§ 272. — Superintendent of Indian schools.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC272]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 7--EDUCATION OF INDIANS
Sec. 272. Superintendent of Indian schools
There shall be appointed by the President, by and 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.
(Mar. 2, 1889, ch. 412, Sec. 10, 25 Stat. 1003.)
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies
of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of
the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950,
Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in
the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
