Section 3
SEC. 3. Section two thousand one hundred twenty-one-A of the same chapter of the said Code is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 2121-A. General limitation upon amount expend able for salaries and wages.—Except as hereinbelow provided, the amount expendable for salaries and wages of provincial officials and employees shall not exceed the following percentages of the ordinary and regular income that accrued to the general fund during the preceding fiscal year, exclusive of all balances carried forward from preceding fiscal years, transfers from other funds, and all receipts from loans, aids or gifts from government or private funds: "First class provinces, forty-five per centum; "Second class provinces, fifty per centum; "Third and fourth class provinces, fifty-five per centum; "Fifth class provinces, sixty per centum; "Sixth class provinces, sixty-five per centum; "Seventh class provinces, seventy-five per centum. "In case the current income of the general funds is less than that which accrued to the same fund during the preceding fiscal year, the percentages fixed in the preceding paragraph shall be based on the reduced income for the current fiscal year. "The Secretary of Finance may authorize any province to exceed the percentages hereinabove fixed under sue conditions as he may impose." "SEC. 4. Salaries of ex-officio officials.—In cases where an official is designated as ex ofjlcio official, such official shall receive additional compensation which shall not exceed the following: In first class, second class, and third class provinces, one thousand two hundred pesos per annum. In fourth class and fifth class provinces, nine hundred sixty pesos per annum; and In sixth class and seventh class provinces, seven hundred twenty pesos per annum."