Senate, Calendar No. 616, 68th Congress, 1st Session, report No. 574, Reservation of Certain Land in Utah as a School for Ute Indians, May 20, 1924, Report submitted by Mr. Smoot, from the Committee on Public Lands and Surveys

Senate, Calendar No. 616, 68th Congress, 1st Session, report No. 574, Reservation of Certain Land in Utah as a School for Ute Indians, May 20, 1924, Report submitted by Mr. Smoot, from the Committee on Public Lands and Surveys. - Page 1

Calendar No. 618 • ss) SENATE ( REPORT 1st Session ) \ No. 574 RESERVATION OF CERTAIN LAND IN UTAH AS A SCHOOL FOR UTE INDIANS MAT 20 ( calendar day, MAY 21), 1924.- Ordered to be printed Mr. SMOOT, from the Committee on Public Lands and Surveys, submitted the following EEPOET fTo accompany H. R. 2882] The Committee on Public Lands and Surveys, to whom was referred the bill ( H. R. 2882) to provide for the reservation of certain land m Utah as a school site for Ute Indians having considered the same, reports thereon favorably without amendment and recommends that it do pass. The recommendation of the Department of the Interior is indicated by the report submitted by that department, as follows [ H. Rept. No. 162, Siity- eighth Congress, first session] The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the bill ( H R. 2882) to provide for the reservation of certain land in Utah as a school site for Ute Indians, having considered the same, report thereon with a recommendation that it do pass without amendment. This legislation permits the withdrawal of a tract of public land, containing 40 acres, in San Juan County, Utah, as a day- school site for Ute Indians. In anticipation of favorable action by Congress, this tract described as a school site was temporarily " withdrawn from settlement, entry, sale, or other disposition until March 5, 1926." Arrangements have been made to erect a school build­ing, arid as the Indians are to be benefited, both by individual allotments to be acquired and by the educational facilities offered, your committee has unani­mously recommended this bill. The letter from the Secretary of the Interior proposing this legislation is attached hereto and made a part of this report. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Washington, December 5, 1923. Hon. HOMER P SNYDER, Chairman Committee on Indian Affairs, House of Representatives. _ MY DE. VR MR. SNYDER I have the honor to submit herewith the draft of a bill to provide- for the permanent withdrawal of a tract of unsurveyed public