HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF INDIAN TERRITORY,

Fort Towson, C. N., October 27, 1864.

The following acts of the Legislature of the Chickasaw Nation, with the proclamation of Governor Pratt, are published for the information of all concerned:

By order of Maj. Gen. S. B. Maxey: M. L. BELL,
Assistant Adjutant- General.

ACT OF CONSCRIPTION. First. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the Chickasaw Nation, That from and after the passage of this act the Governor be, and he is hereby, required to issue his proclamation calling upon all able-bodied free male citizens of this nation to volunteer in the service of the Confederate States. Second. Be it further enacted, That should not the people respond to the call of the Governor for volunteers for the C. S. service in one month from the passage of this act, all able-bodied free male citizens of this nation between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years of age shall be conscripted according to the conscript act of the Confederate States. Third. Be it further enacted, That the lieutenant-colonel command- ing the Chickasaw Battalion shall have power, and he is hereby authorized,to appoint enrolling officers, whose duty it shall be to enroll all able-bodied free male citizens, as specified in the second section of this act, according to the conscript act of the Confederate States. Fourth. Be it further enacted, That no free male citizen of this nation between the ages specified in the second section of this act shall be allowed to enlist in any Caddo, Comanche, or Osage company now in the service of the Confederate States.

Passed the House October 11, 1864.

WM. McLISH,
Speaker of the House.

Attest: S. S. GAMBLE,
Clerk of the House.

Passed the Senate with the amendment October 11, 1864.

EDMUND PERRY,
President pro tempore of the Senate.

Attest:
B. F. PERRY,
Clerk of the Senate.

Approved October 11, 1864.

HORACE PRATT,
Governor of the Chickasaw Nation.

ALEX. RENNIE,
National Secretary.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the Chickasaw Nation, That from and after the passage of this act all civil officers of this nation shall be exempt from military duty. Second. Be it further enacted, That all judges, clerks, sheriffs, and constables of this nation shall be exempt from militia duty, provided, however, that in case of a threatened invasion of our country all shall respond to the call of the Governor.

Passed the Senate October 8, 1864.

WM. KEMP,
President of the Senate.

Attest:
B. F. PERRY,
Secretary Senate.

Passed the House October 8, 1864.

WM. McLISH,
Speaker of the House.

Attest: S. S. GAMBLE,
Clerk of the House.

Approved October 8, 1864.