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SOUTH AMERICA— THE ANDES EEGIONS. 



Congress, which meets only every second year, elects the President and the 

 Vice-President for six years, and ev^ery second year nominates a " substitute " to 

 replace the President in case of vacancy. The Senate has the right to judge the 

 ministers, but no sentence is valid unless pronounced by a majority of two-thirds. 

 The Council of State consists of six members, nominated, two by the President, 

 two by the Senate, and two by the deputies. 



The President, held to be irresponsible and re-eligible, can neither be deposed 



Fig 86. — Administeative Divisions of Colombia. 

 Scale 1 : SO.UOO.OOô. 



1. Magdnlena. 

 II. Bolivar. 

 III. Panama 



IV. Santander. 

 V. Boyaca. 

 VI. Cundinamarca. 



VILTolirua. 

 VTTI. Antioquia. 

 IX. Cauca. 



500 Miles 



nor impeached. He lacks nothing but the title of an absolute sovereign. He 

 chooses his eight ministers, the departmental governors, the ambassadors, the 

 councillors of state, the military chiefs, and most of the higher officials. The 

 supreme court, consisting of seven judges nominated for life, and the lower courts 

 also depend on the central government, and the militia formerly maintained by the 

 several states has been suppressed. Capital punishment has been restored, except 

 in the case of political offenders, and the civil code is almost a complete copy o£ 



