The colonization
contract, in its item 13 established "The settlers will have
the right to appoint a Colonial Body of 10 members, conferred with
the right to advise the Registrar in definite casses, vote the budget,
and produce to the Government the convenience or need of improving
legal proceeding". The municipal regime, which would be later
prescribed by the Provincial Constitution on 4 th. May 1856, was
thus being conveyed "Town Halls will be established in all
the departament of the colony at their earliest convenience; their
regime will be based on an organic land which will determine their
attributions and competence". This valuable precedent registered
in our colony is important because the municipal regime is the basis
of all democracy. With the local government, the right of citizen
to choose thosein charge of public ownership is exercised, then
extending to provincial and national levels.
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