---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 U.S.C. § 179"
title: "25"
title_heading: "Indians"
number: "179"
heading: "Driving stock to feed on lands"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/25/179"
units:
  - "Chapter 5 — Protection of Indians"
---

# §179. Driving stock to feed on lands


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](/usc/25/1934.md) or [Indian tribe](/usc/25/81.md?p=a-2), without the consent of such [tribe](/usc/25/3402.md?p=2-A), 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.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

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