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Title 25 — Indians

Chapter 5 — Protection of Indians

§ 179. Driving stock to feed on lands

Statutory text

Every person who drives or otherwise conveys any stock of horses, mules, or cattle, to range and feed on any land belonging to any Indian or Indian tribe, without the consent of such tribe, is liable to a penalty of $1 for each animal of such stock. This section shall not apply to Creek lands.

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. R.S. § 2117

    Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 179

    R.S. § 2117

    Unresolved: No Public Law or Statutes at Large citation in the Code source.

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    R.S. § 2117

0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 unresolved

Editorial Notes

Codification

R.S. § 2117 derived from act June 30, 1834, ch. 161, § 9, 4 Stat. 730.

Credits

1901–1902 · 3 acts
  1. R.S. § 2117
  2. 1901Mar. 1, 1901, ch. 676, § 37, 31 Stat. 871
  3. 1902June 30, 1902, ch. 1323, § 17, 32 Stat. 504.
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(R.S. § 2117; Mar. 1, 1901, ch. 676, § 37, 31 Stat. 871; June 30, 1902, ch. 1323, § 17, 32 Stat. 504.)

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