unexpended balance of funds heretofore appropriated under this head is hereby made available for the employment of one clerk, class eight, and one clerk, Class D, in lieu of one clerk, class nine, and one superintendent of cemeteries, class nine, from February fifteenth, nineteen hundred and seven. PUBLIC WORKS. For straightening and widening of streets as may be necessary, two thousand two hundred and seventy-four pesos and ninety-six centavos. For two-fifths of the expense of constructing a fireproof vault in the city hall for the Court of Land Registration, as contemplated by a resolution of the Commission dated February twenty-first, nineteen hundred and seven, one thousand six hundred pesos. For final payment to H. D. Burnham and Pierce Anderson in accordance with the provisions of Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and fifty-six, two thousand two hundred and fifty-five pesos and eighty centavos. In all, for public works, six thousand one hundred and thirty pesos and seventy-six centavos. Total of appropriations for all purposes, six thousand one hundred and thirty pesos and seventy-six centavos: Provided, That each chief of department shall certify to the Auditor the amount of his outstanding obligations on account of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and six and prior fiscal years, and the Auditor shall transfer from the appropriations standing on his books, on account of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and six, to the funds in the Treasury available for appropriation, such amounts as may be in excess of those required to meet such outstanding obligations. SEC. 2. The provisions of the first paragraph of section three of Act Numbered Eight hundred and seven, providing the manner in which withdrawals of moneys appropriated in said Act shall be made, are hereby made applicable to the withdrawal of money appropriated under this Act. SEC. 3. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this appropriation bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in [No. 1662.] ACTS OF THE PHILIPPINE COMMISSION. accordance with section two of "An Act prescribing the order of SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect on its passage. [No. 1662.] AN ACT Making appropriations for certain public works, permanent improvements, and other purposes of the Insular Government. By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that: SECTION 1. The following sums, in Philippine currency, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby appropriated, out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for certain public works, permanent improvements, and other purposes of the Insular Government: BUREAU OF PUBLIC WORKS. For the construction of an assay house for the Bureau of Science, as authorized by a resolution of the Commission dated January twenty-third, nineteen hundred and seven, one thousand nine hundred and sixty-five pesos. For changes in construction of the high-school building at Bacolod, Occidental Negros, as authorized by a resolution of the Commission dated February twelfth, nineteen hundred and seven, three thousand pesos. For the expense of constructing a fireproof vault for the Court of Land Registration in the city hall, Manila, at a cost not to exceed four thousand pesos, two-fifths of which shall be borne by the government of the city of Manila, as contemplated by a resolution of the Commission dated February twenty-first, nineteen hundred and seven, two thousand four hundred pesos. For the construction of an immigration detention station on the site of and utilizing so far as practicable the old port-works buildings on the south side of the Pasig River, Manila, as contemplated by a resolution of the Commission dated March twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and seven, ten thousand pesos. For the construction of a dairy barn for the Bureau of Agriculture at Alabang near Muntinlupa, six thousand six hundred pesos. For the construction of a hospital building at Baguio, Benguet, as authorized by a resolution of the Commission dated May second, nineteen hundred and seven, fifty thousand pesos. For the construction of a wagon road from San Miguel de Mayumo to Sibul Springs, Bulacan, as authorized by resolutions of the Commission dated March fifteenth and April twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred and seven, forty-three thousand pesos. For the improvement of the Taytay-Antipolo, Rizal, road, five thousand pesos. For the clearance of the Bayabas and Norzagaray Rivers, Bulacan, as authorized by a resolution of the Commission dated April thirtieth. nineteen hundred and seven, six thousand six hundred pesos. For the restoration of the Magallanes Monument at Mactan, Opon, Cebu, as authorized by a resolution of the Commission dated April thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seven, one thousand eight hundred and fifty pesos. To continue the construction of the Pagbilao-Atimonan, Tayabas, road, as contemplated by a resolution of the Commission dated May eighteenth, nineteen hundred and seven, one hundred and twenty thousand pesos. Artesian wells.-There is hereby created under the foregoing designation a permanent reimbursable appropriation to the credit of which shall be deposited the sum of thirty-seven thousand pesos hereby appropriated, together with receipts which may accrue from Insular Bureaus, provincial and municipal governments, and other sources on account of services rendered and supplies furnished in sinking artesian wells and, when required, equipping said wells with the necessary pumping machinery, storage tanks, and so forth, necessary to provide potable water or fire protection, or both, when demanded by the public interests: Provided, That the selection of projects and determination of rates to be charged shall be made by the Director of Public Works under the supervision of the Secretary of Commerce and Police: And provided further, That the rates charged shall not exceed such as may be necessary to reimburse this appropriation on account of all expenses, including a surcharge to cover the cost of unsuccessful projects, for which no charge shall be made. There shall be paid from this appropriation salaries and wages of necessary employees whose rates of compensation and other conditions of employment shall be fixed by the Director of Public Works with the approval of the Secretary of Commerce and Police, and all other expenses incident and necessary to the purposes hereinbefore stated, including transportation of employees and the purchase and transportation of equipment and supplies. In all, for the Bureau of Public Works, two hundred and eightyseven thousand four hundred and fifteen pesos. The resolution of the Commission dated May eighteenth, nineteen hundred and seven, setting aside for the construction of new school buildings at Baguio, Benguet, the sum of six thousand two hundred pesos received from the sale of the industrial-school buildings at that place, is hereby confirmed. BUREAU OF NAVIGATION. For the construction of a third-order light on Batag Island and minor lights on Isabel Island, Point Pata, and San Miguel Island, as authorized by a resolution of the Commission dated January eleventh, nineteen hundred and seven, one hundred thousand pesos. BUREAU OF EDUCATION. For the construction of schoolhouses in the municipalities of Barcelona, and Bulusan, Sorsogon, as authorized by a resolution of |