Title 43, Public LandsRelease 119-102
§774 Protection of Surveyor by Marshal
Title 43 › CHAPTER 18 — SURVEY OF PUBLIC LANDS › § 774
Summary
The President can order the State marshal to escort a surveyor likely to meet violent resistance while surveying public lands and have enough force to protect them.
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Title 43, §774
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Whenever the President is satisfied that forcible opposition has been offered, or is likely to be offered, to any surveyor or deputy surveyor in the discharge of his duties in surveying the public lands, it may be lawful for the President to order the marshal of the State or district, by himself or deputy, to attend such surveyor or deputy surveyor with sufficient force to protect such officer in the execution of his duty, and to remove force should any be offered.
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Codification R.S. § 2413 derived from act May 29, 1830, ch. 163, § 2, 4 Stat. 417.
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43 U.S.C. § 774
Title 43, Public Lands
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102