Show UTAH MAY GET MORE PUBLIC LAND State Said to Be Entitled to Four r Sections in Each Township I in Uintah Reservation Not Allotted to I the Indians Special to The Herald HeraldA t A I April 16 Officer of I WASHINGTON W V V the general land office who are preparing lists of lands within the Uintah Indian In lian reservation reser which J j jare are to be opened to public sale le and I settlement ent are confronted w with ith the J I question whether the state of Utah is not entitled to four sections section of land laud for school es In each township in the diminished reservation not coy cov covered ered by allotments s to Indians by bj ne act of July 16 1804 1891 the state of oC Utah w was as granted for school purposes sec see sections I 3 16 33 and 36 in each town township township township I ship of the state excepting in nerma perma nent neat reservations which the act de declared declared dared shall shaH not be subject to grants or indemnity provisions until such res reservations re should be extinguished and the lands restored to public domain A subsequent provision of the genera Indian appropriation act of ot March 2 1895 declares that any state entitled to indemnity school lands or entitled to select lands for educational pur purposes purposes purposes poses und the exiting exIsting law may se select select select lect such lands within the boundaries of any Indian reservation in such state I from the surplus s lauds thereof purchased aped ased q d by hy the te United States St ts after aft r allot allotments ments lh have been made to the Indians and prior to the opening Q of the tIle reser reservation tation to settlement Under these acts it is the opinion c of the n officers officer of the general land of office office fice flee that the state 2 Utah UtaI Uta is entitled to four sections in each township in inthe inthe inthe the n lands not allotted to Indians although the th act providing for forthe fort forthe the t e opening of t he the reservation does not so 50 specify The laws relating to the case are be being beng beIng ing ng very carefully T considered by b the law officers of the general land office and if the e final decision is reached that Utah is entitled to these indemnity lands ians which would aggregate acres they the will he be excepted ex from the lands to be opened for public settle settlement settlement ment meat unless they contain mineral and will b of oC the bo be placed at the disposal i state for school purposes i Commissioner Richards of the t e gen 1 eral land office states that this feature of the Uintah reservation matter will not delay the opening and that the res reservation reservation n will be opened o end on oil or prior to the date set at the recent session of congress I |