Twenty years of age; reside within the district, and know how to read
and write. A person who has obtained a title in one of the liberal
professions may be District Judge, even if conditions one and three are
lacking.
Each member of the Court of Appeal and of the Supreme Court becomes
president by turns for the period of one year.
Judges of the Supreme Court receive salaries of 15,000 pesos annually,
with an honorarium of 1,000 extra to the president of the court. The
secretary gets 7,500 pesos a year. Ministers of Courts of Appeal,
9,000 pesos, with 500 gratuity to the president of same; secretary,
3,000. Judges of Letters, where there is a Court of Appeal, 7,500.
Judges of Letters in the capital of a province, 6,000. Judges of other
departments, 4,500.