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Show 1 * 0 sstid-s? The fie legation fro*, tbo Ui»$sis. a.:x_ Carey -Agency, Car© of Supt., Uintah a ..a Oaray Agency. Oentlomcn: Thia will refer to your reteBt conference In Land Division, Claims Section, concerning tha Sivialoa to be taade of the fund of 1161,400, eathoriaod by tha act of May 13, 1938 (49 Stat. 1E72) to be appropriated in payment for lands ta>»n by the United 3tates for a naval oil reserve-. The act of S-ay 15, 3.936., provides that the money, when appropriated, shall be placed on the books of the Treasury tc the credit of the Confederated l-sMs of Ute Indiana in the proportions prescribed by the act A; .Tuna IS, lfcSOO (£1 Stat. 199), aa follewat Southern Utee, Colorado |2/6) *53,800 Uncompahgre Utes, Utah (3/6) . . . . . . . . 80,?0O fhltc River Utcc, Utah (1/6) . . . . . . . . £6.900 Accordingly, the item for thia appropriation carried Is the pending Interior Department Appropriation bill for the fiscal year 1928, provides that the money ahall bo deposited la the proportions above atcted. Under the wording of the appropriation item, none of the accey is to bo peld out per capita to the memberehlp of these bands ef Indiana* The share of the Southern Utee of Colorado, loss attorney feea, la te be deposited to their credit in tha Treasury. Aa te the sharec of the Uintah Utea, the appropriation bill provldoc ae follows* "Provided, That la the dlaeration of the Secretary ef the interior, end with the approval of the trite expressed through lta tribal council, not mere thea $100,000 of tho amount apportioned to the Indiana of the Uintah and Ouray Roccrvctlon, Utah, together with #100,000 additional from tribal funds now on deposit c a r b o ^ K r Indian Office |