Section 5
SEC. 5. Section seven of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 7. Civil Service Commission.— There is hereby established a Civil Service Commission the head of which shall be known as the Commissioner of Civil Service who shall be responsible for the discharge of the duties and functions of the Commission. He shall be appointed by the President ol1 the Philippines with the consent of the Commission on Appointments and who shall hold office for a term of nine years and may not be reappointed. The Commissioner shall have the same qualifications as justices of the Court of Appeals and must be sufficiently familiar with the principles and methods of personnel administration and known to be in sympathy with the merit system. He may be removed from office only for cause and after investigation. The Commissioner of Civil Service shall be an ex-officio member of the Cabinet. "The Commission shall keep records and minutes of its business and official actions, and such records and minutes shall be public records open to public inspection at such hours and under such conditions as the Commission may prescribe. "There shall be a Deputy Commissioner of Civil Service appointed in the same manner as the Commissioner who shall assist the Commissioner and perform such duties and functions as may be assigned to him by the Commissioner and such others as may be imposed upon him by law. In the absence of the Commissioner, he shall act as head of the Commission." "The Commissioner may appoint an Executive Director, who shall perform the duties of Secretary of the Commission and such other functions as may be assigned to him by the Commissioner, with a salary of sixteen thousand eight hundred pesos a year." "There shall be in the Civil Service Commission a Legal Affairs Department which shall assist the Commissioner in performing his quasi-judicial and legal functions to be composed of the following: One chief Civil Service Attorney at sixteen thousand two hundred pesos per annum; Two Assistant Chief Civil Service Attorneys at thirteen thousand pesos per annum each; Six Supervising Civil Service Attorneys at twelve thousand pesos per annum each; Six Senior Civil Service Attorneys at Ten thousand eight hundred pesos per annum each; Six Civil Service Attorneys III at Nine thousand six hundred pesos per annum each; Six Civil Service Attorneys II at eight thousand four hundred pesos per annum each; Six Civil Service Attorneys I at Seven thousand eight hundred pesos per annum each; Six Civil Service Legal Aides II at live thousand four hundred pesos per annum each; Six Civil Service Legal Aides I at Four thousand eight hundred pesos per annum each; One Chief, Docket and Library Section at Six thousand six hundred pesos per annum; One Chief, Secretarial and Stenographers Section at Five thousand seven hundred pesos per annum; Four Supervising Stenographers at Five thousand one hundred pesos per annum each; Nine Stenographic Reporters at four thousand four hundred pesos per annum each; Twelve Stenographers at Three thousand nine hundred pesos per annum each; One Librarian at three thousand one hundred twenty pesos per annum; One Records Officer at Five thousand four hundred pesos per annum; Four Proofreaders at three thousand three hundred pesos per annum each; Two Supervising Clerks at four thousand four hundred pesos per annum each; Two Docket Clerks at three thousand six hundred pesos per annum each; Five Senior Clerks at three thousand three hundred pesos per annum each; Ten Clerks at two thousand seven hundred pesos per annum each; and Two Messengers at Two thousand four hundred pesos per annum each.