Decree No. 594., September 10, 1885

Decree No. 594.

The President of the United States of Colombia, considering it necessary to assist the re-establishment of the constitutional régime, disorganized by the recent rebellion, and taking into account the written manifestations of public opinion as well as the antecedents of the constitution which is to be replaced, decrees:

• Article 1. The governments of the States are called upon to send delegates to a national convention to be held on November 11 proximo, in the capital of the Union, to consider the measures which should be taken to reform the constitution.
• Art. 2. The government of each State shall name two principal delegates, and three numbered substitutes for each one of these.
• Art. 3. The delegates shall have a right to their daily expenses, the same as members of Congress.

Let this be communicated and published.