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first degree " do not directly elect either the deputies or the senators ; they meet 

 at an appointed place to form a junta, which nominates the " electors," who are 

 charged with the nominations. 



The House of Representatives is constituted by the nine departments, each of 

 which returns one member for every 50,000 inhabitants. The candidates must be 



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twenty-five years of age, and are elected for four years, while the senators, nomi- 

 nated for six years in the proportion of three for each department, must be thirty 

 years old, and in the enjoyment of an income of not less than 1,200 pesos. But 

 to the twenty- seven thus elected by indirect suffrage the President adds six chosen 

 by himself. 



