Records (1897) of the Montana 5th Legislative Assembly consist of minutes to the Joint Committee to Investigate Charges of Corruption Made against Members of the House of Representatives and the Joint Committee to Investigate the Reform School at Miles City; minutes of Senate standing committees; and miscellany, including incoming correspondence and petitions (re Sunday closures of saloons; prohibition of licensed gambling; opposing reduction of salaries of court stenographers; advocating right to vote for women eligible to hold office; supporting free textbooks in the public schools; emendation of delinquent tax laws; advocating laws requiring banks to insure deposited funds; advocating law to allow co-owners of mining claims to work and develop the claim if the co-owners wish otherwise; advocating increase in predator animal bounty; and advocating two-year suspension of hunting of prairie chickens, deer, and antelope).