Excerpt from Education in the Netherlands and in Italy The first constitution of the Netherlands after its reconstruction as a kingdom was adopted in 1815 and revised in 1848 and 1887. By Virtue of this charter the Netherlands is a constitutional hereditary monarchy. The executive power of the State belongs exclusively to the Sovereign, while the whole legislative authority rests conjointly in the Sovereign and Parliament, the latter consisting of two chambers, called the states-general. The Upper or First Chamber is composed of 50 mem bers, elected by the 11 States from the highest assessed inhabitants and from certain high and important officials specified by law. The Second Chamber of the states-general numbers 100 deputies and is elected directly from among all the male citizens who are 30 years of age and are not deprived by judicial sentence of their eligibility or the administration and the disposal of their property. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.