Montana Historical Society Archives
LR 31
Montana. Legislative Assembly.
Montana Legislative Assembly (31st: 1949) records
1946-1951
1 linear feet of shelf space
Collection contains records (1946-1949) of the Montana 31st
Legislative Assembly including the minutes of House Special Committee to Investigate the
Montana Liquor Control Board; minutes of House and Senate standing committees; House and
Senate bills, resolutions, memorials, joint resolutions and memorials; and miscellany.
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English
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 31st Montana Legislature met from January 3rd to March 3rd, 1949. The leaders of the Senate were Paul Cannon (D-President), and G.M. Moss (R-President Pro Tempore and Majority Leader). The leaders of the House were Leo Graybill (D-Speaker), N.A. Peterson (D-Speaker Pro Tempore), and Henry Loble (D-Majority 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, "A GUIDE TO THE MONTANA LEGISLATURE," The Montana Legislature,; “Montana Legislative Leadership 1889 – Present”.
The collection includes the minutes of House Special Committee to Investigate the Montana
Liquor Control Board; minutes of House and Senate standing committees; House memorials (re
revision of Federal Housing Act; and construction of custom smelter for small independent
mines); House joint resolutions (re alleviation of shortage of tubular goods and steel in
the petroleum industry; and use of publicly constructed power plants for public benefit);
and Senate Joint Resolutions. The collection also contains miscellany material including a
report on "Teachers Retirement System of the State of Montana" and the Senate Labor and
Capital Committee list of members.
The collection is organized into four series, House and Senate Joint Committees, House of Representatives, Senate, and Miscellany (arranged alphabetically).
The series House and Senate Joint Committees is organized into one subseries, Special Joint Committee Minutes (arranged alphabetically).
The series House of Representatives is organized into five subseries, House Standing Committee Minutes (arranged alphabetically), House Special Committee Minutes (arranged alphabetically), House Bills (arranged numerically), House Memorials (arranged numerically), and House Joint Memorials (arranged numerically).
The series Senate is organized into four subseries, Senate Standing Committee Minutes (arranged alphabetically), Senate Bills (arranged numerically), Senate Joint Resolutions (arranged numerically), and Senate Confirmation Resolutions.
Collection is open for research.
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
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owners.
[item description and date]. Montana Legislative Assembly (31st: 1949) records, 1946-1951.
Legislative Records 31. [box and folder number]. Montana Historical Society Research Center.
Archives. Helena, Montana.
Acquisition information available upon request.
Bill Summers processed the collection in 1986
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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the Montana Historical Society
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should
search under these terms.
Montana. Liquor Control Board.
Bills, Legislative--Montana.
Legislative bodies--Montana--Committees.
Montana--Politics and government.
Montana.
Government and Politics.
Detailed Description of the Collection
House and Senate Joint Committees
Special Joint Committee Minutes
[See Joint Conference Committee to Reconsider
Senate Amendment to H.B. 106 minutes in Senate Compensation Committee minutes]
[See Special Senate and House Public Hearing to
consider House Joint Memorial 5 minutes in House Petroleum, Oil and Gas Committee
minutes]
[See Joint Senate Public Lands and House State
Lands Committees minutes in Senate Public Lands Committee minutes]
House of Representatives
House Standing Committee Minutes
1 / 1
Agriculture
1949 January 14 - February 22
1 / 2
Appropriations
1949 January 5 - March 2
1 / 3
Aviation
1949 January 18 - February 8
1 / 4
Conservation of Resources
1949 January 26 - February 14
1 / 5
Constitutional Amendments
1949 January 14 - February 24
1 / 6
Dairying
1949 January 13 - February 10
1 / 7
Development and Publicity
1949 January 24 - February 9
1 / 8
Employment
1949 January 6-25
1 / 9
Federal Relations
1949 January 18 - February 22
1 / 10
Fish and Game
1949 January 11 - February 22
1 / 11
Highways and Highway Transportation
1949 January 12 - February 26
1 / 12
Horticulture
1949 February 8
1 / 13
Insurance
1949 January 14 - February 22
1 / 14
Judiciary
1949 January 12 - February 23
1 / 15
Labor
1949 January 10-29
1 / 16
Liquor Control
1949 January 31 - February 9
1 / 17
Mileage and Per Diem
1949 January 12-28
1 / 18
Military Affairs
1949 January 10 - February 11
1 / 19
Mines and Mining
1949 February 8-11
1 / 20
Petroleum, Oil and Gas (Joint House and Senate
Public Hearing on House Joint Memorial 5, re shortage of tubular goods and steel
in the petroleum industry, January 24, 1949)
1949 January 11 - February 14
1 / 21
Privileges and Elections
1949 January 11 - February 12
1 / 22
Public Health and Sanitary Affairs
1949 January 14 - February 14
1 / 23
Public Safety
1949 January 22
1 / 24
Public Utilities and State Commissions
1949 February 8
1 / 25
Railroads and Railroad Transportation
1949 January 17 - February 14
1 / 26
State Boards and Offices
1949 January 13 - February 24
1 / 27
State Institutions, Public Buildings and
Grounds
1949 January 20 - February 21
1 / 28
Townships and Counties
1949 January 11 - February 26
1 / 29
Water Conservation and Flood Control
1949 February 7-23
1 / 30
Workmen's Compensation
1949 January 13 - February 24
House Special Committee Minutes
1 / 31-32
Special Committee to Investigate the Montana
Liquor Control Board (proceedings)
1949 January 21 - February 24
1 / 33-35
Special Committee to Investigate the Montana
Liquor Control Board (testimony, vols. 1-3)
1949 January 21-27
1 / 36-38
Special Committee to Investigate the Montana
Liquor Control Board (exhibits #1-32b) [OVERSIZE MATERIAL: Box #1]
1949
1 / 39
Special Committee to Investigate the Montana
Liquor Control Board (audit report)
1949
1 / 40
Special Committee to Investigate the Montana
Liquor Control Board (preliminary report; report)
1949-1951
House Bills
1 / 41
Bill nos. 7-8, 34, 41, 45, 50, 52, 56, 65-66, 71,
81, 83, 90, 108, 123-124, 126-128, 138, 140, 142, 146, 157, 160, 162-166, 168-170,
173, 184, 190, 198, 201, 207, 220, 238, 244, 252-253, 262-263, 265-266, 270-271,
286, 292-293, 295-297, 305, 308, 314, 316, 320, 324, 328-330, 340-341, 346-347,
355, 363, 373, 386, 392, 394, 396, 402, 404, 407, 414, 419, 432, 440
1949
House Memorials
1 / 42
Bill nos. 3-4 (re revision of Federal Housing Act;
and construction of smelter for small independent mines)
1949
House Joint Memorials
1 / 43
Bill nos. 5, 8 (re alleviation of shortage of
tubular goods and steel in the petroleum industry; and use of publicly constructed
power plants for public benefit)
1949
Senate
Senate Standing Committee Minutes
1 / 44
Agriculture
1949 February 2-25
1 / 45
Aviation
1949 January 29 - February 15
1 / 46
Banks and Banking
1949 January 27 - February 14
1 / 47
Business Administration
1949 February 4-24
1 / 48
Compensation (includes Joint Conference Committee
to Reconsider Senate Amendment to H.B. 106, re unemployment benefit
period)
1949 January 10 - March 2
1 / 49
Constitutional Amendments
1949 January 11 - February 22
1 / 50
Corporations Other than Municipal
1949 February 21-26
1 / 51
Counties and Towns
1949 January 11 - February 26
1 / 52
Dairies and Dairying
1949 February 17-21
1 / 53
Elections and Privileges
1949 January 18 - February 21
1 / 54
Fairs and Expositions
1949 February 11
1 / 55
Federal Relations Committee
1949 January 25 - February 19
1 / 56
Fish and Game
1949 January 13 - February 24
1 / 57
Horticulture
1949 February 1
1 / 58
Military Affairs
1949 January 25- February 19
1 / 59
Mines and Mining
1949 January 25 - February 25
1 / 60
Public Buildings
1949 February 11-24
1 / 61
Public Health and Sanitation
1949 January 18 - February 22
1 / 62
Public Lands (includes Joint Senate Public Lands
and House State Lands committees, January 20, 1949)
1949 January 17 - February 27
1 / 63
Railroads and Transportation (includes public
hearing on H.B. 45, re electric lights on cabooses, February 14, 1949)
1949 February 2-25
1 / 64
Relief and Social Welfare
1949 February 5-24
1 / 65
State Boards and Offices (includes confirmation
resolutions)
1949 January 14 - February 25
1 / 66
State and County Economics
1949 January 24 - February 8
1 / 67
Stockgrowing and Grazing
1949January 28 - February 26
1 / 68
Taxation
1949 January 20 - February 28
1 / 69
Water Conservation and Flood Control
1949 January 28 - February 28
Senate Bills
1 / 70
Bill nos. 1, 14-16, 22, 32, 36, 44, 56-58, 62, 64,
67-68, 70, 72, 82, 84, 86, 88, 96-97, 99, 102-103, 109, 115-117, 120, 127,
138-139
1949
Senate Joint Resolutions
1 / 71
Bill no. 2
1949
Senate Confirmation Resolutions
[see Confirmation resolutions in Senate State
Boards and Offices Committee minutes]
Miscellany
1 / 72
Exhibits regarding appropriations and a report on
"Teachers Retirement System of the State of Montana
1946-1948
1 / 73
Senate Labor and Capital Committee list of
members
1949