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Show COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 13 sional authorization to support necessary reservation activities, or , in some cases paid to the Indians on a per capita basis. Tribal leases or permits now in effect on 44 reservations number approxi-mately 470. The rentals are charged either on a per acre or per head basis, at a rate which will be fair to the Indians and equitable to the stockman. ROADS AND BRIDGES. MYTON, UTAH, ~ ~ ~ x E . -Un d earu thority of a provision in the Indian appropriation act for the fiscal year 1922 the bridge across the Duchesne River near the town of hlyton, Utah, constructed from an appropriation made by the act of August 5, 1909, was turned over to the State, which agreed to maintain and repalr it at all tlmes in the future without expense to the United States. COOPERATITROEA D \~~i t~. -Sect ion3 of the act of November 11, 1921, knomn as the "Federal highway act," provides in part as follows : The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to cooperate with the State highway depnrtments, and with the Deaartment of the Interior in the con-struction of public highways within Indian reservations, and to pay the amount assumed therefor from the fnnds allotted or apportioned under this act to the State wherein the reservation is located. Interpreting this provision, the Comptroller General held, in effect, that, should the State agree, and comply with the other pro-visions of the act, the entire cost of that portion of any public high-way across an Indian reservation may be paid from,Government funds apportioned under the act to the State withln whlch the reser-vation is located, no contribution being necessary by the State for the construction of that part of the road; however, the State must make provision for upkeep and repairs, as in other cases. It is ex-pected that this will result in a great impetus to the construction of badly needed highways across Indian reservations. SEGREGATION OF TRIBAL FUNDS. Under the acts of May 25, 1918, and June 30, 1919, the funds of the following tribes were segregated and paid to the Indians on final rolls: Cheyenne and Arapaho, Oklahoma, $406,611.86; Spokane, Wash., $28,160; Yankton, S. Dalr., $103,611.87. In addition the rolls of the following tribes were closed during the year, but the funds have not yet been distributed: Fort Hall, Idaho; Apache, Kiowa, and Comanche, Oklahoma; Pawnee and Ponca, Oklahoma; Rosebud, South Dakota. IRRIGATION. Water is the most important factor in crop production anywhere. All vegetables contain more water than anything else, but very much less than is requeed to produce a good crop; consequently, in the arid sections engineering skill ha? supplied the lack of rain-fall. makins nossible snccessfi~l nrorlnction in areas that were for- The extent to which l a r ~ irrigation methods on Indian reservations in the West a |