Footnote 791: Art. 12. Dodd, Modern Constitutions, I., 268.[(Back)]
Footnote 792: Art. 34. Dodd, Modern Constitutions, I., 272. The status of the Faröe Islands is that of an integral portion of the kingdom, not that of a dependency. It is analogous to the status of Algeria in the French Republic. No other outlying Danish territory is represented in the Rigsdag.[(Back)]
Footnote 793: For details see Art. 37 of the constitution. Dodd, Modern Constitutions, I., 272.[(Back)]
Footnote 794: It is of interest to observe that Denmark was the first nation to make use of a system of proportional representation. The principle was introduced originally as early as 1855, in the constitution promulgated in that year, and it was retained through the constitutional changes of 1863 and 1866, although its application was restricted to the election of members of the upper chamber. An account of its introduction is contained in La représentation proportionnelle (Paris, 1888), published by the French Society for the Study of Proportional Representation.[(Back)]
Footnote 795: Art. 30. Dodd, Modern Constitutions, I., 271.[(Back)]
Footnote 796: Art. 53. Dodd, Modern Constitutions, I., 274.[(Back)]
Footnote 797: A group which, after the formation of the Deuntzer ministry, split off from the Conservatives in the upper chamber.[(Back)]
Footnote 798: The salient facts relating to the political history of Denmark since 1870 may be gleaned from the successive volumes of the Annual Register. Works of importance dealing with the subject include N. Neergaard, Danmarks Riges Historie siden 1852 (Copenhagen, 1909); H. Holm, Forligets förste Rigsdagssamling 1894-1895 (Copenhagen, 1895), and Kampen om Ministeriet Reedtz-Thott (Copenhagen, 1897); H. Barfod, Hans Majestaet Kong Christian IX. (Copenhagen, 1888); and A. Thorsöe, Kong Christian den Niende (Copenhagen, 1905).[(Back)]
Footnote 799: At the age of sixty-five they may be retired on full salary.[(Back)]
Footnote 800: Arts. 68-74. Dodd, Modern Constitutions, I., 276-277.[(Back)]