A National Council will be organized to represent the German States in national legislation and administration.
ARTICLE 61
In the National Council each State has at least one vote. In the case of the larger States one vote is accorded for every million inhabitants. Any excess equal at least to the population of the smallest State is reckoned as equivalent to a full million. No State shall be accredited with more than two-fifths of all votes.
[German-Austria after its union with the German Commonwealth will receive the right of participation in the National Council with the number of votes corresponding to its population. Until that time the representatives of German-Austria have a deliberate voice.][71]
The number of votes is determined anew by the National Council after every general census.
ARTICLE 62
In committees formed by the National Council from its own members no State will have more than one vote.
ARTICLE 63
The States will be represented in the National Council by members of their Cabinets. Half of the Prussian votes, however, will be at the disposal of the Prussian provincial administrations in accordance with a State law.