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SECTION 28
Keeping or pasturing of cattle; damages; penalty
Indian (IND) CHAPTER 26, ARTICLE 3
§ 28. Keeping or pasturing of cattle; damages; penalty. Any person
who keeps, pastures, has in his possession, or under his control, any
horses, cattle, or other animals, on lands contained in the Onondaga
Indian reservation, unless the same are kept, pastured, or possessed, as
provided in section twenty-four of this article, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and shall be liable for treble damages for any injury done
by such cattle, horses, or other animals while on said reservation. Any
person who shall keep, pasture, have in his possession, or under his
control, any cattle, horses or other animals, on lands contained within
the Onondaga Indian reservation and leased under the provisions of
section twenty-four of this article, shall be liable to the person
damaged for any injury done by such cattle, horses, or other animals,
through trespass or otherwise; and the fact that the person damaged, or
any other person, has failed to erect any fences, or has failed to keep
any fences in repair, shall be no defense in an action brought under
this section, for injury done by such cattle, horses or other animals.