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Minutes of each meeting of the Council of Revision give date and place, members present, and action by the Council on bills passed by the Legislature. Bills might be approved, or committed to one of the judges on the Council, or vetoed. When the Council disapproved a bill its objections are recorded in detail. The Secretary of State recorded the Minutes of the Council pursuant to Chapter 12 of the Laws of 1778.
Volume 5 of the present series includes a record of bills transmitted to the governor by the legislature and states his action on each one.
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