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Show as ( tlio tho ) ( feo fee ) title ot1io ( sovereign sovereigil ) 186 . 3' Suah 33hcQcutivG Order reservations ( are ire ) ( subject siibject ) to allotment under the ( General Oeneral ) Allotment Act of February 8 , 1887 ( 24 Stat . ( 388 3SS ) ) , and under authority of the Act of March 3y 1927 ( 44 Stat . 1347 ) , may be leased for oil and gas purposes for the benefit of the ( in- in ) habitants of the reservation ( pursuant purstiant ) to the Act of ( May TMay ) 29 , 1924 ( 43 Stat . 244 ) , and Section 3 of the Act of February2S , 1891 ( 26 Stat . 795 ) , ( which NiThich ) governs the leasing of Indian lands geneTally . X SCIENTIFIC ( RESEARCH RESEARCII ) ON THE ( RIVEKS RIVERS ) FROM 1857 TO DATE ( BY 33Y ) THE UNITED STATES DISCLOSES THAT THE RIVERS IN UTAH ARE ( VALUABLE VALUA33LE ) ( FOB FOR ) WATER SUPPLY , IRRIGATION , AND POWER ( AKTD AND ) NOT ( FOR roR ) ( NAVIGATION" NAVIGATION NAVIGATION ) The Government , ( over o1rer ) a period of sixty years , has spent thousands of dollars ( investigating iuvestigating ) the utilization of these rivers . The findings of the ( eii- eii ) gineers are inconsistent ( with witli ) navigation . The Colorado River has been under observation , survey , and study and has formed the subject of reports to Congress since the end of the Civil ( Wai WaT ) . ( ( Secretaiy Seerettiry ) of the ( Interior Literior ) , ( page pacre ) 2 , Exhibit 62 . ) The results of these studies and investigations are largely included in maps and reports ( which NA7hich ) have been introduced in evidence by the Government ( in iii ) this case as follows : Beginning ( with ivith ) ( Major -AM-ijor AMijor ) ( Powell's Powells ) report ( in iii ) 1875 , ( "The The ) ( Exploration xploration ) of the Colorado River of the ( West" West ) ( Exhibit 51 ) , ( based Nised ) on his ( ob- ob ) servations of 1869-1871 and continuing through to |
