Act No. 1397 Section 15

Section 15

SEC. 15. In no case shall there be elected, or appointed to a( township office ecclesiastics; soldiers in active service; persons receiving salaries from provincial, departmental, or governmental funds; those who are delinquent in the payment of public taxes assessed after the passage of this Act; or contractors for public works within the province.

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