Acta de Instalación de la Asamblea Constituyente de la Provincia de Bogotá

Abstract

The image contains a news item that describes the minutes of the installation of the Constituent Assembly on October 15, 1855, the installation of the Constituent Assembly of the province of Bogotá took place. The citizen deputies met at 11 in the morning and elected citizen Pastor Ospina as President, Pedro Fernández Madrid as Vice President and Silvestre C. Escallón as Secretary. In addition, the first member of the "Internal Justice" commission, José María Rubio Frade, was elected. In the next day's session, elections were held for officials to verify the elections, scrutineers for representatives, senators and governors. The votes of representatives to the national Legislature were also counted. These actions marked the beginning of the activities of the Constituent Assembly of the province of Bogotá on that date. A vote was held in which Juan Antonio Pardo obtained the highest number of votes, followed by José María Coronado, José Manuel Groot, José María Malo Blanco and José Joaquín Ortiz. In addition, a wide variety of votes were recorded in favor of other candidates. In the session on the 18th, the minutes of the previous session were read and approved. Records were opened for the representatives, but this process had to be suspended because the count could not be completed before six in the afternoon. The tellers computed and regulated the votes, revealing a total of 6,747 votes in favor of Juan Antonio Pardo and 6,132 votes in favor of José María Coronado, among others. A wide variety of votes were observed in favor of different candidates, which demonstrated great popular support for them. Names were mentioned such as José Caicedo Rójas, Eduardo Piñérod, Benigno Bartet, Alejandro OsOliO, Zoilo Silvestre, José María Rivas Mejía, Mariano Tanco, Tora Várgaso, Valentín Gálveza, Manuel Marroquin, Quin Gómez Hoyos, Aníbal Galindo, Manuel Muño, José Antonio Marroquin , José María Arjona, Julio Arboleda, Manuel Garralec, Isaac Orjuela, Januario Salgal, Antonio Rubiano Calderón, Pedro Fernández Madrid, Tomas C. de Mosqueyo, Salvador Camacho Eliseo Sanor and Joaquín lFortour supported Andrés Sandino. Jacobo Sánchez and Ricardo Converse also had the support of 12 people each. Miguel Vargas had the support of 12 people. 11 people were dagreement, including Mr. Francisco de Caicedo. Isaac Vargas, Bernabé Villafrede, Lawrence Salazar, Ignacio Rivera Páez, Hilary A., Andrés Caicedo Bastida, Manuel Arjona, Joa Nicolás Pereira and Francisco de P also supported. Mariano Ospina R., José María Saiz Father Francisco Manuel Restrepo Sarasti also received two favors each. Other gentlemen mentioned were José Bolívar, Felipe Bolívar, Ramon Gómez, Fernando Caicedo, Antonio Manrique, Frangisco Anjel, Antonio Luéngas, Victoriano García and others. Numerous people who supported various candidates were also mentioned. Elections were held in the province of Bogotá, with a total of votes registered. Deputy Mr. Zaldúa requested the reading of article 6, paragraph of the law that reintegrates the province of Bogotá. The elections of June 14 were discussed, where different candidates were voted. Deputy Zaidúa requested clarification about the meeting and it was reported that Mr. Rubiano Calderón was celebrating. A Constitutional Convention was held with representatives from different jurisdictions. The proposal to return the province of Bogotá was discussed. Deputy Zalduai Rubio was appointed as successor to Deputy Rubiano Calderón. Evaluations were carried out and the election of a magistrate was discussed. There was an opening of sessions of the General Assembly and records of several districts were verified. Pedro Gutiérrez received the majority of votes and the session was adjourned. It was officially reported that Pedro Gutiérrez was elected with 12,487 votes in favor, while Rafael Mendoza received 3,621 votes in favor. Emidio Briceño obtained 214 votes in favor, Ramón Fandiño was supported by 8 people and Ramón González by 6 people. Ignacio Forero received 5 votes in favor, as did Mr. Justo P and Mr. Lozada. For his part, he was supported by 4 people. Secretary Silvestre C. Escallón conducted the meeting and the voting documents were reviewed. The governor was also mentioned in relation to the government parish. Published in El Repertorio, November 8, 1855.