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On July 4, 1845, a convention met in Austin to consider the annexation of Texas to the United States. At that time, the governmental records created in Washington-on-the-Brazos were transferred to Austin, creating a single archive. [18] A bronze statue of Angelina Eberly was placed on Congress Avenue in downtown Austin in the summer of 2004. [19]
The California Public Records Act (California Government Code §§6250-6276.48) covers the arrest and booking records of inmates in the State of California jails and prisons, which are not covered by First Amendment rights (freedom of speech and of the press). Public access to arrest and booking records is seen as a critical safeguard of liberty.
The Public Records Act (PRA) is a law of the U.S. state of Washington requiring public access to all records and materials from state and local agencies. [1] It was originally passed as a ballot initiative by voters in 1972 and revised several times by the state legislature. The definition of public records, especially concerning the state ...
New Jersey Open Public Records Act: N.J.S.A. §§ 47:1A-1 to 47:1A-13 2002 [42] Citizens of the state/commonwealth New Mexico Inspection of Public Records Act NMSA §§ 14-2-1 to 14-2-12 1993 [43] Any person New York New York Freedom of Information Law Pub. Off. §§ 84 to 90 1974 [44] Any person North Carolina North Carolina Public Records Law
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The State Records Act was primarily concerned with the financial records of the state government. [16] In 1979, the Supreme Court held in Lopez v. Fitzgerald [b] that while the Local Records Act requires the preservation of public records, it does not impose an obligation on agencies to allow access to those records. [18]
The city settled the case five days before they were due in court, and Ganz won the first public copies of the index to New York City marriage licenses for 1908–1929 on 48 rolls of microfilm. This was the first time that an American genealogist had ever successfully sued for the return of genealogical records to the public.
Efforts to separate the District's archives date to at least 1982 and were formalized with the D.C. Public Records Management Act of 1985. [4] [1] Philip W. Oglvie was made the original director of the office, and a National Archives employee named Dorothy S. Provine joined as D.C.'s first archivist.