Note XVIII-20 — Chapter XVIII · POLITICAL EVENTS IN COSTA RICA. 1856-1886.
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Costa R., Programa Admin., 1863, 1. Jimenez adopted the high-handed measure of dissolving congress. In a proclamation to the people he stated that a majority of the members had established a systematic opposition to his government, and usurped all power in direct violation of the constitution. Id., Prod. del Presid., Aug. 1, 1863.