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838.011/83

The High Commissioner in Haiti (Russell) to the Secretary of State

[Extract]
Port au Prince, October 12, 1927.
[Received October 20.]
No. 1095

Sir: I have the honor to report that the proposed amendments to the Haitian Constitution of 1918, were passed by the Council of State on Wednesday, October 5, 1927, and were approved the same day by the President.

It appears, however, that the publication of Article 77 was, through negligence, omitted. It was, therefore, necessary to publish an extra edition of the Moniteur, under date of October 8, 1927, reciting anew the proposed amendments and including Article 77. A copy of the [Page 77] extra edition is herewith attached, as well as an English translation thereof.20

Referring to the amendments, it will be noted that they conform closely to the final draft as agreed upon.

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I have [etc.]

John H. Russell
  1. Not printed. The amendments to the Constitution were adopted by a popular plebiscite held Jan. 10–11, 1928. See Constitution de 1918 de la Republique d’Haiti, Amendee par le Plebiscite de 10 et 11 Janvier 1928 (Port au Prince, 1928)↩