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proved and become law. No bill totally rejected by one house shall be discussed again in the same session. ART. 63. Every law shall be promulgated within ten days next following its approval by either the President or the Congress, as the case may be, under the provisions of the preceding article. TITLE VII THE EXECUTIVE POWER SECTION FIRST THE EXERCISE OF THE EXECUTIVE POWER ART. 64. The executive power shall be vested in the President of the Republic. SECTION SECOND THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC, HIS POWERS AND DUTIES ART. 65. To be President of the Republic the following qualifications shall be required. 1. To be a Cuban by birth or naturalization, and in the latter case to have served in the Cuban armies in the wars of independence for at least ten years. 2. To be over forty years of age. 3. To be in the full enjoyment of civil and political rights. ART. 66. The President of the Republic shall be elected by presidential electors on the same day, in the manner provided by law. The term of office shall be four years, and no one shall be President for three consecutive terms. ART. 67. The President, before entering on the discharge of the duties of his office, shall take oath or affirmation before the supreme court of justice to faithfully discharge his duties and comply and cause others to comply with the constitution and the laws. ART. 68. The President of the Republic shall have the following powers and duties: 1. To approve and promulgate the laws, and obey and cause others to obey their provisions. To enact, if Congress has not done so, such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the proper execution of the laws; and to issue all orders or decrees which may be conducive to the same purpose or to any other purposes of government and the administration thereof in the Republic, provided that in no case the said orders or decrees are at variance with the provisions of the law. 2. To call Congress, or the Senate alone, to meet in extra session in the cases set forth in the constitution, or when in his opinion the meeting may be necessary. 3. He shall adjourn Congress when no agreement can be reached between the two houses on the question of adjournment. 4. To transmit to Congress at the beginning of each session, and whenever he may deem it advisable, a message relating to the acts of his administration, showing the general condition of the affairs of the Rep
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