, as in the United States. One
of the duties of the Chamber is to elect the justices of the supreme
court. Congress meets annually and its sessions are for sixty days,
which may be extended to ninety days. The chambers have separate and
concurrent powers defined by the constitution. The right of suffrage is
exercised by all male citizens, twenty-one years of age, or over, if
single, and eighteen years, or over, if married, who can read and write,
and own real estate or have an income of 200 bolivianos a year, said
income not to be compensation for services as a servant. The electoral
body is therefore small, and is under the control of a political
oligarchy which practically rules the country, no matter which party is
in power.

The Bolivian judiciary consists of a national supreme court, eight
superior district courts, lower district courts, and _juzgados de
instruccion_ for the investigation and preparation of cases. The
_corregidores_ and _alcaldes_ also exercise the functions of a justice
of the peace in the cantons and rural districts. The supreme court is
composed of seven justices elected by the Chamber of Deputies from lists
of three names for each seat sent in by the Senate. A justice can be
removed only by impeachment proceedings before the Senate.

The supreme administration in each department is vested in a prefect
appointed by and responsible solely to the president. As the prefect has
the appointment of subordinate department officials, including the
_alcaldes_, the authority of the national executive reaches every hamlet
in the republic, and may easily become autocratic. There are no
legislative assemblies in the departments, and their government rests
with the national executive and congress. Subordinate to the prefects
are the sub-prefects in the provinces, the _corregidores_ in the cantons
and the _alcaldes_ in the rural districts--all appointed officials. The
national territory adjacent to Brazil and Peru is governed by two
_delegados nacionales_, appointees of the president. The department
capitals are provided with municipal councils which have jurisdiction
over certain local affairs, and over the construction and maintenance of
some of the highways.

_Army._--The military forces of the republic in 1905 included 2890
regulars and an enrolled force of 80,000 men, divided into a first
reserve of 30,000, a second reserve of 40,000, and 10,000 territorial
guards. The enrolled force is, however, both