They provided that the associations should be represented at the Conference in proportion to their size; that the members of the consultative Committee should no longer sit on the Council; and that instead of the twenty members of the Council nominated by the principal associations, who were said to attend little, the Council itself should add twelve persons to its number.
"The Government of England (Vol. I)"
A. Lawrence Lowell
The electoral colleges had the following powers: they nominated two candidates for each place vacant in the merely consultative councils of their respective areas, and had the equally barren honour of presenting two candidates for the Tribunate-the final act of selection being decided by the executive, that is, by the First Consul.
"The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)"
John Holland Rose
Thus inadequate was still the American military organization: Ward was too old and too weak to assume actual leadership, and we find two consultative bodies advising each other, with no responsible head.
"The Siege of Boston"
Allen French