Section 1
SECTION 1. A committee of three members, to be appointed by the Governor-General with the advice and consent of the Philippine Commission, is hereby created for the purpose of investigating the causes of the excessive infant mortality in the Philippine Islands and the methods which should be adopted to decrease it. The committee shall be immediately organized and elect a chairman from among its members, and each member shall receive as compensation twenty pesos for each day of session actually attended by him: Provided, however, That if a Government officer is appointed on said committee he shall not receive the per diems provided for by this Act.