Clerks of Courts of First Instance outside of Manila and their salaries; deputy clerks.
Section 27
SEC. 27. Clerks of Courts of First Instance outside of Manila and their salaries; deputy clerks.—There shall be clerks of Courts of First Instance outside the city of Manila, appointed in the manner hereinafter provided for provinces, parts of provinces, districts, and subdistricts, and they shall receive annual salaries, payable monthly from the Insular Treasury, all as hereinafter specified: For the Provinces of Iloilo and Cebu, one thousand, two hundred dollars each. For the Provinces of Pangasinan, Batangas, and Occidental Negros, one thousand one hundred dollars each. For the Provinces of Pampanga, Bulacan, Bohol, and Leyte, one thousand dollars each. For the Provinces of Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union, Tarlac, Nueva Ecija, Rizal, La Laguna, Cavite, Tayabas, Albay, Ambos Camarines, Capiz, Antique, Samar, and Misamis, nine hundred dollars each. For the Provinces of Cagayan, Zambales, Bataan, Mindoro, Sorsogon, Oriental Negros, and Surigao, eight hundred dollars each. For the Provinces of Isabela and Abra, and for the Court of First Instance of the Province of Tayabas at Boac, Marinduque, seven hundred dollars each. For the Province of Romblon, five hundred dollars For the Province of Paragua, three hundred dollars, and a deputy clerk for the court at Puerto Princesa, at a salary of two hundred dollars. For the Province of Masbate, four hundred dollars. For the district of Lanao, in the Moro Province, three hundred dollars. For the subdistrict of Dapitan, in the Moro Province, three hundred dollars. For the Mountain District, one clerk at an annual salary of one thousand six hundred dollars, who shall act as clerk of the three Courts of First Instance in the district and as interpreter and translator and shall accompany the judge to each court of the district. There shall be appointed three deputy clerks, one for each of the three courts of the district, at an annual salary of three hundred dollars each. The deputy clerks of the Mountain District are hereby made justices of the peace with jurisdiction throughout their respective provinces. The office of clerk of Court of First Instance for Lepanto-Bontoc and that for Nueva Vizcaya are hereby abolished. For the district of Jolo, one clerk, who shall also perform the duties of interpreter and translator in the courts at Jolo and Bongao, at a salary of one thousand dollars per annum, and there shall be appointed one deputy clerk for the court at Jolo and one deputy clerk for the court at Bongao, each at a salary of two hundred dollars. For the district of Zamboanga (except the subdistrict of Dapitan), the district of Cottabato, and the district of Davao, all in the Moro Province, one clerk, who shall also perform the duties of interpreter and translator in the courts of Zamboanga, Cottabato, and Davao, at a salary of one thousand two hundred dollars. A deputy clerk at Zamboanga, at Cottabato, and at Davao, each at an annual salary of two hundred dollars, shall be appointed. The offices of deputy clerks of the Courts of First Instance at Barili in Cebu, at Daet in Ambos Camarines, at Mauban in Tayabas, and at Maasin in Leyte are hereby abolished.