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Book/Printed Material Meeting Minutes of the First Plenary Session of the Cabildo of Gran Canaria.

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Title

  • Meeting Minutes of the First Plenary Session of the Cabildo of Gran Canaria.

Summary

  • The Cabildo de Gran Canaria (Council of Gran Canaria) is an administrative and legislative body that was first formed in 1913 under the Ley de Cabildos (Councils Act) passed the previous year in the Kingdom of Spain. Such councils were an instrument of governance used by the old regime in both the Canary Islands and the Americas. During the dictatorship of Francisco Franco members of the Cabildo were appointed by the government, and its functions were limited to administration, focusing on such matters as public health and welfare and roads. With the restoration of democracy in the 1970s, members of the Cabildo were elected by direct universal suffrage, with the head of the party list receiving the most votes becoming the president of the Cabildo. The powers of the Cabildo were also extended to encompass tourism, the environment, culture, sports, industry, transportation, irrigation and water supply, urban and rural planning, and other areas. This devolution of powers was strengthened in the 1990s with the increased regional autonomy granted to the Canary Islands. Presented here is the meeting minutes of the first plenary session of the Cabildo of Gran Canaria, dated March 16, 1913. It is a formal public document, recorded in the first number of the book of minutes kept by the secretary of the Cabildo. The document is in the collections of the General Archive of the Cabildo.

Names

  • Gran Canaria (Canary Islands). Cabildo Insular Author.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1913-03-16.

Headings

  • -  Spain--Canary Islands--Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
  • -  1913-03-16
  • -  Politics and government
  • -  Records

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 volume, 8 pages ; 23 x 33 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: Cabildo of Gran Canaria, Canary Islands.
  • -  Content in Spanish.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021667965

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Gran Canaria . Cabildo Insular Author. Meeting Minutes of the First Plenary Session of the Cabildo of Gran Canaria. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, -03-16, 1913] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667965/.

APA citation style:

Gran Canaria . Cabildo Insular Author. (1913) Meeting Minutes of the First Plenary Session of the Cabildo of Gran Canaria. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, -03-16] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667965/.

MLA citation style:

Gran Canaria . Cabildo Insular Author. Meeting Minutes of the First Plenary Session of the Cabildo of Gran Canaria. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, -03-16, 1913] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021667965/>.