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Show lands opened to settlement and entry under this act - remaining undisposed of at the'expiration of five years from the time of the taking effect of this act, shall be sold and disposed of for cash x x x x. ay' The proceeds of the sale of such lands shall be applied "/••'• as provided in the act of Congress on May twenty seventh, nineteen hundred and two, and the acts amendentory thereof •A-and supplemental thereto." Yi 7g-j .: y- • -•:• yty This act was effectuated by presidential proclamation ' ••'_••/ .:•:• y y-n-Y g of July 14, 1905, providing that the lands mentioned would, on and after August 28, 1905 "be opened to entry, settle-; • ment, and disposition under the general provisions of the A homestead and townsite laws of the United States." Pur-YY3 suant thereto, a considerable quantity of such land has been sold and the proceeds placed in the Treasury of the Ts^asury of the United States to the credit of the Indians as "Proceeds of Uintah and White River Ute Lands,? amounting to about #180,177.79 at the present time. ;• - In hi3 letlter presenting the situation to the Office, the superintendent states in part: AAyn'n :;•••'. :'yyyy - a'777A '' •• .'. • 'n.'."', ~y • '**. - ''••'. • *• •* ,\''\Yi av air,- "If the Tribe is entitled.to and receives in some manner the proceeds from these Provo sales than and in that event the/Tribe is likewise entitled to use and occupy such-of these lands as remain unsold and the yt. fact is the Tribe does not, and never has since the ' opening, so used and _3o_ occupied these lands nor has it received any rentals from the White men who have possessed themselves of thi s use and occupancy. It appears that small scattered areas in these lands have been homesteaded and that other small scattered areas are designated as |
