Landbote (MP)
Landbote (Polish Poseł (powiatowy) ) was the German name for a member of the second chamber of the Sejm ( Reichstag ) of the Polish-Lithuanian aristocratic republic , as well as the individual diets (e.g. in Polish-Prussia).
In the second chamber of the Polish Sejm there were around 170-190 aristocratic deputies (country messengers ) from the individual voivodships who had been sent by the local parliaments. In the country messenger rooms, the laws in the field of civil , criminal and tax law were passed after they had been deliberated by the Senate on royal submission.
The Senate, as the first chamber, consisted of the senators: the ministers with the Grand Marshal, the voivodes, the castellans, and the archbishops and bishops of Poland-Lithuania. This two-chamber system existed since 1493.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ General German Real Encyclopedia. Thirteenth volume. FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1847. p. 194
- ^ August Tecklenburg: Supplementary booklet for East and West Prussia . Hanover 1897, p. 15
- ^ Georg Friedrich von Cölln: Historical Archive of the Prussian Provincial Constitutions . Vol. 4-6, Berlin 1820, p. 131