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![handle is hein.amindian/rplobti0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 73D CONGREss HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REPORT
2d Session { No. 927
REPEAL OBSOLETE INDIAN LAWS,
MARCH 12, 1934.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. AYERS of Montana, from the Committee on Indian Affairs
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 7600]
The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the bill
(H.R. 7600) repealing certain sections of the Revised Code of Laws of
the United States relating to the Indians, having considered the same,
report thereon with a recommendation that it do pass without amend-
ment.
This bill proposed to repeal certain sections of existing legislation,
which are today obsolete. These sections were enacted at a time,
generally from 1830 to 1850, when the Indians were in the main
hostile. They were designed to meet the conditions then existing.
Those conditions no longer prevail and it appears that the only use
now made of these obsolete sections is as an excuse for arbitrary
abuses by bureaucratic officials.
The committee heard representatives of the Indian Civil Rights
Committee, the Indian Rights Association, the National Association
of Indian Affairs, American Defense Association, and others, who
recited abuses perpetrated under the sections sought to be repealed.
These persons and groups all advocated this legislation. The Com-
missioner of Indian Affairs and representatives of his office also
appeared before the committee and joined in recommending the
enactment of this legislation.
The Secretary of the Interior recommends the enactment of this
legislation as will be seen from the following letter to the chairman
of the committee:
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT,
Washington, March 2, 1934.
Hon. EDGAR HOWARD,
Chairman Committee on Indian Affairs,
House of Representatives.
Mr DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: I am in receipt of your request for my views oi
H.R. 7600, a bill repealing certain sections of title 25 of the Revised Code of
Laws of the United States relating to Indians.](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.amindian/rplobti0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)