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The Republic of Haiti, formerly a French colony, is governed under a Constitution proclaimed June 14, 1867. By its terms the legislative power rests in a National Assembly, divided into two chambers, respectively called the Senate and the House of Representatives. The latter is elected by the direct vote of all male citizens engaged in some occupation, for the term of five years; while the members of the Senate (30 in number) are nominated for six years by the House of Representatives from two lists presented by the Executive and the Electoral Colleges; one-third retire every two years. Members of both houses are paid during session. The executive power is in the hands of a President who, according to the Constitution, must be elected by the people, but in recent years has generally been chosen by the United Senate and House of Representatives, sitting in National Assembly, and in some instances by the troops, and by delegates of parties acting as representatives of the people. The nominal term of office of the President is seven years; it is generally cut short, however, by insurrections.
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Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning Haiti. 1. Official Publications
Report on Haiti in ‘Reports from the Consuls of the United States,’ No. 82. Washington, 1887.
Report on the Trade and Finances of Haiti, in ‘Reports on Subjects of General Interest,’ No. 52. London, 1887.
Report on Trade and Shipping of Haiti, in ‘Deutsches Handels-Archiv,’ August, 1893. Berlin.
Report on Trade of Haiti, in No. 1240 of Foreign Office Reports, Annual Series, 1893.
Trade of Haiti and San Domingo with the United Kingdom, in ‘Annual Statement of the Trade of the United Kingdom with Foreign Countries and British Possessions in the year 1892.’ Imp. 4. London, 1893.
2. Non-Officials Publications
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Madiou (N.), Histoire de Haiti. 3 vols. 8. Port-au-Prince, 1847.
Nau (K.), Histoire des Caziques de Haiti. 8. Port-au-Prince, 1855.
St. John (Sir Spenser), Haiti, or the Black Republic. London, 1884
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Keltie, J.S. (1894). Haiti. In: Keltie, J.S. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230253230_23
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