Republic Act No. 103

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress Assembled:

Section 1

Section twenty-one hundred and eighty-four of the Revised Administrative Code, as amended, is further amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 2184. Maximum limit of salaries.— Except as otherwise specially provided, the annual salaries of municipal officers shall not exceed the amounts hereinbelow fixed:

"In municipalities of the first class: for the mayor, twenty-four hundred pesos; for the municipal secretary, fourteen hundred and forty pesos; and for the municipal treasurer, twenty-one hundred and sixty pesos, of which fourteen hundred and forty pesos shall be payable out of municipal funds in his capacity as municipal treasurer, and seven hundred and twenty pesos out of provincial funds in his capacity as deputy of the provincial treasurer.

"In municipalities of the second class: for the mayor, twenty hundred and forty pesos; for the municipal secretary, twelve hundred pesos; and for the municipal treasurer, sixteen hundred and eighty pesos, of which eleven hundred and twenty pesos shall be payable out of municipal funds in his capacity as municipal treasurer, and five hundred and sixty pesos out of provincial funds in his capacity as deputy of the provincial treasurer.

"In the municipalities of the third class: for the mayor, sixteen hundred and eighty pesos; for the municipal secretary, nine hundred and sixty pesos; and for the municipal treasurer, fourteen hundred and forty pesos, of which nine hundred and sixty pesos shall be payable out of municipal funds in his capacity as municipal treasurer, and four hundred and eighty pesos out of provincial funds in his capacity as deputy of the provincial treasurer.

"In the municipalities of the fourth class: for the mayor, fourteen hundred and forty pesos; for the municipal secretary, seven hundred and twenty pesos; and for the municipal treasurer, twelve hundred pesos, of which eight hundred pesos shall be payable out of municipal funds in his capacity as municipal treasurer, and four hundred pesos out of provincial funds in his capacity as deputy of the provincial treasurer.

"In municipalities of the fifth class: for the mayor, twelve hundred pesos; for the municipal secretary, six hundred pesos; and for the municipal treasurer, nine hundred and sixty pesos, of which six hundred and forty pesos shall be payable out of municipal funds in his capacity as municipal treasurer, and three hundred and twenty pesos out of provincial funds in his capacity as deputy of the provincial treasurer.

"From the decisions of the provincial board with regard to salaries and per diems of municipal officers, the municipal officer or council concerned or any member of the provincial board having expressed his disconformity when the resolution objected to was passed, may appeal, and such appeal shall, within ten days after his receipt by the provincial board, be forwarded to the Secretary of the Interior or Secretary of Finance, as the case may be, whose decision shall be final."

Section 2

Provincial boards and municipal councils that have already submitted their budgets for the current fiscal year may, for the purposes of this Act, recall said budgets to make the necessary adjustments in conformity with the scale of salaries provided for in this Act.

Section 3

This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved: June 2, 1947.