Act No. 183 Section 27

Persons who are eligible for appointment to city offices.

Section 27

SEC. 27. Persons who are eligible for appointment to city offices.—No person shall be eligible for appointment to any city office who is not either (a) a citizen of the United States, or (b) a native of the Philippine Islands, or (c) a person who has under and by virtue of the Treaty of Paris, acquired the political rights of a native of the Islands.

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