Section 16
SEC. 16. Privileges of barrio council officials.&mdashIn addition to the rights and privileges now granted by existing laws to barrio council officials, including the barrio treasurer and barrio secretary, they shall, if they are not receiving any salary for their services: Have preference in appointments in and to any government office, agency or instrumentality, or in and to any government-owned or controlled corporation; Have preference to purchase public lands and government-owned or managed agricultural farms or subdivisions, to obtain homesteads, concessions and franchises, and other privileges for the exploitation of the natural resources which are permissible and made available under existing laws. The preference in paragraphs (a) and (b) is subject to the condition that they shall have fully served their term and that all other qualifications are equal; Be entitled to free hospitalization, in any government hospital and given priority in free wards of private hospitals for any injury, disease, or sickness incurred in line of duty; and Be exempted during their incumbency from paying tuition and/or matriculation fees for their children attending public elementary schools. Provided, That the privileges in paragraphs a, b, c, and d in this sections shall not apply to any council official who has a total net asset of at least twenty thousand pesos or a yearly net income of two thousand four hundred pesos.