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Show '' . I ' It will be noted that under all the .-• ro. ra L La/- applicable, aa quoted in the attached copy of t.ie re>jula-tions,. allotted lands may be leased "upon such terms and oon.iiti'caa &.S nay be prescribed by the Secretary of the In-terior" ,Y the effecti cf tha successive laws en thia subject being merely to lengthen the term Per which suoh lands may be leased. Aa sety .forth herein, the :;aoa;w: tor.: under, the • • gonorul law for which allotted land? ro.ay be leased for f ...m-ir. a purposes is five .-years. However, there ia a special i; v for the Uintah, and Catary jurisdiction in ___e Act Of April 37, 1CCS {do Stat a. L.95)' cs follows: faction cf the Secretary cf the Interior that the allotted lands cf any Indian cf the former Uintah, and Uncompahrre reservations in Utah are susceptible cf irrigation and that- the allctte-s is Uiiaole to culti-1 vate the 3ar_e- or any portion thereof, such lands or . woy.'- - '. sucn portion thereoi v/ay be leased by the Yecretury ' .3 of the Interior with the consent of to_e allottee for a-pericc. not exceeding ten yi«__ra, u/i-ier such rules and .. » regulations a3 he may establish.*. Y >' • yy' Tt is believed' that the only effect of this special '- A -, . -, ayo.a. . -, ;. , .'-••:.> -7.il-'"-- o;._ a*'., y • • • ••• 'w - ' - /'-of--f.i law 23 to ien otner. the-.maximum, term'for which lands may be ,-,' . y... '7',' ; 0 ay ;. • .; , • . .a leased under the Uintah and Ouray jurisdiction, iron five'to ten-, year3, and that such landji may still be leased under * .r "erveral lav for not. exceeding f 1 ve vp-ir-., without the consent of the allottee, if necessary, the Superintendent to act in his behalf .a. m incompetent Indian. [['.• '«** A3 a ratter of information, attention is furth-sr A, .- a > o ; • ' - ,•• • y, invited to Section 4 cf the Act cf June 25, 1910 (30 Stats.1.356). . -3- |