Mr. Secretary of State: In pursuance of
instructions received from my Government I have the honor herewith to
transmit to you a copy of the decree of the National Constituent
Assembly, bearing date of December 16, 1888, whereby General Francois
Denys Légitime was elected President of the Republic of Hayti for seven
years.
[Inclosure.—Translation.]
| Liberty. |
Equality. |
Fraternity. |
republic of
hayti.—decree.
The National Constituent Assembly, in view of the decree of the
central revolutionary committee, bearing date of August 23, 1888,
hereby decrees as follows:
- Art. I. General Francois Denys
Légitime is elected President of the Republic of Hayti for
seven years.
- Art. II. He shall enter upon the
discharge of the duties of his office on the day of his
taking the oath provided by the constitution, which shall be
done in presence of the Assembly on Tuesday, the 28th day of
December, 1888, at 10 o’clock a. m.
This decree shall be published, printed, and posted throughout the
Republic.
Done at the hall of the National Constituent Assembly at Port au
Prince this 16th day of December, 1888, the eighty-fifth year of
Haytian independence.
Solon Ménos, J. T. Lafontant, Tribonien St. Juste, Stephen Archer,
Cadet Claude, Numa Rabel, Filsaiimé St. Fleur Pierre, Justin Carrié,
Annulysse André, Diogéne Délmeis, P. Goudré, Moliére Barthélmy, B.
Dufaual, Pétion Lochard, D. T. Fédé, Duroc Donat, Clernaux
Chasssagne, Jean Baptiste N. Débrosse, Henry Legagneur, Smanazar
Alcégaire, D. Maignan, Redon Richard, M, Sylvain Ulysse Nicolas
Mondésir, François N. Thevénin Salmon, fils, Pluviose, Coriolan
Youance, Israel, N. Numa, Raphaël Lubin, Lacroix Lubin, Alexandre
Casimir, Julien A. Jean Baptiste, Périclès Flambert, Isaac Pardo
Jeune, Jean Baptiste Nelson Tassy, Georges Lacombe, F. Pauvo, T. Jn.
Baptiste, Sévigné Loubeau.
- Clérié,
President
- Jérémie,
- G. Labastílle,
Secretaries.
