§ 272. Superintendent of Indian schools

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1889

   Pub. L. 50–412 § 10 · 25 Stat. 980

   Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 272

   (Mar. 2, 1889, ch. 412, § 10, 25 Stat. 1003.)

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   (Mar. 2, 1889, ch. 412, § 10, 25 Stat. 1003.)

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 10. That there shall be appointed by the President, by and Superintendent of schools. Duties. with the advice and consent of the Senate, a person of knowledge and experience in the management, training, and practical education of children, to be Superintendent of Indian Schools, whose duty it shall be to visit and inspect the schools in which Indians are taught in whole or in part, from appropriations from the United States Treasury, and report to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, what, in his judgment, are the defects, if any, in any of them, in system, in administration, or in means for the most effective advancement of the pupils therein toward civilization and self-support, and what changes are needed to remedy such defects as may exist, and to perform such other duties in connection with Indian schools as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, and section eight of the Repeal of former provisions. act entitled “An act making appropriations for the current and Contingent expenses of the Indian Department and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine and for other purposes,” Ante, p. 238. approved June twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, is hereby repealed.

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