MODIFYING PARAGRAPH 2 OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 221, DATED SEPTEMBER 9, 1939, REGARDING INCREASES IN SALARY IN THE SAME POSITION
WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 221, dated September 9, 1939, partly provides that “no increases in salary in the same position shall be authorized”;
WHEREAS, this restriction was adopted as a precautionary measure to preserve the stability of the Government’s finances at a time when the trend of the revenue collections was uncertain; and
WHEREAS, the revenue collections actually realized up to this time have exceeded the budget estimates for the period to an extent which indicates that the total revenue collections for the current fiscal year will be sufficient to cover the authorized operating expenses of the Government;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, MANUEL L. QUEZON, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution and existing laws, hereby modify paragraph two of the said Executive Order No. 221 so as to read as follows:
“2. In meritorious cases, increases in salary in the same position may be authorized but such increases shall be limited to one rate in each case.”
Done at the City of Manila, this 11th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty, and of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, the fifth.
(Sgd.) MANUEL L. QUEZON
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) JORGE B. VARGAS
Secretary to the President
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