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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 message 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 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 to trust to originals.