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18 LAWS OF THEvember 3, 1885, provision was made for the publication of thelawsof the Choctaw Nation, and a committee was constituted\nnd consisted of the Principal Chief, National Secretary andNational Attorney, to award contracts for the compilation, .translation and publication, and required bonds for their faithfulperformance of the work to be done under those contracts.AND WHEREAS, Said committee did award said contracts, receivethe work done under them, issue certificates to the variousparties for their pay, and the work has all been paid forTherefore the following shall be the enacting clause of saidpublicationBe it enacted by the General Council of the Choctaw Nationassembled, that the said publication is hereby declared to containthe laws of the Choctaw Nation at the time of said publication,and they shall be obeyed and respected accordingly ; and.this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage...APPROVED, October 20, 1888.B. F. SINIALLWOOD,P. C. C. N.BILL XXVI.An act declaiming the time when officers shall qualify.Be it enacted by the General Council of' the Choctaw Nation, -assembled, That all district and county officers who receivetheir certificates of' election from the Supreme Judges, shalltake the oath of office and enter upon the discharge of' their dutieson the lsc, day of October next succeeding the election atwhich they are chosen, and shall hold office for two years unlessremoved for cause.Be it further enacted. That all officers who are elected bythe joint ballot of the Senate and House of' Representatives, together with all officers appointed by the Chief by and with the •advice and consent of' the Senate, shall qualify and enter uponthe discharge of their duties on the 1st day of November succeedingtheir election or appointment.Be it further enacted, That all officers now holding shallcontinue in office, if they are elected by the people, until Octo-CHOCTAW NATION.her 1, 1890, and those elected by the Council or appointed by-the Chief until November 1, 1890.Be it further enacted, That this act shall not apply to Sena--tors or Representatives, Principal Chief' or any member of hiscabinet, Circuit and Supreme Judges, and that this act shall bein force from and after its passage.APPROVED, November 6, 1888.B. F. SMALLWOOD,P. C. C. N.BILL XXVII.An act in reference to pay of witnesses.Be it enacted by the General Council of 4-h - Ch- -taw Nation.assembled, That in addition to the fees and already allowedwitnesses by the law of October 26, 1883, to be paid incounty script, they shall be allowed one dollar per day while attendingcircuit court on behalf of the Nation, until discharged,.in all criminal cases, and in civil cases where the Nation is aparty in interest, to be paid out of the national treasury, on thecertificates of the Judges of the Courts and attested by the-Clerks, with the seals of' the courts attached; provided, that in31 0 case the costs in a civil suit between individuals are to be paidout of the national treasury, and provided farther, that no officer,prisoner or other person, whose business takes him or herto court without a summons, or who happens to be present, nothaving been summoned, shall be allowed the above per diem forimply testifying in a ease.The act cf November 7, 1887, is hereby repealed, and this.act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.APPROVED, November 6, 1888.B. • F. SMALLWOOD, P. C. C. N.BILL XXVIII.An act providing for three more students to be sent to school inthe States.Be it enacted by the General Connell of the Choctaw Nation.el19