When was the Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary died who proclaimed December Constitution?
December Constitution The December Constitution (German: "Dezemberverfassung") is a set of six acts that served as the constitution of the Cisleithanian half of Austria-Hungary. The acts were proclaimed by Emperor Franz Joseph on December 21, 1867 and functioned as the supreme law of the land until the collapse of the empire in 1918. Five of the Constitution's acts were replaced by the Federal Constitutional Law between 1918 and 1920; the sixth law, a bill of rights, is still in force.
Imperial Council (Austria) The Imperial Council (German: "Reichsrat" , Czech: "Říšská rada" , Polish: "Rada Państwa" , Italian: "Consiglio Imperiale" , Slovene: "Državni zbor" ) was the legislature of the Austrian Empire from 1861, and from 1867 the legislature of Cisleithania within Austria-Hungary. It was a bicameral body: the upper house was the House of Lords (German: "Herrenhaus" ), and the lower house was the House of Deputies (German: "Abgeordnetenhaus" ). To become law, bills had to be passed by both houses, signed by the government minister responsible, and then granted royal assent by the Emperor. After having been passed, laws were published in the "Reichsgesetzblatt" (lit. Reich Law Gazette). In addition to the Imperial Council, the fifteen individual crown lands of Cisleithania had their own diets (German: "Landtage" ).