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526 constitution of the republic with the reforms now adopted in thirty articles. The sixth article declares to be states of the federation those which were named in the federal constitution, and such as were made afterward. A new state was created to bear the name of Guerrero, mainly comprising the old province of Tecpan, and the city of Mexico was given, while it continued to be the federal district, a vote in the election of president, and the privilege of choosing two senators.

Under the reformed constitution the state of Guerrero was to be organized from the districts of Acapulco, Chilapa, Tasco, and Tlapa, and the municipality of Coyuca, the three first named being taken from the