By authority of the United States, be it enacted by the Philippine Commission, that:

SECTION 1. Section one of Act  Numbered Four hundred and eight is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SECTION 1. In case of the temporary absence or disability of the head of any Office or Bureau established by law, or in case of a vacancy in any such Office, any official or employee in the Office or Bureau may be designated by the Secretary of the Department in which the Office or Bureau is established, temporarily to perform the duties of such head; and it shall be the duty of the person so designated to perform the duties of the head of the Office or Bureau without additional compensation unless the order of the Secretary of the Department designating such person shall state otherwise, in which case the person designated shall receive the compensation provided in said order, not exceeding the salary attached lo such office by law: Provided, That the provisions of Act Numbered Six hundred and twenty-six shall not apply to persons receiving the full compensation attached to the position the duties of which they are designated to perform as herein set forth. In case the Office or Bureau is not by law under the charge of the Secretary of any Department, and in case of provincial and municipal officials who are appointed by the Civil Governor, the designation in this section provided shall be made by the Civil Governor."

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, nine!ecu hundred.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

Enacted, July 19, 1904.