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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
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.
Report on Trade and Shipping of Haiti, in ‘ Deutsches Handels-Archiv,’ for August, 1901. Berlin.
United States Consular Reports for 1901. Washington.
2. Non-Official Publications
Ardouin (Beaubrun), Etudes sur l’histoire de Haiti. 10 vols. Paris, 1853–61.
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, Pastand Present; with a glance at Haiti. London, 1873. Janxier (L. J.), Les Constitutions d’Haïti (1801–1885). Paris, 1886. La République d’Haiti, 1840–82. Paris, 1883.
Justin (J.), Etude sur les Institutions Haïtiennes. Paris, 1894.
Madiou (N.), Histoire de Haiti. 3 vols. 8. Port-au-Prince, 1847.
Nau (K.), Histoire des Caziques de Haiti. 8. Port-au-Prince, 1855.
Pritchard (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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Keltie, J.S. (1902). Haiti. In: Keltie, J.S. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230270312_24
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