and the remainder, if any, with the real estate, shall be given to the nearest relative.
Sec. 6. Whoever shall take or receive any portion of the property belonging to the widow and orphans, shall be punished as it he had stolen the property.
Sec. 7. The council shall appoint guardians for orphan children when they deem it expedient so to do.
Article VIII.
Sec. 1. If a white man marry a member of the nation, and accumulate property by such marriage, said property shall belong to his wife and children; nor shall he be allowed to remove any portion of such property beyond the limits of the reserve.
Sec. 2. Should such white man lose his wife, all the property shall belong to the children, and no subsequent wife shall claim any portion of such property.
Sec. 3. Should such white man die in the nation, leaving no children, all his property shall belong to his wife, after paying his debts.
Sec. 4. Should such white man lose his wife, and have no children, one half of the personal property shall belong to him, and the other half shall belong to his wife's nearest relatives.
Sec. 5. Should such white man be expelled from the reserve, and the wife choose to follow her husband, she shall forfeit all her right and interest in the reserve.
Article IX.
Sec. 1. No member of the nation shall lease any grounds to persons not members of the nation.
Sec. 2. Should a white man seek employment of any member of the nation, he shall first give his name to the United States Agent, and furnish him with a certificate of good moral character, and also a statement of the time for which he is employed, and the name of his employer.
Sec. 3. The employed shall pay all hired help according to agreement.
Sec. 4. Any person or persons violating any of the provisions of these laws on the reserve shall be punished as therein provided.
Sec. 5. All white men on the reserve disregarding these laws shall also be expelled from the reserve.
