Section 2
SEC. 2. Officers and employees of the Insular Government when traveling on official business and when absent from their permanent stations may receive, in the discretion of the chief of Bureau or head of Department, in lieu of traveling expenses other than transportation, per diems as follows: Officers and employees receiving a salary of less than one thousand two hundred pesos per annum, a per diem of one peso; Those receiving one thousand two hundred pesos or more per annum, but not exceeding one thousand eight hundred pesos per annum, a per diem of two pesos; Those receiving more than one thousand eight hundred pesos per annum, but not exceeding two thousand four hundred pesos per annum, a per diem of three pesos; Those receiving more than two thousand four hundred pesos per annum, but not exceeding six thousand pesos per annum, a per diem of four pesos; and Those receiving more than six thousand pesos per annum, a per diem of five pesos: Provided, That members of field parties and other officers and. employees for whom subsistence in kind or other special provision shall be made to cover traveling expenses other than transportation, shall not be paid the per diem herein stated: And provided further, That in the discretion of a Chief of Bureau, employees whose compensations are stated at rates other than per annum may be given the allowances authorized by this section for employees at a corresponding per annum compensation: And provided further, That when traveling by water transportation which does not include subsistence, officers and employees shall receive in lieu of per diems, reimbursement of the amounts actually and necessarily expended by them for subsistence: And provided further, That the provisions of existing law making it the duty of provincial governors to entertain judges of First Instance when holding court at provincial capitals are hereby repealed, and the same allowances provided by this section for other officers receiving similar salaries shall be paid to judges of Courts of First Instance from the funds of the province in which the per diems accrue; this provision to be applicable to all provinces whether organized under the Provincial Government Act or other Acts: Provided, however, That when a judge is traveling between the provinces comprising his judicial district, for purposes of holding court, his necessary transportation from the place in the province in which the last hold court, together with his per diem allowance from and including the date of closing court in the said province, shall be a proper charge against the province in which the next court session is held : And provided further, That in all cases wherein a judge is traveling on official business between the judicial districts, or from his own district to Manila for official purposes other than holding court in his district, his transportation expenses and per diem allowance shall be borne by the Bureau of Justice: And provided further, That officers of the United States Army or Navy detailed for duty with the Insular Government shall receive, when traveling on official business of this Government, the per diems corresponding to the salary of the position which the officer is filling under detail, and if no salary be fixed by law for such position, the officer shall be considered as included in the class for which a per diem of five pesos is authorized, subject to the provisions applicable to officers of the Insular Government.