Montana Historical Society Archives
LR 38
Montana. Legislative Assembly.
Montana Legislative Assembly (38th: 1963)
records
1963
3 linear feet of shelf space
Collection contains records (1963) of the Montana 38th
Legislative Assembly including the minutes of House and Senate standing committees; House
and Senate bills, resolutions, memorials, 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 38th Montana Legislature met from January 7th to March 7th, 1963. The leaders of the Senate were (President-Vacant), David James (D-President Pro Tempore), William Groff (D-Majority Leader), and J.S. Brenner (R-Minority Leader). The leaders of the House were Frank Hazelbaker (R-Speaker), Fred Broeder, Jr. (R-Speaker Pro Tempore), Alex Blewett, Jr. (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 of House and Senate standing committees; House and
Senate bills and resolutions; House and Senate memorials (re stamp commemorating the Montana
Territorial Centennial and the 100th Anniversary of the birth of Charles M. Russell;
acknowledgement of achievements of the school of Mines; acknowledgement of reorganization of
the Army Reserve); Senate Memorial Resolution on the death of Robert Frost; and House and
Senate joint resolutions. The collection also contains miscellany material including the
reports of the Special Senate Committee on Custodial Institutions and the Special Senate
Investigating Committee Appointed to Examine the Policies, Procedures, and Methods Employed
by the State Purchasing Department; the roster of members by county; and exhibits by the
Montana Fish and Game Department and the Montana School of Mines.
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 nine 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), House Memorial Resolutions (arranged numerically by bill number), Status Sheets of House Bills (arranged chronologically), and House Journals (arranged chronologically).
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 (38th: 1963) records, 1963.
Legislative Records 38. [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
Archives catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places
should search under these terms.
Bills, Legislative--Montana.
Legislative bodies--Committees--Montana.
Montana--Politics and government.
Montana
Detailed Description of the Collection
House and Senate Joint Committees
Joint Commitee Minutes
1 / 1
Appropriations: Elective Officials
Subcommittee
1963 January 11 - February 8
1 / 2
Joint Conference Committee on Senate Amendments to
H.B. 81 (re educational facilities for disabled children)
1963 February 25 - March 4
1 / 3
Joint Conference Committee on Senate Amendments to
H.B. 66 (re increase of poor fund permissive levy)
1963 March 2-7
1 / 4
Joint Conference Committee to consider Senate
Amendments to H.B. 302 and H.B. 262 (re jurisdiction of city planning boards; and
designation of zoning districts outside corporate limits by county
commissioners)
1963 March 7
[see Joint House Appropriations and Senate Finance
and Claims Committee minutes in House Appropriations Committee minutes]
House of Representatives
House Standing Commitee Minutes
1 / 5
Affairs of Cities
1963 January 8 - February 26
1 / 6
Agriculture and Irrigation
1963 January 10 - March 1
1 / 7
Appropriations (includes Joint House
Appropriations and Senate Finance and Claims Committee, January 9, 1963)
1963 January 8 - February 26
1 / 8
Bills
1963 January 14
1 / 9-10
Business and Industry
1963 January 9 - February 27
1 / 11
Constitutions, Elections and Federal
Relations
1963 January 15 - March 2
1 / 12
Education (includes Subcommittee on Project
Enrollments, January 17, 1963; and Subcommittee to Investigate H.B. 81 [re
educational facilities for disabled children], January 23, 1963)
1963 January 14 - February 27
1 / 13
Fish and Game
1963 January 14 - February 28
1 / 14
Highways
1963 January 15 - March 6
1 / 15-16
Judiciary
1963 January 7 - February 25
1 / 17
Labor and Compensation
1963 January 23 - March 1
1 / 18
Livestock and Ranges
1963 January 17 - February 26
1 / 19
Public Health, Welfare and Safety
1963 January 10 - March 6
1 / 20
State Administration
1963 January 8 - March 1
1 / 21
Townships and Counties
1963 January 11 - February 27
1 / 22-23
Ways and Means
1963 January 9 - March 1
House Bills
1 / 24-28
Bill nos. 1-250
1963
2 / 1-4
Bill nos. 251-432
1963
House Resolutions
2 / 5
Bill nos. 1-4; 9
1963
House Joint Resolutions
2 / 6
Bill nos. 1-16; 18-22
1963
House Memorials
2 / 7
Bill nos. 1-3 (re stamp commemorating the Montana
Territorial Centennial and the 100th Anniversary of the birth of Charles M.
Russell; acknowledgement of achievements of the school of Mines; acknowledgement
of reorganization of the Army Reserve)
1963
House Joint Memorials
2 / 8
Bill nos. 1-18 (re competitive basis of U.S.
lumber industry; waiver of land limitation provisions of the Reclamation Act;
establishment of Charles M. Russell National Park; abandonment of passenger
service on the Milwaukee Railroad; breaking up the military post at Fort Missoula;
amendment of Forest Service Act; control of election results forecasting on
election day; required hours of work for railroad employees; establishment of
Charles M. Russell State Park; return of U.S.S. Helena silver service to Montana;
elimination of production restrictions on certain crops; production of silver
dollars commemorating the Montana Territorial Centennial; Montana land acquisition
by the U.S.; protection from experimentation upon humans beings without
permission; public hearing on the establishment of dams, wilderness areas, or
parks; provision of presidential and vice-presidential electors; restrictions on
advertising alcoholic beverages; and use of federal income taxes for state public
education)
1963
House Memorial Resolutions
2 / 9
Memorial resolutions
1963
Status Sheets of House Bills
2 / 10-12
1st-2nd, 4th-5th, 8th-40th Legislative
Days
1963 January 7 - February 15
2 / 13
41st, 43rd-48th, 50th-55th, 57th-60th Legislative
Days
1963 February 16 - March 7
House Journals
2 / 14
1st-5th, 8th-13th, 15th-20th Legislative
Days
1963 January 7-26
2 / 15
21st-27th, 29th-40th Legislative Days
1963 January 27 - February 15
2 / 16
41st, 43rd-47th, 50th-55th, 57th-60th Legislative
Days
1963 February 16 - March 7
Senate
Senate Standing Commitee Minutes
2 / 17
Agriculture
1963 January 23 - February 22
2 / 18
Banking and Insurance
1963 January 16 - February 25
2 / 19
Commerce and Labor
1963 January 16 - February 27
2 / 20
Committees
1963
2 / 21
Constitution, Elections and Federal
Relations
1963 January 17 - March 5
2 / 22
Education
1963 January 9 - March 6
2 / 23
Finance and Claims
1963 January 9 - March 7
2 / 24
Fish and Game
1963 January 14 - February 26
2 / 25
Highways and Transportation
1963 January 24 - February 28
3 / 1
Irrigation and Water
1963 January 23 - February 25
3 / 2
Judiciary
1963 January 16 - February 27
3 / 3
Local Government
1963 January 16 - February 27
3 / 4
Natural Resources (formerly Oil and
Gas)
1963 January 29 - March 1
3 / 5
Public Health, Welfare and Safety
1963 January 21 - March 2
3 / 6
Public Lands
1963 January 15 - February 23
3 / 7
Rules
1963 January 7 - March 11
3 / 8
Seating, Mileage and Per Diem
1963 January 9 - February 11
3 / 9
Taxation
1963 January 15 - March 3
Senate Bills
3 / 10-14
Bill nos. 1-216
1963
Senate Resolutions
3 / 15
Bill nos. 3, 8, 10-13, 15, 17-18, 20-21, 23-25,
27-28
1963
Senate Joint Resolutions
3 / 16
Bill nos. 1-16
1963
Senate Memorials
3 / 17
Bill nos. 1-2 (re removal of two-mill state
property tax levy; stamp commemorating the Montana Territorial Centennial and the
100th anniversary of the birth of Charles M. Russell)
1963
Senate Joint Memorials
3 / 18
Bill nos. 1-9 (re Interstate Commerce Commission
action to preserve competitive rail freight rates; public hearings to establish
dams, wilderness areas or parks; waiver of land limitation provisions of the
Reclamation Act; taxes on national banks doing business in the state; replacement
of irrigation pipes under highways; permission to build additional primary
highways; implementation of the provisions of Chapter 104 Montana Session Laws;
restrictions on the use of motor vehicles on public lands; increasing federal
portion of cost on primary highways)
1963
Senate Confirmation Resolutions
3 / 19
Confirmation resolutions
1963
Status Sheets of Senate Bills
3 / 20-23
2nd-60th Legislative Days
1963 January 8 - March 9
Senate Journals
3 / 24
2nd-60th Legislative Days
1963 January 8 - March 7
Senate Memorial Resolutions
3 / 27
Memorial on the Death of Robert Frost
1963
3 / 28
Memorial Resolutions
1963
Miscellany
3 / 29
Exhibits: "Our State Employees Are Valuable...";
"Where Theory and Practice Combine..." by Montana School of Mines; "Montana
Wildlife Biennial Report" by Montana Fish and Game Department; "Montana Taxpayers
Association Legislative Bulletin"; prospectus regarding sewage treatment plant
bonds, Missoula.
1962-1963
3 / 30
Report of Special Senate Committee on Custodial
Institutions
1963 January 19
3 / 31
Report of the special Senate Investigating
Committee Appointed to Examine the Policies, Procedures, and Methods Employed by
the State Purchasing Department
1963 January 31
3 / 32
Roster of members by county
1963