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Show / // '/ ( / Ok- 3 ' -llciita o^nod or held by any Indian cr Indian •fyftOy tribes; and that until the title thereto shall •3/00•:••• have been extinguished by the United States, y'7 y.y the sane shall. ,ba and remain subject to the y/f disposition of the United States, and said /,/'/, Indian lands shall remain under the absolute j jurisdiction and control of the Ccr.gr633 of ths United States;" In. a decision dated Hay 19, 1902, the Department cf the Interior held that the Indians of the Klamath Reservation are net subject to the lar/s cf the Stats of Oregon in the matter of fishing and hunting within tr-e .reservation, but are, as to those matters as well as :'n others of oolice resrulation within, the reservation, under the em' s elusive control cf the Unitod Statos authorities. As a considerable part of the argument and eifstiens are applicable to your reservation,. I am enclosing a coay of said decision in full. Under these circumstances, you should take the matter up with the County Attorney cf Uintah County, and ask. to havo tho case against '.valter Daniols dismiseed fcr want cf jurisdiction. If ho refuses to take such action, you should take the case up with the United States Attorney, as provided by Indian Office Circular Uo. 517, dated April IE, 1912. Aa Indicated in enclosod cor.y of Department letter, you will make and enforce such regulations as 5108667 |