Guadeloupe  and  its  dependencies  are  entitled  to  send  a  senator  and
deputy  to  the  councils  of  France;  the  senator  is  elected  by  the  general
council  and  a  delegation  of  all  and  each  of  the  town  councils.  The  deputy
is  elected  by  universal  suffrage.
The  governor  and  all  heads  of  departments  are  appointed  by  the  home
government.
QUALIFICATIONS  FOR  VOTING.
Every  Frenchman  having  attained  the  age  of  twenty-one  years  and
enjoying  civil  and  political  rights  is  eligible  and  has  a  right  to  vote;  he
must,  however,  reside  six  months  in  the  town  or  city  wherein  the  election
takes  place.
NOT  ELIGIBLE.
Those  condemned  for  outrage  against  public  morals;  religion,  or  having
been  condemned  to  more  than  three  months'  imprisonment;  notaries,
recorders,  and  ministerial  officers  whose  commissions  have  been  taken
from  them ;  vagabonds  and  mendicants ;  those  condemned  for  gambling
and  usury;  insane  persons ;  those  who  have  failed  in  business  and  have
not  been  exonerated ;  those  condemned  to  more  than  one  month's  im-
prisonment for  rebellion,  outrage,  and  violence  against  those  holding
public  authority  or  force;  for  outrage  against  a  juror  on  account  of  his
functions,  or  against  a  witness  on  account  of  his  testimony ;  for  infringe-
ment of  the  law  concerning  mobs,  and  the  law  against  public  and  pri-
vate meetings,  and  for  infringement  on  the  law  of  huckster,  cannot  be
allowed  to  figure  on  the  electoral  list  for  five  years  from  the  expiration
of  their  terms  of  punishment.
Electoral  lists  are  revised  annually.
Those  who  have  used  violence  against  government  functionaries  can-
not be  elected  as  members  of  the  general  council.
PUBLIC  MEETINGS.
