sary apparatus and equipment; purchase of gravel, sand, stone, and other necessary materials; purchase of brooms, disinfectants, paint, and miscellaneous supplies; forage; fuel; maintenance of and repairs to plant, including buildings and equipment of all classes; rents; for subsistence of animals in public pound and Botanical Gardens; and for all other purposes necessarily incident to the improvement, maintenance, and operation of the services assigned, or which may hereafter be assigned, to the department. The equipment, material, and supplies of the department of sanitation and transportation now on hand, or which have been requisitioned for prior to the passage of this Act, are hereby transferred to the account of this appropriation. To furnish the necessary funds for the prompt settlement of obligations, notwithstanding delays necessarily incident to the collections due and accruing this appropriation, and to cover such deficit as may occur by reason of the expense incident to the street cleaning and other duties on account of which no receipts accrue, there is hereby apropriated the sum of sixty-one thousand five hundred and ninetyfive pesos.

DEPARTMENT OF POLICE.

Department of police: Chief of police, at seven thousand pesos per annum; assistant chief of police, at five thousand pesos per annum; six captains, at four thousand pesos per annum each.

Office force:

One clerk, class six; one clerk, class seven; one clerk, at three thousand pesos per annum; two clerks, class eight; two clerks, class nine; three clerks, Class A; one clerk, Class E; one clerk, Class F; two messengers, at two hundred and forty pesos per annum each.

Secret-service force:

One chief of secret service, at six thousand pesos per annum; two detectives, at four thousand pesos per annum each; one detective, at three thousand two hundred pesos per annum; one detective, at three thousand pesos per annum; one detective, at two thousand eight hundred pesos per annum; five detectives, at two thousand four hundred pesos per annum each; two detectives, at two thousand pesos per annum each; one detective, at one thousand eight hundred pesos per annum; three detectives, at one thousand two hundred pesos per annum each; three detectives, at nine hundred and sixty pesos per annum each; six detectives, at four hundred and eighty pesos per annum each.

First class police:

Thirty-two sergeants, at two thousand six hundred pesos per annum each one hundred and sixty-eight patrolmen, not to exceed three hundred and twenty-one thousand three hundred and twenty pesos: Provided, That the pay of patrolmen, first class, shall be at the rate of one thousand eight hundred pesos per annum each for the first year of service, two thousand pesos per annum each for the second year, two thousand one hundred and sixty pesos per annum each for the third year, and two thousand two hundred and eighty pesos per annum each for the fourth and succeeding years.

Second and third class police:

Sixteen sergeants, at one thousand two hundred pesos per annum each; two hundred and eighty-four patrolmen, not to exceed two

hundred and five thousand eight hundred and forty pesos: Provided, That the pay of patrolmen, second class, shall be at the rate of six hundred pesos per annum each for the first year of service, seven hundred and fifty pesos per annum each for the second year, eight hundred and twenty-four pesos per annum each for the third year, and nine hundred pesos per annum each for the fourth and succeeding years; And provided further, That the pay of patrolmen, third class, shall be at the rate of four hundred and eighty pesos per annum each for the first year of service, six hundred pesos per annum each for the second year, six hundred and sixty pesos per annum each for the third year, and seven hundred and twenty pesos per anum each for the fourth and succeeding years.

Miscellaneous:

For hire of labor; for maintenance of alarm system; and for hire of temporary employees.

Contingent expenses:

For contingent expenses, including repair of office and station furniture and purchase of supplies; advertising; cablegrams; postage and telegrams; printing and binding; official transportation; alarm system apparatus and supplies, care and subsistence of prisoners confined in police stations; rents of buildings; fund to be used, subject to the provisions of Act Numbered Eight hundred and four, in securing information, photographs of criminals, subsistence, vehicle hire and traveling expenses of detectives, decoys, and prisoners working outside the limits of the city of Manila; for the purchase of materials for uniforms; and other incidental expenses; Provided. That materials for uniforms may be sold at cost price to members of the uniformed force for their personal use, receipts from such sales to be deposited to the credit of this appropriation and to be available for expenditure in accordance with its provisions, and in addition thereto; five hundred and forty-four thousand five hundred pesos.

DEPARTMENT OF CITY SCHOOLS.

Department of city schools:

Office force:

One clerk, class six; one clerk, Class D.

Day-school teachers:

Four teachers, Class C; four teachers, at one thousand three hundred and twenty pesos per annum each; five teachers, Class D; nine teachers, Class E; twenty-four teachers, Class F; fifty-six teachers, Class G; fifty-three teachers, Class H; thirty teachers, Class I; fifty teachers, at four hundred and eighty pesos per annum each.

Night-school teachers:

Seven principals, at four pesos per night each; and forty-five teachers, at three pesos per night each, not to exceed an aggregate of twenty-three thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight pesos.

Miscellaneous:

Refund to Bureau of Education for half expense of medical examination of school children for the purpose of correcting errors in vision and other abnormal physical conditions which interfere with the education of the children; for hire of janitors, messengers, and other necessary laborers, not to exceed ten thousand two hundred and eighty pesos; and for hire of temporary employees.

Contingent expenses:

For contingent expenses, including purchase and repair of office and school furniture and supplies; expense of preparation of baseball fields and purchase of out-of-door gymnasium equipment; advertising; cablegrams; postage and telegrams; printing and binding; official transportation; supplies and equipment for instruction in domestic science and manual trades; rents of buildings; janitors' supplies; paints; and other incidental expenses; two hundred and eighty-five thousand five hundred pesos.

MISCELLANEOUS.

For reimbursement to the Province of Rizal for expense of construction of bridges at Mariquina, as contemplated by a resolution of the Commission dated April twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred and seven, one thousand five hundred pesos.

Insurance fund: There is hereby created under the foregoing designation a continuing annual appropriation of ten thousand pesos, or so much as may be necessary, to constitute, not later than July first, nineteen hundred and seventeen, an insurance fund of one hundred thousand pesos which shall be available as may be required to repair, reconstruct, or replace buildings and other property of the government of the city of Manila which shall be damaged or destroyed by earthquake, fire, lightning, water, or wind. Payments from this appropriation shall be made upon the order of the Municipal Board in such sums as shall be determined by the Board with the concurrence of the Insular Auditor to be required to carry out the purposes of this Act, wholly or in part, as hereinbefore set forth, and expenses necessarily incident thereto; Provided, That no payment shall be made from these funds as additional compensation to any official or employee of the government: And provided further, That in the event that arrangement is entered into between the Insular Government and the government of the city of Manila by which the former undertakes. to insure the property of the latter, this fund may be discontinued during the life of such arrangement, and payments be made from the moneys pertaining hereto as may be necessary to carry out the terms of said arrangement by the governments mentioned.

The moneys pertaining to the insurance fund shall be available for investment by the Insular Treasurer subject to approval by the Municipal Board and Governor-General, and the earnings which shall accrue from such investments shall be deposited to the credit of the fund and be considered a part of the annual appropriation of ten thousand pesos hereinbefore made until the fund shall reach its maximum of one hundred thousand pesos, and thereafter shall be deposited to the credit of the permanent appropriation for street improvement if such there be, otherwise to the credit of "Miscellaneous revenues" of the government of the city of Manila.

Total of appropriation for all purposes, one million nine hundred and three thousand eight hundred and thirty-five pesos.

SEC. 2. For the purposes of section fifteen of Act Numbered One. hundred and eighty-three the total amount of this appropriation shall be reduced by the balances of appropriations heretofore made for the city of Manila under its existing Charter, and turned back into the Treasury, and the Insular Auditor is hereby authorized and

directed to so adjust his records, the provisions of existing law to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided, That nothing in the aforesaid provisions shall be construed to reduce or increase the specific amounts herein appropriated for each object of this Act.

SEC. 3. In all cases in which provision for a position or employment heretofore provided by law is not made by this Act, such position or employment is hereby authorized from July first, nineteen hundred and seven, until not later than September thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seven, and any funds appropriated for salaries and wages for the department or office to which the position or employment pertains are hereby made available for payment of the services rendered.

SEC. 4. The appropriations herein made for each department or office shall be available for payment of authorized commutations of accrued leave of absence of the officers and employees thereof, and for payment of such expenses as may accrue to such departments or office by reason of the operations of Act Numbered Fifteen hundred and nine.

SEC. 5. Interdepartmental transfers of property not otherwise provided for may be made by purchase or otherwise with the approval of the Municipal Board.

SEC. 6. For services and supplies furnished to other branches of the government, or other persons, a chief of department or office may charge the cost or such other rate or rates as shall have been prescribed by law or approved by the Municipal Board: Provided, That in case of question arising between the Municipal Board and any Insular Bureau or Office, provincial or municipal government, as to the reasonableness of charges approved by the former, appeal may be had to the Governor-General whose decision in the matter shall be final; and may spend the proceeds of such charges for duly authorized purposes in the discretion of the Municipal Board: Provided, That the sums collected under this section shall be deposited in the Insular Treasury to the credit of the current account of the department or office concerned: And provided further, That municipal court fees and fines, justice of the peace fees, fees pertaining to the offices of city attorney, register of deeds, and sheriff, shall be considered receipts of the law department; electrician fees, of the fire department; boiler inspector and building permit fees, and water rents, of the department of engineering and public works; live stock registration fees, transfer fees, and weights and measures fees, of the department of assessments and collections; cemetery, market, pail system, public pound, slaughter-house, transportation, and vault cleaning receipts, of the department of sanitation and transportation; municipal license fees, of the police department; and the Municipal Board is hereby authorized to make such assignments of other receipts of the government of the city of Manila as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this section which is to require the separation of revenue receipts which may properly be termed proceeds of taxation from those funds which accrue from inter-Bureau and departmental transactions and specific services to private persons; and to make from time to time such readjustment of the duties and receipts of the several departments as the public interest may demand, the provisions of existing law to the contrary notwithstanding.

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SEC. 7. Subject to approval by the Municipal Board, upon recommendation of the Insular Auditor, refunds may be made by chiefs of departments 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; and also on account of taxes and licenses, or parts thereof, erroneously collected, the refunds of which have been or shall be duly authorized in accordance with law: Provided, That refunds made in prusuance of this appropriation shall be charged in whole to the government of the city of Manila.

SEC. 8. Expenditures of funds appropriated by this Act shall be classified in accordance with such regulations as shall be prescribed by the Insular Auditor with the approval of the Governor-General. SEC. 9. The city of Manila is hereby transferred from the Department of Finance and Justice to the executive control of the GovernorGeneral, and sections twenty-eight and thirty-one of Act Numbered Fourteen hundred and seven are hereby amended accordingly.

SEC. 10. 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. 11. This Act shall take effect as of date July first, nineteen hundred and seven.

Enacted, August 31, 1907.

[No. 1707.]

AN ACT Making appropriations from the funds realized from the sale of bonds authorized by Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and twenty-three for the purpose of constructing sewers in the city of Manila and to furnish it with an adequate sewer and drainage system and supply of water.

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

SECTION 1. The unappropriated balance of funds realized, or which may hereafter be realized, from the sale of bonds authorized by Act Numbered Thirteen hundred and twenty-three is hereby appropriated for the construction of the proposed sewer and watersupply systems in the city of Manila, as contemplated and provided in the Act hereinbefore mentioned, and expenses necessarily incident thereto, including salaries and wages of the chief engineer, at fifteen thousand pesos per annum; two principal assistant engineers, at nine thousand pesos per annum each; one assistant engineer, at six thousand pesos per annum; two assistant engineers, at four thousand five hundred pesos per annum each; two assistant engineers, at four thousand pesos per annum each; four assistant engineers, at three thousand six hundred pesos per annum each; two draftsmen, at nine hundred and sixty pesos per annum each; one clerk, Class F; hire of temporary inspectors as may be necessary; hire of labor for survey work; reimbursement, at the rate of three thousand nine hundred pesos per annum, to the appropriation for the disbursing office, city of Manila, on account of services rendered by that office; for the