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that the Salary of the Journeyman printer so employed shall be Three Hundred Dollars a Year; and Be it further Resolved, that the commencement of the Salaries of said printers shall commence & begin on the day of actually commencing the publication of said paper, which shall take place as soon as practicable. And Be it further Resolved that the aforesaid respective Sums be and are hereby appropriated out of any monies in the treasury not otherwise appropriated and it shall be the duty of the National Editor at the expiration of a term, to certify that the printers have well & faithfully performed their contracts as printers, which Certificates shall be presented to the National Treasurer for payment, who is hereby authorized to pay said Salaries: Resolved further that the Treasurer of the Cherokee nation is hereby authorized to engage the aforesaid printer, in and obligation of sufficient penalty for default, for certain performance of printing the national paper. New Echota Elijah Hicks, Pres Ne Council 18th Oct.1827 concurred A McCoy Clk Ne Cttee Major Ridge Spkr

                                          approved:

E Boudinott Clk Ne Council unclear Hicks, 1st P. C.

                                               John Ross, 2d P. C.      

Resolved by the National Committe & Council that Elias Boudinott is hereby elected and appointed National Editor to the Cherokee Phoenix, a newspaper to be published at New Echota; and that it shall be his duty to issue a prospectus throughout the United States & the Cherokee Nation; __ the aforesaid incurred for the publishing of which prospectus shall be paid out of the National Treasury; and that the Sum of Tewnty Dollars be his hereby appointed appropriated for the same. New Echota Oct 19. 1827 Elijah Hicks, Pres Ne Con

                                       approved

A McCoy Clk Ne Comm Major Ridge Speaker E Boudinott Clk Ne Council unclear Hicks, 1st P. C.

                                                      John Ross, 2d P. C.