 | United States. Division of Foreign Markets - Agriculture - 1895 - 880 pages
...Britain, and Prussia, when all the States of Europe recognized the autonomy of the Kingdom. GOVERNMENT. According to the constitution of 1831, Belgium is...King, the Senate, and the Chamber of Representatives. Tbe royal succession is in the direct male line in the order of primogeniture. The King's person is... | |
 | Henry Woldmar Ruoff - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1900 - 770 pages
...branches of engineering and technical chemistry, and a high school for agriculture in Vienna. BELGIUM. According to the Constitution of 1831 Belgium is "a...legislative power is vested in the King, the Senate, and <Ae Chamber of Representatives. The royal succession is in the direct male line in the order of primogeniture.... | |
 | Henry Woldmar Ruoff - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1900 - 708 pages
...and in 1887. According to this charter the Netherlands form a constitutional and hereditary monarchy. The royal succession is in the direct male line in the order of primogeniture ; in default of male heirs, the female line ascends the throne. In default of a legal heir, the successor... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1887 - 598 pages
...Among the Catholics there are 1,559 convents, with 24,672 inmates. Elementary education is general. Belgium is a constitutional, representative and hereditary...monarchy. The legislative power is vested in the king, the Chamber of Representatives, and the Senate. The present king is Leopold II., who was born April 9,... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1905 - 736 pages
...1887. Under this revised constitution the "Netherlands form a constitutional and hereditary monarchy." The royal succession is in the direct male line in the order of primogeniture; in default of male heirs, the female line ascends to the throne. In default of a legal heir, the successor... | |
 | Henry Woldmar Ruoff - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1906 - 744 pages
...branches of engineering and technical chemistry, and a high school for agriculture iu Vienna. BELGIUM. According to the Constitution of 1831 Belgium is "...Chamber of Representatives. The royal succession is iu the direct male line in the order of primogeniture. By marriage without the King's consent, however,... | |
 | Almanacs, American - 1911 - 988 pages
...died Dec. 17, 1909. Heir apparent, Prince Leopold, born Nov. 3, 1901. Prime Minister, M. Schollart By the constitution of 1831 Belgium is a constitutional,...monarchy. The legislative power is vested in the king, Senate, and Chamber of Representatives. Senators, 110 in number, are elected for eight years — one... | |
 | Selden Gale Lowrie - Budget - 1912 - 296 pages
...months.9 The sessions of the houses are public.19 The constitutional powers of the king are hereditary and the royal succession is in the direct male line in the order of primogeniture. Every act of the king, to be effective, must be countersigned by one of his ministers who thus assumes... | |
 | Joseph Walker McSpadden - Periodicals - 1912 - 1164 pages
...through a council of ministers, and a minister must countersign each royal act The power to legislate is vested in the King, the Senate, and the Chamber of Representatives. The Senate is composed of no members, elected for a term of eight years. Of these, 83 are elected directly... | |
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Constitution and Government. According to the Constitution of 1831, Belgium is ' a constitutional, representative, and hereditary monarchy.' The legislative power is vested in the King, the Chamber of Representatives, and the Senate. The royal succession... 
