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Show Land- Ikji.u'tmcni of the jfntevun*. x OFFICE OF INDIAN \FFA!?,5 \x \ n August 6, 1898. Ross Guffin, Esq., Howell P. ityton, Esq., Erastus R. Harper, Esq., Uintah Commissioners. Gentlemen: Having been appointed Commissioners to allot lands on the Uintah Reservation, in Utah, & c , the following instructions are given for your guidance in the discharge of your duties: The first section of the Act of June 4, 1898, (Public No. 118), under which you are appointed, provides, that with the consent of the Indians properly residing on the Uintah reservation, the Coumission shall allot to uaid Indians, and to such of the UncorapaJ^re Indians as may not be able to obtain allotments within the Uncompahgre reservation, agricultural and grazing lands as follows: To each head of a family, one quarter of a section, with an additional quantity of grazing land not exceeding one quarter of a section; to each single person over 18 years of age; to each orphan child under eighteen years of age; and to each other person under eighteen years of age born prior to the allotments, one-eighth of a section, with an additional quantity of grazing land not exceeding one-eighth of a section; Provided. That with the consent of the Commission any adult Indian may select a less quantity of land if |