Legislative bills: Territorial Council and State Senate, 1836-1997, 2005-2008.

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Legislative bills: Territorial Council and State Senate, 1836-1997, 2005-2008.

Original bills, amendments, memorials, resolutions, joint resolutions, and claims introduced in the Territorial Council or State Senate with a record of the bill's history in the Legislature noted on the bill jacket. There are missing bills for 1836-1887; see container list. Box 602 contains, on microfiche, a complete record of 1921, 1923, and 1925 bills. The processed portion of this series is summarized above and is described in the register; there are additional accessions of microfilm which are described below.

441.8 c.f. (437 archives boxes and 268 record center cartons) andcirca 140 sheets of microfiche in 1 fiche box; plusadditions of 46.0 c.f. and19 reels of microfilm (35mm)

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Wisconsin. Legislature. Senate

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Wisconsin. Legislative Assembly

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