for the township treasurer. [1397-4.] S ECTION  2289 . Qualifications for Township Office. — A president, vice-president, or councilor shall be a duly qualified elector of the province, and shall have a legal residence therein for one year prior to the election. A secretary shall be able to read, write, and speak intelligently a local dialect generally understood in the township, and the Spanish or English language. In no case shall there be elected or appointed to a township office ecclesiastics; soldiers in active service; persons receiving salaries from provincial or Insular funds; those who are delinquent in the payment of public taxes assessed after September fou rteenth, nineteen hundred and five; or contractors for public works within the province. [1397-13-15.] S ECTION  2290 . Oath of Township Officers. —  The oath of township officers shall be the same in substance as that prescribed for municipal officers, and may be administered by the president or secretary of the township, or in case of officers elected at the f irst election in a newly created township by members of the board of election judges. Such oaths shall be filed in the office of the secretary. [1397-16.] S ECTION  2291 . Provisions Relative to Salaries of Township Officers. — The president and township secretary shall receive such salaries as the council shall fix and the provincial board approve. The salary of the township treasurer shall be fixed by the pro vincial board; and when he serves as deputy of the provincial treasurer he may receive from provincial funds such additional compensation as the provincial board shall fix and the Executive Secretary approve. The salary of the president, during the period when the vice-president shall perform his duties, shall be drawn by the vice-president. aETASc The vice-president, except when serving as president, and the councilors shall receive no compensation, their offices being honorary. No change of salaries by the council shall affect that of an officer then Copyright 2012 CD Technologies Asia, Inc. and Accesslaw, Inc. Philippine Law Encyclopedia 2011 670