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Montana. Legislative Assembly.
Montana Legislative Assembly (35th: 1957) records
1957
2 linear feet of shelf space
Collection contains the records (1957) of the Montana 35th
Legislative Assembly including the minutes and reports of House and Senate standing
committees; House and Senate bills, resolutions, memorials, and 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 35th Montana Legislature met from January 7th to March 7th, 1957. The leaders of the Senate were Paul Cannon (D-President), David James (D-President Pro Tempore), David James (D-Majority Leader), and Donovan Worden (R-Minority Leader). The leaders of the House were Eugene Mahoney (D-Speaker), John MacDonald (D-Speaker Pro Tempore), Fred Barrett (D-Majority Leader), and R.F. Juedeman (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 and reports of House and Senate standing committees;
House and Senate bills, and resolutions; House Memorials (re increased production of wheat
grown for federal farm programs; erection of a custom smelter to eliminate overcharges to
independent mines; high frequency television translators; and construction of a sign near
Frontier Town); Senate Memorials (re adjustment in federal farm program relating to growing
of quality wheat); and House and Senate joint memorials. The collection also contains
miscellany material including a report of the House Select Committee Appointed to
Investigate the Milk Control Board; and exhibits regarding public welfare act and "Oil
Progress Week" Program.
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 eight subseries, House Standing 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), House Memorials (arranged numerically by bill number), House Joint Memorials (arranged numerically by bill number), Status Sheets of House Bills (arranged chronologically), and House Memorial Resolutions (arranged numerically by bill number).
The series Senate is organized into five subseries, Senate Standing Committee Minutes (arranged alphabetically by committee name and thereunder chronologically), Senate Bills (arranged numerically by bill number), Senate Memorials (arranged numerically by bill number), Senate Joint Memorials (arranged numerically by bill number), and Senate Confirmation Resolutions (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 (35th: 1957) records, 1957.
Legislative Records 35. [box and folder number]. Montana Historical Society Research Center.
Archives. Helena, Montana.
Acquisition information available upon request.
Bill Summers processed the collection in 1986
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.
Bills, Legislative--Montana.
Legislative bodies--Montana--Committees.
Libby Dam (Mont.)
Montana--Politics and government.
Paradise Dam (Mont.)
Montana.
Government and olitics.
Detailed Description of the Collection
House and Senate Joint Committees
Joint Committee Minutes
[See Joint House Agriculture Committee minutes in
Senate Agriculture Committee minutes]
[See Joint Appropriations and Senate Finance
Claims Subcommittee minutes in House Appropriations Committee and Senate Finance
and Claims Committee minutes]
[See Joint Conference Committee on County Affairs
minutes in Senate County Affairs Committee minutes]
[See Joint House and Senate Education Committee
Hearing on H.B. 127 in Senate Education Committee minutes]
[See Joint Indian Affairs Committee Hearing on
H.J. Memorial 6, 14, and 15; and S.J. Memorial 5 in Senate Indian Affairs
Committee minutes]
[See Joint Irrigation and Water Conservation
Committee minutes in Senate Irrigation and Water Conservation Committee
minutes]
[See Joint Irrigation and Water Conservation
Committee Hearing on Paradise Dam Project in Senate Irrigation and Water
Conservation Committee minutes]
[See Joint Conference Committee on Public Health
and Safety minutes in Senate Public Health and Safety Committee minutes]
[See Joint Relief and Social Security Committee
minutes in Senate Relief and Social Security Committee minutes]
[See Joint State Boards, Offices and Building
Committee Hearing on H.B. 452 in Senate Boards, Offices and Committee
Minutes]
House of Representatives
House Standing Committee Minutes
1 / 1
Affairs of Cities
1957 January 28 - February 27
1 / 2
Agriculture, Dairying and Horticulture
1957 January 14 - March 5
1 / 3
Appropriations (includes Joint House
Appropriations and Senate Finance and Claims Subcommittee, January 18- March 1,
1957)
1957 January 9 - March 7
1 / 4
Banking and Insurance
1957 January 22 - February 26
1 / 5
Conservation and Development
1957 February 8
1 / 6
Constitutional Amendments and Federal
Relations
1957 January 24 - February 26
1 / 7
Education
1957 January 18 - March 4
1 / 8
Employment
1957 January 7 - February 6
1 / 9
Fish and Game
1957 January 27 - February 26
1 / 10
Highways and Highway Transportation
1957 January 16 - March 4
1 / 11
Intergovernmental Cooperation
1957 January 29
1 / 12
Irrigation and Water Conservation
1957 January 16 - February 26
1 / 13
Judiciary
1957 January 18 - March 2
1 / 14
Labor
1957 January 17 - February 19
1 / 15
Liquor Control
1957 January 24 - February 14
1 / 16
Livestock and Public Ranges
1957 January 22 - February 19
1 / 17
Military Affairs
1957 January 18 - February 26
1 / 18
Mines and Mining
1957 February 13-18
1 / 19
Oil and Gas
1957 January 21 - March 5
1 / 20
Privileges and Elections
1957 January 28 - February 13
1 / 21
Public Health, Morals and Safety
1957 January 22 - February 28
1 / 22
Public Utilities and State Commissions
1957 February 6 - March 1
1 / 23
Railway and Aviation Transportation
1957 January 30 - February 25
1 / 24
Social Security
1957 January 23 - February 27
1 / 25
State Boards and Institutions
1957 January 23 - February 27
1 / 26
State Lands, Forests and Parks
1957 January 25 - February 15
1 / 27
Townships and Counties
1957 January 17 - February 28
1 / 28
Ways and Means
1957 January 22 - March 2
1 / 29
Workmen's Compensation
1957 January 18 - March 1
House Bills
1 / 30-40
Bill nos. 1-420
1957
2 / 1-3
Bill nos. 421-481
1957
House Resolutions
2 / 4
Bill no. 6
1957
House Joint Resolutions
2 / 5
Bill nos. 1-3
1957
House Memorials
2 / 6
Bill nos. 1-4 (re increased production of wheat
grown for federal farm programs; erection of a custom smelter to eliminate
overcharges to independent mines; high frequency television translators; and
construction of a sign near Frontier Town)
1957
House Joint Memorials
2 / 7
Bill nos. 1-19 (re construction of Paradise Dam;
investigation of beef prices; construction of Libby Dam; construction of
Yellowstone Dam; increasing personal income tax credit exemption; effects of
off-reservation migration on American Indians; public hearing to adjust railroad
freight rates; construction of Glacier view Dam; power generation on the Missouri
River; establishing the pound weight as the unit of measure in grain trade;
continuing experimental wheat in allotted acreage for each farm; use of federal
power in the Missouri River Basin; transmountain diversion of the Middle Fork of
the Flathead River; federal responsibility to Indian people; purchase of coal from
the Tongue River Indian Reservation; construction of Lewis and Clark Highway; free
marketing of newly mined gold; state jurisdiction over criminal and civil matters
on Indian reservations; and soil conservation practices on placer
claims)
1957
Status Sheets of House Bills
2 / 8
2nd - 54th Legislative Days
1957 January 8 - March 1
House Memorial Resolutions
2 / 9
Necrology Committee
1957
Senate
Senate Standing Committee Minutes
2 / 10
Agriculture (includes Joint Senate and House
Agriculture committees, February 11, 1957)
1957 January 17 - March 6
2 / 11
Banks and Banking
1957 January 17 - February 13
2 / 12
City and Town Affairs
1957 January 18 - March 2
2 / 13
Committee on Committee
1957 January 8
2 / 14
Constitutional Amendments and Federal
Relations
1957 February 28
2 / 15
County Affairs (includes Joint House and Senate
Conference Committee on County Affairs, February 28, 1957)
1957 January 21 - February 28
2 / 16
Education (includes Joint Hearing on H.B. 127
regarding equalization of financial distribution for schools, February 16,
1957)
1957 January 23 - March 11
2 / 17
Election and Apportionment
1957 February 5-15
2 / 18
Finance and Claims (includes Joint House
Appropriations and Senate Finance and Claims Committee, February 18, 1957)
1957 January 9 - March 7
2 / 19
Fish and Game
1957 January 22 - March 2
2 / 20
Highways and Transportation
1957 January 24 - March 4
2 / 21
Indian Affairs (includes Joint House and Senate
Indian Affairs Committee hearing, February 7, 1957)
1957 January 22 - February 26
2 / 22
Insurance
1957 January 30 - February 12
2 / 23
Inter-Governmental Cooperation
1957 February 11-26
2 / 24
Irrigation and Water Conservation (includes Joint
House and Senate Irrigation and Water Conservation committees, January 16, 1957; and
Joint Hearing on Paradise Dam Project, January 26, 1957)
1957 January 16 - March 3
2 / 25
Judiciary
1957 January 29 - March 4
2 / 26
Labor and Compensation
1957 January 24 - March 2
2 / 27
Liquor Control
1957 January 18 - February 27
2 / 28
Military Affairs
1957 February 1-13
2 / 29
Mines and Mining
1957 January 6 - February 14
2 / 30
Oil and Leases
1957 January 30 - February 25
2 / 31
Public Health and Safety (includes Joint
Conference Committee on H.B. 107 regarding barber schools and colleges charging
for services, March 5, 1957)
1957 January 24 - March 5
2 / 32
Public Lands
1957 January 22 - February 19
2 / 33
Public Utilities and Industry
1957 January 31 - March 2
2 / 34
Relief and Social Security (includes Joint House
and Senate Relief and Social Security committees, February 1, 1957)
1957 January 25 - March 2
2 / 35
State Boards, Offices and Buildings (includes
Joint Hearing on H.B. 452 regarding Charlie Russell statue, February 16, 1957; and
confirmation resolutions)
1957 January 21 - March 7
2 / 36
Stockgrowing and Grazing
1957 January 24 - March 2
2 / 37
Taxation
1957 January 7 - March 4
Senate Bills
2 / 38-40
Bill nos. 1-150
1957
2 / 41-42
Bill nos. 151-223
1957
Senate Memorials
2 / 43
Bill no. 2 (re adjustment in federal farm program
relating to growing of quality wheat)
1957
Senate Joint Memorials
2 / 44
Bill nos. 1-8 (re control of grasshoppers on range
and grazing lands; use of federal income tax for educational funds; collection of
sales tax in Yellowstone Park by Wyoming; diversion of water from the Madison
River; promoting employment of Indian citizens near reservations; G.I. loan
interest rates; stock piling domestic tungsten for defense purposes; and
downstream power installation charges for benefits derived from upstream power
projects)
1957
Senate Confirmation Resolutions
[see Confirmation resolutions in Senate State
Boards, Offices and Buildings Committee minutes]
Miscellany
2 / 45
Exhibits regarding public welfare act and "Oil
Progress Week" Program
1953, 1956
2 / 46
Report of the House Select Committee Appointed to
Investigate the Milk Control Board
1957
2 / 47
Seating Chart
1957