WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 1347 was issued to promote efficiency and economy in the Office of the Solicitor General by the complete integration of the Investigation and Recovery Office; and

WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 1347 was issued to further upgrade the quality of the personnel of the Office of the Solicitor General by increases in salary fixed on a rational basis and related to salaries in other departments, bureaus and offices of the National Government; and

WHEREAS, there is need to implement the provisions of Presidential Decree No, 1347:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, do hereby order and direct the following manner in implementation of P.D. No. 1347:

SECTION 1. The organization of the Office of the Solicitor General shall be initially in accordance with the following Staffing Pattern and compensation levels (per annum)

Office of the Solicitor General
1		Solicitor General	P 52,400
10		Assistant Solicitor General	42,400
1		Senior Executive Assistant I	12,000
1		Private Secretary II	13,200
1		Private Secretary I	10,800
Legal Division
10		Solicitor VI	Grade 6
10		Solicitor V	Grade 5
10		Solicitor IV	Grade 4
10		Solicitor III	Grade 3
10		Solicitor II	Grade 2
10		Solicitor I	Grade 1
7		Trial Attorney	P16,660
7		Trial Attorney	15,000
6		Trial Attorney	12,000
1		Chief Claims & Account Specialist	17,718
1		Senior Claims & Accounts Specialist	15,264
Financial & Administrative Division
1		Financial & Management Chief	P14,200
1		Assistant Financial & Management Chief	12,360
1		Records Officer III	10,200
1		Senior Clerk	7,800
1		Clerk II	7,200
Budget Section
1		Budget Officer I	P13,200
1		Budger Examiner II	9,000
3		Clerk II	7,200
Accounting Section
1		Accounting III	P13,200
1		Bookkeeper II	9,000
3		Accounting Clerk II	7,200
3		Clerk II	7,200
Stenographers Section
1		Supervisiong Stenographic Reporter	P 10,200
75		Senior Stenographic Reporter	8,640
General Services Section
1		Administrative Assistant II	P10,200
8		Clerk II	7,200
1		Duplicating Machine Operator	5,700
1		Driver-Mechanic	6,000
1		Senior Janitor	6,000
5		Janitor	5,400
6		Messenger	5,700
Library
1		Supervising Librarian	P10,800
3		Librarian	8,400
2		Clerk II	7,200
Property & Supply
1		Supply Officer III	P10,800
1		Supply Officer II	9,000
1		Clerical Aide	5,700
Cash
1		Cashier	P13,200
2		Senior Cash Clerk	7,920
2		Clerk II	7,200
Docket Division
1		Records Officer IV	P13,200
1		Records Officer III	12,000
5		Records Officer II	10,200
3		Senior Clerk	8,400
4		Bindery Helper	6,000

SEC. 2. Solicitors shall be paid according to the following Salary Scale (per annum):

	Step 1	Step 2	Step 3	Step 4
Grade 6	P32,040	P33,540	P35,000
Grade 5	27,480	28,980	30,480	P32,000
Grade 4	25,980	27,480	29,000
Grade 3	22,980	24,480	26,000
Grade 2	19,992	21,492	23,000
Grade 1	18,492	20,000

SEC 3. In the initial implementation of the Plan, the Solicitor General shall allocate the positions of Solicitors to the levels enumerated above on the basis of qualifications, abilities, and record of service.  The positions thus allocated should be placed to the step higher and nearest to its current rate, however, when such nearest step does not allow an increase equal to tne step interval in the Grade, the salary shall be fixed at the succeeding higher step within the Grade.

SEC. 4. Staff Members and employees of the Office of the Solicitor General and the Department of Justice, being employees and staff members of the Executive Branch shall be covered by salary rules and regulations of the Executive Branch.  When Judicial ranks are used by reference to give prestige to a position in the Office of the Solicitor General or of the Department of Justice, such rank should not be used as basis for applying salary rates or emoluments applicable to positions in the Judicial Branch.

SEC. 5. The Office of the Solicitor General shall coordinate with the Budget Commission in developing standards and criteria of classifying and fixing tne salaries of Solicitors on the basis of duties, responsibilities work assignments and qualification required and that future increases for Solicitors shall be in accordance witn such approved standards and criteria.

SEC. 6. Changes in the compensation of administrative, financial and other support positions and Trial Attorneys appointed by the Department Secretary shall be covered by the National Classification and Compensation Plan under P.D. No. 985.

SEC. 7. Adjustments in the salary of personnel as a result of this Letter shall be duly communicated to the Budget Commission in the form of a plantilla of personnel, which shall be submitted within thirty days from the date hereofo

SEC. 8. The salary changes in this Letter shall be effective in January 1, 1978.

Done in the City of Manila, this 11th day of April, in the Year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-eight.

			(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
			President
			Republic of the Philippines
	By the President:
	(Sgd.) JACOBO C. CLAVE
	Presidential Executive Assistant