Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-04
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Inc Republic Of Andorra IA in ia
valley OF the Eastern Pyrenees. he.
tween France and Spain, Its inacess;..
o'iity mas protected its liberties from
.ns earliest times It was nominalIy
subjected to France. but as its people
naa aided Charlemagne in his cam.
palgn agains the Moors, the Empero,
rewarded them by conceding to them
.he privilege Of self-government The
republic to this day acknowledge
'ahce as Its suzerain. and PAYS the
French Government an annual tribute
Of about s4oo. 1t pays similar trib.
ute 10 the Bishop Of UrgeI, who. by
evolutionary privilege. Yields the &C.
ciesiasticai patronage of the State. 9th
srwise the State is independent, and il
Governed by a sovereign council OF
twenty-fonr members chosen bv tbe
people, and the council elects one 81
IT'S number TO be sa,dio for life and
weld tho chief executive power, assist
cd ny second sJndic chosen in SINH.
TAR manner. Andoira has an area Of
between 200 and 800. square miles. and
q population of about 1900.
San Marine, which claims to be
the oldest and the smallest republic
OF the world, is in the north.
western part of Italy, enclosed on all
sides by Italian provinces. 1t is situ-
a'ed in the heart of the Alpine district,
-'2oo feet above the level of the sea.
1t has an area of seventeen square
miles and a population of 5000. 1t is
said to have been first settled in the
fourth century by Maurinus, a Dalma-
tan hermit. and has always been indie
pendent The legislative power of this
little republic is vested in "princely
and sovereign grand council" com
posed of sixty members. who are elect
ed for life. with power to fill vacancies
the mobiles, citiAns and rural pro.
prietors being represented in equal
proportions The executive power is
welded by two captains regent, who
are chosen by the council every six
months There is also a kind of senate,
composed of twelve members Of the
council. OF which two-thirds are annu-
ally renewed. The captains regent are
assisted by two secretaries of state, one
for foreign affairs and one for the in
terror For local administration there
is IN officer styled the syndic. appoint
ed in each village A still smaller state
than either of the above is the princi-
pality of Monaco, on the Mediterranean
coast OF France, near the Italian from
Ter. 1t has an area of eight and one
third square miles and $500 inlab.
.tants. This territory was from the
tenth century in the possession of a
Genoese family. and was under protec-
ton Of various governments until 1923.
when the National Convention of Paris
declared it part of the French Repub-
lie. In 1915, however, it was restored to
its hereditary owners. and was placed
under the protection Of Sardinia. Mon.
AGO up to this time included two ada
cent communcs. which its Prince ceded
to France in 1860 for a large lndcm.
nifty. When the province of Nice
was given to France in 1860 Monaco
came under French protection. The
province is under absolute control OF
the ruling Prince, who apo nts nearly
all the necessary officials. The present
Prince, Charles I'LL. in 1869 abolishe
all taxes. and since then has derived
his revenue entirely from the rent of
the gambling establishments of the
city. But a still smaller European
state deserves mention. This is the
kingdom of Tavolara. comprising an
island of about five and one-half square
miles, northeast of the coast of Sar-
dina 1t has something less than one
hundred inhabitants. The absolute
sovereignty of this island was granted
early in this century by the King Of
Sardinia to the Bartoleoni family, tlC
head of which has since borne the
name of King ofTavolara and ruled his
little domain with the form, at least
of regal dignity. King Paul l., who
died few years since, had held rule
for over fifty years, and was most
generous and kind monarch and his
death much lamented by his small
family of subjects. K hcdgo Inter
Ocean.