§ 180. — Settling on or surveying lands belonging to Indians by treaty.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC180]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 5--PROTECTION OF INDIANS
Sec. 180. Settling on or surveying lands belonging to Indians by
treaty
Every person who makes a settlement on any lands belonging, secured,
or granted by treaty with the United States to any Indian tribe, or
surveys or attempts to survey such lands, or to designate any of the
boundaries by marking trees, or otherwise, is liable to a penalty of
$1,000. The President may, moreover, take such measures and employ such
military force as he may judge necessary to remove any such person from
the lands.
(R.S. Sec. 2118.)
Codification
R.S. Sec. 2118 derived from act June 30, 1834, ch. 161, Sec. 11, 4
Stat. 730.
