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== History == | == History == | ||
Founded in 1404, the Verona General Assembly is still in existence as the oldest legislature in Cartadania. In provincial Verona, the lower house of the legislature was called the Hall of Orators. Together with the Governor's Council, the Hall of Orators made up the "General Assembly". The Governor's Council was composed of 12 men appointed by the Imperator to advise the governor. The council also served as the "General Court" of the province, a provincial equivalent of a Supreme Court. Members of the Hall of Orators were chosen by all those who could vote in the colony. Each regio chose two people or orators to represent it, while the College of William and Mary and the cities of Sierra, Emporia, and Mirada each chose one orator. The Orators met to make laws for the province and set the direction for its future growth; the council would then review the laws and either approve or disapprove them. The approval of the Orators, the council, and the governor was needed to pass a law. The idea of electing orators was important and new. It gave Veronesians a chance to control their own government for the first time. At first, the orators were elected by all patrician men in the colony. Women, indentured servants, and plebians could not vote. Later the rules for voting changed, making it possible for all plebian class individuals to vote. | |||
Like many other states, by the 1680s Verona featured a state legislature, several executive officers, and an independent judiciary. By the time of the Constitution of 1891, the General Assembly continued as the legislature, the Supreme Court of Appeals acted as the judiciary, and the eight executive officers were elected: the governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, Secretary of the Commonwealth, state treasurer, auditor of public accounts, superintendent of public instruction, and commissioner of agriculture and immigration. The Constitution of 1891 was amended many times, notably in the 1920s and 1940s, before it was abandoned in favor of more modern government, with fewer elected officials, reformed local governments and a more streamlined judiciary. | |||
== Executive branch == | == Executive branch == | ||
{{See also|Governor of Verona|Lieutenant Governor of Verona}} | {{See also|Governor of Verona|Lieutenant Governor of Verona}} | ||