Authority to use savings for other purposes.
Section 6
SEC. 6. 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 the 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 were 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 payment of salary increases of officials and employees of the National Government resulting from the standardization of salaries or reclassification of provinces and municipalities; (4) for the purchase of furniture and equipment to replace those that may be lost through accident, fire or other calamity, the disposal of which is deemed reasonable and neces¬sary to reduce the expenses of repairs thereof, and for the purchase with the approval of the President of furniture and equipment to replace unserviceable ones condemned by the Auditor General; (5) for the payment of salaries of suspended employees who have subsequently been exonerated; (6) 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; (7) 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-eight, 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; (8) for the payment of commuted sick and vacation leaves of employees who may be retired under the provisions of Republic Act No. 660; and (9) for the payment of additional compensation to government nurses assigned to public health nursing at P50 a month in lieu of quarters, subsistence and laundry allowances as provided under section 3 of Republic Act No. 649.