Of the classification of the judicial districts and the salaries of the judges.
Section 2
SEC. 2. Of the classification of the judicial districts and the salaries of the judges.—The judicial districts are hereby classified into districts of the first, second, third, and fourth class. Of the first class are the Fifth, Seventh, Ninth, Fifteenth, Twentieth, and Twenty-third districts. Of the second class are the Third, Sixth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Nineteenth, Twenty-second, and Twenty-sixth districts. Of the third class are the Fourth, Seventeenth, Twenty-first and Twenty-fifth districts. Of the fourth class are the First, Second, Eighth, Tenth, Sixteenth, Eighteenth, and Twenty-fourth districts. Judges of districts of the first class shall receive a salary of ten thousand pesos per annum each; those of the second class, nine thousand pesos per annum each; those of the third class, eight thousand pesos per annum each, and those of the fourth class, seven thousand pesos per annum each, these salaries to be paid monthly: Provided, That if any of the present judges of the Court of First Instance, judges at large, or judges of the Court of Land Registration are appointed to the Court of First Instance under the provisions of this Act they shall not receive, during the first year after their appointment, a salary less than they are now receiving; and upon the lapse of said period of one year they shall only receive the salaries fixed by this Act for the respective districts to which they have been appointed in accordance with the provisions of this Act.