Section 1
SECTION 1. The traveling examiners of the Treasurer and Auditor for the Philippine Archipelago and the officers and clerks of said offices who are authorized by law and designated to perform official travel in connection with the examination of accounts, or otherwise, shall be entitled to a per diem of two dollars and fifty cents, United States currency, or its equivalent in local currency at the authorized rate, for each day such examiner, officer, or clerk is actually traveling or away from Manila on official business, in addition to necessary cost of transportation. When transportation by steamship, Government transport, or otherwise, includes subsistence, no per diem shall be paid or allowed for such portion of the journey.