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Be it enacted by the National Council of the Muskogee Nation: That the National warrants issued under acts of Council previous to the October Council of 1874 be and the same are hereby funded, by the issuance in lieu thereof of bonds of the Muskogee Nation, which bonds shall bear interest at the rate of five per centum per annum, which interest shall be paid annually. The first payment of interest shall be made on the first day of November, 1875, and subsequent payments of interest on the first day of November in each year thereafter.

Be it further enacted: That the treasurer of the Muskogee Nation be and is hereby authorized to cancel all outstanding National warrants of the class which this act provides for the funding of, and he is hereby further authorized to execute bonds of the Muskogee Nation bearing interest as is provided for in the foregoing section.

Be it further enacted: That the denomination of the bonds to be issued under this act shall be respectively one hundred dollars and one thousand dollars, but nothing herein shall be so construed as to prevent the holders of a National warrant or warrants of a less sum than one hundred dollars from obtaining a bond therefor.

Be it further enacted: That the bonds provided for in this act shall bear the uniform date of the first day of November, 1874, provided that all National warrants which this act provides for the funding of shall be presented for cancellation by the first day of May, 1875, in default thereof the bond or bonds for such warrants shall only draw interest at the rate of five per centum per annum for the half year in which they are presented, and thereafter the uniform annual interest provided for in this act.

Be it further enacted: That the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated out of the National funds of each year, or so

much thereof as may be necessary to pay the annual interest on the bonds as herein provided for.

Be it further enacted: That any and all surplus moneys remaining in the treasury out of the general funds, excepting school and blacksmiths' funds, shall be and the same is hereby set apart as a sinking fund, which shall be used only in the payment of bonds to be issued under this act, and the National Council of each year shall vest all and any such surplus moneys in the sinking fund, and whenever such sinking fund shall amount to the sum of five thousand dollars, the treasurer shall use the same in retiring and cancelling National bonds on terms most favorable to the Nation.

Be it further enacted: That the treasurer shall keep a record of all warrants cancelled and register of all bonds issued therefor, and also keep a register of the interest due on such bonds, and paid thereon; and he is hereby authorized to procure printed bonds, and all books and materials necessary to carry out this act, and the treasurer is hereby required, in connection with his annual report, to submit a detailed statement for each year of warrants cancelled, bonds issued, interest paid and interest due and unpaid, and bonds cancelled and retired.

Be it further enacted: That the National funds, accruing to the Muskogee Nation from and after this date, excepting the school and blacksmiths' funds, and the interest fund herein provided for, shall be applied and used for the current expenses of the National government, as provided for by acts of appropriation of the National Council; and provided further, that any and all surplus moneys shall be appropriated for the sinking fund.

ARTICLE III.

ORDER OF PAYMENT OF NATIONAL WARRANTS.

Sec. 1. The National treasurer shall cash all warrants issued by the Muskogee Nation, and held against the same, up to October 23d, 1879, before making any pay

ment upon any which has been or shall be issued after that date.

Sec. 2. After all warrants, issued previous to the above mentioned date shall have been cancelled, the National treasurer shall make payment on those issued after that date according to the date of issuance; provided, that after the date of a public payment has been published, and the parties holding warrants having priority of date shall fail to present them, it shall then be the duty of the National treasurer to cash those having the next priority; and provided that this article shall not be construed so as to affect in any manner educational or other preferred warrants.

CHAPTER VII.

ARTICLE I.

II.

III.

CITIZENSHIP AND NON-CITIZENS.

Doubtful Citizenship.

Persons to whom Citizenship has been granted.
Intermarried Non-Citizens.

IV. Rights and Disabilities of Non-Citizens.

V. Traders.

VI. Employment of Non-Citizens.

VII. Leasing land on the M. K. & T. R. R. to Non-Citizens.
Stock of Non-Citizens.

VIII.

IX.

Drovers and Movers.

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Sec. 1. All persons having resided out of the limits of the Muskogee Nation, and whose rights as citizens of the same may seem to be questionable in consequence of intermarriage with non-citizens, shall be bona fide citizens of this Nation, provided they can prove to the satisfaction of the proper authorities, that they are of Muskogee descent, and not further removed than the fourth degree.

Sec. 2. All persons who have been at any time adopted by the recognized authorities of the Muskogee Nation, and all persons of African descent, who were made citizens by the treaty of June, 1866, between the Creek Nation and the United States, shall hereafter be recognized as citizens of the Muskogee Nation.

Sec. 3. Any person claiming citizenship under these provisions, shall, in order to establish his or her rights, prove the same by a responsible and disinterested native witness before the district court.

ARTICLE II.

PERSONS TO WHOM CITIZENSHIP HAS BEEN GRANTED.

Sec. 1. The following persons are hereby declared full citizens of the Muskogee or Creek Nation, and they shall be subject to the Creek laws, and shall have all the rights, privileges and immunities of the original members of the tribe:

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