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| − | the principles assumed in the Report, would at once be avoided by adopting the construction given to the Constitution in the Governors | + | the principles assumed in the Report, would at once be avoided by adopting the construction given to the Constitution in the Governors Messages before referred to. The Secretary could in most cases without inconvenience, give certified copies of such acts & doings as either or both Houses should require, as the call would generally be for the purpose of information in regard to some particular matter. It can seldom happen that a call shall be the purpose of general examination, with a view of the discovery of casual errors or mistakes for the mere gratification of finding them. It may be expected in future, that it will be to obtain information desired by, & useful to, those who seek it. It is believed that the constitution contemplates definite information, rather than idle & indefinite examination; and it can as well be had by certified copies as by examination of the original Record. The same rule & reason apply to State records as to Judicial Records. Whenever it shall be "unsafe to trust copies" it will be unsafe also to trust to originals. |
| − | + | But when it shall become necessary to have an inspection of the Original records, other than is freely granted to every citizen, in the Secretary's office, - the Secretary can be requested to attend the House by himself or by his deputy as provided by Art. 5. Part. 3d Sect. 3. and submit the records for examination, still keeping them in his custody, (as contemplated by the Governors Message of the 9th) and, without permitting them to go out of his possession, return them again to his office certain of their security & safety. But he cannot "carefully keep & preserve" them when taken from his custody. | |
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But aside from the constitutional objections to which the Report is obnoxious, there are others of a character too serious to be lightly regarded. The undersigned protest against it because they deem it to be in its terms discourteous toward the Executive & inconsistent with the dignity which ought to be preserved by every legislative body. The Committee who reported it seem to have considered the call for the Records to have had no better object than that of searching for something with which to find fault. In that it is hoped they mistook the motives of those who sus- | But aside from the constitutional objections to which the Report is obnoxious, there are others of a character too serious to be lightly regarded. The undersigned protest against it because they deem it to be in its terms discourteous toward the Executive & inconsistent with the dignity which ought to be preserved by every legislative body. The Committee who reported it seem to have considered the call for the Records to have had no better object than that of searching for something with which to find fault. In that it is hoped they mistook the motives of those who sus- | ||
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the principles assumed in the Report, would at once be avoided by adopting the construction given to the Constitution in the Governors Messages before referred to. The Secretary could in most cases without inconvenience, give certified copies of such acts & doings as either or both Houses should require, as the call would generally be for the purpose of information in regard to some particular matter. It can seldom happen that a call shall be the purpose of general examination, with a view of the discovery of casual errors or mistakes for the mere gratification of finding them. It may be expected in future, that it will be to obtain information desired by, & useful to, those who seek it. It is believed that the constitution contemplates definite information, rather than idle & indefinite examination; and it can as well be had by certified copies as by examination of the original Record. The same rule & reason apply to State records as to Judicial Records. Whenever it shall be "unsafe to trust copies" it will be unsafe also to trust to originals. But when it shall become necessary to have an inspection of the Original records, other than is freely granted to every citizen, in the Secretary's office, - the Secretary can be requested to attend the House by himself or by his deputy as provided by Art. 5. Part. 3d Sect. 3. and submit the records for examination, still keeping them in his custody, (as contemplated by the Governors Message of the 9th) and, without permitting them to go out of his possession, return them again to his office certain of their security & safety. But he cannot "carefully keep & preserve" them when taken from his custody. But aside from the constitutional objections to which the Report is obnoxious, there are others of a character too serious to be lightly regarded. The undersigned protest against it because they deem it to be in its terms discourteous toward the Executive & inconsistent with the dignity which ought to be preserved by every legislative body. The Committee who reported it seem to have considered the call for the Records to have had no better object than that of searching for something with which to find fault. In that it is hoped they mistook the motives of those who sus-