Art. 111. There shall be appointed: by decree of the President of the Republic, the superintendent; by preferment of the Minister, the chief engineers, the secretary of the central section, the engineer of the first class and the paymaster of the district section; by the Superintendent, the engineers of the second class, the agriculturists, the physicians, the draughtsmen, the typewriters, the clerks and the customs officials; by the chief engineers, the personnel who work under their direction. Art. 112. The salaries of the employes shall be those fixed in the annexed table. For the employes in the services which were incident to the order in the first section of Article 106, the salaries are fixed in accord with tables for similar service already existing in the Minister’s department, increased from fifty to eighty per cent for those who shall be situated in the valley of the Amazon, while the high cost of living shall continue in that respective place. Art. 113. For services which shall be thought advantageous, and when they have good reputations, the Government may employ professional specialists, natives or foreigners, paying them annual salaries not greater than those in the table or a lump sum for the service rendered, as may be advisable in each case. Art. 114. To provide for the increase in the work of the Director General of Accounts, in consequence of the services mentioned in this regulation, there shall be added to the same Directorship, employees of the Treasury and other departments of recognized ability and the typewriters in commission accepted, under the proposal of the Director General; working overtime, whenever necessary, in accordance with Articles 68 and 71 of the Decree, No. 8,889, of August 11, 1911, the work of counting, examining, inspecting and recording the expenses, distribution of credits, advances, and other things of an urgent nature. The expenses resulting from the order in this article shall be met by the credits which were opened in accordance with Article 14 of Law No. 2,543A, of January 5, 1912. It pertains to the Minister to fix the gratuities of the typewriters and the employes of the Department of Finance to which this same article refers. TABLE OF THE SALARIES OF THE PERSONNEL OF THE SUPERINTENDENCY “PROTECTION OF RUBBER” Monthly Classes Salaries