"Sec. 38. The City Fiscal and Assistant City Fiscals.— There shall be in the Office of the City Fiscal one chief to be known as the City Fiscal with the rank of a district judge, an assistant chief to be known as the assistant city fiscal, three second assistant city fiscals who shall be the chiefs of divisions, and fifty-two assistant fiscals, who shall discharge their duties under the general supervision of the Secretary of Justice.1avvphi1 To be eligible for appointment as City Fiscal one must be a citizen of the Philippines and must have practiced law in the Philippines for a period of not less than ten years or held during a like period an office in the Philippine Government requiring admission to the practice of law as an indispensable requisite. To be eligible for appointment as assistant fiscal one must be a citizen of the Philippines and must have practiced law for at least five years prior to his appointment or held during a like period an office in the Philippine Government requiring admission to the practice of law as an indispensable requisite.
"The City Fiscal and his assistants shall receive the salaries hereinafter set forth, which shall be paid by the City of Manila:
"(a) City Fiscal, twelve thousand pesos per annum.
"(b) First assistant city fiscal, eleven thousand six hundred pesos per annum.
"(c) Three second assistant city fiscals who shall be the chiefs of the three divisions, eleven thousand pesos per annum each.
"(d) Six assistant fiscals, ten thousand pesos per annum each.
"(e) Six assistant fiscals, nine thousand pesos per annum each.
"(f) Six assistant fiscals, eight thousand four hundred pesos per annum each.
"(g) Six assistant fiscals, eight thousand one hundred pesos per annum each.
"(h) Six assistant fiscals, seven thousand six hundred pesos per annum each.
"(i) Six assistant fiscals, seven thousand two hundred pesos per annum each.
"(j) Six assistant fiscals, six thousand six hundred pesos per annum each.
"(k) Ten assistant fiscals, six thousand pesos per annum each."
