Chapter 187. To authorize the disposition of certain grazing lands in the State of Utah, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 187.— An Act To authorize the disposition of certain grazing lands in the State of Utah, and for other purposes. May 14, 1920. [[S. 3016](/us/bill/66/s/3016).] [[Public, No. 207](/us/pl/66/207).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That so much of the ActUintah Indian Reservation, Utah.Vol. 31, p. 1070, amended. of Congress approved March 3, 1905 (Public, Numbered 212), as limits the future sale of Indian lands in the former Uintah Indian600Limit on sales of undisposed of lands in, repealed.Reservation, in Utah, remaining undisposed of five years from the taking effect of the Act to disposition in tracts of not more than six hundred and forty acres to any one person be, and the same is hereby, repealed, and such lands shall remain subject to disposition as provided by law, under rules and regulations to be prescribed *Proviso*.Confirmation of prior sales.by the Secretary of the Interior: *Provided*, That where the validity of purchases heretofore made under the Act of March 3, 1905, have been or may hereafter be questioned in any departmental or court proceeding on the ground that a larger area than six hundred and forty acres has been directly or indirectly, acquired by one person or corporation, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, to validate, ratify, and confirm such sales, or to examine and determine the present value of said lands and upon payment by the patentee or purchaser or his assigns of the difference between the amount heretofore paid and such ascertained value, to validate, ratify, and confirm such sales.
Approved, May 14, 1920.