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Show States for the western district of Wisconsin. The wurt in rendering the decision finds that Perry and Sero, at the time of their arrest and detention,were duly appointed and acting oficers of the United States; that the school aforesaid is a boarding school established and maiu-tained by the United States of America upon the Lac du Flambeau Indiau Reservation of the Chippewa tribe of Indians for the education and traini~lgo f Indian children uuder the age of 21 yearn; that by the roles of the Commissioner of Indian Afairs and the Secretary of the ' Interior, duly made, adopted, and promulgated, all pupils enrolled in said school were and are considered members thereof until separated therefrom by authority, and were required to be kept at the school until the wurse of study was completed orthey were benefited thereby; that it was further provided by the rules that i r ~c ase s pupil enrolled at the agency in which this school was located should leave the school without permission, the officials thereof were directed to arrest and return such pupil under the orders of the agent of the reservation; that in the arrest of St. Germain these school officials acted in their capaoity of officers of the United States in the lawful discharge of their duties, therefore the court held "that the detention, and imprisonment of said Reuben Perry and Norbert Sero, as aforesaid, is illega1,n and "were not then and there guilty of kidnaping or any other crime or offense known to the law; and that the imprisonment under said warrant by the sheriff of Oneida County, as aforesaid, is a violation of the laws and Constitution of the United States." Fhe proper order "that said petitioners are unlawfully restraiued of their libertyn was issued. INDIAN SCHOOL SERVICE INSTITUTE. Under the immediate supervision of the Superintendent of Indiau Schools, the Summer Indiau School Service Institute was held at Los Angeles, Cal., for two weeks, beginning July 10,1899. The institute was devoted mainly to practical work, round-table discnssious, and in attending from July 11 to 14 the meetings of the National Educational Associat.ion. The date for holding this institute was fixed with refer-ence to that of the above association, so that Indian workers could have the benefit of the labors of those who have charge of the public and private school work of the country. The meeting was a most wc-cessful and interesting one. While attendance upon the institute is not compulsory, yet it is desirable that Indian workers should be brought together in conference, where the multitude of details con-nected with the service may be discussed and explained. The courses of iu~tructiouw ere valuable in that they bore directly upon their labors. Contributions of work, educational and industrial, fro~n the various Indian schoolsformed a most interesting material exhibit of themethods of each school andthe progress attained by the pupils. Thei~~teruhange of ideits and designs presented by this display of handiwork will be of great benefit to those engaged in traiuing the niinds and hands |
