Measures were proposed by the stadholder, who represented the sovereign.

A request, for example, of pecuniary, accommodation, was made by that functionary or by the count himself in person.

The nobles then voted upon the demand, generally as one body, but sometimes by heads.

The measure was then laid before the burghers.

If they had been specially commissioned to act upon the matter; they voted, each city as a city, not each deputy, individually.