Section 1. There is hereby appropriated, from any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of sixty-five thousand pesos for the expenses of the Philippine Assembly, as provided by Acts Numbered Sixteen hundred and seventy-nine, Eighteen hundred and three, and Eighteen hundred and thirty-one, in addition to the unexpended balances of funds heretofore appropriated for the expenses of the Philippine Assembly, which are hereby made available for the expenses— of that body during the special session hereinbefore mentioned, and thereafter until— expended:—— Provided, — That— the Secretary of the— Assembly shall receive compensation— at the rate provided— by law for the Secretary of the Commission beginning June twentieth, nineteen hundred and eight, in lieu of per diems:—And provided further, That during the adjournment of the Legislature said Secretary shall render service to the Assembly committees acting during such adjournment and shall, moreover, perform all other duties required of him by the Speaker of the Assembly.
The funds appropriated by this Act shall be available for the payment of per diems of members and for the expenses of committees of the Assembly appointed pursuant to joint resolutions of both Houses of the Legislature.