[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 25, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
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[CITE: 25CFR91.6]

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                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
     CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 91--GOVERNMENT OF INDIAN VILLAGES, OSAGE RESERVATION, OKLAHOMA--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 91.6  Custody of public buildings and tracts reserved from selection by individuals; village committees.

    Each of the three (3) villages described herein shall organize a 
village committee to provide for the health, safety and welfare of its 
inhabitants, for the maintenance of tribal property, and to serve as 
custodian and manager of tribal property and improvements located within 
said village except that tract described in Sec. 91.5(b)(3). Each 
village committee shall be composed of five (5) members, domiciled in 
the village, one of whom shall be designated by the committee as 
chairman. The committees shall be elected biennially by the residents of 
the villages, except in the Grayhorse Indian Village where the committee 
shall be appointed by the Council from among those tribal members 
residing in or historically associated with the village. The procedure 
for initial committee elections shall be established by the Council. 
Each village committee shall prepare a constitution and by-laws to be 
approved by the Council and the Superintendent before said committee 
will have any authority to govern, and any changes or amendments thereto 
must likewise be approved by the Council and the Superintendent. All 
actions of the committee are subject to appeal to the Council whose 
decision shall be final: Provided, That such committee shall have no 
control or authority to grant permission for the use of tribal property 
described in Sec. 91.5 for the holding of dances. Such authority shall 
remain in the Council and any group or individual using the property for 
dance purposes without the written permission of the Council shall be in 
violation of these regulations: Provided, further, That the village 
committee shall not permit the use of any of the tracts described in 
Sec. 91.5 in any manner that would conflict with Council authorization 
for dance purposes.