Bolivian Document, City of Peace, Ayacucho, 1838.

Document related to the appointment, by provision of the Council, to Mr. Manuel Ballivián as the Second, Notable Patrician of the Republic of Bolivia.

Which Mr. Domingo Viscarra signs, belonging to the 2nd court of letters and commissioner of this Capital and of the Departmental Council of La Paz, Ayacucho, certifies as to the law of the case allows me by the law of the Council of November 4, 1834 and decree of February 12 of the present.

Document in good condition, rust on the document, stamp of the Republic of Bolivia, important document of the Republic of Bolivia.

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A Notable Patrician, they were notable politicians who were generally composed of the elites that were synonymous with Notable Patricians, people with Money, etc.). The boards, said the law, are consultative bodies of the Prefects and Governors and promoters of the country's improvements. Because they are only auxiliaries of the Supreme Government, in no case can they determine or order by themselves. This law is key to explaining why they remained stable during this period, because they did not have as much power in their hands as the Municipality: they were more stable because they were more trusted by the executive.

Once appointed as a Notable Patrician, they could not be exempted from holding the position that lasted two years.

Don Andrés de Santa Cruz, who, replacing the Cabildos established for the administration of the city in colonial times, organized the "Communal Administration" made up of Councils and distributed among "Councillors" who were elected by the Superior District Court as "Patricios". notables”.

Don Andrés de Santa Cruz, who, replacing the Cabildos established for the administration of the city in colonial times, organized the "Communal Administration" made up of Councils and distributed among "Councillors" who were elected by the Superior District Court as "Patricios". notables”.

(Organic Regulation of the Councils of Departments and Provinces of the Republic of Bolivia" published in La Paz de Ayacucho in 1838).

“Andrés de Santa Cruz, Captain General Restorer, Great Citizen and President of Bolivia, Brigadier General of Colombia, Great Pacifier Marshal of Peru, Supreme Protector of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation, decorated with the medals of the Liberation Army, of the Liberators of Quito , from Pichincha Junín, from Cobija and with that of the Liberator Simón Bolívar. Great Official of the Bolivian Legion of Honor and the National Legion of Peru! Etc etc.

"Considering"

Among the many is the third that highlights the following:

"That the conservation and progress of the establishments and public utility works of each canton and province cannot be successfully assigned except to "Notable Patricians" who have distinguished themselves in their respective homes for patriotism and for honest and blameless conduct."

DECREES:

"That the Councils of the provincial capitals will be comprised of four Notable Patricians according to the order of appointment."

In order to obtain the honorary position of "Notable Patrician", in addition to the requirements required by law, it was necessary:

1.- Having real estate, rustic or urban, practicing a profession or owning an industry that the law requires to be a departmental board voter.

2.- Have an established domicile and be a local child.

3.- Having become "Notable" for patriotism and for an honorable and blameless conduct.

4.- Married citizens "will be preferred" in the election under equal circumstances.

5.- "Notable Patricians" cannot be named, political and military leaders, regular ecclesiastics and secular senior orders, army officers and soldiers in active service."