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The three laft of thefe ftile themfelves the united taivns ; as EfzlinTen, Nordlingen.
Hall, Heilbronn^ Mem7mngen and Lindau are called the Jix correffonding
toians.
The \oTd{\\\^ o( Rechbcrg and the town oi Donarnvtrtb are indeed called
over at the Diet ; but the former of thefe is annexed to the manor oi Douau
Viertels, and of the latter the Elector of Bavaria is fovereign.
§. 4. The Princes fummoned to the Diet of the Circle are, the bifhop of
Coßanz and the duke of Wurtanberg, but the latter is fole dircdor : He
previoufly, however, communicates to the former the deliberations which
•are to come before the Circle;
The Diets of the Circle are commonly held
at Ulm, and in time of peace twice a year. Each of the five benches has
its diredor, but without any peculiar privilege above the reft of his order.
The diredors of the five benches fet their feals to all the recejfus^ or ads of
the Circle, and other difpatches. The bifliop of Coflanz is the perpetual
diredor of the bench of ecclefiaftical Princes, as the duke of Wurtember^ is
of that of the temporal Princes. The diredors of the benches of prelates
and counts are chofen only for life. JJlm, indeed, is perpetual diredor of
the bench of the Imperial towns, but Augsburg always votes firft.
The leiTer
afiemblies here confift always of ten States of the Circle, includinp- the two
Princes nominated thereto, who frequently meet during the general convention
of the Circle, when matters of too great prolixity for the general aficmbly
are to be difcufled ; and then they are filled the ordinary depiitaticn. The
chancery and record-office belonging to the Circle are at St'utgardt, the refidence
of the directory o{ Wurtember^.
§. 5. This Circle, as fituated towards France, is one of the anterior Circles
of the Empire as they are called, and it not only entered into an afibciation
with the Circle of Franconia at Nordlingen in the years 1691, and
1692 and 1700, but alfo with the other anterior Circles in the year 1697,
and in 1702 with thofe of the Vpper-Rhine, Palatinate, Aiißria and Franionia,
and afterwards frequendy renewed it. It has alfo frated Diets, in
conjundion with the Circles of Franconia and Bavaria, for the afi"aying of
coin. In the year 1681, the military force of the Empire, by a decree of
the Diet, was fettled in time of peace at 40,000 men, and the quota of
the Cjrcle of Sivabia alone came to 13 21 horfe, and 2707 foot. A like affefi"ment
was alfo pafled for the Circles of Upper-Saxony, Burgundy, Lciver-
Rhine, JVeftphalia and Lower-Saxony, with which it was alio put on an
equality in the year 1707 at the divifion of the 300,000 florins, which was
the fum granted for that purpofe, its proportion was rated at 31,271 florins
fifty-eight kruitzers, five deniers. The number of troops in this Circle conftantly
kept on foot confift of four regiments of infantry,
each compofed of
twelve companies, one regiment of dragoons and one of cuiraffiers, each
confifting of eight fquadron?. The commander of the Circle is ililed Gcneral-feldmarfhal.
Vol. V. Y §. 6. With
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