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Show ST1 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFPAIR8. upon. At the last session of Congress, House bill No. 350, a8 amended, was favorably reported from the House Committee on Iudiau Affairs. It reads as follows: Be it enacted 41J the Senate and Hoxae of Ropresentati.ces of tlhs United Statee of A,8,&eriwl . *1 Conpeas assentbled, That the provisions of the lawsof thsrespectivs States md Territories idmhioh are located Indian reaervatiotians, relating to the crimes of murder, manslaughter, arson, rape, burglary, larceny, and r o b h e ~s,h all be deemed and taken to he the law and in , force within such reservation; nnrl the district courts of the United St5tetes within and for the respective districts in which snohreservations mag ha located in ang State, and the territorial courts of the respeotiveTerritoriesin which such reservations may he located, shall have original jjllrisdiotion over all snah otrauses which may be cam-mitted nithin soch reservations. In reapeot to all that portion of the Indian Territory not sot apart and aconpied by the Cherokee, Creek, Chootaw, Chiokesew, and Saminole In<lian tribes the pro-visions of the lalvs of fhe State of Kansas relating to the mimes of morder, m- ' slaughter, arson, rape, burglary, and robbery shall be deemed and taken to be the law sudin force therein; and the United States district court held at Fort Scott, Ksoses, shall have e r o l ~ i v eo riginal jurisdiction over all offenses arising i a snid portion of the Indian Territory. The place of punishment of n.ur and all of said 0ffense.s shall be t,he snloe as for other like offenaes arising within tho jurisdiction of snid respective courts. A similar bill (5. 1560) was also iutrocluced in the Senate. I also refer to House bill No. 3437, 4Gth Congress, 2d session, as conferring a more extended jurisdiction. It is of the utmost importance that some sucll mensiire as the fore- I going should be passed, not only in the interest of peace and good order among the Indians, but also as a necessary factor in the work of their civilization. Under the present system, .outside of the five civilized tribes, crimes and offe~isesc ommitted by one Indian against the person and property of another are remitted to tribal laws or customs for punishment. It is time that this relic of barbarism should cease. The Indian shoold be taught to know and respect the same law which governs the white man, and to recogniee the fact that, while he is amenable to the law, he is equally entitled to its protectio!) and privileges. - - I urgently renew the recommendations heretofore made upon all the foregoing subject^. IXDIAN LANDS. In former annual reports of this office attention \%,as drawn to the im-portance of securing to the Indians a uhiform and perfect title to their lands, as a measure conducive in the highest degree to their present and future welfare. In the report for 1878 especially this subject was fully considered, and legislation looking to allotment of lands in severalty to India,ns was strongly recommended. As the result thereof, House bill No. 354 was prepared by the department, and submitted at the extra session of the Fortysixth Oongress, but, like itspre'decessor, which had been introduced at the prerious session, it failed to receive action. At the second sessiorl of the Fortr-sixth Oongress, Hoilse bill No. 5035, |