The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-04-26

dian Service during the fiscal year
next proceeding each report.
Sec. 6. That hereafter each In
dian tribe owning tribal property
consisting of either lands or mon
eys, or both, shall select or elect
from the members of the tribe a
business committee of not less than
three memb ers and not more than
seven members, the number to be
fixed by the Board Of Indian Aft
airs. The members of such bust
ness committee shall! be selected or
elected by a majority of the adult
members of the tribe, male and
female, 1T an election to be held
on their reservation at such times
and places and under such rules
and regulations as may be pre-
scribed by said board. The first
election on each reservation under
the provisions of this Act shall be
held within six months after its
passage, and SAID members of said
! business committee shall mold Office
for period of two years. Their
successors shall be elected at an
election held every two years after
the first election, each election to
BE- held at such time and place as
may be named by said board and
under rules and regulations pre-
scribed by it. Vacancies occurring
prior to any election shall be filled
by appointment by said board:
Provided. That if in the judgment
of said board the affairs of any In
dian tribe do not justify the elec
ton of such a business committee
notice to that effect shall be sent
to the agent or superintendent in
charge of such tribe, and no CON-
mittee shall be elected.
Sec. Z. That on and after the
election Of the business committee
provided for in this Act said COM
mittee shall cooperate with the
agent or. superintendent in the
management of the affairs of said
tribe and in assisting the members
of the tribe who may need the as
sistance of the agent, superintend-
enJ, or business committee.
Sec. 8. That it shall be the duty
of the agent or superintendent of
tribe, together with 5he business
committee of the tribe, and in case
there be no business committee
then it shall be the duty of the
agent or superintendent, to divide
the membership of such tribe into
four classes. The first class shall
be composed of the adult men,
bers who they all agree are COM
petent to manage their own affairs
and fully capable Of looking after
their own interests without the as
sistance of another person: Pro-
vided, That no member who is ad-
dicted to the use of intoxicating
liquors., or WHO is in the habit of
becoming intoxicated, shall be
placed in class one. The second
class shall contain the names of
the adult members of The tribe
who are in part competent to look
after their own affairs. Class three
shall consist of those members who
are wholly unable to manage their
own affairs or look after their own
interests. Glass four shall be com
posed of all the members of said
tribe who have not reached the age
of twenty-one years and shall be
known as minors.
Sec. 9. That the members of
class one shall be entitled to make
their own leases, buy and sell
property, real and personal, man.
age all their own affairs, except to
sell their Indian allotments, which
said ailotments shall remain in
alienabIe and nontaxable during
the trust period provided in the
patent or trust deed issued to such
Indian, or under the law under
which the trust patent was issued
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