AZ vs. CA:16 California Exhibits, Vol. XVI; Nos. 2600-2644

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United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs Phoenix, Arizona There is enclosed herewith a prospectus setting forth the general information concerning the undeveloped lands on the Colorado River Indian Reservation, and the criteria for the development of these lands. It is proposed to lease these lands under a single 25-year lease covering the entire undeveloped area. The legal requirements and conditions of this lease will be available as soon after June 1 as practicable. The Federal Government, during past years, has developed approximately 38,000 acres, which is about one-third of the entire potential development. The project has been designed to irrigate approximately 100,000 acres, and approximately 65,000 acres remain to be developed. The undeveloped project lands need to be cleared, leveled, and developed, and require the completion of the gravity-flow irrigation system and the drainage system. The lease will contain a provision giving preference to Indians in employment. If the lessee sublets any part of the undeveloped or developed lands, qualified Indian sublessees shall be granted subleases on the same terms and conditions as those granted to non-Indians. The prospective developer must specify the anticipated rate of subjugation. The lease will contain a clause requiring a gradual re-linquishment of the land during the last five years of its term. The order of relinquishment shall be generally the same as the order of development, in other words, on a first developed, first released basis. This clause will provide for the relinquishment of one-fifth of the developed acreage at the end of each of the last five years of the lease.