Abstract
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.
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Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning Santo Domingo
1. Official Publications
La République Doininicaine. Par Francisco Alvarez Leal. Paris, 1888.
Foreign Office Reports, Annual Series. London, 1895.
Santo Domingo. Bulletin No. 52 of the Bureau of the American Republics. Washington, 1892.
Trade of Haiti and San Domingo with Great Britain, in ‘Annual Statement of the Trade of the United Kingdom for the year 1894.’ Imp. 4. London, 1895.
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 Republica Dominicana, resena general geográfico-estadistica. 8. Santo Domingo, 1889.
Merino (Padre), Elementos de geografia fisica, politica é histórica de la República Dominicana. Santo Domingo, 1889.
Garcia (José Gabriel), Compendio de la historia de Santo Domingo, escrito para el uso de as escuelas de la Republica Dominicana. Santo Domingo, 1879.
Report of Council of the Corporation of Foreign Bondholders. Appendix for 1894. London, 1895.
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Keltie, J.S. (1896). Santo Domingo. In: Keltie, J.S. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230253254_47
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