Section 2
SEC. 2. Section two hundred and seventy-nine of the said Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "Sec. 279. Persons not entitled to accrued leave.—The following persons shall not be entitled to accrued leave: "(a) Laborers, skilled and unskilled, whose rate of compensation is less than two thousand pesos per annum. "(b) Temporary and emergency employees, except detectives and secret agents. "(c) Persons whose compensations are authorized at other than a yearly rate, except officers detailed from the military, naval, or civil service of the United States. " (d) Persons enlisted for a term of years. "(e) Watchmen. " (f) Linemen. " (g) Persons who receive compensation for official duties not requiring all their time; and persons whose salary is wholly or partly paid by municipalities, except deputy provincial and municipal treasurers or deputy provincial and township treasurers. " (h) Persons guilty of conduct requiring separation from the service. " (i) Persons brought to the Islands on special contract. " (j) Any person or class of persons whose right to leave is governed by special provisions, in which case such special provisions shall obtain."