485-488;
in Hungary, 506-507;
in Holland, 532-533;
in Belgium, 550-551;
in Denmark, 569;
in Norway, 588;
in Sweden, 601;
in Spain, 627-628;
in Portugal, 638-639, 646.

Alsace-Lorraine, original organization, 282;
the Landesausschuss, 283;
movement for autonomy, 284;
bill of 1910, 285;
present governmental system, 286-287.

_Ausgleich_. See Austria-Hungary.

Austria:--
--_Abgeordnetenhaus_, composition, 466;
electoral system to 1873, 466-467;
Taaffe bill of 1893, 467-468;
electoral law of 1896, 468;
electoral law of 1907, 469-471;
electoral qualifications and procedure, 471-472;
sessions and procedure, 472-473;
powers, 473-474.

--Administration, of province, 485-487;
of commune, 487-488.

--Amendment, of constitution, 461.

--_Ausgleich_, established, 458-459;
and political parties, 475-476;
nature, 509.

--Babenbergs, 442.

--Badeni, electoral bill, 468;
ministry, 479.

--Beck, carries electoral reform, 469-470.

--Bienerth, ministry, 482.

--Bohemia, language question in, 480.

--Charles V., 443.

--Christian Socialist Party, 483.

--Citizens, rights of, 462.

--Civil list, 464.

--Commune, organization, 487-488.

--Constitution, promulgated in 1848, 454;
abrogated, 455;
experiments of 1860-1861, 456-457;
texts, 460;
style of government, 460-461;
amendment, 461.

--Courts, ordinary, 483-484;
administrative, 484-485.

--Crown. See Emperor.

--Diet, provision for in constitution of 1848, 454.

--Diploma of 1860, 456.

--Elections, original system, 466;
law of 1873, 467;
Taaffe bill of 1893, 467-468;
law of 1896, 468;
law of 1907, 469-471;
qualifications and procedure, 471-472;
of 1901, 481;
of 1907, 481-482;
of 1911, 482-483.

--Emperor, status, 463;
powers, 464;
relation with ministries, 464.

--Franchise, law of 1873, 467;
Taaffe bill of 1893, 467-468;
law of 1896, 468;
law of 1907, 469-471;
present system, 471-472.

--Francis I., proclaimed emperor of Austria, 445.

--Francis Joseph I., accession, 455;
constitutional projects, 456-457;
and Compromise of 1867, 459;
encourages electoral reform, 469.

--Gautsch, promises electoral reform, 469;
ministries, 480-481.

--German Liberal Party, rise, 476;
rule, 47