Past Sachem Frank L. Smith was allowed a small fee for his services as Assistant Great Chief of Records, being the first recognition of such a sub-chieftaincy. The Great Sachem ruled that representatives of Tribes not having been instituted two moons and not having paid tax were not entitled to mileage. The fiscal great sun at that time ended the 30th of Worm Moon, and the Great Sun Council was held then as now the second Tuesday in Flower Moon, and but few tribes were thus deprived of mileage for their representatives. The Finance Committee recommended the allowance of mileage to 38 Great Chiefs and Representatives, amounting to $161.70, an average of $5.22 to each. The Great Sachem's expense account of $97.37 for the great sun was allowed. A controversy between Tippecanoe Tribe, No. 29 and Hiawatha Tribe, No. 7, regarding a claim of the latter against the former that certain Hiawatha members had taken membership in Tippecanoe without leave or license was adjusted by ordering that such members take cards from Hiawatha Tribe. It would seem that the matter should have been settled in a different manner, as it is not possible for dual membership to exist, and the brothers in question were members of either one tribe or another, and as membership of a Red Man in another Tribe is impossible without the depositing of a card, it should have been ruled that the brothers were still members of Hiawatha Tribe and subject to its laws in every respect. Past Great Sachem J. R. McConnell raised the following named Great Chiefs:-- Willie Walker, of No. 1 Great Sachem. G. A. Ellerkamp, of No. 9 Great Senior Sagamore. W. C. Diederich, of No. 19 Great Prophet. C. E. Lyddane, of No. 2 Great Chief of Records. John D. Walker, of No. 4 Great Keeper of Wampum. W. B. Eason, of No. 1 Great Sannap. Wm. A. Crader, of No. 9 Great Mishinewa. M. M. Harbeson, of No. 7 Great Guard of Wigwam. Geo. W. Griffith, of No. 11 Great Guard of Forest. Past Great Sachem McConnell appointed Thos. M. Russell and Henry W. Ray, of No. 3, to raise the Great Junior Sagamore elect, W. C. Pelham, to his stump in the council chamber of his Tribe. Former organizer J. B. VanZandt presented petitions for charters for Irondequoit Tribe, No. 38, at Hardinsburg and Choctaw Tribe, No. 39 at Bardstown, and it was ordered that charters be granted the tribes as soon as instituted. Great Sachem Walker announced the appointment of the following committees:-- On Finance.--John M. Shely, of No. 1; Chas. A. Hess, of No. 10; J. M. Martin, of No. 2. On Laws and Usage.--Ben. C. Nunn, of No. 14; E. E. Bennett, of No. 11; Frank L. Smith, of No 1. On Returns and Reports.--Henry W. Ray, of No. 3; W. E. Grubbs, of No. 28; Michael Grau, of No. 17. On Appeals.--Wm. M. Evans, of No. 9; R. A. Chiles, of No. 18; H. V. Cohn, of No. 8.