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contact, that the Court has always striven to act up to its motto : 

 " Let justice be done to all." 



Constitutional A mendments 

 A great source of weakness in the Government of Liberia is 

 the very short tenure of office accorded to the President and members 



104. THE LATE HON. E, J. BAKCLAV, A MUCH- 

 RESPECTED LIBERIAN SECRETARY OF STATE 



of Legislature. Twelve months after inauguration the President 

 is called upon to justify his administration and to undergo all the 

 trouble and strain of a fresh election. Six months must elapse 

 before he can resume his projects of administration, and if he is defeated 

 he knows that it is useless to do so. In any case he can only have 



