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shall, before they become laws, be presented to the said Council for their revisal and consideration; and if ... it should appear improper to the said Council, or a majority of them, that the said bill become a law of this State, that they return the same, together with their objections thereto in
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writing, to the Senate or House of Assembly, in whichsoever the same shall have originated, who shall ... proceed to reconsider the said bill." The bill could then be enacted as law, over the objections of the council, by a two-thirds majority in each house of the legislature.
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contained a similar Council of Revision for the national government. It would have been composed of the national executive (the President) and some number of the national judiciary, who jointly would have the power to
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Since the abolition of the Council of Revision, the power of veto to new legislation has been vested in the governor alone, whose veto can be overridden by a two-thirds majority in the state legislature.
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The whole number of bills passed by the legislature under this constitution was 6,590. The Council of Revision objected to 128, of which 17 were passed notwithstanding these objections.
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Sullivan, James; Williams, Melvin E.; Conklin, Edwin P.; Fitzpatrick, Benedict, eds. (1927).
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bills from the national legislature. Although this idea was repeatedly pressed for by
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of 1777, the legal body that revised all new legislation made by the
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of 1821. At the time of its abolition, the members were Governor
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The Constitution said that "all bills which have passed the
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The Council of Revision was composed by "the Governor, the
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Constitution
New York
New York State Legislature
New York State Constitutional Convention
Chancellor
Supreme Court
Senate
Assembly
New York State Constitutional Convention
DeWitt Clinton
James Kent
Ambrose Spencer
Joseph C. Yates
Jonas Platt
William W. Van Ness
John Woodworth
Constitutional Convention
Virginia Plan
veto
James Madison
James Wilson
judicial review
President
Alexander Hamilton
Federalist No. 69
Council of Appointment
History of New York State, 1523–1927
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