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Kalaw, Maximo M.
Kalaw, Maximo M. " The Philippine Budget System. " Chap. 3 in Self-
Government in the Philippines. New York: The Century Co., 1919. Pp. 44-58.
Jones Law in 1916, the preparation and passage of the appropriation bill
that although the Jones Law does not provide a budget system, it has
coordinate the expenditure plan of all departments. And then the newly
budget which shall be sent to Congress for its approval. Kalaw concludes
that this new formal budget system has helped the government to
achieve a more balanced budget and reduced national debt.
fiscal policy-American period, Cooper Act, Organic Act of 1902, Jones Law,
Philippine Assembly, Philippine Commission, power of the governor-general,
appropriation bills-American period, Francis Burton Harrison, fiscal
legislation-American period, budget system-establishment of, Department of
Finance, Council of State, executive-legislative relations, separation of
powers, Philippine treasury-improvement of
Philippines, as neither the first Organic Act of the Philippines, the Act of
1902, nor the Jones Law , suggested the establishment of the system. And
the system that was established under the Organic Act of 1902 was, from
any American system on the continent, for it completely took away from the
The Organic Law of 1902 provided that all appropriations must be made by
law. (Sec. 5, Par. 15.) This apparently gave the Philippine Assembly ,
established in 1917 1 , co-equal power with the Philippine Commission in
money