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 26th Montana Legislature met from January 2nd to March 2nd, 1939. The leaders of the Senate were Hugh Adair (D-President), and Leonard Plank (D-President Pro Tempore). The leaders of the House were D.M. Manning (D-Speaker), Jasper DeDobbeleer (D-Speaker Pro Tempore), Archie McLeod (D-Majority Leader), and Ben Miles (R-Minority Leader).
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The collection includes minutes of the Senate Standing Committee to investigate the Montana Liquor Control Board; House and Senate bills, resolutions, memorials, joint resolutions, and status sheets. The collection also contains miscellany material including the report of the Montana Milk Board; recommendations of the Equalization on House Bills; and the
The collection is organized into three series, House of Representatives, Senate, and Miscellany (arranged alphabetically).
The series House of Representatives is organized into four subseries, House Bills (arranged numerically), Special House Committee Reports (arranged alphabetically), House Joint Resolutions (arranged numerically), and Status Sheets of House Bills (arranged chronologically).
The series Senate is organized into four subseries, Senate Standing Committee Minutes (arranged alphabetically), Senate Bills (arranged numerically), Senate Joint Resolutions (arranged numerically), and Status Sheets of Senate Bills (arranged chronologically).
Collection is open for research.
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[item description and date]. Montana Legislative Assembly (26th: 1939) records, 1939. Legislative Records 26. [box and folder number]. Montana Historical Society Research Center. Archives. Helena, Montana.
Acquisition information available upon request.
Connie Geiger processed the collection in 1994
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