Synopsis
Council Journal Of The. Session Of The Legislative Assembly Of The Territory Of Montana. This volume compiles the House Journal of the Extraordinary Session of the Fourth Legislative Assembly of the Montana Territory, with the accompanying Council communications, governor’s messages, and extensive bill records. It documents December 1867 proceedings, including roll calls, resolutions, committee reports, amendments, and final passage of numerous measures on civil procedure, militia organization, probate and administrative matters, taxation, boundary adjustments, and infrastructure such as armories, roads, and ferries. The text also contains the Governor Green Clay Smith’s extraordinary session address urging prudent legislation, and provides the framework of the Territory’s early government, finance, and legal code. The volume further includes appendices: the annual reports of the Territorial Auditor and the Superintendent of Public Instruction, providing financial data, school statistics, and educational recommendations. It also contains an index of bills and topics, and an Agricultural, Mechanical Index. A valuable primary source for researchers studying Montana’s territorial governance, lawmaking, and development in the late 1860s.
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