THE AUSTIN PAPERS. 609 Province) which endorsement shall be signed by the President of the Junta. One of them be directed to the President of the chamber of Deputies of the Congress of :Mexico, am! the other shall be directed to the Political chief of the Province to whom they shall both be sent. The third certificate shall be deposited in the archives of the principal Church of the place for the inspection of any one- Art. 62 The Political chief of the Province on receipt of said certificates shall immediately send the one directed to the President of the Chamber of Deputies to the Secretary of State for interior relations, to be delivered as directed on the first day that sai<l Chamber meets after its receipt, and shall without delay communi- cate the contents of the other to the persons elected in an official letter depositing the original in the archives of the Province- Art. 63 ,vhen vacancies happen in any Province the Political Chief on being officially notified thereof shall issue orders for an election in the corrisponding district to fill such vacancy- Art 64. The Chamber of Deputies shall choose its President and secretaries and other officers and remove or change them when they think proper- Art. 65 The chamber of deputies shall have the sole right of impeachment, or accusation against the President and Vice Presi- dent of Mexico; the Judges of the high tribunal of Justice; the sec- retaries of despatch; ambasadors to foreign Courts; Archbishops and Bishops; Generals of the Army; Governors, Judges of the Su- preme Provincial tribunals and all other officers not of less rank to those above mentioned. A majority of two thirds of the members present shall be required to form an accusation, which being decreed the senate and accused party shall be notified thereof, and the cham- ber shall appoint a committee to conduct and manage the prosecution b~fore the Senate-
SENATE
Art. 66. The Senate shall be composed of two senators from each Province elected for eight years by the Provincial Deputations, anu ollu Bishop to be elected together with a suplente by the several churches of the nation in the mode to be prescribed by law. Art. 67 The oldest Bishop in rank shall be the first senatol' untill another is elected according to law. Art. 68 No other eclesinstic whatever except the Bishop or his suplente mentioned in the two last articles saall be a Senator- Art. 69 To be a Senator it requires, in addition to the qualifications for a deputy to the chamber of deputies, to be over thirty five years of age Art. 70 There shall be one suplente elected by the Provincial depu- tacions from each Province
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