Scope and Contents From the Record Group: Common Council resolutions and reports began to be organized by a numbering system in Dec. 1932. Before that time the resolutions were kept folded up in chronological order, roughly by subject or Council committee (such as Parks, Judiciary, Fire, Police, etc.). This set of pre-1932 resolutions represents those labeled as Charter Amendments, and date from 1865-1911. These materials do contain some resolutions, but by and large are drafts and approved amendments to the city Charter by the...