Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-04-03

Il voice ailu Il Nolt III lllc NOuilcll
otherwise the Gencral Council
shall consist of 40 delegates. 10 to
be elected by each Of the four dis
trict councils. For the par
pose OF transacting the business
of the Genera Council. a
quorum shall consist of 30 of the
regularly elected delegates, and
when a quorum Is present, the
Council shall proceed with the
transaction Of buslncss and III case
of the failure of ono or more Of
the regularly elected delegates to
attend tho General Council ap-
pointmcnts to fill The vacancies
resulting from slch failure 20 al
tend shall not be made by The
Chairman Or otherwise.
ARTICLE XIII.
All matters pertaining to and
affecting the tribe as a whole
shall be acted upon by the Gen
eral Council.
ARTICLE XIV.
Delegates shall be elected BY
the District Councils whenever
notice is received that a Gem
eral Council has been called. AS
soon as the delegates have been
elected by the District Councils,
the names of the DELEGATES so
elected shall be certified to the
Superintendent by the Chairman
and Secretary of the District
Councils. All the names so Ger
titled to constitute the roll of the
General Council. This roll shall
be called Immediately upon the
convening of the General Council
and when a vote is taken upon
amy motion or question before the
Council. In the latter case, the
Secretary shall record the aye"
and may votes by writing i'm the
minutes the names of the delegates
and the way they voted.
ARTICLE XIV.
A General Council shall be
called by the superintendent
whenever or1gI..' by the Indian
Office, or in his judgment, he has
received sufficient matter re-
quiring the action of a General
Council to justify him i'm calling q
meeting OF the same, or whenever
the Indians of the reservation,
through the Chairman of the
General Council, have brought
such matters 10 his attention. Ii
shall be the duty OF the Superin-
tendcnt to notify each district OF
the call for a General Council at
least thirty days i'm advance of
thc date set for a General Council.
the date for the meeting of the
Council to be determined by the
superintendent and the Chairman
of the General Council. When
sending out he call for the meet
ing of the General Council, the
superintendent shall state i'm the
call the objects or points 10 he
taken mp by The Council and when
the Council is convened, the bust
ness to be transacted by the
Council is to be confined 10 that
specified, III the call provided
that the Council shall take up i'm
oortant matters that may arise
Turing the time between The call
Or the Council and the oonvenlne
VI the same.
ARTICLE XVI.
When a member of the Council
5 recognized by the Chairman
md takes the floor, he Shall CON
inc his remarks to the subject
hen under discussion and the
ength of time he shall be per-
nltted to speak OH that subject is
| lot limited; provided, that no
member shall be permitted to
speak more than once on any one
subject without first securing
permission therefor from the
Chairman.
| ARTICLE XVII.
Within ten days after the ad-
lournment Of the General Council
5he Secretary shall transmit the
minutes to the Superintendent
the minutes transmitted to be
signed by the Chairman and at,
tested by the Secretary. All
actions of the General Council
shall be submitted to the Business