Section 1
SECTION 1. Sections two and three of Act Numbered One hundred and two entitled, "An Act regulating the salaries of officers and employees in the Philippine Civil Service," shall be amended so as to read as follows: EXECUTIVE SECRETARY. "SEC. 2. To assist the Civil Governor in his executive duties there shall be created an Executive Bureau, at the head of which there shall be an Executive Secretary, who shall receive an annual salary of seven thousand five hundred dollars, who shall speak and write fluently the English and Spanish languages and shall act as interpreter at all public sessions of the Commission when that body desires his presence, and shall supervise, at its request, the translations of its laws. In such Executive Bureau, there shall be one assistant executive secretary, who shall receive a salary of two thousand five hundred dollars a year, whose duty it shall be to receive estimates for appropriations and to prepare and forward forms of appropriation bills for the consideration of the Commission, and who shall discharge such other duties as may be assigned to him by the Executive Secretary; one private secretary to the Civil Governor, who shall receive a salary of two thousand five hundred dollars a year; two chief clerks of class four; two clerks of class six; three clerks of class seven; nine clerks of class eight; fourteen clerks and one translator of class nine; one clerk of Class A; ten clerks of Class C; two clerks of Class F; two clerks of Class H; one clerk of Class I; three clerks of Class J; and five messengers at a compensation at the rate of one hundred and fifty dollars per annum each: Provided, That the Executive Secretary shall assign from the force of his office such clerks, stenographers, and other employees to assist the Military Governor in the discharge of his civil executive duties as may be necessary. The Executive Secretary shall, in addition to his other duties, act as custodian of the Ayuntamiento, and shall employ for the purpose one chief janitor of Class B, two night watchmen of Class C, and such janitors, porters, and laborers as may be authorized by law. "UNITED STATES PHILIPPINE COMMISSION. "SEC. 3. There shall be employed at the office of the United States Philippine Commission, one private secretary for each member of the Commission, except the President thereof, at salaries as they may be fixed by resolution of the Commission, one secretary of the Commission, at an annual compensation of three thousand five hundred dollars; one Spanish secretary of the Commission at an annual compensation of three thousand five hundred dollars; one assistant secretary at an annual compensation of two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; two clerks of class six; one clerk of class seven; nine clerks of class eight; one clerk of Class A; one clerk of Class I; four messengers at a compensation at the rate of one hundred and fifty dollars each per annum; one Tagalog-Spanish interpreter and translator at a compensation at the rate of one thousand five hundred dollars per annum."