Authority to use savings for other purposes.
Section 5
SEC. 5. Authority to use savings for other purposes.— The President of the Philippines is authorized to use any savings in the appropriations authorized in this Act for Executive Departments (1) for the payment of claims under section 699 of the Revised Administrative Code and the Workmen's Compensation Act, whichever is applicable, to officers, employees and laborers who died or injured in line of duty; (2) for the commutation of the money value of the additional leave, extended leave and accrued leave earned by American and deceased Filipino officers and employees, or by Filipino officers and employees separated from the service except for cause, for service rendered prior to November twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and thirty-six; (3) for the purchase of furniture and equipment to replace those that may be lost through accident, fire or other calamity, or may have been damaged through the same cause, the disposal of which is deemed reasonable and necessary, if it would be more expensive to have them repaired, and for the purchase with the approval of the President of furniture and equipment to replace unserviceable ones condemned by the Auditor General; (4) for the payment of salaries of suspended employees who have subsequently been exonerated; (5) for the payment of the share of the National Government in the salaries of national officials in newly created cities and provinces where no appropriation has been provided therefor; (6) for the payment to the Government Service Insurance System, of the three per cent contribution of the Government for the employees' insurance premiums corresponding to the period from December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and forty-one to February twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and forty-five, pursuant to section four of Republic Act Numbered One hundred thirty-two, the provisions of section 7(c) of Commonwealth Act Numbered One hundred eighty-six, as amended, to the contrary notwithstanding; (7) for the payment of commuted sick and Ration leaves of employees who may be retired under existing laws; (8) for the payment of additional compensation to government nurses assigned to public health nursing at P50 a month in lieu of quarters, subsistence laundry allowances as provided under section three of Republic Act Numbered Six hundred forty-nine; (9) for the purchase or rental of accounting machines to carry out the plan of mechanizing the accounting system in the Government; (10) for the payment of premiums on insurance of government buildings and properties with the Property Insurance Fund in accordance with Republic Act Numbered Six hundred fifty-six; (11) for the payment of the obligation of the National Government under the provisions of subsection (a) under section 2553 of the Revised Administrative Code; (12) for the payment of the cash commutation of the accumulated vacation and sick leave of employees separated from the service, in accordance with the provisions of Republic Act Numbered Six hundred eleven; (13) for the payment of expenses for printing of briefs in cases appealed by the Government; (14) for gratuity of employees whose positions are abolished or who are retired; (15) for the improvement of food rations in government hospitals and leprosaria; (16) for rural improvement; and (17) for payment to the Bureau of Prisons for its normal operation,