DECEMBER 12, 1918 THE MUNICIPALITY OF LA CONCEPCIÓN IS CREATED IN THE DEPARTMENT OF COPAN

Описание: Date of creation: In the political division of 1889, it appears as a village of Santa Rosa, with the name of Las Piedras. In 1907 it was part of the Municipality of Dulce Nombre, in 1918 it was given the category of Municipality, as follows: It was resolved according to a request Tegucigalpa December 12, 1918.
In view of the request submitted to the Executive Power by Don Feliciano Lara, Auxiliary Mayor of the Village of Concepción de Piedras, Department of Copán, contracted to request the authorization of the creation of a new Municipality for having in its concept the number of inhabitants, resources and other elements necessary for this purpose and CONSIDERING: That the Political Governor of the Department of Copán when issuing his report, states that the segregation of the Villages of Concepción de Piedras, San Juan, Piedras Coloradas and Candelaria, in no way harms the Municipality of Dulce Nombre to which they currently belong, that the Village of Concepción de Piedras, proposed for the head of the Municipality meets all the conditions required by Article 3. of the Municipal Law, Therefore, the President of the Republic, in accordance with Articles 2. 3. and 7 of the Municipal Law, Agree, 1. Resolve in accordance with the request that merit has been made, authorizing consequently, the creation of the new Municipality that will be called Concepción de Copan, formed by the Villages of: Concepción de Piedras, San Juan, Piedras Coloradas and Candelaria, the first of them being the head of the Municipality.
2. Delegate to the Political Government of the Department of Copán the power to set the jurisdictional limits of the new Municipality and to make the corresponding division with that of Dulce Nombre, of lands, waters, easement, credits, etc., and above all related to the consequent alteration of the Municipal terms, and the resolution that is dictated in this regard must be submitted to the ratification of the Executive Power and 3. Provide that in a legal way, the local authorities of the new Municipality are elected in their opportunity, so that it is inaugurated and take possession on January 1 of next year. Contact. Bertrand.
The Secretary of State in the Office of the Interior and Justice, Francisco J. Mejía.
On November 12, 1940 it was part of the Departmental District of Santa Rosa.
On April 24, 1947, the residents of the extinct Municipality of Concepción asked to be segregated from the Departmental District of Santa Rosa. Agreement. No. 2139.
Tegucigalpa, D.C., April 24, 1947.
Having regard to the request submitted to the Executive Power by Messrs. J. Inocente Madrid, Feliciano Lara and José Arnulfo Madrid, in their capacity as legal representatives of the main residents of the extinct Municipality of Concepción, Department of Copán, contracted to request the segregation of what was the Municipality of Concepción included in the Jurisdiction of the Departmental District of Santa Rosa de Copán, by agreement No. 660 issued by the Executive Power on November 12, 1940, creating the Departmental District of Santa Rosa de Copán, mentioned in accordance with the powers indicated in Article 179, reformed of the Current Political Constitution.
CONSIDERING: That the reasons on which the request for reference is based are just and that the Municipality of Concepción can subsist independently, by fulfilling the requirements required by the Law to create the Municipalities.
Therefore: The President of the Republic agrees: 1. To segregate from the Departmental District of Santa Rosa de Copán, the extinct Municipality of Concepción, which by the fact is constituted in Municipality, with the Municipal jurisdiction that it had at the date of its incorporation into the Departmental District of Santa Rosa de Copán, also belonging to the lands, water, easement, acquired and necessary neighborhood rights that it had on the same date and the active and passive credits existing today.- 2. The Political Governor of the Department of Copán shall call for local elections, to elect the Municipality of Concepción, which shall be held in the Municipal Council of this same Municipality, by the voters residing in the jurisdiction that belonged to the same town and who are registered in the electoral census of the Departmental District of Santa Rosa de Copán, for which purpose, the respective council will send to Concepción the copies of the electoral census necessary for the practice of the elections. 3. To empower the Political Governor of the Department of Copán, to take the Constitutional promise to the members of the Municipality of Concepción that is elected to govern the association. 4. The Council of the Departmental District of Santa Rosa de Copán, will deliver to the elected municipality of conception the buildings, furniture, belongings and other objects that still exist in its possession and belonged to that municipality. Contact. Carias A.