Editorial note — Chapter VIII · : The Federal Constitution—Part II
Henry Reeve translation
s [ The sums annually paid by the State to these officers amount to 200,000,000 fr. ($40,000,000).]
t [ This number is extracted from the “National Calendar” for 1833. The “National Calendar” is an American almanac which contains the names of all the Federal officers. It results from this comparison that the King of France has eleven times as many places at his disposal as the President, although the population of France is not much more than double that of the Union.