Section 7
SEC. 7. Act Numbered Six hundred and eighteen is hereby amended by inserting immediately after section one the following: "SEC. 2. The pay of an assistant chief and lieutenant-colonel, not an Army officer, shall be not less than two thousand seven hundred and filly dollars and not exceeding three thousand five hundred dollars per annum, the Amount to be fixed, within the limitations above mentioned, by the Civil Governor. The grade of major and senior inspector is hereby created, at a salary of two thousand dollars per annum. The Chief of Philippines Constabulary is hereby authorized and empowered to select from the most meritorious of the captains and senior inspectors of Constabulary, not exceeding four in number, officers of this grade. The Chief of Philippines Constabulary is further authorized and empowered to increase the pay of ten of the most meritorious and deserving captains and senior inspectors of Constabulary from the amount now fixed by law to a sum not exceeding one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum, and he is further authorized to increase the pay of a like number of first lieutenants and inspectors of Constabulary to an amount not exceeding one thousand two hundred dollars per annum: Provided, however That the total number of Constabulary officers as now provided by law shall not be increased." Said Act is further amended by changing section two to be section three and section three to be section four.