ernmental system, 311;
composition, 312;
responsibility, 312-313;
frequency of changes, 313;
interpellation, 314.
--Multiple Candidature Act, 318.
--Napoleon III., proclaimed emperor, 299.
--National Assembly, of 1871-1875, 302-303;
of Third Republic, election of President, 309, 328;
amendment of constitution, 327-328.
--Orleanists, policies in 1871-1875, 303-304.
--Pacification, policy of, 330.
--Parliament, establishment of bicameral system, 315;
original form of Senate, 315-316;
composition and election to-day, 316-317;
composition of Chamber of Deputies, 317-318;
question of electoral reform, 319-324;
sessions, 325;
officers, 325;
committees, 326;
procedure, 326;
powers and functions, 327-329.
--Parliamentarism, 313.
--Parties, multiplicity, 312-313;
development after 1848, 329;
situation after 1876, 330;
rise of Radicals, 330;
the _bloc_, 331;
rise of Socialists, 330-331, 333-334;
elections of 1906, 331;
elections of 1910, 332;
changes since 1871, 333.
--Penal Code, 336.
--Prefect, creation in 1800, 343;
appointment and functions, 346.
--Premier, position and powers, 312.
--President, title created, 303;
occupants of the office, 308;
election, 308, 328;
term, 309;
qualifications, 309;
salary and privileges, 309;
powers, 309-311;
relation with ministers, 311-312.
--Procedure, in Senate and Chamber of Deputies, 326-327.
--_Procureur_, 327.
--Progressive Party, rise, 331.
--Proportional Representation, movement for establishment of, 320-324.
--Province, abolished, 342.
--Prussia, war with, 301.
--Radical Party, rise, 330;
ascendancy, 331.
--_Rallies_, 330.
--Republic, Second, 297-298;
Third established, 302-304.
--Republican Party, in 1848, 329;
control of Chamber of Deputies after 1876, 330.
--Right, in Chamber of Deputies, 332; present character, 333.
--Rivet Law, 302.
--Rouvier, ministry, 331.
--Sarrien, ministry, 331
--_Scrutin d'arrondissement_, established in 1820, 296;
re-established in 1889, 318;
proposed change from, 319-320.
--_Scrutin de liste_, established in 1817, 296;
election of senators by, 316;
advantages of, 319-320;
proposals to re-establish, 320-324.
--Senate, original form, 315-316;
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