Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events, Volume 6; Volume 41D. Appleton & Company, 1902 |
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... Senators and Deputies combined . The President is Julio A. Roca , elected in 1898. The Vice- President , whose function is to preside over the Senate , is Norberto Quirno Costa . The Cabinet at the beginning of 1901 contained the ...
... Senators and Deputies combined . The President is Julio A. Roca , elected in 1898. The Vice- President , whose function is to preside over the Senate , is Norberto Quirno Costa . The Cabinet at the beginning of 1901 contained the ...
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... Senate and the House of Representatives the Senate must be dis- solved and new Senators elected . The House of Representatives consists as nearly as may be of twice as many members as there are Senators , and the seats are apportioned ...
... Senate and the House of Representatives the Senate must be dis- solved and new Senators elected . The House of Representatives consists as nearly as may be of twice as many members as there are Senators , and the seats are apportioned ...
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... Senate and House of Repre- sentatives of the first Federal Parliament were held on March 29 in New South Wales , Victoria , Tasmania , and Western Australia , and on March 30 in South Australia and Queensland . The elec- toral campaign ...
... Senate and House of Repre- sentatives of the first Federal Parliament were held on March 29 in New South Wales , Victoria , Tasmania , and Western Australia , and on March 30 in South Australia and Queensland . The elec- toral campaign ...
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... Senate brought the laws of all the states into harmony with the acts of Victoria and New South Wales , and extended domicile to the whole commonwealth . It prohibited collusion and re- stricted the causes of divorce allowed in some of ...
... Senate brought the laws of all the states into harmony with the acts of Victoria and New South Wales , and extended domicile to the whole commonwealth . It prohibited collusion and re- stricted the causes of divorce allowed in some of ...
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... Senate 76. Of the Senators 26 are elected by provincial councils , the rest directly by the people . Candidates for popular election must be taxpayers to the amount of 1,200 francs , or possess real estate worth 12,000 francs a year ...
... Senate 76. Of the Senators 26 are elected by provincial councils , the rest directly by the people . Candidates for popular election must be taxpayers to the amount of 1,200 francs , or possess real estate worth 12,000 francs a year ...
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