The ſovereignty reſides in the little and grand councils
The ſenate, or little council of twenty-five, has the executive power.
The great council, comprizing the ſenate, has the legiſlative, and finally decides appeals.
The burgomaſters are the chiefs of the republick, and alternately preſide in both councils.
Beſides theſe there are, the ſecret council, of ſeven of the higheſt officers; the chamber of juſtice, of twenty-five, including the preſident; the prætorian chamber, of thirteen, including the preſident; the. conſiſtory, of nine; and the chamber of accounts, of nine. The city has ten bailliwicks ſubject to it.
THE CITY OF MULHOUSE.
The ſovereign is the city: the ſovereignty reſides in the little and the grand council. The leſſer council is compoſed of twenty-tour perſons; viz. three burgomaſters, who preſide by turns, each one ſix months, nine counſellors, and twelve tribunes, who ſucceed by election, and are taken from the grand council.
The grand council is compoſed of ſeventy-eight, viz, the twenty-four of the leſſer council, thirty-ſix members of the tribes, ſix from each, and eighteen taken from the body of the citizens, and elected three by each one of the ſix tribes.
THE CITY OF BIENNE.
The republick of Bienne contains leſs than ſix thouſand ſouls.
