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The Republic of Santo Domingo, founded in 1844, is governed under a Constitution bearing date November 18, 1844, re-proclaimed, with changes, November 14, 1865 (after a revolution which expelled the troops of Spain, who held possession of the country for the two previous years), and again in 1879, 1880, 1881, and 1887. By the terms of the Constitution the legislative power of the Republic is vested in a National Congress of 22 deputies. The members are chosen by direct popular vote, with restricted suffrage, in the ratio of two for each province and two for each district, for the term of two years. But the powers of the National Congress only embrace the general affairs of the Republic; and the individual States, five in number, have separate legislatures.
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Statistical and other Books of Eeference concerning Santo Domingo
1. Official Publications
La République Dominicaine. Par Francisco Alvarez Leál. Paris, 1888.
Reports on the Trade of Puerto Plata, in No. 284 of ‘ Diplomatic and Consular Reports,’ 1888, and in the ‘ Deutsches Handels-Archiv,’ August 1888.
Trade of Haiti and San Domingo with Great Britain, in ‘ Annual Statement of the Trade of the United Kingdom for the year 1888.’ Imp. 4. London, 1889.
Report for 1888 on the Trade of Santo Domingo, in No. 482 of ‘ Diplomatic and Consular Reports.’ London, 1889.
2. Non-Official Publications
Hazard (Samuel), Santo Domingo, Past and Present; with a Glance at Haiti. 8. pp. 511. London, 1873.
Jordan (Wilhelm), Geschichte der Insel Haiti. 2 vols. 8. Leipzig, 1849.
Keim (D. B. Randolph), Santo Domingo. Pen Pictures and Leaves of Travel. 12. Philadelphia, 1871.
Monte y Tejada (Antonio), Historia de Santo Domingo, desde su descubrimiento hasta nuestros dias. Tomo I. (all published). 8. Habana, 1853.
Abad (Jose Ramon), La República Dominicana, reseña general geografico-estadística. 8. Santo Domingo, 1889.
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Keltie, J.S. (1890). Santo Domingo. In: Keltie, J.S. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230253193_46
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