Section III. The Federal Council
Art. 6
The Federal Council consists of the representatives of the members of the Federation, amongst which the votes are divided in such a manner that Prussia has, with the former votes of Hanover, Electoral Hesse, Holstein, Nassau, and Frankfurt, 17 votes,
Bavaria 6
Saxony 4
Württenberg 4
Baden 3
Hesse 3
Meclenburg-Schwerin 2
Saxe-Weimar 1
Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1
Oldenburg 1
Brunswick 2
Saxe-Meiningen 1
Saxe-Altenburg 1
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha 1
Anhalt 1
Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt 1
Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen 1
Waldeck 1
Reuss Elder Line 1
Reuss Younger Line 1
Schaumburg-Lippe 1
Lippe 1
Lübeck 1
Bremen 1
Hamburg 1
All together 58 votes.
Each member of the Federation can nominate as many plenipotentiaries to the Federal Council as it has votes, but the totality of such votes can only be given in one sense.
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