Oklahoma pursuant to rules and regulations the General Council shall prescribe. It shall be the duty of the Chief to call such an election upon the request of fifteen (15) members of the General Council. (As amended, February 25, 1989; As amended, December 14, 1991)

Section 2. A notice in the form of a resolution duly adopted by the General Council as to the time and place of any election to adopt or reject any proposed amendment must be given not less than sixty (60) days before election day. Such notice must include the full text of any proposed amendment and must appear subsequently at fifteen (15) day intervals in at least two (2) prominent newspapers published within Seminole County.

ARTICLE XIV - ADOPTION

This constitution when ratified by a majority of those qualified to vote in a special election of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma pursuant to rules the Council may prescribe, shall be submitted to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and shall become effective upon the date of approval.

ARTICLE XV - TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION

The territorial jurisdiction of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma shall be within the geographical boundaries established by the Treaty of March 21, 1866, 14 Stat. 755, entered into by the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma and the United States of America, including but not limited to the following property located within said boundaries: property held in trust by the United States of America on behalf of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma; property owned in fee by the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma; restricted and trust allotments; and dependent Indian communities. The territorial jurisdiction of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma shall also extend to all property located outside said boundaries, owned in fee by the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma or held in trust by the United States on behalf of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma. All of said property subject to the territorial jurisdiction of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, both real and personal, shall be exempt from federal and state taxation, when not inconsistent with federal law.

Pursuant to the election authorized by the Seminole General Council on September 20, 1968, the foregoing constitution and bylaws was submitted to the registered voters of the tribe and was on March 8, 1969, adopted by a vote of 637 for and 249 against. A total of 1,506 eligible Seminole voters registered for the election and the number of valid ballots cast represented 58.8% of those entitled to vote.

/s/Effie G. Kivett                                                           /s/ Bennie F. Johnson                                       
Effie G. Kivett                                                              Bennie F. Johnson                                           
Secretary, Seminole Election Comm.                             Chairman, Seminole Election Comm.
March 12, 1969                                                           /s/ John Brown                                                
                                                                                    John Brown                                                     
                                                                                    Chairman, Seminole General Council

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