Section 1
SECTION 1. Section eleven hundred and eighty-four of the Administrative Code as amended by Acts Numbered Twenty-eight hundred and fifty-two and Thirty-one hundred and seventy-seven is hereby further amended to read as follows: "SEC. 1184. Organization of the Board of Marine Examiners.—There shall be maintained in the Bureau of Customs at Manila an Office of Marine Examiners which shall be occupied and used by the Boards of Marine Examiners for Deck Officers and the Board of Examiners for Engineer Officers. The former shall consist of three master mariners one of whom may be of the Government service, and the latter of three chief engineers, one of whom may be of the Government service. The members of the two boards above mentioned shall be appointed by the Secretary of Finance at the recommendation of the Insular Collector of Customs, within not more than one month before each call and shall automatically cease upon submission of their certified report, under oath, of the result of the examination. The Insular Collector of Customs shall appoint, with the approval of the Secretary of Finance, an officer or employee of the Bureau of Customs to act as Secretary of the Boards of Marine Examiners. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to record, take charge of, and keep all proceedings, documents, and other papers of the Boards of Marine Examiners, to pass upon application for marine examinations and to perform such other duties as the Secretary of Finance may prescribe in connection with marine examinations other than as a marine examiner."