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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 ratified on June 12, 1918. The legislative power is vested in a Chamber of Deputies on the basis of one member for each 60,000 inhabitants, members being chosen for 2 years by direct popular vote, and in a Senate of 15 members chosen for 6 years likewise by direct vote of the people. Citizens over 21 enjoy the franchise. The President is elected for 4 years by the two Chambers in joint session. Members of both houses are paid a monthly salary of 150 dollars throughout the year.
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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.
2. Non-Official Publications
Ardouin (Eesubrun), Etudes sur l’histoire de Haiti. 10 vols. Paris, 1853–61.
Aubin (E.), En Haïti. Paris, 1910.
Fortunat (Dantes), Nouvelle géographie de l’île de Haïti. Port-au-Prince, 1888.
Janvier (L. J.), Les Constitutions d’Haïti (1801–1885). Paris 1886. La République d’Haïti, 1840–82. Paris, 1883.
Justin (J.), Etude sur les Institutions Haïtiennes. Paris., 1894.
Léger (J. N.), Haiti, Her History and Detractors. New York, 1907.
Hadiou (N.), Histoire de Haiti. 3 vols. Port-au-Prince, 1847.
Pritehard (Hesketh), Where Black Rules White. London, 1900.
St. John (Sir Spenser), Haiti, or the Black Republic. 2nd. ed. London, 1889.
Tippenhauer (L. Gentil), Die Insel Haïti. 2 vols. Leipzig, 1893.
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Scott Keltie, J., Epstein, M. (1919). Haiti. In: Scott Keltie, J., Epstein, M. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230270480_34
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