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LR 36
Montana. Legislative
Assembly.
Montana Legislative Assembly (36th: 1959) records
1959
3 linear feet of shelf space
Collection contains records (1959) of the Montana 36th
Legislative Assembly including minutes of the House Special Committees; reports of Special
Committees; minutes and reports of House and Senate standing committees; House and Senate
bills, resolutions, memorials, joint resolutions and memorials; and miscellany. [OVERSIZE
MATERIAL: map case; multimedia: MM 1]
51:6-4
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 36th Montana Legislature met from January 5th to March 5th, 1959. The leaders of the Senate were Paul Cannon (D-President), David James (D-President Pro Tempore), David James (D-Majority Leader), and Rex Hibbs (R-Minority Leader). The leaders of the House were John MacDonald (D-Speaker), John Emmons (D-Speaker Pro Tempore), Charles Cerovski (D-Majority Leader), and Sumner Gerard (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, "A GUIDE TO THE MONTANA LEGISLATURE," The Montana Legislature,; “Montana Legislative Leadership 1889 – Present”.
The collection includes the minutes of the House Fish and Game Special Investigating
Committee, the House Special Committee to Investigate Expenditures for the Governor's
Mansion, the House Special Committee to Investigate the Consolidating of Boards, Bureaus and
Departments, the Special Committee to Investigate the Pardons and Paroles Board, and the
Special Investigating Committee on Elective Offices; reports of the Special Committee to
Investigate the Purchasing Department, of the Special Committee to Investigate the Salaries
Paid to Administrative Heads of Boards, Bureaus, and Commissions, and the Special
Investigating Committee on the Highway Department; minutes and reports of House and Senate
standing committees; House and Senate bills, resolutions and memorials; House joint
memorials (re continued operation of a Montana system of free television broadcasting;
construction of Yellowstone Dam; construction of Libby Dam; teaching conservation in public
schools; proclamation of Youth Honor Day; Absaroka-Yankee Jim Project; construction of
Glacier View Dam; transmountain division of the Middle Fork of the Flathead River;
utilization of Fort Missoula; pension of World War I veterans; continuation of federal
income tax on income individuals; and establishment of federal Indian policy); and Senate
joint memorials (re precluding the closing of high-frequency booster television stations;
preservation of recreational fishery resources of the Madison River Valley; investigation of
control and use of the Missouri Basin waters and power; and promotion of a good business
climate). The collection also contains miscellany material including the exhibit regarding
Public Employee System of Montana.
The collection is organized into four series, House and Senate Joint Committees, House of Representatives, Senate, and Miscellany.
The series House and Senate Joint Committees is organized into one subseries, Joint Committee Minutes (arranged alphabetically by committee name and thereunder chronologically).
The series House of Representatives is organized into ten 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), Reports of Special Committees (arranged chronologically), House Resolutions (arranged numerically by bill number), House Joint Resolutions (arranged numerically by bill number), House Memorials (arranged numerically by bill number), House Joint Memorials (arranged numerically by bill number), Status Sheets of House Bills (arranged chronologically), and House Journals (arranged chronologically).
The series Senate is organized into eight 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 Joint Memorials (arranged numerically by bill number), Senate Confirmation Resolutions (arranged chronologically), Status Sheets of Senate Bills (arranged chronologically), and Senate Journals (arranged chronologically).
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
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.
[item description and date]. Montana Legislative Assembly (36th: 1959) records, 1959.
Legislative Records 36. [box and folder number]. Montana Historical Society Research Center.
Archives. Helena, Montana.
Acquisition information available upon request.
Bill Summers processed the collection in 1986.
OVERSIZE MATERIAL: map Case; multimedia: MM1
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the Montana Historical Society
Archives catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places
should search under these terms.
Montana. Highway Dept.
Montana. State Purchasing Agent.
Montana. State Board of Pardons.
Bills, Legislative--Montana.
Legislative bodies--Committees--Montana.
Montana. Legislative Assembly--investigations
Yellowstone Dam--Montana.
Montana--Politics and government.
Montana
Detailed Description of the Collection
House and Senate Joint Committees
Joint Committee Minutes
1 / 1
House Appropriations and Senate Finance and Claims
Subcommittee
1959 January 14-26
[see Joint Conference Committee to consider Senate
Substitute for Substitute H.B. 426 in Senate Public Lands Committee minutes]
[see Joint Fish and Game Committee minutes in House Fish and Game Committee minutes]
[see Joint Fish and Game Special Investigating
Committee minutes in House Fish and Game Special Investigating Committee minutes]
[see Joint Insurance Committee minutes in Senate Insurance Committee minutes]
[see Joint Rules Committee minutes in Senate Rules Committee minutes]
House of Representatives
House Standing Committee Minutes
1 / 2
Affairs of Cities
1959 January 19 - February 20
1 / 3
Agriculture, Dairying and Horticulture
1959 January 12 - February 23
1 / 4
Appropriations
1959 January 7 - March 3
1 / 5
Banking and Insurance
1959 January 13 - February 21
1 / 6
Conservation and Development
1959 January 16, February 11
1 / 7
Constitutional Amendments and Federal
Relations
1959 January 20 - February 14
1 / 8
Education
1959 January 13 - March 5
1 / 9
Employment
1959 January 5-13
1 / 10
Fish and Game (includes Joint House and Senate
Fish and Game Committee, February 14, 1959)
1959 January 13 - February 4
1 / 11
Highways and Highway Transportation
1959 January 14 - March 3
1 / 12
Intergovernmental Cooperation
1959 February 11
1 / 13
Irrigation and Water Conservation
1959 January 20 - March 3
1 / 14
Labor
1959 January 14 - February 2
1 / 15
Liquor Control
1959 January 22 - February 27
1 / 16
Livestock and Public Ranges
1959 January 15 - February 26
1 / 17
Military Affairs
1959 January 15 - March 2
1 / 18
Mines and Mining
1959 February 6
1 / 19
Oil and Gas
1959 February 10, 28
1 / 20
Printing
1959 January 19
1 / 21
Privileges and Elections
1959 January 14 - February 25
1 / 22
Public Health, Morals and Safety
1959 January 15 - February 27
1 / 23
Public Utilities and State Commissions
1959 February 4-28
1 / 24
Railway and Aviation Transportation
1959 January 30, February 4
1 / 25
Social Security
1959 January 14 - February 26
1 / 26
State Boards and Institutions
1959 January 14 - February 25
1 / 27
State Lands, Forest and Parks
1959 January 26 - March 2
1 / 28
Townships and Counties
1959 January 15 - February 26
1 / 29
Ways and Means
1959 January 21 - March 4
1 / 30
Workmen's Compensation
1959 January 30 - March 2
House Special Committee Minutes
1 / 31
Fish and Game Special Investigating Committee
(includes Joint House and Senate Fish and Game Special Investigating Committee,
Jan 13, 1959; reel-to-reel tape recordings of committee meetings, January 31, February
26, 1959 [see: multimedia MM1])
1959 January 8 - March 2
1 / 32
Fish and Game Special Investigating Committee
(correspondence to Chairman Arthur N. Jensen regarding investigation)
1959 January 9 - February 4
1 / 33
Fish and Game Special Investigating Committee
(correspondence by supporters of Department of Fish and Game policies)
1959 January 9 - February 24
1 / 34
Fish and Game Special Investigating Committee
(correspondence by opponents of Department of Fish and Game policies)
1959 January 9 - February 9
1 / 35
Special Committee to investigate Expenditures for
the Governor's Mansion (includes report)
1959 January 8, 12-17
1 / 36
Special Committee to Investigate the Consolidating
of Boards, Bureaus and Departments (includes report)
1959 January 9, 21-23
1 / 37
Special Committee to Investigate the Pardons and
Paroles Board (includes report)
1959 January 12, February 4, 6
1 / 38
Special Investigating Committee on Elective
Offices
1959 January 22-February 7
House Bills
1 / 39-47
Bill nos. 1-350
1959
2 / 1-5
Bill nos. 351-544
1959
Reports of Special Committees
2 / 6
Report of the Special Committee to Investigate the
Purchasing Department
1959
2 / 7
Report of the Special Committee to Investigate the
Salaries paid to Administrative Heads of Boards, Bureaus, and
Commissions
1959
2 / 8
Report of the Special Investigating Committee of
the Highway Department
1959
House Resolutions
2 / 9
Bill nos. 1, 9
1959
House Joint Resolutions
2 / 10
Bill nos. 1-6
1959
House Memorials
2 / 11
Bill nos. 1-2 (re authorization of high-frequency
television translators; and an embargo on beef cattle during the fall
market)
1959
House Joint Memorials
2 / 12
Bill nos. 1-12 (re continued operation of a
Montana system of free television broadcasting; construction of Yellowstone Dam;
construction of Libby Dam; teaching conservation in public schools; proclamation
of Youth Honor Day; Absaroka-Yankee Jim Project; construction of Glacier View Dam;
transmountain division of the Middle Fork of the Flathead River; utilization of
Fort Missoula; pension of World War I veterans; continuation of federal income tax
on income individuals; and establishment of federal Indian policy)
1959
Status Sheets of House Bills
2 / 13-16
1st - 60th Legislative Days
1959 January 5 - March 7
House Journals
2 / 17-19
1st - 60th Legislative Days
1959 January 5 - March 7
Senate
Senate Standing Committee Minutes
2 / 20
Agriculture
1959 January 20 - February 24
2 / 21
Banks and Banking
1959 January 27-February 26
2 / 22
City and Town Affairs
1959 January 20 - February 26
2 / 23
County Affairs
1959 January 16 - February 24
2 / 24
Education
1959 January 16 - March 4
2 / 25
Elections and Appointments
1959 January 21 - February 27
2 / 26
Finance and Claims
1959 January 8 - March 5
2 / 27
Fish and Game
1959 January 13 - February 25
2 / 28
Highways and Transportation
1959 January 14 - March 5
2 / 29
Indian Affairs
1959 February 21
2 / 30
Insurance (includes Joint House and Senate
Insurance committees, January 19, 1959)
1959 January 15 - March 7
2 / 31
Intergovernmental Cooperation
1959 January 20-February 23
2 / 32
Irrigation and Water Conservation
1959 January 19-February 12
2 / 33
Judiciary
1959 January 13 - February 25
2 / 34
Labor and Compensation
1959 January 20 - February 26
2 / 35
Liquor Control
1959 January 20 - February 27
2 / 36
Military Affairs
1959 January 21 - February 24
2 / 37
Mines and Mining
1959 February 6-24
2 / 38
Oils and Leases
1959 February 4, 27-28
3 / 1
Public Health and Safety
1959 January 26 - February 25
3 / 2
Public Lands (include Joint Conference Committee
to Consider Senate Substitute for Substitute H.B. 426)
1959 January 21 - March 7
3 / 3
Relief and Social Security
1959 January 15 - February 25
3 / 4
Rules (includes Joint Rules Committee, February 25 and
March 5, 1959)
1959 January 12, February 16 - March 5
3 / 5
State Boards, Office and Buildings
1959 January 14 - March 5
3 / 6
Taxation
1959 January 22, February 4 - March 7
Senate Bills
3 / 7-10
Bill nos. 1-5, 7-203
1959
Senate Resolutions
3 / 11
Bill nos. 2 and 5
1959
Senate Joint Resolutions
4 / 1
Bill nos. 1-5
1959
Senate Joint Memorials
4 / 2
Bill nos. 1-4 (re precluding the closing of
high-frequency booster television stations; preservation of recreational fishery
resources of the Madison River Valley; investigation of control and use of the
Missouri Basin waters and power; and promotion of a good business
climate)
1959
Senate Confirmation Resolutions
4 / 3
State Boards, Offices and Buildings: confirmation
of governor's appointments
1959
Status Sheets of Senate Bills
4 / 4-5
10th - 60th Legislative Days
1959 January 14 - March 9
Senate Journals
4 / 6-7
2nd - 60th Legislative Days
1959 January 6 - March 5
Miscellany
4 / 8
Exhibit regarding Public Employees Retirement
System of Montana; Montana Fish and Game Hunter Map [OVERSIZE MATERIAL: map
case]
1957-1959