_G._ REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE ORGANIZATION OF THE VARIOUS CLASSIFICATIONS OF _HSIEN_[1] [Footnote 1: Chung-yang Hsün-lien T'uan [Central (Kuomintang) Training Corps], _Hsien Ko-chi Tzŭ-chih Kang-yao_ [Regulations Concerning the Organization of the Various Classifications of _Hsien_], Chungking, XXVIII (1939); these regulations are also found in Chung-yang Hsüan-ch'uan Pu [Central Publicity Board], _Hsien-cheng yü Ti-fang Tzŭ-chih_ [Constitutional Government in Relation to Local Self-Government], Chungking, XXVIII (1939), p. 37-44.] These laws, a fundamental charter for local self-government, were approved and promulgated by the 14th Regular Meeting of the Supreme National Defense Council, August 31, 1939. For the Generalissimo's lecture on the same subject, see Appendix III (C), p. 388. A. GENERAL PRINCIPLES 1. Each _hsien_ is a self-administrative unit. Its size and area are determined by customs and history but subject to the demarcation of the National Government. 2. There are three to six classes of _hsien_, classified according to area, population, and conditions of economy, culture, and communications. The classifications are to be worked out by the Provincial Government and subject to the approval of the Ministry of Interior. 3. Regulations governing _hsien_ administration are to be promulgated by the National Government. 4. Each _hsien_ is divided into _hsiang_, and each _hsiang_ is further divided into _pao_ and _chia_. If a _hsien_ is too large, it may be first divided into _ch'ü_ to be under the charge of several bureaus. Education institutions, police, public health and tariff offices should be distributed in accordance with above-mentioned divisions. 5. Each _hsien_ and each _hsiang_ is a legal person. 6. At the age of twenty, a man or woman of Chinese nationality, after living in the _hsien_ for six months or more, or having possessed a residence for more than one year, is qualified as a citizen of that _hsien_. He or she has the right of suffrage, recall, initiative, and referendum in this _hsien_. The following persons are disqualified: _a._ Those who are deprived of citizenship by the National Government. _b._ Those who owe governmental money. _c._ Those who have been imprisoned for [political] corruption[2] or forgery. _d._ Those who are not allowed to possess personal property. _e._ Those who are opium or other poisonous smokers. [Footnote 2: The practice termed _squeeze_ on the coast.] B. THE _Hsien_ GOVERNMENT (_hsien chêng-fu_) 7. There shall be one magistrate (_hsien-chang_) for each _hsien_. His duties are: _a._ To supervise the local administration of the whole _hsien_ under the control of the Provincial Government. _b._ To carry out Provincial or Central Government orders under the supervision of the Provincial Government. 8. The _Hsien_ Government consists of the following departments: _a._ Civil Affairs Department. _b._ Financial Department.