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— 10. Fathers and mothers are not 

 permitted to disinheritlhcir children. 

 — 11. Every citizen must profess a 

 7iiechanic art. — 12. No white mm, 

 of wliatsoever nation he may be, 

 shall jnit his foot on this territory 

 with the title of master or proprie- 

 tor, neifher shall he in future acquire 

 any prop«rty therein. — 13. The 

 preceding article cannotin the small- 

 est degree afl'sct white women, who 

 have been naturalized Ilaytians by 

 government, nor does it extend to 

 children already born, or that may 

 be born of the said women. The 

 Germans and Polandcrs, naturalized 

 fay government, are also comprised 

 in the dispositions of the present ar- 

 ticle. — 14. All acception of colour, 

 among the children of one and the 

 same family, of whom the chief ma- 

 gistrate is the father, being necessa- 

 ry to cease, the Ilaytians shall hence- 

 forward be known only by the ge- 

 neiic .'[ipeilation of Blacks, 

 Of the E/npin'. 

 Art. 15. The empire of Ilayti is 

 oncand indivisible. Its territory is 

 distributed into six military divisi- 

 ons. — 16. Each military division 

 shall be commanded by a general of 

 division. — 17. These generals of di- 

 vision shall be independent of one 

 another, and shall correspond di- 

 rectly with the emperor, or with 

 the generai-in-chief appointed by his 

 majesty. — IS, The following islands 

 nre integral parts of the empire, viz. 

 Samaua, La T.ortue, La Gonairc, 

 Les Cayemites, La Saune, L'lsle-a- 

 Vache, and other adjacent islands. 

 Of tlu- doTernmcut. 

 Art. 19. The government of Hayti 

 i^ entrusted to a tir;t magistrate, 

 who assumes the title of emperor 

 and commander-in-chief ol" the army. 

 — "^O. The people acknowledge for 

 fimperor and comuiauder-in-chief of 



the army, Jacques Dcssalincs, the 

 avenger and deliverer of his fellow- 

 citizens. The title of majesty is con- 

 ferred upon him, as well as upon his 

 august spouse the empr..ss. — 21. The 

 persons of their majesties are sacred 

 and inviolable. — ^2. The state will 

 appropriate a fived annual allowance 

 to her majesty the empress, which 

 she will continue to enjoy even after 

 the decease of the emperor, as prin- 

 cess dowager. — 23- The crown is 

 elective, not hereditary. — 24. There 

 shall be assigned by the staff an an- 

 nual incometo the children, acknow- 

 ledged by his majesty the emperor. 

 — 25. The male children acknow- 

 ledged by the emperor, shall be ob- 

 liged, in the same manner as other 

 citizens, to pass successively from 

 tirade to ^rade, with this only dif- 

 ference, that their entrance into ser- 

 vice shall begin at the fourth de- 

 mi-brigade, from the period of their 

 birth. — 23. The emperor designates, 

 in the manner he may judge expe- 

 dient, the person who is to be his 

 successor, either before or after his 

 death. — 27. A suitable provision 

 shall be made by the state to thai 

 successor ; from the moment of his 

 accession to the throne. — 28. The 

 emperor and his successors shall, in 

 no case, and under no pretext what- 

 soever, have the right of attaching 

 to their persons, any particular or 

 ])riTileged body, whether as guards 

 of honour, or under any other dc- 

 n'onuiulion. — 29. Every successor 

 deviating fro.7i t'le preceding article, 

 or from the principles consecrated 

 in the present constitution, shall be 

 considered and declared in a state of 

 warfare ogainst the society. In such 

 a case, tlic counsellors of state will 

 assemble, in order to pronounce his 

 removal, and to chuso one among 

 themselves who shall be thought 



