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 PUBLIC LAW 106-370—OCT. 27, 2000 114 STAT. 1421 Public Law 106-370 106th Congress An Act To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to certain water rights to Duchesne Oct. 27, 2000 City, Utah. [H.R. 3468] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Duchesne City Water Rights SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. Conveyance Act. This Act may be cited as the "Duchesne City Water Rights Conveyance Act". SEC. 2. FINDINGS. The Congress finds the following: (1) In 1861, President Lincoln established the Uintah Valley Reservation by Executive order. The Congress confirmed the Executive order in 1864 (13 Stat. 63), and additional lands were added to form the Uintah Indian Reservation (now known as the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation). (2) Pursuant to subsequent Acts of Congress, lands were allotted to the Indians of the reservation, and unallotted lands were restored to the public domain to be disposed of under homestead and townsite laws. (3) In July 1905, President Theodore Roosevelt reserved l£m.ds for the townsite for Duchesne, Utah, by Presidential proclamation and pursuant to the applicable townsite laws. (4) In July 1905, the United States, through the Acting United States Indian Agent in Behalf of the Indisins of the Uintah Indian Reservation, Utah, filed two applications, 43- 180 and 43-203, under the laws of the State of Utah to appropriate certain waters. (5) The stated purposes of the water appropriation applications were, respectively, "for irrigation and domestic supply for townsite purposes in the lands herein described", and "for the purpose of irrigating Indian allotments on the Uintah Indian Reservation, Utah, * * * and for an irrigating and domestic water supply for townsite purposes in the lands herein described". (6) The United States subsequently filed change applications which provided that the entire appropriation would be used for municipal and domestic purposes in the town of Duchesne, Utah. (7) The State Engineer of Utah approved the change applications, and the State of Utah issued water right certificates, identified as Certificate Numbers 1034 and 1056, in the name of the United States Indian Service in 1921, pursuant

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