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 3rd Montana Legislature met from January 2nd to March 2nd, 1893. The leaders of the Senate were Alexander Botkin (R-President), and Elmer Matts (D-President Pro Tempore). The leaders of the House were Thomas Matthews (Populist-Speaker), and A.F. Bray (Populist-Speaker Pro Tempore).
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Records of the Montana 3rd Legislative Assembly consist of reports of House standing committees; House bills, claims, petitions, and oaths of office; and tabulations of roll call votes from the Joint Session to elect a U.S. Senator.
The collection is organized into two subgroups, Joint Session, and Regular Session.
The subgroup Joint Session is organized into one series, Joint Assembly for the Purpose of Electing a United States Senator (arranged alphabetically).
The subgroup Regular Session is organized into two series, House of Representatives, and Miscellany. The series House of Representatives is organized into two subseries, House Standing Committee Reports (arranged alphabetically by committee name and thereunder chronologically), and House Bills (arranged numerically by bill number.
Collection is open for research.
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(item description and date). Montana Legislative Assembly (3rd: 1893) records, 1893. Legislative Records 3. (box and folder number). Montana Historical Society Research Center. Archives. Helena, Montana.
Acquisition information available upon request
Bill Summers processed the collection in 1988
OVERSIZE MATERIAL: Map case, Box #1
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