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25 U.S.C. § 179 — Driving stock to feed on lands
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This law fines people who graze animals on Indian land without permission. Anyone who drives horses, mules, or cattle onto tribal land to feed owes $1 per animal. This penalty does not apply to Creek lands.
Anyone who drives or brings horses, mules, or cattle onto land owned by an Indian or an Indian tribe, to graze or feed there, without that tribe's consent, must pay a penalty of $1 for each animal. This penalty does not apply to Creek lands.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain
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.
Source credit: (R.S. § 2117; Mar. 1, 1901, ch. 676, § 37, 31 Stat. 871; June 30, 1902, ch. 1323, § 17, 32 Stat. 504.)
history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
- 1901Enacted · Act of Mar. 1, 1901, ch. 676 · 31 Stat. 871
- 1902Amended · Act of June 30, 1902, ch. 1323 · 32 Stat. 504
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