The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1899-01-14


sT1TuTIoNs.
Al. The great need of facilities
Tor educating children of all classes
OF people now residing ia the
Cherokee nation make it necessary
to establish system of common
schools within the bounds of the
Cherokee nation tor such purposes.
And to that end, it is agreed that
all school property now belonging
to the Cherokee nation shall be
placed under the control of the
secretary of the interior, together
with all schools nov in operation
under Cherokee laws, and that he
be authorized to appoint a board
Of education, composed Of three
members, two Of them upon the
RECOMMENDATIONS ef the principal
chief, who shall uoder the direc.
tioR and control of the secretary Of
the interior, have the immediate
charge and management of such
schools, aud the custody of said
property. He shall have further
authority to erect other school
houses and establish schools there
In in communities where schools
are not already being conducted by
the Cherokees, and to do all things
else necessary for the establish
ment and successful operation of
the common school system herein
contemplated. Such board of edr-
cation shall report to said secre-
tary at such times aMd in such
manner as nay be directed bv him
and in all things conform to and
obey such rules, regulations and
4 instructions as he may deem rec
essary to mxke for their govern
ment and the management and
control 81 such school system.
45 The orphan funds of the
Cherokee cation shall remain as
now invested, and the annuity
therefroEa used by said board to
defrsy expenses OF maintaining the
Cherokee Orphan Asylum for the
care and benefit OF orphan children
descendants of Cherokee citizens.
and for no other purpose. The
Cherokee Orphan asylum, and one
hundred end twenty (120) acres of
land upon which it is located. to
be selected by said beard, shall be
reserved from allotment, and said
property held, and institution
continued in operation until the
Cherokee nation snail become part
of a stsse
rs. Said board 81 education
shall appoint officers and teachers
for said Male and Female semi
naries and Colored High school,
who shat be paid our ofthe Chero.
kee echoei funds, and shall main
tain each q said institutions forl
the exclusive use aad benefit Of |
children OF Cherokee oitizeus, and |
each pupil attending same shalIl
b- required to pay his pro rata
share Of tie other expenses ofrun-
ming the institution which he at
tends. and in each theTe shall be
one tern of four
months in the fall and one term of !,
five months in the spring OF each
year. Twenty acres OF land, to be
selected by said board, for each of
said institutions, upon which il is
located. shall be reserved from al
lolment.
AZ. The school fund of the /,
Cherokee nation shall remain as j
low invested, and $50, 900 Of annu- {
ties arising therefrom shall be- {
set aside for common /
chool purposes, and the United
states shall annually approprite a t
utficient amount, not less than (
aid sum ofe30,000, which, to- g
ether with said sum may be suffi- d
lent to erect necessary school n
and to establish and {
naintain common schools within Il
be bounds of the Cherokee nation, o
8 herein proposed for the edaca- d
ion ofchiIdren belonging TO all
lssses OF citizens residing in the
nation, provided, that u
eparate schools dor colored child 3
en- shall be maintained. with 8,
quad advantages, however. as el
hose provided for children Of Of
ther classes. In each Of such ze