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The Republic of Guatemala was established on April 17, 1839, after having formed for eighteen years part of the Confederation of Central America. The present Constitution came into effect January 1, 1928. The legislative power is vested in a single-chambered National Assembly, consisting of 74 representatives (one for every 30,000 inhabitants) chosen by direct popular vote for 4 years. In addition a Council of State of 7 members, 3 elected by the National Assembly, and 4 appointed by the President of the Republic, has supervision of public concessions and contracts, and large advisory powers. The President is normally elected for 6 years, and barred from re-election for a period of 12 years, but President Ubico’s term, due to expire in 1937, has, as the result of a plebiscite held in June, 1935, and through a temporary suspension of constitutional safeguards, been extended to 1943.
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Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning Guatemala.
1. Official Publications.
Department of Overseas Trade Reports. Annual Series. London.
Memoria de la Secretaria de Hacienda. Annual. Guatemala.
Memoria de la Secretarfade Fomento. Annual. Guatemala.
Constitución de la República de Guatemala decretada por la Asamblea nacional constituyente (covering the constitutions from 1879 to 1927). Guatemala City, 1933.
2. Non-Official Publications.
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Epstein, M. (1937). Guatemala. In: Epstein, M. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230270664_33
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