Section 7
SEC. 7. The City Mayor.&mdashThe city mayor shall be the chief executive of the city. He shall be elected by qualified voters of the city and shall hold office for a term of four years, the first elected mayor to begin serving upon the expiration of the term of office of the incumbent municipal mayor. He shall receive a compensation of nine thousand pesos per annum, and shall be entitled, in addition to his salary, to a non-commutable allowance of not exceeding two thousand four hundred pesos per annum. No person shall be eligible for election as city mayor unless he is at least twenty-five years of age, a resident of the city or that of the Municipality of Tarlac for at least two years prior to his election, and a qualified voter therein.