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CERTIFIED OF ADOPTION Pursuant to an order, approved November 1, 1935, by the Secretary of the Interior, the attached Constitution and By-Laws were submitted for ratification to the members of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Reservation and were on November 23, 1935, duly approved by a vote of 992 for and 643 against, in an election in which over 30 percent of those entitled to vote cast their ballots, in accordance with Section 16 of the Indian Reorganization Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat, 984), as amended by the Act of June 15, 1935 (Public, No. 147, 74th Cong.) /s/ George Kills in Sight, Chairman of Election Board s/ George Whirlwind Soldier, Vice Chairman, Rosebud Sioux Tribe /s/ Wallace A. Murray, Secretary, Rosebud Sioux Tribe /s/ W.O. Roberts, Superintendent I, Harold I. Ickes, the Secretary of the Interior of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority granted me by the Act of June 18, 1934, (48 Stat. 984), as amended, do hereby approve the attached Constitution and By-Laws of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe. All rules and regulations heretofore promulgated by the Interior Department or by the Office of Indian Affairs, so far as they may be incompatible with any of the provisions of the said Constitution and By-Laws are hereby declared inapplicable to the Rosebud Sioux Tribe. All officers and employees of the Interior Department are ordered to abide by the provisions of the said Constitution and By-Laws. Approval recommended December 16, 1935. John Collier, Commissioner of Indian Affairs Harold I. Ickes, Secretary of the Interior (SEAL) Washington, D.C., December 20, 1935