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other persons not otherwise ordered to be paid, of whom special service to the Nation may be required by law, and who the law provides shall receive per diem compensation. Each certificate, issued by him, shall be numbered in the order in which it is issued, from the commencement to the end of each fiscal year, beginning with number one; and shall also designate the time served, kind of service, when the service was done, name of person serving, and date of issuance of certificate. For service done in criminal cases, the certificate shall specify, also, the name of the party charged, nature of accusation, and disposition of case. All certificates shall be signed officially by the clerk, and bear the stamp of the district seal.

SEC. 77. The national treasurer shall furnish each clerk, when applied for by him, with "neatly printed" blank forms of "National Scrip," for the issuing of certificates; and no certificate shall be issued by any clerk except upon blanks so furnished. The treasurer shall stamp the blanks so furnished by him, with the seal of his office, and shall take a receipt from each clerk for the number each time to him provided. The treasurer shall also furnish each district clerk with a seal for his office, bearing on the margin the name of the District and Nation, and in the centre the word "Justice."

SEC. 78. Each clerk shall keep a register of all certificates issued as above required, for services proven before him, and a separate register of all certificates issued for services proven before the sheriff, and reported by the sheriff to him, to be certified to and

paid. Each clerk shall also be required to furnish on oath, quarterly reports to the auditor of accounts, within ten days after the expiration of each quarter. The first quarter shall end December 31st, the second March 31st, the third June 30th, and the fourth, or last quarter, September 30th; from which reports, the auditor shall furnish, on oath, the treasurer with quarterly abstracts. Certificates shall be accurately described in registers of the same, as required by law to to be issued, for the prevention of fraud, and their certain identification and approval by the auditor.

SEC. 79. For every failure on part of any clerk to furnish the auditor of accounts with registers of certificates and reports, as before required, and within the time required, he shall forfeit to the Nation as a penalty for such failure, twenty-five dollars, which sum the auditor shall deduct from the salary of such clerk in his register of salaries of officers, and shall at once enter upon such register the cause of such deduction; and for every failure on part of the auditor to make such deduction when authorized and required by him to be made, a fine of fifty dollars is hereby imposed upon such auditor for such omission of duty, which shall be deducted and withheld by the treasurer from his salary.

SEC. 80. The Principal Chief is hereby authorized to furnish each clerk, for the use of the circuit and district courts, such dockets as may be necessary in conducting the business thereof, and to purchase by wholesale, all paper, ink, envelopes, blank-books and other stationery, of uniform quality, required for the

use of the National Council, Executive Office, Supreme Court and District Clerks; and the Principal Chief shall report all purchases, made under this provision, to the National Council, at the session following.

SEC. 81. The district clerks contemplated by this act, shall each receive a salary of four hundred dollars per annum, payable out of the general fund, and be allowed to charge and collect a fee of twenty-five cents for all papers of private or personal character executed by them, not exceeding one page legal cap, or two hundred words-fifty cents for all papers exceeding two hundred words, and twenty-five cents for every additional or fraction of two hundred words; provided, however, that no additional pay over and above his salary, shall be allowed any clerk for services required by law to be rendered by him.

SEC. 82. Each clerk shall, when necessary, have the right, by written notice to appoint a deputy clerk, which appointment when made, shall be reported without delay to the district judge, and such deputy clerk shall take the oath prescribed to be taken by the clerk, and who shall be only authorized during the period of his appointment, unless sooner removed by the clerk, to discharge the duties of the office specially designated for him to perform in his written appointment, and the deputy clerk shall be compensated for his services-as such-out of the salary of the clerk, according to the contract in such case made between them.

SEC. 83. When in any criminal case the clerk shall be unable to attend a called session of any court within

his district, and no deputy clerk shall appear in his place, the court shall be authorized to appoint and qualify, for the special occasion, a clerk "pro tempore," who shall act as such during that session; and the clerk, so appointed, shall be required, upon the adjournment, to supply a statement of the proceedings of the court, during that session, with the proven expenses of the same, duly certified to by him, to the district clerk; and for the accuracy of such report of proceedings and expenses by any clerk "pro tem," the district clerk shall be held responsible. And for and in consideration of the services of any clerk "pro tem," appointed in pursuance of this section, such clerk shall receive, upon the certificate of the presiding judge, five dollars per day, of actual service, to be deducted from the salary of the district clerk by the auditor of accounts.

ARTICLE VI.

DUTIES OF SOLICITORS.

SEC. 84. "There shall be elected by the qualified electors of each district one Solicitor or Prosecuting Attorney for each district, who shall be elected at the same time and for the same term of office for which the judges of the district courts are elected. This act to take effect from and after the first Monday in August 1877." (Dec. 2d, 1876.)

SEC. 85.

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sioned by the Principal Chief, and shall take the following oath or affirmation, to-wit:

You do solemnly swear, that as Solicitor or Prosecuting Attorney, for and in behalf of the Cherokee Nation, you will, to the best of your skill and ability, faithfully conduct all examinations of crimes committed, or persons charged, and prosecute all persons indicted in pursuance of authority given you by law, without fear, favor, partiality or malice, within the district. of , during your continuance in office, and that you will not take or receive any remuneration of any person charged with any criminal offense within said district, or from any one else in behalf of such person, but be faithful to the Cherokee Nation in all prosecutions, and in the performance of all other duties required of a Solicitor to perform by law, to the best of your ability. So help you God.

SEC. 86. It shall be the duty of the National Solicitor, to act for and in behalf of the Nation, in all suits or proceedings within his district, in which the Nation shall be a party, or shall be interested; to indict, in the manner and within the times prescribed by law, all persons within his district against whom there shall be evidence sufficient, in his opinion, to convict of a felony or a misdemeanor, and for such object, to make due and diligent inquiry into all the facts and circumstances of any complaint, crime or misdemeanor made to him, or coming under his notice in any manner; to do his utmost to develop and submit evidence in any case reported by him, or by other means made a subject of investigation by the grand jury, and to prosecute, with intent to discover the true facts of any charge and the just administration of the law, all indictments that may be tried within his district; provided, that when any case has been prema

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