Section 2
SEC. 2. As an emergency measure, the holding of charity horse race sweepstakes not less than twice nor oftener than four times a year is hereby authorized under the conditions provided in this Act. At least two of these races shall be held in the Philippine Islands and in them only horses which have not run on any race course shall participate, and all said races shall be held under the direction and management of an office to be known as Philippine Charity Sweepstake Office and to be under the supervision of a Board of Trustees composed of five members, to wit, the Secretary of Finance, who shall be ex-officio chairman of the board, the Secretary of Public Works and Communications, the Commissioner of Health and Public Welfare, and two other members who shall be appointed each year by the Governor-General, with the consent of the Senate. The chief of the Philippine Charity Sweepstake Office, who shall be known as General Manager, his assistants and the necessary personnel shall be appointed and their salaries shall be fixed by the Board of Trustees: Provided, however, That no officer or employee of the Insular Government or of any provincial or municipal government shall receive additional compensation for any position occupied or service rendered by him in the Philippine Charity Sweepstake Office: And provided, further, That no officer or employee of the Philippine Charity Sweepstake Office shall receive a salary in excess of six thousand pesos per annum, except the General Manager who may receive a salary of not more than seven thousand two hundred pesos per annum. The Board of Trustees may make the appointments, without taking into consideration the Civil Service Law and Rules and other Acts, and the auditor of the office, his assistants and clerks shall be appointed on nomination by the Insular Auditor. The salaries and wages of the personnel and the expenses of the organization and operation of the Philippine Charity Sweepstake Office shall be paid from the receipts thereof. The total disbursements of the Philippine Charity Sweepstake Office for carrying out the purposes of this Act shall in no case exceed the percentage fixed in section four hereof. The General Manager shall during the first half of the month of December of each year submit to the Board of Trustees an estimate of the expenses of his office for the ensuing year, including the salaries and wages of the personnel and the estimated expenses of the holding of the sweepstakes for said year, and said estimate shall not take effect until it has been approved by the Board of Trustees.