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 CONSTITUTION 429 the chamber of deputies Art. 18 The Chamber of Deputies is composed of members elected for the departments by direct suffrage, and in the form laid down by the law of elections. Act. 19 One Deputy shall be elected for every twenty thousand inhabitants, and for every fraction not less than twelve thousand. There shall also be elected substitute deputies, whose number shall be fixed by law. Art. 20 The Chamber of Deputies shall be entirely renewed every three years. Art. 21 The following are the qualifications for election as Deputy : ist. To be in the enjoyment of the rights of a citizen elector. 2d. An income of five hundred pesos at least. Art 22. The Deputies are eligible for re-election indefinitely. Art. 23 The following persons are ineligible as Deputies : Priests in regular standing; Rectors or vice rectors; Justices of the courts of first instance; Governors of provinces and departments; Chileans mentioned in paragraph three of Art. 6, unless they have been in possession of their naturalization papers at least five years prior to their election. The following are eligible, but must choose between the office of Deputy and their respective employments: Employes residing out of the place of meeting of the Congress; Every Deputy who, after his election, shall accept any salaried employment in the exclusive gift of the President of the Republic, shall cease from his representative functions, except in the cases provided for in Art. go of this Constitution. the senate Art. 24 The Senate is composed of members elected by direct vote of the