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Show 128 REPORT OF THE OO~ISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS ernment, Inspector Wright recommended certain changes in their management. Desirous of establishing and maintaining ha~monions relations with the Indians, for whose ole benefit the schools are con-ducted, upon the recommendation of this oflice the following amend-ments to "Regulations concerning education in Indian Territofy" were approved by the honorable the Secret.ary of the Interior on August 7, 1901: 1. The superintendents, teachers, and other employees in the schools of the Choc-taw Nation shall be selected and appointed by a hoard to be composed of the school supervisor for the Choctaw Nation appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, snd 8 representative of the Choctaw Nation, to he nominated by the principal chief of the Choctaw Nation, approved by the board of education of the Choctaw Nation, and appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, who may also be removed by the Secre-tary of the Interior for good cause shown. The compensation of such representative of the Choctaw Nation shall be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior and paid out of the revenue arising from the mining of coal and asphaltum in the Choctaw Nation, under aection 29 of the act of June 28, 1898 (30 Stat., 495). The number and com-pensation of superintendents, teachers, and other employees shall be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior. 2. Hereafter no persons shall be eligible to appointment as a superintendent or teacher in the schools of the Choctaw Nation who has not been examined by such hoard and receive a certificate as to his mental, moral, and other qualifications to teaeh. 3. No persons shall be eligible to admission to the bosrding schools of the Choctaw Nation who have not been selected by the regular constituted authorities of the Choctaw Nation, acting under tribal laws. 4, The acts of said board shall become effective only when concurred in by both membelw thereof and approved by the Secretary of the Interior. 5. The "Regulations concerning education in the Indian Territory" sl~allb e in full forceand effect in theChoctawNation, exwDt in so far as thevconflict herewith. G. W. DUKE^, Aincipal Chief o j 1/18 Clwetaw Na im and e x - o m Chaiman qf the Boa~dof Education. J. W. Ev~IDGE, &perinimdmt of PubZilic Instluction. Chodaw Nation. Aaos HE?&, Dislrict M e e , First District, Clwdaw Nation. C EAW~ RJ. DA NDERSON, LXstrict Trustee, Second Di81n'ct, Chaetaw Nntim. JBEFH ULTON, District M e e , T h i ~ dD istrict, Choctaw Ndim. The foregoing amendments are approved. tentatively, the Depart-ment still reserving the right at any time to resume absolute control of all schools operated and maintained out of coal and asphalt royalties. In carrying out the above amendmentsl tke salary of the representa- ' tive of the Choctaw Nation was fixed at $1,200 per annum and $300 per annum for traveling expenses. He .is required to devote all of his time to the duties of his office. On July 10, 1901, the princi-pal chief of the Choctaw Nation nominated for this position Eli E. Mitchell, of Redoak, Ind. T., to act as representative of the Choctaw Nation in conjunction with the United States supervisor of schools, |