Elizabeth-Town gazette. [volume] (Elizabeth-Town, N.J.) 1818-1821, 1820-02-15

From these considerations OF Necessity
and reciprocal interest, and 10 conformity
with The report Of the select committee q h
the deputies from New Grenada and Ven y
ezuela,
In the name and under the auspices q
the Supreme Being, has dtcreed and docs E
decree the following
FUNDAMENTAL LAW OF THE REPUB.
Lie OF COLOMBIA.
ARTICLE |. The republic Of Venezuela
and New Grenada shall be, from the pre-
sent day, united under the glorious title Of
the REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA.
/ III. Its territory shall be those compre-
Ehended in the former captain geueralship
of Venezuela, and the vicerOy atty oil the
Inew Kingdom of Grenada, embracing an
lextent of one hundred and fifteen thousand
square leagues, whereof the exact bounda-
ries shall be fixed at a more seasonable
opportunity.
/ Ill. The debts contracted by the two
republics separately, are acknowledged in
ss.ssa,s, by this law, as d national debt Of
Colombia; for the discharge Of which, The
goods and property of the state are pledgs
/ ed, and the most productive branches ofthe
revenue shall be destined.
/ w. The executive power Of the repub-
lie shall be exercised by a president, and
10 bis absence by yice-president, both
be appointed pro-iempore by the present
congress.
] v. The republic of Columbia shall be
| Il al satr ithaca nv roaf Ia n Va.
nezuela, Quito. aud Cundiamarca, which
shall comprehend the provinces Of New
Grenada, whereof the name shall be hence
forwards suppressed. The capitals Of
these departments shall be the cities Of Ca
racas, Quito aud Bogota.
vi. Each department shall have supe-
rior administration, and chief magistrate
10 be appointed for the present by this
congress, with the title of vice president.
VII. A new city, bearing the name Of
the liberator, BOLIVAR, shall be the ca
pital of the republic Of Colombia. The
plan and site thereof shall be determined
by the first general congress, upon the
principle of making it suitable for the con-
venienee of the three departments, and
proportional to the grandeur for which
this rich country is destined by nature.
VIII. The general congress of Colom-
bia shall assemble on the first day of JAN
uary, 1921, 10 the town Of Rosario de Cir
cuta, which in every respect is considered
the most suitable place. The convoca-
ton shall be made by the president Of the
republic on the lst of January, 1890, who
shall also communicate the plan for the e.
lections, to be devised by a select com.
mittee, and approved by the present con-
gress.
TX. The constitution of the republic Of
Colombia shall be formed by the general
congress, to whom shah be presented the
project Of one already Acknowledgements
with the laws enacted by this congress, to
be Immediately carried into execution by
way of experiment.
X. The arms and flag for Colombia
shall be decreed by the general congress.
In the mean time those of Venezuela shall
be employed as they are known.
XII. The present congress shall dissolve
on the 25th January 1920, in order that
the new elections may take place for the
congress general OF Colombia.
XII. Alcommission of six members with
a president invested with special powers
to be decreed, shall occupy the place of
congress during its recess.
XIII. The republic of Colombia shall
be solemnly proclaimed to the citizens and
the armies, with public feasts and rejoic-
lnss, totake place in this capital, on the
25th OF December inst. commemorating
the nativity of the Saviour Of mankind,
under whose protection the state has been
regenerated by this reunion.
XIV. The anniversary Of this political
regeneration shall be perpeiually celebra-
ted by anational feast, where virtue aud
talents, as formerly at Olympia, shall be
distinguished and compensated.
The present fundamental law for the re-
public of Colombia, shall be promulgated
in the settlements and armies, inserted 10 /
the public Journals, and deposited in the
archives of the cabildos, municipalities
and corporations whether ecclesiastic or
secular.
Given at the place Of the sovereign con-
gress Of Venezuela, in the city of ST.
Thomas Of Angosiura, on the 18th day Of
December, A. ID. 1919, and 10 the ninth
year Of our independence, Francisco An
tonia Yea, President of Congress; Juan
German Roscio, &c. &c. &c.
Palace Of the sovereign congress of We
nezuela Angostura, the nth December,
1919.
The sovereign congress decree that the
present fundamental law for the republic
of Colombia, shall be communicated TO
the supreme executive power, BY depu-