§ 1334. Private maintenance; numerical approximation; strays on private lands: removal; destruction by agents

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1971

   Pub. L. 92–195 § 4 · 85 Stat. 649

   Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 1334

   (Pub. L. 92–195, § 4, Dec. 15, 1971, 85 Stat. 650.)

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   (Pub. L. 92–195, § 4, Dec. 15, 1971, 85 Stat. 650.)

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 4. If wild free-roaming horses or burros stray from public lands onto privately owned land, the owners of such land may inform the nearest Federal marshall or agent of the Secretary, who shall arrange to have the animals removed. In no event shall such wild free-roaming horses and burros be destroyed except by the agents of the Secretary. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a private landowner from maintaining wild free-roaming horses or burros on his private lands, or lands leased from the Government, if he does so in a manner that protects them from harassment, and if the animals were not willfully removed or enticed from the public lands. Any individuals who maintain such wild free-roaming horses or burros on their private lands or lands leased from the Government shall notify the appropriate agent of the Secretary and supply him with a reasonable approximation of the number of animals so maintained.

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