1972 Commission Memos
The delegates to the 1971-1972 Montana Constitutional Convention needed historical, legal and comparative information about the Montana Constitution. Recognizing this need, the 1971 Legislative Assembly created the Constitutional Convention Commission and directed it to assemble and prepare essential information for the Convention. The Constitutional Convention Commission prepared a series of documents, including these research memoranda.
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Memorandum Number 01: Memorandum on Constitutional Convention Rules
Montana. Constitutional Convention Commission
Memorandum on constitutional convention rules: Montana (1889), Hawaii (1968), Maryland (1967), New Mexico (1969), Arkansas (1969), Illinois (1970), New Jersey (1947), New York (1967), Pennsylvania (1967).
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Memorandum Number 01 Supplement: Memorandum on Constitutional Convention Rules
Montana. Constitutional Convention Commission
Memorandum on constitutional convention rules supplement: Alaska (1955-1956); Connecticut (1965); Michican (1961-1962); Missouri (1943-1944); New Hampshire (1964).
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Memorandum Number 02: Constitutional Amendments, 1889-1971
Montana. Constitutional Convention Commission
This memorandom includes a revision and updating of two previously published reports on amendments to the Montana Constitution.
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Memorandum Number 03: A Collection of Readings on Recent Constitutional Revision Activities in the Fifty States, 1967-1970
Montana. Constitutional Convention Commission
A collection of readings on recent constitutional revision activities in the fifty states, 1967-1970.
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Memorandum Number 04: Sources of the Montana Constitution
Montana. Constitutional Convention Commission
This memoradum republishes an analysis of the sources of the Montana Constitution prepared by Elbert F. Allen in 1910 for the Montana Historical Society.
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Memorandum Number 05: Index to Proceedings and Debates of the 1889 Montana Constitutional Convention
Montana. Constitutional Convention Commission
This memorandum republishes an index to the Proceedings and Debates of the Constitutional Convention of 1889 that was prepared by Frank Woody and donated to the Montana Law Library in December 1923.
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Memorandum Number 06: The Constitutions of the Northwest States
Montana. Constitutional Convention Commission
This memoradum republishes an analysis by John D. Hicks of the constitutional conventions which met in the Northwest states of North and South Dakota, Washington, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming in the summer of 1889. The study was prepared in 1916 as a doctoral dissertation and ... Read More
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Memorandum Number 07: Selected Bibliography
Montana. Constitutional Convention Commission
A selected bibliography.
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Memorandum Number 08: Memorandum on Convention Preparation, Including Preparatory Research, Public Information Programs, and Convention Arrangements
Montana. Constitutional Convention Commission
This Memorandum summarizes the research, public information and convention arrangement activities of the Constitutional Convention Commission.
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Memorandum Number 09: Selected Readings on the Organization of Constitutional Conventions
Montana. Constitutional Convention Commission
This selection of readings was designed to provide a background for the delegates on the organization of recent constitutional conventions.
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Memorandum Number 10: Legislative Reapportionment
Montana. Constitutional Convention Commission
The memorandum was written by Ellis Waldron and includes historical background and present trends concerning the question of constitutional treatment of legislative reapportionment.