 illustrationa municipal commissioner is a public servant explanation 1—persons falling under any of the above descriptions are public servants, whether appointed by the government or not explnation 2—wherever the words public servant occur, they shall be understood of every person who is in actual possession of the situation of a public servant, whatever legal defect there may be in his right to hold that situation [explanation 3—the word election denotes an election for the purpose of selecting members of any legislative, municipal or other public authority, of whatever charcter, the method of selection to which is by, or under, any law prescribed as by election]      (iil