Section 2
SEC. 2. Section sixty of said Act Numbered One hundred and thirty-six is hereby amended so as to read as follows: "SEC. 60. The clerk in Manila.—The Civil Governor, with the advice and consent of the Commission, shall appoint a clerk and two assistant clerks in the city of Manila. The clerk and assistant clerks shall hold office during the pleasure of the judges, and may be removed and their successors appointed by the judges in accordance with the provisions of the civil-service law. The clerk shall receive a salary at the rate of two thousand dollars a year, and the assistant clerks at the rate of one thousand six hundred dollars per year each, and all fees charged by them shall belong tot he Government. The clerk may appoint and remove one or more deputies, whose services shall be paid for out of his salary, unless the deputy be an assistant duly authorized, as in this section provided. The clerk may employ such assistants, to be selected under the provisions of the civil-service law, as the majority of the judges of the Supreme Court may decide to be necessary, and at salaries to be by them fixed, after approval thereof by the Chief Executive. The bond of the clerk shall be for six thousand dollars, and he may require a bond of indemnity from each of the assistant clerks, which shall be approved, filed, and recorded as provided in the last preceding section. The clerk shall be answerable on his bond for defaults of his deputies and assistants."