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 450 A HISTORY OF CHILE province or department, such measures o£ administration as may conduce to the general welfare of the department. loth. To make municipal ordinances in regard to these subjects, and present them, through the Intendente, to the President of the Republic, for his approval with the advice of the Council of State. Art. 129 No agreement or regulation of the Municipality which shall not be in conformity with the established regulations, can be carried into ef- fect without being brought to the attention of the Governor, or of the Sub-delegate, when of his jurisdiction, and he can suspend its execu- tion if he finds it prejudicial to public order. Art. 130 All of the municipal offices belong to the corporation, and no one shall be excused from service in the same unless for cause specified by law. Art. 131 A special law shall regulate the internal government of municipal bodies and shall designate the duties and powers of all those charged with provincial administration and the manner in which such duties and powers shall be exercised. CHAPTER X — The guarantees of safety and property Art. 132 In Chile there are no slawe, and he who treads its soil becomes and remains free. No Chilean can'fefigage in the slave trade; and no for- eigner engaged in the same can reside in Chile or be naturalized in the Republic. Art. 133 No one can be condemned without legal trial, and by -s^tue of a law made before the act for which he is tried. A. Art. 134 No one can be tried by special commissions, by other than the courts provided by law and previously established. Art 135 In order that an order of arrest may be executed, it is necessary that it be issued by the authority having the right to make arrests, and be made known to the arrested person at the time of its execution.