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motives pure and honourable, and 

 that we have no other design in 

 view than the preservation ot our- 

 selves, and the protection of our 

 common country. And we do most 

 humbly supplicate that Being who 

 decides the fate of nations, to smile 

 on our exertions, and to bless and 

 protect this our newly established 

 empire. 



2. Declaration of the Junta of 

 La Plata. 



The provisional junta of govern- 

 ment of the provinces of Rio de la 

 Plata, in the name of king Ferdi- 

 nand the Seventh, communicates 

 the following order, respecting the 

 raodeofconductingpublic business: 

 1. Thejunta will meet daily in the 

 royal fort, where the president will 

 reside, and business will be trans- 

 acted from nine in the morning till 

 two in the evening, and from five 

 till eight at night. 2. All the con- 

 cerns of the treasury will be con- 

 ducted there in the offices of the 

 respective department. 3. The de- 

 partment of secretary of state is 

 under the direction of Dr. D.Juan 

 Jose Passo, and that of war under 

 the direction of Dr. D. Mariano 

 Moreno. 4. In the decrees on sub- 

 jects relating to the capital, on in- 

 ferior matters, and in certain cases 



where great dispatch is required, 

 the signatures of the president, 

 authenticated by his secretary, will 

 be sufficient. 5. In matters that 

 are decided by the junta, the pre- 

 sident and ten members will form 

 a quorum, but in affairs of high 

 import to the government, every 

 member must concur in the mea- 

 sure. 6. In statements and official 

 papers, addressed to the whole 

 junta, the members are to be styl- 

 ed their excellencies, but no such 

 distinction is to be paid to the 

 members individually. 7. The 

 military are to pay the same ho- 

 nours to thejunta, as before to the 

 viceroys, and on other occasions 

 they are to take the same rank. 



8. The president is to receive the 

 same compliments as is bestowed 

 upon thejunta in a body, and on 

 all occasions and circumstances. 



9. Matters relating to the disposal 

 of places are to be laid before the 

 junta as before to the viceroys, 

 without prejudice to the altera- 

 tions necessary from the alteration 

 of affairs in the peninsula. 10. 

 Each citizen is allowed to send to 

 each member, or the whole junta, 

 and to state what he thinks con- 

 ducive to the cause of public hap- 

 piness and security. 



D. MoRiANo Moreno. 



Secretary. 

 Buenos Ayres, May 22, 1810. 



