ions for a period of
not less than fifteen days nor more than thirty days, or by
incarceration in the agency prison for a period not exceeding
thirty days.
Fifth: Any plural marriage hereafter contracted or entered into by
any member of an Indian tribe under the supervision of a United
States Indian Agent shall be considered an "Indian offense"
cognizable by the court of Indian offenses; and upon trial and
conviction thereof by said court the offender shall pay a fine of
not less than twenty dollars, or work at hard labor for a period of
twenty days, or both, at the discretion of the court, the proceeds
thereof to be devoted to the benefit of the tribe to which the
offender may at the time belong; and so long as the Indian shall
continue in this unlawful relation he shall forfeit all right to
receive rations from the government. And whenever it shall be
proven to the satisfaction of the court that any member of the
tribe fails, without proper cause, to support his wife and
children, no rations shall be issued to him until such time as
satisfactory assurance is given to the court, approved by the
agent, that the offender will provide his family to the best of his
ability.
Sixth: The usual practices of so-called "medicine men" shall be
considered an "Indian offense" cognizable by the court of Indian
offenses, and whenever it shall be proven to the satisfaction of
the court that the influence of a so-called "medicine man" operates
as a hindrance to civilization of a tribe, or that said "medicine
man" resorts to any artifice or device to keep the Indians under
his influence, or shall adopt any means to prevent the attendance
of children at the agency schools, or shall use any of the arts of
the conjurer to prevent the Indians from abandoning their
heathenish rites and customs, he shall be adjudged guilty of an
"Indian offense," and upon conviction of any one or more of these
specified practices, or any other, in the opinion of the court, of
an equally anti-progressive nature shall be confined in the agency
guardhouse for a term not less than ten days, or until such time as
he shall produce evidence satisfactory to the court, and approved
by the agent, that he will forever abandon all practices styled
"Indian offenses" under this rule.
Seventh: Any Indian who shall wil
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