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The Constitution of the Republic of Bolivia (so named in 1825) bears date October 28, 1880. By its provisions the executive power is vested in a President, elected for a term of four years by direct popular vote, and not eligible for re-election; there is a Congress of two chambers, called the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies. The suffrage is possessed by all who can read and write. There are 16 Senators (2 for each Department) elected for six years, and 69 Deputies elected for four years. Both Senators and Deputies are elected by direct vote of the people. Of the Senators one-third retire every two years; of the Deputies one-half retire every two years. Senators and Deputies receive a salary of 500 bolivianos (40l.) per month during the sittings, which, as a rule, last for 60 days, but may be extended to 90 days. Extraordinary sessions may be held for special purposes. There are a President, two “Vice-Presidents and a ministry, divided into six departments—of Foreign Relations and Worship; Finance and Industry; Government and Fomento; Justice and Education; War; Colonisation and Agriculture.
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Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning Bolivia
1. Official Publications
The official publications are chiefly those of the Departments of Finance and Industry, of Foreign Affairs, of Immigration and Statistics; the commission for the delimitation of the boundary towards Brazil.
Constitucion Politica de la República de Bolivia. La Paz, 1902.
Bolivia. International Bureau of the American Republics. Washington, 1904.
Brazil and Bolivia. Treaty for the Exchange of Territories and other Complications. Signed November 17,1903. New York, 1904.
2. Non-Official Publications
Akumada Moreno (P.), Guerra del Pacifico. 6 tom. Valparaiso, 1884–89.
Ballivian (Manuel V.) and Idiáquez (Eduardo), Diccionario Geográfieo de la República de Bolivia. La Paz, 1890.—B. and Zarco (J.), Monograflas de la Industria Minera. I. Oro; II. Plata; III. Estano. La Paz, 1899–1900.
Blanco (F.), Diccionario Geográfico de la República de Bolivia. 2 vols. La Paz, 1901. In progress.
Blanco (P. A.), Diccionario geográfieo del Departamento de Oruro. La Paz, 1904.
Bonelli (L. H. de), Travels in Bolivia. 2 vols. London, 1854.
Conway (Sir M.), The Bolivian Andes. London, 1901.
Crespo (Luis S.), Geografia de Bolivia. La Paz, 1905.—Guia del viajero en Bolivia. La Paz, 1908.
D’Orbigny (A.), Voyages dans l’Amérique Méridionale. 9 vols. Paris, 1835–47
Keane (A. H.), Central and-South America. In Stanford’s Compendium of Geography and Travel. Second edition. London, 1909.
Mathews (Edward D.), Up the Amazon and Madeira Rivers, through Bolivia and Peru. London, 1879.
Matzenauer (C.), Bolivia in historischer, geogr. und cultureller Hinsicht. Vienna, 1897.
Paz Soldan (M. F.), Narracion de guerra de Chile contra Perú y Bolivia. La Paz. 1884.
Saavedra (B.), El Litigio Peru-Boliviano. La paz, 1903.
Sociedad Geografica de Sucre. Diccionario geográfico del Departmento de Chuquisaca, Sucre, 1903.
Suarez(Col. Pedro), Notes on Bolivia. London, 1902.
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Keltie, J.S. (1911). Bolivia. In: Keltie, J.S. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230270404_13
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