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 F IFTYSEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 1375. 1902. 721 have been submitted to and approved by the Secretary of the Interior lists embracing the names of aIl)l those lawfully entitled to enrollment, the roll shall be deemed complete. The roll so prepared shall be n1ade in quadruplicate, one to be deposited with the Secretary of the Interior, one with the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, one with the principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, and one to remain with the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes. Sec. 30. During the months of Se tember and October in the rear APP“°¤“Q¤° *°*' °¤· nineteen hundred and two, the Commlission to the Five Civilized Triibes mumem of mmm may receive applications for enrollment of such infant children as may have been born to recognized and enrolled citizens of the Cherokee Nation on or before the first day of Se tember, nineteen hundred and two, but the application of no erson whomsoever for enrollment shall be received after the thirty-fiist day of October, nineteen hundred ang two. N h d h I D f Ec. 31. o person w osename oes not a ear u on the rol re- “°’“’“°i°” ° “*° pared as herein provided shall be entitled to iiilany mlzinner participate common pmpml ID the distribution of the common property of the Cherokee tribe, and those whose names appear thereon shall participate in the manner set _ forth in this Act: Pr·0vided, That no allotment of land or other tribal Qwggmmeut of property shall be made to any person, or to the heirs of any person, i¤°"*$*¤*>Y d*=¤*h· whose name is on said roll and who died prior to the first day of September, nineteen hundred and two. The right of such person to any c9§g;§’é’;g*’°'”“‘ interest in the lands or other tribal pro erty shall be deemed to have i become extinguished and to have passed) to the tribe in general upon his death before said date, and any person or persons who may conceal the death of anyone on said roll as aforesaid for the purpose of profiting by said concealment, and who shall knowingly receive any portion of any land or other tribal property or of the proceeds so arising from any allotment prohibited by this section, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and shall be proceeded against as may be provided in other cases of felony, and the penalty for this offense shall be confinement at hard labor fora period of not less than one year nor more than live years, and in addition thereto a forfeiture to the Cherokee Nation of the lands, other tribal property, and proceeds so obtained. S(]HL$, Schools. Sec. 32. The Cherokee school fund shall be used, under the direc- Funds tion 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 to produce the best possible results; said schools to be under the supervision of a supervisor appointed by the Secretary and a school board elected by the national council. Sec. 33. All teachers shall be examined by said supervisor, and said T°“°"°"·’· school board and competent teachers and other persons to be engaged in and about the schools with ood moral character only shall be employed; but where all qualifkations 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 appropri- E‘¥’°“°"‘"°°· ated by the Cherokee national council, not to exceed the amount of the Cherokee school fund; but if the council fail or refuse to make the necessary appropriations, the Secretary of the Interior may direct the use of a sulfiicient amount of the school fund to pay all necessary expenses for the efiicient conduct of the schools, strict account therefor to be rendered to him and the principal chief. Sec. 35. All accounts for ex nditures in carrying on the schools ’*°°°“”’“~ shall be examined and approvede by said supervisor. and also by the vor. xxxrr, er 1-+6