Section 1
SECTION 1. In each province not organized under the Provincial Government Act the judge of the Court of First Instance of the province is hereby authorized to make a temporary appointment of a sheriff of the province, to serve until a permanent officer of the court of the province shall have been duly appointed in accordance with law. A temporary sheriff so appointed shall have all the powers of a permanent sheriff within his province, including the right to appoint deputies. Such temporary sheriff shall be paid three dollars per day for attendance upon the Court of First Instance while it is in session, and shall receive for the service of process reasonable fees, to be allowed by the judge in each case. Such fees shall be paid by the party requiring the services in civil actions, and by the Insular Government in criminal prosecutions. The per diem allowance for attendance at court shall also be paid by the Insular Government.