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Constitution of Hayti. 
The law determines who are the agents responsible for the 
violation of the secrecy of letters confided to the post. 
41. The use of languages used in Hayti, is optional; it can 
be regulated only by law, and only for the acts of public 
authority, and for judicial matters. 
42. Public debts contracted either at home or abroad, are 
guaranteed. The Constitution places them under the safeguard 
and loyalty of the nation. 
TITLE III. , 
OF SOVEREIGNTY AND THE EXERCISE OF THE POWERS DERIVED 
THEREFROM. 
48. National sovereignty resides in the total number of 
the citizens. 
44. The exercise of this sovereignty is delegated to three 
powers. 
Those three powers are: the legislative, the executive, and 
the judicial. 
45. Each power is independent of the other two in its 
attributes, which it exercises separately. None of them can 
delegate its authority or overstep the boundaries assigned to it. 
Each of the three powers is responsible for its own acts. 
46. _ The legislative authority is exercised collectively by the 
chief of the executive and by two representative chambers, the 
chamber of deputies and the senate. 
47. The executive authority is delegated to one citizen, who 
assumes the title of President of Hayti. 
48. The judicial authority is exercised by a court of appeal, 
and other civil tribunals. 
49. Each public functionary is personally responsible for his 
own acts. 
A law will be passed to regulate the mode of proceeding 
against public functionaries for misconduct during their 
administration. 
