Section 45-4-20 - Mining claim--Threats or entry to obtain possession by force or violence as misdemeanor. - South-dakota Statutes

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45-4-20. Mining claim--Threats or entry to obtain possession by force or violence as misdemeanor. Any person who associates with another to obtain possession of a lode, gulch, or placer claim, then in the actual possession of another, by force and violence or by threats of violence or by stealth, and carry out such purpose by:
(1) Making threats against the person or persons in possession;
(2) Entering such lode or mining claim for the purpose aforesaid; or
(3) Entering a lode, gulch, placer claim, quartz mill, or other mining property, or, not being upon such property but being within hearing of the same, and making threats or use of any language, sign, or gesture calculated to intimidate any person or persons at work on the property or from continuing work thereon or therein, or intimidating others from engaging to work thereon or therein,
are guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

Source: PenC 1877, § 735; CL 1887, § 6926; RPenC 1903, § 759; RC 1919, § 4375; SDC 1939, § 13.1826; SL 1983, ch 15, § 19.

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45-4-20. Mining claim--Threats or entry to obtain possession by force or violence as misdemeanor. Any person who associates with another to obtain possession of a lode, gulch, or placer claim, then in the actual possession of another, by force and violence or by threats of violence or by stealth, and carry out such purpose by:
(1) Making threats against the person or persons in possession;
(2) Entering such lode or mining claim for the purpose aforesaid; or
(3) Entering a lode, gulch, placer claim, quartz mill, or other mining property, or, not being upon such property but being within hearing of the same, and making threats or use of any language, sign, or gesture calculated to intimidate any person or persons at work on the property or from continuing work thereon or therein, or intimidating others from engaging to work thereon or therein,
are guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

Source: PenC 1877, § 735; CL 1887, § 6926; RPenC 1903, § 759; RC 1919, § 4375; SDC 1939, § 13.1826; SL 1983, ch 15, § 19.

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45-4-20. Mining claim--Threats or entry to obtain possession by force or violence as misdemeanor. Any person who associates with another to obtain possession of a lode, gulch, or placer claim, then in the actual possession of another, by force and violence or by threats of violence or by stealth, and carry out such purpose by:
(1) Making threats against the person or persons in possession;
(2) Entering such lode or mining claim for the purpose aforesaid; or
(3) Entering a lode, gulch, placer claim, quartz mill, or other mining property, or, not being upon such property but being within hearing of the same, and making threats or use of any language, sign, or gesture calculated to intimidate any person or persons at work on the property or from continuing work thereon or therein, or intimidating others from engaging to work thereon or therein,
are guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

Source: PenC 1877, § 735; CL 1887, § 6926; RPenC 1903, § 759; RC 1919, § 4375; SDC 1939, § 13.1826; SL 1983, ch 15, § 19.