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 430 A HISTORY OF CHILE Provinces, each one of which may choose one Senator for every three Deputies or fraction thereof, as of two Deputies. In the same man- ner one substitute Senator shall be elected for each province to replace the regular Senators chosen for that province. Art. 25 Both the Senators and their substitutes shall continue in office for six years, and may be re-elected indefinitely. Art. 26 The regular Senators sh all be renewed every three years in the following manner: The provinces which choose an even number of Senators shall renew one-half of their number at the election which takes place every three years; and those which elect an odd number, shall make the renewal in the first three years, leaving for the next triennial election the odd Senator not renewed in the preceding one. Those provinces which have only one Senator, shall make the renewal every six years, and the same rules shall be observed for the substitute Senators. Art. 27 In case o£ the death of a Senator, or of the inability of one for any reason to discharge the duties of his office, the province which he represents shall, at the first renewal, choose another to complete the terra for which he had been elected. Similar measures shall be taken whenever a Senator is answerable to any of the cases of disabil- ity mentioned in Art. 23, Art. 32 qualifications for election as senator 1st. The exercise of citizenship at the time. 2d. The age of thirty-six years completed. 3d. Never to have suffered condemnation for crime. The exclusive condition applied in Art. 23 to Deputies applies like- wise to senators. Art. 36 powers of congress and special function of each chamber The following powers are delegated exclusively to Congress: ist. To approve or disapprove of the annual budget of the funds intended for the expenditures of the public administration, which must be presented by the government.