incumbent holding, by virtue of appointment by the Principal Chief, shall hold and continue (unless removed) in the discharge of the duties of the office, for the unexpired term of the person removed, or until a successor is elected and duly qualified. But if such officer, so suspended, shall be for any cause re-instated by the Principal Chief, or by the National Council, the Principal Chief shall endorse upon the back of the commission of the officer so suspended and re-instated, the date of both the suspension and re-instatement, and make official record of the same; and said officer shall not draw pay for the "interim," while not in actual service, neither shall the temporary incumbent draw pay, except for the time of actual service.

Sec. 10. The Principal Chief shall encourage friendly relations between the Cherokees and other nations and tribes of Indians, and the adoption of such measures as he may deem necessary for their mutual safety and prosperity. He shall also encourage amicable intercourse between the Cherokees and people of the United States, and may, in his wisdom, confer with the officers of the Federal and State governments, upon all matters of mutual public interest.

Sec. 11. The Principal Chief may, whenever he deems it expedient, appoint one or more persons to act as Commissioners, for the purpose of meeting and conferring with a like commission of any other nation or tribe of Indians, upon matters of mutual interest.

Sec. 12. Whenever a vacancy shall occur in the office of Treasurer of the Cherokee Nation, the Principal Chief shall appoint and commission a suitable person to perform the duties of said office until such vacancy shall be regularly supplied by the National Council; and the Treasurer so appointed by the Principal Chief, shall, before he enters upon the duties of the office, enter into such reasonable

bond as may be required by the Principal Chief, and qualify in the same manner as required by law, of the Treasurer, in whose stead he shall be appointed.

Sec. 13. In case of the death of the Treasurer, the Principal Chief shall, as soon as may be, in the presence of the Assistant-Treasurer, if any, and one or more of the sureties of the deceased Treasurer, or any one or more officers of the Nation, or other trustworthy citizen or citizens thereof, proceed and take possession of the office, books, papers, moneys, and other property belonging to said office. He shall take, or cause to be taken, in the presence of one or more of the persons aforesaid, a full and correct schedule of the moneys, books, papers, furniture, and other effects or property belonging to said office, and thereupon close, lock and seal, or otherwise safely secure the said books, moneys, and other property of said office, until the vacancy can be filled as provided by law.

Sec. 14. It shall be the duty of the Principal Chief to communicate to the National Council, at the commencement, or as soon thereafter as may be, of each annual session thereof, the annual reports of all officers, required. by law to report to him.

Sec. 15. The Principal Chief shall, at least forty days before any general election, and not less than ten days before a special election to fill a vacancy, promulgate the same by proclamation or writ of election, addressed to the Clerks of the several districts, or to any one or more of them, as the case may be. He shall state distinctly the day on which the election will occur, the offices to be filled, and the length of the term of service.

Sec. 16. The Principal Chief shall, from time to time, adopt such means as he may deem necessary to secure uniformity in the conducting of elections; for which purpose he may furnish, or cause to be furnished, blank rolls, envelopes, and other necessary stationery, to the district

Clerk of the several districts for distribution, to the Superintendents and Clerks of the various precincts, and no others shall be used unless unavoidable.

Sec. 17. The Principal Chief shall have authority, upon the perpetration or attempt to perpetrate any act against the peace and dignity of this Nation, by two or more persons conspiring or combining for such purpose in any district, and he shall have good cause to believe that the Sheriff of such district is unable to maintain the supremacy of the law, or to suppress or resist such combination, to call upon any of the other Sheriffs of the Nation, to aid, with such civil force as may be thought necessary under the circumstances.

Sec. 18. The Principal Chief shall have authority to grant, (by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council,) pardons to persons convicted of the crime of murder, manslaughter, or other high crimes; or he may commute the punishment of persons convicted of murder, manslaughter, or other high crimes, to imprisonment for life, or for any term of years, upon such conditions and restrictions as he may think proper.

Sec. 19. All applications made to the Principal Chief for the pardon or commutation of sentence of any person convicted of murder, manslaughter, or other high crimes, shall be accompanied with a recommendation of credible persons, that the convict is a proper subject for executive clemency; and shall also be accompanied by the evidence in the case, or a certified copy thereof, if accessible, and a full statement of the facts in the case and the grounds of application. The Principal Chief shall, if the reasons set forth seem to warrant, grant, if necessary, an additional respite for a given period, until he can assemble the Executive Council, who shall, with him, carefully consider the evidence, the circumstances, and facts in the case, and decide and order accordingly.

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Sec. 20. The Principal Chief shall, in conformity with law, receive such election returns as shall be made through his office to the National Council. The returns for Principal and Assistant Principal Chiefs and members of the National Council, he shall receive, carefully preserve, and transmit to the National Council unopened, as soon as may be after the organization of the Senate. The returns for members of the General Council of the Indian Territory, and for all other officers requiring commissions, he shall open, and no lawful objections appearing, proceed to commission such persons as shall appear to have been duly elected. The term of all offices, the incumbents of which are commissioned by the Principal Chief, shall begin on the third Monday in November, and expire as provided by the constitution, or by law, and the officers shall be commissioned accordingly.

Sec. 21. Whenever in his opinion the public good requires it, the Principal Chief may offer, and pay from the treasury of the Nation, a suitable reward, not exceeding five hundred dollars in any one case, to any person who shall in consequence of such offer, apprehend, secure and safely deliver to the proper authority, any person who shall be guilty or accused of any capital or other high crime, when the person accused cannot be arrested and secured in the common course of proceeding, or when such person escapes beyond the jurisdiction of the Cherokee Nation. He may also pay such reasonable sum as his judgment may approve, not exceeding three hundred dollars, to any person who shall arrest in advance of the offering a reward by the Chief, or issuance of legal process of arrest, and safely deliver to the proper authority, any person who shall be charged with the commission of murder, or other high crime, after the conviction of such person.

Sec. 22. Whenever it shall appear to the satisfaction of the Principal Chief, that any person charged with a capital or other criminal offense, has fled beyond the jurisdiction

of the Cherokee Nation, and taken refuge in any other country, he shall make requisition upon the executive authority of such country, for the arrest and rendition to the lawful authorities of the Cherokee Nation, of the person so accused.

Sec. 23. The Principal Chief shall, when requisition is made upon him by the executive of any other nation or government, for the arrest and rendition of any person charged with a criminal offense, such person being amenable to the laws of such nation or government, and who shall have taken refuge in the Cherokee Nation, if satisfied that such demand is conformable to law, and ought to be complied with, issue his proclamation, requiring the proper officers of this Nation to proceed at once to make the arrest and delivery to the authority making the demand.

Sec. 24. The Principal Chief shall cause to be transmitted to the executive of each, or of any, or more of the States of the United States, and to the library of Congress, copies of the laws of the Cherokee Nation, and such other public documents as he may deem proper, and shall receive such books and publications as may be transmitted in return, and cause the same to be deposited in the national library.

Sec. 25. The Principal Chief shall have and exercise the appointing power as provided in the constitution and laws of the Cherokee Nation. He shall also fill, by special appointment, all vacancies in offices subject to such appointment under the laws and constitution of the Nation.

Sec. 26. The Principal Chief shall require all bonds to be approved by him, to be verified by the oath—or affirmation-of the sureties, that they are worth, free from incumbrance, the penalty of such bond: provided, that such bond shall be adjudged sufficient, if the aggregate amount for which each surety justifies, covers the full penalty of the bond.