An Act to provide compensation to the Shoshone and Arapahoe Tribes of Indians for certain lands of the Riverton reclamation project within the ceded portion of the Wind River Indian Reservation, and for other purposes
PL 83-284 (H.R.4483), enacted 08/15/1953

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August 15, 1953 
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Public Law 284 
CHAPTER 509 
AN ACT 
To provide compensation to the Shoshone and Arapahoe Tribes of Indians for 
certain lands of the Riverton reclamation project within the ceded portion of 
the Wind River Indian Reservation, and for other purposes. 
S h o s h o n e and 
Arapahoe Tribes. 
Compensation. 
25 u s e 611-613. 
Ante, p. 179. 
Wind R i v e r In-
dian Reservation. 
Ceded lands. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress a^sevribled, That there is hereby 
authorized to be transferred in the Treasury of the United States 
from funds now or hereafter made available for carrying on the 
functions of the Bureau of Reclamation and to be placed to the credit 
of the Shoshone and Arapahoe Tribes of Indians of the Wind River 
Indian Reservation in Wyoming, the sum of $1,009,500, said sum 
shall be credited to and expended for the benefit of said tribes and their 
members as provided by the Act of May 19, 1947 (61 Stat. 10^), as 
amended by the Act of August 30,1951 (65 Stat. 208), and by the Act 
of July 17, 1953 (Public Law 132, Eighty-third Congress), and as 
may be hereinafter amended, and shall be deemed to constitute full, 
complete, and final compensation, except as provided in section 5 of 
this Act, for terminating and extinguishing all of the right, title, 
estate, and interest, including minerals, gas and oil, of said Indian 
tribes and their members of, in and to the lands, interests in lands, 
and any and all past and future damages arising out of the cession to 
the United States, pursuant to the Act of March 3,1905 (33 Stat. 1016) 
of that part of the former Wind River Indian Reservation lying 
w^ithin the following described boundaries: 
The perimeter boundaries of the tract of land, dealt with herein-
above, they being also the proposed exterior boundaries of the Riverton 
reclamation project, Fremont County, Wyoming, are described as 
follows: 
Station 0 to 1, bearing south eighty-nine degrees, fifty-three minutes 
east, distance fifty-nine one-hundredths mile, beginning at a point in 
the north boundary of section 22, township 3 north, range 2 west. Wind 
River meridian, which point is the northwest corner of lot 1, section 22, 
and is a meander corner, marking a point on the left bank of the Big 
Wind River, as established in the public lands survey of the above 
township and range, which survey was approved on April 15, 1891, 
by the Surveyor General of the United States. Thence, from said 
point of beginning, the boundary of the Riverton project bears easterly 
on the section line between sections 15 and 22, to the section corner 
common to sections 14, 15, 22, and 23, township 3 north, range 2 west. 
Wind River meridian. 
Station 1 to 2, bearing east, distance 1 mile, from the before-
described corner, course bears east on section line between sections 14 
and 23 to the corner common to sections 13,14, 23, and 24, township 3 
north, range 2 west. Wind River meridian. 
Station 2 to 3, bearing north, distance one-fourth mile, thence, from 
said section corner, course bears north along section line between sec-
tions 13 and 14 to the south one-sixteenth corner in said boundary. 
Station 3 to 4, bearing east, distance one mile, departing from the 
aforesaid boundary betw^een sections 13 and 14, course bears east on 
the south one-sixteenth line across section 13 to the south one-sixteenth 
corner between section 13, township 3 north, range 2 west, and sec-
tion 18, township 3 north, range 1 w^est. Wind River meridian. 
Station 4 to 5, bearing north, distance one-fourth mile, thence, north 
on the township line to the one-fourth corner between section 13, 
township 3 north, range 2 west, and section 18, township 3 north, 
range 1 west, Wind River meridian. 
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Station 5 to 6, bearing east, distance three and one-half miles from 
the before described one-fourth corner, the boundary of the Eiverton 
project bears east on the respective centerlines of sections 18,17,16, and 
to the center one-fourth corner of section 15, township 3 north, range 1 
west, Wind River meridian. 
Station 6 to 7, bearing north, distance one-half mile, thence north 
on the centerline of section 15 to the one-fourth corner between 
sections 10 and 15, township 3 north, range 1 west. Wind River 
meridian. 
Station 7 to 8, bearing east, distance two and one-half miles, from 
the before described one-fourth corner, course bears east on the respec-
tive boundaries between sections 10 and 15, 11 and 14, and 12 and 13, 
to a point in the Wind River meridian, which point is a section corner 
common to sections 12 and 13, township 3 north, range 1 west, and sec-
tions 7 and 18, township 3 north, range 1 east. 
Station 8 to 9, bearing east, distance four and one-half miles, from 
the before-described section corner the boundary of the Riverton 
project bears east on the respective section lines between sections 7 and 
18,8 and 17,9 and 16,10 and 15, and 11 and 14, to the one-fourth corner 
between said sections 11 and 14, all in township 3 north, range 1 east, 
Wind River meridian. 
Station 9 to 10, bearing north, distance one-half mile, thence, north 
on the centerline of section 11 to the C one-fourth corner thereof. 
Station 10 to 11, bearing east, distance three-fourths mile, course 
bears east on the respective centerlines of sections 11 and 12 to the C-W 
one-sixteenth corner of section 12. 
Station 11 to 12, bearing north, distance one-half mile, thence, north 
on the west one-sixteenth line of section 12 to the west one-sixteenth 
corner in the boundary between sections 1 and 12, township 3 north, 
range 1 east, Wind River meridian. 
Station 12 to 13, bearing east, distance one-half mile, thence east 
on said boundary between sections 1 and 12 to the east one-sixteenth 
corner thereof. 
Station 13 to 14, bearing north, distance one-half mile, course bears 
north on east one-sixteenth line of section 1, township 3 north, range 1 
east, Wind River meridian, to the C-E one-sixteenth corner thereof. 
Station 14 to 15, bearing east, distance one-fourth mile, thence, east 
on centerline of said section 1 to a point in the boundary between 
sections 1, township 3 north, range 1 east, Wind River meridian, and 
section 6, township 3 north, range 2 east. Wind River meridian, which 
point is the most westerly corner between lots 5 and 6 of said section 6. 
Station 15 to 16, bearing north, distance one-fourth mile, boundary 
bears north on township line to corner between lots 4 and 5 of said 
section 6. 
Station 16 to 17, bearing west, distance one-half mile, departing from 
said township line, boundary of Riverton project bears west on the 
north one-sixteenth line of section 1, township 3 north, range 1 east. 
Wind River meridian, to C-N one sixteenth corner thereof, which 
point the most southerly corner between lots 2 and 3 of said section 1. 
Station 17 to 18, bearing north, distance one-fourth mile, thence 
north on boundary between said lots 2 and 3 to the one-fourth corner 
in the township line between section 1, township 3 north, range 1 east. 
Wind River meridian, and section 36, township 4 north, range 1 east. 
Wind River meridian. 
Station 18 to 19, bearing north, distance one-fourth mile, boundary 
of Riverton project bears north along centerline of said section 36, to 
the C-S one-sixteenth corner thereof. 
Station 19 to 20, bearing west, distance one-half mile, thence, west 
on the south one-sixteenth line of section 36 aforesaid, to the south 
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one-sixteenth corner in the boundary between sections 35 and 36, 
township 4 north, range 1 east. Wind Eiver meridian. 
Station 20 to 21, bearing north, distance one-fourth mile, boundary 
bears north on said boundary between sections 35 and 36 to the one-
fourth corner thereof. 
Station 21 to 22, bearing west, distance three-fourths mile, course 
bears west on centerline of section 35 to the C-W one-sixteenth corner 
thereof. 
Station 22 to 23, bearing north, distance one-fourth mile, thence 
north on west one-sixteenth line of said section 35 to the northwest 
one-sixteenth corner thereof. 
Station 23 to 24, bearing west, distance one-half mile, from said 
point boundary bears west on the respective north one-sixteenth lines 
of sections 35 and 34 to the northeast one-sixteenth corner of section 34. 
Station 24 to 25, bearing north, distance one and one-half miles, 
course bears north on the respective east one-sixteenth lines of sections 
34, 27, and 22 to the southeast one-sixteenth corner of said section 22. 
Station 25 to 26, bearing east, distance two and one-fourth miles, 
boundary bears east on the respective south one-sixteenth lines of 
sections 22, 23, and 24 to the south one-sixteenth corner in the bound-
ary between section 24, township 4 north, range 1 east. Wind River 
meridian, and section 19, township 4 north, range 2 east, Wind River 
meridian. 
Station 26 to 27, bearing north, distance one-fourth mile, thence 
north one township line to one-fourth corner in boundary between said 
sections 24 and 19. 
Station 27 to 28, bearing east, distance two and one-half miles, 
departing from said township line, course bears east on the respective 
centerlines of sections 19, 20 and 21 to C-one-fourth corner of section 
21, township 4 north, range 2 east. Wind River meridian. 
Station 28 to 29, bearing south, distance one-fourth mile, south on 
centerline of said section 21 to the C-S one-sixteenth corner thereof. 
Station 29 to 30, bearing east, distance two and one-half miles, 
thence east on the respective S one-sixteenth lines of sections 21, 22, 
and 23 to the S one-sixteenth corner in the boundary between sections 
23 and 24. 
Station 30 to 31, bearing south, distance one mile, thence south on 
the respective boundaries between sections 23 and 24 and 25 and 26 to 
the S one-sixteenth corner in boundary between said sections 25 and 26. 
Station 31 to 32, bearing east, distance one mile, course bears east 
from said one-sixteenth corner on the south one-sixteenth line of 
section 25, township 4 north, range 2 east. Wind River meridian, to a 
point in the township boundary betw^een said section 25 and section 
30, township 4 north, range 3 east. Wind River meridian. 
Station 32 to 33, bearing north, distance one and three-fourths 
miles, boundary bears north on township line to the corner common 
to sections 13 and 24, township 4 north, range 2 east. Wind River 
meridian, and sections 18 and 19, township 4 north, range 3 east, 
Wind River meridian. 
Station 33 to 34, bearing west, distance one and one-fourth miles, 
departing from said township line, course bears west on the respective 
boundaries between sections 13 and 24 and 14 and 23, township 4 
north, range 2 east. Wind River meridian, to the E one-sixteenth 
corner between said sections 14 and 23. 
Station 34 to 35, bearing north, distance one-fourth mile, thence 
north on east one-sixteenth line of said section 14 to the SE one-
sixteenth corner thereof. 
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Station 35 to 36, bearing west, distance one-fourth mile, thence 
west on south one-sixteenth line to C-S one-sixteenth corner of said 
section 14. 
Station 36 to 37, bearing north, distance three-fourths mile, from 
C-S one-sixteenth corner, course bears north on centerline of section 
to one-fourth corner in boundary between sections 14 and 11, town-
ship 4 north, range 2 east. Wind River meridian. 
Station 37 to 38, bearing west, distance one-fourth mile, thence 
west on said boundary between sections 14 and 11 to the W one-
sixteenth corner thereof. 
Station 38 to 39, bearing north, distance one-half mile, course bears 
north on west one-sixteenth line of section 11 to C-W one-sixteenth 
corner thereof. 
Station 39 to 40, bearing west, distance one-half mile, from said 
C-W one-sixteenth corner, course bears west on the respective center-
lines of sections 11 and 10 to C-E one-sixteenth corner of section 10. 
Station 40 to 41, bearing north, distance one and one-half miles, 
thence north on the respective east one-sixteenth lines of sections 10 
and 3 to a point in the township line, which point is the corner between 
lots 1 and 2 of said section 3, township 4 north, range 2 east, Wind 
River meridian. 
Station 41 and 42, bearing east, distance twelve one-hundredths 
mile, the boundary of the Riverton project bears east on the township 
line from said lot corner to the standard E one-sixteenth corner in the 
southerly boundary of section 34, township 5 north, range 2 east. Wind 
River meridian. 
Note: Station 42 back; station 35 ahead. 
Station 35 to 36, bearing north, distance one-fourth mile, from the 
before-described one-sixteenth corner, the boundary of the Riverton 
project bears north to the southeast one-sixteenth corner of section 34, 
of said township and range. 
Station 36 to 37, bearing east, distance three-fourths mile, thence, 
east on the respective south one-sixteenth lines of sections 34 and 35 
to the south one-sixteenth corner in the centerline of said section 35. 
Station 37 to 38, bearing north, distance one-fourth mile, from the 
above-described south one-sixteenth corner the course bears north on 
centerline of said section 35 to the center one-quarter corner thereof. 
Station 38 to 39, bearing east, distance three-fourths mile, thence 
east on the respective centerlines of sections 35 and 36 to the west 
one-sixteenth corner of said section 36. 
Station 39 to 40, bearing south, distance one-fourth mile, from the 
above-described west one-sixteenth corner, the course bears south to 
the southwest one-sixteenth corner of said section 36. 
Station 40 to 41, bearing east, distance three-fourths mile, from said 
southwest one-sixteenth corner, the course bears east on the south one-
sixteenth line to the south one-sixteenth corner between sections 36 
and 31 and in the township line between ranges 2 and 3 east of the 
Wind River meridian. 
Station 41 to 42, bearing south, distance one-fourth mile, from the 
before-described south one-sixteenth corner in the township line, the 
boundary of the Riverton project bears south to the southeast corner 
of section 36, township 5 north, range 2 east, Wind River meridian. 
Station 42 to 43, bearing east, distance thirty-seven one-hundredths 
mile, thence east on the township line to the north one-fourth corner 
of section 6, township 4 north, range 3 east, a closing corner in the sur-
vey of that township. 
Station 43 to 44, bearing south, distance one-fourth mile, departing 
from said township line, the bearing of course is south on centerline 
of section 6 to the north one-sixteenth corner of said section. 
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Station 44 to 45, bearing east, distance one-fourth mile, thence east 
from said north one-sixteenth corner to the northeast one-sixteenth 
corner of said section 6. 
Station 45 to 46, bearing south, distance one-fourth mile, thence 
south on the east one-sixteenth line to the east one-sixteenth corner in 
the centerline of section 6. 
Station 46 to 47, bearing east, distance one mile, from the before-
described east one-sixteenth corner, the course bears east on the re-
spective centerlines of said sections 6 and 5 to the east one-sixteenth 
corner in the centerline of said section 5. 
Station 47 to 48, bearing south, distance one-fourth mile, thence 
south to the southeast one-sixteenth corner of section 5, township 
4 north, range 3 east. 
Station 48 to 49, bearing east, distance three-fourths mile, thence 
east on the respective south one-sixteenth lines of sections 5 and 4j 
to the south one-sixteenth corner in the centerline of the aforesaid 
section 4. 
Station 49 to 50, bearing south, distance one-half mile, from said 
south one-sixteenth corner, the course bears south on the respective 
centerlines of sections 4 and 9 to the north one-sixteenth corner in 
the centerline of said section 9. 
Station 50 to 51, bearing east, distance two and one-half miles, 
from the before said north one-sixteenth corner the boundary of the 
Riverton project bears east on the respective north one-sixteenth lines 
of sections 9, 10, and 11, to the north one-sixteenth corner in the 
boundary between sections 11 and 12, township 4 north, range 3 east, 
Wind River meridian. 
Station 51 to 52, bearing south, distance one-fourth mile, thence 
south on said boundary to the one-fourth corner between said sections 
11 and 12. 
Station 52 to 53, bearing east, distance one-fourth mile, thence east 
on centerline of section 12 to the west one-sixteenth section corner of 
said section. 
Station 53 to 54, bearing south, distance one-fourth mile, thence 
south on the west one-sixteenth line of section 12 to the southwest one-
sixteenth corner thereof. 
Station 54 to 55, bearing east, distance one-fourth mile, thence east 
on the south one-sixteenth line to the south one-sixteenth corner in 
the centerline of said section 12. 
Station 55 to 56, bearing south, distance one-fourth mile, thence 
south on the aforesaid centerline of section 12 to the one-fourth 
corner between sections 12 and 13. 
Station 56 to 57, bearing east, distance one-fourth mile, from said 
one-fourth corner, the course bears east on the boundary between 
sections 12 and 13 to the east one-sixteenth corner thereof. 
Station 57 to 58, bearing south, distance one-fourth mile, thence 
on the east one-sixteenth line, the course bears south to the northeast 
one-sixteenth corner of section 13, township ^ north, range 3 east, Wind 
River meridian. 
Station 58 to 59, bearing east, distance one-fourth mile, thence east 
to a point in the township line, which point is the north one-sixteenth 
corner of the aforesaid section 13. 
Station 59 to 60, bearing south, distance one-fifth mile, thence 
south on said township line to the closing one-fourth corner of section 
18, township 4 north, range 4 east, Wind River meridian. 
Station 60 to 61, bearing east, distance one-fifth mile, from said 
one-fourth corner the boundary of the Riverton project bears east 
along the centerline of section 18 to the west one-sixteenth corner 
thereof. 
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Station 61 to 62, bearing south, distance one-half mile, thence south 
along the west one-sixteenth line to the west one-sixteenth corner in 
the boundary between sections 18 and 19. 
Station 62 to 63, bearing east, distance one and three-fourths miles, 
from the before-described west one-sixteenth corner, the boundary 
of the Riverton project follows the section line between sections 18 
and 19 to the section corner common to 17, 18, 19, and 20; thence 
continuing east on the boundary between sections 17 and 20 to the 
section corner common to sections 16,17, 20, and 21, township 4 north, 
range 4 east, Wind River meridian. 
Station 63 to 64, bearing north, one-fourth mile, thence north from 
said section corner to the south one-sixteenth corner in the boundary 
between sections 17 and 16. 
Station 64 to 65, bearing east, distance one mile, thence east on the 
south one-sixteenth line to the south one-sixteenth corner in the 
boundary between sections 16 and 15. 
Station 65 to 66, bearing north, distance one-fourth mile, thence 
north on the above-described boundary to the one-fourth corner of 
said sections 15 and 16. 
Station 66 to 67, bearing east, distance one-half mile, thence east 
on the centerline of section 15 to the center one-fourth corner thereof. 
Station 67 to 68, bearing north, distance one-fourth mile, thence 
north on the centerline of section 15 to the north one-sixteenth corner 
thereof. 
Station 68 to 69, bearing east, distance one-half mile, thence east 
on the north one-sixteenth line of section 15 to the north one-sixteenth 
corner in the boundary between sections 15 and 14. 
Station 69 to 70, bearing north, distance three-fourths mile, from the 
above-described north one-sixteenth corner, the course bears north 
on boundary between sections 15 and 14 to corner common to sections 
10,11,14, and 15; thence, continuing north on the section line between 
sections 10 and 11 to the one-fourth corner thereof. 
Station 70 to 71, bearing east, distance two miles, the course of the 
Project boundary bears east, from the one-fourth corner above 
described, on the respective centerlines of sections 11 and 12 to the 
east one-fourth corner of section 12, township 4 north, range 4 east, 
Wind River meridian. 
Station 71 to 72, bearing north, distance twenty-seven one-thou-
sandths mile, thence from said one-fourth corner, the course bears 
north to the closing one-fourth corner x)i section 7, tow^nship 4 north, 
range 5 east. Wind River meridian. 
Station 72 to 73, bearing east, distance four miles, from the aforesaid 
closing one-fourth corner of said section 7, the project boundary bears 
east on the respective centerlines of sections 7, 8, 9, and 10 to the one-
fourth corner between sections 10 and 11, which corner is also a point 
in the boundary of Boysen Reservoir. 
Station 73 to 74, bearing east, distance one-half mile, thence east 
on the centerline of section 11 to the center one-fourth corner thereof. 
The said centerline is common to the Boysen Reservoir boundary. 
Station 74 to 75, bearing north, distance one-eighth mile, thence 
north on centerline of said section 11 to the C-S-N one sixty-fourth 
corner. 
Station 75 to 76, bearing east, distance one mile, thence east on the 
respective S-N, one sixty-fourth lines of sections 11 and 12, township 
4 north, range 5 east. Wind River meridian, to the C-S^N, one sixty-
fourth corner in centerline of the aforesaid section 12. 
Station 76 to 77, bearing south, distance one-eighth mile, the course 
bears south from the aforesaid C-S-N one sixty-fourth corner to the 
center one-fourth corner of section 12. 
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Station 77 to 78, bearing east, distance one-fourth mile, thence east 
on centerline of section 12 to the east one-sixteenth corner thereof. 
Station 78 to 79, bearing south, distance one-fourth mile, thence 
south on the east one-sixteenth line to SE one-sixteenth corner of 
said section 12. 
Station 79 to 80, bearing east, distance one-eighth mile from said 
SE one-sixteenth corner, the course bears east to C-E-SE one sixty-
fourth corner of said section 12. 
Station 80 to 81, bearing south, distance one-eighth mile^ thence 
south to SE-SE one sixty-fourth corner in said section 12, township 
4 north, range 5 east, Wind River meridian. 
Station 81 to 82, bearing east, distance one and forty-seven one-
hundredths miles from said SE-SE one sixty-fourth corner, the 
Riverton Project and Boysen "Take-line" have a common boundary on 
the S-S one sixty-fourth line of section 12, township 4 north, range 5 
east. Wind River meridian, to a point in the township line, from which 
point the course bears east on the S-S one sixty-fourth line through 
section 7, township 4 north, range 6 east, Wind River meridian, to the 
SE-SW one sixty-fourth corner of section 8. 
Station 82 to 83, bearing south, distance seven-eighths mile, thence 
south on the respective E-W one sixty-fourth line of sections 8 and 17 
of said township and range to the C-E-SW one sixty-fourth corner 
of section 17. 
Station 83 to 84, bearing west, distance one-eighth mile, thence west 
on the south one-sixteenth line to southwest one-sixteenth corner. 
Station 84 to 85, bearing south, distance one-fourth mile from said 
southwest one-sixteenth corner, the course bears south on the west one-
sixteenth line to the west one-sixteenth corner in the boundary between 
sections 17 and 20, township 4 north, range 6 east. Wind River 
meridian. 
Station 85 to 86, bearing west, distance three-eighths mile, thence 
west on the above-described boundary to the corner common to sec-
tions 17, 18, 19, and 20; from which corner the course bears west on 
the section line between sections 18 and 19 to the E-E one sixty-fourth 
corner thereof. 
Station 86 to 87, bearing south, distance one-fourth mile, thence 
south on the E-E one sixty-fourth line to C-E-NE one sixty-fourth 
corner of said section 19, township 4 north, range 6 east. Wind River 
meridian. 
Station 87 to 88, bearing west, distance one-eighth mile from the 
aforesaid C-E-NE one sixty-fourth corner, the project boundary 
bears west to the northeast one-sixteenth corner of section 19. 
Station 88 to 89, bearing south, distance one-eighth mile, thence 
south to the C-S-NE one sixty-fourth corner of said section 19. 
Station 89 to 90, bearing west, distance one-eighth mile, thence west 
to the SW-NE one sixty-fourth corner, section 19, township 4 north, 
range 6 east, Wind River meridian. 
Station 90 to 91, bearing south, distance one-eighth mile from the 
SW-NE one sixty-fourth corner, the course bears south to the C-W-E 
one sixty-fourth corner of section 19. 
Station 91 to 92, bearing west, distance one-eighth mile, thence west 
on the centerline of section 19 to the center one-fourth corner thereof. 
Station 92 to 93, bearing south, distance one-eighth mile, the project 
boundary then bears south on centerline of section 19 to the C-N-S 
one sixty-fourth corner thereof. 
Station 93 to 94, bearing west, distance one-eighth mile from said 
C-N-S one sixty-fourth corner, the course bears west on N-S one 
sixty-fourth line to the NE-SW one sixty-fourth corner of section 19, 
township 4 north, range 6 east, Wind River meridian. 
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Station 94 to 95, bearing south, distance three-eighths mile, thence 
from said NE-SW one sixty-fourth corner, south on the E-W one 
sixty-fourth line to the E-W one sixty-fourth corner in the boundary 
between sections 19 and 30, township 4 north, range 6 east. Wind River 
meridian. 
Station 95 to 96, bearing west, distance one-fourth mile, thence west 
on the above-described section boundary to a point corresponding to 
the W-W one sixty-fourth corner between sections 19 and 30. 
Station 96 to 97, bearing south, distance one-eighth mile from said 
W-W one sixty-fourth corner, the course bears south to a point 
corresponding to the NW-NW one sixty-fourth corner of section 30, 
township 4 north, range 6 east, Wind River meridian. 
Station 97 to 98, bearing west, distance twenty-two one-hundredths 
mile, thence west through lot 1 of section 30, township 4 north, range 6 
east. Wind River meridian, to a point in the township line, from which 
point the course continues west on the N-N one sixty-fourth line to 
the NE-NE one sixty-fourth corner of section 25, township 4 north, 
range 5 east, Wind River meridian. 
Station 98 to 99, bearing south, distance one-eighth mile from said 
NE-NE one sixty-fourth corner, the course bears south to the C-E-NE 
one sixty-fourth corner of section 25 of said township and range. 
Station 99 to 100, bearing west, distance one-eighth mile, thence west 
on north one-sixteenth line to the northeast one-sixteenth corner of 
said section 25. 
Station 100 to 101, bearing south, distance one-eighth mile, thence 
south on the east one-sixteenth line to C-S-NE one sixty-fourth corner 
of the aforesaid section 25. 
Station 101 to 102, bearing west, distance one-eighth mile, thence 
west on the S-N one sixty-fourth line to the SW-NE one sixty-fourth 
corner of said section 25. 
Station 102 to 103, bearing south, distance three-eighths mile, from 
said SW-NE one sixty-fourth corner, the bearing of the project 
boundary is south along W-E one sixty-fourth line to the C-W-SE 
one sixty-fourth corner of section 25, township 4 north, range 5 east, 
Wind River meridian. 
Station 103 to 104, bearing west, distance five-eighths mile, thence 
from said C-W-SE one sixty-fourth corner, west on the south one-
sixteenth line of section 25 to the south one-sixteenth corner in the 
boundary between sections 26 and 25, of said township and range. 
Station 104 to 105, bearing west, distance three-eighths mile, thence 
west to the C-W-SE one sixty-fourth corner of section 26. 
Station 105 to 106, bearing south, distance one-eighth mile, thence 
south to SW-SE one sixty-fourth corner of said section 26. 
Station 106 to 107, bearing west, distance five-eighths mile, from the 
before described SW-SE one sixty-fourth corner, the project boundary 
bears west along the S-S one sixty-fourth line to the S-S one sixty-
fourth corner in the west boundary of section 26, township 4 north, 
range 5 east. Wind River meridian. 
Station 107 to 108, bearing south, distance one-eighth mile, thence 
south along the west boundary of section 26 to the southwest corner 
thereof, which point is common to sections 26, 27, 34, and 35, town-
ship 4 north, range 5 east. Wind River meridian. 
Stations 108 to 109, bearing west, distance one-fourth mile from 
said section corner, the course bears west to the east one-sixteenth 
corner in the boundary between sections 34 and 27. 
Station 109 to 110, bearing south, distance one-eighth mile from said 
east one-sixteenth corner, the bearing of course is south to the 
C-N-NE one sixty-fourth corner of section 34 of said township and 
range. 
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Station 110 to 111, bearing west, distance three-eighths mile, thence 
west on N-N one sixty-fourth line to the NE-NW one sixty-fourth 
corner of said section 34. 
Station 111 to 112, bearing south, distance three-eighths mile from 
the above-described NE-NW one sixty-fourth corner, the project 
boundary bears south on the E-W one sixty-fourth line to the C-E-W 
one sixty-fourth corner of section 34. 
Station 112 to 113, bearing east, distance one-eighth mile, thence east 
on the centerline of said section 34 to the center one-fourth corner 
thereof. 
Station 113 to 114, bearing south, distance one-eighth mile, thence 
south on the centerline of said section 34 to the C-N-S one sixty-fourth 
corner thereof, of said township and range. 
Station 114 to 115, bearing east, distance one-fourth mile, thence 
east on the N-S one sixty-fourth line to the C-N-SE one sixty-fourth 
corner of said section 34. 
Station 115 to 116, bearing south, distance one-eighth mile, from the 
C-N-SE one sixty-fourth corner, the course bears south on the east 
one-sixteenth line to southeast one-sixteenth corner of aforesaid sec-
tion 34. 
Station 116 to 117, bearing east, distance one-eighth mile, thence 
east from said southeast one-sixteenth corner to the C-E-SE one sixty-
fourth corner of the aforesaid section 34. 
Station 117 to 118, bearing south, distance one-eighth mile, thence 
south on the E-E one sixty-fourth line to the SE-SE one sixty-fourth 
corner of section 34, township 4 north, range 5 east, Wind River 
meridian. 
Station 118 to 119, bearing east, distance one-eighth mile, from the 
aforesaid SE-SE one sixty-fourth corner of section 34, the course 
bears east to the S-S one sixty-fourth corner in the boundary between 
sections 34 and 35. 
Station 119 to 120, bearing south, distance one-eighth mile, thence 
south on the before-described boundary to the section corner common 
to sections 34 and 35, township 4 north, range 5 east. Wind B-iver 
meridian, and sections 3 and 2, township 3 north, range 5 east, Wind 
River meridian. 
Station 120 to 121, bearing east, distance one mile, from the before-
described section corner, the course bears east on the township line to 
the section corner common to sections 35 and 36, township 4 north, 
range 5 east, Wind River meridian, and sections 2 and 1, township 3 
north, range 5 east, Wind River meridian. 
Station 121 to 122, bearing south, distance one-eighth mile, from the 
before-described section corner, the course bears south along the 
boundary between sections 1 and 2, township 3 north, range 5 east. 
Wind River meridian, to a point corresponding to the N-N one sixty-
fourth corner thereof. 
Station 122 to 123, bearing east, distance one mile, from the before-
described point in the west boundary of lot 4, the course bears east 
through lots 4, 3, 2 and 1 of section 1, aforesaid, to a point in the 
township line between section 1, township 3 north, range 5 east, Wind 
River meridian, and section 6, township 3 north, range 6 east. Wind 
River meridian, corresponding to the N-N one sixty-fourth corner 
thereof. 
Station 123 to 124, bearing east, distance one hundred and twelve 
one-thousandths mile, thence from the aforesaid point in the town-
ship line, the course bears east to a point in lot 4, section 6 of the 
aforesaid township and range, which point corresponds to the 
NW-NW one sixty-fourth corner thereof. 
Station 124 to 125, bearing north, distance one-eighth mile, thence 
north to a point in the township line between section 6 and 31, town-
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ship 3 north, range 6 east, Wind River meridian, a point that cor-
responds to the W-W one sixty-fourth corner thereof. 
Station 125 to 126, bearing east, distance one-eighth mile, thence 
east on said township line to the west one-sixteenth corner between 
section 6, township 3 north, range 6 east. Wind River meridian, 
and section 31, township 4 north, range 6 east. Wind River meridian. 
Station 126 to 127, bearing north, distance one-eighth mile, thence 
north on the west one-sixteenth line of said section 31 to the C-S-SW 
one sixty-fourth corner thereof. 
Station 127 to 128, bearing east, distance one-fourth mile, thence 
east on the S-S one sixty-fourth line to the C-S-S one sixty-fourth 
corner of section 31, township 4 north, range 6 east. Wind River 
meridian. 
Station 128 to 129, bearing north, distance one-eighth mile from 
the above-described C-S-S one sixty-fourth corner, the boundary 
of the Riverton project bears north to the south one-sixteenth corner 
in the centerline of section 31, of said township and range. 
Station 129 to 130, bearing east, distance one-half mile, thence east 
on the south one-sixteenth line to the south one-sixteenth corner in 
the boundary between sections 31 and 32. 
Station 130 to 131, bearing east, distance one-fourth mile, thence 
continuing east from said boundary to the southwest one-sixteenth 
corner of section 32, township 4 north, range 6 east, Wind River 
meridian. 
Station 131 to 132, bearing south, distance one-fourth mile, thence 
south on the west one-sixteenth line to a point in the township line 
between sections 32, township 4 north, range 6 east. Wind River 
meridian, and section 5, township 3 north, range 6 east. Wind River 
meridian, which point is the common corner of lots 3 and 4, of said 
section 5. 
Station 132 to 133, bearing south, distance three-eighths mile, 
thence south from said common corner of lots 3 and 4 to the C-S-NW 
one sixty-fourth corner of section 5. 
Station 133 to 134, bearing west, distance one-fourth mile, thence 
west on the S-N one sixty-iourth line to the S-N one sixty-fourth 
corner in the boundary between sections 5 and 6, township 3 north, 
range 6 east. Wind River meridian. 
Station 134 to 135, bearing south, distance one-half mile, from said 
S-N one sixty-fourth corner, the course bears south on said boundary 
between said sections 5 and 6 to the S-S one sixty-fourth corner 
thereof. 
Station 135 to 136, bearing east, distance one-half mile, thence east 
on the S-S one sixty-fourth line to the C-S-S one sixty-fourth corner 
of said section 5. 
Station 136 to 137, bearing south, distance one-eighth mile, thence 
south on the centerline of section 5 to the one-fourth corner between 
sections 5 and 8, township 3 north, range 6 east, Wind River meridian. 
Station 137 to 138, bearing south, distance one-fourth mile from said 
one-fourth corner the course continues south to the north one-sixteenth 
corner in the centerline of said section 8. 
Station 138 to 139, bearing west, distance one-fourth mile, thence 
west on the north one-sixteenth line of said section 8 to the northwest 
one-sixteenth corner thereof. 
Station 139 to 140, bearing south, distance one-eighth mile, thence 
south to the C-S-NW one sixty-fourth corner of the aforesaid 
section 8. 
Station 140 to 141, bearing west, distance one-eighth mile, thence 
west on the S-N one sixty-fourth line to the SW-NW one sixty-fourth 
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corner of section 8, township 3 north, range 6 east, Wind River 
meridian. 
Station 141 to 142, bearing south, distance one-half mile from the 
before-described corner, the course bears south on the W - W one 
sixty-fourth line to the SW-SW one sixty-fourth corner of said 
section 8. 
Station 142 to 143, bearing east, distance one-eighth mile, thence 
east to the C-S-SW one sixty-fourth corner of said section 8. 
Station 143 to 144, bearing south, distance one-eighth mile, thence 
south to the west one-sixteenth corner between sections 8 and 17, 
township 3 north, range 6 east, Wind River meridian. 
Station 144 to 145, bearing south, distance one-fourth mile, from 
said west one-sixteenth corner the course bears south on the west 
one-sixteenth line of said section 17 to the northwest one-sixteenth 
corner thereof. 
Station 145 to 146, bearing west, distance one-eighth mile, thence 
west on the north one-sixteenth line of said section 17 to the C-W-NW 
one sixty-fourth corner thereof. 
Station 146 to 147, bearing south, distance one-eighth mile, thence 
south to the SW-NW one sixty-fourth corner of said section 17. 
Station 147 to 148, bearing west, distance one-eighth mile from the 
aforesaid SW-NW one sixty-fourth corner, the course bears west 
to the S-N one sixty-fourth corner in the section line between sections 
17 and 18, township 3 north, range 6 east, Wind River meridian. 
Station 148 to 149, bearing west, distance ninety-seven one-
hundredths mile from said S-N one sixty-fourth corner, the course 
bears west to a point that corresponds to the S-N one sixty-fourth 
corner in the township boundary between section 18, township 3 
north, range 6 east. Wind River meridian, and section 13, townsnip 
3 north, range 5 east. Wind River meridian. 
Station 149 to 150, bearing west, distance one-fourth mile, thence 
w^est from said point to the C-S-NE one sixty-fourth corner of said 
section 13. 
Station 150 to 151, bearing south, distance three-eighths mile, thence 
south on the east one-sixteenth line to the southeast one-sixteenth 
corner of said section 13. 
Station 151 to 152, bearing east, distance one-eighth mile, thence 
east from said southeast one-sixteenth corner to the C-E-SE one 
sixty-fourth corner of section 13. 
Station 152 to 153, bearing south, distance one-fourth mile, thence 
south on the E-E one sixty-fourth line to the E-E one sixty-fourth 
corner in the boundary between sections 13 and 24, township 3 north, 
range 5 east. Wind River meridian. 
Station 153 to 154, bearing south, distance one mile from said corner, 
the course continues on the E-E-one sixty-fourth line to the E-E 
one sixty-fourth corner in the boundary between sections 24 and 25, 
township 3 north, range 5 east. Wind River meridian. 
Station 154 to 155, bearing east, distance one-eighth mile, thence 
east on said boundary to the corner, in the township line, common to 
sections 24 and 25, township 3 north, range 5 east. Wind River meridian 
and sections 19 and 30, township 3 north, range 6 east. Wind River 
meridian. 
Station 155 to 156, bearing east, distance tw^o hundred and twenty-
eight one-thousandths mile, thence east along section line between lot 
4 of section 19 and lot 1 of section 30 to the W-W one sixty-fourth 
corner common to said lots. 
Station 156 to 157, bearing north, distance one-fourth mile, thence 
north along the east boundary of said lot 4, section 19 to the SW one-
sixteenth corner of said section. 
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Station 157 and 158, bearing east, distance one-eighth mile, thence 
east on the south one-sixteenth line to the C-E-SW one sixty-fourth 
corner of section 19, township 3 north, range 6 east, Wind River 
meridian. 
Station 158 to 159, bearing north, distance one-eighth mile, thence 
north to the NE-SW one sixty-fourth corner of said section 19. 
Station 159 to 160, bearing east, distance three-eighths mile, from 
said corner, the course bears east to the C-N-SE one sixty-fourth 
corner of section 19. 
Station 160 to 161, bearing north, distance one-eighth mile, thence 
north to the east one-sixteenth corner on centerline of said section 19. 
Station 161 to 162, bearing east, distance one-fourth mile, from said 
east one-sixteenth corner, the course bears east on said centerline to the 
one-fourth corner in the boundary between sections 19 and 20, town-
ship 3 north, range 6 east. Wind River meridian. 
Station 162 to 163, bearing north, distance one-fourth mile, from 
said one-fourth corner, the course bears north on said boundary to the 
north one-sixteenth corner thereof. 
Station 163 to 164, bearing east, distance one-half mile, thence east 
on the north one-sixteenth line of section 20, township 3 north, range 6 
east, Wind River meridian, to the north one-sixteenth corner in the 
centerline thereof. 
Station 164 to 165, bearing south twenty degrees fifteen minutes 
west, distance twenty-seven one-hundredths mile, thence southwesterly 
a distance of one thousand four hundred and eleven and five-tenths 
feet to a point five hundred feet west of the center one-fourth corner 
of said section 20. 
Station 165 to 166, bearing west, distance sixteen one-hundredths 
mile from said point, the course bears west on said centerline to the 
west one-sixteenth corner thereof. 
Station 166 to 167, bearing south, distance one-half mile, thence 
south along the west one-sixteenth line of section 20 to the west one-
sixteenth corner in the boundary between sections 20 and 29, township 
3 north, range 6 east. Wind Fiver meridian. 
Station 167 to 168, bearing west, distance one-eighth mile, thence 
west on the aforesaid boundary to the W-W one sixty-fourth corner 
thereof. 
Station 168 to 169, bearing south, distance one mile, thence south 
on the W-W one sixty-fourth line to the N-W one sixty-fourth corner 
in the boundary between sections 29 and 32, township 3 north, range 
6 east. Wind River meridian. 
Station 169 to 170, bearing south, distance three-fourths mile, the 
course continues south on the W-W one sixty-fourth line of section 32 
to the C-W-SW one sixty-fourth corner thereof. 
Station 170 to 171, bearing east, distance one-eighth mile, thence 
east to the southwest one-sixteenth corner of the aforesaid section 32. 
Station 171 to 172, bearing south, distance one-fourth mile, thence 
south on the west one-sixteenth line of section 32 to the west one-
sixteenth corner in the township line between section 32, township 3 
north, range 6 east. Wind River meridian, and section 5, township 2 
north, range 6 east, Wind River meridian. 
Station 172 to 173, bearing east, distance one-fiftieth mile, thence 
east on said township line to the northwest corner of lot 3, section 5, 
township 2 north, range 6 east. Wind River meridian. 
Station 173 to 174, bearing south, distance one-fourth mile, thence 
south along boundary between lots 3 and 4 of said section 5 to their 
common corner which is the northwest one-sixteenth corner of said 
section 5. 
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Station 174 to 175, bearing east, distance one-fourth mile, thence 
east on the north one-sixteenth line of said section 5 to north one-
sixteenth corner in the centerline thereof. 
Station 175 to 176, bearing south, distance one-fourth mile from 
said north one-sixteenth corner, the course bears south on said center 
line to the center one-fourth corner of said section 5, township 2 north, 
range 6 east, Wind River meridian. 
Station 176 to 177, bearing west, distance one-fourth mile, thence 
west from said center one-fourth corner to the west one-sixteenth cor-
ner in the centerline of said section 5, which corner is the northwest 
corner of lot 9 of the beforesaid section 5. 
Station 177 to 178, bearing south, distance three-eighths mile, thence 
south on the respective west boundaries of lots 9 and 10 of said sec-
tion 5, to a point corresponding to the C-S-SW one sixty-fourth corner 
of section 5. 
Station 178 to 179, bearing west, distance one-eighth mile, thence 
west from said point to the SW-SW one sixty-fourth corner of said 
section 5. 
Station 179 to 180, bearing south, distance one-eighth mile, thence 
south to the W-W one sixty-fourth corner in the boundary between 
sections 5 and 8, township 2 north, range 6 east. Wind River meridian. 
Station 180 to 181, bearing south, distance one-fourth mile, thence 
south on the W-W one sixty-fourth line to the C-W-NW one sixty-
fourth corner of said section 8. 
Station 181 to 182, bearing west, distance one hundred and twenty-
five one-thousandths mile, thence west on the north one-sixteenth line 
of said section 8 to the north one-sixteenth corner between sections 
7 and 8. 
Station 182 to 183, bearing south, distance one-half mile, from said 
corner, south on the boundary between sections 7 and 8 to the south 
one-sixteenth corner thereof. 
Station 183 to 184, bearing east, distance one-eighth mile, thence east 
on the south one-sixteenth line to the C-W-SW one sixty-fourth cor-
ner of section 8, township 2 north, range '6 east, Wind River meridian. 
Station 184 to 185, bearing south, distance one-eighth mile, thence 
south to the SW-SW one sixty-fourth corner of said section 8. 
Station 185 to 186, bearing east, distance one-eighth mile, the course 
then bears east to a point in the west boundary of lot 7, section 8, 
said point being midway between the northwest corner of said lot 7 
and the said boundary's intersection with the section line between 
sections 8 and 17, township 2 north, range 6 east. Wind River 
meridian. 
Station 186 to 187, bearing south, distance one-eighth mile, thence 
from said point, south on the west boundary of said lot 7 to its above-
described intersection with the boundary between sections 8 and 17. 
Station 187 to 188, bearing south, distance three-fourths mile, the 
course bears south on the west boundary of lots 2, 3, and 6, of said 
section 17, to the west corner common to lots 6 and 7. 
Station 188 to 189, bearing west, distance one-eighth mile, thence 
west on the south one-sixteenth line of said section 17 to the C-W-SW 
one sixty-fourth corner of section 17, township 2 north, range 6 east, 
Wind River meridian. 
Station 189 to 190, bearing south, distance one-fourth mile, thence 
south on the W-W one sixty-fourth line of said section 17 to the 
^-"VV one sixty-fourth corner in the boundary between sections 17 
and 20, township 2 north, range 6 east. Wind River meridian. 
Station 190 to 191, bearing east, distance thirty-one one-thousandths 
mile, thence east on the aforesaid boundary a distance of one hundred 
and sixty-five feet to a point in the said boundary. 
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Station 191 to 192, bearing south, distance one-fourth mile from the 
aforesaid point in the boundary between sections 17 and 20, the bearing 
of course is south to a point one hundred and sixty-five feet east of the 
C-W-NW one-sixty-fourth corner of said section 20. 
Station 192 to 193, bearing east, distance ninety-four one-thou-
sandths mile, thence east on the north one-sixteenth line to the north-
west one-sixteenth corner of said section 20, township 2 north, range 
6 east, Wind River meridian. 
Station 193 to 194, bearing south, distance three-eighths mile, thence 
south on the west one-sixteenth line of section 20 to a point correspond-
ing to the C-N-SW one sixty-fourth corner of said section. 
Station 194 to 195, bearing west, distance one-eighth mile, the bound-
ary of the Riverton project, then bears west to the NW-SW one 
sixty-fourth corner of said section 20. 
Station 195 to 196, bearing south, distance three-eighths mile, thence 
south to the W-W one sixty-fourth corner in the boundary between 
sections 20 and 29, township 2 north, range 6 east. Wind River meri-
dian and the southwest corner of said section 20. 
Station 196 to 197, bearing west, distance one-eighth mile, thence 
west on said boundary to the corner common to sections 19, 20, 29, 
and 30, township 2 north, range 6 east. Wind River meridian. 
Station 197 to 198, bearing west, distance one mile, from said 
section corner, the course bears west on the boundary between sections 
19 and 30 to a corner in the township line common to said sections 
24 and 25, township 2 north, range 5 east, Wind River meridian, and 
sections 19 and 30, township 2 north, range 6 east. Wind River 
meridian. 
Station 198 to 199, bearing north, distance two and one-fourth miles, 
thence north on the aforesaid township line to the south one-sixteenth 
corner in the east boundary of section 12, township 2 north, range 
5 east. Wind River meridian. 
Station 199 to 200, bearing west, distance two and one-fourth miles, 
thence west from said township line across sections 12 and 11 on the 
south one-sixteenth lines thereof; hence to the southeast one-sixteenth 
corner of section 10, township 2 north, range 5 east. Wind River 
meridian. 
Station 200 to 201, bearing north, distance one-fourth mile, thence 
north to the east one-sixteenth corner in the centerline of said section 
10. 
Station 201 to 202, bearing west, distance two and three-fourths 
miles, from the aforesaid one-sixteenth corner, the boundary of the 
Riverton project bears west on the respective centerlines of sections 
10, 9, and 8 to the one-fourth corner in the boundary between sections 
8 and 7, township 2 north, range 5 east. Wind River meridian. 
Station 202 to 203, bearing south, distance one-fourth mile, thence 
south to the south one-sixteenth corner between the aforesaid sections 
7 and 8. 
Station 203 to 204, bearing west, distance three-fourths mile, thence 
west on the south one-sixteenth line of section 7 to the southwest one-
sixteenth corner thereof. 
Station 204 to 205, bearing south, distance one-fourth mile, thence 
south to the west one-sixteenth corner in the boundary between sections 
7 and 18, township 2 north, range 5 east. 
Station 205 to 206, bearing west, distance one-fourth mile, thence 
west along said boundary to the section corner in the township line 
common to the aforesaid sections 7 and 18, township 2 north, range 5 
east, Wind River meridian, and sections 12 and 13, township 2 north, 
range 4 east, Wind River meridian. 
Station 206 to 207, bearing south, distance one mile, from the 
aforesaid corner, the course bears south on the township line to the 
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corner common to sections 18 and 19, township 2 north, range 5 east, 
Wind River meridian, and sections 13 and 24, township 2 north, range 
4 east. Wind River meridian. 
Station 207 to 208, bearing west, distance one mile from said corner, 
the course bears west to the corner common to sections 13, 14, 23, and 
24, township 2 north, range 4 east, Wind River meridian. 
Station 208 to 209, bearing south, distance one and one-fourth miles, 
the course bears south from said section corner on the respective boun-
daries between sections 23 and 24, 25 and 26, to the north one-sixteenth 
corner in the boundary between sections 26 and 25, all in township 
2 north, range 4 east. Wind River meridian. 
Station 209 to 210, bearing west, distance three-fourths mile, thence 
west on the north one-sixteenth line of section 26, to the northwest 
one-sixteenth corner thereof. 
Station 210 to 211, bearing south, distance three-fourths mile, thence 
south on the west one-sixteenth line to the west one-sixteenth corner in 
the boundary between sections 26 and 35, township 2 north, range 4 
east, Wind River meridian. 
Station 211 to 212, bearing west, distance one-fourth mile, thence 
west to the section corner common to sections 26, 27, 34, and 35 of the 
above township and range. 
Station 212 to 213, bearing south, distance one-half mile, thence 
south on the boundary between sections 34 and 35 to the one-fourth 
corner thereof. 
Station 213 to 214, bearing west, distance 2 miles from said one-
fourth corner, the course bears west on the respective centerlines of 
sections 34 and 33 to the one-fourth corner in the boundary between 
sections 33 and 32, township 2 north, range 4 east, Wind River 
meridian. 
Station 214 to 215, bearing north, distance one-half mile, thence 
north from said one-fourth corner to the section corner common to 
sections 28,29, 32, and 33, township 2 north, range 4 east. Wind River 
meridian. 
Station 215 to 216, bearing west, distance one and one-half miles, 
thence west to the section corner common to sections 29, 30, 31, and 32; 
thence the course continues west on boundary between sections 30 and 
31 to the one-fourth corner thereof. 
Station 216 to 217, bearing south, distance one and one-half miles, 
from the aforesaid one-fourth corner, the course bears south on the 
centerline of section 31 to the one-fourth corner in the township line 
between said section 31, township 2 north, range 4 east. Wind River 
meridian and section 6, township 1 north, range 4 east. Wind River 
meridian; from which point the course bears south to the center one-
fourth corner of said section 6. 
Station 217 to 218, bearing east, distance one-half mile, thence east 
to the one-fourth corner in boundary between sections 5 and 6, town-
ship 2 north, range 4 east. Wind River meridian. 
Station 218 to 219, bearing south, distance one-half mile, thence 
south on said boundary to the section corner common to sections 5, 6, 
7, and 8, township 1 north, range 4 east. Wind River meridian. 
Station 219 to 220, bearing east, distance one-half mile, from said 
corner, the course bears east on the boundary between sections 5 and 8 
to the one-fourth corner thereof. 
Station 220 to 221, bearing south, distance one mile, from the afore-
said one-fourth corner, the course bears south on the centerline of 
section 8 to the one-fourth corner in the boundary between sections 
8 and 17. 
Station 221 to 222, bearing west, distance one-half mile, thence 
west on the aforesaid boundary to the section corner common to sec-
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tions 7, 8, 18, and 17, township 1 north, range 4 east, Wind River 
meridian. 
Station 222 to 223, bearing south, distance one mile, from said 
section corner, the course of the Riverton Project bears south on the 
boundary between sections 17 and 18 to the section corner common to 
sections 17,18,19 and 20, township 1 north, range 4 east. Wind River 
meridian. 
Station 223 to 224, bearing west, distance one-half mile, thence west 
on the boundary between sections 18 and 19 to the one-fourth corner 
thereof. 
Station 224 to 225, bearing south, distance one-half mile, from said 
one-fourth corner, the course bears south on the centerline of section 
19 to the center one-fourth corner thereof. 
Station 225 to 226, bearing west, distance one-half mile, thence west 
to the one-fourth corner in the boundary between section 19, township 
1 north, range 4 east. Wind River meridian and section 24, township 
1 north, range 3 east. Wind River meridian. 
Station 226 and 227, bearing west, distance one mile from said 
one-fourth corner, the course bears west on the centerline of section 24 
to the one-fourth corner between sections 23 and 24, township 1 north, 
range 3 east. Wind River meridian. 
Station 227 to 228, bearing north, distance one-half mile, thence 
north to the corner common to sections 13, 14, 23, and 24. 
Station 228 to 229, bearing west, distance one-half mile, thence west 
on the boundary between sections 14 and 23 to one-fourth corner 
thereof. 
Station 229 to 230, bearing north, distance one mile, the course then 
bears north on the centerline of section 14 to the one-fourth corner 
in the boundary between said section 14 and section 11, township 1 
north, range 3 east. Wind River meridian. 
Station 230 to 231, bearing west, distance one and one-half miles, 
thence west on the respective boundaries between sections 11 and 14, 
10 and 15, to the corner common to sections 9,10,15, and 16, township 1 
north, range 3 east, Wind River meridian. 
Station 231 to 232, bearing north, distance one-half mile, thence 
north on the section line between sections 9 and 10 to the one-fourth 
corner thereof. 
Station 232 to 233, bearing west, distance one-half mile from said 
one-fourth corner, the course bears west to center one-fourth corner 
of section 9, township 1 north, range 3 east. Wind River meridian. 
Station 233 to 234, bearing north, distance one-half mile, thence 
north on the centerline of said section 9 to the one-fourth corner in 
the boundary between sections 4 and 9. 
Station 234 to 235, bearing west, distance one mile, thence west to 
the section corner common to sections 4, 5, 8 and 9, township 1 north, 
range 3 east, Wind River meridian; thence west on the boundary 
between sections 5 and 8 to the one-fourth corner thereof. 
Station 235 to 236, bearing north, distance one-half mile, thence 
north on the centerline of said section 5 to the center one-fourth 
corner thereof. 
Station 236 to 237, bearing west, distance one mile, thence west on 
the respective centerlines of sections 5 and 6 to the center one-fourth 
corner of said section 6. 
Station 237 to 238, bearing north, distance one-half mile, from said 
center one-fourth corner, the course bears north on the centerline of 
section 6 to the north one-fourth corner thereof in the township line. 
Station 238 to 239, bearing north, distance 1 mile, from the afore-
said north one-fourth corner of section 6, which is the south one-fourth 
corner of section 31, township 2 north, range 3 east, Wind River merid-
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ian, the course of the project boundary bears north on the centerline of 
said section 31 to the north one-fourth corner thereof. 
Station 239 to 240, bearing west, distance one-half mile, thence 
west to the corner in the township line common to sections 30 and 
31, township 2 north, range 3 east, Wind River meridian, and sections 
25 and 36, township 2 north, range 2 east, Wind River meridian. 
Station 240 to 241, bearing west, distance 1 mile, thence west on 
the boundary between sections 25 and 36 to the corner common to 
sections 25, 26, 35, and 36, township 2 north, range 2 east. Wind 
River meridian. 
Station 241 to 242, bearing north, distance one mile, from the afore-
said corner the course bears north on the section line to the corner 
common to sections 23, 24, 25, and 26, township 2 north, range 2 east, 
Wind River meridian. 
Station 242 to 243, bearing west, distance one mile, thence west on 
the section line to the corner common to sections 22, 23, 26, and 27, 
township 2 north, range 2 east. Wind River meridian. 
Station 243 to 244, bearing north, distance one-half mile, thence 
from said section corner, north on the section line to the one-fourth 
corner between sections 22 and 23 of the aforesaid township and 
range. 
Station 244 to 245, bearing west, distance two and one-fourth miles 
from said one-fourth corner, the course bears west on the respective 
centerlines of sections 22 and 21 to the east one-sixteenth corner in the 
centerline of section 20, all in township 2 north, range 2 east. Wind 
River meridian. 
Station 245 to 246, bearing south, distance one mile, thence south on 
the respective east one-sixteenth lines of sections 20 and 29 to the 
east one-sixteenth corner in the centerline of said section 29, town-
ship 2 north, range 2 east, Wind River meridian. 
Station 246 to 247, bearing west, distance one-fourth mile, thence 
west to the center one-fourth corner of said section 29. 
Station 247 to 248, bearing north, distance one-eighth mile, thence 
north to the C-S-N one sixty-fourth corner of section 29. 
Station 248 to 249, bearing west, distance one-fourth mile, thence 
west on the S-N one sixty-fourth line to the west one-sixteenth line 
of said section 29. 
Station 249 to 250, bearing north, distance one-eighth mile, thence 
north on said west one-sixteenth line to the northwest one-sixteenth 
corner of section 29. 
Station 250 to 251, bearing west, distance one-eighth mile, thence 
west to the C-W-NW one sixty-fourth corner of said section 29. 
Station 251 to 252, bearing north, distance one-fourth mile, thence 
north on the W-W one sixty-fourth line to the W-W one sixty-fourth 
corner in the boundary between sections 20 and 29, township 2 north, 
range 2 east. Wind River meridian. 
Station 252 to 253, bearing west, distance one and seven one-
hundredths miles, thence west, from the aforesaid W-W one sixty-
fourth corner, on the respective boundaries between sections 20 and 
29, 19 and 30 to the section corner in the township line common to 
sections 19 and 30, township 2 north, range 2 east. Wind River 
meridian. 
Station 253 to 254, bearing west, distance thirty-one one-hun-
dredths mile, thence from said township boundary, the course bears 
west on the section line between sections 24 and 25, township 2 north, 
range 1 east, Wind River meridian to a meander corner on the left 
bank of Wind River. 
Station 254 to 255, bearing north one degree thirty minutes east, 
distance twenty-four one-hundredths mile, thence departing from 
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said section line, the project boundary bears northeasterly along the 
left bank of Wind River to a meander corner in section 24 of said 
township and range. 
Station 255 to 256, bearing north five degrees no minutes east, 
distance twenty-one one-hundredths mile, thence continues on said 
meander of Wind River in section 24. 
Station 256 to 257, bearing north eight degrees fifteen minutes 
east, distance twenty-two one-hundredths mile, thence continues on 
said meander of Wind River in Section 24. 
Station 257 to 258, bearing north ten degrees fifteen minutes west, 
distance one-fifth mile, thence continues on said meander of Wind 
River to a point in said section 24. 
Station 258 to 259, bearing north forty-six degrees no minutes west, 
distance one-fifth mile, thence continues on the left bank of Wind 
River to a meander corner in the section line between sections 13 and 
24, township 2 north, range 1 east, Wind River meridian; said 
meander corner bears north eighty-nine degrees fifty-three minutes 
west, a distance of two thousand two hundred and seventy-seven feet 
from the township corner common to the before-said sections 13 
and 24. 
Station 259 to 260, bearing east, distance eighteen one-hundredths 
mile, thence east on the above-described section line between sections 
13 and 24 to the southeast corner of lot 1, of said section 13. 
Station 260 to 261, bearing north, distance one-half mile from said 
lot corner, the boundary bears north on the east one-sixteenth line 
to the east one-sixteenth corner in the centerline of said section 13. 
Station 261 to 262, bearing west, distance one-fourth mile, thence 
w^est to the center one-fourth corner of the aforesaid section 13. 
Station 262 to 263, bearing north, distance one-eighth mile, from 
said center one-fourth corner of section 13, the course bears north to 
C-S-N one sixty-fourth corner thereof. 
Station 263 to 264, bearing west, distance one-fourth mile, thence 
west to the C-S-NW one sixty-fourth corner of said section 13. 
Station 264 to 265, bearing north, distance three-eighths mile, 
thence north from the before-described corner to the west one-
sixteenth corner in the boundary between sections 13 and 12, township 
2 north, range 1 east, Wind River meridian. 
Station 265 to 266, bearing east, distance one-fourth mile, thence east 
on said boundary to the one-fourth corner thereof. 
Station 266 to 267, bearing north, distance one-fourth mile, the 
course then bears north on centerline of said section 12 to the south 
one-sixteenth corner thereof. 
Station 267 to 268, bearing west, distance one-half mile, thence west 
to the south one-sixteenth corner in the boundary between sections 
11 and 12. 
Station 268 to 269, bearing north, distance three-fourths mile, thence 
nqrth on the before-described boundary to a corner common to sec-
tions 1, 2, 11, and 12, township 2 north, range 1 east, Wind River 
meridian. 
Station 269 to 270, bearing west, distance one-fourth mile, from 
said section corner, the course bears w^est on the boundary between 
sections 2 and 11 to the east one-sixteenth corner thereof. 
Station 270 to 271, bearing north, distance one-fourth mile, thence 
north on the east one-sixteenth line to the southeast one-sixteenth 
corner of said section 2, township 2 north, range 1 east. Wind River 
meridian. 
Station 271 to 272, bearing west, distance one-fourth mile, thence 
west to the south one-sixteenth corner in the centerline of the aforesaid 
section 2. 
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Station 272 to 273, bearing north, distance one-fourth mile, thence 
north to the center one-fourth corner of section 2. 
Station 273 to 274, bearing west, distance one-fourth mile, thence 
west on the centerline of said section 2 to the west one-sixteenth 
corner thereof. 
Station 274 to 275, bearing north, distance one-half mile, thence 
north on the west one-sixteenth line of the before-said section 2 to the 
west one-sixteenth corner thereof in the township boundary. 
Station 275 to 276, bearing west, distance one-fourth mile, thence 
west along said township line to the corner common to sections 2 and 
3, township 2 north, range 1 east, Wind River meridian, and sections 
34 and 35, township 3 north, range 1 east, Wind River meridian. 
Station 276 to 277, bearing north, distance one-fourth mile, from 
said corner the boundary of the Riverton project bears north on 
boundary between sections 34 and 35, above-described, to the south 
one-sixteenth corner thereof. 
Station 277 to 278, bearing west, distance one and one-fourth miles, 
from said south one-sixteenth corner the course bears west on the 
respective south one-sixteenth lines of sections 34 and 33 to the south-
east one-sixteenth corner of the aforesaid section 33, township 3 north, 
range 1 east. Wind River meridian. 
Station 278 to 279, bearing north, distance one-fourth mile, thence 
north to the east one-sixteenth corner in the centerline of said section 
33. 
Station 279 to 280, bearing west, distance one mile, thence w^est on 
the respective centerlines of sections 33 and 32, township 3 north, range 
1 east. Wind River meridian, to the east one-sixteenth corner in the 
before-described section 32. 
Station 280 to 281, bearing north, distance one-fourth mile, thence 
north to the northeast one-sixteenth corner of section 32, aforesaid. 
Station 281 to 282, bearing west, distance one-half mile, thence west 
on the north one-sixteenth line of said section 32 to the northwest one-
sixteenth corner thereof. 
Station 282 to 283, bearing north, distance one-fourth mile, thence 
north to the west one-sixteenth corner in the boundary between sections 
29 and 32, township 3 north, range 1 east. Wind River meridian. 
Station 283 to 284, bearing west, distance one-fourth mile, the course 
then bears west to the section corner common to sections 29, 30, 31, 
and 32, township 3 north, range 1 east, Wind River meridian. 
Station 284 to 285, bearing south, distance one-fourth mile, thence 
south to the northeast corner of lot 5. section 31, of the before-said 
township and range. 
Station 285 to 286, bearing west, distance one-fourth mile, thence 
west on the north side of lot 5 to the northwest corner thereof. 
Station 286 to 287, bearing north, distance one-half mile, the project 
boundary then bears north on the respective east one-sixteenth lines 
of sections 31 and 30 to the southeast one-sixteenth corner of the afore-
said section 30, township 3 north, range 1 east. Wind River meridian. 
Station 287 to 288, bearing west, distance one-fourth mile, thence 
west to the south one-sixteenth corner in the centerline of said section 
30. 
Station 288 to 289, bearing north, distance one-fourth mile, thence 
north to the center one-fourth corner of said section 30. 
Station 289 to 290, bearing west, distance forty-seven one-hun-
dredths mile, thence west on the centerline of section 30 to the one-
fourth corner between said section 30, township 3 north, range 1 east, 
Wind River meridian, and section 25, township 3 north, range 1 west, 
Wind River meridian. 
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Station 290 to 291, bearing north, distance one-fourth mile, thence 
north On the township line to the north one-sixteenth corner between 
the before-described sections. 
Station 291 to 292, bearing west, distance three-fourths mile, the 
course then bears west on the north one-sixteenth line of said section 
25 to the northwest one-sixteenth corner thereof. 
Station 292 to 293, bearing north, distance one-fourth mile, thence, 
north to the west one-sixteenth corner in the boundary between sec-
tions 25 and 24, township 3 north, range 1 west. Wind River meridian. 
Station 293 to 294, bearing west, distance one-fourth mile, thence 
west to the corner common to sections 23, 24, 25, and 26, township 3 
north, range 1 west, Wind River meridian. 
Station 294 to 295, bearing north, distance one-fourth mile, thence 
north on the boundary between sections 23 and 24 to the south one-
sixteenth corner thereof. 
Station 295 to 296, bearing west, distance one-half mile, thence 
west on the south one-sixteenth line of said section 23 to the south, 
one-sixteenth corner in the centerline thereof. 
Station 296 to 297, bearing north, distance one-half mile, thence 
north on said centerline to the north one-sixteenth corner of before-
said section 23. 
Station 297 to 298, bearing west, distance one mile, from said north 
one-sixteenth corner, the project boundary bears west on the respec-
tive north one-sixteenth lines of sections 23 and 22, township 3 north, 
range 1 west, Wind River meridian, to the north one-sixteenth corner 
in the centerline of said section 22. 
Station 298 to 299, bearing north, distance one-fourth mile, thence 
north on the centerline of said section to the one-fourth corner in the 
boundary between sections 22 and 15, township 3 north, range 1 west. 
Wind River meridian. 
Station 299 to 300, bearing west, distance one and one-fourth miles, 
the course bears west, from said one-fourth corner, on the respective 
boundaries between sections 15 and 22, 16 and 21, to the west one-six-
teenth corner in the boundary between said sections 16 and 21, all in 
township 3 north, range 1 west, Wind River meridian. 
Station 300 to 301, bearing south, distance one-fourth mile, thence 
south to the northwest one-sixteenth corner of section 21, aforesaid. 
Station 301 to 302, bearing west, distance one-half mile, thence west 
on the respective north one-sixteenth lines of sections 21 and 20 to the 
northeast one-sixteenth corner of section 20, township 3 north, range 1 
west. Wind River meridian. 
Station 302 to 303, bearing north,'distance one-fourth mile, the 
course then bears north to the east one-sixteenth corner in the bound-
ary between sections 17 and 20. 
Station 303 to 304, bearing west, distance one-half mile, thence west 
on said boundary to the west one-sixteenth corner thereof. 
Station 304 to 305, bearing north, distance one-fourth mile, thence 
north on the west one-sixteenth line of said section 17 to the southwest 
one-sixteenth corner thereof. 
Station 305 to 306, bearing west, distance one-fourth mile from the 
aforesaid one-sixteenth corner the course bears Avest to the south one-
sixteenth corner in the boundary between sections 17 and 18. 
Station 306 to 307, bearing south, distance one-fourth mile, thence 
south on said boundary to the corner common to sections 17,18,19, and 
20, township 3 north, range 1 west. Wind River meridian. 
Station 307 to 308, bearing west, distance one mile, thence west on 
the boundary between sections 18 and 19 to the corner in the township 
line common to sections 18 and 19, township 3 north, range 1 west. 
Wind River meridian, and sections 13 and 24, township 3 north, range 
2 west. Wind River meridian. 
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P u r c h a s e 
by 
member of tribe. 
L a n d s restored 
to public domain. 
Station 308 to 309, bearing west, distance one-fonrtli mile, thence 
from said corner the course bears west to the east one-sixteenth corner 
in the boundary between sections 13 and 24, aforesaid. 
Station 309 to 310, bearing south, distance one-fourth mile, the 
course then bears south to the northeast one-sixteenth corner of said 
section 24. 
Station 310 to 311, bearing west, distance three-fourths mile, thence 
west on the north one-sixteenth line of section 24 to the north one-
sixteenth corner in the boundary between sections 23 and 24, town-
ship 3 north, range 2 west, Wind River meridian, which point is the 
northwest corner of lot 4 section 24, aforesaid. 
Station 311 to 312, bearing south, distance three one-hundredths 
mile, thence south on the boundary between sections 24 and 23 to the 
southwest corner of lot 4 aforesaid, which point is a meander corner 
in the left bank of Wind River. 
Station 312 to 313, bearing north seventy-five degrees forty-five 
minutes west, distance twenty-eight one-hundredths mile, thence to 
a meander corner on the left bank of Wind River. 
Station 313 to 314, bearing south eighty-nine degrees forty-five 
minutes west, distance twenty-two one-hundredths mile, the course 
bears westerly to a meander corner. 
Station 314 to 315, bearing north fifty-seven degrees no minutes 
west, distance fifteen one-hundredths mile, thence to a meander corner 
on the left bank of Wind River. 
Station 315 to 316, bearing south eighty-one degrees no minutes 
west, distance eleven one-hundredths mile, the course continues 
upstream along the left bank of Wind River to a meander corner, and 
to the point of beginning: 
Provided^ That any member, or the heirs or assignees of any member, 
of either of said tribes, who on the 24th day of July 1952, had an 
existing and valid assignment on any part of the above-described land, 
shall have the right, at his or her option, within one year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, to enter into a contract with the United 
States, by and through the Bureau of Reclamation, for the purchase, 
at a price and on terms satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior, 
of all or any contiguous part of such assignment, and upon final 
payment of the purchase price therefor, a fee patent accordingly shall 
be issued to such assignee, subject to reservations of all oil, gas, and 
minerals to the United States, and subject to section 5 of this Act, 
and if any part of the land so selected shall contain land irrigable 
under the Riverton reclamation project, then said patented land shall 
be subject to all irrigation charges, taxes, and liens imposed by Federal 
or State law, to the same extent and in like manner as other lands of 
the Riverton reclamation project: Provided further^ That all existing 
contracts relating to irrigation charges, with respect to such irrigable 
land, shall remain in full force and effect: And provided further^ That 
nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect the rights and interests 
in and to any land embraced within the tract described herein that has 
been allotted to an individual member of either of the said tribes 
which, on the date of enactment of this Act, is held by the United States 
in trust for such member or his or her heirs. 
SEC. 2. Subject only to the existing rights and interests which are 
not extinguished and terminated by this Act, all unentered and vacant 
lands within the area described in section 1 hereof, are hereby restored 
to the public domain for administration, use, occupancy, and disposal 
under the reclamation and public land laws of the United States: 
Provided^ That the sale or other disposition of such lands shall be at 
rates and upon terms and conditions approved by the Secretary of 
the Interior: Provided further^ That the average price of all such 
lands disposed of by sale shall be not less than $6.25 per acre. 
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Lands restored 
to tribes. 
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SEC. 3, The sum transferred to the credit of the Shoshone and 
^'^^^' 
Arapahoe Tribes of Indians as aforesaid and the expenses of carrying 
out the provisions of this Act shall be nonreimbursable and nonreturn-
able under the reclamation laws of the United States. The net proceeds 
derived from the disposal of said lands shall be covered into the 
general fund of the Treasury or into the reclamation fund as the 
Secretary of the Interior shall find appropriate in the light of the 
source from which the funds transferred or expended in carrying out 
this Act are derived. 
SEC. 4. Subject to any outstanding rights and interests, all of the 
ceded lands of the Wind River Reservation withdrawn pursuant to 
the Act of June 17,1902, for the development of the Riverton reclama-
tion project, Wyoming, not included within the boundaries of the use 39! 
tract described in section 1 of this Act, are hereby restored to the 
ownership of said tribes to the same extent as the ownership provided 
by the Act of July 27, 1939 (53 Stat. 1128), with respect to vacant 
lands ceded to the United States under the provisions of the Act of 
March 3, 1905 (33 Stat. 1016), but not subsequently withdrawn for 
reclamation purposes: Provided, 
That the compensation authorized 
in section 1 hereof shall also be deemed to release the United States 
from any and all claims for damages whatsoever arising out of with-
drawal of lands herein restored to tribal ownership. 
SEC. 5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the United 
States shall deposit in the Treasury of the United States to the credit 
of said tribes, to be available for expenditure for the benefit of said 
tribes and their members, as provided by the Act of May 19, 1947 (61 
Stat. 102), as amended by the Act of August 30, 1951 (65 Stat. 208), 
and by the Act of July 17, 1953 (Public Law 132, Eighty-third Con-
gress), and as may be hereinafter amended, 90 per centum of the 
gross receipts of the United States, as they are received from time to 
time, from all leases, bonuses, royalties, or other proceeds derived 
under the mining and mineral-leasing laws of the United States from 
any and all lands in which all rights and interests of the tribes are 
terminated and extinguished by the terms and conditions of section 
1 of this Act and which are embraced within the boundaries of the 
tract described in said section 1. Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law the remaining 10 per centum of such gross receipts shall 
be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of 
miscellaneous receipts. 
SEC. 6. Should this Act become law subsequent to June 30, 1954, 
there is hereby reserved to the Shoshone and Arapahoe Tribes the 
privilege of rejecting, within one hundred and twenty days after the 
date of the Act, the terms and conditions of its sections 1, 4, and 5. 
If those terms and conditions are rejected, no part of the Act shall 
become effective. 
SEC. 7. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to perform any 
and all acts to carry out the provisions and purposes of this Act. 
Approved August 15, 1953. 
388. 
485; 43 
25 use 571-577. 
Gross receipts 
from leases, etc. 
25 use 611-613. 
Ante, p. 179. 
Rejection priv-
ilege. 
Public Law 285 
CHAPTER 510 
AN ACT 
To amend the Federal Reserve Act so as to authorize national banking 
associations to make loans on forest tracts. 
August 15, 1953 
[H. R. 5603] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 24 of 
the Federal Reserve Act, as amended, is amended by inserting after 
the first paragraph thereof the following new paragraph: 
88 Stat. 2 73. 
12 use 371.