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The Constitution of the Republic of Liberia is on the model of that of the United States of America. The. executive is vested in a President, and the legislative power in a parliament of two houses, called the Senate and the House of Representatives. The President and the House of Representatives are elected for two years, and the Senate for four years. There are 13 members of the Lower House, and 8 of the Upper House. The President must be thirty-five years of age, and have real property to the value of 600 dollars, or 120l.

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Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning Liberia

1. Official Publication

  • Trade and Commerce of Great Britain with Western Africa, in ‘ Annual Statement of th Trade of the United Kingdom with Foreign Countries and British Possessions for the year 1891.’ Imp. 4. London, 1892.

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  1. Royal Geographical Society, UK

    J. Scott Keltie (Assistant Secretary)

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  1. Royal Geographical Society, UK

    J. Scott Keltie (Assistant Secretary) (Assistant Secretary)

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© 1893 Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited

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Keltie, J.S. (1893). Liberia. In: Keltie, J.S. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230253223_28

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