Section 3
SEC. 3. Sections seventy-four and seventy-five of the same Act are amended to read as follows: "SEC. 74. Courtroom and supplies.&mdashThe justice of the Peace shall be provided with a room in the tribunal, or elsewhere in the center of population, suitable for holding court and shall be supplied with the necessary office supplies, furniture, lights, and janitor service therefor and shall also be provided with such of the printed laws in force in the Philippines as may be required for his official use. The similar expenses of maintaining the office of a justice of the peace appointed in unorganized territory shall likewise be provided. "Legal blanks and the dockets required by law, as well as the notarial seal to be used by the justice as ex-officio notary public shall be furnished by the Department of Justice. "SEC. 75. Clerks and employees of justice of the peace courts.&mdashThe municipal or justice of the peace courts of the several chartered cities and of the provincial and sub- provincial capitals and first-class municipalities shall have such clerks of court, stenographers and other employees as may be necessary. "In other municipalities, the justices of the peace shall have one clerk-stenographer each who shall be appointed by the justice of the peace of the municipality with a salary not to exceed fourteen hundred forty pesos per annum. "With the exception of the clerks and employees of the Municipal Court of the City of Manila, all employees mentioned in this section shall be appointed by the respective justices of the peace, and their salaries paid by the National Government."