...In 1777 the state of New- York established this principle in her constitution ; but united it with a council of' revision, composed of the governor,...chancellor, and the judges of the supreme court,. to. whom all bills are submitted, after they have passed both houses of the legislature. In 178O the...

...In 1777 the state of New- York established this principle .in hep constitution ; but united it with a council of revision, composed of ,the governor, the chancellor, and the -judges of the supreme cpurt, to whom all bills are submitted, after they have passed both houses of the legislature. In 1730...

...impracticable, than the one just noticed, was that instituting a Council of Revision, or a body consisting of the governor, the chancellor, and the judges of the supreme court, by whom all acts of the legislature were to be revised, before they could become laws. Mr Morris was...

...reported by him ; Mr. Jay who had prepared it, being absent. Id. 833. t Lives of Jay and Morris, tupra. § Nehemiah, ch. iv. 18. visions which he regarded as...should be repassed by a vote of two-thirds of each house.H The constitution, after reciting that the opinion had long prevailed, among the people of New-York,...

...in other courts, judges and inferior magistrates, holding nt the pleasure of the appointing power. A- court of last resort and for the trial of impeachments,...should be repassed by a vote of twothirds of each house. former mode, if, after a full and fair experiment, it should be thought best so to do. But during...

...the Supreme Court. The Council of Revision was another peculiar feature of the Constitution. It was composed of the Governor, the Chancellor, and the Judges of the Supreme Court, or any two of them. All bills, before they became laws, were to be presented to the Council for their...

...passed by both branches, and sent to the council of revision. The council of revision was a body made up of the governor, the chancellor, and the judges of the supreme court of the State, and possessed that veto power which in many other States was given to the governor. To...

...other States from which they have heard. The State of New Jersey vests the pardoning power in a Board composed of the Governor, the Chancellor and the Judges of the Supreme Court, a Board which affects no secrecy as to its transactions, but keeps minutes of its proceedings. The...

...the constitution expressed it, another board, styled the council of revision was formed, consisting of the governor, the chancellor and the judges of the supreme court, who by a majority were empowered to negative the passage of any bill and prevent its becoming a law,...

...Constitution, or the public good, they placed the veto power in the hands of a council of revision, consisting of the Governor, the Chancellor, and the Judges of the Supreme Court. All bills passed by the Legislature were to be submitted to them, and their veto was absolute, unless...