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Constitution and Government.— The Republic of Liberia had its origin ili the efforts of several American philanthropic societies to make permanent provision for freed American slaves by establishing them in a colony on the West African coast. In 1822 a settlement was formed on the west coast of Africa near the spot where Monrovia now stands. On July 26, 1847, the State was constituted as the Free and Independent Republic of Liberia. The new State was first recognised by Great Britain and France, and ultimately by other Powers. The Constitution of the Republic is on the model of that of the United States, with important differences. The executive is vested in a President and a Council of 8 Ministers, 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 four years, and the Senate for six years.
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Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning Liberia, 1. Official Publications
Report of U.S. Commissioner of Education for 1905. Vol, I. contains a Report on. Education in Liberia by G. W. Ellis, secretary of the U.S. Legation at Monrovia. Washington, D.C., 1907.
League of Nations. International Commission of Enquiry in Liberia. Communication by the Government of Liberia dated December 15th, 1930, transmitting the Commission’s Report. Geneva, 1930.
Request for Assistance submitted by the Liberian Government. Geneva, May 21, 1932.
2. Non-Officials Publications
Buell (R. L.), The Native Problem in Africa. (Liberia: vol. ii., pp. 700–886.) New York, 1928.
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Milla (Lady D.), Through Liberia. Landon, 1926.
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Rue (S. de la), The Land of the Pepper Bird : Liberia. London, 1930.
Sibley (J. L.) and Westermann (D.), Liberia Old and New. London, 1928.
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Westermann (D.), Die Kpelle, ein Negerstemm in Liherià. Göttingen, 1922.
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Epstein, M. (1935). Liberia. In: Epstein, M. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230270640_42
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