s of provincial interest, provided
that at the same time sufficient revenue is raised to meet the payment
of interest and principal when due.
Such loans shall not be carried into effect unless they are approved by
two-thirds of the municipal councils of the province.
4. To impeach before the Senate the governor of their respective
province, in the case set forth in paragraph 3 of article 47, when
two-thirds of the total number of provincial councilors decide in secret
session that this should be done.
5. To appoint and remove, according to law, the provincial employes.
ART. 94. The provincial councils shall have no power to diminish or
abolish revenue of permanent character without creating at the same time
other revenue to take its place, except in case that the decrease or
suppression is due to the decrease or suppression of equivalent
permanent expenses.
ART. 95. The resolutions of the provincial councils shall be sent to the
governor of the province. If approved, they shall be signed by him; if
not, they shall be returned with his objections to the council, wherein
the subject shall be again discussed. If after the second discussion the
resolution is approved by two-thirds of the total number of councilors
it shall become a law.
If the governor does not return the resolution within ten days from the
date of reference it shall be considered approved and shall become a
law.
ART. 96. The resolutions of the provincial councils may be suspended by
the governor of the province or by the President of the Republic,
whenever, in their opinion, they are contrary to the constitution, the
laws, or any resolutions passed by the municipal councils in due
exercise of their functions; but the right to take cognizance of and
pass upon the claims which may arise out of the said suspension shall be
reserved to the courts of justice.
ART. 97. Neither the provincial councils not any section or committees,
selected from their members or from persons not members thereof, shall
intervene in matters belonging to any class of elections.
ART. 98. The provincial councilors shall be personally responsible
before the courts in the manner determined by law for whatever may be
done by them in the exercise of their functions.
SECTION THIRD
THE GOVERNORS OF PROVINCES AND THEIR POWERS
ART. 99. The governors of provinces shall have the following powers:
1. To comply and cause others to comply, as far as their provinces are
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