<P> The document vested executive power in three Consuls, but all actual power was held by the First Consul, Bonaparte . This differed from Robespierre's republic of c. 1792 to 1795 (which was more radical), and from the oligarchic liberal republic of the Directory (1795 - 1799), but resembled the autocratic Roman Republic of Caesar Augustus, a conservative republic - in - name, which reminded the French of stability, order, and peace . To emphasize this, the authors of the constitutional document used classical Roman terms, such as "Consul", "Senator" and "Tribune". </P> <P> The Constitution of Year VIII established a legislature of three houses, which was composed of a Conservative Senate of 80 men over the age of 40, a Tribunate of 100 men and a Legislative Body (Corps législatif) of 300 men . </P> <P> The Constitution also used the term "notables". The word "notables" had been in common usage under the monarchy; every Frenchman understood it, and it was comforting . It referred to prominent, "distinguished" men--landholders, merchants, scholars, professionals, clergymen and officials . The people in each district chose a slate of "notables" by popular vote . The First Consul, the Tribunate, and the Corps Législatif each nominated one Senatorial candidate to the rest of the Senate, which chose one candidate from among the three . Once all of its members were picked, it would then appoint the Tribunate, the Corps Législatif, the judges of cassation, and the commissioners of accounts from the slate of notables . </P> <P> Napoleon held a plebiscite on the Constitution on 7 February 1800 . The vote was not binding, but it allowed Napoleon to maintain a veneer of democracy . Lucien Bonaparte announced results of 3,011,007 in favor and 1,562 against the new dispensation . The true result was probably around 1.55 million for it, with several thousand against it . </P>

What were the provisions of france's new constitution of 1800