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Show SEC. 4. Members of the Council shall be at least twenty- five years of age, and permanent residents of tl) e reservation. No person who has been convicted of a felony shall be eligible for membership on the Council. SEC. 5. The first election of the Council shall be held within sixty days after the adoption and approval of this Constitution; and thereafter, the annual election shall be held on the second Friday in October. The councilmen elected at this first meeting shall serve until the first annual election in 1941. SEC. 6. At the first annual election after the adoption of this Constitution, the members of the Towaoc Community shall meet and elect two members of the Council for one year; two members for two years; and two members for three years; thereafter, two members shall be elected, annually, by the' Towaoc Community for a three- year period. The Allen' Canyon Community shall meet and elect their councilman as provided for in sections 2 and 5 of this Article. SEC 7. Any councilman who may resign, die, or be removed from his office, shall be replaced only at a regular election or at a special election called by the Council. Any councilman convicted of a felony or misdemeanor involving dishonesty in a Federal, State or Indian Court _ may be removed from office by a two- thirds vote of the Council. SEC. 8. Members of the Council shall take office on the first Friday of the first month after their election. ARTICLE IV- NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS SECTION 1. Any resident member, male or female, 21 years of age or oyer, and otherwise qualified, shall be entitled to vote at any election. SEC. 2. All elections shall be announced by the Superintendent, or by an officer of the tribe designated by the Council, through a circular letter to the Ute Mountain Indians at least ten days before the election. SEC. 3. Candidates for election to the Council shall be nominated at and appear before General Councils to be held at Ute Mountain Sub- Agency, and Allen Canyon. They shall then be seated, after which voting shall take place. Voting shall be by show of hands. SEC. 4. Notice of special elections shall be given in the same manner as that for general or regular elections. ARTICLE V- POWERS OF THE COUNCIL SEC. 1. The Council of the Ute Mountain Tribe shall exercise the following powers: ( a) To negotiate with Federal, State and local governments. ( b) To prevent the sale, disposition, lease or encumbrance of tribal lands, interests in lands, or other tribal assets, without the consent of the tribe. Leases shall be made by the Council, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, in accordance with the existing law, but no lease shall be made to a non- member of the tribe unless it has been approved by and authorized by the Council. |
