But sometimes the sovereign authority is composed of preorganized political bodies, by virtue of circumstances anterior to their union; and in this case the provincial governments assume the control, not only of those affairs which more peculiarly belong to their province, but of all, or of a part of the mixed affairs to which allusion has been made.
Batzuetan, elkarketa baino lehenagoko egitateren batengatik, aurrez antolaturiko gorputz politikoz osaturik aurkitzen da aginte subiranoa; orduan gertatzen da, beren izaeraz probintzialak bakarrik diren gaiez ezezik, aipagai izan ditugun gai misto guztiez edo batzuez ere arduratzen dela gobernu probintziala.