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Show ( . I) lands opened to settlement ana entry under this act - remaining undisposed of at the'expiration of five years from the time of the taking effect of this aot, shall be sold and disposed of for cash x x x x. 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 amendentor-y thereof and supplemental therato." . •• This act wa3 effectuated by presidential proclamation of July 14, 1905, providing that the lands mentioned would, . on and after August 23, 1905 Kbe opened to entry, settlement, and disposition under the general provisions of'the homestead and townsite laws of the United States." Pursuant1 thereto, a considerable quantity of such land leas been sold and ths proceeds placed in tho Treasury of tha Treasury cf the United States to the credit of the. Indians as ,:?ro-- ceeds of Uintaln and White River Ute Lands,',1 amounting to about $180,177.79 at the present time. . . :• In hi s letter presenting the situation to the Office,.y the superintendent statss in part: '•-•-.•" 7p'.. :'If the Tribe is entitled to and receives in some manner the proceeds from tine se Provo sales thoon and.in. that event the Tribe is likewise entitled to use and occupy such-of these lando as remain unsold and the fact is tho Tribe dpes not, and never ha3 since the open in cy so used a n d _so_ o c our led those lands nor ha 3 it received any rental s fron the White men oooo have oossesoed themsolves of thi s use and occupancy. It appears that small scattered areas in these lands have been homesteaded and that other small sea tiered, areas are designated as ,>-.•• - |