on the one side
and the provinces or municipalities on the other, are parties.

4. To decide as to the constitutionality of the laws, decrees, and
regulations when a question of that effect is raised by any party.

SECTION THIRD

GENERAL RULES REGARDING THE ADMINISTRATION
OF JUSTICE

ART. 84. Justice shall be administered gratuitously throughout the
entire territory of the Republic.

ART. 85. The courts shall take cognizance of all cases, whether civil,
criminal, or between the Government and private parties.

ART. 86. No judicial commissions or extraordinary tribunals, no matter
under what name, shall ever be created.

ART. 87. No functionary of the judicial order shall be suspended or
removed from his office except for crime or any other grave cause, fully
proven, and always after being heard. Nor shall he be transferred
without his consent to any other place, unless it is for the manifest
benefit of the public service.

ART. 88. All judicial functionaries shall be personally responsible, in
the manner and form determined by law, for the violations of law which
they may commit.

ART. 89. The salaries of judicial functionaries shall not be changed
except at the end of periods of more than five years, and by means of a
law. The law, however, shall not give different salaries to positions
whose rank, category, and functions are equal.

ART. 90. The courts for the forces of land and sea shall be governed by
a special organic law.

TITLE XI

THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT

SECTION FIRST

GENERAL PROVISIONS

ART. 91. A province consists of the municipal districts established
within its limits.

ART. 92. Each province shall have a governor and a provincial council
elected directly by the people, in the manner and form established by
law.

The number of councilors in each province shall not be less than eight
nor more than twenty.

SECTION SECOND

THE PROVINCIAL COUNCILS AND THEIR POWERS

ART. 93. The provincial councils shall have the following powers:

1. To resolve upon matters concerning the provinces which, under the
constitution, treaties or laws, are not within the general jurisdiction
of the State or the exclusive jurisdiction of the municipal councils.

2. To frame the budget of their expenses, providing at the same time for
the necessary revenue to meet them, provided that this is done in a
manner not inconsistent with the system adopted by the State.

3. To contract loans for public work