Section 27
SEC. 27. The Civil Governor is hereby authorized to appoint a commission of three persons, to membership in which any official of the Insular Government may he eligible, which commission shall exercise the authority and discharge the duties hereinafter prescribed and shall be known as the "Coastwise Rate Commission." The Coastwise Rate Commission is authorized to classify vessels, merchandise, and passengers for the purpose of carriage in the coastwise trade and to fix the maximum rates to be charged thereunder for the transportation in the several classes of vessels of the various classes of merchandise and passengers from one point to another in the Philippine Islands.