Section 2
SEC. 2. The Attending Physician and Surgeon shall be appointed by the Civil Governor, by and with the consent of the Commission. He shall receive compensation at the rate of three thousand dollars per year in currency of the United States, payable monthly. He shall keep his office at the Ayuntamiento, or at such other place as the Civil Governor shall designate, and shall be present therein from ten o'clock antemeridian to one o'clock postmeridian daily, and shall there prescribe for all civil officers and employees, or members of their families, applying to him for treatment. He shall also there attend to minor surgical cases not requiring hospital treatment. Until such time as a public hospital for civilians shall be established at Manila, he shall perform major surgical operations for civil officers and employees and for members of their families in the operating room of the Women's Hospital, or at the homes of patients, as he may deem desirable. He shall hold himself in readiness at all times to respond to calls in consultation by the Assistant Attending Physician and Surgeon.