shall authorize the appointment of a deputy provincial fiscal in the office of the provincial fiscal, the person appointed thereto shall be a lawyer who has been duly admitted to practice  in the courts but he shall not be subject to the examination requirements of the Civil Service Law. [2108-1.] SECTION  1294 . Salaries of Provincial Fiscals . — The provincial fiscals, in the provinces hereinbelow named, shall receive salaries within the following limits, the precise amount being from time to time fixed for each by the Governor-General, upon the reco mmendation of the Secretary of Finance and Justice: SECTION  1295 . Authority of Governor-General to Consolidate Offices . — Whenever, in his judgment, the public interests will be promoted by the consolidation of the offices of two or more provincial fiscals, the Governor-General may, upon the recommendation of  the Secretary of Finance and Justice, declare such positions consolidated, appoint a fiscal thereto, fix the salary of the position resulting therefrom at not to exceed seventy-five per centum of the sum of the salaries of the positions consolidated, de termine the residence of the [1701-1, 2; 1716-2.] ( a ) In the Provinces of Cebu, Iloilo, and Pangasinan, not less than four thousand five hundred pesos nor more than five thousand pesos per annum each. ( b ) In the Provinces of Albay, Ambos Camarines, Batangas, Bulacan, Ilocos Sur, Laguna, Leyte, Occidental Negros, Pampanga, and Tayabas, not less than four thousand pesos nor more than four thousand five hundred pesos per annum each. ( c ) In the Provinces of Bohol, Cagayan, Capiz, Rizal, Samar, and Sorsogon, not less than three thousand five hundred pesos nor more than four thousand pesos per annum each. ( d ) In the Provinces of Cavite, Ilocos Norte, La Union, Misamis, Nueva Ecija, Oriental Negros, Surigao, and Tarlac, and in Nueva Vizcaya, not less than three thousand pesos nor more than three thousand five hundred pesos per annum each. ( e ) In the Provinces of Agusan, Antique, Bataan, Isabela, Mindoro, Palawan, and Zambales, not less than two thousand five hundred pesos nor more than three thousand pesos per annum each. Copyright 2012 CD Technologies Asia, Inc. and Accesslaw, Inc. Philippine Law Encyclopedia 2011 382