Sect. 9. All acts and parts of acts heretofore passed, so far as they conflict with the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed. Sect. 10. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. If the legislature should decide not to authorize the appointment of a single commissioner for the State, I would propose the passage of the same Bill with the following amendments:-- Strike out the whole of section 3. Strike out in section 4 the words "said commissioner shall, as soon as is convenient after his appointment," and insert the words--clerks of Marshpee, the guardians of the several plantation tribes, and the clerk of Gay Head shall. In section 5, strike out the words "said commissioner," and insert the words--guardians of the Chappequiddick and Christiantown tribes. Also, in the latter portion of the same section, strike out the word "commissioner" and insert the word--guardian. In section 6, strike out the words "said commissioner," and insert the words--guardian of the Troy or Fall River tribe. Strike out section 7, entire. Alter the numbering of the sections after 2, to correspond to the changes. Insert the following section after section 8:-- Sect. --. No person shall be entitled to support by any tribe in the State, of whose parents, one only was an Indian, and whose residence was not on the plantation of the tribe at the time of his birth, unless the rights of himself or parents as members of the tribe, shall have been subsequently recognized by the tribe. SOME NEGRO MEMBERS OF RECONSTRUCTION CONVENTIONS AND LEGISLATURES AND OF CONGRESS[1] No systematic effort has hitherto been made to save the records of the Negro during the Reconstruction period. American public opinion has been so prejudiced against the Negroes because of their elevation to prominence in southern politics that it has been considered sufficient to destroy their regime and forget it. As future historians will seek for facts beyond those compiled by biased investigators now writing monographs in this field, a few persons realizing the importance of preserving the records in which the actual facts are set forth, are now directing the attention of the country to this neglected aspect of our history. These lists of suggestive names of the men who figured conspicuously in this recent drama will be decidedly useful in the collection of facts adequate to the presentation of both sides of the question. These lists are far from being complete. This is but a step in the right direction and persons in possession of such facts are earnestly urged to cooeperate in collecting them.