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The Constitution of the Argentine Republic, formerly known by the name of ‘Provincias Unidas del Rio de la Plata,’ bears date May 15, 1853, with modifications in 1860, when Buenos Ayres joined the confederacy. By its provisions, the executive power is left to a President, elected for six years by representatives of the fourteen provinces, equal to double the number of senators and deputies combined ; while the legislative authority is vested in a National Congress, consisting of a Senate and a House of Deputies, the former numbering 30, two from the capital and from each province, elected by a special body of electors in the capital, and by the legislatures in the provinces ; and the latter 86 members elected by the people. By the Constitution there should be one deputy for every 20,000 inhabitants. A deputy must be 25 years of age, and have been a citizen for four years. The deputies are elected for four years, but one-half of the House must retire every two years. Senators must be 30 years of age, have been citizens for six years, and have an annual income of $2,000. One-third of the Senate is renewed every three years. The two chambers meet annually from May 1 to September 30.
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Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning the Argentine Republic
1. Official Publications
Annual Statement of the Trade of the United Kingdom with Foreign Countries and British Possessions. Imp. 4. London.
Anuario de la Direccion General de Estadistica. 2 vols. Buenos Aires.
Boletin mensual de estadística municipal de la ciudad de Buenos Aires.
Censo de la provincia de Santa Fé. 1887.
Censo municipal de la ciudad de Buenos Aires. 2 v. 1887.
Segundo Censo de la Republica Argentina, Mayo 10 de 1895. 2 vols. Buenos Aires. 1898.
Datos trimestrales del comercio exterior de la República Argentina. Buenos Aires.
Kstadística general del comercio exterior de la República Argentina. Annual. Buenos Aires.
Foreign Office Reports. Annual Series. London.
Handbook of the Argentine Republic, Bulletin No. 67 of the Bureau of the American Republics. Washington, 1892.
Higiene Publica, Anales de. Monthly. Buenos Aires.
Informe presentado á la Oficina de Estadística de Buenos Aires. Annual. Buenos Aires.
Informes del Delegado Argentina. 2 vols. Paris, 1890.
Informe sobre el estado de la educacion comun, durante el Año de 1891. By Dr. Benjamin Zorrilla. Buenos Aires, 1893.
Informe sobre deuda pública, bancos, &c, por P. Agote. Año vii. Buenos Aires, 1896.
Instituto Geographico Argentino, Boletin del. Buenos Aires.
L’Agriculture l’Elevage, l’Industrie, et le Commerce dans la Province de Buenos Aires in 1895. Buenos Aires, 1897.
La República Argentina en la Exposicion Universal de Paris, 1889.
Ligeros apuntes sobre el clima de la República Argentina, por el Director de la oficina meteorológica Gualterio G. Davis. Buenos Aires, 1889.
Los presupuestos, los recursos y las leyes de impuestos de la nacion, las 14 provincias y las principales municipalidades. Año de 1894. Buenos Aires, 1895.
Map of the Argentine Republic. With a short description of the country. Published by the Argentine Government Information Office.
Memoria del Ministerio del Interior de la República Argentina, presentada al Congreso nacional de 1896. 4. Buenos Aires, 1896.
Memoria presentada por el Ministro de Estado en el departamento de Hacienda al Congreso nacional de 1896. 4. Buenos Aires, 1896.
Message of the President of the Republic in opening the Session of the Argentine Congress, May, 1898. Buenos Ayres, 1898.
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Rumbold (Sir H.), The Great Silver River. London, 1888.
Baldías (Adolfo), Rozas y su Epoca. 2nd ed. 5 vols. 8. Buenos Aires, 1892.
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Keltie, J.S. (1900). Argentine Republic. In: Keltie, J.S. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230270299_5
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