Section 1
SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of forty-four million five hundred thousand pesos to be spent under the exclusive authority of the Commission on Elections, the sum of twenty-three million five hundred thousand pesos for payment of the expenses which may be incurred in connection with, and incidental to, the registration of voters and the sum of twenty-one million pesos for the holding of the regular elections on the second Tuesday of November, nineteen hundred and sixty-five, for President and Vice-resident of the Philippines, for the eight Senators who will succeed those whose terms of office will expire on December thirtieth, nineteen hundred and sixty-five, and Members of the House of Representatives : Provided, That this appropriation shall be immediately available to the Commission on Elections for expenditure therefor, and shall continue to be available after June thirty, nineteen hundred sixty-five, and thereafter until all the expenses in connection with the registration and the said elections shall have been paid, and shall be given priority of release upon request of said Commission on Elections: Provided, further, That out of this appropriation, the sum of two hundred fifty thousand pesos shall be used for the purchase of new motor vehicles for use by Commission personnel and should there be any additional need for vehicles the Commission on Elections is authorized to commander government vehicles; Provided, That the Commission on Elections shall shoulder the repairs and maintenance of said vehicles including per diems of personnel needed to man and operate the same: Provided, further, That the unexpended balance thereof, if any, shall be used for the payment of prior years elections obligations and for purposes connected with the administration and enforcement of the election laws and the furtherance of free, clean and honest elections as the Commission on Elections may order: Provided, finally, That the Commission on Elections shall submit to Congress a quarterly report of the expenses incurred out of the funds appropriated in this Act.