The Penn's Grove record., 1901-02-01
THE CUBAN CONSTITUTION
As Submitted BY the Central Com
mittee to the Convention.
OUR. OWN TAKEN AS THE MODEL


tive Congress Can Declare War and
President Arrange Treaties-TerritorJ
of Republic-No Mention of America
Havana, Cuba.-The Cuban Constitu-
tion, as submitted by the Central Com
mittee TO the Constitutional Conven-
ton, contains the following provisions:
f.-Tle people of Cuba shall be con
stituted into a sovereign and tndepen-
dent State under a republican form OF
government.
1.-The territory of the republic com
prises the Island of Cuba and the ISL
ands and keys adjacent thereto which
were under the jurisdiction and con
troll of the General Government OF the
Island of Cuba while it was a Spanish
possession.
3.-The territory of the republic shall
be divided into six provinces, the bouh'
daries and names of which shall be
those of the present provinces as long
as not modified by the laws.
The requirements for citizenship are
IN general the same as those prescribed
81 the United States Constitution.
The rights guaranteed to citizens III
the matters Of private correspondence
and documents, free speech, religious
freedom. separation CT Church ana
State. right of petition and assembly
copyright, free entry and exit and con
fiscation of property are identical with
/ those vouchsafed by the Constitution
of the United States.
The ntional sovereignty shall be
vested in the people of Cuba, from
which shall emanate the public DOW
ers.
The legislative power shall be exef'
cised by two elective bodies to be
named the House of Representatives
and the Senate and conformity
known as the Congress
The Senate shall be composed of SIX
Senators from each one of the six de
partments of the republic, elected for a
period of six years by electors whom
the ayuntamientos shall name in the
manner prescribed by law.
one-third of the Senators shall be
elected every two years.
The Senate shall have the power to
try all impeachments against the Pres
ident of the Republic and the Govern
ors of the departments in the same
manner as provided for in the Consti
ution of the United States, Its Other
powers are similar TO those of the
United States Senate.
The House of Representatives shall
be composed Of one Representative for
every $4,000 inhabitants or fraction, OF
more than 10000, elected for a period
of four years by direct vote, and in the
prescribed by law.
The House of Representatives shall
have power to bring all impeachments
in the same manner as the United
States House of Representatives. In
general the regulations common to
both legislative bodies, as well as the
privileges and immunities guaranteed
! to members, are identical with those
prescribed in the Constitution of the
United States.
The Executive power shall be exer.
cised by the President of the Republic.
The President shall be elected to serve
a term of four years. No one can be
elected President for three consecutive
terms.
The President shall be elected by di.
rect votes, and an absolute majority
thereof east on one single day in &c.
cordanee with the provisions of the
law.
The other provisions are similar to
those of the United States Constitu-
ton.
There shall be one Vice-President OF
the Republic, who shall be elected in
the same manner as the President, con-
Jointly with the latter and for a like
term.
The Constitution cannot be changed,
in hole or in part, except by two
thirds vote of both Legislative bodies,
Six months after deciding OF the re-
form, a Constitutional Assembly ssrll
be elected, which shall confine itself
to the approval or disapproval of the
reform voted by the Legislative bodies.
These will continue in their functions
Independently Of the Constitutional AS
sembly. The members of this Assem-
bly, shall be equal in number to the
members in the two legislative bodies
together.