AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED FORTY TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED NINETY EIGHT PESOS AND EIGHTY ONE CENTAVOS (P 142,298.81) FROM THE 1996 CONTINUING APPROPRIATION OF THE ITEM "RETIREMENT GRATUITY" OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING AND PUBLIC WORKS (DEPW), TO BE MADE AVAILABLE TO PAY RETIREMENT GRATUITY NO. CDO RG-009036 IN FAVOR OF MR. AGRIFINO C. MERCADO, FORMER EMPLOYEE OF SAID OFFICE