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Title 43, Public LandsRelease 119-110

§647 Grant Extended to Desert Lands Within Part of Former Ute Indian Reservation in Colorado

Title 43 › CHAPTER 14 — GRANTS OF DESERT LANDS TO STATES FOR RECLAMATION › § 647

Last updated Sep 23, 2026|Official source

Summary

The rules in sections 641, 642, and 643 apply to the dry lands inside part of the old Ute Indian Reservation in Colorado that are not in any national forest, as described in the Act approved July 28, 1882. Before any official land title is issued under those rules, the State of Colorado must pay $1.25 per acre into the U.S. Treasury, and that money is handled under section 3 of the Act of June 15, 1880. No land can be put into any parcel set aside under these rules if the United States has valuable improvements on it or if the land was reserved for Indian schools or farm use.

Full Legal Text

Title 43, §647

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The provisions of section 641, 642 and 643 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.

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section 643 of this title, referred to in text, was repealed by Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 704(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2792. Act approved
July 28, 1882, referred to in text, is act
July 28, 1882, ch. 357, 22 Stat. 178, which is not classified to the Code. section 3 of the Act of
June 15, 1880, referred to in text, is section 3 of act
June 15, 1880, ch. 223, 21 Stat. 199, which is not classified to the Code.

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Citation

43 U.S.C. § 647

Title 43, Public Lands

Last Updated

Sep 23, 2026

Release point: 119-110