The world: historical and actual . of being a littletedious, it is proposed to givethe political institutions of thisdual kingdom, quoted, withsome condensation, from thatexcellent English Frederick Martin. Francis I., who reigned fromL792 to 1835, was the first Kaiser of Austria, and whenhis sou Ferdinand IV. abdicated in 1848 in favor ofFrancis Joseph, the latter became emperor-king. The present constitution dates, however, from1867. Eacli of the two countries, Austria and Hun-gary, has its own parliament, ministry and govern-ment, the connecting links being a common sov-ereign
The world: historical and actual . of being a littletedious, it is proposed to givethe political institutions of thisdual kingdom, quoted, withsome condensation, from thatexcellent English Frederick Martin. Francis I., who reigned fromL792 to 1835, was the first Kaiser of Austria, and whenhis sou Ferdinand IV. abdicated in 1848 in favor ofFrancis Joseph, the latter became emperor-king. The present constitution dates, however, from1867. Eacli of the two countries, Austria and Hun-gary, has its own parliament, ministry and govern-ment, the connecting links being a common sov-ereign, army, navy and diplomacy, together witha controlling body, known as the latter form a parliament of 120 members,equally divided between the two countries, the dele-gates being chosen by the lecal legislatures, the lat-ter bodies having two branches, substantially thesame as the senate and house of our local legislature or diet is called Reichstag, inHungary, Reichsrath in Austria. The delegations. FRANCIS JOSEPH I of each country sit in a body by themselves, pos-sessing co-ordinate authority and power, but if theycannot agree on measures when thus acting sepa-rately they meet as one body, and the final vote isbinding upon the entire empire. This imperial dietis confined in its jurisdiction to foreign affairs andwar. There are three ministers for the whole em-pire, namely the ministry of war, of foreign affairsand of finance. There is a ministry at Austriaand another at Hungary. The former consists ofthe Interior; Public Education, Justice and Eccle-siastical Affairs; Finance; Agriculture; Com-merce and National Hungarian departments,or executives, are, Presidencyof the Council; Finance;National Defense; MinistryNear the Kings Person; In-terior ; Education and PublicWorship; Justice; Commu-nications and Public Works;Agriculture, Industry and Com-merce ; and the Ministry ofCroatia and Slavonia. Theimperial cabinet is responsibleto th
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