Montana Legislature (46th: 1979) records
Scope and Contents
Collection includes minutes of the Joint Select Committee on Employee Compensation; minutes of House Special Committee on Prisons and Water; minutes and reports of House and Senate standing committees, including a poll on the future of the Montana Children's Center at Twin Bridges; and House and Senate bills, resolutions, memorials, joint resolutions and memorials. The collection also contains miscellany material including a sponsor list.
Dates
- Creation: 1978-1979
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The Montana Historical Society is the owner of the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the Research Library before any reproduction use. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners.
Biographical / Historical
The Montana State Legislature is made up of two chambers, the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Constitution of Montana limits the size of the Senate to no fewer than 40 and no more than 50 members and the size of the House of Representatives to no fewer than 80 and no more than 100 members. Each house is responsible for choosing its officers, creating committees and establishing its own rules. The Montana Legislature meets for 90 days every odd numbered year, beginning the first Monday in January, or the following Wednesday if the first Monday is New Years Day. The first State Legislature convened on November 23, 1889, fifteen days after Montana became a state. Each following Legislature has been numbered sequentially.
The 46th Montana Legislature met from January 3rd to April 20th, 1979. The leaders of the Senate were William Mathers (R-President), Allen Kolstad (R-President Pro Tempore), Stan Stephens (R-Majority Leader), and Chet Baylock (D-Minority Leader). The leaders of the House were Harold Gerke (D-Speaker), Joe Brand (D-Speaker Pro Tempore), Ann Mary Dussault (D-Majority Leader), and Jack Ramirez (R-Minority Leader).
Sources: The Constitution of the State of Montana as adopted by the Constitutional Convention March 22, 1972, and as ratified by the people, June 6, 1972, referendum no. 68, http://leg.mt.gov/bills/mca_toc/Constitution.htm; "Organization of the Montana Legislature," The Montana Legislature, http://www.leg.mt.gov/css/About-the-Legislature/organization.asp; “Montana Legislative Leadership 1889 – Present” http://leg.mt.gov/css/About-the-Legislature/Facts-and-Statistics/leadership-through-history.asp
Extent
17 linear feet
Abstract
Collection contains records (1978-1979) of the Montana 46th Legislature including minutes of the Joint Select Committee on Employee Compensation; minutes of House Special Committee on Prisons and Water; minutes and reports of House and Senate standing committees, including a poll on the future of the Montana Children's Center at Twin Bridges; House and Senate bills, resolutions, memorials, joint resolutions and memorials; and miscellany.
Arrangement
The collection is organized into the four series, House and Senate Joint Committees, House of Representatives, Senate, and Miscellany.
The series House and Senate Joint Committees is organized into these three subseries, Joint Subcommittee Minutes (arranged alphabetically by committee name and thereunder chronologically), Joint Committee Minutes (arranged alphabetically by committee name and thereunder chronologically), and Special Joint Committee Minutes (arranged alphabetically by committee name and thereunder chronologically).
The series House of Representatives is organized into these eight subseries, House Standing Committee Minutes (arranged alphabetically by committee name and thereunder chronologically), House Special Committee Minutes (arranged alphabetically by committee name and thereunder chronologically), House Bills (arranged numerically by bill number), House Resolutions (arranged numerically by bill number), House Joint Resolutions (arranged numerically by bill number), Status Sheets of House Bills (arranged chronologically), House Journals (arranged chronologically), Subject Index to House Bills (arranged chronologically), and House Memorial Resolutions (arranged numerically by bill number).
The series Senate is organized into these nine subseries, Senate Standing Committee Minutes (arranged alphabetically by committee name and thereunder chronologically), Senate Bills (arranged numerically by bill number), Senate Resolutions (arranged numerically by bill number), Senate Joint Resolutions (arranged numerically by bill number), Senate Confirmation Resolutions (arranged chronologically), Status Sheets of Senate Bills (arranged chronologically), Senate Journals (arranged chronologically), Subject Index to Senate Bills (arranged chronologically), and Senate Memorial Resolutions (arranged chronologically).
Physical Location
52:2-4
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquisition information available upon request.
Processing Information
Bill Summers processed the collection in 1986.
- Title
- Guide to the Montana Legislature (46th: 1979) records, 1978-1979
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Bill Summers, 1986
- Date
- 2006
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Based On Dacs (Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition)
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Repository Details
Part of the Montana Historical Society, Research Center Archives Repository
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