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Show . - COMMISSIONEB OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 111 the supervisor and approved by the wperlntendentof schools In Indlan Terri. wry. SEC. 9. Any teacher appointed nuder these rules and regulatlons may he relieved or dismissed at any time by the superintendent of schools In Indlan Territory for incompetency, lmmoralltg, cruelty, or neglect of duty, subject, however, to the approval of tbe Secretary of the Interior. SEC. 10. .In all matters pertaining to the management of the schools to he established, maintained, or supported under these rules and regulations, the supervisor of schools and the tribal school authorities shall act jointly. When-ever they fail to agree upon any matters pertaining to the management of such schools, or whenever they or any of them fail or neglect to perform any of the duties imposed upon them by these rules and regulations, the superintendent of schools In Indian Territory shall act In their stead, subject, however, to the direction of the Secretary of the Interior. SEc. 11. Such blank reports, vouchers, pquisitions, and printing as may he needed in mnnectiou with the management of the schools herein provided for shall be prepared by the superintendent of schools in Indian Territory, and the superintendent of schools in Indian Territory, acting as special disbursing agent, nhall pay the cost of printing the same out of said funds so appropriate& by Congress. SEO. 12. All things necessary to carry into Mect the provisions of these regulatlons not otherwise herein speci5cally provided for shall he done by the puperintendent of schools in Indian Territory under the authority and direction of the Secretary of the Interior. SEC. 13. Such duties as may necessarily devolve upon a school supervisor In cnrryfng out the provisions of these regulations in the Seminole Nation shall hc performed by the school supervisor of the Creek Nation. SEO. 14. As early as practlcahle a£ter the close of the 5scal year the superln-tendent of schools In Indian Territory will submit an annual report to the Com-znlssioner of Indian Mairs, glving a history of the work, progress, and events of the fiscal year, together with full statistics in regard to the points named in the preceding sections. This report should embady full data showlng the expenditures on account of the schools herein provided for aided out of said tuna With the end of all tribal governments on March 4, 1906, the con: tracts with the several superintendents for the care and maintenance of Indian pupils in the boarding schools, academies, and orphan asylums will expire. All other schools heretofore conducted under the snpervikion of the Department of the Interior will also be discon-tinued then. Should Congress grant relief, the conduct of the schools will depend upon the character of the legislation and appropriations in relation to the system provided for. The question presented is a very serious one, both for the people at large and the Indians of the Territory. Will appropriations be made as a gratuity out of the public treasury to establish a school system for these Indians, when there will be finally distributed to them per capita milLions of dollars of their own money, and also millions of acres of land? In treaties with nearly all the other tribes, funds were set aside for educational purposes,out of the money promised, the Indians. The Five Civilized Tribes, on the dissolution of their gov- |
