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DECREE No. 311 THE LEGISLATURE OF THE REPUBLIC OF EL SALVADOR, CONSIDERING
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I.- accordance with Article 131, ordinal 22 of the Constitution of the Republic is power to the State Authority, grant to individuals or populations, titles, honors and rewards compatible with the established form of government.
II.- Ciudad Barrios, municipality of El Salvador, from the department of San Miguel, was founded in the early years of Spanish domination, as an indigenous people called Cacahuatique, later changing its name to Ciudad Barrios, in honor former Salvadoran President Captain General Gerardo Barrios; obtaining the title of City on 21 April 1913. III.-
Ciudad Barrios, a precursor of important socio-economic events for the Salvadoran people and whose main activity is the cultivation and processing of coffee, it has been characterized by industriousness of its people, making today, constitute one of the most developed municipalities in the country.
IV.- That on the occasion of commemorating the April 21 the hundredth anniversary of obtaining their quality City, it is appropriate that this Body of State contribute to the celebration, symbolically declaring the municipality of Ciudad Barrios, department of San Miguel, "Capital of the Republic of El Salvador for a day".
THEREFORE,
in exercise of its constitutional powers and initiative of MEPs: Othon Sigfrido Reyes Morales, Alberto Armando Romero Rodriguez, Francisco Roberto Lorenzana Durán, Roberto d'Aubuisson Munguía Jose, Lorena Guadalupe Peña Mendoza, Carmen Elena Calderón de Escalón, Sandra Marlene Salgado Garcia, Irma Lourdes Palacios Vásquez, Reynaldo Antonio López Cardoza, Rodolfo Antonio Parker Soto, Ana Vilma Albanez de Escobar, Damian Joy, Ana Marina Alvarenga Barahona, Blanca Estela Barahona Reyes, Eduardo Enrique Barrientos Zepeda Martha Evelyn Batres Araujo, Susy Lisseth Bonilla Flores, Manuel Orlando Cabrera Candray, Yohalmo Edmundo Cabrera Chacon, Ana Marina Castro Orellana, Dario Alejandro Argueta, José Dennis Cordova Elizondo, Norma Cristina Cornejo Amaya, Valentin Aristides Corpeño, Carlos Cortez Hernández, Rosa Alma sailor, Nery Arely Diaz de Rivera, Antonio Echeverria Veliz, René Gustavo Escalante Zelaya, Julio Cesar Fabian Perez, Emma Julia Fabian Hernandez, Felix Agreda Chachagua, Carmen Elena Figueroa Rodriguez, Jose Armando Peña Grande, Norma Fidelia Guevara Ramirios, Edilberto Hernandez Castillo Estela Yanet Hernandez Rodriguez, Audelia Guadalupe Lopez de Kleutgens, Hortensia Margarita Lopez Quintana, Jose Maximo Madriz Serrano, Rodolfo Antonio Martinez, Guillermo Francisco Mata Bennett, Gerardo Estanislao Menjivar Hernandez, Manuel Vicente Menjivar Esquivel, Heidy Carolina Look Saravia, yeymi Elizabett Muñoz Morán Orestes Fredesman Ortéz Andrade, Francisco Eduardo Ortiz Amaya, Mariella Peña Pinto, Mercedes Portillo Manuel Dominguez, Nelson Jesus
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Quintanilla Gomez, Norma Carolina Ramirez, Claudia Luz Garcia Ramirez, Ismael Recinos López, David Rodriguez Rivera, Patricia Maria Salazar de Rosales, Jaime Gilberto Valdez Hernandez, Patricia Elena Gallardo Valdivieso, Ramon Aristides Valencia Arana, Mario Eduardo Valiente Ortiz, Vaquerano Eugenio Donato Rivas, Carlos Zambrano Mario Campos, Edwin Victor Alejandro Zamora David; and with the support of MEPs: José Francisco Merino Lopez, Francisco José Zablah Safie, Jose Antonio Almendáriz Rivas, Alicia Elinor Barrios Mendez, Adam Cortez, White Naomi Coto Estrada, Ana Vilma Castro de Cabrera, Lucía del Carmen Ayala Leon Omar Arturo Escobar Oviedo, Santiago Flores Alfaro, Cesar Humberto Garcia Aguilera, Jose Rinaldo Garzona Villeda, Vicente Hernandez Gomez, Melvin David Gonzalez Bonilla, Coralia Patricia Guerra Andreu, Carlos Walter Guzman Coto, Wilfredo Iraheta Sanabria, José Eduardo Josa Gutierrez, Karina Ivette Sosa Lara Benito Antonio Lara Fernandez, Rolando Mata Fuentes, Juan Carlos Mendoza Portillo, Walter de Jesus Montejo Melgar, Rafael Ricardo Morán Tobar, Oscar Ernesto Novoa Ayala, Guillermo Antonio Olivo Mendez, Jose Serafin Orantes Rodriguez, Mario Antonio Ponce Lopez, Sergio Benigno Portillo Portillo, Jackeline Noemi Rivera Avalos, Abner Ivan Torres Ventura, Valdes Luis Enrique Alberto Guadalupe Soto and Antonio Vazquez Martinez. DECREES
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Art. 1. It is declared, symbolically, "Capital of the Republic of El Salvador for a day" Ciudad Barrios, Municipality of San Miguel Department, on April 21, 2013, on the occasion of commemorating the hundredth anniversary of having obtained the quality city.
Art. 2. This Decree shall enter into force eight days after its publication in the Official Journal.

GIVEN IN THE BLUE ROOM OF THE LEGISLATIVE PALACE: San Salvador, on the 14th day of February of the year two thousand and thirteen.
OTHON Sigfrido Reyes Morales, president.
ALBERTO ROMERO ARMANDO RODRIGUEZ, GUILLERMO ANTONIO NAVARRETE GALLEGOS, FIRST VICE. SECOND VICE PRESIDENT.
MERINO JOSE FRANCISCO LOPEZ, FRANCISCO ROBERTO DURAN LORENZANA, THIRD VICE. FOURTH VICE.
ROBERTO JOSE d'Aubuisson MUNGUIA, FIFTH VICE.
PEÑA LORENA GUADALUPE MENDOZA, CARMEN ELENA CALDERON SOL DE ESCALON, First Secretary. Second Secretary.
SALGADO SANDRA MARLENE GARCIA, JOSE RAFAEL MACHUCA Zelaya, Third Secretary. Fourth secretary.
IRMA VASQUEZ PALACIOS LOURDES, MARGARITA ESCOBAR, FIFTH SECRETARY. SIXTH Secretariat.
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JOSE FRANCISCO ZABLAH SAFIE, REYNALDO ANTONIO LOPEZ Cardoza seventh Secretary. EIGHTH SECRETARY.
Casa Presidencial: San Salvador, on the twenty day of February in the year two thousand and thirteen.
PUBLISH, Carlos Mauricio Funes Cartagena
, President of the Republic.
Zelayandía Gregorio Ernesto Cisneros, Minister of the Interior.
OJ No. 42 Volume No. 398 Date: March 1, 2013
FNM / geg 05/04/2013
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