ARTICLE III.

PUBLIC FERRYBOAT LANDINGS.

Sec. 1. Should any person be the rightful owner of a ferry boat landing on any river in this Nation, and should said landing be occupied by another without the owner's consent, it shall be the duty of the captain of the light horse of the district in which such landing is situated, to dispossess such illegal occupants and repossess the proper owners of the same; and no person shall have the right to establish another landing within one-half of a mile of such landing without the owner's consent.

ARTICLE IV.

CLAIMS OF CITIZENS ON THE LINE OF RAILROADS.

Sec. 1. All citizens of this Nation having improvements or residences on the line of any railroad, within three miles distance of the same, on either side, and all citizens who may hereafter make improvements or build residences on the same, shall have the exclusive right to a claim of one square mile of land to each and every family.

Sec. 2. Should two or more families live so near each other as to place them on one reserve, each and all of them shall hold in common their reserve, all in one body, at the rate of one square mile to each family, with the privilege of selling out their respective claims to each other, and taking up a new and unoccupied claim at some other point.

Sec. 3. No citizen holding a claim on the line of any railroad shall have the right to transfer or sell his or her claim to any person not a citizen of this Nation.

Sec. 4. All stone or other mineral and timber that may be on the above-named reserves, shall be considered as belonging to and part of the public domain, and shall not be disposed of only as in accordance with the

laws regulating the disposition of timber, stone and mineral in other parts of the public domain.

Sec. 5. This article shall not be so construed as to debar the owner of any claim from protecting any person using any timber, stone or other mineral that may be on his or her claim, except when it is for the use of the public.

ARTICLE V.

PUBLIC BLACKSMITHS.

Sec. 1. The wheelwright and wagonmakers' fund are hereby diverted from the purpose for which they were originally intended, and are set apart for the support of public blacksmith shops.

Sec. 2. There shall henceforth be six (6) blacksmith (public) shops in the Muskogee Nation, to be located by and under the direction of the superintendent of education; each neighborhood, however, shall furnish the necessary shop buildings.

Sec. 3. Each blacksmith, to be employed by the superintendent of education, shall work three and a half months in each year, and shall receive the sum of seventy-five dollars ($75) per month; shall furnish his own tools and striker, or assistant.

Sec. 4. Each smith shall perform all work pertaining to his business for the citizens of the Muskogee Nation, but shall shoe no horse, nor shall he perform any work for any person not a citizen of this Nation during his term of service.

ARTICLE VI.

QUARTERLY PAYMENT OF STANDING OFFICERS.

Sec. 1. All officers of the Muskogee Nation shall be paid quarterly, and the Principal Chief shall issue warrants to them at the end of each quarter.

ARTICLE VII.

ATTORNEYS AT LAW.

Sec. 1. Any person of good moral character, desiring to practice law before any district court of this Nation,

shall be privileged to do so by applying to one of the district judges, who shall grant him a commission to practice law in that district, for which he shall pay the sum of ten dollars; and any person of good moral character, desiring to practice in all the courts of this Nation, shall be permitted to do so by making application to one of the supreme judges, receiving a commission and paying twenty dollars for the same.

ARTICLE VIII.

TOWNS.

Sec. 1. No town or towns of this Nation shall be permitted to divide and form two or more towns, nor shall any number of citizens at any time assemble and form a new town, without the consent of the entire Muskogee Nation.

ARTICLE IX.

OFFICERS TO HOLD BUT ONE OFFICE.

Sec. 1. Any officer of this Nation who shall be elected to a second office, and shall accept such second election and office, shall by such acceptance be considered as having vacated the first office; and no person shall be allowed to hold two National or other offices under this government at the same time.

ARTICLE X.

WORK ON PUBLIC ROADS.

Sec. 1. The citizens of each district shall work on the public roads of the district four days in each year, two days during the first half and two days during the latter half of the year. Each district shall govern its own work.

ARTICLE XI.

LIABILITIES OF BORROWERS AND HIRERS.

Sec. 1. The borrower of any species of property shall be liable for any and all damages and losses which may occur to such property while it is in his or her posses

sion, but the hirer of such property shall not be liable for such loss or damage unless it can be proved that said damage or loss occurred through his or her neglect or ill treatment.

Sec. 2. But when any person shall hire property according to a certain contract, the terms of which can be proved, then this article shall not be so construed as to in any manner invalidate the same.

ARTICLE XII.

MILL COMMITTEE.

Sec. 1. A standing committee of five persons, consisting of the Principal Chief, Second Chief, President of House of Kings, Speaker of House of Warriors, and National Treasurer, shall be called the "Mill Committee," and shall be empowered to let out and conclude contracts on the part of the Muskogee Nation, pertaining to the construction of mills and the working of salines.

ARTICLE XIII.

CENSUS.

Sec. 1. In all enumerations of the Muskogee people, the wife and children shall be counted in the town wherein the husband is counted; provided, however, that nothing in this article shall be construed so as to deprive any town of its rightful members.

ARTICLE XIV.

DELEGATES TO INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL.

Sec. 1. The delegates empowered to represent this Nation in the International Council, shall consist of two, to be elected by the National Council in committee of the whole.

Sec. 2. The duties of said delegates shall be as follows:

1. To oppose all measures looking towards the territorialization or sectionization of our public domain.

2. To oppose all measures looking toward any change in our present relations with the United States government.

3. In all other matters to represent the interests of the Muskogee people in such manner as they deem will conduce most to the welfare and prosperity of the Indian

race.

4. To report annually to the National Council of the Muskogee Nation.

Sec. 3. Each delegate shall be allowed the sum of three dollars per day during the time of active service, and mileage at the rate of ten cents per mile going and returning from the International Council.