An Act to Amend Section Three of Act Numbered Thirty-One Hundred and Seven

November 29, 1924

ACT NO. 3193

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION THREE OF ACT NUMBERED THIRTY-ONE HUNDRED AND SEVEN

SECTION 1. Section three of Act Numbered Thirty-one hundred and seven is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 3. Salaries of the clerks and deputy clerks of the Courts of First Instance. — The clerks of the Courts of First Instance shall receive annual salaries in accordance with the following schedule:

"For the clerk of the Court of the Ninth Judicial District (Manila), five thousand pesos; for the clerk of the Court of First Instance of Cebu, thirty-five hundred pesos; for the clerks of courts in other first-class provinces, thirty-two hundred pesos; Provided, however, That the salary paid to the clerk of the Court of First Instance at Tacloban, Province of Leyte, and to the clerk of the Court of First Instance at Capiz, Province of Capiz, shall be twenty-four hundred pesos each, and the salary of the clerk of the Court at Maasin, in the same province, shall be fifteen hundred pesos: Provided, further, That when the clerk of the Court of First Instance of Surigao acts as clerk of the Court of Agusan, he shall receive an additional salary which shall be fixed by the provincial board of Agusan, but shall not exceed four hundred and eighty pesos per annum; for the clerks of courts in second-class provinces, twenty-four hundred pesos; for the clerks of courts in third-class provinces, two thousand pesos; for the clerks of courts in fourth-class provinces, eighteen hundred pesos; for the clerks of courts in fifth-class provinces and in the Provinces of Bontoc, Davao, Marinduque, Nueva Vizcaya, Romblon, Masbate, and Sulu, twelve hundred pesos; for the clerks of the courts in the Provinces of Abra, Bukidnon, Cotabato, and Lanao, nine hundred pesos. cSHIaA

"The assistant and deputy clerks of Courts of First Instance shall receive annual salaries in accordance with the following schedule:

"In the City of Manila (Ninth Judicial District), for the assistant clerk of court and ex-officio chief of the probate division, thirty-six hundred pesos, and for the seven deputy clerks, fifteen hundred pesos each; for the deputy clerks of courts in first-class provinces, fifteen hundred pesos; for the deputy clerks of courts in second-class provinces, twelve hundred pesos; for the deputy clerks of courts in third-class provinces, nine hundred pesos; for the deputy clerks of courts in fourth-class provinces, seven hundred and twenty pesos; for the deputy clerks of courts in fifth-class provinces and in the Provinces of Bontoc, Davao, Marinduque, Nueva Vizcaya, Masbate, Romblon, and Sulu, six hundred pesos; for the deputy clerks of the courts in the Provinces of Abra, Bukidnon, Cotabato, and Lanao, four hundred and eighty pesos." SIaHDA

SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect on its approval.

Approved, November 29, 1924.