Section 2
SEC. 2. Section 5 of the same decree is hereby amended and changed to read as follows: "SEC. 5. Personnel. — The chief executive officer of the Authority shall be the Administrator assisted by such Deputy Administrators as the Board may prescribe, all of whom shall be appointed, or removed, by the Board and delegated with such powers and duties as it may prescribe. "The Board may establish such departments as it may be convenient for the discharge of its duties: Provided, That only one agronomical research department shall be created with the following responsibilities: To operate and maintain one central research station and such sub-stations as the Board may prescribe and, for that purpose, all research stations and centers, facilities and equipment operated by any governmental agency or instrumentality in the researches on genetical, agronomical and disease control relating to coconut culture are all hereby transferred to the Authority; In coordination and cooperation with the hybrid coconut seed farm herein authorized to be established, to coconut genetical and agricultural researches and investigations for the improvement of the coconut palm productivity but in no case shall it engage in the production of seednuts; To train people in the proper methods of planting and caring of the hybrid coconut palm tree; To conduct scientific researches and investigations in the control and elimination of "kadang-kadang" and other diseases of coconut; and To compile scientific information and disseminate results of agronomical researches and investigations on coconut productivity. "All officers and employees of the Authority shall be selected and appointed by the Board on the basis solely of merit and fitness and are not subject to the provisions of the Civil Service Law and Rules as well as the regulations of the Wage and Position Classification Office."