AMENDMENT TO THE BY-LAWS OF THE CADDO INDIAN
TRIBE OF OKLAHOMA

AMENDMENT I.

Article IV-Quorum. Section l of the By-laws shall be amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 1. Forty members of the Council shall constitute a quorum to transact business at any meeting."

CERTIFICATION OF ADOPTION

Pursuant to an order approved on July 20, 1943, by the Assistant Secretary of the Interior, the attached Amendment to the By-laws of the Caddo Indian Tribe was submitted for ratification to the members of the Caddo Tribe of Oklahoma, and on September 14, 1943, was duly adopted by a vote of 87 for and 1 against, in an election in which over 18 percent of those entitled to vote cast their ballots in accordance with Section 3 of the Oklahoma Indian Welfare Act of June 26, 1936 (49 Stat. 1967).

LLOYD TOUNWIN,

Chairman, Tribal Council.

ANDREW DUNLAP,

Secretary, Tribal Council.

W. B. McCOWN,

Superintendent, Kiowa Agency.

I, Oscar L. Chapman, the Assistant Secretary of the Interior of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority granted me by the Act of June 26, 1936 (49 Stat. 1967), do hereby approve the above amendment to the Constitution and By-laws of the Caddo Indian Tribe of Oklahoma.

Approval recommended: November 17, 1943.

WILLIAM ZIMMERMAN, Jr.,

Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs.

[SEAL] OSCAR L. CHAPMAN,

Assistant Secretary of the Interior.

WASHINGTON, D. C., January 11, 1944.

AMENDMENT

CONS'I'ITUTION AND BYLAWS

OF THE

CADDO INDIAN TRIBE OF OKLAHOMA

AMENDMENT

Article II of the Tribal Constitution and Bylaws shall be amended to read as follows:

SEC. 1. The membership of the Caddo Indian Tribe of Oklahoma shall consist of all living original Caddo allottees and the living direct descendants by blood of all original Caddo allottees, except the following persons:

(a) Those persons otherwise entitled to enrollment who elect to be enrolled with another tribe.
(b) Those persons otherwise entitled to enrollment who have received any payments in land or money by virtue of having been enrolled with some other tribe.

SEC. 2. Those persons who prior to the adoption of the Amendment were recognized as members or entitled to membership in accordance with Sections 1 to 5, inclusive, of Article II of the Constitution of the Caddo Indian Tribe of Oklahoma ratified on January 17, 1938, who do not fall within the provisions of Section 1 of this Article shall continue to be members of or entitled to membership in the tribe until their deaths or voluntary relinquishment of membership made in writing to the Executive Committee.

SEC. 3. The Executive Committee shall prepare and maintain a current roll of the membership of the tribe based upon the rules set forth in Section 1 of this Article.

SEC. 4. The Council shall have power to prescribe rules and regulations, subject to the review of the Secretary of the Interior, covering future membership, including adoption, expulsion, and loss of membership.

I, Felix E. Wormser, Assistant Secretary of the Interior of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority granted me by the Act of June 26, 1936 (49 Stat. 1967), do hereby approve the above amendment to the Constitution and Bylaws of the Caddo Indian Tribe of Oklahoma.

FELIX E. WORMSER

Assistant Secretary of the Interior

(SEAL)

WASHINGTON, D. C., September 27, 1956.

CERTIFICATION OF ADOPTION

Pursuant to an order approved on September 27, 1956, by the Assistant Secretary of the Interior, the atttached Amendment II to the Constitution and Bylaws of the Caddo Indian Tribe of Oklahoma was submitted for ratification to the adult members of the Tribe, and on November 23, 1956, was duly adopted by a vote of 145 for, and 13 against, in accordance with Article XI of the Constitution and Bylaws of the Caddo Indian Tribe of Oklahoma.

LLOYD TOUNWIN

Chairman, Caddo Tribal Executive Committee

ANDREW DUNLAP

Secretary, Caddo Tribal Executive Committee

WILL PITNER

Area Director, Anadarko Area Office