[1492-1.] 

## Provincial Offices and Officers in General 

## ARTICLE II 

SECTION 1994 . Chief Officials of Provincial Government . — The chief officials of the provincial government are the provincial governor, the provincial treasurer, and the members of the provincial board. 

[83-3 as amended.] 

SECTION 1995 . General Qualification for Provincial Office . — No person shall be appointed to any provincial office or be eligible thereto unless he is a citizen of the United States or a citizen of the Philippine Islands. 

[83-3.] 

SECTION 1996 . Qualifications of Elective Provincial Officer . — No person shall be eligible for election to a provincial office unless at the time of the election he is a qualified elector in the province, has been a bona fide  resident therein for at least one year prior to the election, is loyal to the United States, and not less than twenty-five years of age. 

[1582-12.] 

SECTION 1997 . Appointive Provincial Officer Required to Reside at Provincial Capital . — Non-residence in the province shall not render the person appointed to a provincial office ineligible; but during incumbency he shall, except as otherwise allowed by la w, reside at the capital of the province, and keep office in the provincial government building. 

[83-3.] 

SECTION 1998 . Permission for Official to Absent Himself from Province . — Except as allowed by law, no provincial official engaged in the discharge of continuous duties shall leave the province without obtaining permission so to do from the Governor-General. 

[83-3; 1396-21; Comp., 89.] 

S ECTION 1999 . Term of Office of Elective Official . — The term of a provincial officer elected at the general election shall begin on the sixteenth of October following such election and shall end on the fifteen of the same month 

