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101

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New York (State). Legislature. Assembly. Committee on Environmental Conservation

 

 

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This series contains records relating to activities of the Assembly Standing Committee on Environmental Conservation. The records include copies of outgoing correspondence; reports and papers on an investigation into the involvement of organized crime in the waste disposal industry; files on solid waste .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

102

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New York (State). Legislature. Senate. Office of the Majority Leader

 

 

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This series consists of files of Ronald W. Pedersen, and include memorandums, draft proposals, unpublished reports, and other documents relating to legislative program proposals prepared for the Senate Majority Leader..........

 

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New York State Archives

 

103

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New York (State). Legislature. Assembly

 

 

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This series contains a record of the progress of selected bills introduced in the Assembly during legislative session. The booklets track bills from introduction to final disposition. Information recorded includes a brief description of the bill, name of Assembly member who introduced it, introductory .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

104

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New York (State). Counsel to the Governor

 

 

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"Jackets" or files documenting the governor's legislative decision-making process were compiled by the Counsel to the Governor and include records relating to each bill passed by the legislature and sent to the governor for approval. The jackets are comprised mainly of memoranda and correspondence to .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

105

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New York (State). Department of State. Bureau of Miscellaneous Records

 

 

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This series contains the original, signed and engrossed acts passed by the State Legislature beginning in the year 1778. Each law contains the text of the bill, the signatures of the speaker of the Assembly, president of the Senate , and the governor with date signed. On the reverse of the final page .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

106

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New York (State). Department of State. Bureau of Miscellaneous Records

 

 

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This series consists of legislative resolutions adopted by both the New York State Senate and Assembly..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

107

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New York (State). Department of State. Bureau of Miscellaneous Records

 

 

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This series consists of certified copies of laws passed by cities, counties, towns, and villages. Each document includes a certified copy of the law and a page giving the name of the municipality, title of law, and its number. The physical form of the laws varies greatly. The laws are arranged alphabetically .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

108

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New York (State). Temporary State Commission on Revision of the Civil Service Law

 

 

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This series provides detailed information on the Commission's work, the operation of the civil service law and system in New York and also serves as a source of background data on civil service law reform. Records include memoranda; recommendations by government officials; research studies on topics .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

109

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New York (State). Commission on Pensions

 

 

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This series documents the commission's work, retirement and pension legislation, issues concerning retirees and older workers, and the general development of public employee pensions and retirement systems in New York. The minutes document the commission's discussions and actions. Legislative memorandums .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

110

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New York (State). Secretary of State

 

 

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These minutes provide the date, place, members present, and actions by the council on bills passed by the legislature. Bills were approved, committed to one of the judges on Council, or vetoed. Objections to disapproved bills were recorded in detail..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

111

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New York (State). Legislature

 

 

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This series consists of "An act to revise the charter of the city of Buffalo," S. 191/A. 498, 1890, and Governor David B. Hill's veto memorandum of this bill. The bill (224 pp.) would have provided a system of municipal checks and balances by the creation of aldermen-at large and city councilmen. It .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

112

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New York (State). Provincial Congress

 

 

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These statements verify the election of representatives to the first and second Provincial Congress. They provide the name of the delegate(s) elected; scheduled date, location, and purpose of congress to which elected; signature of town clerk or other official; and sometimes the date signed. These records .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

113

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New York (State). Legislature. Joint Legislative Committee on Housing

 

 

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This series details financial activities of the banking and insurance industries under investigation related to availability of funds for mortgages and housing investments. The volumes contain charts revealing the patterns of investment of those industries..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

114

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New York (Colony). Council

 

 

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This series consists of a draft version of a small amount of minutes of the legislative and executive sessions of the Council of the Colony of New York. The Council shared executive and legislative powers with the governor. Minutes include laws, orders, and resolutions concerning establishment and organization .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

115

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New York (State). Legislature

 

 

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These petitions submitted by localities, citizens, organizations, and businesses, request legislative action on topics such as women's suffrage; liquor licensing and prohibition; division of counties; banking practices; and manufacturing duties. Access to records is restricted due to extensive burn .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

116

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New York (Colony). Council

 

 

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This series contains bills passed by the colonial legislature and signed into law. Each engrossed bill contains the text of the bill, signatures of the Assembly speaker and Governor, dates of passed and signed, bill number, a short title, date bill was sent to the Council, and notes by the Council secretary .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

117

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New York (State). Governor

 

 

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Staff of the governor's office maintained these volumes to facilitate access to information about legislative bills recorded in Series A0595, Registers of Titles of Bills Received by the Governor. For each bill, the index volumes include subject of the bill; explanation; Senate or Assembly printed bill .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

118

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New York (State). Comptroller's Office. Land Tax Bureau

 

 

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This series contains rough drafts of laws on assessment and collection of taxes presumably made for the Revised Statutes published in 1829..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

119

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New York (State). Secretary of State

 

 

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This copy of the proposed United States Constitution and of the ratification instrument was engrossed by order of the Poughkeepsie Convention, July 26, 1788. It consists of seven folio parchment sheets bearing the text of the Constitution and of the "Declaration of Rights, Ratification of the Constitution .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

120

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New York (State). Provincial Congress

 

 

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This series contains depositions, correspondence, accounts, instructions, and minutes of committees of the Provincial Congress. Subjects include raising, paying, and supplying troops; instructions to military commanders and militia; requests for exemption from military service; desertion of soldiers; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives