The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-04-12

five, and Valparaiso, four. The depart
ments, IN their turn, are divided into town
ships, OF which there are upwards of four
hundred; aud these townships are again
divided into districts, which are the smallest
political divisions.
Chlll's constitution was patterned after
that OF the United States, and closely re-
sembleS it
IN THE LETTER OF THE LAW,
if not in the spirit of its administration.
There are four distinct powers of govern
ment-the executive, invested in the Pres
ident; the legislative, IN two houses of Con-
gress; the judicial, in the judges of the va
rlous courts, and the municipal whose
influence is contided to the provinces. The
PRESIDENT, however, exerts a controlling
influence over them all, or is supposed to
do so in times Of peace, the tendency being
strongly towards Capitalization and unifica-
ton OF power. a President is chosen
every i've years, and in 1871 the law was
passed which makes him ineligible to re-
election, except after an interval of one or
more terms. He has five cabinet officers,
and is otherwise assisted by council of
state, composed of eleven members, five of
whom he names to suit himself, the other
Six being elected by Congress. The Presi-
dents salary is eighteen thousand dollars
per annum in Gillian silver, which is worth
good deal more just now than the paper
OF the country. THERE is NO "WHITE
House, set apart for the Executive and
his family, but they are permitted to reside
IN the Treasury building, portion of which
has been luxuriously fitted up for the oc-
cupation of Chl's rulers. The cabinet
officers each receive six thousand dollars a
year; while the members of Congress serve
Tor nothing but glory, and Find them
selves"
Euerv rroviroa ic crouarpad h., ~, T,+or3
ente, who is appointed by the President to
be at the head of municipal affairs and
mayor OF the capital city of his section,
His power is extremely limited, he having
no authority in any matter independent of
the will Of the President. His salary is
four thousand dollars year. with resi-
dence furnished.
The departments are presided over by
governors, who are also named by the
President. Some of them received salary
of s., 500, and others not more than 81, 900
per annum, according to the wealth and
Importance of the department. The town
ships are
PRESIDED OVER BY THE sUB-DELEGATEs
appointed by the delegates; and the dis
tricts by inspectors, appointed by the sub
delegates-all serving without pay.
The members of Congress serve three
years, and there are 10S of them elected
from the various departments The Senate
is composed of thirty seven members,
elected by the people of the provinces-or
rather by the comparatively small proper
ton of them who can read or write, and
have an income of not less than $500 per
annum, no other persons being permitted
to vote.
The six judges who compose the supreme
court reside in Santiago, and are mostly
occupied with cases concerning real estate,
war claims and criminal affairs of magni-
tude. The municipal authority-composed
of the intendentes and city councils, is so
limited that they have not the power to ex-
pend 500 without the consent of the presi-
dent. Every department has one or more
justices of the peace, who are
DIGNIFIED BY THE TITLE OF JUDGE"
and some departments have five or six of
them, according to the population. There
are but four courts of appeal in the whole
country-two in Santiago, one in Concep-
cion, and one in Serena. There are up
wards of two thousand miles of railway
completed in Chill, and more in process of
construction. There are two hundred and
fifty-seven postoffices, over six thousand
miles Of telegraph lines, and cablegraph
from Valparaiso, connecting with the
United States and Europe, via. Panama.
Eighteen daily papers and no end Of week