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Constitution of Hayti. 
tribunals, their attributes, the rights and obligations of the mem¬ 
bers of these tribunals, and their length of service. 
154. The sittings of the tribunals are public, unless such 
publicity endangers public order and good morals; in this case, 
the tribunal declare this by a decree. 
155. The law regulates the mode of proceeding against the 
judges, in case of crimes or offences by them committed, either 
in the exercise of their functions or otherwise. 
CHAPTER IY. 
OP THE PRIMARY ASSEMBLIES OP COMMUNES, AND OP THE ELEC¬ 
TORAL COLLEGES OP ARRONDISSEMENTS. 
156. Every citizen above the age of twenty-one years has the 
right of vote in the primary assemblies, if he be moreover a 
landed proprietor, if he have the cultivation of a farm, or if he 
practise a profession, fill a public office, or follow any business 
defined by the electoral laws. 
157. To be a member of the electoral colleges, it is neces¬ 
sary to be twenty-five years of age, and be, besides, in one of 
the other positions mentioned in the preceding article. 
158. The primary assemblies have the right of meeting, by 
virtue of Article 52 of the Constitution, or on the convocation 
of the President of Hayti, in the case mentioned in Article 81. 
Their object is to appoint electors. 
159. The electoral colleges meet likewise in their own right, 
by virtue of Article 58 of the Constitution, or on the convoca¬ 
tion of the President of Hayti, in the case laid down in Article 
81. 
Their object is to name the representatives and their substi¬ 
tutes. 
160. The meeting of two thirds of the electors of an arron- 
dissement constitute an electoral college, and all elections are 
decided by the absolute majority of the votes of the members 
present and by ballot. 
