Pursuant to an order, approved May 3, 1950, by the Secretary of the Interior, the attached Constitution and Bylaws was submitted for ratification to the group of Aleuts having a common bond of residence on St. Paul Island, Territory of Alaska, and was on June 12, 1950, duly ratified by nine, vote of fifty-five (55) for, and six against, in an election in which over thirty (30) percent of those entitled to vote cast their ballots, in accordance with Section 16 of the Indian Reorganization Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 984), as amended by the Acts of June 15, 1935 (49 Stat. 378), and May 1, 1936 (49 Stat. 1250).

ALEXANDER MELERIDER,

Chairman, Election Board.

SMILE V. GROMOFF,

Secretary, Election Board.

CHARLES H. ANDERSON,

Government Representative.