"Section 1659. Chief Officials of Office of the Solicitor General. – The Office of the Solicitor General shall have one chief to be known as the Solicitor General whose salary shall be twelve thousand per annum and shall have the rank of an Undersecretary of a Department. He shall be assisted by one First Assistant Solicitor General whose salary shall be ten thousand pesos per annum. When the Solicitor General is unable to perform his duties or in case of a vacancy in the office, the First Assistant Solicitor General shall temporarily perform one functions of said officer, or, in his absence, the next Assistant Solicitor General who is senior in the service. There shall also be four Assistant Solicitors General each of whom shall receive a salary of seven thousand eight hundred pesos per annum, and twenty-four Solicitors whose salaries shall be as follows:

"(a) Four Solicitors, six thousand six hundred pesos per annum;

"(b) Four Solicitors, six thousand pesos per annum each;

"(c) Five Solicitors, five thousand four hundred pesos per annum each;

"(d) Five Solicitors, five thousand one hundred pesos per annum each;

"(e) Six Solicitors, four thousand eight hundred pesos per annum each.

"The qualifications for appointment to the position of Solicitor General, the First Assistant Solicitor General and the four Assistant Solicitors General shall be the same as those prescribed for Judges of Courts of First Instance and those of Solicitors shall be the same as those prescribed for provincial fiscals."