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Montana Governor's Office Executive Orders
Montana. Office of the Governor
RS 66_RS 502
0.8 linear ft
1971-2004
This collection is a sub-subgroup
(Executive Orders) of the Montana Office of the Governor records. Executive
Orders are issued by the Montana Governor, who runs the Executive Office. Please see the
primary finding aid for more Montana Office of the
Governor records. These records (1971-2004) consist of executive orders
issued by sitting Governors. There may be some gaps in the earlier years. To see recent
executive orders issued, please visit the Governor's Office webpage.
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English
The Montana Governor is the chief executive officer of the State of Montana. During the
territorial period, 1864-1889, the Governor was appointed by the President of the United
States. Since statehood the Governor has been elected in statewide election.
The duties of the office were established in the 1889 Constitution. These duties
included overall administration of state government; serving on various boards,
including the Board of Prison Commissioners, the Board of Examiners, and others;
convening special sessions as needed; signing or vetoing legislation passed by the
Legislative Assembly; receiving regular reports from departments of the executive
branch; appointing non-elective officials of state government and appointing
replacements when elected officials die in office; granting pardons and commutations of
sentence; and being the official representative of the state in its relations with the
United States and other state governments.
These records of the Montana Governor's Office consist of executive orders from the
Governor. The bulk of the orders are from 1981 through 2004 and include a contents sheet
for each year. Also included are a few scattered orders from 1971 through 1979.
The collection is arranged into one series: Executive Orders.
Collection is open for research.
Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of the Montana
Historical Society. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in
the collection. In some cases permission for use may require additional authorization
from the copyright owners. For more information contact an archivist.
In 2024, the various collections of the Montana Office of the Governor were integrated
under one collection identifier, RS 502, in order to help facilitate access, reduce
redundancy in the MTHS catalog, and to follow best archival practices.
Collections from the Montana Office of the Governor's various Offices and Programs that
were previously treated as separate entities are now integrated into this collection, RS 502. Rather than reprocessing over 15 linear feet of
Governor's materials, MTHS staff decided to keep the past arrangement of those
collections/finding aids, and provide access to them via links through the central finding
aid. This decision has allowed the MTHS archival staff to maintain intellectual control over
the collection, while removing the need to reprocess it. It also keeps State Agency finding
aids at manageable sizes. Please read the scope and content note carefully to determine if
this subgroup/sub-subgroup pertains to your research needs.
Item description and date. Collection Title. Collection Number. Box and Folder numbers.
Montana Historical Society Library & Archives, Helena, Montana.
Acquisition information is available upon request.
Montana. Office of the Governor
Executive orders--Montana
Governors--Montana
Montana
Executive Orders
#2-71, 7-73, 5-75, 7-78, 9-79, 13-79, and
17-79
1971-1979
1
1
#1-81 through 31-81
1981
1
2
#1-82 through 8-82
1982
1
3
#1-83 through 13-83
1983
1
4
#1-84 through 14-84
1984
1
5
#1-85 through 15-85
1985
1
6
#1-86 through 20-86
1986
1
7
#1-87 through 22-87
1987
1
8
#1-88 through 18-88
1988
1
9
#1-89 through 28-89
1989
1
10
#1-90 through 17-90
1990
1
11
#1-91 through 37-91
1991
1
12
#1-92 through 22-92 (also includes an order from
Dept. of Natural Resources and the Governor regarding continuance of the
Resource Conservation Advisory Council)
1992
1
13
#1-93 through 17-93
1993
2
1
#2-94 through 26-94
1994
2
2
#1-95 through 16-95
1995
2
3
#1-96 through 30-96
1996
2
4
#1-97 through 22-97
1997
2
5
#2-98 through 18-98
1998
2
6
#1-99 through 17-99
1999
2
7
#2-00 through 32-00
2000
2
8
#15-04 through 21-04 and 5-04 through
7-04
2004
2
9