re in reality municipalities and are essentially separate
from the rural counties in which they are situated. The governmental
system of the county comprises a council of twenty, composed half of
members chosen by the electors for six years and half of persons who
pay the highest taxes, together with an especially appointed committee
which serves as the local executive. At the head of the assembly is
the _foeispan_, or lord lieutenant, appointed by the crown. Legally,
the counties may withhold taxes and refuse to furnish troops, but
there is no popular representation in the true sense in the county
governments. The franchise is confined to the very restricted
parliamentary electorate. The subject races and the working classes
are unrepresented and the real possessors of power are the Magyar
landowners.

*560. Croatia, Slavonia, and Dalmatia.*--To the kingdom of Hungary
proper are attached certain _partes adnexae_ which enjoy a large
measure of political autonomy. Dalmatia, united to Hungary at the
beginning of the twelfth century, belongs _de jure_ to Hungary and _de
facto_ to Austria; Croatia and Slavonia belong both _de jure_ and _de
facto_ to Hungary.[707] Croatia and Slavonia, as Hungarian dominions,
have always possessed a peculiar status. They are inalienable portions
of the kingdom, and in all that pertains to war, trade, and finance
they are on precisely the same footing as any other part of the state.
In other matters, however, i.e., in religion, education, justice, and
home affairs generally, they enjoy a wide range of independent control.
The administration of common affairs is vested in the Hungarian
ministry, which must always contain a minister with the special
function of supervision of Croatian interests. In the parliament at
Budapest Croatia-Slavonia is represented by 40 members (sent from its
own diet) in the Chamber of Deputies and three members in the Chamber
of Magnates. These arrangements exist in virtue originally of an
agreement concluded between the Magyars and the Croats in 1868, and
they are closely analogous to the relationships established by the
Compromise of the previous year between Hungary and Austria. The
compact of 1868 was renewed upon several occasions prior to 1898, (p. 508)
since which time it has been intermittently under process of revision.
Among the Croats there has long been insistent demand for its
fundamental modification. The charge, in general, is that as at
present admi