[ Act No. 3172, November 02, 1924 ]

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FOUR OF ACT NUMBERED TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, KNOWN AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE

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 nine hundred  and fifty-four of Act Numbered Twenty-seven hundred  and eleven, known as the Administrative Code, is hereby amended to read as follows:

  "SEC. 954. Council of Hygiene—Appointment and qualification of members.—The council of hygiene shall be composed of a professor of the College of Medicine and Surgery of the University of the Philippines, a professor of the medical faculty of the University of Santo Tomas, a  member of the Colegio Medico-Farmaceutico, a member of the Philippine  Islands  Medical Association, a senior officer of the Philippine Health Service, a reputable physician who is a graduate of a medical school of recognized standing, an attorney-at-law,  and  one other person  who  shall be an owner of real property in the Philippine  Islands, all to be appointed by the Governor-General  on nomination of the Department Head."

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

Approved, November 21,  1924.