Section 1
SECTION 1. Section one hundred and seventy-eight of Act Numbered Twenty-seven hundred and eleven of the Philippine Legislature, known as the Administrative Code of nineteen hundred and seventeen, is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 178. Subordinate employees of General Land Registration Office.—The chief surveyor and other subordinates of the General Land Registration Office shall be appointed by the Secretary of Justice, upon recommendation of the chief of said office. For administrative purposes, the General Land Registration Office shall be under the direct control of the Secretary of Justice."