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Show 124 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. Cherokee schools shall be conducted under mlea prescribed bv him acwrdinz to Chzruke~la ws, sul~jertt o such tnoJilicatir,lla ss he m y d eem necessary to wake the schools ,u~,Jt rflccti\.e and to ~roducet he hmt @o%%ibrelea ults; wid whooh to bc under the supervision of a supeksor appointed dy the secretssY.and a school board elected by the national council. SEC. 33. All teachers shall he examined by a i d supervisor and said school board, and competent hchem and other persons to be engaged in and about the schools, with good mom1 character, only shall be employed; but where all qualifications are equal preference shall be given to .citizens of the Cherokee Nation in such! employment. ! SEC. 34. All moneys for carrying on the schools shall be appropriated by the: Cherokee national council, not to exceed the amount of the Cherokee school fund; ' hut if the council fail or refuse to make the necessary appropriations, the Secretary of the Interior may direct the use of a sufficient amount of the school fund to pay all necessary expenses for the eHcient conduct of the schools, strict mount therefor to be rendered to him and the principal chief. Sm?. 35. AU accounts for expenditures in carrying on the schools shall be exam-ined and approved by a i d supervisor and also by the general superintendent of India0 schools in the Indian Territory before payment thereof is made. SEC. 36. The interest arising from the Cherokee orphan fund shall be used, under the dimction of the Secretary of thelnterior, for maintaining the Cherokee Orphan Asylum for the benefit of the Cherokee orphan children. Supervisor Coppock reports a gain over previous years in number of schools, proficiency of teachers, and enrollment of pupils. The national council has been generous in its appropriations, and in conse-quence there has been material advancement in the service. Eleven new primary schools were organized, making 140 in all. Schools were in session for the fall term of three mouths, with an enrollment of 4,227 and an average monthly attendance of 2,641; the spring term continued four months, with an enrollment of 4,948 and average attendance of 2,794. The cost of these school6 was $37,205. Four high schools were in session nine months each, with an enroll-ment of 744, a gain of 58 over laat year. The average attendance was 525, a gain of 71. The cost of these schools was $60.849.78, an excess of $11,407.78 over the previous year. There were, however, collected board bills of $11,934.85, which amount is placed to the credit of the school fund. The supervisor in t h i ~na tion registers and indorses, after proper investigation, all school warrants. The following table gives the enrollment, average attendance, etc., at the Cherokee schools for.the year: TABLEN O. 18.-&?oUnzent, avmage m d m z c e , dc., of sehwls in the Cherokee Nab. School. aPer month |