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 r11rrY-N1N*1·H coneiucss. sms. 1. cus. 3520, 3521. 1906. 453 Sec. 4. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to em- C*"m**¤l¤¤”“°*°¤- ploy two civilian instructors in the Revenue—Cutter Service, one at a salary of two thousand dollars per annum and one at a salary of one thousand eight hundred dollars per annum. Sec. 5. That hereafter it shall not be necessary for any commis- P“*'“""°‘“""· sioned officer of the Revenue—Cutter Service to make oath to his pay accounts. Sec. 6. That a chief engineer of the Revenue-Cutter Service, to be g‘,j;‘f,,’}‘,§§Q[, pm. selected for his "special ability in naval construction from the present ¤¤‘-" list of chief engineers by the Secretary of the Treasur, may be commissioned a constructor for engineerin duty in said Sbrvice with the rank, pay, and emoluments now provided by law for a chief engineer: Hovided, That the vacancy created in the list of chief engineers by  md such transfer shall not be filled by promotion or otherwise, but the vmmcycm ' number of chief exggiineers now authorized by law shall be reduced by one, and that no ditional expense shall be incurred by reason of commissioning such chief engineer a constructor. Approved, June 23, 1906. CHAP. 3521.-An Act To amend an Act approved March second, nineteen hun- ·l“¤° A 19*- dred and three, entitled "An Act to establish a standard of value and to provide for a coinage system in the Philippine Islands." _ [Public, No. 274.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of R?¢·esentative.s of the United States of Amerika in Congress assembled, That, with the approval of §§fQ,Q¥;g*“f¤°°,Q‘;}g§, the President of the United States, the government of the Philippine up Hneness. silver Islands is herepy authorized, whenever in its 0 inion such action is °°°°` desirable, in o er to carry out the provisions ofp section six of the Act V°*· 3* P- W- approved March second, nineteen hundred and three, entitled "An Act to establish a standard of value and to provide for a coinage s stem in the Philippine Islands/’ to change the weight and iineness of the silver coins authorized by said Act, and may in its discretion provide a S"°"i°i'"' mm weight and fineness proportionate} less for subsidiary coins than for the standard Philippine pesos, andy may also in its discretion recoin any of the existing coins of the Philippine Islands at the new weight and iineness when such coins are received into the Treasury or into _ the gold standard fund of the Philippine Islands: Provided That the §E'{,°$'§,'{;,,, m,,,,,,,,, weight and iineness of the silver peso to be coined in accordance with the provisions of this section shall not be reduced below seven hundred parts of pure silver to three hundred of alloy. __ Sec. 2. That section eight of an Act of Congress approved March $QYY§2‘?°,f}g°;,$’f‘€;,,_ second, nineteen hundred and three, entitled "An Act to establish a 3* P· **97· standard of value and to provide for a coinage system in the Philippine Is1ands,” as amended by section ten of an Act approved February sixth nineteen hundred and tive, is hereby further amended to read as follows: _ _ _ _ Im f nm " Sec. 8. That the treasurer of t_he Philippine Islands is hereby ,0, ,,,,§,§d§,$0,,m$f‘“ authorized, in his discretion, to receive at the treasury of the govern- u¥;kej3· P- 697. ment of the said islands or any of its branches deposits of the standard ` silver coins of one peso authorized by this Act to be coined, in sums of not less than twenty pesos, Philippine currency, and to issue certificates therefor in denominations of not less than two pesos nor more than five hundred pesos, and coin so deposited shall be retained in the treasury and held for the payment of such certificates on demand, and used for no other purpose. Such certificates shall be receivable for customs, taxes, and for all public dues in the Philippine Islands, and when so received may be reissued, and when held by any bankin association in said islands may be counted as a part of its lawfid reserve: Provided, That the treasurer of the Philippine Islands, with mhtiou 0, the approval of the governor-general, mav substitute for any part of United smes gomio: such siliver pesos hereafter deposited. gold coin of the United States '°S°"°‘