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United States Code
TITLE 43 - PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 25 - UNLAWFUL INCLOSURES OR OCCUPANCY; OBSTRUCTING SETTLEMENT OR TRANSIT
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U.S. Code as of: 01/02/01
Section 1063.
Obstruction of settlement on or
transit over public lands
No person, by force, threats, intimidation, or by any fencing or
inclosing, or any other unlawful means, shall prevent or obstruct,
or shall combine and confederate with others to prevent or
obstruct, any person from peaceably entering upon or establishing a
settlement or residence on any tract of public land subject to
settlement or entry under the public land laws of the United
States, or shall prevent or
obstruct free passage or transit over
or through the public lands: Provided, This section shall not be
held to affect the right or title of persons, who have gone upon,
improved, or occupied said lands under the land laws of the United
States, claiming title thereto, in good faith.
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