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which gave the Reich chancellor full authority over the state. The State
Council was thereby definitively deprived of its co-legislative and co-executive functions. Following the elections to the provincial parliaments held the same month, the Nazis secured a majority of seats in the State Council.
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Council was composed of members delegated by the provincial parliaments. Any male citizen over the age of 25 could be elected. The number of representatives from a province depended on its population; each province generally sent at least 3 representatives (with the exception of the
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therefore did not provide for one. A revival was attempted with the decree of 12 January 1852 that re-established the
Council, but it found no proper place for itself in a state with a constitution. A second attempt to revive it in 1884, along with the transfer of the chairmanship to
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was an important institution within the
Prussian executive, but its importance dwindled with the development of constitutionalism. The Council produced expert opinions and made recommendations. Decision-making power, however, rested solely with the king and cabinet.
815:, which gave the Nazi Party the most seats but not enough to form a viable coalition with any other parties, also largely deprived the State Council of its ability to function. Legislative and budgetary decisions could no longer be implemented. In the
850:, Reich President Hindenburg by emergency decree unlawfully stripped Braun of his remaining powers on 6 February 1933 and replaced him with von Papen. Adenauer remained in office. A meeting of the three-man body that was necessary to dissolve the
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Adenauer left the room before the vote, probably convinced that he had made it legally impossible to pass a resolution. Papen and Kerrl interpreted
Adenauer's action as an abstention and decided to dissolve the
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and its actions until the early 1930s. Adenauer took his case to the State Court for the German Reich in 1922. The court reached a settlement in 1923 after
Adenauer had withdrawn a large part of his demands.
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a voice in the legislative process. The
Council had an indirect right to introduce legislation, could object to bills passed by the Reichstag and had to approve expenditures that exceeded the budget.
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in Berlin. After World War II, the building housed part of the East German
Academy of Sciences. Since 2000, the building, renovated and again with an assembly chamber, has served as the seat of the
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Prussian ministers and certain other holders of public office) and those awarded the title of state councilor (
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Adenauer, the president of the State Council, had significant reservations about the state government and its ministers. He thought that under Minister President
896:, the Party's Reich organization leader, to succeed Adenauer. The Prussian "Law on the State Council" of 8 July 1933 dissolved the State Council in its previous form.
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About one month after the provincial parliamentary elections, the elections for the members of the Prussian State Council were held by the provincial parliaments.
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River. A rivalry thus developed between the two politicians and their respective state bodies which led the State Council to take a blockading stance towards the
465:. All state expenditures that exceeded the budget required the approval of the State Council. It also had an indirect right of initiative: proposals went to the
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The State Council was convened by its president at the request of all the representatives of a province, of one-fifth of all members, or of the State Ministry.
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With the push towards a constitution and the associated demand for separation of powers, the continued existence of the State Council came into question. The
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took place shortly afterwards. It consisted of the president of the
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1268:] (in German). Books on Demand. 2016. pp. 63–65.
1233:] (in German). Hamburg: Diplomica Verlag. p. 86.
1043:] (in German). Heidelberg: R. v. Decker. p. 145.
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1299:] (in German). Cologne: Böhlau Verlag. p. 286.
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991:] (in German). Berlin: De Gruyter. p. 1024.
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