"Provisional State Council" and "Provisional Government" - All Protocol Booklets - 1948-1949

Two volumes of protocols of the "Provisional Government" meetings and the "Provisional State Council" meetings. Tel Aviv: Government printer, "New printing press", 1948-1949. Hebrew.
All booklets, recording four meetings of the "Provisional Government" and forty meetings of the "Provisional State Council" (May 1948 until February 1949). Enclosed is the booklet "Gilyon Minhelet Ha'am, Zavim Vehoda'ot" (Tel Aviv, May 10, 1948).
The protocols contain legislation and thorough discussions concerning the nature of the new state, as well as resolutions and discussions concerning emergency matters. Among the discussed topics: "Pekudat Hesderey HaShilton veHaMishpat" (first legislation in the State of Israel), ruling of a six-day working week and Saturday as a day of rest (constituting the Jewish nature of the State), "Emergency Regulations", discussions about Altalena, State of Israel emblem, the Constituent Assembly Order, and more. The provisional councils existed between May 1948 and February 1949, and served as a transitional link between the mandatory government and "Knesset Israel".
On the title page of the thirtieth meeting protocol appears a signature by Ze'ev Sherf, secretary of the council.
Volumes 24 cm, overall good condition. Some stains. Binding of second volume is partly detached. Bindings are slightly worn.