Ephraim Enterprise | 1908-06-19 | Page 7 | Law-Making in Philippines.

MAKING LAWMAKING IN PHILIPPINES General Appropriation Bill Carries 16 10 I Pesos Manila After After many extended and conferences the apparently hopeless Insular commission and the Philippine assembly have finally arrived at an agreement upon the general bill which It is bell believed ved bot both the commission and the Assembly will ratify The compromise measure a appropriates ap al o pesos the assembly as making a concession of nearly pesos The appropriations agreed upon inthe in inthe the tho bill are the same as the tho actual expenditures last year The commission declined to assent to the reduction in salaries and the consoli dation of some of the bureaus as proposed proposed proposed pro pro- posed by the assembly The personnel r of the various bureaus and departments depart depart- ments remains unchanged