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286, Cŏăhūilă and Tēxăs, Dŭrāngŏ, Guănăjūātŏ, Mexico, Mīchŏăcān (Valladolid,) New Lĕōn, Ŏăxācă, Pūēblă de los Āngĕlĕs, Qŭerētărŏ, Săn Luis Pŏtŏsī, Sŏnōră and Sinăloă, Tăbāscŏ, las Tămăulīpăs, Vĕrăcruz, Xălīscŏ (Guădălajāră) Yŭcătān, and Zăcătēcăs, as well as the Territories of Old and New California, Cōlĭmă, New Mexico, and Tlăscălă, (Article 5,) proceeds to divide the Powers of the Supreme Government into three branches, Legislative, Executive, and Judiciary, (Article 6).

The Legislative Power is vested in a Congress, which is divided into two Chambers, the House of Representatives, and the Senate, (Article 7).

The House of Representatives is composed of members elected for a term of two years, by the citizens of the States. The basis of this election is the population, one member being returned for each eighty thousand inhabitants, as well as for each fraction that exceeds forty thousand, (Articles 8, 10, 11).

A Deputy must be twenty-five years of age, and have resided two years in the State by which he is elected, (Article 19). If not a Mexican by birth, he must have been eight years a resident in the Republic, and possess landed property to the amount of eight thousand dollars, or some trade or profession that produces one thousand annually, (Article 20). An exception is made in favour of the natives