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title: "16 U.S.C. § 509"
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# 16 U.S.C. § 509 - Repealed. Pub. L. 87–869, § 4, Oct. 23, 1962, 76 Stat. 1157

## Notes

Section, act June 11, 1906, ch. 3074, § 5, 34 Stat. 234, related to future settlements on lands within reserves and rights of former bona fide settlers.