Section 1
SECTION 1. The first paragraph of section two of Act Numbered Nineteen hundred and seventy-five is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 2. The Director of Health, so far as consistent with the interest of the public service, shall select from amongst those persons jointly recommended by district health officers and division superintendents of schools, or in default thereof by provincial boards, students for the aforesaid classes from provinces organized under the Provincial Government Act and from the Provinces of Palawan, Mindoro, and Batanes, and the number of students selected shall not exceed one hundred in all of each sex: Provided, That in the admission of said students the highest average obtained in the examinations referred to in subsections (a) and (b) of the next preceding section, shall be taken into account."