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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 99 members (1 for each Commune) ohosen 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 or 7 years by the two Chambers in joint session. Members of both houses are paid by the month during session, (representatives 300 dollars, and senators 150 dollars).
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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 (Beaubrun), Etudes sur l’histoire de Haïti. 10 vols. Paris, 1853–61.
Fortunat (Dantés), Nouvelle géographie de Pîle 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.
Madiou (N.), Histoire de Haïti. 3 vols. Port-au-Prince, 1847.
Pritckard (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. (1912). Haiti. In: Keltie, J.S. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230270411_27
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