Senate, Calendar No. 724, 65th Congress, 1st Session, Report No. 668, Reservation of Certain Land in Utah as a School Site for Ute Indians, May 31, 1924, Report submitted by Mr. Harreld, from the Committee on Indian Affairs

Senate, Calendar No. 724, 65th Congress, 1st Session, Report No. 668, Reservation of Certain Land in Utah as a School Site for Ute Indians, May 31, 1924, Report submitted by Mr. Harreld, from the Committee on Indian Affairs. - Page 1

Calendar No. 724 < STH CONGRESS) SENATE f REPORT ~ ht Session j 1 No. 66S RESERVATION OF CERTAIN LAND IN UTAH AS A SCHOOL SITE FOR UTE INDIANS MAY 31, 1924.- Ordered to be printed Mr HARRELD, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, submitted the following EEPORT [ To accompany S. 875] The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the bill ( S. 875) to provide for the reservation of certain land m Utah as a school site for Ute Indians, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with the recommendation that the bill do pass without amendment. Tins legislation meets with the approval of the department, as is shown by letter of the Secretary of the Interior under date of Decem­ber 5, 1923, which is appended hereto and made a part of this report. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Washington, December 5, 1923. Hon. SELDEN P SPEXCER, Chairman Committee on Indian Affairs, United States Senate. MY DEAR SENATOR SPENCER I have the honor to submit herewith the draft of a bill to provide for the permanent withdrawal of a tract of unsurveyed public land, containing 40 acres, in San Juan County, Utah, as a dav- school site for Ute Indians. Section 27 of the act of June 30, 1919 ( 41 Stat. 3- 34), prohibits the withdrawal of public lands by Executive order, proclamation, or otherwise for or as an Indian reservation except by act of Congress. In anticipation of favorable action by Gongress with regard to the tract desired as a school site, an order of withdrawal was presented to the President and was signed by him August 23, 1023, by the terms of which the land desired is temporarily " withdrawn from settlement, entry, sale, or other disposition until March 5, 1926." Arrangements have been made to erect a building for school purposes on the "• served tract, and selections are also being made for the Indians residing in that locality under the provisions of the general allotment act. The Indians to be benefited, both by the individual allotments to be acquired and by the educa­tional ' facilities offered, are a remnant of the old Posey Band. These Indians have resided in southeastern Utah for many years and not upon an established reservation. S R- GS- 1- vol 2 42