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APPENDIX E
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amination of the electoral computations verified on the second Sunday of March of this year:

Article I—The Citizen Venustiano Carranza is declared President for the term of four years beginning from December of 1916 until November of 1920, in virtue of having obtained an absolute majority of votes in the election.

Article II—In virtue of this, the Citizen Venustiano Carranza is cited to appear on May the first before the Chamber of Deputies, and with all the formalities of the law take the oath of office as President of the Republic.

Chamber of Deputies, Mexico, April 26, 1916.

Eduardo Hay, President.
Jesus Lopez Lira, Secretary.
Filomeno Mata, Second Secretary.