Oaths of office of State officials, 1778-1997.

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Oaths of office of State officials, 1778-1997.

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This series consists of bound volumes and one box of unbound oaths of offices for a variety of public offices. The oaths of office contain the signatures of both elected and appointive officials and provide the name of official to be sworn in, a copy of the text of the oath, the date, title of office and the signatures of the official sworn in, the Secretary of the State and/or the public official authorized to administer the oaths. The formats of the volumes differ from one another reflecting changes in the administration of the oaths. Some of the earliest oaths are written on parchment sheets of varying sizes that were then bound into volumes. Later oaths were printed on forms and signed by the elected or appointed official. Four of the volumes in the series include oaths of office administered to each session of the legislature as a group. For the most part the volumes are arranged in chronological order with most of them containing some sort of an index (name or title of office).

50.8 cu. ft. (including 73 volumes)

New York State Archives

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Early commissions were recorded by the secretary of the Colony of New York. Chapter 12 of the Laws of 1778 appointed the secretary of state the clerk of the Council of Appointment. The 1821 state constitution abolished the council, and its powers were transferred to the governor. From the description of Record of commissions, dedimus potestatem, supersedeas, pardons, and other executive actions, 1770-1827. (New York State Archives). WorldCat record id: 82062017 The register ...