The earth and its inhabitants .. . staff of professors Hence most of the youiiir men intended fur the liberalprofessions still continue to resort to Caracas. The lawyers, doctors, and especi-ally politicians, who have graduated at this institution, are reckoned b)- thehundred, and manj of these have completed their studies in Paris, or in otherEuropean universities. CONSTITUTION OF VENEZUELA. 131 to tlie text of the fundamental statute, Venezuela is constituted afederal republic, popular, elective, and responsible. In 1893 it comprised eightstates, the federal distric
The earth and its inhabitants .. . staff of professors Hence most of the youiiir men intended fur the liberalprofessions still continue to resort to Caracas. The lawyers, doctors, and especi-ally politicians, who have graduated at this institution, are reckoned b)- thehundred, and manj of these have completed their studies in Paris, or in otherEuropean universities. CONSTITUTION OF VENEZUELA. 131 to tlie text of the fundamental statute, Venezuela is constituted afederal republic, popular, elective, and responsible. In 1893 it comprised eightstates, the federal district of Caracas, various territories and colonies dependent onthe central government. E;ich state is autonomous, with separate administrationof justice, legislative body, and president—in fact, aU the machinery of admi-nistration on the model of the supreme government. This central system isitself modelled on that of the United States, the national Congress consisting Fig. 49,—Political Dmsioxs of 1 : 16,000, Limit of Present States. Federal District. Limit of Former States. Limit of Territories. Names of the former State Capitals : 1, Barcelona; 2, Cumana; 3, Maturin ; 4, Asuncion (Nueva Esparta) ; 5, La Guaira(Bolivar); ti. Calabozo (Guarico) ; (Aragua); S, Coro (Falconi; 9, Maracaibo (Zulia) ; 10, Barqiiisiraeto;11, SanFelipe lYaricui) ; 12, Guanare (Portuguesa); 13, San Carlos (Cojedes) ; 14, Varinas; ; I6,TrujiUo;17, San Cristobal (Tachira), _^^^^^^^^___^_ 310 Miles. of two houses, the Senate with 24, and the House of Eepresentatives with 52members. The electors—that is, all men over 18 years of age—nominate onedeputy for every 35,000 inhabitants, and one over for an excess of 15,000 in eachstate. J5oth the deputies and the senators, who are nominated by the severalstate legi<=latures, are elected for a period of four years. There is also a federalcouncil of 19 members appointed by the Congress everj- two years, and empowere
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