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Section .The laws shall be promulgated in accordance with
the procedure prescribed by law and shall specify the terms under
which they shall take effect.
Section 6.-If at the end of any fiscal year the appropriations
necessary for the ordinary operating expenses of the government
and for the payment of interest on and amortization of the public
debt for the ensuing fiscal year shall not have been made, the
several sums appropriated in the last appropriation acts for the
objects and purposes therein specified, SO far as the same may be
applicable, shall continue in effect item by item, and the Gov-
ernor shall authorize the payments necessary for such purposes
until corresponding appropriations are made.
Section 7.-The appropriations made for any fiscal year
shall not exceed the total revenues, including available surplus,
estimated for said fiscal year unless the imposition of taxes suf-
ficient to cover said appropriations is provided by law.
Section 8.-In case the available revenues including surplus
for any fiscal year are insufficient to meet the appropriations made
for that year, interest on the public debt and amortization thereof
shall first be paid, and other disbursements shall thereafter be
made in accordance with the order of priorities established by law.
Section .Public property and funds shall only be disposed
of for public purposes, for the support and operation of state
institutions, and pursuant to law.
Section 10.-No law shall give extra compensation to any
public officer, employee, agent or contractor after services shall
have been rendered or contract made. No law shall extend the
term of any public officer or diminish his salary or emoluments
after his election or appointment. No person shall draw a salary
for more than one office or position in the government of Puerto
Rico.
Section 11.-The salaries of the Governor, the Secretaries,
the members of the Legislative Assembly, the Controller and
Judges shall be fixed by a special law and, except for the salaries
of the members of the Legislative Assembly, shall not be decreased
during the terms for which they are elected or appointed. The
salaries of the Governor and the Controller shall not be increased
during said terms. No increase in the salaries of the members of
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