Section 4
SEC. 4. There shall be a superior advisory board of education composed of the General Superintendent and four members to be appointed by the Commission. It shall be the duty of the board to hold regular meetings once in two months, on a day to be fixed by resolution of the board, and such special meetings as shall be called by the General Superintendent. The General Superintendent shall act as president of the board. The chief clerk of the General Superintendent shall act as secretary of the board and keep minutes of its proceedings. It shall be the duty of the board to assist the General Superintendent by advice and information concerning the educational needs and conditions of the Islands; to make such investigations as the General Superintendent may desire and to make recommendations to the Commission from time to time as to needed amendments to the law. Each of the four members of the board, appointed by virtue of this section, shall receive as compensation ten dollars for each regular or special meeting which he shall attend. Any member of the board who is a non-resident of Manila shall be paid his actual and necessary expenses for travel from his residence to Manila and his return and hotel expenses, requisitions for the amount required to pay such compensation and expenses shall be made by the General Superintendent. The terms of office of the members of such board appointed under this section shall be for three years or until their successors are appointed and qualified.