25 U.S.C. § 25 — Superintendent for Five Civilized Tribes

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This section abolished two old offices and created one Superintendent for the Five Civilized Tribes. The President appoints that Superintendent, with Senate approval, at a $5,000 yearly salary in Oklahoma. The Superintendent takes over the old offices' duties and can reorganize the department with Interior Department approval.

The offices of the Commissioner of the Five Civilized Tribes and the superintendent of Union Agency, in Oklahoma, are abolished as of September 1, 1914. In their place, the President — with the advice and consent of the Senate — appoints a Superintendent for the Five Civilized Tribes, with an office in the State of Oklahoma, at a salary of $5,000 a year. That Superintendent exercises the authority and performs the duties that the Commissioner of the Five Civilized Tribes and the superintendent of the Union Agency exercised and performed before September 1, 1914. The Superintendent also has authority to reorganize the department and eliminate unnecessary clerks, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior.

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The offices of the Commissioner of the Five Civilized Tribes and superintendent of Union Agency, in Oklahoma, are abolished as of September 1, 1914, and in lieu thereof there shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a Superintendent for the Five Civilized Tribes, with his office located in the State of Oklahoma, at a salary of $5,000 per annum, and said superintendent shall exercise the authority and perform the duties exercised prior to September 1, 1914, by the Commissioner to the Five Civilized Tribes and the superintendent of the Union Agency, with authority to reorganize the department and to eliminate all unnecessary clerks, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior.

Source credit: (Aug. 1, 1914, ch. 222, § 17, 38 Stat. 598.)

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1914Enacted · Act of Aug. 1, 1914, ch. 222 · 38 Stat. 598

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