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 eight hundred forty-six of Act Numbered Twenty-seven hundred and eleven, otherwise known as Administrative Code, as amended by Act Numbered Twenty-nine hundred and thirty-six, is hereby further amended so as to read as follows:   

"SEC. 846. Quarters in kind—Additional pay of officers.—Officers of the Philippine Constabulary shall be entitled to quarters in kind. In addition to the pay provided by law for the officers of the Philippine Constabulary, there shall be allowed and paid to each of such officers an increase of ten per centum of his current annual pay for each term of five years of faithful and efficient service: Provided, That the total amount of such increase shall not exceed fifty per centum of the yearly pay of the grade as provided by law. In computing length of service for the purposes of the compensation, commissioned officers who have served as enlisted men in the Philippine Constabulary shall be credited with the time so served." 

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

Approved, December 5, 1929.