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THE STANDARD DICTIONARY OF FACTS 



plishing his eighteenth year. The Crown is he- 

 reditary in the male line, according to primogeni- 

 ture. In the exercise of the government, the 

 king is assisted by a council of ministers, ap- 

 pointed by roval decree. The legislative author- 

 ity the king snares with a representative assem- 

 bly, the landtag, composed of two chambers, the 

 first called the "Herrenhaus," or house of lords, 



and the second the "abgeordnetenhaus," or 

 chamber of deputies. The assent of the king and 

 both chambers is requisite for all laws. Finan- 

 cial projects and estimates must first be sub- 

 mit ted to the chamber of deputies, and be either 

 accepted or rejected en bloc by the Herrenhaus. 

 I The right of proposing laws is vested in the 

 i government and in each of the chambers. 



POPULAR VOTE FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT 



FROM 1789 TO 19O4 



Strictly speaking, there is no popular vote for President and Vice-President ; the people vote for 

 electors, and those chosen in each State meet therein and vote for the candidates for President 

 and Vice-President. The record of any popular vote for electors prior to 1824 is so meager and 

 imperfect that a compilation would be useless. In most of the States, for more than a quarter 

 century following the establishment of the Government, the State Legislatures " appointee! " the 

 Presidential electors, and the people therefore voted only indirectly for them, their choice being 

 ex pressed by their votes for members of the Legislature. In this tabulation only the aggregate 

 electoral votes for candidates for President and Vice-President in the first nine quadrennial elec- 

 tions appears. 



