The Philippine Commission is composed of nine members; five are the governor-general and the four secretaries of department _ex officio_, and four are appointed by the President subject to confirmation by the Senate.

Four of the members are Filipinos and five are Americans.

[483] The Philippine Assembly is composed of eighty-one elected members, all of whom are Filipinos.

They represent thirty-four of the thirty-nine provinces into which the archipelago is divided.

The two houses of the legislature have equal powers.