43 U.S.C. § 647 : US Code - Section 647: Grant extended to desert lands within part of former Ute Indian Reservation in Colorado

Search 43 U.S.C. § 647 : US Code - Section 647: Grant extended to desert lands within part of former Ute Indian Reservation in Colorado

The provisions of sections 641, 642 and 643 (!1) of this title
are extended over and shall apply to the desert lands within the
limits of all that portion of the former Ute Indian Reservation,
not included in any national forest, in the State of Colorado,
described and embraced in the Act entitled "An Act relating to
lands in Colorado lately occupied by the Uncompahgre and White
River Ute Indians," approved July 28, 1882: Provided, That before a
patent shall issue for any of the lands aforesaid under the terms
of the said sections the State of Colorado shall pay into the
Treasury of the United States the sum of $1.25 per acre for the
lands so patented, and the money so paid shall be subject to the
provisions of section 3 of the Act of June 15, 1880, entitled "An
Act to accept and ratify the agreements submitted by the
confederated bands of Ute Indians in Colorado for the sale of their
reservation in said State, and for other purposes, and to make the
necessary appropriation for carrying out same."
No lands shall be included in any tract to be segregated under
the provisions of this section on which the United States
Government has valuable improvements, or which have been reserved
for any Indian schools or farm purposes.