25 U.S.C. § 677h : Indians — Miscellaneous — Ute Indians Of Utah: Distribution Of Assets Between Mixed-Blood And Full-Blood Members; Termination Of Federal Supervision Over Property Of Mixed-Blood Members — Sale Or Other Disposition Of Certain Described Lands; Funds; Relief Of United States From Liability; Assigned Lands

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The business committee of the tribe for and on behalf of the full-blood members of said tribe, and the duly authorized representatives for the mixed-blood members of said tribe, acting jointly, are authorized, subject to the approval of the Secretary, to sell, exchange, dispose of, and convey to any purchaser deemed satisfactory to said committee and representatives, any or all of the lands of said tribe described as follows, to wit:

Description

Section

Acres

Township 1 North, Range 1 East:

NW/4 SW/4

35

40.00

Township 1 North, Range 1 West:

W/2 NE/4

20

80.00

SE/4 SW/4

21

40.00

NE/4 NW/4; N/2 SW/4

28

120.00

Total

240.00

Township 2 North, Range 1 West:

E/2 SW/4 NE/4

35

20.00

Township 1 South, Range 1 West:

NW/4 SE/4

6

40.00

Lot 3

7

40.51

S/2 NE/4; NE/4 SE/4; W/2 SW/4 NW/4; W/2 NW/4 SW/4

16

160.00

E/2 SE/4

17

80.00

E/2 NE/4

20

80.00

SE/4 SE/4

29

40.00

Lot 2

30

40.26

SW/4 NW/4; SW/4 SE/4

35

80.00

SW/4 NE/4

36

40.00

Total

600.77

Township 1 South, Range 2 West:

NW/4 SW/4

12

40.00

S/2 NE/4; N/2 SE/4

14

160.00

Total

200.00

Township 1 South, Range 3 West:

SW/4 E/4

8

40.00

NW/4S NW/4

16

40.00

Total

80.00

Township 1 South, Range 8 West:

W/2 SW/4

3

80.00

NE/4 SE/4

4

40.00

All

5

721.00

All

6

695.40

NE/4 NW/4

10

40.00

NE/4 SW/4

12

40.00

SW/4 NW/4

14

40.00

Total

1,656.40

Township 2 South, Range 1 West:

S/2 SW/4; SE/4 SE/4

1

120.00

Lot 3; SE/4 NW/4

4

81.28

Lots 1 & 2; E/2 NW/4; W/2 NE/4

7

237.78

NW/4 NW/4

12

40.00

SE/4 NE/4

13

40.00

Total

519.06

Township 2 South, Range 1 East:

Lot 2; SE/4 NW/4

18

79.71

Township 2 South, Range 2 West:

S/2 S/2

2

160.00

N/2

12

320.00

Total

480.00

Township 2 South, Range 3 West:

E/2 NE/4

17

80.00

NE/4 SW/4; S/2 SE/4

19

120.00

NW/4 SW/4

29

40.00

Lots 1 & 2; E/2 NW/4; NE/4

30

316.36

Lot 2; SE/4 NW/4

31

78.40

Total

634.76

Township 2 South, Range 4 West:

SW/4 SW/4

1

40.00

SE/4 SW/4; SW/4 SE/4

9

80.00

W/2 NE/4

16

80.00

NE/4

28

160.00

N/2 SE/4

32

80.00

Lots 3 & 4; N/2 SW/4

33

167.31

NE/4 SW/4; N/2 SE/4; Lots 1 & 2

36

200.46

Total

807.77

Township 2 South, Range 5 West:

NW/4

10

160.00

NE/4 NE/4

29

40.00

N/2 NE/4; SE/4 NE/4

33

120.00

W/2 NW/4; SE/4 NW/4; N/2 SW/4; SE/4 SW/4; S/2 SE/4

34

320.00

NW/4 SE/4

36

40.00

Total

680.00

Township 2 South, Range 7 West:

NE/4 SE/4; SW/4 SW/4

13

80.00

NE/4 NE/4; SW/4 NW/4; N/2 SW/4; SE/4 SW/4; W/2 SE/4; SE/4 SE/4

14

320.00

W/2 NE/4; SE/4 NE/4

15

120.00

N/2 NE/4

23

80.00

N/2 N/2; SE/4 NE/4

24

200.00

Total

800.00

Township 2 South, Range 8 West:

SE/4 SW/4

31

40.00

Township 3 South, Range 1 East:

Lot 2; SE/4 NW/4; S/2 NE/4

7

158.12

N/2 SW/4; SW/4 NE/4; NW/4 SE/4

16

160.00

Lots 1, 2 & 3; NE/4 SW/4

18

155.35

E/2 NE/4

30

80.00

Total

553.47

Township 3 South, Range 2 East:

Lot 8

6

35.49

SW/4 SW/4

25

40.00

SE/4 NW/4; E/2 SW/4

36

120.00

Total

195.49

Township 3 South, Range 1 West:

N/2 SE/4

3

80.00

Lots 1–8, Incl

22

331.46

Lots 1–4, Incl.; S/2 N/2

23

338.28

Lots 1–4, Incl.; S/2 N/2

24

341.20

W/2 SE/4

25

80.00

Total

1,170.94

Township 3 South, Range 2 West:

S/2 S/2

9

160.00

S/2 SE/4

7

80.00

SW/4 SW/4

8

40.00

W/2 SW/4

15

80.00

NE/4 SW/4; NW/4; SE/4

16

360.00

SW/4 SW/4

17

40.00

NE/4 NE/4

18

40.00

N/2 NE/4

21

80.00

N/2 NW/4

24

80.00

W/2 SW/4

33

80.00

Total

1,040.00

Township 3 South, Range 3 West:

S/2 NW/4; NE/4 SW/4; N/2 SE/4

2

200.00

NW/4 SE/4; N/2 SW/4

17

120.00

All (Lots 1–4, Incl., E/2 W/2; E/2)

19

633.87

SW/4 SW/4

20

40.00

E/2 SW/4

21

80.00

N/2 NW/4; S/2 NE/4; NE/4 SE/4

29

200.00

W/2 NE/4; NE/4 NW/4; Lot 1

30

158.66

Total

1,432.53

Township 3 South, Range 4 West:

SW/4 NW/4

11

40.00

S/2 SE/4; SE/4 SW/4; N/2 S/2

13

280.00

NE/4; NE/4 NW/4

24

200.00

SE/4 NE/4; W/2 NE/4; E/2 NW/4

26

200.00

E/2 NE/4

30

80.00

Total

800.00

Township 3 South, Range 5 West:

Lots 1 & 2; SE/4 NE/4

3

118.86

Lot 4; SW/4 NW/4; W/2 SW/4; SE/4 SW/4

2

199.58

S/2 NE/4; N/2 SE/4

5

160.00

NW/4; W/2 NE/4; NE/4 SW/4; NW/4 SE/4

11

320.00

W/2 E/2

12

160.00

W/2 E/2

13

160.00

SW/4 NW/4; N/2 SW/4; SW/4 SW/4

21

160.00

E/2 NE/4

34

80.00

Total

1,358.44

Township 3 South, Range 7 West:

Lots 3 & 4

7

66.55

S/2

13

320.00

NW/4 SW/4

16

40.00

E/2 SE/4; SW/4 SE/4; W/2 NW/4

17

200.00

E/2 NE/4; Lots 1 & 2

18

147.16

Total

773.71

Township 3 South, Range 8 West:

E/2; NW/4; E/2 SW/4

35

560.00

S/2 S/2

1

160.00

SW/4

2

160.00

W/2 SE/4

3

80.00

Lots 3; SE/4 NW/4; NE/4 SW/4

6

120.04

SE/4

9

160.00

NE/4

10

160.00

S/2 NW/4

11

80.00

NW/4; SE/4

12

320.00

N/2 NE/4; SE/4 NE/4; SE/4; NE/4 NW/4

13

320.00

NE/4; S/2

14

480.00

S/2

15

320.00

W/2 NE/4; S/2 NW/4

27

160.00

Total

3,080.04

Township 3 South, Range 9 West:

SW/4 NW/4; NW/4 SW/4

27

80.00

Township 4 South, Range 2 West:

Lot 3; NE/4 SW/4; N/2 SE/4

7

159.70

E/2 NE/4; SW/4 NE/4

12

120.00

E/2 NW/4; SW/4 NW/4

16

120.00

SE/4 NE/4; NW/4; NW/4 SW/4; N/2 SE/4

17

320.00

Lot 1

18

39.91

SE/4, S/2 NE/4; S/2 SW/4

21

320.00

S/2

22

320.00

W/2 SW/4

23

80.00

Lot 4

26

6.89

Lots 1–4, Incl

27

26.59

Lots 1–4, Incl

28

126.64

Lots 1–6, Incl.; NE/4; E/2 NW/4

30

475.16

Total

2,114.89

Township 4 South, Range 3 West:

Lot 10

2

40.90

E/2 NE/4; NE/4 SE/4

13

120.00

Lots 1 & 2; N/2 SE/4; SW/4; N/2

25

622.29

All

26

640.00

Lots 1–6, Incl.; NW/4 NW/4

35

237.96

Lot 1

36

25.75

Total

1,686.90

Township 4 South, Range 4 West:

S/2

25

320.00

Township 4 South, Range 8 West:

N/2

29

320.00

Township 4 South, Range 9 West:

S/2

9

320.00

All

10

640.00

All

11

640.00

S/2

12

320.00

N/2; N/2 S/2; SE/4 SE/4

13

520.00

N/2

14

320.00

N/2

15

320.00

N/2

16

320.00

N/2

17

320.00

Lots 3 & 4; E/2 SW/4; SE/4

18

319.09

Lots 1 & 2; E/2 NW/4; NE/4

19

319.37

Total

4,358.46

Township 4 South, Range 10 West:

S/2

13

320.00

SE/4 NW/4; E/2 SW/4

17

120.00

NE/4 NW/4

20

40.00

Total

480.00

Township 5 South, Range 7 West:

S/2 SW/4

35

80.00

Township 5 South, Range 9 West:

SE/4 NW/4; S/2 NE/4

34

120.00

SW/4 NW/4

35

40.00

Total

160.00

Township 6 South, Range 9 West:

SW/4 SE/4

5

40.00

W/2 NE/4; NW/4 SE/4

8

120.00

Total

160.00

Grand total

27,043.34

All such sales, exchanges, or other dispositions shall be made upon such terms as said committee and said authorized representatives shall deem satisfactory and may be made pursuant to bids or at private sale, and all funds or other property derived from such sales, exchanges, or other dispositions shall be subject to the terms of this subchapter. Consent by the tribal business committee and said authorized representatives to the sale, exchange, or other disposal of the lands herein described shall relieve the United States of any liability resulting from such sale, exchange, or other disposition. The tribal business committee and said authorized representatives are further authorized to sell or dispose of tribal assigned lands to the assignees thereof under such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the said tribal business committee and said authorized representatives with the assignees, subject, however, to the approval of the Secretary.

(Aug. 27, 1954, ch. 1009, § 9, 68 Stat. 869.)
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