Section 23
SEC. 23. Qualifications and Compensations of the Chairman-General Manager.&mdashThe Chairman-General Manager shall have the same qualifications as the members of the Board of Directors provided in Section seventeen of this Act and shall receive an annual compensation of eighteen thousand pesos, which shall be charged against the annual appropriation for the operating and overhead expenses of the Authority. A provincial governor who is an ex-officiomembers of the Board of Directors, as provided in Section twelve of this Act, may be appointed Chairman-General Manager of the Authority during his incumbency as Governor and shall serve as such Chairman-General Manager in the manner and for the period provided in Section fifteen of this Act: Provided,That the provincial governor so appointed Chairman-General Manager of the Authority shall receive only the salary pertaining to, either the Office of Provincial Governor or Chairman-General Manager of the Authority, whichever he may choose: And provided, further.That the Provincial Governor thus appointed shall be entitled to all allowances allowed to both offices, any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding.