STATE PAPERS. 



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most worthy of re-placing Iiim ; and 

 if it should happea that the succes- 

 sor eppose the execution of this 

 measure, authorised by law, the ge- 

 nerals counsellors of state shall ap- 

 peal to tlie people and the army, 

 who v.ill immediately girt' their 

 whole strength and assistance to 

 maintain libert3\ — 30. The emperor 

 makeSj seals, and promulgates the 

 laws, appoints and revokes, at will, 

 the ministers, thegcncral-in-chief of 

 the army, the counsellors of state, 

 the generals and other agents of the 

 empire; the sea officers, the mem- 

 bers of the local administrations, 

 the commissaries of government near 

 the tribunals, the judges, and other 

 public functionaries. — 3 1. The em- 

 peror directs the receipts and ex- 

 penditures of the state, surveys the 

 mint, of which he alone orders the 

 emission, and fixes the weight and 

 the model. — 32- To him alone is re- 

 served the power of making peace 

 or war, to maintain political inter- 

 course, and to form treaties.— 

 33. He provides for the interior 

 safety and for the defence of the 

 state ; and distributes at pleasure, 

 the sea and land forces. — 34. la 

 case of conspiracies manifesting them- 

 selves against the safety of the state, 

 against the constitution, or against 

 his person, the emperor shall cause 

 the authors or accomplices to be 

 arrested and tried before a special 

 council.— 35. His majesty has alone 

 the right to absolve a criminal, or to 

 commute his punishment. — 36. The 

 emperor shall never form any enter- 

 prise, with the view of making con- 

 quests, nor disturb the peace and 

 the interior administration of fo- 

 reign colonies. — 37. Every public 

 act shall be made in these terms : — 

 "The emperor I. of llayti, com- 

 ** mandcr-ln- chief of the army, by 



" the grace of God and the consti- 

 " tutional law of the state." 



Of the Council of State. 

 Art. 38. The generals of division- 

 and brigade arc, of right, members 

 of the council of state,aad they com- 

 poie it. 



Of the Ministers. 



Art. o9- There shall be, in the 

 emj)irc, two ministers and a secreta- 

 ry of state. Tile minister of finan- 

 ces having the department of the 

 interior, and the minister of war 

 having the marine department. — 

 40. — 44'. (Interior regulations res- 

 pecting the ministry.) 



Oft/ic Tribunals. 



Art. 45. No one can interfere 

 with the right which every indivi- 

 dual has, of being judged amicably 

 by arbitrators of his own chusing, 

 whose decisions shall be acknow- 

 ledged legal. — 46. There shall be a 

 justice of the peace in each com- 

 mune. Any suit amounting to more 

 than one hundred dollars, shall not 

 come within his cognizance. And 

 when the parties cannot conciliate 

 themselves at his tribunal, they may 

 appeal to the tribunals of their res- 

 pective districts. — 47. There shall 

 be six tribunals in the cities hereaf- 

 ter designated, viz. at St. Marc, at 

 the Cape, at Port-au-Prince, Aux- 

 Cayes, Lanse-a-Veaux, and Port- 

 de-Paix. The emperor determines 

 their organisation, their number, 

 their competence, and the territory 

 forming the district of each. These 

 tribunals take cognizance of all af- 

 fairs purely civil. — 48. Military 

 crimes arc submitted to special 

 councils, and to particular forms of 

 judgment. — 49. Particular laws shall 

 be made for the national transacti- 

 ons and respecting the civil oIBeers 

 of the state. 

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