Upon the recommendation of the Finance Committee, mileage was allowed to Great Chiefs, representatives and members of standing committees, sixty in number, amounting to $473.50, being an average of $7.89 per capita.
An amendment to the general laws fixing the minimum fee for adoption at eight fathoms was presented to be considered at the next Great Council.
The contract for printing proceedings was awarded to A. J. Domeck, of Louisville, at 75 cents per page.
An amendment to the general laws providing for the election of Great Chiefs by the "Australian Ballot", all Past Sachems to participate, the election to take place in the wigwams of the various Tribes was presented to lay over one Great Sun. This proposed law was styled by its opponents the "Goebel" law of Redmanship.
It was ordered that portraits of all deceased Past Sachems, members of this Great Council, be printed in the records, together with a memorial.
The Great Chief of Records was instructed to prepare a roster of all members of the Great Council, to be kept in a book provided for that purpose, and to have it present at each Great Council.
It was the sense of the Great Council that the Great Council of the United States be invited to kindle its next Great Sun Council Fire in the Reservation of Kentucky.
Past Great Sachem J. R. McConnell raised the Great Chiefs elect, as follows:—
| Gustav A. Ellerkamp, of No. 9 | Great Sachem. |
| W. C. Pelham, of No. 3 | Great Senior Sagamore. |
| H. J. McFarlan, of No. 33 | Great Junior Sagamore. |
| Willie Walker, of No. 1 | Great Prophet. |
| C. E. Lyddane, of No. 2 | Great Chief of Records. |
| John D. Walker, of No. 4 | Great Keeper of Wampum. |
Upon assuming his stump, Great Sachem Ellerkamp was presented with a handsome Great Sachem's regalia by Past Sachem F. L. Smith, in behalf of his many friends and Brothers.