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Salary Rates for Municipal Officials: (a) In first class municipalities and in specially organized municipalities the mayors of which are authorized by existing law to receive equal or higher alary rates. " 1800 each per annum; in secQnd class mlUlicipalitie • '1'1440 pel' annum: in third cia s municipalities. '1'1200 per annum : in fourth class municipalities, '1'960 pel' ann um; and in fifth classm unioi palities, '1'600 per annum.
(I.•) The maximum rates of per diems which may be paid to members of mupi cipal councils, including those of Pasay, ~arafiaque, Caloocan, Makati, San Juan and Mandaluyong in Greater Manila, shall be governed by existing law. 4. Sessions of provinCIal boards, municipal boards or city councils. and municipal coun cils for attendance at which pel' diems shall be paid is hereby limited to only once a month. Nothing contained in this Order, however, shall be construed as authorizing the payment of pel' diems when such payment has not been authorized in accordance with jlxisting lawS nor pr'l.cluding or prohibiting the holding of more than one session a mon th, provided no per diems is collected for attendance at sessions in excess of once amoo~ . 5. All other pOSitions of provincial, city, and municipal officials and employees not mentioned above but which are n eeded for the operation of the provincial, city and m unieipal governmel\ts shall be classified in to ten grades, such grades and corresponding rates of compensation to be as follows: C-rade
1-3,600-3,360-3, 120 2-3,000-2,880-2,760 3-2,640-2,520-2,400 4-2,280-2, 160-2,040 5-1,92,0-1,800-1,680 6-1,560-1,440-1,320 7- 1,200-1,080- 960 8- 900- 780- 660 9- 600- 540- 480 10- 420- 360- 300 The salary rates fo /' po itions of employees shall be fixed on the basis of their new duties and functions and on their grade allocations under t he salary schedule herein prescribed, such alloca>tions to be determined in accordance with the existing salary standardization law by the Salary Committee created under paragraph 8 of Executive Order No. 11 dated F~.brullry 27, 1942: P rovided, That pending determination of the correspond ina grade all ocations by the said Salary Committee, employees may be paid at not exceed¡ ing the following reduced salary rates: R educed J1[a:rd.mum Salary Previous Salar;} Rate Rate Per annum. Per ann1111l, 1'3,600 1>6,000 or more . . . . . .. . 3,360 5,400 0/' more but Ie t han 1'6,000 3,120 5,100 Or more but less than 5,400 3,000 4, 00 Or more bu t less than 5,100 2,8 0 4,200 Or more but less than 4,800
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