Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of the same:

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.

"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."

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

Approved, November 29,  1924.