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ment, to be collected within thirty days, the Judge may suspend execution for that length of time; but if at the end of thirty days payment has not been made, then execution shall immediately issue, first upon the property of the offender, and, if sufficient property cannot there be had, then upon the property of the bondsman.

SEC. 281. A janitor shall be elected by each session of the National Council to serve the ensuing year, and he shall receive the sum of one hundred and fifty ($150.00) dollars per annum. He shall be liable to suspension or removal from office, by the Principal Chief, for neglect of duty as herein prescribed.

SEC. 282. The janitor shall make report to the National Council of the amount of fuel purchased by him for the use of the National Council, three days before the adjournment of each session thereof.

SEC. 283. The janitor shall be a citizen of the Creek Nation; he shall inspect the Capitol not less than once a week, and during the intervals between the sessions of the National Council he shall keep the windows and doors locked, except when the building is in use, or when he is ventilating the same, which he shall do as often as is necessary, and not less than once a month.

SEC. 284. The janitor shall open the building for religious services during the sessions of Council, and shall attend the sessions of the Teachers' Institute, and all public meetings of the citizens held at the Capitol. The Capitol may be used for meetings of commissions of a national character, conventions, Teachers' Institute, and during the sessions of the National Council the main halls may be used for religious meetings, as may be permitted by the Council.

SEC. 285. No dancing shall be allowed within the walls of the Capitol, and any person found guilty of violating this provision shall be fined in the sum of one hundred ($100.00) dollars; said sum to be collected by the Light Horsemen of

the Okmulgee District and transmitted to the National Treasurer, to be placed with the general funds.

SEC. 286. The Principal Chief shall appoint three citizens of Okmulgee and vicinity as a committee, without compensation, to suggest to the Janitor such attention to the Capitol grounds as may be necessary, and not specially named in this law; but this provision shall not be construed so as to authorize any expenditure of money on account of the Capitol and grounds not provided for by the National Council.

SEC. 287.

The committee herein provided for may permit the use of the Capitol for lectures of useful instruction and moral character.

SEC. 288. All monies paid into the National Treasury from fines accruing under this law, and from the rent of the halls of the Capitol, shall constitute a fund for the use of the Capitol grounds.

SEC. 289. It shall be the duty of the Prosecuting Attorney of the Okmulgee District to prosecute for all the offenses herein named.

SEC. 290. The Janitor shall report all persons damaging any part of the building, furniture and appurtenances, making specification of the articles damaged or injured, together with cost of same.

SEC. 291. No person shall be allowed to enclose land for pasture or fields within one-half mile from the National Capitol building; and any person found guilty of violating this provision shall be punished by a fine of one thousand ($1,000.00) dollars. All such fines shall be collected by the Captain of the Light Horse of Okmulgee District, and turned over to the National Treasurer.

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Enrollment of non-citizen.

SECTION 292. In all the 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 section shall be construed so as to deprive any town of its rightful members.

SEC. 293. If it shall appear upon a fair investigation that any non-citizen has been enrolled as a citizen, and in consequence thereof has received money or its equivalent from the Muskogee Nation, the Kings and Warriors of the town wherein such non-citizen has been counted shall be liable to the Muskogee Nation for the amount paid to such noncitizen.

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CHAPTER XX.

PERSONS TO WHOM CITIZENSHIP HAS BEEN GRANTED.

SECTION 294. The following persons are hereby declared full citizens of the Muskogee or Creek Nation, and they shall be subject to the Creek Taws, and shall have all the rights, privileges and immunities of the original members of the tribe:

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