The modern world, from Charlemagne to the present time; with a preliminary survey of ancient times . e grantedcould be recalled only with consent of the Bundesrath. 775. The Bundesrath. — That body was really an assemblyof the delegates, or ambassadors, of the various sovereigns ofthe Empire. It consisted of sixty-one members appointed bythe executives of the different states in fixed proportions. Prus-sia had seventeen, seventeen of the smaller states had one each ;and the other eight states had from two to six each. Thesedelegates were usually instructed; that is, they voted in a bodyeither
The modern world, from Charlemagne to the present time; with a preliminary survey of ancient times . e grantedcould be recalled only with consent of the Bundesrath. 775. The Bundesrath. — That body was really an assemblyof the delegates, or ambassadors, of the various sovereigns ofthe Empire. It consisted of sixty-one members appointed bythe executives of the different states in fixed proportions. Prus-sia had seventeen, seventeen of the smaller states had one each ;and the other eight states had from two to six each. Thesedelegates were usually instructed; that is, they voted in a bodyeither in favor of or against a measure as they were told to doby the government of the state they represented. Since thisbody practically initiated all legislation and since it framed thebudget, it was really the most important branch of the legis-lature, and the Reichstag was practically limited to acceptingor rejecting Bundesrath measures. But the Bundesrath was more than that. Its powers werepartly executive. From its members were formed some of the THE GERMAN E3fPIRE1871-1914 SCALE OF MILES 10 n.
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