by warrant of the Principal Chief, upon the requisition of the Board of Education, signed by the President and Secretary of the Board of Education, which shall be accompanied by an itemized statement showing the cause and purpose of expenditure, and the amount shall be taken from the permanent school fund set apart by act of October 16th, 1889. SEC. 220. The Board of Education may use any surplus funds for the enlargement and benefit of those schools respectively from which such surplus shall remain, the purpose being to provide for the maintenance and education of all orphans of this Nation. SEC. 221. No teacher shall teach in any of the schools of this Nation who does not hold a certificate regularly issued by the Board of Education. SEC. 222. Nothing in this law shall be so construed as to prevent or prohibit any religious board or society from establishing and maintaining schools at their own expense with the consent of the Board of Education. TEACHERS' INSTITUTE. SEC. 223. The National Teachers' Institute is a regular corporate body holding its authority from the government of the Muskogee Nation. It shall be composed of all the teachers of the Primary, Intermediate and High Schools of the Nation, and shall hold an annual session, commencing on the first Tuesday in July. SEC. 224. Each teacher of all the schools shall attend the sessions of the Teachers' Institute, and those desiring schools during the next succeeding year shall be examined by the Board of Education during its sessions. PERMISSION TO CITIZENS Regarding SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS. SEC. 225. L. C. Perryman, G. B. Perryman J. C. Perryman and their associates, citizens of the Muskogee Nation, are given full permission to employ such teachers from the States as they may see proper. The teachers so employed shall be confined to the teaching of the select school located at Tulsa, I. T., and owned and controlled by the above named parties. BK SEC. 226. BAPTIST UNIVERSITY. Permission is hereby granted to the American Baptist Home Mission Society, through the Board of Trustees hereinafter named, and to their successors, to found, establish and maintain, within the limits of the Creek Nation, and under the protection of the laws thereof, an Indian University, that shall be to the Indian Territory, as nearly as practicable, all that State Universities are to the several States in which they are located, and shall be open to the reception of students from the citizens of the Creek Nation and other Indian Tribes or Nations. There is also granted to the said University the free use of only such an amount of land as shall be needful for the carrying out of its general plans and purposes; provided, that whenever the said land shall cease to be used, it shall revert to the Creek Nation. SEC. 227. The following named individuals are hereby constituted a Board of Trustees, viz: Rev. H. L. Morehouse, D. D., Secretary of the A. B. H. M. Society. Rev. J. S. Murrow, Missionary. Rev. Daniel Rogers, Missionary. Prof. A. C. Bacone, President Indian University. Rev. Charles Journeycake, Chief of the Delawares. Rev. James Williams, ex-Chief of the Choctaw Nation. Rev. John McIntosh, Superintendent of Public Instruc- . tion, Creek Nation. Together with the Principal Chief of the Creek Nation. Said Board of Trustees shall represent the American Baptist Home Mission Society and the Indian Tribes or Nations to which they respectively belong, and shall have power to locate the said University, paying for any improvements which may be found on the ground which they select for the purpose, to hold, superintend and control all money, buildings and property belonging thereto. They shall, as soon as practicable, arrange for literary, theological and other needful departments; shall prescribe the course of study, appoint instructors and other officers; shall have the power to confer degrees, and to make appointments to its own membership, for the purpose of perpetuating its existence and promoting its efficiency. All its acts shall be subject to the approval of the Executive Board of the American Baptist Home Mission Society, so long as the University derives any of its support from the said Society; and shall be subject to the approval of the Muskogee Nation regarding appointments of said Nation's representatives on said Board. October 29th, 1881. HARRELL INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE. SEC. 228. Permission is hereby granted "to the Harrell International Institute" to hold its sessions within the limits of the Muskogee Nation, at any point not less than one-half mile from the Muskogee depot, that will not interfere with the rights and privileges of any citizen of the Muskogee Nation; and the trustees of the Institute are hereby empowered to select a piece of ground, under the above conditions, not exceeding three acres, and erect thereon, for the use of the said Institute, suitable buildings and improvements; providing, however, that said buildings and improvements are to revert to the Muskogee Nation whenever they are vacated by the said Institute, or whenever said institute, through its officers, *shall violate the intercourse laws between the Muskogee Nation and the Government of the United States, or the laws and statutes of the Muskogee Government; and providing, further, that no appointment of Trustees to said Institute shall be consummated until such appointment is confirmed by this Government. Said Trustees shall make annual re ports to this body, stating the number of pupils, and such other matters as may be considered of importance to the Muskogee people; and provided, further, that said Institute shall be subject to any future changes, in relation to its government, that the Government of the Muskogee Nation may deem proper to impose. SECTION 229. The election of the First and Second Chief and members of the National Council shall take place on the first Tuesday in September, and shall be conducted in the following manner: 1. Each Town shall convene on the day specified. 2. The members of the National Council shall be judges of election in their respective Towns; but in the event of their disability by reason of sickness, etc., the Town Chief shall be judge. 3. The election rolls shall be closed and sealed when the day of election has ended. 4. Before the roll has been sealed, a duplicate of the same shall be taken and retained by the Town Chief. 5. The sealed copy of the roll shall be forwarded to the President of the House of Kings. 6. The rolls shall be opened at the meeting of the Annual National Council by a committee appointed by the Council, and the duplicate roll left in the hands of the Town Chief shall be compared with the same. 7. The said committee shall count the votes. 8. When the votes have been counted and the result ascertained, it shall be declared and promulgated by the Principal Chief by proclamation. 9. All officers elected under the foregoing laws shall enter upon the duties of their offices on the fifth day of December following. RULES GOVERNING THE OPENING AND COUNTING OF ELECTION RETURNS FOR THE PRINCIPAL AND SECOND CHIEF. RULE 1. In opening and counting the votes a strict observance of law pertaining thereto shall be observed. |