Section 151. Qualifications  


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  • No person shall be eligible to appointment or
      reappointment to such  police  department,  nor  continue  as  a  member
      thereof,  who  shall not be a citizen of the United States, who has been
      convicted  of  a  felony,  who  shall  be  unable  to  read  and   write
      understandingly  the English language or who shall not reside within the
      state of New York and in any town or village in the county in which such
      town is situated at the time of his or her appointment.