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Constitution of Hayti. 
Nevertheless, a soldier may be elected Senator, but thence¬ 
forth he ceases to exercise any military duty. 
Art. 73. Each Senator receives from the public treasury a 
salary, the amount of which is fixed by law. 
Art. 111. No Representative of the people can he imprisoned 
during the time that he holds his commission. 
Nevertheless, if a Representative discharge any public duty 
after the session, he can be prosecuted for acts of which he may 
be guilty, and that before the ordinary tribunals. 
Art. 182. The President of Hayti receives from the public 
treasury a salary, the amount of which is fixed by law. 
He resides at the National Palace at the capital. 
Art. 138. There will be from four to seven Secretaries of 
State, as the President of Hayti may judge necessary. Their 
departments will be fixed by the decree containing their nomi¬ 
nation. 
The duties of each department are determined by law. 
Art. 139. Each Secretary of State will receive an annual 
salary, the amount of which will be fixed by law. 
The amount of travelling expenses to be allowed to the 
Secretaries of State shall likewise be determined. 
Art. 167. Each year the Chambers pass : 1. The account of 
receipts and expenses, accompanied by vouchers of the preced¬ 
ing year for each department separately; 2. The general budget 
of the State, containing the statement of income, and the 
moneys proposed to be allotted for the year to each Secretary of 
State, for the business of his department. 
Nevertheless, no proposal, no amendment can be introduced 
into the budget to the end of reducing, or augmenting the 
salaries of the public functionaries, and the pay of the soldiers, 
already fixed by law. 
Art. 182. The National holidays are: that of the Inde¬ 
pendence of Hayti , the 1st January; that of T. T. Dessalines, 
the 2d January; that of Alexander Petion, the 2d April; that 
of Agriculture , the 1st May; that of Philip Guerrier, the 
