Section 3
SEC. 3. The elective provincial officers of the new Province of Marinduque shall be appointed by the Governor-General, by and with the consent of the Senate, and shall hold office until their successors shall be duly elected at the next general election and shall qualify: Provided, however, That the lieutenant-governor of Marinduque elected at the general election of June third, nineteen hundred and nineteen, shall perform the duties of the office of provincial governor of the new province until his successor shall have been elected at the next general election and shall have duly qualified. The provincial officers of Marinduque shall each receive an annual compensation at the rate fixed by the provincial board, which shall not in any case exceed three thousand pesos for the provincial governor, twenty-four hundred pesos for the provincial treasurer, and two thousand pesos for the provincial fiscal, and for each member of the provincial board a per diem not to exceed five pesos for each session actually attended.