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Handwritten draft of Article 12: "It will favor the fostering of industry and the encouragement of enterprise and the developments of the resources of the Nation by a wise and liberal policy toward labor…" S.H. Benge, President of Convention of Tahlequah.

Typed draft of US Congressional bill to refer all claims of the Cherokee Indians, whether as individuals or otherwise, to the Court of Claims, per the Treaty of 1866.

Handwritten and signed draft, and photostatic negatives of same, of An Act to prohibit the sale and transportation of hay beyond the limits of the Cherokee Nation.

Photonegatives of 1975.006.1.Cherokee.068

Handwritten and signed Council Bill No. 21. Amendment to the Act regarding the possession and/or use of dangerous weapons in or near polling places during election time.

Notice to be posted of a Proclamation to Convene the National Council in Extra Session, signed by C.J. Harris, Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation.

Certified carbon copy typed doc of Charges of Malfeasance in Office against memebers of the Cherokee National Board of Education (C.O. Frye, A.F. Ivey, and J.E. Butler). Concerns the Male and Female Seminaries as well as the Orphan Asylum.

Printed copy of a resolution protesting the implications of the Dawes Commission's preparation of the Rolls of citizens of the Cherokee Nation.

Carbon copy typed and signed An Appeal of the Cherokees, Creeks, Seminoles, Choctaws, and Chickasaws to the Senate of the U.S. with regard to the Act of Congress to establish a government in their territory.

Typed and signed petition from C.J. Harris and George Benge (Cherokee Delegates) to National Council requesting additional funding for expenses incurred.