chapter xii.: transitory arrangements.

Art. 112. The provisions of the codes, laws, and regulations, now in force, and which are not in contradiction with the present constitution, shall remain in force until otherwise provided by law.

Art. 113. All the authorities constituted by the present laws shall continue in the exercise of their present duties until the promulgation of the organic laws which relate to them.

Art. 114. The law of judiciary organization will determine the particular mode for the appointment and first composition of the new tribunals.

Art. 115. After the vote upon the constitution, the constituent national assembly shall proceed to draw up the organic laws, which shall be determined by a special law for that purpose.

Art. 116. The first election of a president of the republic shall take place in conformity with the special law passed by the national assembly on the 28th of October, 1848.