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# 25 U.S.C. § 216 - Repealed. Pub. L. 86–634, § 4, July 12, 1960, 74 Stat. 469

## Notes

Section, R.S. § 2137, prohibited hunting by non-Indians on Indian lands except for subsistence. See section 1165 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure.