[ Act No. 353, February 04, 1902 ]

AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND FIVE, IN AMENDMENT OF ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY-EIGHT, ENTITLED "AN ACT CREATING A BUREAU OF ARCHITECTURE AND CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS," BY PROVIDING FOR A FURTHER INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES OF SAID BUREAU.

By authority of the President of the United States, be it enacted by the United States Philippine Commission, that:SECTION 1. The second paragraph of section one of Act Numbered Three hundred and five, in amendment of section four of Act Numbered Two hundred and sixty-eight, entitled "An Act creating a Bureau of Architecture and Construction of Public Buildings," is hereby amended to read as follows:

"The following employees of the Bureau of Architecture and Construction of Public Buildings, in addition to the Chief of the Bureau, are hereby authorized: One superintendent of construction, class seven; one chief clerk an done draftsman, class eight; two draftsmen, two clerks, and one storekeeper, class nine; five draftsmen, Class H; one messenger, at an annual compensation of one hundred and fifty dollars; and such laborers, skilled an unskilled, as may from time to time be recommended as necessary by the Chief of the Bureau and approved by the Secretary of Public Instruction; and such skilled an unskilled laborers shall be paid out of funds appropriated quarterly for the maintenance, repair, and construction of public buildings."

SEC. 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.Enacted, February 4, 1902.

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