Report Of The Commission Appointed By The Governor Of The State Of New York Pursuant To Chapter 1025 Laws Of 1895

Author : Charles T. Saxton
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ISBN 13 : 9781331309444
Total Pages : 40 pages
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Download or read book Report of the Commission to Recommend Changes in Methods of Legislation written by Charles T. Saxton and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-13 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Report of the Commission to Recommend Changes in Methods of Legislation: Appointed by the Governor of the State of New York, Pursuant to Chapter 1025, Laws of 1895; Dated, November 30, 1895 The undersigned Commissioners, appointed by you, pursuant to Chapter 1025 of the Laws of 1895, to "investigate in relation to the organization and government of the Legislature, the introduction and progression of bills, and generally in relation to legislative business and methods," respectfully report: The title of the act under which the undersigned were appointed implies, in its terms, that the condition of legislation in the State of New York is such that recommendations of changes in the methods of legislation are necessary. The single legislative session of 1895 was productive of upwards of 1,045 Acts, requiring for their printing three large volumes of 3,250 pages. There can be no proper legislative need so great as to require in one year, for a single State, 1,045 new enactments. This vast bulk of legislation represents about one-third of the bills that commanded the attention of the Legislature, and bears witness, first, to the fact that probably a great number of these bills which became laws are needless, and some, probably, mischievous, and, second, that it is not physically possible for the members of the Legislature, under existing conditions, to carefully scrutinize or become cognizant of the measures before them. These evils have been manifest and have been constantly growing in dimensions. Therefore, to reduce, if possible, the number of the measures which come before the Legislature for its attention, and to subject those which make their appearance at the annual sessions to a proper scrutiny and consideration, have, for a number of years past, been the desirable ends had in view by legislative enactments, and even Constitutional Amendments. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.