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Constitution of Hayti. 
107. The Senate has the right of approving or rejecting 
treaties of peace, alliance, neutrality, commerce, and other in¬ 
ternational conventions agreed to by the Executive. 
Nevertheless, all treaties stipulating sums chargeable to the 
Republic, must bo likewise submitted to the sanction of the 
Chamber of Representatives. 
108. The Senate gives or refuses its approbation to projects 
of declaration of war submitted to it by the Executive. 
It can, under serious circumstances, and upon the proposal 
of the Executive, authorize the momentary removal of the seat 
of government to another place than the capital. 
109. No one can present petitions in person to the Cham¬ 
bers. 
Each Chamber has the right to refer to the Secretaries of 
State the petitions addressed to it. The Secretaries of State 
may be invited to explain their contents, if the Chamber think 
fit, and if the Secretaries of State, being called upon, do not 
consider such publicity likely to compromise the interest of the 
State. 
110. The meJhbers of the legislative body cannot be excluded 
from the Chamber to which they belong, or at any time called 
to account, accused, or tried, for opinions or votes pronounced 
by them in the exercise of their functions. 
111. No member of the Chamber of Representatives can be 
arrested, during the session, or within the six weeks which shall 
precede or follow it. / 
Within the same delay, no member of the Chamber of Rep¬ 
resentatives can be prosecuted or arrested for matters criminal, 
correctional, or of police, (except in case of notorious criminal 
offence,) until the Chamber shall have permitted his prosecu¬ 
tion. 
112. No Senator is liable to apprehension during his con¬ 
tinuance in office. 
A Senator cannot be prosecuted or arrested for matters crimi¬ 
nal, correctional, or of police, while in office, (except in case 
