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The Republic of Haiti, formerly a French colony, was proclaimed independent January 1, 1804, and is now governed under a Constitution of October 9, 1889. The legislative power is vested in a Chamber of the Communes of 95 members (1 for each Commune) chosen for 3 years by direct popular vote, and in a Senate of 39 members chosen for 6 years (renewed to the extent of one-third every 2 years) by the Chamber of the Communes from a list made out partly by the President and partly by the electors. The President is elected for 7 years by the two Chambers in joint session. Members of both houses are paid, representatives and senators by the month (150 dollars) during session.
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Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning Haiti
1. Official Publications
Foreign Office Reports, Annual Series. London.
Haiti. Bulletin No. 62 of the Bureau of the American Republics. Washington, 1892.
Foreign Commerce and Navigation of the United States. 2 vols. Annual, Washington.
Commercial Relations of the United States for 1901. Washington.
2. Non-Official Publications
Ardouin (Beaubrun), Etudes sur l’histoire de Haïti. 10 vols. Paris, 1853–61.
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Nau (K.), Histoire des Caziques de Haïti. 8. Port-au-Prince, 1855.
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Típpenhauer (L. Gentil), Die Insel Haïti. 2 vols. Leipzig, 1893.
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Keltie, J.S. (1907). Haiti. In: Keltie, J.S. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230270367_26
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