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Act No. 396 Section 3

Act No. 396 Section 3

Section 3

SEC. 3. The Civil Governor is hereby authorized to appoint, with the advice and consent of the Commission, four judges of Court of First Instance in addition to the number of judges authorized by said Act Numbered One hundred and thirty-six. Each of the judges so appointed shall receive a compensation at the rate of four thousand five hundred dollars per year, and shall possess the qualification required by law for judges of the Supreme Court, and may be required to perform the duties of judge of Court of First Instance of any province in the Islands or of the city of Manila when directed in writing to do so by the Civil Governor, in which case his acts, proceedings, and judgments shall be of the same validity as though he were the regular judge of the Court of First Instance in the city of Manila or in the province in which he shall perform such duties. The judges so appointed shall receive an allowance for traveling expenses in accordance with the provisions of section sixty-three of said Act Numbered One hundred and thirty-six.

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