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178. The town of Port-au-Prince is the capital of the 
Republic and the seat of government. 
179. No oath can be administered except by virtue of the 
law. The form thereof is fixed by law. 
180. Every foreigner who happens to be on the territory of 
the Republic, enjoys the protection given to persons and goods, 
save the exceptions established by law. 
181. The law establishes a uniform system of weights and 
measures. 
182. The national holidays are, that of the Independence, 
the 1st January; that of Alexander Petion, the 2d April; 
that of Agriculture, the 1st May; that of Philip Guerrier, the 
30th June. 
The legal festivals are fixed by law. 
183. No law, no decree, or regulation of public administra¬ 
tion is binding, until published in the form prescribed by law. 
184. No place, no part of the Territory, can be declared in 
a state of siege, except in case of civil troubles, or of invasion 
impending, or effected, on the part of a foreign force. 
This declaration is to be made by the President of Hayti, 
and must be countersigned by all the Secretaries of State. 
185. The Constitution cannot be suspended, either in whole 
or in part. 
TITLE VII. 
OP THE KEVISION OP THE CONSTITUTION. 
186. If experience demonstrate the inconvenience of some 
of the measures of the Constitution, the proposal of a revision 
of these measures can be made in the usual form of the laws. 
187. If the Executive and the two Chambers agree upon the 
changes proposed in one session, the discussion of them shall 
be deferred to the session of the following year. And if, in 
this second session, the two Chambers again agree with the 
Executive upon the proposed changes, the new decrees adopted 
