Administrative Structure of the Sovereign State of Boyacá (1857-1886)

The present article has as objectives to show the organization and the functioning of the central administration of the state of Boyacá, as manifested through the President of the state and the secretaries of dispatch, to examine how they operated and which functions were assigned to them during the period of 1857 to 1886. These will be examined through the lenses of the 1857, 1863 and 1869 constitutions and their subsequent normative development as well as through the roles given them by the Legislative Assembly and the State President. Likewise, it will study the progress of the state as seen through the reports presented by the president and the secretaries of dispatch. It must be kept in mind that until now nothing has been written on this topic; the text is innovative in that it allows us to reconstruct a part of our national documentary heritage.

El presente artículo tiene como objetivos mostrar la organización y el funcionamiento de la administración central del Estado de Boyacá, integrada por el presidente del Estado y los secretarios del despacho, para observar cómo operaban y qué funciones tenían asignadas, durante el periodo comprendido entre 1857 y 1886, a partir del planteamiento dado por las constituciones del Estado de 1857, 1863, 1869, y su ulterior desarrollo normativo, dado por la Asamblea Legislativa y el presidente del Estado; así mismo, determinar cómo era la marcha del Estado de acuerdo con los informes presentados por el presidente del Estado y los secretarios del despacho. Teniendo en cuenta que hasta el momento no se ha escrito nada al respecto, este texto es innovador, en la medida en que nos permite reconstruir una parte de nuestro patrimonio histórico documental.