Section 28
SEC. 28. Each member of the Coastwise Rate Commission who shall not be an official of the Insular Government shall receive for his sci vices while actually engaged in the work of said Rate Commission a per diem, of ten dollars per day, in money of the United States. The Civil Governor is authorized to designate from some one of the Bureaus of the Insular Government a stenographer to act as secretary of the said Rate Commission, during its sessions, to take the evidence and transcribe the same, and to keep the minutes of its proceedings. It shall be the duty of the Collector of Customs for the Philippine Archipelago to furnish rooms, furniture, and the necessary stationery for the work of the Rate Commission and its secretary. The Rate Commission shall meet at the call of the Civil Governor and may be adjourned from time to time by his order.