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AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION.
. · Art. 115 The President and Vice President of Mexico shall be elected for the term of 8 yea.rs in the following manner.....:. • Art. 116 The Provincial Deputations of each Province shall give as many votes for President and Vice President of Mexico, as the Province may be entitled to deputies and Senators in Congress. Art. 117 The one half and one more of all the members must be present to render the Provincial deputation competent to vote for P. and V. P. of Mexico, to elect Senators, to pass petitions for the removal or impeachment of officers,· to exercise legislative powers, and for all other business of an important nature, but congress may by law authorise n less number to dispatch affairs of minor conse- quence-[This is the same as article 220 on Government of the Provinces] Art. 118 The votes for President and Vice President being thus agreed on, four certificates thereof shall be made out and signed by the President of the Deputation and the secretary and then sealed up, all of which shall be done in open and·public session, and com- pletely concluded before any adjournment shall be allowed. Art. 119 One of the certificates mentioned in the last article shall >e sent to the Secretary of State of interior relacions, one to the President of the Senate, one to the President of the Chamber of Deputies, and the fourth shall be deposited in the_respective archives of the Provincial Deputations for the purpose herein after mentioned. Art. 120 The returns sent as directed in the last article shall be enclosed in an official letter, and shall not be opened except as herein- after ordered. Art. 121 The Said elections by the Provincial Deputations shall be on a day, which shall be exactly 6 months previous to the expira- tion of the term of the President then in office. Art. 122 On a day which shall be exactly six months previous to the expiration of the term of the President then in office the Senate and Chamber of Deputies shall meet in one chamber, and the Secretaries of dispatch and Judges of the high tribunal of Justice shall be notified to attend,-The Secretary of State of relations shall then in presence of both chambers, the Other :Ministers of State, the ,Judges, and Spectators in the Galleries, hold up the election returns received by him, that all might see that they are sealed, and had not been opened; he shall then open them, and declare their contents which shall be recorded by the Secretaries and entered on the jour- nals of each chamber, The President.of the Senate shall then pro- ceed in the same manner with the returns receiYed by him, and the President of the Chamber of Deputies shall then do the same. Art. 123 All the returns recd having been thus opened and found to correspond with each other shall be added together, and the per-
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