INDIAN AFFAIRS: LAWS AND TREATIES

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PART IV
EXECUTIVE AND DEPARTMENTAL ORDERS PUBLISHED IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER
Vol. 24—1959

Trust Periods Expiring During Calendar Year 1959
Bureau of Indian Affairs—Delegation of Authority
Arizona—Revoking Executive Order of December 16, 1882, Which Reserved Lands for Moqui (or Hopi)      Reservation
Bureau of Indian Affairs—Delegation of Authority
Bureau of Indian Affairs—Delegation of Authority With Respect to Irrigation Matters
Bureau of Indian Affairs—Delegation of Authority
Bureau of Indian Affairs—Delegation of Authority With Respect to Forestry—Correction
Utah—Revoking in Whole or in Part Certain Executive and Departmental Orders Affecting the Uintah      and Ouray Indian Reservation
Utah—Transfer of Lands to the Navajo Tribe of Indians
Bureau of Indian Affairs—Delegation of Authority
Trust Periods Expiring During Calendar Year 1960


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VOLUME 24—1959
October 8, 1959 | [Public Land Order 2007]

UTAH
Transfer of Lands to the Navajo Tribe of Indians

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By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of the Interior by the Act of September 2, 1958 (72 Stat. 1686), it is ordered as follows:

1. Subject to valid existing rights, the public lands in the following-described

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areas, exclusive of the minerals therein, but inclusive of all range improvements constructed thereon, are hereby added to and made a part of the Navajo Indian Reservation and shall hereafter a held by the United States in trust for the Navajo Tribe of Indians, and shall be subject to all laws and regulations applicable to the Navajo Indian Reservation:

SALT LAKE MERIDIAN

T. 38 S., R. 23 E.,
Sec. 26;
Secs. 33 through 36, incl.

T. 38 S., R. 24 E.,
Sec. 28, all;
Sec. 29, E ½;
Secs. 31 to 36 incl.

T. 39 S., R. 22 E.,
Sec. 24, that portion east and south of Recapture Creek.
Sec. 25, that portion east and south of Recapture Creek.

T. 39 S., R. 23 E.,
Secs. 1 to 4 incl.;
Sec. 5, E ½;
Sec. 8, E ½ and SW ¼;
Secs. 9 to 17, incl.;
Sec. 19, that portion east of Recapture Creek;
Secs. 20 to 22 incl.;
Sec. 23, except the SE ¼ SE ¼;
Secs. 24 to 30, incl.;
Secs. 35 and 36.

T. 39 S., R. 24 E.,
Secs. 1 to 12 incl.;
Sec. 13, except SE ¼ SW ¼ and SE ¼;
Sec. 14, all;
Sec. 16, N ½ and SW ¼;
Sec. 17, N ½;
Sec. 18, except SE ¼;
Sec. 19, all;
Sec. 20, except NE ¼;
Sec. 21, NW ¼;
Sec. 22, N ½;
Sec. 23, N ½ and SW ¼;
Sec. 24, N ½ and SE ¼;
Sec. 26, that portion north and west of present Navajo Reservation;
Sec. 27, that portion north and west of present Navajo Reservation, except W ½;
Sec. 28, NW and S ½;
Secs. 29 to 33, incl.;
Sec. 34, that portion north and west of present Navajo Reservation.

T. 39 S., R. 25 E.,
Sec. 5, except NE ¼ NE ¼;
Sec. 6, S ½ NE ¼; Lots 3, 4, 5, and SE ¼ NW ¼; Lot 6, 7, and E ½ SW ¼; NW ¼ SE ¼;
Sec. 7, NW ¼ NE ¼; Lot 1 and NE ¼ NW ¼; N ¼ SE ¼; SE ¼ SE ¼;
Sec. 8, all;
Sec. 18, SE ¼ NE ¼; Lots 1, 2, and NE ¼ NW ¼; Lot 4 and SE ¼ SW ¼; SE ¼.

T. 40 S., R. 23 E.,
Secs. 1, 2 and 12.

T. 40 S., R. 24 E.,
Secs. 3, 4, and 5, those portions lying north and west of the present Navajo Reservation;
Sec. 6, all;
Sec. 7, 8, 18, and 19, those portions lying north and west of the present Navajo Reservation.

The areas described are within the current exchange acreage entitlement.

2. This order shall attach to lands and interests therein now or heretofore owned or claimed by the State of Utah in the sections described upon acceptance of title thereto or any interest therein by the United States.

3. The Navajo Tribe is hereby authorized and directed to adopt regulations for, and carry into effect forthwith, the settlement and occupation of said lands and interests therein by the Navajos in accordance with the Act of September 2, 1958 (72 Stat. 1686).

ELMER F. BENNETT,
Acting Secretary of the Interior.


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