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AMENDMENTS
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AMENDMENT III


moval from Office, shall be
amended by adding thereto the
following Section:
Sec. 3. Any member of the
Tribal Business Council may be
recalled from office by petition
signed by at least ten percent of
the eligible voters filed with the
Secretary of the Tribal Business
Council; provided, however, that
such petition sets forth the
charge against the member, and
provided further that before the
recall of any member is submit
ted to a vote of the Tribe, the
member at his option shall be
given an opportunity to answer
any and all charges against him
before an open meeting of the
members of the Tribe. After the
member against whom the
charges have been made has been
given an opportunity to be heard,
it shall be the duty of the Tribal
Business Council to submit the
question of his recall to a secret
ballot vote of the Tribe either at
the open meeting or in an cleo
ton to be held within 80 days
following the open meeting and
the vote of a majority of the
qualified voters of the Tribe shall
be final. No member may be re-
called unless at least 80 percent
of the eligible voters shall vote.
In the event that majority vote
is in favor of recalling the men,
Der, the position shall be vacant
and an election shall be held in
accordance with Article Nv to fill
the unexpired term, provided
that the person so selected shall
be a resident of the district in
which the vacancy occurred.
AMENDMENT w
Article TX, Referendum, shall
be deleted in its entirety and the
following substituted therefor:
Article TX.
Initiative and Referendum
Sec. I. Initiative Petition.
Upon the filing with the Black
feet Tribal Business Council of
an initiative petition signed by
at least ten percent of the eligi-
BILE voters of the Blackfeet Tribe,
the Blackfeet Tribal Business
Council shall within 80 days sub
nit any proposed measure, ordi-
nance or resolution set forth in
the petition to an election of the
members of the Blackfeet Tribe.
Sec. z. Referendum Petition.
Upon the filing with the Black
feet Tribal Business Council of
referendum petition signed by
at least one-third of the eligible
voters of the Blackfeet Tribe, the
Blackfeet Tribal Business Coun-
Gil shall within 80 days submit
any measure, resolution or ordi-
nance enacted by the Council to
an election of the members of
the Blackfeet Tribe.
Sec. 3. Referendum by the
BIsekfeef Tribal Business Ceun-
Gil. The Tribal Business Council
by majority vote may submit to
an election of the members of
the Tribe any enacted or propos-
Gu OIulIldllCc, llCdoOlC Va AcoOid
ton of the Council.
Sec. 4. Results, Approval. The
results of the elections referred
to in Sections /, 2 and 3 shall be
governed by the majority vote of
the eligible voters provided that
at least 80 per cent of the quail
fled voters shall vote. No mea-
sure, ordinance or resolution
adopted under this article will
be effective until approved by
the Secretary of the Interior or
his authorized representative in
those cases where like action by
the Blackfeet Tribal Business
Council would be subject to eth
er approval or review by the Sec
rotary of the Interior under terms
of the Blackfeet Tribal Consti-
tuition, Bylaws or Charter. No
such measures, ordinances or
resolutions shall be amended or
repealed by the Blackfeet Tribal
p1SinesS Council except as auth