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10 to the office of either President or Vice-President for the period of four years next after the expiration of their term of office.

The President and Vice Presidents are inaugurated and enter upon their official duties on the 6th of August, the anniversary of Bolivian independence.

The President is assisted in the administration of his high office by a cabinet of five ministers, viz: Foreign Relations and Public Worship; Finance; Justice and Public Instruction; Interior, and War. In addition to the management of their several departments of the Government, these ministers unite with the President in authenticating with their signatures his proclamations, decrees, and other official acts.

The President is ex-officio Commander-in-Chief of the army, with the rank of captain-general.

The annual salary of the President is $18,000, with an allowance of $6,000 for incidental expenses; of the First Vice-President $6,000; of the Second Vice-President, $5,000, and of the cabinet ministers, $4,000 each.

Justice is administered by the Supreme Court, whose jurisdiction is coextensive with the Republic, and by the superior courts and inferior tribunals of the seven judicial districts, into which the country is divided. The jurisdiction of the superior courts is coextensive with their respective districts, and that of the inferior tribunals comprises the several divisions and subdivisions thereof.

The judges of the Supreme Court are nominated by the Senate and elected by the Chamber of Deputies.

In addition to the Supreme Court of five judges, which sits at the Capital, the organization of the judiciary is as follows:

One superior court of 5 members and 1 district attorney-general, located at Sucre; 14 judges of the inferior courts; 4 attorney-