The earth and its inhabitants .. . SANTA MAhlAf^ -CARTAGCNAJ m David Peioi^ie <i -. We^t or I. MupdfdpnflII. Panama IV. Cundinamarca. Cauca. nor impeached. He lacks nothing but the title of an sovereign. Hechooses his eight ministers, the departmental governors, the ambassadors, thecouncillors of state, the military chiefs, and most of the higher officials. Thesupreme court, consisting of seven judges nominated for life, and the lower courtsalso depend on the central government, and the militia formerly nuii
The earth and its inhabitants .. . SANTA MAhlAf^ -CARTAGCNAJ m David Peioi^ie <i -. We^t or I. MupdfdpnflII. Panama IV. Cundinamarca. Cauca. nor impeached. He lacks nothing but the title of an sovereign. Hechooses his eight ministers, the departmental governors, the ambassadors, thecouncillors of state, the military chiefs, and most of the higher officials. Thesupreme court, consisting of seven judges nominated for life, and the lower courtsalso depend on the central government, and the militia formerly nuiintained by theseveral states has been suppressed Capital punishment has been restored, exceptin the case of political offenders, and the civil code is almost a complete copy of ADMINISTEATION OF COLOMBIA. 219 the Chilian code, which had already been adopted by the State of Cundinamareain 1857. Catholicism remains the national religion, and is administered by a hierarchyof one archbishop and seven suffragan bishops. Although the religious orderswere abolished in 1863, several hundre
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