Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1820-03-28

UoeS deCTee fHe JottoFoiHSJ AV0lmeHt9E
Ia7v Qfthe Rehu6Hc Of Columbia.
Art. /. The republics of enezuela
and New Grenada shall be, from the pre-
sent day, united under the glorious title
Of the REPUBLIC OF COLUMBIA.
Q. Its territory shall be those compre-
hended in the former captain generalship
of Venezuela, and the viceroyalty of the
new Kingdom of Grenada, embracing an
extent of one hundred and fifteen thou
sand square leagues, whereof the exact
boundaries shall be fixed at more sea-
sonable opportunity.
3. The debts contracted by the two
republics separately, are acknowledged
in sodium, by this law, as the national
debt of Columbia; for the discharge of
which, the goods and property of the
state are pledged, and the most produc-
tive branches of the revenue shall be des-
tined.
4. The executive power of the republic
shall be exercised BY president, and in
his absence by vice president, both to
be appointed pro tempore by the present
congress.
5. The republic of Columbia shall be
divided into three great departments
Venezuela, Quito, and Cundinamarca,
which shall comprehend the provinces
Of New Grenada, whereof the name shall
be hence forward suppressed. The CAPT
tails ofthese departments shall be the cities
of Caracas, Onto, and Bogota.
6. Each Department shall have a
superior Administration, and chief
magistrate to be appointed for the pre-
sent by this Congress, with the title Of
Vice President.
7. A new city, bearing the name of
the Liberator, BOLIVAR, shall be the
Capitol of the Republic OF Columbia
The plan and site thereof shall be de-
termlned by the First General Congress,
upon the principle Of making it suitable
for the conveniences ofthe three Depart
ments, and proportioned to the grandeur
for which this rich country is destined
by Nature.
s. The general Congress Of Column
bia shall assemble on the first day of Jan
dary, 1872 in the town OF Rosario de Cir
cuta, which in every respects considered
the most suitable place. The convo-
cation shall be made by the presid lent of
the republic on the lst January, 1920,
who shall also communicate the plan
for the elections, to be devised by Sc
lect committee, and approved by the
present CONGRESS. 80 '' -" -
9. The constitution of the Rep ublic OF
Columbia shall be formed by the general
congress, to whom shall 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.
10. The arms and flag for Columbia
shall be decreed by the general con-
gress. In the mean time those of Vene-
fuela shall be employed, as they are
IL. The present congress shall dis
solve on the fifteenth January, 1890, in
order that the new elections may take
place for the congress general of Co
lumbia.
IL. A commission of six members
with president invested with special
powers to be decreed, shall occupy the
place of Congress during its recess.
IS. The republic Of Columbia shall
be solemnly proclaimed to the citizens
and the armies, with public feasts and
enjoyings, to take place in this ca
pitol, on the 25th December, COM
memorating the nativity of the saviour
Of mankind, under whose protection the
state has been regenerated by this re-
union. ''s~'
Ia. The anniversary of this political
regeneration shall be perpctlally cele-
brated by national feast where Virtue
and Talents, as formerly at Olympia,
shall be distinguished and compensated :.
The present fundam entail law for the
Republic of Columbia, Shall be pro-
mulgated in the settlements and armies,
inserted in the public Journals, and de-
posted in the Archives ofthe Cabildos,
municipalities, and Corporations; whe-
Their ecclesiastic or secular.
Given at the palace of the sovereign
Congress Of Venezuela, in the city of
St. Thomas of Angostura, on the 18th
day Of December, A. ID. 1919, and in the
ninth year of our independence. Fran
cisco Antonio Yea, President of Con-
gress Juan German Roscio, sc. &c. &c.
Palace ofthe Sovereign Congress of
Venezuela at Angostura, the 18th Dec.
1919.
The Sovereign Congress decree that
the present fundamental law for the Re-
nl bic of Cnlnn,h ia chall be com NUM-;