GERMAN IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, THE. 



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The Erlanger syndicate, made up of Frank- 

 fort capitalists, owned the Alabama and Great 

 Southern road, and purchased the Brunswick 

 and Albany road of Georgia, the Vicksburg 

 and Shelbyville, and the Vicksburg and Me- 

 ridian roads, at a cost of $10,800,000. This 

 company will build 320 miles of new roads. 

 When completed, its system will stretch from 

 New Orleans to Chattanooga northward and 

 coastward, and from New Orleans to Bruns- 

 wick, Georgia. 



The Richmond and Danville syndicate con- 

 trols the organization of the Richmond and 

 Danville road, is interested in the Georgia Pa- 

 cific, and has bought the Columbia and Green- 



ville system of roads, aggregating 297 miles, 

 and costing $16,000,000; the Charlotte, Co- 

 lumbia and Augusta road, costing $1,300,000; 

 the Western and North Carolina road, costing, 

 with its extension, over $4,000,000, and $1,000,- 

 000 to finish it ; and the New York river road, 

 costing, with its extension, $1,500,000. The 

 company is now engaged in extending the 

 Northwestern road from Athens, Georgia, to 

 Knoxville, Tennessee, which will cost $4,000,- 

 000. 



The population of the State by counties, as 

 finally returned by the census of 1880, and as 

 compared with the returns of 1870, is as fol- 

 lows : 



(For the details of the Atlanta Exposition, 

 see EXPOSITION, INTERNATIONAL COTTON, AT- 

 LANTA.) 



GERMAN IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, 

 THE. This Parliament consists of the Bundes- 

 rath or Federal Council, and the Reichstag or 

 Diet of the Empire. The Federal Council rep- 

 resents the individual states of Germany, and 

 the Diet the German nation. The members of 

 the Federal Council, fifty-nine in number, are 

 appointed by the governments of the individual 

 states for each session, while the members of 

 the Diet, three hundred and ninety-seven in 

 VOL. xxi. 22 A 



number, are elected by universal suffrage for 

 the term of three years. Both bodies meet in 

 annual session, convoked by the Emperor. He 

 has the right to prorogue and dissolve the 

 Diet, but the prorogation must not exceed 

 sixty days ; while in case of dissolution new 

 elections must take place -within sixty days, 

 and a new session open within ninety days. 

 An absolute majority of both Houses is neces- 

 sary to pass all laws for the empire. The Fed- 

 eral Council is presided over by the Imperial 

 Chancellor, while the President of the Diet is 

 elected by the deputies. 



