AN ACT REAPPROPRIATING AND MAKING
AVAILABLE ALL BALANCES OF THE APPROPRIATION AUTHORIZED UNDER ITEMS
J-IV-2 AND J-IV-14 OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED EIGHTY REMAINING UNEXPENDED
ON JUNE THIRTIETH, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-SEVEN, FOR THE OPENING OF
NEW OR ADDITIONAL ELEMENTARY CLASSES IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT
THE PHILIPPINES
Section 1. The provisions
of existing laws to the contrary notwithstanding, all balances of the
appropriations authorized under Items J-IV-2 and J-IV-14 of Republic
Act Numbered Eight, to wit:
"2.
For salaries and wages of teachers and other employees, sundry
expenses, including the purchase of textbooks and supplementary
readers, and for the acquisition of furniture and equipment, in
connection with the operation and maintenance of public elementary
schools…P31,373,460.00"
"14. For
expenses in connection with the organization and maintenance of
additional elementary classes in the public schools throughout the
Philippines…16,750,000.00"
remaining unexpended on June
thirtieth, nineteen hundred and forty-seven, are hereby reappropriated
and made available for the opening of new or additional elementary
classes in the public schools throughout the Philippines during the
school year nineteen hundred and forty-seven and nineteen hundred and
forty-eight, including the purchase of textbooks and supplementary
readers and the payment of the bonus of teachers, to be expended by the
Secretary of Instruction in accordance with the provisions of section
7-I (4) of the Budget Act.
Sec. 2. This
Act shall take effect upon its approval.
