South Dakota -- Legislature

Scope and Contents This series consists of a single publication: “An Index to the Bills of the 61st Session of the South Dakota Legislature,”1986. The index was compiled by Joseph R. Edelen, Jr. and maintained as a digital resource by the Bibliographic Control Department of I.D. Weeks Library, University of South Dakota. The first section of the index (“Bibliography”) lists the entire entry for each bill including the bill number, title, sponsors, and bibliographic code number. The second section (“Keyword...

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This series contains executive, general, and attorney general appointments; oaths of office; and financial interest statements for elected officials. Information may include, but is not limited to: name of appointee, assignment, effective dates, duration, resignations, statements of duties, signed sworn oaths of office, date administered, signature of state officials or notary public, and date of filing.

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This series contains the oaths of office for employees of the State Legislature during the 1909 legislative session.

Scope and Contents This series consists of log books documenting bills and resolutions acted upon in regular and special sessions of the South Dakota Senate and House of Representatives between 1967 and 1996. The information recorded within the legislative log books includes the bill number; title of the bill; name(s) of sponsor(s); committee the bill was referred to and the initials of the committee’s chairperson; date the bill was delivered and returned; recommendations; dates to and from enrolling and...

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This series contains one invitation to the State Historical Society’s annual legislative reception, held on January 10th, 2013. Also included is an invitation to a public reception celebrating the Historical Society’s new status as a Smithsonian Institution Affiliate, which was held on January 12th, 2013. The invitations were delivered together.

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This series contains the legislative working bills for the 81st, 82nd, 83rd, and 84th legislative sessions.

Scope and Contents This series contains working bills and resolutions from the regular Seventy-Ninth and Eightieth Legislative Sessions (2004-2005) of the South Dakota Senate and House of Representatives, as well as House and Senate journals from the October 14, 2005 Special Session of the Eightieth Legislative Assembly that was convened in order to make an appropriation (HB1001) to the Science and Technology Authority “for certain costs associated with a project at the former Homestake Mine in Lead, South...

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This record group contains records created and maintained by the South Dakota State Legislature and includes House and Senate bills and resolutions; legislators' correspondence; legal code revision drafts; state board and commission minutes; photographs of legislators, legislative pages, and interns; and audio recordings of committee meetings, conferences, seminars, and other events.

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This collection contains reports and correspondence files maintained by the office of Governor Joe Foss from 1955 to 1957. Files include reports and correspondence from state institutions and colleges, as well as meeting minutes from the Board of Regents, Board of Pardons, and Public Welfare Commission.

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This series consists of 85 digital photographs taken by Museum staff during the State Historical Society’s Smithsonian Affiliation launch events. The first was the Legislative Reception, held on Thursday, January 10th, 2013. The second, on January 12th, was a family event where children made paper airplanes and tested them.

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Report produced by the Commission on Salaries of Elective State Officials in 1977.

Scope and Contents This series contains records on a variety of subjects that were received and filed in the Office of the Secretary of State between 1873 and 1966 and includes affidavits; appointments to state offices; audit reports; bids, claims, and contracts; board and commission meeting minutes; a compact between the governments of South Dakota and Nebraska concerning the location of the boundary line between the two; court documents; insurance policies for state buildings including the capitol; lease...