Section 23
SEC. 23. The Collector of Customs for the Philippine Archipelago is hereby authorized to retain such of the captains, mates, engineers, firemen, quartermasters, sailors, cooks, and stewards as are at present employed as officers and crews in manning and operating the Philippine customs cutters no in service, and to appoint such additional captains, mates, engineers, firemen, quartermasters, sailors, cooks, and stewards as may be necessary as officers and crews to man and operate such other Philippine customs cutters as may be required and put in service, and to fix the salaries or wages of such retained or additional officers and crews: Provided, That said salaries or wages shall in no case exceed the following rates: For captains, one hundred dollars per month and fifty cents per day ration allowance; for chief engineers, sixty dollars per month and fifty cents per day ration allowance; for mates, fifty dollars per month and fifty cents per day ration allowance; for for engineers, seventeen dollars and fifty cents per month and ten cents per day ration allowance; for stewards, fifteen dollars per month and ten cents per day ration allowance; for launch quartermasters, twelve dollars and fifty cents per month and ten cents per day ration allowance; for firemen, eleven dollars per month and ten cents per day ration allowance; for cooks, ten dollars per month and ten cents per day ration allowance.