Montana Historical Society
Archives
LR 37
Montana. Legislative Assembly.
Montana Legislative Assembly (37th: 1961)
records
1961
3 linear feet of shelf space
Collection contains records (1961) of the Montana 37th
Legislative Assembly including 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]
51:6-5
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 37th Montana Legislature met from January 2nd to March 2nd, 1961. The leaders of the Senate were Tim Babcock (R-President), Richard Nixon (D-President Pro Tempore), Richard Nixon (D-Majority Leader), and (Minority Leader - Vacant). The leaders of the House were Clyde Hawks (R-Speaker), Tom Haines (R-Speaker Pro Tempore), Jerome Anderson (R-Majority Leader), and (Minority Leader - Vacant).
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, resolutions, and memorials; House joint memorials (re good business
climate; elimination of electoral college; opposition to railroad merger; use of federal
taxes for education; extension of 1948 Sugar Act; funds for Libby Dam; extension of federal
aid to education; retention of Connally Reservation; Yellowtail Dam Project; closing of
lakes in Yellowstone Park to boating; funds for Buffalo Rapids Dams; national park on
Missouri River between Virgelle and Fort Peck Dam; grazing privileges on public domain;
surplus food for correctional institutions; abandonment of passenger service on Milwaukee
Railroad; and pensions for World War I veterans); and Senate joint memorials (re
construction of Libby Dam; maintenance of railway service for first-class mail and air mail
service at air mail rates; endorsement of S.B. 162 creating a commission on Noxious and
Obscene Matters and Materials; and review of import quotas on duties on meats and meat
products). The collection also contains miscellany material including the exhibit on "Better
Business in 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 two subseries, Joint Committee Minutes (arranged alphabetically by committee name and thereunder chronologically) and Joint Subcommittee 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 Joint Memorials (arranged numerically by bill number), Status Sheets of House Bills (arranged chronologically), House Journals (arranged chronologically), and House Memorial Resolutions (arranged numerically by bill number).
The series Senate is organized into ten 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 Memorials (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), Senate Journals (arranged chronologically), and Senate Memorial Resolutions (arranged numerically by bill number).
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 (37th: 1961) records, 1961.
Legislative Records 37. [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
Archives catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places
should search under these terms.
Bills, Legislative--Montana.
Legislative bodies--Committees--Montana.
Libby Dam--Montana.
Montana--Politics and government.
Montana
Detailed Description of the Collection
House and Senate Joint Committees
Joint Committee Minutes
[see Joint House Appropriations Committee and
Senate Finance and Claims Committee minutes in House Appropriations Committee
minutes]
[see Joint House Labor and Compensation Committee
and Senate Commerce and Labor Committee minutes in House Labor and Compensation
Committee minutes]
[see joint public hearings House and Senate
Education committees in House and Senate Education committee minutes]
Joint Subcommittee Minutes
[see Joint Senate Appropriations and House Ways
and Means Subcommittee hearing on Water Conservation Board in House Ways and Means
Committee minutes]
House of Representatives
House Standing Committee Minutes
1 / 1
Affairs of Cities
1961 January 17 - February 25
1 / 2
Agriculture and Irrigation
1961 January 4 - February 21
1 / 3
Appropriations (includes Joint Senate and Finance
and Claims and House Appropriations, January 13, 1961)
1961 January 3 - March 8
1 / 4
Appropriations (testimony)
1961 January 3 - March 4
1 / 5
Business and Industry
1961 January 5 - February 23
1 / 6
Constitution, Elections, and Federal
Relations
1961 January 10 - February 21
1 / 7
Education (includes joint public hearing before
House and Senate Education committees, January 27, 1961)
1961 January 5 - March 2
1 / 8
Fish and Game
1961 January 12 - February 23
1 / 9
Highways
1961 January 4 - February 24
1 / 10
Judiciary
1961 January 10 - February 26
1 / 11
Labor and Compensation (includes Joint House Labor
and Compensation and Senate Commerce and Labor, January 12, 1961)
1961 January 9 - February 22
1 / 12
Livestock and Ranges
1961 January 12 - February 22
1 / 13
Public Health, Welfare, and Safety
1961 January 5 - February 23
1 / 14
State Administration
1961 January 5 - March 3
1 / 15
Township and Counties
1961 January 12 - February 16
1 / 16-17
Ways and Means (includes Joint House Ways and
Means and Senate Appropriations subcommittees hearing on Water Conservation Board,
January 20, 1961)
1961 January 4 - March 1
House Bills
1 / 18-25
Bill nos. 1-380
1961
2 / 1-2
Bill nos. 381-470
1961
House Resolutions
2 / 3
Bill nos. 3, 5-10
1961
House Joint Resolutions
2 / 4
Bill nos. 1-13
1961
House Joint Memorials
2 / 5
Bill nos. 1-18 (re good business climate;
elimination of electoral college; opposition to railroad merger; use of federal
taxes for education; extension of 1948 Sugar Act; funds for Libby Dam; extension
of federal aid to education; retention of Connally Reservation; Yellowtail Dam
Project; closing of lakes in Yellowstone Park to boating; funds for Buffalo Rapids
Dams; national park on Missouri River between Virgelle and Fort Peck Dam; grazing
privileges on public domain; surplus food for correctional institutions;
abandonment of passenger service on Milwaukee Railroad; and pensions for World War
I veterans)
1961
Status Sheets of House Bills
2 / 6-9
1st - 60th Legislative Days
1961 January 2 - March 9
House Journals
2 / 10-12
1st - 60th Legislative Days
1961 January 2 - March 2
House Memorial Resolutions
2 / 13
Memorial Resolutions
1961
Senate
Senate Standing Committee Minutes
2 / 14
Constitution, Elections and Federal
Relations
1961 January 4 - February 24
2 / 15-16
Education (includes joint public hearings before
House and Senate Education committees, January 16 and 27, 1961)
1961 January 12 - March 9
2 / 17
Finance and Claims (includes Joint Senate Finance
and Claims Committee and House Appropriations Committee, January 13,
1961)
1961 January 5 - March 2
2 / 18
Fish and Game
1961 January 5 - February 21
2 / 19
Highways and Transportation
1961 January 5 - February 25
2 / 20
Irrigation and Water
1961 January 20 - March 1
2 / 21
Local Government
1961 January 13 - February 22
2 / 22
Oil and Gas
1961 January 19 - February 23
2 / 23
Public Health, Welfare and Safety
1961 January 11 - February 27
2 / 24
Rules
1961 January 2 - March 8
2 / 25
State Administration
1961 January 9 - March 3
2 / 26
Stockgrowing and Grazing
1961 January 16 - February 22
Senate Bills
2 / 27
Bill nos. 1-60
1961
3 / 1-3
Bill nos. 61-207
1961
Senate Resolutions
3 / 4
Bill nos. 1-18, 20-21
1961
Senate Joint Resolutions
3 / 5
Bill nos. 1-9
1961
Senate Memorials
3 / 6
Bill nos. 1-3 (re sharp drop protein premium
payments on wheat; construction of high-voltage transmission lines by federal
government; and elimination of standards on interstate highway
construction)
1961
Senate Joint Memorials
3 / 7
Bill nos. 1-4 (re construction of Libby Dam;
maintenance of railway service for first-class mail and air mail service at air
mail rates; endorsement of S.B. 162 creating a commission on Noxious and Obscene
Matters and Materials; and review of import quotas on duties on meats and meat
products)
1961
Senate Confirmation Resolutions
3 / 8-9
Confirmation resolutions
1961
Status Sheets of Senate Bills
3 / 10
3rd - 25th Legislative Days
1961 January 4-26
4 / 1-3
26th - 60th Legislative Days
1961 January 27 - March 4
Senate Journals
4 / 4-6
1st - 60th Legislative Days
1961 January 2 - March 2
Senate Memorial Resolutions
4 / 7
Memorial Resolutions
1961
Miscellany
4 / 8
Exhibits: "Better Business in Montana" regarding
printing bills; 1961 State Controller's Recap of Expenditures [OVERSIZE MATERIAL:
map case]
1961
4 / 9
Seating chart with list of legislators; recap of
legislative candidate for general election (1962)
1960-1961