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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 proclaimed June 14, 1867. 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 three years; while the members of the Senate (39 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.
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Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning Haiti
1. Official Publications
Annual Statement of the Trade of the United Kingdom with Foreign Countries and British Possessions. Imp. 4. London.
Foreign Office Reports, Annual Series. London.
Haiti. Bulletin No. 62 of the Bureau of the American Republics. Washington, 1892.
Reports on Trade and Shipping of Haiti, in ‘Deutsches Handels-Archiv,’ for April August, October, and November, 1899. Berlin.
United States Consular Reports for April, August, and September, 1898. Washington.
2. Non-Official Publications
Ardouin (Beaubrun), Etudes sur l’histoire de Haït. 10 vols. Paris, 1863–61.
Bonneau (Alex.), Haïti, ses progrès, son avenir. 8. Paris. 1862.
Fortunat (Dantés), Nouvelle géographie de l’île de Haiti. Port-au-Prince, 1888.
Handelmann (J.), Geschichte von Haiti. 8. Kiel, 1856.
Hazard (Samuel), Santo Domingo, Past and Present; with a glance at Haiti. London, 1873.
Janvier (L. J.), Les Constitutions d’Haïti (1801–1885). Paris, 1886. Lu Republique d’Haiti, 1840–82. Paris, 1883.
Justin (J.), Etude sur les Institutions Haïtiennes. Paris, 1894.
Madiou (N.), Histoire de Haiti. 8 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. 2nd ed. London, 1889.
Tippenhauer (L. Gentil), Die Insel Haïti. 2 vols. Leipzig, 1893.
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Keltie, J.S. (1900). Haiti. In: Keltie, J.S. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230270299_24
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