RIAMCO

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Cherokee Nation legislative act (RLC.Ms.572)

Redwood Library and Athenaeum

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Newport, RI 02840
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Scope & content

This collection consists of Senate Bill Number 1 from the National Council of the Cherokee Nation in which appropriations to pay the current and contingent expenses of the regular session of the National Council in 1902 were approved. This act was approved by the Principal Chief, T. M. Buffington on December 6, 1902. Also included is the certificate submitted to the U.S. President used to approve this act. This certificate was signed by President Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) on January 26, 1903.