[Translation.], February 7, 1866

[Translation.]

On the 7th of February, 1866, in the town of San Juan Bautista de Oluta, the undersigned authorities and citizens assembled in the military commandancy by invitation of the citizen commandant, who read the circular asking the opinion of the municipality on the presidential question, whether the citizen licentiate Benito Juarez shall continue in the supreme command of the republic till the circumstances of the war allow a new election. The contents of the said circular having been considered, the meeting passed the following resolutions with unanimity:

Article 1. We, the undersigned, authorities and citizens of this town, recognize the citizen licentiate Benito Juarez as the sumpreme chief of the nation as long as the present war lasts and prevents a new election.

Article 2. The present act shall be made out in duplicate, one copy to be sent to the citizen military commander of the canton, and the other recorded in the archives of this commandancy for future reference.

Thus the act was completed by the signatures of the attendants at this meeting.

By the military commander: