Chapter 115. To punish persons who make false representations to settlers and others pertaining to the public lands of the United States
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CHAP. 115.— An Act To punish persons who make false representations to settlers and others pertaining to the public lands of the United States. February 23, 1917.[[S. 5899](/us/bill/64/s/5899).][[Public, No. 348](/us/pl/64/348).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * Public lands.Making false representations to purchasers, etc., a misdemeanor. That any person who, for a reward paid or promised to him in that behalf, shall undertake to locate for an intending purchaser, settler, or entryman any public lands of the United States subject to disposition under the public-land laws, and who shall willfully and falsely represent to such intending purchaser, settler, or entryman that any tract of land shown to him is public land of the United States subject to sale, settlement, or entry, or that it is of a particular surveyed description, with intent to deceive the person to whom such representation is made, or who, in reckless disregard of the truth, shall falsely represent to any such person that any tract of land shown to him is public land of the United States subject to sale, settlement, or entry, or that it is of a particular surveyed description, thereby deceiving the Punishment for.person to whom such representation is made, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding $300 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Approved, February 23, 1917.