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 twelve hundred  and thirty-nine of the Administrative Code is hereby amended by  adding, at the end thereof, the following paragraph, to be  known as sub- section  (f) :

"(f)  A  certificate of the Bureau of Posts to the effect that it received timely notice of the  sailing of the  vessel: Provided, That the Collector  of  Customs shall not  permit any vessel to sail for a foreign port if the master or agent thereof refuses to receive bags of mail delivered to the same by the Bureau of Posts for transportation for a reasonable compensation.  In  case  the  Director  of  Posts and  said master  or  agent do not come to an agreement concerning the amount of the compensation to  be paid for the carriage of the mail, the matter shall be submitted for decision to a board of referees  composed of three members, appointed, respectively,  by the Bureau of Posts, the agency of the company to which the vessel concerned  belongs, and the Bureau of Customs, which board shall fix a reasonable rate of compensation."

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

Approved, March 10, 1922.