Section 24
SEC. 24. Section six hundred and ninety-seven of the Administrative Code is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 697. Contract to be executed by appointee coming from United States.—A person residing in the United States, who contemplates accepting an appointment in the Philippine civil service shall, before receiving such appointment, execute a contract, wherein he shall agree to remain in the service of the Government of the Philippines for at least two years unless released by the President of the Philippines or proper head of department. "Upon breach of contract by the appointee or upon his removal for cause, he shall be liable for any sum still due to the Government for expenses in bringing him to the Philippines, and all salary and travel expenses then due or accruing to him shall be withheld as forfeited, and he shall be thereafter debarred from again entering any branch of the Philippine service."