tion and neglect for the term of one year next preceding the filing of the complaint or petition; extreme cruelty, whether by violence or other means.

SEC. 314. In granting divorce, the court shall, in all cases where there are minor children of the parties divorced, make such order concerning the custody, care and maintenance of the children as it may deem proper and just, having due regard to the age and sex.

SEC. 315. When a judgment of divorce has been granted, and the parties shall afterwards intermarry, the court, upon their joint application, and upon satisfactory proof of such marriage, may revoke all orders of divorce, alimony and subsistence, which will not affect the rights of third parties. Approved October 22, 1891.

CHAPTER XXIV.

ACT REGULATING THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE IN THE MUSKOGEE NATION.

Section

316. 317. 318.

319. 320.

Appointment of Board of Physicians.

Giving certificates.

Fee for examination.

Upon failure to comply with this law, shall be deemed intruders.
Druggists shall not practice medicine without a certificate.

321. Fees of the physicians.

SECTION 316. The Board of Physicians shall be appointed by the Principal Chief and shall be composed of three regular graduates of some reputable and well authenticated medical college, and who are engaged in the regular practice of medicine. They shall be either citizens or inter-married, residing in the Muskogee Nation. They shall examine all persons who desire to locate in this Nation for the purpose of practicing medicine.

SEC. 317.

Any person desiring to practice medicine in this Nation shall file his diploma with the Board, and if, upon examination, the diploma is found to be valid and authentic, the Board shall give such applicant a certificate signed by the president and secretary of the Board; which certificate thus signed, shall entitle the applicant to practice medicine in this Nation. The Board may charge and collect a registration fee of five ($5.00) dollars from each applicant.

SEC. 318. Every non-graduate who may desire to practice medicine in this Nation, shall make application to the Board, and accompany his application with sufficient proof of good moral character, together with a fee of twenty-five ($25.00) dollars, which shall be a fee for examination; and if the Board shall find the applicant qualified to practice medicine, they shall grant him a certificate which shall entitle him to practice in this Nation.

SEC. 319. Any non-citizen claiming to be a physician who shall fail to comply with these requirements shall be deemed an intruder and be dealt with accordingly; and the Examining Board shall report to the Principal Chief any person practicing medicine in violation of same.

SEC. 320. No druggist or apothecary shall have the right to prescribe for or treat any patient until he shall first have complied with these requirements under penalty of having his license revoked.

SEC. 321. Physicians lawfully practicing in this Nation, may collect their fees in the same manner and upon the same condition as other debts are collected before any of the courts of this Nation; provided, that such fees shall not exceed one ($1.00) dollar per mile for distance traveled in visiting the patient at any hour of day or night, exclusive of obstetrics and surgical work.

CHAPTER XXV.

LIVE STOCK.

Section

STOCK BRANDS.

322. Stock brands to be recorded with the Judges.

Section

323. 324. 325.

326.

327.

328.

329.

330.

Section

331. 332.

ESTRAYS.

Estrays to be posted with Captain of Light Horse.
To be sold at public sale.

Parties posting estrays to take charge of same.

Owners of estrays to recover same by paying specified amount.
Disposal of money accruing from estray sales.

Person buying estrays to keep same six months.

Owner finding stock after six months from sale of same.

Percentage of proceeds of sale to go to any one proving his stock

after public sale thereof.

CLAIMING STOCK BELONGING TO NON-CITIZENS.

Penalty for.

Per cent. of fines due Tax Collector.

SECTION 322.

STOCK BRANDS.

Every person shall furnish the Judge of the District in which he resides or in which his cattle range, the brand or brands of his stock, and the Judge shall enter the same of record, and also furnish each of the other District Judges with a true record of all stock brands on record in his office; and no brand shall be recognized in this Nation unless the same be recorded as herein required.

ESTRAYS.

SEC. 323. Any one finding or taking up estray stock shall report the same to the Light Horse Captain of the District in which such stock is found, giving a full description of the same.

SEC. 324. The Captain shall then post and advertise all estray stock reported to him for the period of six months, and sell the same at public sale to the highest bidder for national warrants, scrip, or for cash.

Claiming Stock Belonging to Non-Citizens.

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SEC. 325. Any person finding and reporting estray stock to the Captain shall take charge of such stock, and appear with it at the time and place of sale.

SEC. 326. Any one who shall find his or her stock posted and advertised for sale, shall, upon proving the stock, be entitled to the same upon payment of two ($2.00) dollars per head on horses and cattle and fifty cents per head for smaller stock.

SEC. 327. All monies accruing from the sale of estrays, except one-third, which shall be paid to the person who shall have taken charge and care of the same, shall be paid into the National Treasury.

SEC. 328. Any person buying estray stock shall keep the same for a period of six months before he shall be at liberty to sell or make any other disposition thereof; and any person who shall find his property within six months after it has been sold at public sale, and prove the same, shall be entitled to his stock.

SEC. 329. Any person who shall find his stock after the expiration of six months from the public sale thereof, shall be entitled to the amount accruing from such sale, less the one-third which shall have been paid to the person having charge of the stock.

SEC. 330. Any person proving and taking stock which has been sold as estray, shall only be entitled to receive from the National Treasurer the two-thirds of the proceeds of the sale which was turned into the treasury.

CLAIMING STOCK BELONGING TO NON-CITIZENS.

SEC. 331. If any person shall claim or graze in this Nation, any stock belonging to a non-citizen, he shall be liable to be reported by the Tax Collector to the Judge of the District wherein the cattle are held; and the Judge shall cause such party to appear before him and state under oath whether or not he is the rightful owner of such stock, and any citizen, who shall, at such investigation, be sus