No person is eligible to receive an original appointment to the Police Department, as a policeman or policewoman, unless he has reached the age of twenty-one years of age. No person is eligible to receive an original appointment when he is thirty-five years of age or older, and no person can be declared disqualified as over age prior to that time.
These provisions shall not be construed to eliminate any other requirements established by law for original appointments.
(Ohio R.C. 124.41)