rove the treaties entered into by the President of the Republic
with other nations.

SECTION THIRD

THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, ITS MEMBERSHIP AND ITS POWERS

ART. 48. The House of Representatives shall consist of one
representative for each twenty-five thousand inhabitants or fraction
thereof over twelve thousand five hundred, elected for the period of
four years by the direct vote of the people and in the manner provided
by law.

The House of Representatives shall be renewed by halves every two years.

ART. 49. No one shall be a Representative who has not the following
qualifications:

1. To be a Cuban citizen by birth or by naturalization, provided in the
latter case that the candidate has resided eight years in the Republic,
to be counted from the date of his naturalization.

2. To have attained to the age of twenty-five years.

3. To be in full possession of all civil and political rights.

ART. 50. The power to impeach before the Senate the President of the
Republic and the cabinet ministers, in the cases prescribed in
paragraphs first and second of article 47 corresponds to the House of
Representatives. But the concurrence of two-thirds of the total number
of Representatives, in secret session, shall be required to exercise
this right.

SECTION FOURTH

PROVISIONS COMMON TO BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS

ART. 51. The positions of Senator and Representative are incompatible
with the holding of any other paid position of Government appointment,
except a professorship in a Government institution, obtained by
competitive examination prior to the election.

ART. 52. Senators and Representatives shall receive from the State a
pecuniary remuneration, alike for both positions, the amount of which
may be changed at any time; the change shall not take effect until after
the renewal of the legislative bodies.

ART. 53. Senators and Representatives shall be inviolable for their
votes and opinions in the discharge of their duties. Senators and
Representatives shall only be arrested or indicted upon permission of
the body to which they belong, if Congress is then in Session, except in
case of flagrante delicto. In this case, and in the case of the arrest
or indictment being made when Congress is not in session, the fact shall
be reported, as soon as practicable, to the respective House for proper
action.

ART. 54. Both Houses of Congress shall open and close their sessions on
the same day; they shall meet in t