MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 43, May 26, 1945 ]

APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE ALABANG LABORATORIES FOR THE PERIOD FROM FEBRUARY 27 TO JUNE 30, 1945.

WHEREAS, whatever balance remaining in the Revolving Fund of the Alabang Laboratories created under Commonwealth Act No. 245 had disappeared or has now become worthless as a result of Japanese occupation; and

WHEREAS, it is deemed imperative to continue the activities of this institution to meet the need for vaccines and sera to prevent any possible outbreak of epidemics in the country;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, SERGIO OSMEÑA, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution and pursuant to the provisions of the Emergency Powers Law, do hereby order that:

1. The sum of ?138,718.56, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby set aside from any fund in the Philippine Treasury not otherwise appropriated for the operation of the Alabang Laboratories as authorized in Commonwealth Act No. 245, for the period from February 27 to June 30, 1945, to be distributed as follows:

SALARIES AND WAGES
Epidemiology, Statistics and Public Health Administration
1. One epidemiologist at P1,800 P610.71
2. One biometrician at P1,800 610.71
3. One helper at P540 183.21
Sanitary Bacteriology and Immunology
4. One scientist at P5,000 1,696.40
5. One bacteriologist at P3,600 1,221.43
6. Two scientists at P3,600 2,442.86
7. One assistant scientist at P3,000 1,017.86
8. Three junior scientists at P2,400 2,442.87
9. One junior scientist at P1,800 610.71
10. Two junior scientists at P1,200 814.28
11. One assistant veterinarian at P960 325.71
12. One assistant technician at P900 305.36
13. One laboratory technician at P720 244.29
14. One technician at P600 203.57
15. One technician at P486 164.89
16. One helper at P540 183.21
17. Four helpers at P480 651.44
18. Eighteen helpers at P360 2,198.52
19. Miscellaneous labor service in connection with the manufacture of vaccines and sera, analysis of foods, drugs etc. and general up-keep of the Alabang Laboratories compound 15,773.41
Power Plant
20. One plant engineer at P2,400 814.29
21. One assistant engineer at P1,200 407.14
22. One assistant engineer at P840 285.00
23. One machinist at P720 244.29
24. One machinist at P540 183.21
25. Three helpers at P420 427.50
26. One oiler at P480 162.86
27. One helper at P360 122.14
Parasitology
28. One junior scientist at P2,400 814.29
29. Two junior scientists at P1,800 1,221.42
30. Two helpers at P360 244.28
Sanitary Engineering,Industrial, Physiology and Chemistry
31. One scientist at P4,000 1,357.13
32. One junior scientist at P1,800 610.71
33. Two junior scientists at P1,200 814.28
34. Three junior chemists at P720 732.87
35. Two helpers at P360 244.28
36. One technician at P720 244.29
Clerical Unit
37. One clerk and cashier at P1,200 407.14
38. One property clerk at P720 244.29
39. Two helpers at P420 285.00
40. One helper at P360 122.14
41. One artist-photographer at P600 203.57
Total for salaries and wages P41,893.56
SUNDRY EXPENSES
42. Traveling expenses of personnel P400.00
43. Freight, express, and delivery service 650.00
44. Postal, telegraph, telephone, cable and radio service 50.00
45. Illumination and power service 650.00
46. Consumption of supplies and materials 30,000.00
47. Maintenance and repair of equipment 3,000.00
48. Other services 1,000.00
Total for sundry expenses P35,750.00
FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT
49. For the purchase of furniture and equipment P32,075.00
Total for furniture and equipment P32,075.00
SPECIAL PURPOSE
50. For improving the compound at Alabang P30,000.00
Total for special purpose P30,000.00
Total appropriation P139,718.56

2. Any and all receipts that may be realized from the operation of the services herein provided shall revert to the unappropriated surplus of the Philippine Treasury to reimburse the General Fund of the appropriations herein made.

Done at the City of Manila, this 26th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Forty-Five, and of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, the tenth.1âшphi1

(Sgd.) SERGIO OSMEÑA
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) JOSE S. REYES
Secretary to the President


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