Section eight of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 8. Regional Offices.
Section 6
SEC. 6. Section eight of the same Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 8. Regional Offices.— The Commissioner of Civil Service may, as the public interest may require, establish regional offices of the Civil Service Commission at Dagupan City, Tuguegarao (Cagayan), Naga City, Iloilo City, Cebu City, Tacloban City, City of Cagayan de Oro, Davao City and Zamboanga City, and such other places as public interest may require, to provide expeditious service to the various branches, subdivisions and instrumentalities of the government in the areas to which the respective Regional Offices are most conveniently accessible. "The Heads of such offices shall be appointed by the Commissioner from qualified employees residing in the region and they shall exercise, with respect to any position within the region, whether provincial, city or municipal, the function of the Commission provided for in section 16(h) of this Act and perform such other functions and exercise such authority as may be specifically delegated by the Commissioner: Provided, That the action of such heads may be appealed to the Commission within thirty days from receipt of notice thereof by the appealing party. "The head or chief of each regional office shall be provided with the necessary office personnel who shall be appointed by the Commissioner of Civil Service in accordance with the Civil Service Law and rules." "There shall be in each province and city a civil service attorney to be appointed by the Commissioner of Civil Service and who shall receive six thousand pesos per annum and a stenographer who shall receive two thousand four hundred pesos per annum. The Civil Service Attorney shall conduct investigations of Administrative complaints and violations of Civil Service Law, rules and regulations, note and/or disapprove all appointments of provincial, municipal, and city officials and employees within their respective territorial jurisdictions and perform such other duties as the Commissioner may delegate to them. Upon approval of this amendatory Act, the power to attest or approve appointments heretofore vested upon provincial and city treasurer is hereby terminated."