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Show REPORT OF TEE OOMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 47 ' April 1, 1890, and the editions of both works are exhausted. Since theae dates 1% islation of vital importance has been enacted, and many changes have been made in Indianresewations. Constant calls are made on the office for the old volumes and for information as to subsequent legislation and executive acti~n. The public need ean be met only by new editionsof these books, which should, of course, be brought down to date) In 1837 a compilation of Indian treaties from 1778 to date \-as made, under the direction of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. An inaccurate Revision of Indian Treaties, then in force, was made in 1873. The demand for a publiwtion that shall oontain all ratified treaties and agreement0 made by the United States with Indian tribes is increasing. It would be in constant use in this o5ce and would be fre-quently referred to by other Government bureaus and by members of Congress, as well as by the publio at large. CLERKS DESIGNATED AS SPECIAL DISBURSING AGENTS. Another recommendation made last year should be renewed with emphasis, viz, that Congress authorize the Secretary of the Interior to pay out of the contingent fund of the Department the annual cost of bonds required of clerks when no salary or compensation is allowed for the services to be performed nuder those bonds. Bonded o5cers of the Government are now expected to execute their bonds with responsible bond and trust companies, instead of private individuals. One clerk in this ofhe, who is designated to a5x the seal and receive payment for certified copies of o5cial papers, is required by law to give a bond for $1,000. Another, designated by the Department to act as special disbursing officer, must give a $2,000 bond. As there is no pay or emolument for the services thus imposed upon such employees, they should not be compelled to pay the cost of executing their bonds. INDIAN OFFICE EXHIBIT AT PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION. The exhibit of the Indian O5ce at Buffalo covers about the same ground as did its predecessors at Atlanta, Nashville, Omaha, and Paris. It shows what the Government is doing in the way of Indian education and how Indian pupils respond to the opportunities offered them. The work sent in from all kinds and grades of schools shows decided improvement over that furnished for. previous expositions, and thus marks the gain which Indian sohools have made in methods, teaching force, scholarship, and skill in handicraft. The exhibit was installed by Miss Alice C. Fletcher in three sections, her aim being, as she reports, to present the subject in a threefold aspect: First. To show the native ability of the Indian. This was repre-sented by fine examples of weaving, pottery, and basketry, and by native foods and implements. |