1843-1859 4.5 cubic feet Calendar Microfilm Series documents legislation proposed, adopted, and amended by the provisional and territorial legislative assemblies. Records include acts, engrossed and enrolled bills, resolutions, memorials, exhibits, amendments, and procedural documents. Information includes date introduced, committee referred to, sponsors' names, dates of floor readings, date tabled or adopted, and modifications made to the text of the measure. In addition to the territorial and provisional legislative sessions, this series includes records of the first state legislative session, held in July and September, 1858. Series is not arranged.
Petitions show date, nature of request, and petitioners' signatures.
Petition subjects range from the granting of suffrage to Indians to the protection of citizens from feral swine. The most common subjects, however, were the location of roads, the granting of divorces, and the suppression of liquor. Series also includes petition exhibits such as affidavits, depositions, contracts, and testimony transcripts. Series is not arranged. Journals show session date, meeting date, members present, legislation discussed, amendments, motions, and voting records.