2-17-808. Placement of certain busts, statues, memorials, monuments, and art displays. (1) The following busts, statues, memorials, monuments, and art displays are to be placed for up to 50 years, subject to renewal, in the capitol:
     (a) the busts of Thomas J. Walsh, Burton K. Wheeler, and Joseph Dixon;
     (b) the plaques commemorating Theodore Brantley, Fred Whiteside, the first Montana volunteers who fought in the Spanish-American War, the construction of the capitol from 1899 to 1902, and the 1972 Montana constitutional convention;
     (c) the murals by Edgar S. Paxson, Ralph E. DeCamp, Charles M. Russell, Amedee Joullin, and F. Pedretti and sons;
     (d) the portraits of Joseph K. Toole and Wilbur Fiske Sanders;
     (e) the statues of Wilbur Fiske Sanders, Jeanette Rankin, and Mike and Maureen Mansfield;
     (f) the Montana statehood centennial bell;
     (g) the gallery of outstanding Montanans;
     (h) the Montana constitutional exhibit; and
     (i) the biographical descriptions of Montana's governors, to be placed near the portraits of the governors.
     (2) The following busts, statues, memorials, monuments, and art displays are to be placed for up to 50 years, subject to renewal, on the grounds of the capitol:
     (a) the statue of Thomas Francis Meagher;
     (b) the plaque commemorating Donald Nutter; and
     (c) two benches with plaques recognizing contributors to the 1997-2000 capitol restoration, repair, and renovation project.
     (3) The statue by Robert Scriver entitled "symbol of the pros" is to be placed for up to 50 years, subject to renewal, on the capitol complex grounds.
     (4) The senate sculpture provided for in 2-17-809 is to be placed for up to 50 years, subject to renewal, on the west wall in the senate chambers.
     (5) The council shall determine the specific placement of the items identified in subsections (1) through (3).

     History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 56, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 62, L. 2003.