Costa Rican Constitution of 1844

[1] Francisco Morazán's regime was toppled by José María Alfaro Zamora.

Zamora as interim ruler, on April 5, 1843, convened a Constitutional Assembly that was officially established on June 1 of that year and drafted the Constitution that would be in force until 1847 when, Alfaro again, summons a new Constituent.

[3] The Legislative Branch was bicameral and the Head of State will be replaced by the President of the Senate in case of death, illness or destitution.

[3] It also institutes the San Juan de Dios Hospital and its Charity Board that would eventually be transformed into the Social Protection Board.

It also establishes education as a right of Costa Ricans and as a duty of the State to grant it by putting all the means at its disposal to provide it.