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  two hundred and sixty-four of Act Numbered  Twenty-seven  hundred  and eleven  is  hereby amended  by adding at the end thereof a new paragraph which shall read as follows:

"A teacher who has come to the Islands from the United States or from a foreign  country under a regular appointment or who has received such  regular appointment in the Philippine Islands, and who has rendered  under said appointment continuous, faithful,  and satisfactory service in the Bureau of Education or in the Office of the Secretary of Public Instruction  in  the enforcement of  Act Numbered Twenty-seven hundred and six, as  amended, for three or more years after reporting for duty in the Islands, shall, upon retirement, in addition to the half salary provided for in the first paragraph of this  section,  also be entitled to actual travel expenses from Manila to his place of residence in the United States or in a foreign country, at the time of his appointment as follows: To those who have served three but less than four years under present appointment, actual travel expenses  but not to exceed three hundred  pesos; to those who have  served four but less than five years under present appointment, actual travel expenses but not to exceed six hundred and fifty pesos; to those who have served five or more years under present appointment, actual travel expenses but not to exceed one thousand pesos.   The travel expenses as herein provided may be  applied  on  actual return transportation other than the most direct route.  The term  under present appointment  means  the appointment under which a teacher is serving at the time  the travel expenses herein granted  are applied  for,  and the  word teacher includes principal, supervisor,  and superintendent. The maximum credit allowed a teacher  for service rendered prior to  March thirty-first,  nineteen hundred and  twenty- five,  shall not exceed two years.  No period of service can be credited more than once towards the required accumulation herein prescribed.  A teacher may elect toward which of the  above  travel  expenses he  desires  to  accumulate service.  Not more than three months of leave without pay can be counted as  a  part  of the  said  required period of service.  The journey for  which  the  travel expenses are claimed shall be made within six months  after the date of the retirement.   A teacher who retires under the provisions of Act Numbered Twenty-five hundred  and  eighty-nine, as amended, and Act Numbered Three thousand and fifty, as amended by Act  Numbered  Thirty-one  hundred,  and  a teacher entitled to the  privilege granted by the preceding paragraph,  shall  not  be  entitled  to the travel expenses herein created."

SEC. 2. The last paragraph of subsection (b) of section two   hundred  and  eighty-seven  of said  Act  Numbered Twenty-seven  hundred and  eleven is  hereby amended to read  as follows:

"Subject to the same qualifications, these  privileges shall also be accorded to persons going abroad on teacher's leave under section two hundred and seventy-four hereof, and in addition, there shall be accorded to them and to principals, supervisors, and  superintendents  going on accrued  leave, the travel expenses created in section two hundred and sixty-four hereof, subject to the same conditions prescribed therein."

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

Approved, November 27, 1924.