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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
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