INDIAN AFFAIRS: LAWS AND TREATIES

Vol. VI, Laws     (Compiled from February 10, 1939 to January 13, 1971)

Washington : Government Printing Office

PUBLIC LAWS OF THE NINETY-FIRST CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION, 1970
Public Law 91-224 | Public Law 91-229 | Public Law 91-230 | Public Law 91-240 | Public Law 91-251 | Public Law 91-258 | Public Law 91-259 | Public Law 91-264 | Public Law 91-274 | Public Law 91-275 | Public Law 91-283 | Public Law 91-290 | Public Law 91-305 | Public Law 91-335 | Public Law 91-361 | Public Law 91-362 | Public Law 91-364 | Public Law 91-386 | Public Law 91-400 | Public Law 91-401 | Public Law 91-403 | Public Law 91-404 | Public Law 91-413 | Public Law 91-416 | Public Law 91-417 | Public Law 91-420 | Public Law 91-424 | Public Law 91-471 | Public Law 91-478 | Public Law 91-489 | Public Law 91-495 | Public Law 91-501 | Public Law 91-523 | Public Law 91-542 | Public Law 91-550 | Public Law 91-557 | Public Law 91-581 | Public Law 91-605 | Public Law 91-609 | Public Law 91-627 | Public Law 91-644 | Public Law 91-665 | Public Law 91-695

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Public Law 91-495
October 22, 1970 | [S. 3116] 84 Stat. 1091

AN ACT
To authorize each of the Five Civilized Tribes of Oklahoma to popularly select their principal officer, and for other purposes.
Section 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the principal chiefs of the Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole Tribes of Oklahoma and the governor of the Chickasaw Tribe of Oklahoma shall be popularly selected by the respective tribes in accordance with procedures established by the officially recognized tribal spokesman and/or governing entity. Such established procedures shall be subject to approval by the Secretary of the Interior.

SEC. 2.

The Secretary of the Interior or his representative is hereby authorized to assist, upon request, any of such officially recognized tribal spokesman and/or governing entity in the development and implementation of such procedures.

SEC. 3.

A principal officer selected pursuant to section 1 of this Act shall be duly recognized as the principal chief, or in the case of the Chickasaw Tribe, the governor, of that tribe.

SEC. 4.

Any principal officer currently holding office at the date of enactment of this Act shall continue to serve for a period not to exceed twelve months or until expiration of his most recent appointment, whichever is shorter, unless an earlier vacancy arises from resignation, disability, or death of the incumbent, in which case the office of principal chief or governor may be filled at the earliest possible date in accordance with section 1 of this Act.

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SEC. 5.

Nothing in this Act shall prevent any such incumbent referred to in section 4 of this Act from being elected as a principal chief or governor.

Approved, October 22, 1970.

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