Adopted since last report, 1564; reinstated, 38; admitted by card, 23; suspended, 266; withdrawn, 69; expelled, 22; deceased, 28; present membership, 3,196. Disbursed by Tribes for relief, $3,921.43; for burial of the dead, $1,065.00; for other purposes, $15,025.86; total worth of tribes, $13,478.09. Great Keeper of Wampum John D. Walker reported there being $1,851.64 in the Great Council wampum belt. The Great Sachem made appointments on the standing Committees as follows, to fill vacancies:-- Finance--W. S. Cramer, of No. 1; Lawrence Leopold, of No. 8; L. Vissman, of No. 9. Law and Usage--D. N. Zimmerman, of No. 4. Appeals--H. S. Chase, of No. 28. State of the Order--Henry Schwieters, of No. 8; J. R. McConnell, of No. 1; Jas. R. W. Smith, of No. 63. Charters--R. F. Arnett, of No. 1; L. W. Zweydorf, of No. 7; S. T. Noe, of No. 24. The following named Great Chiefs were elected for the ensuing great sun:-- Willie Walker, of No. 1 was elected Great Prophet without opposition. Gustav A. Ellerkamp, of No. 9, was elected Great Sachem, there being no other nominations. W. C. Pelham, of No. 3 was unanimously elected Great Senior Sagamore. H. J. McFarlan, of No. 33, was elected Great Junior Sagamore, other candidates being E. B. Ryan, of No. 4; Lee W. Zweydorf, of No. 7; O. R. King, of No. 1. C. E. Lyddane, of No. 2 was re-elected Great Chief of Records without opposition. John D. Walker, of No. 4 was unanimously re-elected Great Keeper of Wampum. Willie Walker, of No. 1, Lawrence S. Leopold, of No. 8 and John Hafendorfer, of No. 14 were elected Great Representatives to the Great Council of the United States. It developed later that Kentucky was entitled to only two of the three Great Representatives elected, and thus credentials were not issued to Past Sachem Hafendorfer, he being the last to be elected. F. W. Jones was unanimously elected State Organizer. Owensboro was selected as the next place for kindling the Great Council Fire, in the Wigwam of Totewa Tribe, No. 14. Great Sachem Willie Walker announced that contributions had been received from Kentucky Tribes for the relief of the sufferers from the Galveston flood amounting to $242.50, which had been forwarded to the Relief Committee. [Illustration: GREAT COUNCIL OF KENTUCKY--SEVENTH SESSION. DANVILLE, MAY 14-15, 1901.] The Committee on Law and Usage recommended that there be some means adopted to bring about more uniformity in Tribal by-laws, and suggested that a model code be prepared as a guide to new tribes especially. A resolution to amend the laws so as to allow Tribes representation according to membership was defeated. Great Mishinewa Wm. A. Crader, for the special Committee appointed at the last Great Council to adjust the differences between Tecumseh Tribe, No. 29 and Hiawatha Tribe, No. 7 reported that the matter had been amicably settled.