The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-01-10
CUDA'S NEW LAWS.
Features of The Constitution Agreed
Upon.
GOoD WORK OF THE CONVENTION
The Government of the New Repub-
lie Is Modelled Pretty Closely After
That Of the United States.

Havana, By Cable.-The division OF
the constitutional convention have
rendered a crystalized report upon
the subject of a constitution in %
sections. The first treats of the na-
ton and national territory and the es-
tablishIaent OF Cuba as a republic,
free and Independent, the territory be-
ing the same as that having belonged
to Spain, divided into six. provinces
with limits as heretofore.
RIGHTS OF CITIZENSHIP.
The second section refers to the con-
ditions OF nationality, the methods Of
losing and recovering it and to the du-
ties of the government.
The most interesting clause recog-
nizes as citizens OF Cuba strangers, re-
siding in the island four months prior
to the Spanish war, who lent their SER
vices to the cause OF the revolution.
TIE third is consecrated to an ex:
tensive enumeration Of rights under
the constitution, individual liberty,
the involability Of home, the secrecy
Of correspondence and the liberty of
public meetings, associations, the
press, etc.
The fourth establishes the rights
and duties Of foreigners.
The fifth speaks of the sovereignty
of the nation and the power of the
people to proclaim that sovereignty
resides with the people Of Cuba, with
three privileges-legislative, executive
and judicial.
The sixth creates a chamber of rep
resentatives and a senate, these to-
gether forming congress.
THE SENATE.
The seventh provides for the choice
OF four senator's from each depart
ment, to be named by the ayuntamien-
to OF municipalities and to hold office
six years, two being chosen every
third year, and provides that the SEN
ate shall constitute a tribunal OF JUS
tice over the president and governors
Of departments in cases of malfeas-
ance, ETC., under charges from the
lower house, also having the right to
confirm or reject presidential nomina-
tions. It also provides that only Gu
bans over 80 years OF age shall be
eligible for membership in the senate.
THE HOU~-.
The eighth section treats Of the
house of representatives, which shall
be composed Of one member to every
10000 inhabitants, elected every two
years by direct vote Of the people,
the qualifications for membership be-
ing that all members shall be Cubans
and rs years o. age The house shall
be the accuser OF the president for in
fractions Of the laws and shall also
pass, prior to the senate, laws for
the government OF the country.
The ninth establishes the relation
Of both bodies in the commonwealth.
The tenth defines the attributes OF
congress, which shall convene the first
Monday of November for sessions Of
80 Gays or longer, and provides that
extraordinary sessions may be con-
vened at the call of the president
alone, that congress shall proclaim the
president and vice president, shall pass
upon estimates of national expense,
shall declare war and make peace,
shall regulate commercial, financial
and internal AFFAIRS, declare amnesty,
organize forces for sea and land, form
national codes and attend to public
works and necessities.
The eleventh treats in detail OF legls-
lation and presidential approval or re-
lection.