Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 22 > Chapter 3 > Part 1 - Historical Society

• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Bequest: Property gifted by will.
• Committee: means the executive committee of the board of trustees of the Montana historical society. See Montana Code 22-3-102
• Donor: The person who makes a gift.
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• Historic records: means manuscripts, papers, maps, charts, journals, diaries, photographs, business records, voice recordings, films, video tapes, or other records illustrative of the history of Montana in particular and generally of the region. See Montana Code 22-3-102
• Legacy: A gift of property made by will.
• Majority party: means the party with the most members in a house of the legislature, subject to subsection (2). See Montana Code 1-1-208
• Minority party: means the party with the second most members in a house of the legislature, subject to subsection (2). See Montana Code 1-1-208
• Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
• Society: means the Montana historical society and includes:

  (a)the historical library and its contents;

  (b)any museums and art galleries and their contents acquired by the trustees;

  (c)any historical places, sites, or monuments acquired or developed by the society;

  (d)any divisions, departments, and activities operated in conjunction with the historical library as are established by the trustees; and

  (e)any books, papers, maps, charts, manuscripts, photographs, writings, records, objects of history and art, paintings, engravings, relics, collections of artifacts and minerals, furniture, or fixtures acquired by the trustees. See Montana Code 22-3-102

• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• Trustees: means the board of trustees of the Montana historical society. See Montana Code 22-3-102
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201