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the mode to be adopted in the election of depu- 

 ties for the Cortes, of which more shall be said 

 hereafter. 



" llth. The Provisional Junta of Govern- 

 ment, after the election of its president, shall 

 name a regency composed of three persons select- 

 ed from its own body, or from without it, in whom 

 shall be vested the executive power, and who shall 

 govern in the name and on behalf of the monarch 

 till the vacant throne be filled. 



12th, The Provisional Junta, as soon as it 

 is installed, shall govern ad interim according to 

 the existing laws, so far as they may not be con- 

 trary to the ' Plan of Iguala,' and until the Cortes 

 shall have framed the constitution of the state. 



" 13th, The regency, immediately on its nomi- 

 nation, shall proceed to the convocation of the 

 Cortes in the manner which shall be prescribed 

 by the Provisional Junta of Government, con- 

 formably to the spirit of Article No. 7? the 

 aforesaid ' Plan.' 



" 14th, The executive power is vested in the 

 regency, and the legislative in the cortes ; but as 

 some time must elapse before the latter can as- 



