The Municipal code and the Provincial government act, being Act no. 82, entitled "A general act for the organization of municipal governments in the Philippine islands", and Act no. 83, entitled "A general act for the organization of provincial governments in the Philippine islands" as amended by the acts of the Philippine commission down to and including May 31, 1905, revised and codified by the Committee on revision and codification appointed by the governor-general. Published by authority of the Philippine commission.

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THE MUNICIPAL CODE.

this Act as a separate municipality, upon the granting by the
Commission of a petition signed by two-thirds of the qualified
electors thereof.
Controversies as (d) In case of controversy the Commission shall determine to
to class.
to class which class a town shall belong, and thereafter, if its population
shall sufficiently increase or diminish, it shall pass to a higher
or lower class by order of the provincial board.
Division into SEC. 5. The municipality shall be divided into barrios, or wards,
wards and districts. and the limits of such barrios shall be clearly defined, as hereinafter provided in section thirty-six. For administrative purposes,
the barrios may be grouped into districts. The number of such
districts in the municipality shall be equal to the number of councilors, including the vice-president.
CHAPTER II.
Elections. QUALIFICATIONS OF ELECTORS-ELECTIONS.
Electors, who SEC. 6. The electors charged with the duty of choosing elective
shall be.
municipal officers shall be male persons, twenty-three years of age
or over, who have had a legal residence in the municipality in
which they exercise the suffrage for a period of six months immediately preceding the election, and who are not citizens or subjects
of any foreign power, and who are comprised within one of the
following three classes:
-prior office (a) Those who, prior to the thirteenth of August, eighteen hunholders. dred and ninety-eight, held the office of municipal captain, gobernadorcillo, alcalde, lieutenant, cabeza de barangay, or member of
any ayuntamiento.
-property own- (.b) Those who own real property to the value of five hundred
ers.
ers~. pesos, or who annually pay thirty pesos or more of the established
taxes.
-language. (c) Those who speak, read, and write English or Spanish: ProSoldiers or sail- vided, That officers, soldiers, sailors, or marines of the Army or
ors. Navy of the United States shall not be considered as having acquired legal residence within the meaning of this section by reason of their having been stationed in the municipalities for the
required six months.
Elector's oath. SEC. 7. Each elector shall, before casting his ballot, take and
subscribe the following elector's oath, which shall be administered
by the municipal secretary with whom it shall be filed:
-form. "ELECTOR'S OATH.
"I,.............-.....-..,..... - do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I
am a male resident of the municipality of..-...............................
in the............................. and shall have
resided therein for the period of six months immediately preceding
the next municipal election; that at the date of said election I
shall be........... years of age; that I am not a subject or citizen of
any foreign power; that I shall in all respects be entitled to vote
therein at the next election for municipal officers; furthermore,
that I recdgnize and accept the supreme authority of the United
States of America, and will maintain true faith and allegiance
thereto; that I will obey the laws, legal orders, and decrees duly
promulgated by its authority; and that I impose upon myself this