Montana Historical Society Archives
LR 33
Montana. Legislative Assembly.
Montana Legislative Assembly (33rd: 1953) records
1953
.7 linear feet of shelf space
Collection contains the records (1953) of the Montana 33rd
Legislative Assembly including the minutes and report of the Special Joint Committee to
Study and Investigate the State Industrial School; 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 33rd Montana Legislature met from January 5th to March 5th, 1953. The leaders of the Senate were George Gosman (R-President), and Donovan Worden (R-President Pro Tempore and Majority Leader). The leaders of the House were Dean Chaffin (R-Speaker), R.H. Gebhardt (R-Speaker Pro Tempore), and R.H. Wiedman (R-Majority 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 report of the Special Joint Committee to Study and
Investigate the State Industrial School; minutes and reports of House and Senate standing
committees; House and Senate bills, and resolutions; House joint memorials (re
rehabilitation for landless Indians; tariff on mustard seed; telephone service in rural
areas; investigation of Bureau of Indian Affairs; donation of Fort Missoula lands to
Missoula County; return of federal mineral interest to original owners; and increasing ratio
of federal aid for highway system); and Senate joint memorials (re endorsement of Stephen C.
DeMers for Commissioner of Indian Affairs; safeguarding economy of proposed Libby Dam area;
endorsement of Lelland M. Cowen for Commissioner of Interstate Commerce; construction on
Yellowtail Dam; adequate treatment of Veterans in Veterans Administration facilities;
maintenance of McCarran-Walter Act; revival of gold mining industry; and equal pay for equal
work). The collection also contains miscellany material including the "Digest of Procedure
in the House of Representatives of the Montana Legislative Assembly," by Ernest Immel; the
report of the Joint Investigating Committee to Investigate the Montana State Industrial
school in Miles City; and the report of the Subcommittee from the State Board of Education
regarding the Montana State Industrial School.
The collection is organized into four series, House and Senate Joint Committees, House of Representatives, Senate, and Miscellany (arranged alphabetically).
The series House and Senate Joint Committees is organized into two subseries, Joint Committee Minutes (arranged alphabetically), and Special Joint Committee Minutes (arranged alphabetically).
The series House of Representatives is organized into four subseries, House Standing Committee Minutes (arranged alphabetically), House Bills (arranged numerically), House Joint Resolutions (arranged numerically), and House Joint Memorials (arranged numerically).
The series Senate is organized into six subseries, Senate Standing Committee Minutes (arranged alphabetically), Senate Bills (arranged numerically), Senate Joint Resolutions (arranged numerically), Senate Memorials (arranged nalphabetically), Senate Joint Memorials (arranged numerically), and Status Sheets of Senate Bills (arranged choronologically).
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 (33rd: 1953) records, 1953.
Legislative Records 33. [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.
Montana State Industrial
School.
Bills, Legislative--Montana.
Legislative bodies--Montana--Committees.
Montana--Politics and government.
Yellowtail Dam (Mont.)
Montana.
Government and Politics.
Detailed Description of the Collection
House and Senate Joint Committees
Joint Committee Minutes
[See Joint House Appropriations and Senate Finance
Claims committees minutes in House Appropriations Committee minutes]
Special Joint Committee Minutes
1 / 1-2
Joint Committee to Study and Investigate the State
Industrial School (Helena hearings)
1953 January 13 - February 1,
1 / 3-4
Joint Committee to Study and Investigate the State
Industrial School (Miles City hearings)
1953 January 17,
House of Representatives
House Standing Committee Minutes
1 / 5
Affairs of Cities
1953 January 27 - February 26,
1 / 6
Appropriations (includes Joint House
Appropriations and Senate Finance and Claims committees, January 12,
1953)
1953 January 5 - March 7,
1 / 7
Aviation
1953 March 5,
1 / 8
Banking and Insurance
1953 January 26 - February 25,
1 / 9
Fish and Games
1953 January 15 - February 24,
1 / 10
Liquor Control
1953 January 23 - February 13,
1 / 11
Oil and Gas
1953 January 26 - February 28,
1 / 12
Seating, Mileage and Per Diem
1953 February 9,
1 / 13
State Lands, Forest and Parks
1953 January 27 - February 28,
House Bills
1 / 14
Bill nos. 1-15, 18, 20-23, 25, 27-29, 31, 33-34,
37-38, 40-41, 43, 45-46, 48, 50, 52, 54-58, 61-62, 64-65, 67-79, 86-91, 93-94,
99-107, 109-114, 117-118, 124-131, 133-140, 142-146, 149-150
1953
2 / 1
Bill nos. 151-159, 161-169, 173-177, 179-182,
187-188, 190, 197-200, 202-205, 207, 209-213, 215-216, 218-224, 226-229, 231,
234-235, 239, 241-243, 248-249, 251-255, 259-264, 266, 268, 270-271, 273, 275-282,
284, 287-288, 290, 292-294, 296, 299-300, 302-306, 308-309, 312, 317-323, 326,
329, 332, 336, 341-343, 345, 350, 352-353, 355, 358-359, 361-366,
368-373
1953
House Joint Resolutions
2 / 2
Bill Nos. 1-3, 5
1953
House Joint Memorials
2 / 3
Bill nos. 1-7 (re rehabilitation for landless
Indians; tariff on mustard seed; telephone service in rural areas; investigation
of Bureau of Indian Affairs; donation of Fort Missoula lands to Missoula County;
return of federal mineral interest to original owners; and increasing ratio of
federal aid for highway system)
1953
Senate
Senate Standing Committee Minutes
2 / 4
County Affairs
1953 January 27 - February 27,
2 / 5
Finance and Claims
1953 January 23 - March 6,
2 / 6
Public Health and Safety (includes public hearings
on H.B. 74, re licensing of practical nurses)
1953 January 13 - February 26,
2 / 7
Public Utilities and Industry
1953 February 25,
2 / 8
Taxation
1953 January 21 - March 3,
Senate Bills
2 / 9
Bill nos. 1-23, 26-27, 29-61, 63-70, 73-75, 77,
80, 82-90, 92, 94-95, 97-98, 102, 104, 106-113, 118-119, 125-126, 130-135, 137,
141-143, 145-148, 150-165, 168, 170-176, 178, 182-184, 186-187, 191-193, 196,
198-200, 206-207, 209-212, 214, 216, 218
1953
Senate Joint Resolutions
2 / 10
Bill Nos. 1-5
1953
Senate Memorials
2 / 11
Honorable Delbert Frank Fewkes
1953
Senate Joint Memorials
2 / 12
Bill Nos. 1-16 (re endorsement of Stephen C.
Demers for Commissioner of Indian Affairs; safeguarding economy of proposed Libby
Dam area; endorsement of Lelland M. Cowen for Commissioner of Interstate Commerce;
Construction of Yellow Dam; U.S. Senate Joint Resolution regarding treaties and
executive agreements; adequate treatment of veterans in Veterans Administration
facilities; maintenance of McCarran-Walter Act; repeal of federal automotive
excise taxes; extension of Statue no. 475 of 81st Congress providing for direct
loans to veterans; control of forest insect epidemics; changing formula of federal
aid on interstate highway system; revival of gold mining industry; modification of
rural roads specifications to meet local area requirements; repeal of federal
transportation tax on freight charges; control of infestations of diseases on
forest lands; and equal pay for equal work)
1953
Status Sheets of Senate Bills
2 / 13
12th-40th Legislative Days
1953 January 16 - February 13,
2 / 14
41st-60th Legislative Days
1953 February 14 - March 5,
Miscellany
2 / 15
"Digest of Procedure in the House of
Representatives of the Montana Legislative Assembly," by Ernest Immel
1953
2 / 16
Report of the Joint Investigating Committee to
Investigate the Montana State Industrial School in Miles City; Report of the Joint
Investigating Committee to Investigate the Montana State Prison at Deer Lodge;
Report of the Subcommittee from the State Board of Education regarding the Montana
State Industrial Board; Report of Senate Investigating Committee on the State
Hospital at Warm Springs; Report of the Special Committee of the House and Senate
to Investigate the State Training School at Boulder
1953 January 8, February 14-16,