Section 2
SEC. 2. Section one hundred and eighty-four of the same Code is likewise amended so as to read as follows: "SEC. 184. Appointment of deputies.—The provincial sheriffs in provinces of the first and second class may appoint three deputies; in provinces of the third and fourth class, two deputies; and in provinces of the fifth and sixth class, one deputy. The provincial sheriff shall be responsible for the acts of his deputies. The chief of police in each municipality shall be ex-officio deputy sheriff in his municipality without additional compensation. The salaries of the said provincial deputies shall be paid out of the insular funds."