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 856 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 675. 1901. descent and distribution of the Cherokee Nation, and shall be allotted _ and distributed to them accordingly. °;%i2$'{$i§’§s'(i}§$§1€$? 44. No person who has been enrolled by the Dawes Commission as i citlmen of any other tribe shall be enrolled as a citizen of the Cheroee lation. T°*’°““"l "‘“’· 45. The rolls made by said commission, when approved by the Secretary of the Interior, shall be the Hnal rolls of membership of said tribe upon which the allotment of all lands and the distribution of all moneys and other property of the tribe shall be made. SCHOOLS. iziiiggiiéne. 46. The Cherokee school fund shall be used, under direction of the Secretary of the interior, for the education of children of Cherokee citizens, and the Cherokee schools shall be conducted under rules prescribed by him according to Cherokee laws, subject to such modifications as he may deem necessary to make the schools most effective and S¤re¤‘V*Si·>¤· to produce the best possible results, said schools to be under the direct supervision of a supervisor appointed by the Secretary and a school e superintendent appointed by the principal chief. wQo§]i§c¤¤i<·n¤· of 47. All teachers shall be examined by or under direction of said M "`° supervisor and said superintendent, and competent teachers and other persons to be engaged in and about the schools, with good moral character only, shall be employed; but where all qualifications are equal, preference shall be given to citizens in such employment. Permem of e¤1>e¤¤eS· 48. All moneys for running the schools shall be appropriated by the Cherokee national council, not exceeding the amount of the Cherokee school fund, but if said council fail or refuse to make the necessary appropriations, the Secretary of the Interior may direct the use of sufficient amount of the school funds to pay all expenses necessary to the efficient conduct of the schools, strict account thereof to be rendered to him and to the principal chief. A°°°“¤*S· 49. All accounts for expenditures in runnin the schools shall be examined and approved by said supervisor and superintendent, and also by the genera superintendent of Indian schools in Indian Territory before payment thereof is made. 0,*}g§"§}}t;Q,§§f'°“'Y 50. If the supervisor and superintendent fail to agree upon any matter under their direction and control, it shall be decided by said general superintendent, subject to appeal to the Secretar of the Interior, but his decision shall govern until reversed by the Syecretary. scllfggellgigehts from 51. Said school fund shall be administered so that each Cherokee ` citizen of school age entitled thereto shall have equal benefits therefrom, as nearly as may be. A§.§‘§§§‘°€ 0***** “ " 52. The interest arising from the Cherokee orphan fund shall in like ` manner be used, under direction of the Secretary of the Interior, for maintaining the Cherokee Orphan Asylum for the benefit of the Cherokee orphan children. The buildings of said asylum, and one hundred and twenty acres of land, to be taken in a body, on which they are. located, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, shall be reserved from allotment, and said institution continued in operation until allotment is completed. Cherokee Advocate- ourmoxmz ADVOCATE. , P¤b1ie¤¢io¤of·e¤e· 53. The national news aper, the Cherokee Advocate, printed in both the Cherokee and English languages, shall continue to be published the resent year under the appropriation already made by the Cherokee Nation, after which time the same shall be leased by the principal 1»¤¤e· chief of the Chergkee Nation for a period of two years at a time, to the lowest responsible citizen bidder, at an annual expense to the Cherokee Nation of not to exceed one thousand Eve hundred dollars, to