Section 1
SECTION 1. Act Numbered One hundred and two, regulating the salaries of officers and employees in the Philippine civil service, is hereby amended by striking out sections eight, nine, and ten, and substituting therefor the following sections: "SEC. 8. The Director-General of Posts for the Philippine Archipelago shall receive an annual salary of six thousand dollars. There shall be an Assistant Director-General of Posts, who shall receive an annual salary of three thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. "There may be employed in the office of the Director-General of Posts: One inspector of class five; one custodian of stamps and supplies, of class five; one clerk of class six; one clerk and one printer of class seven; two clerks of class eight; three clerks of class nine; one clerk of class ten; one assistant printer of Class I; one janitor, one messenger, and one driver of an official conveyance at a compensation at the rate of one hundred and fifty dollars per annum each. MANILA POST-OFFICE. "SEC. 9. The postmaster of Manila shall receive an annual salary of three thousand five hundred dollars; the assistant postmaster of Manila shall receive an annual salary of two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. "There may be employed in the post-office at Manila: One superintendent of mails at an annual salary of two thousand dollars; one superintendent of the money-order division and one superintendent of the registry division at an annual salary of one thousand eight hundred dollars each; one superintendent of free delivery at an annual salary of one thousand six hundred dollars; one clerk of class seven; twenty-four clerks of class eight: Provided, That this number shall be reduced to fifteen as vacancies occur; fifteen clerks of class nine; fifteen clerks of class ten; ten clerks of Class A; two clerks of Class B; two clerks of Class C; four clerks of Class D; three clerks of Class E; eight clerks of Class F; eight clerks of Class G; five clerks of Class H; four clerks of Class I; and eight porters and four drivers at a compensation at the rate of one hundred and fifty dollars per annum each: Provided, That the total amount of salaries of officers and employees for the Manila post-office shall not exceed seventy-two thousand dollars per annum. "OTHER POST-OFFICES. "SEC. 10. The postmasters in charge of the offices named below shall each receive an annual compensation as follows: "Iloilo, two thousand dollars: Cavite, Cebu, Dagupan, and Vigan, one thousand six hundred dollars; Aparri, one thousand four hundred dollars; Bacolod, Jolo, Nueva Caceres, and Zamboanga, one thousand two hundred dollars: Angeles, Batangas, Cagayan de Misamis, Calamba, Catbalogan, Laoag, Legaspi, Lucena, San Fernando de la Pampanga, San Isidro, Santa Cruz de Laguna, and Tacloban, one thousand dollars. "The Director-General of Posts is authorized to expend a sum not exceeding seven thousand five hundred dollars per annum for the employment of clerks in post-offices outside of Manila, who shall be appointed in accordance with the provisions of the Civil Service Act."