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File #: 13-109    Version: 1 Name: N/A
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 8/16/2013 In control: TRIBAL COUNCIL
On agenda: 8/29/2013 Final action: 8/29/2013
Enactment date: 8/29/2013 Enactment #: R-066-13
Title: A RESOLUTION CONFIRMING THE NOMINATION OF CHARLES T. HOSKIN JR., AS SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE CHEROKEE NATION
Sponsors: Tina Glory Jordan, Frankie Hargis
Indexes: Secretary of State
Code sections: N/A - Not Applicable
Attachments: 1. R-66-13.PDF
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A RESOLUTION CONFIRMING THE NOMINATION OF CHARLES T. HOSKIN JR., AS SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE CHEROKEE NATION
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WHEREAS, the Cherokee Nation since time immemorial has exercised the sovereign rights of self-government in behalf of the Cherokee people;
 
WHEREAS,  the Cherokee Nation is a federally recognized Indian Nation with a historic and continual government to government relationship with the United States of America;
 
WHEREAS, pursuant to  Article  VII, Section  12  of  the  Cherokee  Nation  Constitution  the Principal Chief is authorized to appoint the Secretary of State subject to majority vote of the Council of the Cherokee Nation;
 
WHEREAS, the Office of Secretary of State is defined in Chapter 4, Title 51 of the Cherokee Nation Code Annotated;
 
WHEREAS, Charles T. Hoskin, Jr., is duly qualified to fill this vacancy.
 
BE IT RESOLVED  by the Council of the Cherokee Nation, that Charles T. Hoskin, Jr., is hereby confirmed as the Secretary of State of the Cherokee Nation as authorized by Article VII, Section 12 of the Cherokee Nation Constitution.  Term of appointment to be from August 2013 to January 2016.