Section 41
SEC. 41. All the present Secretaries and Undersecretaries of Department, except the Secretary of Public Instruction, the judges and auxiliary judges of first instance, the Public Service and Associate Public Service Commissioners, and the chiefs and assistant chiefs of bureaus and offices, except the Insular Auditor, the Deputy Insular Auditor, and those detailed from the United States Government, shall vacate their respective positions on the taking effect of this Act, and the Governor-General shall, with the consent of the Philippine Senate, make new appointments of Secretaries and Undersecretaries of Department, judges and judges at large of first instance, Public Service and Associate Public Service Commissioners, and chiefs and assistant chiefs of bureaus and offices, in accordance with existing law as modified by this Act: Provided, That in the making of such appointments the services rendered by the present incumbents shall be taken into account.