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OKLAHOMA RED BOOK 201
THE CONSTITUTION OF THE CHEROKEE NATION
ADOPTED SEPTEMBER 6, 1839 .
. '
SUMMARY.
Art. I. Boundaries.
Art. II. Distribution of Power.
Art. m. Legislature.
Art. IV. lllxecutive.
Art. V. Judiciary.
Art. VI. Miscellaneous Provisions.
AMENDMENTS.
Art. 1. Modification of Boundary Rights.
Art. III. Providing for Census-Legislative Apportionment. Giving
Inter-married Whites and Negro Freedmen Political and
other Rights.
Art. V. The Judiciary.
, Art. VI. Prohibiting the Abridgment of, Suffrage.
The Easterrn and Western Cherokees having again reunited and become
one body politic, under the style and title of the CHEROKEE NATION.:
i:!-'herefore, We, the people of the Cherokee Nation, in National
Convention assembled, In order to establish justice, Insure tranquility, promote
the common welfare, and to secure ourselves and our posterity' the
blessing of freedom-acknowledging with humility and gratitude the goodness
of the Sovereign Ruler of the Universe in permitting us to do so" and
imploring His. aid and guidance in its accomplishment-do ordain and estabUsh
this Constitution for the Government of 'the Cherokee Nation.
ARTICL.E I.
Section 1. The boundary of the Cherokee Nation shall be that'described
In the treaty of 1833, between the United States and Western
Cherokees, subject to such extension as may be made in the adjust!ment
of the unfinished business with the United States. '
Section 2. The lands of the Cherokee Nation shall remain common
property: but the improvements made thereon, and in the possession
of the citizens of the Nation, are the exclusive and indefeasible property
of the citizens' respectively who made or may rightfully be in posseSSion
of them; provided, that the citizens, of the Nation possessing exclusive 'and
indefeasible right to their improvements, as expressed in this artl4e,
shall possess no right or power to dispose of their improvements, In any
manner whatever, to'the United States, individual states, or to individUlil
citizens thereof: and that, whenever any citizens shall remove with his
effects out of the limits of this Nation, and pecome a cltlzen of an othEir
Object Description
| Title | [1912] Oklahoma Red Book Vol 1 Part 2 (Pages 201-244) |
| Author |
Corden, Seth K. Richards, William B. |
| Subject |
Oklahoma--History Oklahoma--Politics and government Oklahoma--History--Sources |
| Physical description | 676 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Notes | Vol. 1, "comp. by Seth K. Corden, former sec'y State election board, and W.B. Richards, corporation record clerk, under supervision of Giles W. Farris, state printer, and Benjamin F. Harrison, secretary of state." |
| Original Place of Publication | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| Original Publisher | [s.n.] |
| Original Publication Date | 1912 |
| Electronic Place of Publication | Oklahoma City |
| Electronic Publisher | Oklahoma Department of Libraries |
| Electronic Publication Date | 2012 |
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| Source | Oklahoma Dept. of Libraries, Oklahoma Collection, O 976.6 Okl |
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| Title | [1912] Oklahoma Red Book Vol 1 Part 2 (Pages 201-244) 1 |
| Transcript | OKLAHOMA RED BOOK 201 THE CONSTITUTION OF THE CHEROKEE NATION ADOPTED SEPTEMBER 6, 1839 . . ' SUMMARY. Art. I. Boundaries. Art. II. Distribution of Power. Art. m. Legislature. Art. IV. lllxecutive. Art. V. Judiciary. Art. VI. Miscellaneous Provisions. AMENDMENTS. Art. 1. Modification of Boundary Rights. Art. III. Providing for Census-Legislative Apportionment. Giving Inter-married Whites and Negro Freedmen Political and other Rights. Art. V. The Judiciary. , Art. VI. Prohibiting the Abridgment of, Suffrage. The Easterrn and Western Cherokees having again reunited and become one body politic, under the style and title of the CHEROKEE NATION.: i:!-'herefore, We, the people of the Cherokee Nation, in National Convention assembled, In order to establish justice, Insure tranquility, promote the common welfare, and to secure ourselves and our posterity' the blessing of freedom-acknowledging with humility and gratitude the goodness of the Sovereign Ruler of the Universe in permitting us to do so" and imploring His. aid and guidance in its accomplishment-do ordain and estabUsh this Constitution for the Government of 'the Cherokee Nation. ARTICL.E I. Section 1. The boundary of the Cherokee Nation shall be that'described In the treaty of 1833, between the United States and Western Cherokees, subject to such extension as may be made in the adjust!ment of the unfinished business with the United States. ' Section 2. The lands of the Cherokee Nation shall remain common property: but the improvements made thereon, and in the possession of the citizens of the Nation, are the exclusive and indefeasible property of the citizens' respectively who made or may rightfully be in posseSSion of them; provided, that the citizens, of the Nation possessing exclusive 'and indefeasible right to their improvements, as expressed in this artl4e, shall possess no right or power to dispose of their improvements, In any manner whatever, to'the United States, individual states, or to individUlil citizens thereof: and that, whenever any citizens shall remove with his effects out of the limits of this Nation, and pecome a cltlzen of an othEir |
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