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The Secretary of State of Justice and of Worship, took the 
floor* [prend la parole] and presented the following project of 
law, which project, he said, the Government has considered as 
a measure corollary to the one just submitted to you, inasmuch 
as it is destined to realize and facilitate its execution, with re¬ 
gard to the formalities required to become a Haytian citizen, 
and to enjoy immediately the benefits of emigration. 
Fabre Geefrard, President of Hayti, 
On the report of the Secretary of State of Justice, and by 
the advice of the Council of Secretaries of State, 
Considering that prompt action is demanded in behalf of 
those who possess the required qualifications to become Haytians, 
in order to enable them with facility to enter into the immediate 
enjoyment of the rights attached to naturalization, 
Proposes the following law: 
Article 1. Article 14 of the civil code is modified as 
follows: 
“ All those, who by virtue of the Constitution, are able to 
“ acquire the rights of Haytian citizens, must, during the first 
“month of their arrival in the country, before the Justice of 
“the Peace of their residence, and in presence of two well- 
“ known citizens, make a declaration to the effect that they 
“ come with the intention of settling in the Republic. They 
“ will, at the same time, before the Justice of the Peace, take 
“ oath that they renounce every other country save Hayti.” 
Art. 2. Provided with the duplicate of the verbal process 
of the Justice of the Peace, setting forth their declaration that 
they come to settle in the Republic, and their taking of the 
oath, they will present themselves at the offices of the President 
of Hayti, to receive an act from the Chief of the State, recog¬ 
nizing them as citizens of the Republic. 
Art. 3. The present law annuls all laws or measures which 
are contrary to it, and shall be executed with dispatch by the 
Secretary of State for Justice. 
