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

SECTION 1. Section one of Act Numbered Nine hundred and sixteen, entitled "An Act reorganizing the Mining Bureau and proscribing the functions thereof," is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following words: "or shall have successfully completed work in such schools of mines or universities equivalent in kind and amount to that for which such degrees are given," so that said section shall read:

"SECTION 1. The personnel of the Mining Bureau shall consist of a Chief of the Bureau, class one, who shall be appointed by the Civil Governor, by and with the consent of the Philippine Commission and of two geologists, class three: Provided, That the Chief, of the Bureau and the geologists shall be graduates of recognized schools of mines or shall have received degrees in mining, metallurgy, or geology from reputable universities, or shall have successfully completed work in such schools of mines or universities equivalent in kind and amount to that for which such degrees are given."

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, nineteen hundred.

SEC. 3. This Act shall take effect as of January fifteenth, nineteen hundred and four.

Enacted, February 26, 1904.